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...
scarcely truly
Scarcely any one of the striving, or even the perfected persons, truly understands Me.
action indeed obligatory perform
Perform your obligatory duty, because action is indeed better than inaction.
nature people true
People do not know My true transcendental nature. Therefore, they fall.
awareness effort failure goes greatest path protect spiritual toward
On this path effort never goes to waste, and there is no failure. Even a little effort toward spiritual awareness will protect you from the greatest fear.
bodies soul
Bodies of the eternal, imperishable, and incomprehensible soul are said to be perishable. Therefore, fight, O Arjuna.
act considers fire poured realized shall
Brahman is the oblation. Brahman is the clarified butter. The oblation is poured by Brahman into the fire of Brahman. Brahman shall be realized by the one who considers everything as (a manifestation or) an act of Brahman.
anger bound desire enslaved lust means obtain strive ties wealth
Bound by hundreds of ties of desire and enslaved by lust and anger; they strive to obtain wealth by unlawful means for the fulfillment of desires.
both remember taken
Both you and I have taken many births. I remember them all, O Arjuna, but you do not remember.
attachment follows immediate indeed knowledge mechanical surrender
Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is meditation. But better still is surrender of attachment to results, because there follows immediate peace.
equality life mind whose
Everything has been accomplished in this very life by those whose mind is set in equality.
loving regarded saint sinful worship
Even if the most sinful person resolves to worship Me with single-minded loving devotion, such a person must be regarded as a saint because of making the right resolution.
faith worship
Even those devotees who worship demigods with faith, they too worship Me, but in an improper way.
action confused wise
Even the wise are confused about what is action and what is inaction.
earth eight energies false intelligence material together
Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego-all together these eight contitute my separted material energies