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Bhagavad Gītā
भगवद्गीता
20 verses quoted
Verse 2.54
अर्जुन उवाच ।स्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा समाधिस्थस्य केशव ।स्थितधीः किं प्रभाषेत किमासीत व्रजेत किम् ॥ २.५४ ॥
arjuna uvācasthitaprajñasya kā bhāṣā samādhisthasya keśavasthitadhīḥ kiṃ prabhāṣeta kimāsīta vrajeta kim
Translation Arjuna said- What, O Keshava, is the description of him who has steady Wisdom and who is merged in the Superconscious state? How does one of steady Wisdom speak, how does he sit, how does he walk?
Verse 2.55
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।प्रजहाति यदा कामान्सर्वान्पार्थ मनोगतान् ।आत्मन्येवात्मना तुष्टः स्थितप्रज्ञस्तदोच्यते ॥ २.५५ ॥
śrībhagavānuvācaprajahāti yadā kāmānsarvānpārtha manogatānātmanyevātmanā tuṣṭaḥ sthitaprajñastadocyate
Translation The Blessed Lord said: When a man completely casts off, O Partha, all the desires of the mind, and is satisfied in the Self by the Self, then is he said to be one of steady Wisdom.
Verse 2.56
दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः ।वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते ॥ २.५६ ॥
duḥkheṣvanudvignamanāḥ sukheṣu vigataspṛhaḥvītarāgabhayakrodhaḥ sthitadhīrmunirucyate
Translation He whose mind is not shaken by adversity, and who in prosperity does not hanker after pleasures, who is free from attachment, fear and anger, is called a Sage-of-Steady-Wisdom.
Verse 2.57
यः सर्वत्रानभिस्नेहस्तत्तत्प्राप्य शुभाशुभम् ।नाभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥ २.५७ ॥
yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehastattatprāpya śubhāśubhamnābhinandati na dveṣṭi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā
Translation He who is everywhere without attachment, on meeting with anything good or bad, who neither rejoices nor hates, his Wisdom is fixed.
Verse 2.58
यदा संहरते चायं कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः ।इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥ २.५८ ॥
yadā saṃharate cāyaṃ kūrmo’ṅgānīva sarvaśaḥindriyāṇīndriyārthebhyastasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā
Translation When, like the tortoise which withdraws its limbs from all sides, he withdraws his senses from the sense-objects then his Wisdom becomes steady.
Verse 2.68
तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः ।इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥ २.६८ ॥
tasmādyasya mahābāho nigṛhītāni sarvaśaḥindriyāṇīndriyārthebhyastasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā
Translation Therefore, O Mighty-armed, his knowledge is steady whose senses are completely restrained from sense-objects.
Verse 6.5
उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् ।आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ॥ ६.५ ॥
uddharedātmanātmānaṃ nātmānamavasādayetātmaiva hyātmano bandhurātmaiva ripurātmanaḥ
Verse 6.17
युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु ।युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दुःखहा ॥ ६.१७ ॥
yuktāhāravihārasya yuktaceṣṭasya karmasuyuktasvapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkhahā
Translation YOGA becomes the destroyer of pain for him who is moderate in eating and recreation, who is moderate in his exertion during his actions, who is moderate in sleep and wakefulness.
Verse 14.5
सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसम्भवाः ।निबध्नन्ति महाबाहो देहे देहिनमव्ययम् ॥ १४.५ ॥
Sattvaṃ rajastama iti guṇāḥ prakṛtisambhavāḥ |Nibadhnanti mahābāho dehe dehinamavyayam
Verse 14.6
तत्र सत्त्वं निर्मलत्वात्प्रकाशकमनामयम् ।सुखसङ्गेन बध्नाति ज्ञानसङ्गेन चानघ ॥ १४.६ ॥
tatra sattvaṃ nirmalatvāt prakāśakamanāmayam sukhasaṅgena badhnāti jñānasaṅgena cānagha
Translation Of these, Sattva which because of its stainlessness is luminous and healthy (unobstructive) binds by (creating) attachment to happiness and attachment to knowledge, O sinless one.
Verse 14.7
रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम् ।तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम् ॥ १४.७ ॥
rajo rāgātmakaṃ viddhi tṛṣṇāsaṅgasamudbhavamtannibadhnāti kaunteya karmasaṅgena dehinam
Translation Know that Rajas (is) of the nature of passion, the source of thirst and attachment; it binds fast O Kaunteya the embodied one by attachment to action.
Verse 14.8
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम् ।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभि स्तन्निबध्नाति भारत ॥ १४.८ ॥
tamastvajñānajaṃ viddhi mohanaṃ sarvadehināmpramādālasyanidrābhi stannibadhnāti bhārata
Translation Know that Tamas is born of ignorance, deluding all beings, it binds fast, O Bharata, by heedless-ness, indolence and sleep.
Verse 14.9
सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत।ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत ॥ १४.९ ॥
Sattvaṃ sukhe sañjayati rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārata |Jñānamāvṛtya tu tamaḥ pramāde sañjayatyuta
Translation Sattva binds one to happiness, Rajas to action, and Tamas, covering knowledge, leads to heedlessness.
Verse 14.11
सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते ।ज्ञानं यदा तदा विद्याद्विवृद्धं सत्त्वमित्युत ॥ १४.११ ॥
Sarvadvāreṣu dehe’smin prakāśa upajāyate |Jñānaṃ yadā tadā vidyād vivṛddhaṃ sattvamityuta
Translation When, through every gate (sense) in this body, the light of intelligence shines, then it may be known that Sattva is predominant.
Verse 14.12
लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा ।रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ ॥ १४.१२ ॥
Lobhaḥ pravṛttirārambhaḥ karmaṇāmaśamaḥ spṛhā |Rajasyetāni jāyante vivṛddhe bharatarṣabha
Translation Greed, activity, undertaking of actions, restlessness, and longing arise when Rajas is predominant, O best of the Bharata family.
Verse 14.13
अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च ।तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन ॥ १४.१३ ॥
Aprakāśo’pravṛttiśca pramādo moha eva ca |Tamasyetāni jāyante vivṛddhe kurunandana
Translation Darkness, inertness, heedlessness, and delusion arise when Tamas is predominant, O descendant of Kuru.
Verse 17.15
अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत् ।स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते ॥ १७.१५ ॥
anudvegakaraṃ vākyaṃ satyaṃ priyahitaṃ ca yatsvādhyāyābhyasanaṃ caiva vāṅmayaṃ tapa ucyate
Translation Speech which causes no excitement, and is truthful, pleasant and beneficial, and the practice of the study of the VEDAS, these constitute the austerity of speech.
Verse 18.23
नियतं सङ्गरहितमरागद्वेषतः कृतम् ।अफलप्रेप्सुना कर्म यत्तत्सात्त्विकमुच्यते ॥ १८.२३ ॥
niyataṃ saṅgarahitamarāgadveṣataḥ kṛtamaphalaprepsunā karma yattatsāttvikamucyate
Translation An action which is ordained, free from attachment, done without love or hatred, by one who is not desirous of its fruits, is declared to be Sattvic (pure).
Verse 18.24
यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहङ्कारेण वा पुनः ।क्रियते बहुलायासं तद्राजसमुदाहृतम् ॥ १८.२४ ॥
yattu kāmepsunā karma sāhaṅkāreṇa vā punaḥkriyate bahulāyāsaṃ tadrājasamudāhṛtam
Translation That action which is done by one longing for desires or gain, done with egoism or with much effort, is declared to be Rajasic (Passionate).
Verse 18.25
अनुबन्धं क्षयं हिंसामनपेक्ष्य च पौरुषम् ।मोहादारभ्यते कर्म यत्तत्तामसमुच्यते ॥ १८.२५ ॥
anubandhaṃ kṣayaṃ hiṃsāmanapekṣya ca pauruṣammohādārabhyate karma yattattāmasamucyate
Translation That action which is undertaken from delusion, without regard for the consequence, loss, injury, or ability, is declared to be Tamasic (dull).
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