Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita
The Bhagavad Gita, often referred to as simply the Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture in Sanskrit that is part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata...
accept devotion eat offering offers water
Whosoever offers Me a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water with devotion; I accept and eat the offering of devotion by the pure-hearted.
deity desires faith steady whatever worship
Whosoever desires to worship whatever deity with faith, I make their faith steady in that very deity.
author though
Though I am the author of this system, one should know that I do nothing and I am eternal.
separated
Those who see Me in everything and see everything in Me, are not separated from Me and I am not separated from them.
body demonic dwell egotism elements following hypocrisy ignorant persons practice severe within
Those who practice severe austerities without following the scriptures, with hypocrisy and egotism, impelled by lust, and attachment; / Senselessly torturing the elements in their body and also Me who dwell within the body; know these ignorant persons to be of demonic nature.
celestial divine faces full garlands god limitless perfumes wearing
Wearing divine garlands and apparel, anointed with celestial perfumes and ointments, full of all wonders, the limitless God with faces on all sides.
attains beings diverse perceives resting spreading variety
When one perceives diverse variety of beings resting in One and spreading out from That alone, then one attains Brahman.
personally remember responsibility worship
To those ever steadfast devotees, who always remember or worship Me with single-minded contemplation, I personally take responsibility for their welfare.
gold man
To the illumined man or woman, a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are the same.
appears destroyer divided knowledge object
Undivided, yet appears as if divided in beings; He, the object of knowledge, is the creator, sustainer, and destroyer of (all) beings.
famous flame lamp meditation mind
When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a lamp in a windless place.
attain bright departing fire gods months northern path six
Fire, light, daytime, the bright lunar fortnight, and the six months of the northern solstice of the sun; departing by the path of these gods the yogis, who know Brahman, attain nirvana.
act due filled holding impure insatiable views wrong
Filled with insatiable desires, hypocrisy, pride, and arrogance; holding wrong views due to delusion; they act with impure motives.
action austerity faith sake supreme verily
Faith in sacrifice, charity, and austerity is also called SAT. The action for the sake of the Supreme is verily termed as SAT.