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...
consider ignorant knowledge practice teaching
But, those who carp at My teaching and do not practice it, consider them as ignorant of all knowledge, senseless, and lost.
fire nor reached sun supreme
The sun does not illumine there, nor the moon, nor the fire. That is My supreme abode. Having reached there they do not come back.
mind patience repeated
Little by little, through patience and repeated effort, the mind will become stilled in the Self.
among dear devotion single united whose wise
Among them the wise one, who is ever united with Me and whose devotion is single minded, is the best. Because, I am very dear to the wise, and the wise is very dear to Me.
appears beginning grace poison
This pleasure, appears as poison in the beginning but is like nectar in the end, comes by the grace of Self-knowledge.
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.
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.
cause creation divine great possess qualities worship
But great souls, who possess divine qualities know Me as the cause of creation and imperishable, and worship Me single-mindedly.
attitude complete freed good shall
By this attitude of complete renunciation you shall be freed from the bondage, good and bad, of Karma. You shall be liberated, and come to Me.
four knowledge knows seek seeker types virtuous wise worship
Four types of virtuous ones worship or seek Me, O Arjuna. They are: the distressed, the seeker of Self-knowledge, the seeker of wealth, and the wise one who knows the Supreme.
nature people true
People do not know My true transcendental nature. Therefore, they fall.
bound engaged mind sees self senses though whose
A Karma-yogi whose mind is pure, whose mind and senses are under control, and who sees one and the same Self in all beings, is not bound (by Karma) though engaged in work.
explain fully knowing known remains self-knowledge shall together
I shall fully explain to you the Self-knowledge together with Self-realization after knowing that nothing more remains to be known in this world.
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.