BG 1.1 The King Dhritarashtra asked: "O Sanjaya! What happened on the sacred battlefield of Kuru… BG 1.2 Sanjaya replied: "The Prince Duryodhana, when he saw the army of the Pandavas paraded, ap… BG 1.3 Revered Father! Behold this mighty host of the Pandavas, paraded by the son of King Drupa… BG 1.4 In it are heroes and great bowmen; the equals in battle of Arjuna and Bheema, Yuyudhana,… BG 1.5 Dhrishtaketu, Chekitan, the valiant King of Benares, Purujit, Kuntibhoja, Shaibya - a mas… BG 1.6 Yudhamanyu, Uttamouja, Soubhadra and the sons of Droupadi, famous men. BG 1.7 Further, take note of all those captains who have ranged themselves on our side, O best o… BG 1.8 You come first; then Bheeshma, Karna, Kripa, great soldiers; Ashwaththama, Vikarna and th… BG 1.9 And many others, all ready to die for my sake; all armed, all skilled in war. BG 1.10 Yet our army seems the weaker, though commanded by Bheeshma; their army seems the stronge… BG 1.11 Therefore in the rank and file, let stand firm in their posts, according to battalions; a… BG 1.12 Then to enliven his spirits, the brave Grandfather Bheeshma, eldest of the Kuru-clan, ble… BG 1.13 And immediately all the conches and drums, the trumpets and horns, blared forth in tumult… BG 1.14 Then seated in their spacious war chariot, yoked with white horses, Lord Shri Krishna and… BG 1.15 Lord Shri Krishna blew his Panchajanya and Arjuna his Devadatta, brave Bheema his renowne… BG 1.16 The King Dharmaraja, the son of Kunti, blew the Anantavijaya, Nakalu and Sahadeo, the Sug… BG 1.17 And the Maharaja of Benares, the great archer, Shikhandi, the great soldier, Dhrishtayumn… BG 1.18 And O King! Drupada, the sons of Droupadi and Soubhadra, the great soldier, blew their co… BG 1.19 The tumult rent the hearts of the sons of Dhritarashtra, and violently shook heaven and e… BG 1.20 Then beholding the sons of Dhritarashtra, drawn up on the battle- field, ready to fight,… BG 1.21 Raising his bow, spoke this to the Lord Shri Krishna: O Infallible! Lord of the earth! Pl… BG 1.22 So that I may observe those who must fight on my side, those who must fight against me; BG 1.23 And gaze over this array of soldiers, eager to please the sinful sons of Dhritarashtra." BG 1.24 Sanjaya said: "Having listened to the request of Arjuna, Lord Shri Krishna drew up His br… BG 1.25 Whither Bheeshma and Drona had led all the rulers of the earth, and spoke thus: O Arjuna!… BG 1.26 There Arjuna noticed fathers, grandfathers, uncles, cousins, sons, grandsons, teachers, f… BG 1.27 Fathers-in-law and benefactors, arrayed on both sides. Arjuna then gazed at all those kin… BG 1.28 And his heart melted with pity and sadly he spoke: O my Lord! When I see all these, my ow… BG 1.29 My limbs fail me and my throat is parched, my body trembles and my hair stands on end. BG 1.30 The bow Gandeeva slips from my hand, and my skin burns. I cannot keep quiet, for my mind… BG 1.31 The omens are adverse; what good can come from the slaughter of my people on this battlef… BG 1.32 Ah my Lord! I crave not for victory, nor for the kingdom, nor for any pleasure. What were… BG 1.33 When those for whose sake I desire these things stand here about to sacrifice their prope… BG 1.34 Teachers, fathers and grandfathers, sons and grandsons, uncles, father-in-law, brothers-i… BG 1.35 I would not kill them, even for three worlds; why then for this poor earth? It matters no… BG 1.36 My Lord! What happiness can come from the death of these sons of Dhritarashtra? We shall… BG 1.37 We are worthy of a nobler feat than to slaughter our relatives - the sons of Dhritarashtr… BG 1.38 Although these men, blinded by greed, see no guilt in destroying their kin, or fighting a… BG 1.39 Should not we, whose eyes are open, who consider it to be wrong to annihilate our house,… BG 1.40 The destruction of our kindred means the destruction of the traditions of our ancient lin… BG 1.41 When irreligion spreads, the women of the house begin to stray; when they lose their puri… BG 1.42 Promiscuity ruins both the family and those who defile it; while the souls of our ancesto… BG 1.43 By the destruction of our lineage and the pollution of blood, ancient class traditions an… BG 1.44 The wise say, my Lord, that they are forever lost, whose ancient traditions are lost. BG 1.45 Alas, it is strange that we should be willing to kill our own countrymen and commit a gre… BG 1.46 If, on the contrary, the sons of Dhritarashtra, with weapons in their hand, should slay m… BG 1.47 Sanjaya said: "Having spoken thus, in the midst of the armies, Arjuna sank on the seat of…

BG 2.1 Sanjaya then told how the Lord Shri Krishna, seeing Arjuna overwhelmed with compassion, h… BG 2.2 "The Lord said: My beloved friend! Why yield, just on the eve of battle, to this weakness… BG 2.3 O Arjuna! Why give way to unmanliness? O thou who art the terror of thine enemies! Shake… BG 2.4 Arjuna argued: My Lord! How can I, when the battle rages, send an arrow through Bheeshma… BG 2.5 Rather would I content myself with a beggar's crust that kill these teachers of mine, the… BG 2.6 Nor can I say whether it were better that they conquer me or for me to conquer them, sinc… BG 2.7 My heart is oppressed with pity; and my mind confused as to what my duty is. Therefore, m… BG 2.8 For should I attain the monarchy of the visible world, or over the invisible world, it wo… BG 2.9 Sanjaya continued: "Arjuna, the conqueror of all enemies, then told the Lord of All-Heart… BG 2.10 Thereupon the Lord, with a gracious smile, addressed him who was so much depressed in the… BG 2.11 Lord Shri Krishna said: Why grieve for those for whom no grief is due, and yet profess wi… BG 2.12 There was never a time when I was not, nor thou, nor these princes were not; there will n… BG 2.13 As the soul experiences in this body infancy, youth and old age, so finally it passes int… BG 2.14 Those external relations which bring cold and heat, pain and happiness, they come and go;… BG 2.15 The hero whose soul is unmoved by circumstance, who accepts pleasure and pain with equani… BG 2.16 That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, t… BG 2.17 The Spirit, which pervades all that we see, is imperishable. Nothing can destroy the Spir… BG 2.18 The material bodies which this Eternal, Indestructible, Immeasurable Spirit inhabits are… BG 2.19 He who thinks that the Spirit kills, and he who thinks of It as killed, are both ignorant… BG 2.20 It was not born; It will never die, nor once having been, can It cease to be. Unborn, Ete… BG 2.21 He who knows the Spirit as Indestructible, Immortal, Unborn, Always-the-Same, how should… BG 2.22 As a man discards his threadbare robes and puts on new, so the Spirit throws off Its worn… BG 2.23 Weapons cleave It not, fire burns It not, water drenches It not, and wind dries It not. BG 2.24 It is impenetrable; It can be neither drowned nor scorched nor dried. It is Eternal, All-… BG 2.25 It is named the Unmanifest, the Unthinkable, the immutable. Wherefore, knowing the Spirit… BG 2.26 Even if thou thinkest of It as constantly being born, constantly dying, even then, O Migh… BG 2.27 For death is as sure for that which is born, as birth is for that which is dead. Therefor… BG 2.28 The end and the beginning of beings are unknown. We see only the intervening formations.… BG 2.29 One hears of the Spirit with surprise, another thinks It marvellous, the third listens wi… BG 2.30 Be not anxious about these armies. The Spirit in man is imperishable. BG 2.31 Thou must look at thy duty. Nothing can be more welcome to a soldier than a righteous war… BG 2.32 Blessed are the soldiers who find their opportunity. This opportunity has opened for thee… BG 2.33 Refuse to fight in this righteous cause, and thou wilt be a traitor, lost to fame, incurr… BG 2.34 Men will talk forever of thy disgrace; and to the noble, dishonour is worse than death. BG 2.35 Great generals will think that thou hast fled from the battlefield through cowardice; tho… BG 2.36 Thine enemies will spread scandal and mock at thy courage. Can anything be more humiliati… BG 2.37 If killed, thou shalt attain Heaven; if victorious, enjoy the kingdom of earth. Therefore… BG 2.38 Look upon pleasure and pain, victory and defeat, with an equal eye. Make ready for the co… BG 2.39 I have told thee the philosophy of Knowledge. Now listen and I will explain the philosoph… BG 2.40 On this Path, endeavour is never wasted, nor can it ever be repressed. Even a very little… BG 2.41 By its means, the straying intellect becomes steadied in the contemplation of one object… BG 2.42 Only the ignorant speak in figurative language. It is they who extol the letter of the sc… BG 2.43 Consulting only their own desires, they construct their own heaven, devising arduous and… BG 2.44 While their minds are absorbed with ideas of power and personal enjoyment, they cannot co… BG 2.45 The Vedic Scriptures tell of the three constituents of life - the Qualities. Rise above a… BG 2.46 As a man can drink water from any side of a full tank, so the skilled theologian can wres… BG 2.47 But thou hast only the right to work, but none to the fruit thereof. Let not then the fru… BG 2.48 Perform all thy actions with mind concentrated on the Divine, renouncing attachment and l… BG 2.49 Physical action is far inferior to an intellect concentrated on the Divine. Have recourse… BG 2.50 When a man attains to Pure Reason, he renounces in this world the results of good and evi… BG 2.51 The sages guided by Pure Intellect renounce the fruit of action; and, freed from the chai… BG 2.52 When thy reason has crossed the entanglements of illusion, then shalt thou become indiffe… BG 2.53 When the intellect, bewildered by the multiplicity of holy scripts, stands unperturbed in… BG 2.54 Arjuna asked: My Lord! How can we recognise the saint who has attained Pure Intellect, wh… BG 2.55 Lord Shri Krishna replied: When a man has given up the desires of his heart and is satisf… BG 2.56 The sage, whose mind is unruffled in suffering, whose desire is not roused by enjoyment,… BG 2.57 He who wherever he goes is attached to no person and to no place by ties of flesh; who ac… BG 2.58 He who can withdraw his senses from the attraction of their objects, as the tortoise draw… BG 2.59 The objects of sense turn from him who is abstemious. Even the relish for them is lost in… BG 2.60 O Arjuna! The mind of him, who is trying to conquer it, is forcibly carried away in spite… BG 2.61 Restraining them all, let him meditate steadfastly on Me; for who thus conquers his sense… BG 2.62 When a man dwells on the objects of sense, he creates an attraction for them; attraction… BG 2.63 Anger induces delusion; delusion, loss of memory; through loss of memory, reason is shatt… BG 2.64 But the self-controlled soul, who moves amongst sense objects, free from either attachmen… BG 2.65 Having attained Peace, he becomes free from misery; for when the mind gains peace, right… BG 2.66 Right discrimination is not for him who cannot concentrate. Without concentration, there… BG 2.67 As a ship at sea is tossed by the tempest, so the reason is carried away by the mind when… BG 2.68 Therefore, O Might-in-Arms, he who keeps his senses detached from their objects - take it… BG 2.69 The saint is awake when the world sleeps, and he ignores that for which the world lives. BG 2.70 He attains Peace, into whom desires flow as rivers into the ocean, which though brimming… BG 2.71 He attains Peace who, giving up desire, moves through the world without aspiration, posse… BG 2.72 O Arjuna! This is the state of the Self, the Supreme Spirit, to which if a man once attai…

BG 3.1 "Arjuna questioned: My Lord! If Wisdom is above action, why dost Thou advise me to engage… BG 3.2 Thy language perplexes me and confuses my reason. Therefore please tell me the only way b… BG 3.3 Lord Shri Krishna replied: In this world, as I have said, there is a twofold path, O Sinl… BG 3.4 No man can attain freedom from activity by refraining from action; nor can he reach perfe… BG 3.5 He cannot even for a moment remain really inactive, for the Qualities of Nature will comp… BG 3.6 He who remains motionless, refusing to act, but all the while brooding over sensuous obje… BG 3.7 But, O Arjuna! All honour to him whose mind controls his senses, for he is thereby beginn… BG 3.8 Do thy duty as prescribed, for action for duty's sake is superior to inaction. Even the m… BG 3.9 In this world people are fettered by action, unless it is performed as a sacrifice. There… BG 3.10 In the beginning, when God created all beings by the sacrifice of Himself, He said unto t… BG 3.11 Worship the Powers of Nature thereby, and let them nourish you in return; thus supporting… BG 3.12 For, fed, on sacrifice, nature will give you all the enjoyment you can desire. But he who… BG 3.13 The sages who enjoy the food that remains after the sacrifice is made are freed from all… BG 3.14 All creatures are the product of food, food is the product of rain, rain comes by sacrifi… BG 3.15 All action originates in the Supreme Spirit, which is Imperishable, and in sacrificial ac… BG 3.16 Thus he who does not help the revolving wheel of sacrifice, but instead leads a sinful li… BG 3.17 On the other hand, the soul who meditates on the Self is content to serve the Self and re… BG 3.18 He has nothing to gain by the performance or non-performance of action. His welfare depen… BG 3.19 Therefore do thy duty perfectly, without care for the results, for he who does his duty d… BG 3.20 King Janaka and others attained perfection through action alone. Even for the sake of enl… BG 3.21 For whatever a great man does, others imitate. People conform to the standard which he ha… BG 3.22 There is nothing in this universe, O Arjuna, that I am compelled to do, nor anything for… BG 3.23 For were I not to act without ceasing, O prince, people would be glad to do likewise. BG 3.24 And if I were to refrain from action, the human race would be ruined; I should lead the w… BG 3.25 As the ignorant act, because of their fondness for action, so should the wise act without… BG 3.26 But a wise man should not perturb the minds of the ignorant, who are attached to action;… BG 3.27 Action is the product of the Qualities inherent in Nature. It is only the ignorant man wh… BG 3.28 But he, O Mighty One, who understands correctly the relation of the Qualities to action,… BG 3.29 Those who do not understand the Qualities are interested in the act. Still, the wise man… BG 3.30 Therefore, surrendering thy actions unto Me, thy thoughts concentrated on the Absolute, f… BG 3.31 Those who always act in accordance with My precepts, firm in faith and without cavilling,… BG 3.32 But they who ridicule My word and do not keep it, are ignorant, devoid of wisdom and blin… BG 3.33 Even the wise man acts in character with his nature; indeed, all creatures act according… BG 3.34 The love and hate which are aroused by the objects of sense arise from Nature; do not yie… BG 3.35 It is better to do thine own duty, however lacking in merit, than to do that of another,… BG 3.36 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Tell me, what is it that drives a man to sin, even against his wil… BG 3.37 Lord Shri Krishna: It is desire, it is aversion, born of passion. Desire consumes and cor… BG 3.38 As fire is shrouded in smoke, a mirror by dust and a child by the womb, so is the univers… BG 3.39 It is the wise man's constant enemy; it tarnishes the face of wisdom. It is as insatiable… BG 3.40 It works through the senses, the mind and the reason; and with their help destroys wisdom… BG 3.41 Therefore, O Arjuna, first control thy senses and then slay desire, for it is full of sin… BG 3.42 It is said that the senses are powerful. But beyond the senses is the mind, beyond the mi… BG 3.43 Thus, O Mighty-in-Arms, knowing Him to be beyond the intellect and, by His help, subduing…

BG 4.1 "Lord Shri Krishna said: This imperishable philosophy I taught to Viwaswana, the founder… BG 4.2 The Divine Kings knew it, for it was their tradition. Then, after a long time, at last it… BG 4.3 It is the same ancient Path that I have now revealed to thee, since thou are My devotee a… BG 4.4 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Viwaswana was born before Thee; how then canst Thou have revealed… BG 4.5 Lord Shri Krishna replied: I have been born again and again, from time to time; thou too,… BG 4.6 have no beginning. Though I am imperishable, as well as Lord of all that exists, yet by M… BG 4.7 Whenever spirituality decays and materialism is rampant, then, O Arjuna, I reincarnate My… BG 4.8 To protect the righteous, to destroy the wicked and to establish the kingdom of God, I am… BG 4.9 He who realises the divine truth concerning My birth and life is not born again; and when… BG 4.10 Many have merged their existences in Mine, being freed from desire, fear and anger, fille… BG 4.11 Howsoever men try to worship Me, so do I welcome them. By whatever path they travel, it l… BG 4.12 Those who look for success, worship the Powers; and in this world their actions bear imme… BG 4.13 The four divisions of society (the wise, the soldier, the merchant, the labourer) were cr… BG 4.14 My actions do not fetter Me, nor do I desire anything that they can bring. He who thus re… BG 4.15 In the light of wisdom, our ancestors, who sought deliverance, performed their acts. Act… BG 4.16 What is action and what is inaction? It is a question which has bewildered the wise. But… BG 4.17 It is necessary to consider what is right action, what is wrong action, and what is inact… BG 4.18 He who can see inaction in action, and action in inaction, is the wisest among men. He is… BG 4.19 The wise call him a sage, for whatever he undertakes is free from the motive of desire, a… BG 4.20 Having surrendered all claim to the results of his actions, always contented and independ… BG 4.21 Expecting nothing, his mind and personality controlled, without greed, doing bodily actio… BG 4.22 Content with what comes to him without effort of his own, mounting above the pairs of opp… BG 4.23 He who is without attachment, free, his mind centered in wisdom, his actions, being done… BG 4.24 For him, the sacrifice itself is the Spirit; the Spirit and the oblation are one; it is t… BG 4.25 Some sages sacrifice to the Powers; others offer themselves on the alter of the Eternal. BG 4.26 Some sacrifice their physical senses in the fire of self-control; others offer up their c… BG 4.27 Other again sacrifice their activities and their vitality in the Spiritual fire of self-a… BG 4.28 And yet others offer as their sacrifice wealth, austerities and meditation. Monks wedded… BG 4.29 There are some who practise control of the Vital Energy and govern the subtle forces of P… BG 4.30 Others, controlling their diet, sacrifice their worldly life to the spiritual fire. All u… BG 4.31 Tasting the nectar of immortality, as the reward of sacrifice, they reach the Eternal. Th… BG 4.32 In this way other sacrifices too may be undergone for the Spirit's sake. Know thou that t… BG 4.33 Shri Purohit Swami did not comment on this sloka BG 4.34 This shalt thou learn by prostrating thyself at the Master's feet, by questioning Him and… BG 4.35 Having known That, thou shalt never again be confounded; and, O Arjuna, by the power of t… BG 4.36 Be thou the greatest of sinners, yet thou shalt cross over all sin by the ferryboat of wi… BG 4.37 As the kindled fire consumes the fuel, so, O Arjuna, in the flame of wisdom the embers of… BG 4.38 There is nothing in the world so purifying as wisdom; and he who is a perfect saint finds… BG 4.39 He who is full of faith attains wisdom, and he too who can control his senses, having att… BG 4.40 But the ignorant man, and he who has no faith, and the sceptic are lost. Neither in this… BG 4.41 But the man who has renounced his action for meditation, who has cleft his doubt in twain… BG 4.42 Therefore, cleaving asunder with the sword of wisdom the doubts of the heart, which thine…

BG 5.1 "Arjuna said: My Lord! At one moment Thou praisest renunciation of action; at another, ri… BG 5.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Renunciation of action and the path of right action both lead… BG 5.3 He is a true ascetic who never desires or dislikes, who is uninfluenced by the opposites… BG 5.4 Only the unenlightened speak of wisdom and right action as separate, not the wise. If any… BG 5.5 The level which is reached by wisdom is attained through right action as well. He who per… BG 5.6 Without concentration, O Mighty Man, renunciation is difficult. But the sage who is alway… BG 5.7 He who is spiritual, who is pure, who has overcome his senses and his personal self, who… BG 5.8 Though the saint sees, hears, touches, smells, eats, moves, sleeps and breathes, yet he k… BG 5.9 Though he talks, though he gives and receives, though he opens his eyes and shuts them, h… BG 5.10 He who dedicates his actions to the Spirit, without any personal attachment to them, he i… BG 5.11 The sage performs his action dispassionately, using his body, mind and intellect, and eve… BG 5.12 Having abandoned the fruit of action, he wins eternal peace. Others unacquainted with spi… BG 5.13 Mentally renouncing all actions, the self-controlled soul enjoys bliss in this body, the… BG 5.14 The Lord of this universe has not ordained activity, or any incentive thereto, or any rel… BG 5.15 The Lord does not accept responsibility for any man's sin or merit. Men are deluded becau… BG 5.16 Surely wisdom is like the sun, revealing the supreme truth to those whose ignorance is di… BG 5.17 Meditating on the Divine, having faith in the Divine, concentrating on the Divine and los… BG 5.18 Sages look equally upon all, whether he be a minister of learning and humility, or an inf… BG 5.19 Even in this world they conquer their earth-life whose minds, fixed on the Supreme, remai… BG 5.20 He who knows and lives in the Absolute remains unmoved and unperturbed; he is not elated… BG 5.21 He finds happiness in his own Self, and enjoys eternal bliss, whose heart does not yearn… BG 5.22 The joys that spring from external associations bring pain; they have their beginning and… BG 5.23 He who, before he leaves his body, learns to surmount the promptings of desire and anger… BG 5.24 He who is happy within his Self and has found Its peace, and in whom the inner light shin… BG 5.25 Sages whose sins have been washed away, whose sense of separateness has vanished, who hav… BG 5.26 Saints who know their Selves, who control their minds, and feel neither desire nor anger,… BG 5.27 Excluding external objects, his gaze fixed between the eyebrows, the inward and outward b… BG 5.28 Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and ang… BG 5.29 Knowing me as Him who gladly receives all offerings of austerity and sacrifice, as the Mi…

BG 6.1 "Lord Shri Krishna said: He who acts because it is his duty, not thinking of the conseque… BG 6.2 O Arjuna! Renunciation is in fact what is called Right Action. No one can become spiritua… BG 6.3 For the sage who seeks the heights of spiritual meditation, practice is the only method,… BG 6.4 When a man renounces even the thought of initiating action, when he is not interested in… BG 6.5 Let him seek liberation by the help of his Highest Self, and let him never disgrace his o… BG 6.6 To him who has conquered his lower nature by Its help, the Self is a friend, but to him w… BG 6.7 The Self of him who is self-controlled, and has attained peace is equally unmoved by heat… BG 6.8 He who desires nothing but wisdom and spiritual insight, who has conquered his senses and… BG 6.9 He looks impartially on all - lover, friend or foe; indifferent or hostile; alien or rela… BG 6.10 Let the student of spirituality try unceasingly to concentrate his mind; Let him live in… BG 6.11 Having chosen a holy place, let him sit in a firm posture on a seat, neither too high nor… BG 6.12 Seated thus, his mind concentrated, its functions controlled and his senses governed, let… BG 6.13 Let him hold body, head and neck erect, motionless and steady; let him look fixedly at th… BG 6.14 With peace in his heart and nor fear, observing the vow of celibacy, with mind controlled… BG 6.15 Thus keeping his mind always in communion with Me, and with his thoughts subdued, he shal… BG 6.16 Meditation is not for him who eats too much, not for him who eats not at all; not for him… BG 6.17 But for him who regulates his food and recreation, who is balanced in action, in sleep an… BG 6.18 When the mind, completely controlled, is centered in the Self, and free from all earthly… BG 6.19 The wise man who has conquered his mind and is absorbed in the Self is as a lamp which do… BG 6.20 There, where the whole nature is seen in the light of the Self, where the man abides with… BG 6.21 When he enjoys the Bliss which passes sense, and which only the Pure Intellect can grasp,… BG 6.22 Finding That, he will realise that there is no possession so precious. And when once esta… BG 6.23 This inner severance from the affliction of misery is spirituality. It should be practise… BG 6.24 Renouncing every desire which imagination can conceive, controlling the senses at every p… BG 6.25 Little by little, by the help of his reason controlled by fortitude, let him attain peace… BG 6.26 When the volatile and wavering mind would wander, let him restrain it and bring it again… BG 6.27 Supreme Bliss is the lot of the sage, whose mind attains Peace, whose passions subside, w… BG 6.28 Thus, free from sin, abiding always in the Eternal, the saint enjoys without effort the B… BG 6.29 He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in h… BG 6.30 He who sees Me in everything and everything in Me, him shall I never forsake, nor shall h… BG 6.31 The sage who realises the unity of life and who worships Me in all beings, lives in Me, w… BG 6.32 O Arjuna! He is the perfect saint who, taught by the likeness within himself, sees the sa… BG 6.33 Arjuna said: I do not see how I can attain this state of equanimity which Thou has reveal… BG 6.34 My Lord! Verily, the mind is fickle and turbulent, obstinate and strong, yea extremely di… BG 6.35 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Doubtless, O Mighty One, the mind is fickle and exceedingly di… BG 6.36 It is not possible to attain Self-Realisation if a man does not know how to control himse… BG 6.37 Arjuna asked: He who fails to control himself, whose mind falls from spiritual contemplat… BG 6.38 Shri Purohit Swami did not comment on this sloka BG 6.39 My Lord! Thou art worthy to solve this doubt once and for all; save Thyself there is no o… BG 6.40 Lord Shri Krishna replied: My beloved child! There is no destruction for him, either in t… BG 6.41 Having reached the worlds where the righteous dwell, and having remained there for many y… BG 6.42 Or, he may be born in the family of the wise sages, though a birth like this is, indeed,… BG 6.43 Then the experience acquired in his former life will revive, and with its help he will st… BG 6.44 Unconsciously he will return to the practices of his old life; so that he who tries to re… BG 6.45 Then after many lives, the student of spirituality, who earnestly strives, and whose sins… BG 6.46 The wise man is superior to the ascetic and to the scholar and to the man of action; ther… BG 6.47 I look upon him as the best of mystics who, full of faith, worshippeth Me and abideth in…

BG 7.1 "Lord Shri Krishna said: Listen, O Arjuna! And I will tell thee how thou shalt know Me in… BG 7.2 I will reveal to this knowledge unto thee, and how it may be realised; which, once accomp… BG 7.3 Among thousands of men scarcely one strives for perfection, and even amongst those who ga… BG 7.4 Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect and personality; this is the eightfold di… BG 7.5 This is My inferior Nature; but distinct from this, O Valiant One, know thou that my Supe… BG 7.6 It is the womb of all being; for I am He by Whom the worlds were created and shall be dis… BG 7.7 O Arjuna! There is nothing higher than Me; all is strung upon Me as rows of pearls upon a… BG 7.8 O Arjuna! I am the Fluidity in water, the Light in the sun and in the moon. I am the myst… BG 7.9 I am the Fragrance of earth, the Brilliance of fire. I am the Life Force in all beings, a… BG 7.10 Know, O Arjuna, that I am the eternal Seed of being; I am the Intelligence of the intelli… BG 7.11 I am the Strength of the strong, of them who are free from attachment and desire; and, O… BG 7.12 Whatever be the nature of their life, whether it be pure or passionate or ignorant, they… BG 7.13 The inhabitants of the world, misled by those natures which the Qualities have engendered… BG 7.14 Verily, this Divine Illusion of Phenomenon manifesting itself in the Qualities is difficu… BG 7.15 The sinner, the ignorant, the vile, deprived of spiritual perception by the glamour of Il… BG 7.16 O Arjuna! The righteous who worship Me are grouped by stages: first, they who suffer, nex… BG 7.17 Of all of these, he who has gained wisdom, who meditates on Me without ceasing, devoting… BG 7.18 Noble-minded are they all, but the wise man I hold as my own Self; for he, remaining alwa… BG 7.19 After many lives, at last the wise man realises Me as I am. A man so enlightened that he… BG 7.20 They in whom wisdom is obscured by one desire or the other, worship the lesser Powers, pr… BG 7.21 But whatever the form of worship, if the devotee have faith, then upon his faith in that… BG 7.22 If he worships one form alone with real faith, then shall his desires be fulfilled throug… BG 7.23 The fruit that comes to men of limited insight is, after all, finite. They who worship th… BG 7.24 The ignorant think of Me, who am the Unmanifested Spirit, as if I were really in human fo… BG 7.25 I am not visible to all, for I am enveloped by the illusion of Phenomenon. This deluded w… BG 7.26 I know, O Arjuna, all beings in the past, the present and the future; but they do not kno… BG 7.27 O brave Arjuna! Man lives in a fairy world, deceived by the glamour of opposite sensation… BG 7.28 But those who act righteously, in whom sin has been destroyed, who are free from the infa… BG 7.29 Those who make Me their refuge, who strive for liberation from decay and Death, they real… BG 7.30 Those who see Me in the life of the world, in the universal sacrifice, and as pure Divini…

BG 8.1 Shri Purohit Swami did not comment on this sloka BG 8.2 Who is it who rules the spirit sacrifice in many; and at the time of death how may those… BG 8.3 The Lord Shri Krishna replied: The Supreme Spirit is the Highest Imperishable Self, and I… BG 8.4 Matter consists of the forms that perish; Divinity is the Supreme Self; and He who inspir… BG 8.5 Whosoever at the time of death thinks only of Me, and thinking thus leaves the body and g… BG 8.6 On whatever sphere of being the mind of a man may be intent at the time of death, thither… BG 8.7 Therefore meditate always on Me, and fight; if thy mind and thy reason be fixed on Me, to… BG 8.8 He whose mind does not wander, and who is engaged in constant meditation, attains the Sup… BG 8.9 Whoso meditates on the Omniscient, the Ancient, more minute than the atom, yet the Ruler… BG 8.10 He who leaves the body with mind unmoved and filled with devotion, by the power of his me… BG 8.11 Now I will speak briefly of the imperishable goal, proclaimed by those versed in the scri… BG 8.12 Closing the gates of the body, drawing the forces of his mind into the heart and by the p… BG 8.13 Repeating Om, the Symbol of Eternity, holding Me always in remembrance, he who thus leave… BG 8.14 To him who thinks constantly of Me, and of nothing else, to such an ever-faithful devotee… BG 8.15 Coming thus unto Me, these great souls go no more to the misery and death of earthly life… BG 8.16 The worlds, with the whole realm of creation, come and go; but, O Arjuna, whoso comes to… BG 8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a t… BG 8.18 At the dawning of that day all objects in manifestation stream forth from the Unmanifest,… BG 8.19 The same multitude of beings, which have lived on earth so often, all are dissolved as th… BG 8.20 In truth, therefore, there is the Eternal Unmanifest, which is beyond and above the Unman… BG 8.21 The wise say that the Unmanifest and Indestructible is the highest goal of all; when once… BG 8.22 O Arjuna! That Highest God, in Whom all beings abide, and Who pervades the entire univers… BG 8.23 *Now I will tell thee, O Arjuna, of the times at which, if the mystics go forth, they do… BG 8.24 If knowing the Supreme Spirit the sage goes forth with fire and light, in the daytime, in… BG 8.25 But if he departs in gloom, at night, during the fortnight of the waning moon and in the… BG 8.26 These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former,… BG 8.27 O Arjuna! The saint knowing these paths is not confused. Therefore meditate perpetually. BG 8.28 The sage who knows this passes beyond all merit that comes from the study of the scriptur…

BG 9.1 "Lord Shri Krishna said: I will now reveal to thee, since thou doubtest not, that profoun… BG 9.2 This is the Premier Science, the Sovereign Secret, the Purest and Best; intuitional, righ… BG 9.3 They who have no faith in this teaching cannot find Me, but remain lost in the purlieus o… BG 9.4 The whole world is pervaded by Me, yet My form is not seen. All living things have their… BG 9.5 Nevertheless, they do not consciously abide in Me. Such is My Divine Sovereignty that tho… BG 9.6 As the mighty wind, though moving everywhere, has no resting place but space, so have all… BG 9.7 All beings, O Arjuna, return at the close of every cosmic cycle into the realm of Nature,… BG 9.8 With the help of Nature, again and again I pour forth the whole multitude of beings, whet… BG 9.9 But these acts of mine do not bind Me. I remain outside and unattached. BG 9.10 Under my guidance, Nature produces all things movable and immovable. Thus it is, O Arjuna… BG 9.11 Fools disregard Me, seeing Me clad in human form. They know not that in My higher nature… BG 9.12 Their hopes are vain, their actions worthless, their knowledge futile; they are without s… BG 9.13 But the Great Souls, O Arjuna! Filled with My Divine Spirit, they worship Me, they fix th… BG 9.14 Always extolling Me, strenuous, firm in their vows, prostrating themselves before Me, the… BG 9.15 Others worship Me with full consciousness as the One, the Manifold, the Omnipresent, the… BG 9.16 I am the Oblation, the Sacrifice and the Worship; I am the Fuel and the Chant, I am the B… BG 9.17 I am the Father of the universe and its Mother; I am its Nourisher and its Grandfather; I… BG 9.18 I am the Goal, the Sustainer, the Lord, the Witness, the Home, the Shelter, the Lover and… BG 9.19 I am the Heat of the Sun, I release and hold back the Rains. I am Death and Immortality;… BG 9.20 Those who are versed in the scriptures, who drink the mystic Soma-juice and are purified… BG 9.21 Yet although they enjoy the spacious glories of Paradise, nevertheless, when their merit… BG 9.22 But if a man will meditate on Me and Me alone, and will worship Me always and everywhere,… BG 9.23 Even those who worship the lesser Powers, if they do so with faith, they thereby worship… BG 9.24 I am the willing recipient of sacrifice, and I am its true Lord. But these do not know me… BG 9.25 The votaries of the lesser Powers go to them; the devotees of spirits go to them; they wh… BG 9.26 Whatever a man offers to Me, whether it be a leaf, or a flower, or fruit, or water, I acc… BG 9.27 Whatever thou doest, whatever thou dost eat, whatever thou dost sacrifice and give, whate… BG 9.28 So shall thy action be attended by no result, either good or bad; but through the spirit… BG 9.29 I am the same to all beings. I favour none, and I hate none. But those who worship Me dev… BG 9.30 Even the most sinful, if he worship Me with his whole heart, shalt be considered righteou… BG 9.31 He shall attain spirituality ere long, and Eternal Peace shall be his. O Arjuna! Believe… BG 9.32 For even the children of sinful parents, and those miscalled the weaker sex, and merchant… BG 9.33 What need then to mention the holy Ministers of God, the devotees and the saintly rulers?… BG 9.34 Fix thy mind on Me, devote thyself to Me, sacrifice for Me, surrender to Me, make Me the…

BG 10.1 "Lord Shri Krishna said: Now, O Prince! Listen to My supreme advice, which I give thee fo… BG 10.2 Neither the professors of divinity nor the great ascetics know My origin, for I am the so… BG 10.3 He who knows Me as the unborn, without beginning, the Lord of the universe, he, stripped… BG 10.4 Intelligence, wisdom, non-illusion, forgiveness, truth, self-control, calmness, pleasure,… BG 10.5 Harmlessness, equanimity, contentment, austerity, beneficence, fame and failure, all thes… BG 10.6 The seven Great Seers,* the Progenitors of mankind, the Ancient Four,** and the Lawgivers… BG 10.7 He who rightly understands My manifested glory and My Creative Power, beyond doubt attain… BG 10.8 I am the source of all; from Me everything flows. Therefore the wise worship Me with unch… BG 10.9 With minds concentrated on Me, with lives absorbed in Me, and enlightening each other, th… BG 10.10 To those who are always devout and who worship Me with love, I give the power of discrimi… BG 10.11 By My grace, I live in their hearts; and I dispel the darkness of ignorance by the shinin… BG 10.12 Arjuna asked: Thou art the Supreme Spirit, the Eternal Home, the Holiest of the Holy, the… BG 10.13 So have said the seers and the divine sage Narada; as well as Asita, Devala and Vyasa; an… BG 10.14 I believe in what Thou hast said, my Lord! For neither the godly not the godless comprehe… BG 10.15 Shri Purohit Swami did not comment on this sloka BG 10.16 Please tell me all about Thy glorious manifestations, by means of which Thou pervadest th… BG 10.17 O Master! How shall I, by constant meditation, know Thee? My Lord! What are Thy various m… BG 10.18 Tell me again, I pray, about the fullness of Thy power and Thy glory; for I feel that I a… BG 10.19 Lord Shri Krishna replied: So be it, My beloved fried! I will unfold to thee some of the… BG 10.20 O Arjuna! I am the Self, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the beginning and the l… BG 10.21 Of all the creative Powers I am the Creator, of luminaries the Sun; the Whirlwind among t… BG 10.22 Of the Vedas I am the Hymns, I am the Electric Force in the Powers of Nature; of the sens… BG 10.23 Among Forces of Vitality I am the life, I am Mammon to the heathen and the godless; I am… BG 10.24 Among the priests, know, O Arjuna, that I am the Apostle Brihaspati; of generals I am Ska… BG 10.25 Of the great seers I am Bhrigu, of words I am Om, of offerings I am the silent prayer, am… BG 10.26 Of trees I am the sacred Fig-tree, of the Divine Seers Narada, of the heavenly singers I… BG 10.27 Know that among horses I am Pegasus, the heaven-born; among the lordly elephants I am the… BG 10.28 I am the Thunderbolt among weapons; of cows I am the Cow of Plenty, I am Passion in those… BG 10.29 I am the King-python among snakes, I am the Aqueous Principle among those that live in wa… BG 10.30 And I am the devotee Prahlad among the heathen; of Time I am the Eternal Present; I am th… BG 10.31 I am the Wind among purifiers, the King Rama among warriors; I am the Crocodile among the… BG 10.32 I am the Beginning, the Middle and the End in creation; among sciences, I am the science… BG 10.33 Of letters I am A; I am the copulative in compound words; I am Time inexhaustible; and I… BG 10.34 I am all-devouring Death; I am the Origin of all that shall happen; I am Fame, Fortune, S… BG 10.35 Of hymns I am Brihatsama, of metres I am Garatri, among the months I am Margasheersha , a… BG 10.36 I am the Gambling of the cheat and the Splendour of the splendid; I am Victory; I am Effo… BG 10.37 I am Shri Krishna among the Vishnu-clan and Arjuna among the Pandavas; of the saints I am… BG 10.38 I am the Sceptre of rulers, the Strategy of the conquerors, the Silence of mystery, the W… BG 10.39 I am the Seed of all being, O Arjuna! No creature moving or unmoving can live without Me. BG 10.40 O Arjuna! The aspects of My divine life are endless. I have mentioned but a few by way of… BG 10.41 Whatever is glorious, excellent, beautiful and mighty, be assured that it comes from a fr… BG 10.42 But what is the use of all these details to thee? O Arjuna! I sustain this universe with…

BG 11.1 "Arjuna said: My Lord! Thy words concerning the Supreme Secret of Self, given for my bles… BG 11.2 O Lord, whose eyes are like the lotus petal! Thou hast described in detail the origin and… BG 11.3 I believe all as Thou hast declared it. I long now to have a vision of thy Divine Form, O… BG 11.4 If Thou thinkest that it can be made possible for me to see it, show me, O Lord of Lords,… BG 11.5 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Behold, O Arjuna! My celestial forms, by hundred and thousands… BG 11.6 Behold thou the Powers of Nature: fire, earth, wind and sky; the sun, the heavens, the mo… BG 11.7 Here in Me living as one, O Arjuna, behold the whole universe, movable and immovable, and… BG 11.8 Yet since with mortal eyes thou canst not see Me, lo! I give thee the Divine Sight. See n… BG 11.9 Sanjaya continued: "Having thus spoken, O King, the Lord Shri Krishna, the Almighty Princ… BG 11.10 There were countless eyes and mouths, and mystic forms innumerable, with shining ornament… BG 11.11 Crowned with heavenly garlands, clothed in shining garments, anointed with divine unction… BG 11.12 Could a thousand suns blaze forth together it would be but a faint reflection of the radi… BG 11.13 In that vision Arjuna saw the universe, with its manifold shapes, all embraced in One, it… BG 11.14 Thereupon Arjuna, dumb with awe, his hair on end, his head bowed, his hands clasped in sa… BG 11.15 Arjuna said: O almighty God! I see in Thee the powers of Nature, the various creatures of… BG 11.16 I see Thee, infinite in form, with, as it were, faces, eyes and limbs everywhere; no begi… BG 11.17 I see thee with the crown, the sceptre and the discus; a blaze of splendour. Scarce can I… BG 11.18 Imperishable art Thou, the Sole One worthy to be known, the priceless Treasure-house of t… BG 11.19 Without beginning, without middle and without end, infinite in power, Thine arms all-embr… BG 11.20 Alone thou fillest all the quarters of the sky, earth and heaven, and the regions between… BG 11.21 The troops of celestial beings enter into Thee, some invoking Thee in fear, with folded p… BG 11.22 The Vital Forces, the Major stars, Fire, Earth, Air, Sky, Sun, Heaven, Moon and Planets;… BG 11.23 Seeing Thy stupendous Form, O Most Mighty, with its myriad faces, its innumerable eyes an… BG 11.24 When I see Thee, touching the Heavens, glowing with colour, with open mouth and wide open… BG 11.25 When I see Thy mouths with their fearful jaws like glowing fires at the dissolution of cr… BG 11.26 All these sons of Dhritarashtra, with the hosts of princes, Bheeshma, Drona and Karna, as… BG 11.27 1 see them all rushing headlong into Thy mouths, with terrible tusks, horrible to behold.… BG 11.28 As rivers in flood surge furiously to the ocean, so these heroes, the greatest among men,… BG 11.29 As moths fly impetuously to the flame only to be killed, so these men rush into Thy mouth… BG 11.30 Thou seemest to swallow up the worlds, to lap them in flame. Thy glory fills the universe… BG 11.31 Tell me then who Thou art, that wearest this dreadful Form? I bow before Thee, O Mighty O… BG 11.32 Lord Shri Krishna replied: I have shown myself to thee as the Destroyer who lays waste th… BG 11.33 Then gird up thy loins and conquer. Subdue thy foes and enjoy the kingdom in prosperity.… BG 11.34 Drona and Bheeshma, Jayadratha and Karna, and other brave warriors - I have condemned the… BG 11.35 Sanjaya continued: "Having heard these words from the Lord Shri Krishna, the Prince Arjun… BG 11.36 Arjuna said: My Lord! It is natural that the world revels and rejoices when it sings the… BG 11.37 How should they do otherwise? O Thou Supremest Self, greater than the Powers of creation,… BG 11.38 Thou art the Primal God, the Ancient, the Supreme Abode of this universe, the Knower, the… BG 11.39 Thou art the Wind, Thou art Death, Thou art the Fire, the Water, the Moon, the Father and… BG 11.40 Salutations to Thee in front and on every side, Thou who encompasseth me round about. Thy… BG 11.41 Whatever I have said unto Thee in rashness, taking Thee only for a friend and addressing… BG 11.42 Whatever insult I have offered to Thee in jest, in sport or in repose, in conversation or… BG 11.43 For Thou art the Father of all things movable and immovable, the Worshipful, the Master o… BG 11.44 Therefore I prostrate myself before Thee, O Lord! Most Adorable! I salute Thee, I ask Thy… BG 11.45 I rejoice that I have seen what never man saw before; yet, O Lord! I am overwhelmed with… BG 11.46 I long to see Thee as thou wert before, with the crown, the sceptre and the discus in Thy… BG 11.47 Lord Shri Krishna replied: My beloved friend! It is only through My grace and power that… BG 11.48 Not by study of the scriptures, not by sacrifice or gift, not by ritual or rigorous auste… BG 11.49 Be not afraid or bewildered by the terrible vision. Put away thy fear and, with joyful mi… BG 11.50 Sanjaya continued: "Having thus spoken to Arjuna, Lord Shri Krishna showed Himself again… BG 11.51 Arjuna said: Seeing Thee in Thy gentle human form, my Lord, I am myself again, calm once… BG 11.52 Lord Shri Krishna replied: It is hard to see this vision of Me that thou hast seen. Even… BG 11.53 Not by study of the scriptures, or by austerities, not by gifts or sacrifices, is it poss… BG 11.54 Only by tireless devotion can I be seen and known; only thus can a man become one with Me… BG 11.55 He whose every action is done for My sake, to whom I am the final goal, who loves Me only…

BG 12.1 "Arjuna asked: My Lord! Which are the better devotees who worship Thee, those who try to… BG 12.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Those who keep their minds fixed on Me, who worship Me always… BG 12.3 Shri Purohit Swami did not comment on this sloka BG 12.4 Subduing their senses, viewing all conditions of life with the same eye, and working for… BG 12.5 But they who thus fix their attention on the Absolute and Impersonal encounter greater ha… BG 12.6 Verily, those who surrender their actions to Me, who muse on Me, worship Me and meditate… BG 12.7 O Arjuna! I rescue them from the ocean of life and death, for their minds are fixed on Me. BG 12.8 Then let thy mind cling only to Me, let thy intellect abide in Me; and without doubt thou… BG 12.9 But if thou canst not fix thy mind firmly on Me, then, My beloved friend, try to do so by… BG 12.10 And if thou are not strong enough to practise concentration, then devote thyself to My se… BG 12.11 And if thou art too weak even for this, then seek refuge in union with Me, and with perfe… BG 12.12 Knowledge is superior to blind action, meditation to mere knowledge, renunciation of the… BG 12.13 He who is incapable of hatred towards any being, who is kind and compassionate, free from… BG 12.14 Always contented, self-centred, self-controlled, resolute, with mind and reason dedicated… BG 12.15 He who does not harm the world, and whom the world cannot harm, who is not carried away b… BG 12.16 He who expects nothing, who is pure, watchful, indifferent, unruffled, and who renounces… BG 12.17 He who is beyond joy and hate, who neither laments nor desires, to whom good and evil for… BG 12.18 Shri Purohit Swami did not comment on this sloka BG 12.19 Who is indifferent to praise and censure, who enjoys silence, who is contented with every… BG 12.20 Verily those who love the spiritual wisdom as I have taught, whose faith never fails, and…

BG 13.1 "Arjuna asked: My Lord! Who is God and what is Nature; what is Matter and what is the Sel… BG 13.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: O Arjuna! The body of man is the playground of the Self; and T… BG 13.3 I am the Omniscient self that abides in the playground of Matter; knowledge of Matter and… BG 13.4 What is called Matter, of what it is composed, whence it came, and why it changes, what t… BG 13.5 Seers have sung of It in various ways, in many hymns and sacred Vedic songs, weighty in t… BG 13.6 The five great fundamentals , personality, intellect, the mysterious life force, the ten… BG 13.7 Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, sympathy, vitality and the persistent clinging to life,… BG 13.8 Humility, sincerity, harmlessness, forgiveness, rectitude, service of the Master, purity,… BG 13.9 Renunciation of the delights of sense, absence of pride, right understanding of the painf… BG 13.10 Indifference, non-attachment to sex, progeny or home, equanimity in good fortune and in b… BG 13.11 Unswerving devotion to Me, by concentration on Me and Me alone, a love for solitude, indi… BG 13.12 Constant yearning for the knowledge of Self, and pondering over the lessons of the great… BG 13.13 I will speak to thee now of that great Truth which man ought to know, since by its means… BG 13.14 Everywhere are Its hands and Its feet; everywhere It has eyes that see, heads that think… BG 13.15 Beyond the senses, It yet shines through every sense perception. Bound to nothing, It yet… BG 13.16 It is within all beings, yet outside; motionless yet moving; too subtle to be perceived;… BG 13.17 In all beings undivided, yet living in division, It is the upholder of all, Creator and D… BG 13.18 It is the Light of lights, beyond the reach of darkness; the Wisdom, the only thing that… BG 13.19 Thus I have told thee in brief what Matter is, and the Self worth realising and what is W… BG 13.20 Know thou further that Nature and God have no beginning; and that differences of characte… BG 13.21 Nature is the Law which generates cause and effect; God is the source of the enjoyment of… BG 13.22 God dwelling in the heart of Nature experiences the Qualities which nature brings forth;… BG 13.23 Thus in the body of man dwells the Supreme God; He who sees and permits, upholds and enjo… BG 13.24 He who understands God and Nature along with her qualities, whatever be his condition in… BG 13.25 Some realise the Supreme by meditating, by its aid, on the Self within, others by pure re… BG 13.26 Others again, having no direct knowledge but only hearing from others, nevertheless worsh… BG 13.27 Wherever life is seen in things movable or immovable, it is the joint product of Matter a… BG 13.28 He who can see the Supreme Lord in all beings, the Imperishable amidst the perishable, he… BG 13.29 Beholding the Lord in all things equally, his actions do not mar his spiritual life but l… BG 13.30 He who understands that it is only the Law of Nature that brings action to fruition, and… BG 13.31 He who sees the diverse forms of life all rooted in One, and growing forth from Him, he s… BG 13.32 The Supreme Spirit, O Prince, is without beginning, without Qualities and Imperishable, a… BG 13.33 As space, though present everywhere, remains by reason of its subtlety unaffected, so the… BG 13.34 As the one Sun illuminates the whole earth, so the Lord illumines the whole universe. BG 13.35 Those who with the eyes of wisdom thus see the difference between Matter and Spirit, and…

BG 14.1 "Lord Shri Krishna continued: Now I will reveal unto the Wisdom which is beyond knowledge… BG 14.2 Dwelling in Wisdom and realising My Divinity, they are not born again when the universe i… BG 14.3 The eternal Cosmos is My womb, in which I plant the seed, from which all beings are born,… BG 14.4 O illustrious son of Kunti! Through whatever wombs men are born, it is the Spirit Itself… BG 14.5 Purity, Passion and Ignorance are the Qualities which the Law of nature bringeth forth. T… BG 14.6 O Sinless One! Of these, Purity, being luminous, strong and invulnerable, binds one by it… BG 14.7 Passion, engendered by thirst for pleasure and attachment, binds the soul through its fon… BG 14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, bind… BG 14.9 Purity brings happiness, Passion commotion, and Ignorance, which obscures wisdom, leads t… BG 14.10 O Prince! Purity prevails when Passion and Ignorance are overcome; Passion, when Purity a… BG 14.11 When the light of knowledge gleams forth from all the gates of the body, then be sure tha… BG 14.12 O best of Indians! Avarice, the impulse to act and the beginning of action itself are all… BG 14.13 Darkness, stagnation, folly and infatuation are the result of the dominance of Ignorance,… BG 14.14 When Purity prevails, the soul on quitting the body passes on to the pure regions where l… BG 14.15 When Passion prevails, the soul is reborn among those who love activity; when Ignorance r… BG 14.16 They say the fruit of a meritorious action is spotless and full of purity; the outcome of… BG 14.17 Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness. BG 14.18 When Purity is in the ascendant, the man evolves; when Passion, he neither evolves nor de… BG 14.19 As soon as man understands that it is only the Qualities which act and nothing else, and… BG 14.20 When the soul transcends the Qualities, which are the real cause of physical existence, t… BG 14.21 Arjuna asked: My Lord! By what signs can he who has transcended the Qualities be recogniz… BG 14.22 Lord Shri Krishna replied: O Prince! He who shuns not the Quality which is present, and l… BG 14.23 He who maintains an attitude of indifference, who is not disturbed by the Qualities, who… BG 14.24 Who accepts pain and pleasure as it comes, is centred in his Self, to whom a piece of cla… BG 14.25 Who looks equally upon honour and dishonour, loves friends and foes alike, abandons all i… BG 14.26 And he who serves Me and only Me, with unfaltering devotion, shall overcome the Qualities… BG 14.27 For I am the Home of the Spirit, the continual Source of immortality, of eternal Righteou…

BG 15.1 "Lord Shri Krishna continued: This phenomenal creation, which is both ephemeral and etern… BG 15.2 Its branches shoot upwards and downwards, deriving their nourishment from the Qualities;… BG 15.3 In this world its true form is not known, neither its origin nor its end, and its strengt… BG 15.4 Beyond lies the Path, from which, when found, there is no return. This is the Primal God… BG 15.5 The wise attain Eternity when, freed from pride and delusion, they have conquered their l… BG 15.6 Neither sun, moon, nor fire shines there. Those who go thither never come back. For, O Ar… BG 15.7 It is only a very small part of My Eternal Self, which is the life of the universe, drawi… BG 15.8 When the Supreme Lord enters a body or leaves it, He gathers these senses together and tr… BG 15.9 He is the perception of the ear, the eye, the touch, the taste and the smell, yea and of… BG 15.10 The ignorant do not see that it is He Who is present in life and Who departs at death or… BG 15.11 The saints with great effort find Him within themselves; but not the unintelligent, who i… BG 15.12 Remember that the Light which, proceeding from the sun, illumines the whole world, and th… BG 15.13 1 enter this world and animate all My creatures with My vitality; and by My cool moonbeam… BG 15.14 Becoming the fire of life, I pass into their bodies and, uniting with the vital streams o… BG 15.15 I am enthroned in the hearts of all; memory, wisdom and discrimination owe their origins… BG 15.16 There are two aspects in Nature: the perishable and the imperishable. All life in this wo… BG 15.17 But higher than all am I, the Supreme God, the Absolute Self, the Eternal Lord, Who perva… BG 15.18 Beyond comparison of the Eternal with the non-eternal am I, Who am called by scriptures a… BG 15.19 He who with unclouded vision sees Me as the Lord-God, knows all there is to be known, and… BG 15.20 Thus, O Sinless One, I have revealed to thee this most mystic knowledge. He who understan…

BG 16.1 "Lord Shri Krishna continued: Fearlessness, clean living, unceasing concentration on wisd… BG 16.2 harmlessness, truth, absence of wrath, renunciation, contentment, straightforwardness, co… BG 16.3 Valour, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, freedom from hate and vanity; these are his who p… BG 16.4 Hypocrisy, pride, insolence, cruelty, ignorance belong to him who is born of the godless… BG 16.5 Godly qualities lead to liberation; godless to bondage. Do not be anxious, Prince! Thou h… BG 16.6 All beings are of two classes: Godly and godless. The Godly I have described; I will now… BG 16.7 The godless do not know how to act or how to renounce. They have neither purity nor truth… BG 16.8 They say the universe is an accident with no purpose and no God. Life is created by sexua… BG 16.9 Thinking thus, these degraded souls, these enemies of mankind - whose intelligence is neg… BG 16.10 Giving themselves up to insatiable passions, hypocritical, self-sufficient and arrogant,… BG 16.11 Poring anxiously over evil resolutions, which only end in death; seeking only the gratifi… BG 16.12 Caught in the toils of a hundred vain hopes, the slaves of passion and wrath, they accumu… BG 16.13 This I have gained today; tomorrow I will gratify another desire; this wealth is mine now… BG 16.14 I have slain one enemy, I will slay the others also; I am worthy to enjoy, I am the Almig… BG 16.15 I am rich, I am well-bred; who is there to compare with me? I will sacrifice, I will give… BG 16.16 Perplexed by discordant thoughts, entangled in the snares of desire, infatuated by passio… BG 16.17 Self-conceited, stubborn, rich, proud and insolent, they make a display of their patronag… BG 16.18 Puffed up by power and inordinate conceit, swayed by lust and wrath, these wicked people… BG 16.19 Those who thus hate Me, who are cruel, the dregs of mankind, I condemn them to a continuo… BG 16.20 So reborn, they spend life after life, enveloped in delusion. And they never reach Me, O… BG 16.21 The gates of hell are three: lust, wrath and avarice. They destroy the Self. Avoid them. BG 16.22 These are the gates which lead to darkness; if a man avoid them he will ensure his own we… BG 16.23 But he who neglects the commands of the scriptures, and follows the promptings of passion… BG 16.24 Therefore whenever there is doubt whether thou shouldst do a thing or not, let the script…

BG 17.1 "Arjuna asked: My Lord! Those who do acts of sacrifice, not according to the scriptures b… BG 17.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Man has an inherent faith in one or another of the Qualities -… BG 17.3 The faith of every man conforms to his nature. By nature he is full of faith. He is in fa… BG 17.4 The Pure worship the true God; the Passionate, the powers of wealth and magic; the Ignora… BG 17.5 Those who practise austerities not commanded by scripture, who are slaves to hypocrisy an… BG 17.6 They are ignorant. They torment the organs of the body; and they harass Me also, Who live… BG 17.7 The food which men enjoy is also threefold, like the ways of sacrifice, austerity and alm… BG 17.8 The foods that prolong life and increase purity, vigour, health, cheerfulness and happine… BG 17.9 Those in whom Passion is dominant like foods that are bitter, sour, salty, over-hot, pung… BG 17.10 The Ignorant love food which is stale, not nourishing, putrid and corrupt, the leavings o… BG 17.11 Sacrifice is Pure when it is offered by one who does not covet the fruit thereof, when it… BG 17.12 Sacrifice which is performed for the sake of its results, or for self-glorification - tha… BG 17.13 Sacrifice that is contrary to scriptural command, that is unaccompanied by prayers or gif… BG 17.14 Worship of God and the Master; respect for the preacher and the philosopher; purity, rect… BG 17.15 Speech that hurts no one, that is true, is pleasant to listen to and beneficial, and the… BG 17.16 Serenity, kindness, silence, self-control and purity - this is austerity of mind. BG 17.17 These threefold austerities performed with faith, and without thought of reward, may trul… BG 17.18 Austerity coupled with hypocrisy or performed for the sake of self-glorification, popular… BG 17.19 Austerity done under delusion, and accompanied with sorcery or torture to oneself or anot… BG 17.20 The gift which is given without thought of recompense, in the belief that it ought to be… BG 17.21 That which is given for the sake of the results it will produce, or with the hope of reco… BG 17.22 And that which is given at an unsuitable place or time or to one who is unworthy, or with… BG 17.23 Om Tat Sat' is the triple designation of the Eternal Spirit, by which of old the Vedic Sc… BG 17.24 Therefore all acts of sacrifice, gifts and austerities, prescribed by the scriptures, are… BG 17.25 Those who desire deliverance begin their acts of sacrifice, austerity or gift with the wo… BG 17.26 Sat' means Reality or the highest Good, and also, O Arjuna, it is used to mean an action… BG 17.27 Conviction in sacrifice, in austerity and in giving is also called Sat.' So too an action… BG 17.28 Whatsoever is done without faith, whether it be sacrifice, austerity or gift or anything…

BG 18.1 "Arjuna asked: O mighty One! I desire to know how relinquishment is distinguished from re… BG 18.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: The sages say that renunciation means forgoing an action which… BG 18.3 Some philosophers say that all action is evil and should be abandoned. Others that acts o… BG 18.4 O best of Indians! Listen to my judgment as regards this problem. It has a threefold aspe… BG 18.5 Acts of sacrifice, benevolence and austerity should not be given up but should be perform… BG 18.6 But they should be done with detachment and without thought of recompense. This is my fin… BG 18.7 It is not right to give up actions which are obligatory; and if they are misunderstood, i… BG 18.8 To avoid an action through fear of physical suffering, because it is likely to be painful… BG 18.9 He who performs an obligatory action, because he believes it to be a duty which ought to… BG 18.10 The wise man who has attained purity, whose doubts are solved, who is filled with the spi… BG 18.11 But since those still in the body cannot entirely avoid action, in their case abandonment… BG 18.12 For those who cannot renounce all desire, the fruit of action hereafter is threefold - go… BG 18.13 I will tell thee now, O Mighty Man, the five causes which, according to the final decisio… BG 18.14 They are a body, a personality, physical organs, their manifold activity and destiny. BG 18.15 Whatever action a man performs, whether by muscular effort or by speech or by thought, an… BG 18.16 But the fool who supposes, because of his immature judgment, that it is his own Self alon… BG 18.17 He who has no pride, and whose intellect is unalloyed by attachment, even though he kill… BG 18.18 Knowledge, the knower and the object of knowledge, these are the three incentives to acti… BG 18.19 The knowledge, the act and the doer differ according to the Qualities. Listen to this too: BG 18.20 That knowledge which sees the One Indestructible in all beings, the One Indivisible in al… BG 18.21 The knowledge which thinks of the manifold existence in all beings as separate - that com… BG 18.22 But that which clings blindly to one idea as if it were all, without logic, truth or insi… BG 18.23 An obligatory action done by one who is disinterested, who neither likes nor dislikes it,… BG 18.24 But even though an action involve the most strenuous endeavour, yet if the doer is seekin… BG 18.25 An action undertaken through delusion, and with no regard to the spiritual issues involve… BG 18.26 But when a man has no sentiment and no personal vanity, when he possesses courage and con… BG 18.27 In him who is impulsive, greedy, looking for reward, violent, impure, torn between joy an… BG 18.28 While he whose purpose is infirm, who is low-minded, stubborn, dishonest, malicious, indo… BG 18.29 Reason and conviction are threefold, according to the Quality which is dominant. I will e… BG 18.30 That intellect which understands the creation and dissolution of life, what actions shoul… BG 18.31 The intellect which does not understand what is right and what is wrong, and what should… BG 18.32 And that which, shrouded in Ignorance, thinks wrong right, and sees everything perversely… BG 18.33 The conviction and steady concentration by which the mind, the vitality and the senses ar… BG 18.34 The conviction which always holds fast to rituals, to self-interest and wealth, for the s… BG 18.35 And that which clings perversely to false idealism, fear, grief, despair and vanity is th… BG 18.36 Hear further the three kinds of pleasure. That which increases day after day delivers one… BG 18.37 Which at first seems like poison but afterwards acts like nectar - that pleasure is Pure,… BG 18.38 That which as first is like nectar, because the senses revel in their objects, but in the… BG 18.39 While the pleasure which from first to last merely drugs the senses, which springs from i… BG 18.40 There is nothing anywhere on earth or in the higher worlds which is free from the three Q… BG 18.41 O Arjuna! The duties of spiritual teachers, the soldiers, the traders and the servants ha… BG 18.42 Serenity, self-restraint, austerity, purity, forgiveness, as well as uprightness, knowled… BG 18.43 Valour, glory, firmness, skill, generosity, steadiness in battle and ability to rule - th… BG 18.44 Agriculture, protection of the cow and trade are the duty of a trader, again in accordanc… BG 18.45 He who dedicates his actions to the Spirit, without any personal attachment to them, he i… BG 18.46 Man reaches perfection by dedicating his actions to God, Who is the source of all being,… BG 18.47 It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty o… BG 18.48 The duty that of itself falls to one's lot should not be abandoned, though it may have it… BG 18.49 He whose mind is entirely detached, who has conquered himself, whose desires have vanishe… BG 18.50 I will now state briefly how he, who has reached perfection, finds the Eternal Spirit, th… BG 18.51 Guided always by pure reason, bravely restraining himself, renouncing the objects of sens… BG 18.52 Enjoying solitude, abstemiousness, his body, mind and speech under perfect control, absor… BG 18.53 Having abandoned selfishness, power, arrogance, anger and desire, possessing nothing of h… BG 18.54 And when he becomes one with the Eternal, and his soul knows the bliss that belongs to th… BG 18.55 By such devotion, he sees Me, who I am and what I am; and thus realising the Truth, he en… BG 18.56 Relying on Me in all his action and doing them for My sake, he attains, by My Grace, Eter… BG 18.57 Surrender then thy actions unto Me, live in Me, concentrate thine intellect on Me, and th… BG 18.58 Fix but thy mind on Me, and by My grace thou shalt overcome the obstacles in thy path. Bu… BG 18.59 If thou in thy vanity thinkest of avoiding this fight, thy will shall not be fulfilled, f… BG 18.60 O Arjuna! Thy duty binds thee. From thine own nature has it arisen, and that which in thy… BG 18.61 God dwells in the hearts of all beings, O Arjuna! He causes them to revolve as it were on… BG 18.62 With all thy strength, fly unto Him and surrender thyself, and by His grace shalt thou at… BG 18.63 Thus have I revealed to thee the Truth, the Mystery of mysteries. Having thought it over,… BG 18.64 Only listen once more to My last word, the deepest secret of all; thou art My beloved, th… BG 18.65 Dedicate thyself to Me, worship Me, sacrifice all for Me, prostrate thyself before Me, an… BG 18.66 Give up then thy earthly duties, surrender thyself to Me only. Do not be anxious; I will… BG 18.67 Speak not this to one who has not practised austerities, or to him who does not love, or… BG 18.68 But he who teaches this great secret to My devotees, his is the highest devotion, and ver… BG 18.69 Nor is there among men any who can perform a service dearer to Me than this, or any man o… BG 18.70 He who will study this spiritual discourse of ours, I assure thee, he shall thereby worsh… BG 18.71 Yea, he who listens to it with faith and without doubt, even he, freed from evil, shalt r… BG 18.72 O Arjuna! Hast thou listened attentively to My words? Has thy ignorance and thy delusion… BG 18.73 Arjuna replied: My Lord! O Immutable One! My delusion has fled. By Thy Grace, O Changeles… BG 18.74 Sanjaya told: "Thus have I heard this rare, wonderful and soul-stirring discourse of the… BG 18.75 Through the blessing of the sage Vyasa, I listened to this secret and noble science from… BG 18.76 O King! The more I think of that marvellous and holy discourse, the more I lose myself in… BG 18.77 As memory recalls again and again the exceeding beauty of the Lord, I am filled with amaz… BG 18.78 Wherever is the Lord Shri Krishna, the Prince of Wisdom, and wherever is Arjuna, the Grea…