यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः । तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसङ्गः समाचर ॥३-९॥ Transliteration: Lord Krishna advises Arjuna that a seeker of spirituality who indulged in karma relating to yagna always remained free from bondages of karma. While indulging in yagna… we were all the time propitiating Agni God Surya Devta. Paying homage to God Almighty through yagnas was common during Vedic […]
नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः । शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः ॥३-८॥ Transliteration: In Bhagavad Gita chapter 3 verse 8 Lord Krishna advises Arjuna to indulge in karma as ordained in scriptures. Lord Krishna extols virtues of indulgence in karma compared to non-indulgence, renunciation! Arjuna was representing his kingdom in the battle of Mahabharata. How could he […]
यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन । कर्मेन्द्रियैः कर्मयोगमसक्तः स विशिष्यते ॥३-७॥ Transliteration: Lord Krishna tells Arjuna that control over five senses could only be established through mind power. As no human being ever had an independent mind… everything was governed by our brain that worked as a receiving and transmitting station. Based on invocation of thoughts, our senses indulged in sense […]
कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन् । इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते ॥३-६॥ Transliteration: Ignorant in matters spiritual… a follower of path of religion (rituals) always pretends following path of spirituality! One who did not understand even basics of spirituality, how could one realize anything about God Almighty in ones lifetime? Just by forcibly stopping usage of five senses, one […]
न हि कश्चित्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत् । कार्यते ह्यवशः कर्म सर्वः प्रकृतिजैर्गुणैः ॥३-५॥ Transliteration: Lord Krishna tells Arjuna in explicit terms that none could forego workings of karma, no matter what! By remaining inactive, by act of renunciation… why could not human beings dissuade from workings of karma! As per Lord Krishna… karma was inbuilt into psyche of all living […]
न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते । न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति ॥३-४॥ Transliteration: In Bhagavad Gita chapter 3 verse 4 Lord Krishna discusses different aspects of karma yoga. Refusal to indulge in act of karma does not lead one towards stage of zero karma. We just could not abandon karma… no matter what! Karma was ingrained into every living being including human […]
लोकेऽस्मिन्द्विविधा निष्ठा पुरा प्रोक्ता मयानघ । ज्ञानयोगेन सांख्यानां कर्मयोगेन योगिनाम् ॥३-३॥ Transliteration: When Arjuna insists Lord Krishna to define what was right him, path of jnana yoga or nishkama karma yoga… Lord Krishna enumerates merits of the two. Lord Krishna addresses Arjuna as Nishpap (one who does not attract sin while indulging in karma). Lord Krishna knew well that […]
व्यामिश्रेणेव वाक्येन बुद्धिं मोहयसीव मे । तदेकं वद निश्चित्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्नुयाम् ॥३-२॥ Transliteration: In a dilemma as to which path to follow, Arjuna asks Lord Krishna to explicitly detail what path Arjuna must finally follow to win battle of Mahabharata and also succeed in life. Arjuna wanted Lord Krishna to decide his goal of life. This was a wrong […]
ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन । तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव ॥३-१॥ Transliteration: King Arjuna addressed Lord Krishna thus… ‘O’ savior of mankind, give unto me jnana (wisdom) knowing which I could differentiate between karma and path of jnana yoga! Give me inner understanding to realize that path of jnana yoga was superior to path of karma yoga. […]