05. Bhagavad Gita Depth

🌟 Shloka 11 of 20 – Beyond Pleasure & Pain Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2, Shloka 14 – Deep Dive“Treat heat and cold, pleasure and pain with equality…” 📜 Sanskrit Verse मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेयशीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः।आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत॥ 🔤 Transliteration mātrā-sparśās tu kaunteyaśītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥāgamāpāyino ’nityāstāṁs titikṣasva bhārata 🌍 English Translation O son of Kunti, the contacts of the senses with objects give rise to cold and heat, pleasure and pain.They come and go — they are impermanent.Endure them, O descendant of…

🌟 Shloka 10 of 20 – What You Think, You Become Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8, Shloka 6 – Deep Dive“Whatever one remembers at the time of death…” 📜 Sanskrit Verse यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावंत्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम्।तं तमेवैति कौन्तेयसदा तद्भावभावितः॥ 🔤 Transliteration yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁtyajaty ante kalevaramtaṁ tam evaiti kaunteyasadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ 🌍 English Translation Whatever state of being one remembers at the time of death,that state one surely attains, O Kaunteya (Arjuna),being always absorbed in…

🌟 Shloka 9 of 20 – The Undisturbed One is the Liberated One Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2, Shloka 70 – Deep Dive“Like the ocean that remains full though rivers enter it…” 📜 Sanskrit Verse आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठंसमुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत्।तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वेस शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी॥ 🔤 Transliteration āpūryamāṇam acala-pratiṣṭhaṁsamudram āpaḥ praviśanti yadvattadvat kāmā yaṁ praviśanti sarvesa śāntim āpnoti na kāma-kāmī 🌍 English Translation As the ocean remains ever full and unmoved,though countless rivers flow into it,so too…

🌟 Shloka 8 of 20 – You Become What You Worship Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7, Shloka 23 – Deep Dive“The fruit gained by limited worship is temporary…” 📜 Sanskrit Verse अन्तवत्तु फलं तेषां तद्भवत्यल्पमेधसाम्।देवान्देवयजो यान्ति मद्भक्ता यान्ति मामपि॥ 🔤 Transliteration antavat tu phalaṁ teṣāṁ tad bhavaty alpa-medhasāmdevān deva-yajo yānti mad-bhaktā yānti mām api 🌍 English Translation The rewards gained by those of small intelligence are temporary.Those who worship the gods go to the gods.But My…

🌟 Shloka 7 of 20 – The Three Modes of Nature Bhagavad Gita Chapter 14, Shloka 5 – Deep Dive“All beings are born of the union of Prakriti and the three guṇas…” 📜 Sanskrit Verse सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसम्भवाः।निबध्नन्ति महाबाहो देहे देहिनमव्ययम्॥ 🔤 Transliteration sattvaṁ rajas tama iti guṇāḥ prakṛti-sambhavāḥnibadhnanti mahā-bāho dehe dehinam avyayam 🌍 English Translation O mighty-armed (Arjuna), the three guṇas — sattva (goodness), rajas (passion), and tamas (ignorance) — born of…

🌟 Shloka 6 of 20 – True Knowledge is Humble Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4, Shloka 34 – Deep Dive“Approach the wise with humility…” 📜 Sanskrit Verse तद्विद्धि प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्नेन सेवया।उपदेक्ष्यन्ति ते ज्ञानं ज्ञानिनस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः॥ 🔤 Transliteration tad viddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayāupadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ 🌍 English Translation Know this truth by surrendering, asking questions with sincerity, and serving with devotion.The enlightened seers who have realized the truth will instruct you in that knowledge. 🧭 Context…

🌟 Shloka 5 of 20 – Seeing Action in Inaction Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4, Shloka 18 – Deep Dive“He who sees inaction in action and action in inaction…” 📜 Sanskrit Verse कर्मण्यकर्म यः पश्येदकर्मणि च कर्म यः।स बुद्धिमान्मनुष्येषु स युक्तः कृत्स्नकर्मकृत्॥ 🔤 Transliteration karmaṇy akarma yaḥ paśyed akarmaṇi ca karma yaḥsa buddhimān manuṣyeṣu sa yuktaḥ kṛtsna-karma-kṛt 🌍 English Translation One who sees inaction in action and action in inaction,such a person is wise among humans.He…

🌟 Shloka 4 of 20 – Desire is the Path to Destruction Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2, Shlokas 62–63 – Deep Dive“From attachment springs desire… and ends in destruction.” 📜 Sanskrit Verse ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते।सङ्गात्सञ्जायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते॥ क्रोधाद्भवति सम्मोहः सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः।स्मृतिभ्रंशाद्बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति॥ 🔤 Transliteration dhyāyato viṣayān puṁsaḥ saṅgas teṣūpajāyatesaṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho ’bhijāyate krodhād bhavati sammohah sammohāt smṛti-vibhramaḥsmṛti-bhraṁśād buddhi-nāśo buddhi-nāśāt praṇaśyati 🌍 English Translation While contemplating the objects of the senses, a person develops attachment.From attachment…

🌟 Shloka 3 of 20 – The Soul is Eternal Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2, Shloka 20 – Deep Dive“The Self is never born and never dies…” 📜 Sanskrit Verse न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः।अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणोन हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे॥ 🔤 Transliteration na jāyate mriyate vā kadācinnāyaṁ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥajo nityaḥ śāśvato ’yaṁ purāṇona hanyate hanyamāne śarīre 🌍 English Translation The soul is never born, nor does it…

🌟 Shloka 2 of 20 – Stay Steady in Joy and Pain Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2, Shloka 15 – Deep Dive“The one who is undisturbed by happiness and distress…” 📜 Sanskrit Verse यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ।समदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते॥ 🔤 Transliteration yaṁ hi na vyathayanty ete puruṣaṁ puruṣarṣabhasama-duḥkha-sukhaṁ dhīraṁ so ’mṛtatvāya kalpate 🌍 English Translation O best among men (Arjuna), the person who is not disturbed by happiness and distress and remains steady…