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...
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But their knowledge, whose ignorance is destroyed by the Self-knowledge, reveals the Supreme like the sun (reveals the beauty of objects of the world).
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One attains peace in whose mind all desires enter without creating any disturbance, as river waters enter the full ocean without creating a disturbance. One who desires material objects is never peaceful.
anger attachment desire develops objects thinking
One develops attachment to sense objects by thinking about sense objects. Desire for sense objects comes from attachment to sense objects, and anger comes from unfulfilled desires.
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A disciplined person, enjoying sense objects with senses that are under control and free from likes and dislikes, attains tranquillity.
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Endowed with purified intellect, subduing the mind with resolve, turning away from sound and other objects of the senses, giving up likes and dislikes.
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Pleasures derived from the contact of senses with their objects are verily the source of misery, and have a beginning and an end.
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.
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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.
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I am the strength, that is devoid of lust and attachment, of the strong.
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I shall fully describe the object of knowledge, knowing which one attains immortality.
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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.
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And many other heroes who have risked their lives for me. They are armed with various weapons, and all are skilled in warfare.