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...
attachment follows fruit knowledge meditation mere peace work
Knowledge is better than mere ritualistic practice, meditation is better than mere knowledge, renunciation of the fruit of work is better than meditation, peace immediately follows the renunciation of (the attachment to) the fruit of work.
again behold creation deluded entire knowing knowledge shall
Knowing that, O Arjuna, you shall not again get deluded like this. By this knowledge you shall behold the entire creation in your own Self/Lord, or in Brahman.
detailed entire fraction knowledge small support universe
What is the need for this detailed knowledge, O Arjuna? I continually support the entire universe by a small fraction of My energy.
deeds devoid fixed knowledge liberated mind persons whose
Those who are devoid of attachment, whose mind is fixed in knowledge, all deeds of such liberated persons dissolves away.
explained fully knowledge reflecting secret thus
Thus the knowledge that is more secret than the secret has been explained to you by Me. After fully reflecting on this, do as you wish.
attains creation knowledge object thus understanding
Thus the creation as well as the knowledge and the object of knowledge have been briefly described. Understanding this, My devotee attains Me.
adore knowledge lovingly united
I give the knowledge, to those who are ever united with Me and lovingly adore Me.
neither nor peace self-knowledge senses whose
There is neither Self-knowledge nor Self-perception to those whose senses are not under control. Without Self-perception there is no peace; and without peace there can be no happiness.
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.
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.
among self-knowledge silence
I am silence among the secrets, and the Self-knowledge of the knowledgeable.
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.
appears destroyer divided knowledge object
Undivided, yet appears as if divided in beings; He, the object of knowledge, is the creator, sustainer, and destroyer of (all) beings.
blazing fire karma self-knowledge wood
As the blazing fire reduces wood to ashes, similarly, the fire of Self-knowledge reduces all Karma to ashes.