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...
false ignorant persons possess
The ignorant persons having false hopes, false actions, and false knowledge, possess the delusive qualities.
eternal ignorant known
I am not known by all. Therefore, the ignorant one does not know Me as the unborn and eternal Brahman.
discipline doubt heart ignorant observe sword
Sever the ignorant doubt in your heart with the sword of self-knowledge. Observe your discipline. Arise.
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.
agent considers due ignorant imperfect oneself sole understanding
This being the case; the ignorant person who considers oneself as the sole agent due to imperfect understanding does not understand.
assume disregard great human ignorant knowing lord natures supreme
The ignorant ones, not knowing My supreme natures as the great Lord of all beings, disregard Me when I assume human form.
conflict self
A man's own self is his friend. A man's own self is his foe.
attains benefits beyond eternal goes knows performance study supreme yogi
The yogi who knows all this goes beyond getting the benefits of the study of the Vedas, performance of sacrifices, austerities, and charities, and attains the Supreme eternal abode.
blazing brilliance difficult mass shining sun
I see You with Your crown, club, discus; and a mass of radiance, difficult to behold, shining all around with immeasurable brilliance of the sun and the blazing fire.
blazing entering mortal rivers rush toward warriors
As many torrents of the rivers rush toward the ocean, similarly, those warriors of the mortal world are entering Your blazing mouths.
devoid lust
I am the strength, that is devoid of lust and attachment, of the strong.
attains describe fully knowing object shall
I shall fully describe the object of knowledge, knowing which one attains immortality.
discovers enjoys eternal joy mind sensual union whose
A person whose mind is unattached to sensual pleasures, who discovers the joy of the Self, and whose mind is in union with Brahman through meditation, enjoys eternal bliss.
armed heroes lives risked skilled various
And many other heroes who have risked their lives for me. They are armed with various weapons, and all are skilled in warfare.