भोक्तारं यज्ञतपसां सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम् । सुहृदं सर्वभूतानां ज्ञात्वा मां शान्तिमृच्छति ॥५-२९॥ Transliteration: Lord Krishna says: O Arjuna, a seeker of God who finally sees essence of God in everything, all living beings after travelling path of jnana yoga (absolute wisdom) realized that the Advaita Vedanta principle of Hinduism propagated by Adi Shankaracharya was an absolute fact of life! Other than […]
स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवोः । प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ ॥५-२७॥ यतेन्द्रिय मनोबुद्धिर्मुनिर्मोक्षपरायणः । विगतेच्छाभयक्रोधो यः सदा मुक्त एव सः ॥५-२८॥ Transliteration: Lord Krishna says: O Arjuna, when a traveler of spiritual path finally conquered five senses, all sense objects became meaningless! A human being gets affected by sense objects as long as we indulged in them. By concentrating our thoughts […]
कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम् । अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम् ॥५-२६॥ Transliteration: Lord Krishna tells Arjuna: human beings who succeed in establishing absolute control over sense objects Kama (feelings of desire) and Krodha (feelings of excessive anger)… by travelling path of absolute truthfulness, those who took absolute control of subconscious within… one who could commune with God Almighty on one-to-one basis […]
लभन्ते ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृषयः क्षीणकल्मषाः । छिन्नद्वैधा यतात्मानः सर्वभूतहिते रताः ॥५-२५॥ Transliteration: In Bhagavad Gita chapter 5 verse 25 Lord Krishna emphasized to Arjuna importance of human beings working for welfare of mankind. None could travel spiritual path sincerely and diligently unless we worked for welfare of all living beings including mankind. Self realization, God realization does not mean realizing God […]
योऽन्तःसुखोऽन्तरारामस्तथान्तर्ज्योतिरेव यः । स योगी ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं ब्रह्मभूतोऽधिगच्छति ॥५-२४॥ Transliteration: Lord Krishna says to Arjuna: one determined to reach God in present life could never be swayed from path of jnana yoga (absolute wisdom)… no matter what! Such a human being finally succeeds in establishing absolute control over five senses and mind. Reaching stage of Nirvikalpa Samadhi (absolute nothingness)… one […]
शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात् । कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः ॥५-२३॥ Transliteration: In Bhagavad Gita chapter 5 verse 23 Lord Krishna clearly emphasizes that God Almighty could only be reached in human form… never lower forms of life! The two entities of physical manifest world, obstacles on path of pure spirituality… Kama (inherent feelings of desire) and […]
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते । आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः ॥५-२२॥ Transliteration: Lord Krishna says to Arjuna: the pleasures experienced through senses and sense objects were ephemeral… fleeting in nature! Every single sense object had limited life. There were never perennial in nature. In the circumstances, how can a true seeker of spirituality pursue path […]
बाह्यस्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्मा विन्दत्यात्मनि यत् सुखम् । स ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा सुखमक्षयमश्नुते ॥५-२१॥ Transliteration: When human beings transcend material nature, rise above fold of five senses and mind; one gained absolute purity forever! Devoid of dross impurities within… our soul atman, the spirit within regains its lost original pure prime pristine primordial form. Such a human being, who works with an unattached attitude, […]
न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम् । स्थिरबुद्धिरसंमूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः ॥५-२०॥ Transliteration: One who maintains equipoise in both happiness and sufferings, one who does not get affected by gains or losses of worldly life… such a one who maintains equanimity in all circumstances of life has finally reached stage of an enlightened one (kaivalya jnani) forever! Firmly established in God… […]
इहैव तैर्जितः सर्गो येषां साम्ये स्थितं मनः । निर्दोषं हि समं ब्रह्म तस्माद्ब्रह्मणि ते स्थिताः ॥५-१९॥ Transliteration: One who after controlling five senses and mind established self in oneness of mankind, such a one truly liberates self from cycle of birth and death forever… reaches stage of Mukti! An enlightened one devoid of dross impurities within finally reached […]
विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि । शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः ॥५-१८॥ Transliteration: Lord Krishna tells Arjuna that seekers of spirituality who after establishing absolute control over five senses and mind via path of jnana yoga (absolute wisdom)… finally established self, identified self with God Almighty were true Jnana Yogis who finally realized oneness with all living beings. […]
तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः । गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः ॥५-१७॥ Transliteration: One who after directing one’s (buddhi) intellect and mind power towards God Almighty, establishing self in thoughts of God Almighty… finally reached stage of Nirvikalpa Samadhi (stage of absolute nothingness), and nothing to achieve further finally crosses over ocean of Samsara (worldly life) to reach God Almighty forever! Having become a pure soul […]
ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः । तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम् ॥५-१६॥ Transliteration: In Bhagavad Gita chapter 5 verse 16 Lord Krishna further says: human beings who succeeded in permanent removal of their ignorance did it via path of jnana yoga (path of absolute wisdom). By travelling spiritual path, moment human beings realized hidden inner truths of life… they reached stage […]
नादत्ते कस्यचित्पापं न चैव सुकृतं विभुः । अज्ञानेनावृतं ज्ञानं तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्तवः ॥५-१५॥ Transliteration: In Bhagavad Gita chapter 5 verse 15 Lord Krishna clearly says that law of karma was self rotating… independent of all other cosmic laws! It further clarifies that God Almighty never interfered with creation of his. Neither did God Almighty interfere with established laws of […]
न कर्तृत्वं न कर्माणि लोकस्य सृजति प्रभुः । न कर्मफलसंयोगं स्वभावस्तु प्रवर्तते ॥५-१४॥ Transliteration: In Bhagavad Gita chapter 5 verse 14 Lord Krishna confirms non-interference by God Almighty in the creation of his. At no stage of life does God Almighty interfere. Right from first manifestation by the soul atman as an amoeba (single cell formation) to last as […]
सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी । नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन् ॥५-१३॥ Transliteration: Lord Krishna says: O Arjuna, a Sankhya Yogi… who had all five senses and mind under control, a traveler of path of absolute truthfulness… remaining unattached to karma and fruits of karma performed finally lives life of a recluse… an enlightened one, a bodhi… a […]
युक्तः कर्मफलं त्यक्त्वा शान्तिमाप्नोति नैष्ठिकीम् । अयुक्तः कामकारेण फले सक्तो निबध्यते ॥५-१२॥ Transliteration: Lord Krishna says to Arjuna: A Nishkama Karma Yogi by offering fruits of karma performed to God Almighty finally reached stage of Nirvikalpa Samadhi (stage of absolute nothingness), when not a single thought flowed through our brain uninvoked. This is the stage of unparalleled bliss experienced […]
कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि । योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वात्मशुद्धये ॥५-११॥ Transliteration: Through Bhagavad Gita chapter 5 verse 11 Lord Krishna again emphasizes importance of path of karma yoga to reach God in one’s lifetime. Lord Krishna says… a true Karma Yogi can always indulge in karma knowing well that, all indulgences by five senses, mind, buddhi (intellect) and […]
ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः । लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा ॥५-१०॥ Transliteration: In Bhagavad Gita chapter 5 verse 10 Lord Krishna tells Arjuna that human beings who saw karma as part of God Almighty never attached self to fruits of karma performed! Remaining unattached to karma performed, one could live in Grihastha ashram (family life) as […]
नैव किंचित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित् । पश्यञ्श्रृण्वन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्नन्गच्छन्स्वपञ्श्वसन् ॥५-८॥ प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि । इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन् ॥५-९॥ Transliteration: Lord Krishna says: O Arjuna, when a traveler of spiritual path finally conquered five senses, all sense objects became meaningless! A human being gets affected by sense objects as long as we indulged in them. By concentrating our thoughts in centre of two […]
योगयुक्तो विशुद्धात्मा विजितात्मा जितेन्द्रियः । सर्वभूतात्मभूतात्मा कुर्वन्नपि न लिप्यते ॥५-७॥ Transliteration: In Bhagavad Gita chapter 5 verse 7 Lord Krishna enumerates advantages of following path of nishkama karma yoga. One who had established absolute control over mind, one who had become a Jitendriya (conqueror of five senses)… one who was absolutely truthful in all affairs of life… one who […]
संन्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः । योगयुक्तो मुनिर्ब्रह्म नचिरेणाधिगच्छति ॥५-६॥ Transliteration: In Bhagavad Gita chapter 5 verse 6 Lord Krishna again emphasizes to Arjuna that stage of sanyasa was difficult to reach unless we practiced karma yoga! In a nutshell, in layman terms… Lord Krishna makes it absolutely clear to Arjuna that indulgence in karma by all living beings including human […]
यत्सांख्यैः प्राप्यते स्थानं तद्योगैरपि गम्यते । एकं सांख्यं च योगं च यः पश्यति स पश्यति ॥५-५॥ Transliteration: Lord Krishna says to Arjuna: by travelling spiritual path whatever ultimate goal of life is achieved by a Jnana Yogi, the same is also achieved by a Karma Yogi. Lord Krishna emphatically confirms, though path of jnana yoga and karma yoga appear […]
सांख्ययोगौ पृथग्बालाः प्रवदन्ति न पण्डिताः । एकमप्यास्थितः सम्यगुभयोर्विन्दते फलम् ॥५-४॥ Transliteration: While deliberating on karma yoga in Bhagavad Gita chapter 5 verse 3… Lord Krishna clearly indicates that for reaching God in present life… path of nishkama karma yoga was an absolute must! In Bhagavad Gita chapter 5 verse 4 Lord Krishna tells Arjuna that path of Sankhya Yoga […]
ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति । निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते ॥५-३॥ Transliteration: Emphasizing importance of karma yoga in human life, lord Krishna says to Arjuna: Seeker of spirituality who lived a life of equipoise, one who vanquished his desires and also refrained from all kinds of enmities was a true Karma Yogi indeed! Only a […]
संन्यासः कर्मयोगश्च निःश्रेयसकरावुभौ । तयोस्तु कर्मसंन्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते ॥५-२॥ Transliteration: In Bhagavad Gita chapter 5 verse 1 Arjuna express to Lord Krishna his dilemma about which path to follow… path of karma sanyasa or nishkama karma yoga. As per Lord Krishna both paths of karma ultimate led one towards God Almighty. In bhagavad gita chapter 5 verse 2 Lord Krishna […]
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 […]