Tag: Shrimad Bhagavad Gita

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Realizing the Divine and Showing Ways to Achieve it is the Essence of all Divine Scripts यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वत: सम्प्लुतोदके | तावान्सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानत: || 2.46|| yāvān artha udapāne sarvataḥ samplutodake tāvānsarveṣhu vedeṣhu brāhmaṇasya vijānataḥ|| 2.46|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 46: Whatever...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Knowing The Real Self and Staying in that Consciousness Bestows One Everything त्रैगुण्यविषया वेदा निस्त्रैगुण्यो भवार्जुन | निर्द्वन्द्वो नित्यसत्त्वस्थो निर्योगक्षेम आत्मवान् || 2.45|| trai-guṇya-viṣhayā vedā nistrai-guṇyo bhavārjuna nirdvandvo nitya-sattva-stho niryoga-kṣhema ātmavān|| 2.45|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 45: O Arjuna, the Vedas discuss the...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Material Attractions & Desires Divert One From the Path of God Realization भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम् | व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धि: समाधौ न विधीयते || 2.44|| bhogaiśwvarya-prasaktānāṁ tayāpahṛita-chetasām vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ samādhau na vidhīyate|| 2.44|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 44: Those who are fond of pleasure and power,...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Those Who Aim For Liberation Should Free Themselves From Desires यामिमां पुष्पितां वाचं प्रवदन्त्यविपश्चित: | वेदवादरता: पार्थ नान्यदस्तीति वादिन: || 2.42|| कामात्मान: स्वर्गपरा जन्मकर्मफलप्रदाम् | क्रियाविशेषबहुलां भोगैश्वर्यगतिं प्रति || 2.43|| yāmimāṁ puṣhpitāṁ vāchaṁ pravadanty-avipaśhchitaḥ veda-vāda-ratāḥ pārtha nānyad astīti vādinaḥ|| 2.42|| kāmātmānaḥ swarga-parā janma-karma-phala-pradām kriyā-viśheṣha-bahulāṁ bhogaiśhwarya-gatiṁ prati||...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Having a Goal Helps Us Keep Focused and Progressive in Life व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन | बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम् || 2.41|| vyavasāyātmikā buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana bahu-śhākhā hyanantāśh cha buddhayo ’vyavasāyinām || 2.41|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 41: The determined persons’ thoughts are focused, and...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Knowledge alone is Not Enough One Needs to Implement the Knowledge in Action to Achieve Results एषा तेऽभिहिता साङ्ख्ये बुद्धिर्योगे त्विमां शृणु | बुद्ध्या युक्तो यया पार्थ कर्मबन्धं प्रहास्यसि || 2.39|| eṣhā te ’bhihitā sānkhye buddhir yoge tvimāṁ śhṛiṇu buddhyā yukto yayā pārtha karma-bandhaṁ prahāsyasi|| 2.39||...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Do Your Duty Without Any Expectations & Treat Equally joy & Sorrow सुखदु:खे समे कृत्वा लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ | ततो युद्धाय युज्यस्व नैवं पापमवाप्स्यसि || 2.38|| sukha-duḥkhe same kṛitvā lābhālābhau jayājayau tato yuddhāya yujyasva naivaṁ pāpam avāpsyasi|| 2.38|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 38: Fight...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) One Should Go on Doing His Duty Keeping Aside Likes, Dislikes or the Outcome हतो वा प्राप्स्यसि स्वर्गं जित्वा वा भोक्ष्यसे महीम् | तस्मादुत्तिष्ठ कौन्तेय युद्धाय कृतनिश्चय: || 2.37|| hato vā prāpsyasi swargaṁ jitvā vā bhokṣhyase mahīm tasmād uttiṣhṭha kaunteya yuddhāya kṛita-niśhchayaḥ|| 2.37|| Shloka Translation BG...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) If used in Right Sense Even ‘Fear’ Can Help One Stick to the Path of Dharma अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून्वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिता: | निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दु:खतरं नु किम् || 2.36|| avāchya-vādānśh cha bahūn vadiṣhyanti tavāhitāḥ nindantastava sāmarthyaṁ tato duḥkhataraṁ nu kim|| 2.36|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2-...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Deviation From Svadharma Leads to Spiritual and Material Downfall भयाद्रणादुपरतं मंस्यन्ते त्वां महारथा: | येषां च त्वं बहुमतो भूत्वा यास्यसि लाघवम् || 2.35|| bhayād raṇād uparataṁ mansyante tvāṁ mahā-rathāḥ yeṣhāṁ cha tvaṁ bahu-mato bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam|| 2.35|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 35: Great...