Tag: The Gita

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Soul/Divine Essence is in Everyone & Everything It is Immortal & Body is Temporary देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत | तस्मात्सर्वाणि भूतानि न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि || 2.30|| dehī nityam avadhyo ’yaṁ dehe sarvasya bhārata tasmāt sarvāṇi bhūtāni na tvaṁ śhochitum arhasi|| 2.30|| Shloka Translation BG –...

Knowing About Soul/Divine Essence is a Matter of Great Fortune & Only Few Can Realize it आश्चर्यवत्पश्यति कश्चिदेन माश्चर्यवद्वदति तथैव चान्य: | आश्चर्यवच्चैनमन्य: शृ्णोति श्रुत्वाप्येनं वेद न चैव कश्चित् || 2.29|| āśhcharya-vat paśhyati kaśhchid enan āśhcharya-vad vadati tathaiva chānyaḥ āśhcharya-vach chainam anyaḥ śhṛiṇoti śhrutvāpyenaṁ veda na chaiva kaśhchit|| 2.29||...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) The Nature of the Body is “Temporary” So One Should Not Grieve About it अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि भारत | अव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना || 2.28|| avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyakta-madhyāni bhārata avyakta-nidhanānyeva tatra kā paridevanā|| 2.28|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 28: O Bharata, all bodies...

Explanation The nature of the human body is that it is born, and then grows, then reproduces and then starts to deteriorate and then when one day turns to ashes. It is the same for all life, because the Self (Atma) is neither a body nor a collection of...

Explanation Lord Krishna explains here that Even if Arjuna doesn’t believe that the eternal essence is imperishable, it’s fine; but if he believes that the eternal essence(soul), which is present in the human body, passes through birth and death with the body, if he understands this even then there...

Explanation Lord Shri Krishna says to associate yourself with the everlasting essence (soul) rather than the body, Arjuna. It cannot be slaughtered or slain since the eternal nature is eternal and imperishable. As a result, do not be sad for the warriors of the opposing army who are about...

Explanation The message about immortality is being stressed once again. It is not enough to just communicate faultless information; for that knowledge to be effective, it must penetrate deeply into the student’s heart. As a result, a good teacher will frequently repeat a previous point. In the Bhagavad Gita,...

Explanation Our intellect will find it hard to understand the everlasting essence (soul) since it is abstract. This is totally natural, because the intellect cannot fully grasp the everlasting essence. However, negation can help us get near to it. Similarly, the eternal essence is expressed here by negation, implying...

Explanation Shree Krishna continues to describe the nature of the soul by repeating the concept of reincarnation and comparing it to a common action. We discard worn-out and useless garments in favour of new ones, but we do not transform ourselves in the process. When the soul discards its...

Explanation Shri Krishna is implying that “this,” the eternal essence (soul), does not act and is not affected by any action, in the same way, that electricity does not act. It gives material objects the ability to act without actually doing so. As a result, a sensible person will...