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...
faith fulfill granted steady wishes worship
Endowed with steady faith they worship that deity, and fulfill their wishes through that deity. Those wishes are, indeed, granted only by Me.
giving likes mind objects purified sound turning
Endowed with purified intellect, subduing the mind with resolve, turning away from sound and other objects of the senses, giving up likes and dislikes.
greatest moved self
Established in Self-Realization, one is not moved even by the greatest calamity.
cross knowledge ocean raft shall sin sinful
Even if one is the most sinful of all sinners, yet one shall cross over the ocean of sin by the raft of knowledge alone.
draws senses tortoise wise
Even as a tortoise draws in its limbs, the wise can draw in their senses at will.
cannot fear reality
Fear not what is not real, never was and never will be. What is real, always was and cannot be destroyed.
animate father greatest guru inanimate
You are the father of this animate and inanimate world, and the greatest guru to be worshipped.
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.