Yearly Archives: 2016

  संन्यासं कर्मणां कृष्ण पुनर्योगं च शंससि । यच्छ्रेय एतयोरेकं तन्मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्चितम् ॥५-१॥   Transliteration: When Lord Krishna advises Arjuna to follow path of karma yoga to fight battle of Dharma (righteousness) against battle of adharma (lawlessness)… he gets confused! Arjuna says: O Krishna, initially you advised following path of renunciation of karma to reach God and now you […]

ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा कूटस्थो विजितेन्द्रियः । युक्त इत्युच्यते योगी समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः ॥६-८॥   Transliteration: Exemplifying merits of travelling path of nishkama karma yoga and jnana yoga (path of absolute wisdom), Lord Krishna says to Arjuna… one whose thoughts were well-settled and contemplating on God Almighty, one who finally reached stage of Nirvikalpa Samadhi (absolute nothingness) had nothing more to achieve in the present […]

जितात्मनः प्रशान्तस्य परमात्मा समाहितः । शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु तथा मानापमानयोः ॥६-७॥   Transliteration: Lord Krishna says: O Arjuna, one who succeeds in maintaining equipoise in sufferings or happiness, one not affected by honor or ignominy… one who remained stable while facing extreme heat and cold… such a knower of God Almighty was a true Yogi indeed!   One who had overcome Vrittis […]

बन्धुरात्मात्मनस्तस्य येनात्मैवात्मना जितः । अनात्मनस्तु शत्रुत्वे वर्तेतात्मैव शत्रुवत् ॥६-६॥   Transliteration: Lord Krishna says to Arjuna: a seeker of spirituality who after establishing absolute control over five senses and mind reaches God… such an enlightened seeker was always in a state of inner happiness, absolute bliss! After all goal of every human life was following dictates of our soul atman, […]

उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् । आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ॥६-५॥   Transliteration: In Bhagavad Gita chapter 6 verse 5 Lord Krishna tells Arjuna that human beings must never degrade, degenerate themselves and must always try to lift self above affairs of mundane ephemeral life. Remaining engrossed in trivialities of life, the physical manifest world… one never truly gained anything in life! We […]

यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते । सर्वसंकल्पसंन्यासी योगारूढस्तदोच्यते ॥६-४॥   Transliteration: Lord Krishna tells Arjuna that moment human beings understood crux of cosmic life, one started establishing gradual control over five senses and mind. By indulging in nishkama karma yoga (offering fruits of karma performed to God Almighty all the time) one remained detached from all actions, bondages of Moha […]

आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते । योगारूढस्य तस्यैव शमः कारणमुच्यते ॥६-३॥ Transliteration: In Bhagavad Gita chapter 6 verse 3 Lord Krishna makes it explicitly clear to Arjuna that path of yoga, path of meditation can only be travelled by one who indulged in nishkama karma yoga to reach God. As per Lord Krishna… yoga was only meant for those who all the […]

यं संन्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव । न ह्यसंन्यस्तसंकल्पो योगी भवति कश्चन ॥६-२॥   Transliteration: Lord Krishna says: O Arjuna that which is called sanyasa can also rightly be called yoga for the end goal of the two always remains the same. We may proceed towards God via any path of yoga… our goal always remains reaching God at the […]