(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Doing Responsibilities as Prescribed in Vedas is the Path to Spiritual Progress नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मण: | शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मण: || 3.8|| niyataṁ kuru karma tvaṁ karma jyāyo hyakarmaṇaḥ śharīra-yātrāpi cha te na prasiddhyed akarmaṇaḥ||3.8|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 3- Ver. 8: As a result, you […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Physical Renunciation Is Not the Solution for Spiritual Progress न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते | न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति || 3.4|| na karmaṇām anārambhān naiṣhkarmyaṁ puruṣho ’śhnute na cha sannyasanād eva siddhiṁ samadhigachchhati|| 3.4|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 3- Ver. 4: By simply refraining from working, one cannot acquire freedom from karmic […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Having Our Thought Fixed on One Divine Goal Assures Our Spiritual Progress ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंस: सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते | सङ्गात्सञ्जायते काम: कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते || 2.62|| dhyāyato viṣhayān puṁsaḥ saṅgas teṣhūpajāyate saṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho ’bhijāyate || 2.62|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 62: When a man thinks about something all the time, he […]
(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 purpose a tiny well of water […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) To Progress Materially or Spiritually, One Has to Evolve Above The Consciousness of “I” and “My” अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम् | सम्भावितस्य चाकीर्ति र्मरणादतिरिच्यते || 2.34|| akīrtiṁ chāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣhyanti te ’vyayām sambhāvitasya chākīrtir maraṇād atirichyate|| 2.34|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 34: People will refer to you as […]