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...
draws senses tortoise wise
Even as a tortoise draws in its limbs, the wise can draw in their senses at will.
rejoice sensual wise
The wise do not rejoice in sensual pleasures.
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.
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.
beginning contact delight due man material pleasures sources wise
An intelligent person does not take part in the sources of misery, which are due to contact with material senses. Such pleasures have a beginning and an end, and so the wise man does not delight in them.
according act beings follow value wise
All beings follow their nature. Even the wise act according to their own nature. What, then, is the value of sense restraint?
society welfare wise work
The wise should work without attachment, for the welfare of the society.
great realizing resort soul wise
After many births the wise ones resort (or surrender) to Me by realizing that everything is (a manifestation of) Brahman indeed. Such a great soul is very rare.
becomes indeed regard self supreme wise
All these (seekers) are indeed noble, but I regard the wise as My very Self, because the one who is steadfast becomes one with the Supreme Being.
attain attained becomes equanimity means meditation seeks wise yoga
For the wise who seeks to attain yoga (of meditation or the equanimity of mind), Karma-yoga is said to be the means; for the one who has attained yoga, the equanimity becomes the means (of Self-Realization).
carry mind restless striving wise
Restless senses, O Arjuna, forcibly carry away the mind of even a wise person striving for perfection.
action confused wise
Even the wise are confused about what is action and what is inaction.
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.