Gems ofBhagavad Gita

T. K. G. NAMBOODHIRITHIRUVALLA, KERALA

INDIA

BHAGAVAD GITA – THE DIVINE SONG-An Introduction Bhagavad Gita-Part of the

Sanskrit Epic Mahabhaaratha.(200 BC to 200 AD)

700 verses in 18 chapters.

A conversation between Lord Krishna and his close friend Arjuna in the middle of the battlefield just before the start of the Kurukshetra battle.

Arjuna loses his heart and refuses to fight his teachers and relatives, and Krishna revives him by his wise words of wisdom.

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Bhagavad GitaCHAPTER 2

THE SAAMKHYA YOGATHE YOGA OF KNOWLEDGE

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Bhagavad GitaYUM HI NA VYTHAYANTHYETHE’ PURUSHAM PURUSHARSHABHAH, SAMADUKHASUKHAM DHEERAM SO AMRUTHATHWAYA KALPATHE’. (2-15)

Strong & wise men, to whom pain and pleasure are alike, and who is not tormented by them, become eligible for immortality.

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Bhagavad GitaNA SATHO VIDYATHE’ BHAVO NA BHAVO VIDYATHE’ SATHAH, UBHAYORAPI DRISTO ANTHASTHWANAYOSTHATHWA DARSIBHIH.-(2-16)

The unreal has no existence , and the real never ceases to exist. The truth about both these has been perceived by the seers of Reality.

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Bhagavad GitaNA JAYATHE’ MRIYATHE’ VA KADAAPI NAYAM BHUTHWA BHAVITHA VA NA BHUYAH, AJO NITHYAH SAASWATHO AYAM PURAANO NA HANYATHE’ HANYAMAANE’ SAREERE’.- (2-20)

The Soul is neither ever born nor It ever dies. Having been born, It never ceases to be. Unborn, eternal & everlasting, this ancient One is not slain when the body is slain

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Bhagavad GitaVASAMSI JEERNANI YATHA VIHAYA NAVANI GRIHNATHI NARO APARANI, THATHA SAREERANI VIHAYA JEERNA ANYANI SAMYATHI NAVANI DE’HEEM. (2.22)

Just like we discard old clothes and wear new ones, the soul discards the old body (at death) and takes a new one.

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Bhagavad GitaACHCHE’DYO AYAM ADAHYO AYAM AKLE’’DYO ASOSHYA EVA CHA, NITHYA SARVAGATHAH STHAANURACHALO AYAM SANAATHANA.- (2-24)

The Soul cannot be cut, burnt, wetted or dried. It is eternal, omnipresent, immovable, constant and everlasting.

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Bhagavad GitaJAATHASYA HI DHRUVO MRITHYUR DHRUVAM JANMA MRITHASYA CHA, THASMAAD APARIHAARYE’ ARTHE’ NA THWAM SOCHITHUM ARHASI.- (2-27)

That which is born will surely die; similarly, all that die will surely be reborn. Therefore, as regards this unavoidable sequence, you ought not to grieve.

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Bhagavad GitaDEHEE NITHYAM AVADHYOYAM DEHE’ SARVASYA BHAARATHA, THASMAATH SARVAANI BHOOTHAANI NA THWAM SOCHITHUMARHASI. – (2-30)

The Soul (Atma) residing in the bodies of all beings is eternally indestructible. Therefore you ought not to grieve for any being at all.

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Bhagavad GitaKARMANYEVADHIKARASTHE’ MA PHALESHU KADACHANA, MA KARMAPHALAHETHURBHOOR MAA THE’ SANGO ASTHWAKARMANI.-(2-47)

You have rights only for doing your work, never for its results. Do not make your work create bondage & never be inactive.Do your duty sincerely, and do not worry about the outcome.

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Bhagavad GitaKARMAJAM BUDHIYUKTHA HI PHALAM THYKTHA MANEESHINAH, JANMABANDHA VINIRMUKTHAH PADAM GACHANTHYANAMAYAM.- (2-51)Wise people with intelligence of evenness, discard, indeed, the fruits of action. They break the bondage of birth/death and attain the supreme blissful state.

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Bhagavad GitaATMAVASYER VIDHEYATMA PRASADAM ADHIGACHATHI; PRASADE’ SARVA DUKHANAM HANIRASYOPAJAYATHE’.- (2-64 & 65)

One whose senses are under control attains an undisturbed mind; with the undisturbed mind, all his/her sorrows disappear.

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Bhagavad GitaINDRIYANAAM HI CHARATHAAM YANMANO ANUVIDHEEYATHE’, THADASYA HARATHI PRAJNAAM VAAYURNNAAVAMIVAAMBHASI. (2-67):-

One whose mind is immersed in sensual pleasures loses his discrimination, just like strong winds sweep a sail-boat off its course at sea.

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