Gita 3.26 na buddhi-bhedam janayed ajnanam karma-sanginam josayet sarva-karmani vidvan yuktah samacaran Meaning Let not the wise disrupt the minds of the ignorant who are attached to action, they should not be encouraged to refrain from work, but to engage in work in the spirit of devotion. Explanation It may be put forth that if […]
Gita 3.21 yad yad acarati sresthas tat tad evetaro janah sa yat pramanam kurute lokas tad anuvartate Meaning Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men follow in his footsteps. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues. Explanation Whatever actions a great personality performs is accepted by the […]
Gita 3.16 evam pravartitam cakram nanuvartayatiha yah aghayur indriyaramo mogham partha sa jivati Meaning My dear Arjuna, a man who does not follow this prescribed Vedic system of sacrifice certainly leads a life of sin, for a person delighting only in the senses lives in vain. Explanation Lord Krishna addresses Arjuna as ‘Partha’ to remind […]
Gita 3.11 devan bhavayatanena te deva bhavayantu vah parasparam bhavayantah sreyah param avapsyatha Meaning By this (Yajna) please the devas who will in turn please you! Thus supporting each other you will attain the highest good. Explanation By yajna or worship and appeasement one pleases the Devas or demi- gods, who in turn please you […]
Gita 3.6 karmendriyani samyamya ya aste manasa smaran indriyarthan vimudhatma mithyacarah sa ucyate Meaning One who restrains the senses and organs of action, but whose mind dwells on sense objects, certainly deludes himself and is called a pretender. Explanation One who is able to restrain their body from sense objects still may find their mind […]
Chapter three establishes the fact by various points of view that the performance of prescribed duties is obligatory for everyone. Here Lord Krishna categorically and comprehensively explains how it is the duty of each and every member of society to carry out their functions and responsibilities in their respective stage of life according to the […]
What we perceive as life existed even before we took this particular form of human body. When a baby is born, for instance, we do not know what it was before its birth and how many births it has gone through and similarly when a man dies we do not know where he goes and […]
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