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Gita 3.35 sreyan sva-dharmo vigunah para-dharmat svanusthitat sva-dharme nidhanam sreyah para-dharmo bhayavahah Meaning It is far better to discharge one’s prescribed duties, even though they may be faulty, than another’s duties. Destruction in the course of performing one’s own duty is better than engaging in another’s duties, for to follow another’s path is dangerous. Explanation […]
Gita 3.31 ye me matam idam nityam anutisthanti manavah sraddhavanto ‘nasuyanto mucyante te ‘pi karmabhih Meaning Persons who always follow this teaching of Mine, with faith and without question, are released from the bondage of all actions. Explanation Krishna gives three qualifications to attain freedom from action and bondage. It is to be noted that […]
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 […]
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