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...
becomes body compassion dear desire fail fathers great hairs limbs mouth overcome ranks seeing standing
Seeing fathers-in-law, all those kinsmen, and other dear ones standing in the ranks of the two armies, / Arjuna was overcome with great compassion and sorrowfully said: O Krishna, seeing my kinsmen standing with a desire to fight, / My limbs fail and my mouth becomes dry. My body quivers and my hairs stand on end.
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.
becomes body fail hairs limbs mouth stand
My limbs fail and my mouth becomes dry. My body quivers and my hairs stand on end.
attains body cease death deluded nor time wise
There has never been a time when you and I have not existed, nor will there be a time when we will cease to exist. As the same person inhabits the body through childhood, youth, and old age, so too at the time of death he attains another body. The wise are not deluded by these changes.
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.
body dwelling immortal
The body is mortal, but the person dwelling in the body is immortal and immeasurable.
acquired acquires body clothes lives worn
As person abandons worn-out clothes and acquires new ones, so when the body is worn out a new one is acquired by the Self, who lives within.
acquired acquires body clothes lives worn
As person abandons worn-out clothes and acquires new ones, so when the body is worn out a new one is acquired by the Self, who lives within.
achieves attains body constant leaves life object remembers whatever
Remembering whatever object one leaves the body at the end of life, one attains that object, O Arjuna, because of the constant thought of that object (one remembers that object at the end of life and achieves it).
body eternal temporary vanquished
Na Hanyate Hanyamane Sarire""""Consciousness is eternal it is not vanquished with the destruction of the temporary body
body embodied grieve therefore within
The embodied one within the body of everyone, O Bharata, is ever undestroyable. Therefore you should not grieve for any being.
creation creator hear powers source
What the creation is, what it is like, what its transformations are, where the source is, who that creator is, and what His powers are, hear all these from Me in brief.
men questions wisest work
What is work and what is not work are questions that perplex the wisest of men.
austerity mind purity serenity
The serenity of mind, gentleness, silence, self-restraint, and the purity of mind are called the austerity of thought.