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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 23 nainam chindanti sastraninainam dahati pavakahna cainam kledayanty apona sosayati marutah TRANSLATION The soul can never be cut into pieces by any weapon, nor can he be burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind. PURPORT All kinds of weapons, swords, flames, rains,…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 22 vasamsi jirnani yatha vihayanavani grhnati naro ‘paranitatha sarirani vihaya jirnanyanyani samyati navani dehi TRANSLATION As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, similarly, the soul accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones. PURPORT Change of body by the atomic…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 21 vedavinasinam nityamya enam ajam avyayamkatham sa purusah parthakam ghatayati hanti kam TRANSLATION O Partha, how can a person who knows that the soul is indestructible, unborn, eternal and immutable, kill anyone or cause anyone to kill? PURPORT Everything has its proper utility, and a man who…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 20 na jayate mriyate va kadacinnayam bhutva bhavita va na bhuyahajo nityah sasvato ‘yam puranona hanyate hanyamane sarire TRANSLATION For the soul there is never birth nor death. Nor, having once been, does he ever cease to be. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying and primeval. He…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 18 antavanta ime dehanityasyoktah saririnahanasino ‘prameyasyatasmad yudhyasva bharata TRANSLATION Only the material body of the indestructible, immeasurable and eternal living entity is subject to destruction; therefore, fight, O descendant of Bharata. PURPORT The material body is perishable by nature. It may perish immediately, or it may do…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 17 avinasi tu tad viddhiyena sarvam idam tatamvinasam avyayasyasyana kascit kartum arhati TRANSLATION Know that which pervades the entire body is indestructible. No one is able to destroy the imperishable soul. PURPORT This verse more clearly explains the real nature of the soul, which is spread all…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 16 nasato vidyate bhavonabhavo vidyate satahubhayor api drsto ‘ntastv anayos tattva-darsibhih TRANSLATION Those who are seers of the truth have concluded that of the nonexistent there is no endurance, and of the existent there is no cessation. This seers have concluded by studying the nature of both….
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 14 matra-sparsas tu kaunteyasitosna-sukha-duhkha-dahagamapayino ‘nityastams titiksasva bharata TRANSLATION O son of Kunti, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 13 dehino ‘smin yatha dehekaumaram yauvanam jaratatha dehantara-praptirdhiras tatra na muhyati TRANSLATION As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. The self-realized soul is not bewildered by such a change….
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 12 na tv evaham jatu nasamna tvam neme janadhipahna caiva na bhavisyamahsarve vayam atah param TRANSLATION Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be. PURPORT In the Vedas, in…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 11 sri-bhagavan uvacaasocyan anvasocas tvamprajna-vadams ca bhasasegatasun agatasums cananusocanti panditah TRANSLATION The Blessed Lord said: While speaking learned words, you are mourning for what is not worthy of grief. Those who are wise lament neither for the living nor the dead. PURPORT The Lord at once took…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 9 sanjaya uvacaevam uktva hrsikesamgudakesah parantapahna yotsya iti govindamuktva tusnim babhuva ha TRANSLATION Sanjaya said: Having spoken thus, Arjuna, chastiser of enemies, told Krsna, “Govinda, I shall not fight,” and fell silent. PURPORT Dhrtarastra must have been very glad to understand that Arjuna was not going to…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 8 na hi prapasyami mamapanudyadyac chokam ucchosanam indriyanamavapya bhumav asapatnam rddhamrajyam suranam api cadhipatyam TRANSLATION I can find no means to drive away this grief which is drying up my senses. I will not be able to destroy it even if I win an unrivalled kingdom on…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 7 karpanya-dosopahata-svabhavahprcchami tvam dharma-sammudha-cetahyac chreyah syan niscitam bruhi tan mesisyas te ‘ham sadhi mam tvam prapannam TRANSLATION Now I am confused about my duty and have lost all composure because of weakness. In this condition I am asking You to tell me clearly what is best for…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 5 gurun ahatva hi mahanubhavansreyo bhoktum bhaiksyam apiha lokehatvartha-kamams tu gurun ihaivabhunjiya bhogan rudhira-pradigdhan TRANSLATION It is better to live in this world by begging than to live at the cost of the lives of great souls who are my teachers. Even though they are avaricious, they…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 3 klaibyam ma sma gamah parthanaitat tvayy upapadyateksudram hrdaya-daurbalyamtyaktvottistha parantapa TRANSLATION O son of Prtha, do not yield to this degrading impotence. It does not become you. Give up such petty weakness of heart and arise, O chastiser of the enemy. PURPORT Arjuna was addressed as the…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 2 sri-bhagavan uvacakutas tva kasmalam idamvisame samupasthitamanarya-justam asvargyamakirti-karam arjuna TRANSLATION The Supreme Person [Bhagavan] said: My dear Arjuna, how have these impurities come upon you? They are not at all befitting a man who knows the progressive values of life. They do not lead to higher planets,…
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Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized TEXT 1 sanjaya uvacatam tatha krpayavistamasru-purnakuleksanamvisidantam idam vakyamuvaca madhusudanah TRANSLATION Sanjaya said: Seeing Arjuna full of compassion and very sorrowful, his eyes brimming with tears, Madhusudana, Krsna, spoke the following words. PURPORT Material compassion, lamentation and tears are all signs of ignorance of the real self. Compassion for…
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TEXT 44 aho bata mahat papamkartum vyavasita vayamyad rajya-sukha-lobhenahantum sva-janam udyatah TRANSLATION Alas, how strange it is that we are preparing to commit greatly sinful acts, driven by the desire to enjoy royal happiness. PURPORT Driven by selfish motives, one may be inclined to such sinful acts as the killing of one’s own brother, father,…
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Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXT 42 dosair etaih kula-ghnanamvarna-sankara-karakaihutsadyante jati-dharmahkula-dharmas ca sasvatah TRANSLATION Due to the evil deeds of the destroyers of family tradition, all kinds of community projects and family welfare activities are devastated. PURPORT The four orders of human society, combined with family welfare activities as they…
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Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXT 40 adharmabhibhavat krsnapradusyanti kula-striyahstrisu dustasu varsneyajayate varna-sankarah TRANSLATION When irreligion is prominent in the family, O Krsna, the women of the family become corrupt, and from the degradation of womanhood, O descendant of Vrsni, comes unwanted progeny. PURPORT Good population in human society is…
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Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXTS 37-38 yady apy ete na pasyantilobhopahata-cetasahkula-ksaya-krtam dosammitra-drohe ca patakamkatham na jneyam asmabhihpapad asman nivartitumkula-ksaya-krtam dosamprapasyadbhir janardana TRANSLATION O Janardana, although these men, overtaken by greed, see no fault in killing one’s family or quarreling with friends, why should we, with knowledge of the sin,…
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Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXT 36 papam evasrayed asmanhatvaitan atatayinahtasman narha vayam hantumdhartarastran sa-bandhavansva-janam hi katham hatvasukhinah syama madhava TRANSLATION Sin will overcome us if we slay such aggressors. Therefore it is not proper for us to kill the sons of Dhrtarastra and our friends. What should we gain,…
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Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXTS 32-35 kim no rajyena govindakim bhogair jivitena vayesam arthe kanksitam norajyam bhogah sukhani cata ime ‘vasthita yuddhepranams tyaktva dhanani caacaryah pitarah putrastathaiva ca pitamahahmatulah svasurah pautrahsyalah sambandhinas tathaetan na hantum icchamighnato ‘pi madhusudanaapi trailokya-rajyasyahetoh kim nu mahi-krtenihatya dhartarastran nahka pritih syaj janardana TRANSLATION O…
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Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXT 31 na ca sreyo ‘nupasyamihatva sva-janam ahavena kankse vijayam krsnana ca rajyam sukhani ca TRANSLATION I do not see how any good can come from killing my own kinsmen in this battle, nor can I, my dear Krsna, desire any subsequent victory, kingdom, or…
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Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXT 29 vepathus ca sarire meroma-harsas ca jayategandivam sramsate hastattvak caiva paridahyate TRANSLATION My whole body is trembling, and my hair is standing on end. My bow Gandiva is slipping from my hand, and my skin is burning. PURPORT There are two kinds of trembling…
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Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXT 27 tan samiksya sa kaunteyahsarvan bandhun avasthitankrpaya parayavistovisidann idam abravit TRANSLATION When the son of Kunti, Arjuna, saw all these different grades of friends and relatives, he became overwhelmed with compassion and spoke thus: TEXT 28 arjuna uvacadrstvemam sva-janam krsnayuyutsum samupasthitamsidanti mama gatranimukham ca…
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Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXT 25 bhisma-drona-pramukhatahsarvesam ca mahi-ksitamuvaca partha pasyaitansamavetan kurun iti TRANSLATION In the presence of Bhisma, Drona and all other chieftains of the world, Hrsikesa, the Lord, said, Just behold, Partha, all the Kurus who are assembled here. PURPORT As the Supersoul of all living entities,…
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Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXT 23 yotsyamanan avekse ‘hamya ete ‘tra samagatahdhartarastrasya durbuddheryuddhe priya-cikirsavah TRANSLATION Let me see those who have come here to fight, wishing to please the evil-minded son of Dhrtarastra. PURPORT It was an open secret that Duryodhana wanted to usurp the kingdom of the Pandavas…
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Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXTS 21-22 arjuna uvacasenayor ubhayor madhyeratham sthapaya me ‘cyutayavad etan nirikse ‘hamyoddhu-kaman avasthitankair maya saha yoddhavyamasmin rana-samudyame TRANSLATION Arjuna said: O infallible one, please draw my chariot between the two armies so that I may see who is present here, who is desirous of fighting,…
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Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXT 19 sa ghoso dhartarastranamhrdayani vyadarayatnabhas ca prthivim caivatumulo ‘bhyanunadayan TRANSLATION The blowing of these different conchshells became uproarious, and thus, vibrating both in the sky and on the earth, it shattered the hearts of the sons of Dhrtarastra. PURPORT When Bhisma and the others…
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Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXTS 16-18 anantavijayam rajakunti-putro yudhisthirahnakulah sahadevas casughosa-manipuspakaukasyas ca paramesv-asahsikhandi ca maha-rathahdhrstadyumno viratas casatyakis caparajitahdrupado draupadeyas casarvasah prthivi-patesaubhadras ca maha-bahuhsankhan dadhmuh prthak prthak TRANSLATION King Yudhisthira, the son of Kunti, blew his conchshell, the Anantavijaya, and Nakula and Sahadeva blew the Sughosa and Manipuspaka. That great…
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Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXT 15 pancajanyam hrsikesodevadattam dhananjayahpaundram dadhmau maha-sankhambhima-karma vrkodarah TRANSLATION Then, Lord Krsna blew His conchshell, called Pancajanya; Arjuna blew his, the Devadatta; and Bhima, the voracious eater and performer of Herculean tasks, blew his terrific conchshell called Paundram. PURPORT Lord Krsna is referred to as…
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Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXT 12 tasya sanjanayan harsamkuru-vrddhah pitamahahsimha-nadam vinadyoccaihsankham dadhmau pratapavan TRANSLATION Then Bhisma, the great valiant grandsire of the Kuru dynasty, the grandfather of the fighters, blew his conchshell very loudly like the sound of a lion, giving Duryodhana joy. PURPORT The grandsire of the Kuru…
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Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXT 11 ayanesu ca sarvesuyatha-bhagam avasthitahbhismam evabhiraksantubhavantah sarva eva hi TRANSLATION Now all of you must give full support to Grandfather Bhisma, standing at your respective strategic points in the phalanx of the army. PURPORT Duryodhana, after praising the prowess of Bhisma, further considered that…
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Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXT 8 bhavan bhismas ca karnas cakrpas ca samitim-jayahasvatthama vikarnas casaumadattis tathaiva ca TRANSLATION There are personalities like yourself, Bhisma, Karna, Krpa, Asvatthama, Vikarna and the son of Somadatta called Bhurisrava, who are always victorious in battle. PURPORT Duryodhana mentioned the exceptional heroes in the…
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Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXT 4 atra sura mahesv-asabhimarjuna-sama yudhiyuyudhano viratas cadrupadas ca maha-rathah TRANSLATION Here in this army there are many heroic bowmen equal in fighting to Bhima and Arjuna; there are also great fighters like Yuyudhana, Virata and Drupada. PURPORT Even though Dhrstadyumna was not a very…
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Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXT 3 pasyaitam pandu-putranamacarya mahatim camumvyudham drupada-putrenatava sisyena dhimata Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TRANSLATION O my teacher, behold the great army of the sons of Pandu, so expertly arranged by your intelligent disciple, the son of Drupada. PURPORT Duryodhana,…
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Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXT 2 sanjaya uvacadrstva tu pandavanikamvyudham duryodhanas tadaacaryam upasangamyaraja vacanam abravithttps://youtu.be/t7T5Nop3tgI TRANSLATION Sanjaya said: O King, after looking over the army gathered by the sons of Pandu, King Duryodhana went to his teacher and began to speak the following words: PURPORT Dhrtarastra was blind from…
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Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXT 1 dhrtarastra uvacadharma-ksetre kuru-ksetresamaveta yuyutsavahmamakah pandavas caivakim akurvata sanjaya TRANSLATION Dhrtarastra said: O Sanjaya, after assembling in the place of pilgrimage at Kuruksetra, what did my sons and the sons of Pandu do, being desirous to fight? PURPORT Bhagavad-gita is the widely read theistic science…
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