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...
men questions wisest work
What is work and what is not work are questions that perplex the wisest of men.
society welfare wise work
The wise should work without attachment, for the welfare of the society.
action attached produces selfish work
Attached action is selfish work that produces Karmic bondage.
somebody work
Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectly than it is to do somebody elses work perfectly.
inferior inherent natural nature ordained superior unnatural work
One's inferior natural work is better than superior unnatural work. One who does the work ordained by one's inherent nature incurs no sin.
carrying death inferior natural produces superior unnatural work
One's inferior natural work is better than superior unnatural work. Death in carrying out one's natural work is useful. Unnatural work produces too much stress.
bind desire fruits works
Works do not bind Me, because I have no desire for the fruits of work.
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.
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.
attachment attains duty perform work
Always perform your duty efficiently and without attachment to the results, because by doing work without attachment one attains the Supreme.
burned desires fire free karma sage selfish whose works
A person whose all works are free from selfish desires and motives, and whose all Karma is burned up in the fire of Self-knowledge, is called a sage by the wise.
acts austerity faults full given others work
Some philosophers say that all work is full of faults and should be given up, while others say that acts of sacrifice, charity, and austerity should not be abandoned.
god heart intellect others perceive work yoga
Some perceive God in the heart by the intellect through meditation; others by the yoga of knowledge; and others by the yoga of work (or Karma-yoga).
dedicating desire frame free mental spiritual works
Dedicating all works to Me in a spiritual frame of mind, free from desire, attachment, and mental grief, do your duty.