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...
creation help lives motion rejoices sinful wheel
The one who does not help to keep the wheel of creation in motion by sacrificial duty, and who rejoices in sense pleasures, that sinful person lives in vain.
attains enmity free supreme towards whom works
The one who does all works for Me, and to whom I am the supreme goal, who is my devotee, who has no attachment, and is free from enmity towards any being attains Me, O Arjuna.
attain attained becomes equanimity means meditation seeks wise yoga
For the wise who seeks to attain yoga (of meditation or the equanimity of mind), Karma-yoga is said to be the means; for the one who has attained yoga, the equanimity becomes the means (of Self-Realization).
above god
God is in everything as well as above everything.
adore knowledge lovingly united
I give the knowledge, to those who are ever united with Me and lovingly adore Me.
blaze exalted forth resemble splendor thousands
If the splendor of thousands of suns were to blaze forth all at once in the sky, even that would not resemble the splendor of that exalted being.
anger desire learns leaves saint
He who, before he leaves his body, learns to surmount the promptings of desire and anger is a saint and is happy.
inaction sees wise
The one who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is a wise person.
beings dwelling equally lord perishable sees supreme truly within
The one who sees the imperishable Supreme Lord dwelling equally within all perishable beings truly sees.
again attains birth body born leaving truly
The one who truly understands My transcendental birth and activities, is not born again after leaving this body and attains My abode.
attachment dear free friend heat honor pleasure remains towards
The one who remains the same towards friend or foe, in honor or disgrace, in heat or cold, in pleasure or pain; who is free from attachment is dear to me.
amongst attain certainly highest performing philosophy secret service shall supreme
The one who shall propagate this supreme secret philosophy amongst My devotees, shall be performing the highest devotional service to Me and shall certainly attain Me.
eat eating sleep sorrow succeed temperate work
Those who eat too much or eat too little, who sleep too much or sleep too little, will not succeed in meditation. But those who are temperate in eating and sleeping, work and recreation, will come to the end of sorrow through meditation.
abandon action attached attachment attain bound consciousness desires results supreme unified whose
Those who consciousness is unified abandon all attachment to the results of action and attain supreme peace. But those whose desires are fragmented, who are selfishly attached to the results of their work, are bound in everything they do.