Chapter 3: Karma-yoga TEXT 6 karmendriyani samyamyaya aste manasa smaranindriyarthan vimudhatmamithyacarah sa ucyate TRANSLATION One who restrains the senses and organs of action, but whose mind dwells on sense objects, certainly deludes himself and is called a pretender. PURPORT There are many pretenders who refuse to work in Krsna consciousness but make a show of…
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Chapter 3: Karma-yoga TEXT 5 na hi kascit ksanam apijatu tisthaty akarma-krtkaryate hy avasah karmasarvah prakrti-jair gunaih TRANSLATION All men are forced to act helplessly according to the impulses born of the modes of material nature; therefore no one can refrain from doing something, not even for a moment. PURPORT It is not a question…
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Chapter 3: Karma-yoga TEXT 4 na karmanam anarambhannaiskarmyam puruso ‘snutena ca sannyasanad evasiddhim samadhigacchati TRANSLATION Not by merely abstaining from work can one achieve freedom from reaction, nor by renunciation alone can one attain perfection. PURPORT The renounced order of life can be accepted upon being purified by the discharge of the prescribed form of…
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Chapter 3: Karma-yoga TEXT 3 sri-bhagavan uvacaloke ‘smin dvi-vidha nisthapura prokta mayanaghajnana-yogena sankhyanamkarma-yogena yoginam TRANSLATION The Blessed Lord said: O sinless Arjuna, I have already explained that there are two classes of men who realize the Self. Some are inclined to understand Him by empirical, philosophical speculation, and others are inclined to know Him by…
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Chapter 3: Karma-yoga TEXT 1 arjuna uvacajyayasi cet karmanas temata buddhir janardanatat kim karmani ghore mamniyojayasi kesava TRANSLATION Arjuna said: O Janardana, O Kesava, why do You urge me to engage in this ghastly warfare, if You think that intelligence is better than fruitive work? PURPORT The Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna has very…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 72 esa brahmi sthitih parthanainam prapya vimuhyatisthitvasyam anta-kale ‘pibrahma-nirvanam rcchati TRANSLATION That is the way of the spiritual and godly life, after attaining which a man is not bewildered. Being so situated, even at the hour of death, one can enter into the kingdom of God. PURPORT…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 71 vihaya kaman yah sarvanpumams carati nihsprhahnirmamo nirahankarahsa santim adhigacchati TRANSLATION A person who has given up all desires for sense gratification, who lives free from desires, who has given up all sense of proprietorship and is devoid of false ego—he alone can attain real peace. PURPORT…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 70 apuryamanam acala-pratisthamsamudram apah pravisanti yadvattadvat kama yam pravisanti sarvesa santim apnoti na kama-kami TRANSLATION A person who is not disturbed by the incessant flow of desires—that enter like rivers into the ocean which is ever being filled but is always still—can alone achieve peace, and not…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 68 tasmad yasya maha-bahonigrhitani sarvasahindriyanindriyarthebhyastasya prajna pratisthita TRANSLATION Therefore, O mighty-armed, one whose senses are restrained from their objects is certainly of steady intelligence. PURPORT As enemies are curbed by superior force, similarly, the senses can be curbed not by any human endeavor, but only by keeping…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 66 nasti buddhir ayuktasyana cayuktasya bhavanana cabhavayatah santirasantasya kutah sukham TRANSLATION One who is not in transcendental consciousness can have neither a controlled mind nor steady intelligence, without which there is no possibility of peace. And how can there be any happiness without peace? PURPORT Unless one…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 64 raga-dvesa-vimuktais tuvisayan indriyais caranatma-vasyair vidheyatmaprasadam adhigacchati TRANSLATION One who can control his senses by practicing the regulated principles of freedom can obtain the complete mercy of the Lord and thus become free from all attachment and aversion. PURPORT It is already explained that one may externally…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 63 krodhad bhavati sammohahsammohat smrti-vibhramahsmrti-bhramsad buddhi-nasobuddhi-nasat pranasyati TRANSLATION From anger, delusion arises, and from delusion bewilderment of memory. When memory is bewildered, intelligence is lost, and when intelligence is lost, one falls down again into the material pool. PURPORT By development of Krsna consciousness one can know…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 62 dhyayato visayan pumsahsangas tesupajayatesangat sanjayate kamahkamat krodho ‘bhijayate TRANSLATION While contemplating the objects of the senses, a person develops attachment for them, and from such attachment lust develops, and from lust anger arises. PURPORT One who is not Krsna conscious is subjected to material desires while…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 61 tani sarvani samyamyayukta asita mat-parahvase hi yasyendriyanitasya prajna pratisthita TRANSLATION One who restrains his senses and fixes his consciousness upon Me is known as a man of steady intelligence. PURPORT That the highest conception of yoga perfection is Krsna consciousness is clearly explained in this verse. And, unless…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 60 yatato hy api kaunteyapurusasya vipascitahindriyani pramathiniharanti prasabham manah TRANSLATION The senses are so strong and impetuous, O Arjuna, that they forcibly carry away the mind even of a man of discrimination who is endeavoring to control them. PURPORT There are many learned sages, philosophers and transcendentalists…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 59 visaya vinivartanteniraharasya dehinahrasa-varjam raso ‘py asyaparam drstva nivartate TRANSLATION The embodied soul may be restricted from sense enjoyment, though the taste for sense objects remains. But, ceasing such engagements by experiencing a higher taste, he is fixed in consciousness. PURPORT Unless one is transcendentally situated, it…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 57 yah sarvatranabhisnehastat tat prapya subhasubhamnabhinandati na dvestitasya prajna pratisthita TRANSLATION He who is without attachment, who does not rejoice when he obtains good, nor lament when he obtains evil, is firmly fixed in perfect knowledge. PURPORT There is always some upheaval in the material world which…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 56 duhkhesv anudvigna-manahsukhesu vigata-sprhahvita-raga-bhaya-krodhahsthita-dhir munir ucyate TRANSLATION One who is not disturbed in spite of the threefold miseries, who is not elated when there is happiness, and who is free from attachment, fear and anger, is called a sage of steady mind. PURPORT The word muni means one who…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 55 sri-bhagavan uvacaprajahati yada kamansarvan partha mano-gatanatmany evatmana tustahsthita-prajnas tadocyate TRANSLATION The Blessed Lord said: O Partha, when a man gives up all varieties of sense desire which arise from mental concoction, and when his mind finds satisfaction in the self alone, then he is said to…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 53 sruti-vipratipanna teyada sthasyati niscalasamadhav acala buddhistada yogam avapsyasi TRANSLATION When your mind is no longer disturbed by the flowery language of the Vedas, and when it remains fixed in the trance of self-realization, then you will have attained the Divine consciousness. PURPORT To say that one…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 52 yada te moha-kalilambuddhir vyatitarisyatitada gantasi nirvedamsrotavyasya srutasya ca TRANSLATION When your intelligence has passed out of the dense forest of delusion, you shall become indifferent to all that has been heard and all that is to be heard. PURPORT There are many good examples in the…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 51 karma-jam buddhi-yukta hiphalam tyaktva manisinahjanma-bandha-vinirmuktahpadam gacchanty anamayam TRANSLATION The wise, engaged in devotional service, take refuge in the Lord, and free themselves from the cycle of birth and death by renouncing the fruits of action in the material world. In this way they can attain that…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 49 durena hy avaram karmabuddhi-yogad dhananjayabuddhau saranam anvicchakrpanah phala-hetavah TRANSLATION O Dhananjaya, rid yourself of all fruitive activities by devotional service, and surrender fully to that consciousness. Those who want to enjoy the fruits of their work are misers. PURPORT One who has actually come to understand…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 47 karmany evadhikaras tema phalesu kadacanama karma-phala-hetur bhurma te sango ‘stv akarmani TRANSLATION You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities, and never…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 46 yavan artha udapanesarvatah samplutodaketavan sarvesu vedesubrahmanasya vijanatah TRANSLATION All purposes that are served by the small pond can at once be served by the great reservoirs of water. Similarly, all the purposes of the Vedas can be served to one who knows the purpose behind them….
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 45 trai-gunya-visaya vedanistrai-gunyo bhavarjunanirdvandvo nitya-sattva-sthoniryoga-ksema atmavan TRANSLATION The Vedas mainly deal with the subject of the three modes of material nature. Rise above these modes, O Arjuna. Be transcendental to all of them. Be free from all dualities and from all anxieties for gain and safety, and be…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 44 bhogaisvarya-prasaktanamtayapahrta-cetasamvyavasayatmika buddhihsamadhau na vidhiyate TRANSLATION In the minds of those who are too attached to sense enjoyment and material opulence, and who are bewildered by such things, the resolute determination of devotional service to the Supreme Lord does not take place. PURPORT Samadhi means “fixed mind.” The…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXTS 42-43 yam imam puspitam vacampravadanty avipascitahveda-vada-ratah parthananyad astiti vadinahkamatmanah svarga-parajanma-karma-phala-pradamkriya-visesa-bahulambhogaisvarya-gatim prati TRANSLATION Men of small knowledge are very much attached to the flowery words of the Vedas, which recommend various fruitive activities for elevation to heavenly planets, resultant good birth, power, and so forth. Being desirous of…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 41 vyavasayatmika buddhirekeha kuru-nandanabahu-sakha hy anantas cabuddhayo ‘vyavasayinam TRANSLATION Those who are on this path are resolute in purpose, and their aim is one. O beloved child of the Kurus, the intelligence of those who are irresolute is many-branched. PURPORT A strong faith in Krsna consciousness that…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 40 nehabhikrama-naso ‘stipratyavayo na vidyatesv-alpam apy asya dharmasyatrayate mahato bhayat TRANSLATION In this endeavor there is no loss or diminution, and a little advancement on this path can protect one from the most dangerous type of fear. PURPORT Activity in Krsna consciousness, or acting for the benefit…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 39 esa te ‘bhihita sankhyebuddhir yoge tv imam srnubuddhya yukto yaya parthakarma-bandham prahasyasi TRANSLATION Thus far I have declared to you the analytical knowledge of sankhya philosophy. Now listen to the knowledge of yoga whereby one works without fruitive result. O son of Prtha, when you act…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 38 sukha-duhkhe same krtvalabhalabhau jayajayautato yuddhaya yujyasvanaivam papam avapsyasi TRANSLATION Do thou fight for the sake of fighting, without considering happiness or distress, loss or gain, victory or defeat—and, by so doing, you shall never incur sin. PURPORT Lord Krsna now directly says that Arjuna should fight…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 34 akirtim capi bhutanikathayisyanti te ‘vyayamsambhavitasya cakirtirmaranad atiricyate TRANSLATION People will always speak of your infamy, and for one who has been honored, dishonor is worse than death. PURPORT Both as friend and philosopher to Arjuna, Lord Krsna now gives His final judgement regarding Arjuna’s refusal to…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 32 yadrcchaya copapannamsvarga-dvaram apavrtamsukhinah ksatriyah parthalabhante yuddham idrsam TRANSLATION O Partha, happy are the ksatriyas to whom such fighting opportunities come unsought, opening for them the doors of the heavenly planets. PURPORT As supreme teacher of the world, Lord Krsna condemns the attitude of Arjuna who said,…
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Each day you can journey from your Alpha (it begins with you) to your Omega, which in the teachings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, is the point within each of us where our inner spiritual nature meets our outer worldly nature. It is with this thought I bring to you daily dose of affirmations for…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 31 sva-dharmam api caveksyana vikampitum arhasidharmyad dhi yuddhac chreyo ‘nyatksatriyasya na vidyate TRANSLATION Considering your specific duty as a ksatriya, you should know that there is no better engagement for you than fighting on religious principles; and so there is no need for hesitation. PURPORT Out of…
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Each day you can journey from your Alpha (it begins with you) to your Omega, which in the teachings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, is the point within each of us where our inner spiritual nature meets our outer worldly nature. It is with this thought I bring to you daily dose of affirmations for…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 30 dehi nityam avadhyo ‘yamdehe sarvasya bharatatasmat sarvani bhutanina tvam socitum arhasi TRANSLATION O descendant of Bharata, he who dwells in the body is eternal and can never be slain. Therefore you need not grieve for any creature. PURPORT The Lord now concludes the chapter of instruction…
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Each day you can journey from your Alpha (it begins with you) to your Omega, which in the teachings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, is the point within each of us where our inner spiritual nature meets our outer worldly nature. It is with this thought I bring to you daily dose of affirmations for…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 29 ascarya-vat pasyati kascid enamascarya-vad vadati tathaiva canyahascarya-vac cainam anyah srnotisrutvapy enam veda na caiva kascit TRANSLATION Some look on the soul as amazing, some describe him as amazing, and some hear of him as amazing, while others, even after hearing about him, cannot understand him at…
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Each day you can journey from your Alpha (it begins with you) to your Omega, which in the teachings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, is the point within each of us where our inner spiritual nature meets our outer worldly nature. It is with this thought I bring to you daily dose of affirmations for…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 28 avyaktadini bhutanivyakta-madhyani bharataavyakta-nidhanany evatatra ka paridevana TRANSLATION All created beings are unmanifest in their beginning, manifest in their interim state, and unmanifest again when they are annihilated. So what need is there for lamentation? PURPORT Accepting that there are two classes of philosophers, one believing in…
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Each day you can journey from your Alpha (it begins with you) to your Omega, which in the teachings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, is the point within each of us where our inner spiritual nature meets our outer worldly nature. It is with this thought I bring to you daily dose of affirmations for…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 27 jatasya hi dhruvo mrtyurdhruvam janma mrtasya catasmad apariharye ‘rthena tvam socitum arhasi TRANSLATION For one who has taken his birth, death is certain; and for one who is dead, birth is certain. Therefore, in the unavoidable discharge of your duty, you should not lament. PURPORT One…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 26 atha cainam nitya-jatamnityam va manyase mrtamtathapi tvam maha-bahonainam socitum arhasi TRANSLATION If, however, you think that the soul is perpetually born and always dies, still you have no reason to lament, O mighty-armed. PURPORT There is always a class of philosophers, almost akin to the Buddhists,…
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Each day you can journey from your Alpha (it begins with you) to your Omega, which in the teachings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, is the point within each of us where our inner spiritual nature meets our outer worldly nature. It is with this thought I bring to you daily dose of affirmations for…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 25 avyakto ‘yam acintyo ‘yamavikaryo ‘yam ucyatetasmad evam viditvainamnanusocitum arhasi TRANSLATION It is said that the soul is invisible, inconceivable, immutable, and unchangeable. Knowing this, you should not grieve for the body. PURPORT As described previously, the magnitude of the soul is so small for our material…
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Each day you can journey from your Alpha (it begins with you) to your Omega, which in the teachings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, is the point within each of us where our inner spiritual nature meets our outer worldly nature. It is with this thought I bring to you daily dose of affirmations for…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 24 acchedyo ‘yam adahyo ‘yamakledyo ‘sosya eva canityah sarva-gatah sthanuracalo ‘yam sanatanah TRANSLATION This individual soul is unbreakable and insoluble, and can be neither burned nor dried. He is everlasting, all-pervading, unchangeable, immovable and eternally the same. PURPORT All these qualifications of the atomic soul definitely prove…
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