Bhagavadgeeta
The Bhagavad Gita is the greatest spiritual and metaphysical scripture of the Hindus. It contains valuable teachings applicable to all stages of human development. Such a universal and all-pervasive teaching with practical solution for every day problems of life fell from the divine lips of the Lord Himself. Sri Krishna had once revealed to his mother the whole universe of infinite dimensions in his tiny mouth; so also, in his short discourse uttered with a limited number of words in a limited span of time Sri Krishna has given the very quintessence of the universal science of life. This indeed is a testimony to the divine glory of Lord Sri Krishna.
Once, after the Kurukshetra war, when the Pandavas were ruling their kingdom, Arjuna besought Sri Krishna: “Oh Lord, I was fortunate to receive from you the teachings of the Gita but that was in the din and bustle of the battlefield; I would very much like to hear it once again at leisure in the calm and peaceful atmosphere now reigning.” To this, the omniscient Lord replied: “Oh Arjuna I do not have the same inspiration today. I cannot recapture that same teaching again.” Although nothing would have been impossible to Him, this episode serves to highlight the extraordinary greatness of the Gita.
The time, the Place and the dramatic context selected by the Lord to give His supreme teaching to humanity are unique. Both the Kaurava and the Pandava armies are lined up face to face and the war is about to begin. The minds of all the soldiers taking part in the war are agitated because they are under the tension of an explosive war. At this time who else but God Himself could have the poise and power to expound such a simple and yet profound philosophic teaching?
In our daily lives, very often grave problems confront us. Confused, we lose our heart. Only at such moments of crisis do we experience the dire need of the Gita. The mind is a battlefield where the good and evil forces fight for supremacy. Unable to face life and its problems, we are prone to run away from our duties and responsibilities out of sheer cowardice. To such cowards, the Gita offers hope and encouragement. It prompts them into rightful action. The Gita which was preached to Arjuna in the context of the Kurukshetra war has wider application to the war that is going on constantly within our mind between the good and the evil forces.
Sri Madhvacharya says that the Mahabharata (which includes the Bhagavadgeeta) has not only a historical but also a metaphysical interpretation. One may wonder whether this teaching given in the bygone days of the Dwapara Yuga will ever be applicable to the modern atomic age! But, in fact, the teachings of the Geeta are perennial and contain elements of truth applicable to all ages.
Main source: The Bhagavad Gita – Translation and Commentaries in English, by Sri S. Subba Rau (1906)
– compiled by Balachandra Achar Hejamady
Bhagavadgeeta Chapters:
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 5.8,5.9
नैव किञ्चित् करॊमि इति युक्तः मन्यॆत तत्त्ववित् । पश्यन् शृण्वन् स्पृशन् जिघ्रन् अश्नन् गच्छन् स्वपन् श्वसन् ॥ ५.८ ॥ प्रलपन् विसृजन् गृह्णन् उन्मिषन् निमिषन् अपि । इन्द्रियाणि इन्द्रिय-अर्थॆषु वर्तन्त इति
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 5.7
यॊग-युक्तः विशुद्ध-आत्मा विजित-आत्मा जित-इन्द्रियः । सर्व भूत आत्म भूतआत्मा कुर्वन् अपि न लिप्यतॆ ॥ ५.७ ॥ ಯೋಗ-ಯುಕ್ತಃ ವಿಶುದ್ಧ-ಆತ್ಮಾ ವಿಜಿತ-ಆತ್ಮಾ ಜಿತ-ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಃ | ಸರ್ವ ಭೂತ ಆತ್ಮ ಭೂತ ಆತ್ಮಾ ಕುರ್ವನ್ ಅಪಿ ನ ಲಿಪ್ಯತೇ
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 5.6
संन्यासः अस्तु महाबाहॊ दुःखम् आप्तुम् अयॊगतः । यॊगयुक्तः मुनिः ब्रह्म न चिरॆण अधिगच्छति ॥ ५.६ ॥ ಸಂನ್ಯಾಸಃ ಅಸ್ತು ಮಹಾಬಾಹೋ ದುಃಖಂ ಆಪ್ತುಂ ಅಯೋಗತಃ | ಯೋಗಯುಕ್ತಃ ಮುನಿಃ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ ನ ಚಿರೇಣ ಅಧಿಗಚ್ಛತಿ ||
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 5.5
यत् सांख्यैः प्राप्यतॆ स्थानं तत् यॊगैः अपि गम्यतॆ । एकं सांख्यं च यॊगं च यः पश्यति सः पश्यति ॥ ५.५ ॥ ಯತ್ ಸಾಂಖ್ಯೈಃ ಪ್ರಾಪ್ಯತೇ ಸ್ಥಾನಂ ತತ್ ಯೋಗೈಃ ಅಪಿ ಗಮ್ಯತೇ |
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 5.4
सांख्य यॊगौ पृथक् बालाः प्रवदन्ति न पण्डिताः । एकम् अपि अस्थितः संयक् उभयॊः विन्दतॆ फलम् ॥ ५.४ ॥ ಸಾಂಖ್ಯ ಯೋಗೌ ಪೃಥಕ್ ಬಾಲಾಃ ಪ್ರವದಂತಿ ನ ಪಂಡಿತಾಃ | ಏಕಂ ಅಪಿ ಅಸ್ಥಿತಃ ಸಂಯಕ್
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 5.3
ज्ञॆयः सः नित्य-संन्यासी यः न द्वॆष्टि न काङ्क्षति । निर्द्वन्द्वः हि महाबाहॊ सुखं बन्धात् प्रमुच्यतॆ ॥ ५.३ ॥ ಜ್ಞೇಯಃ ಸಃ ನಿತ್ಯ-ಸಂನ್ಯಾಸೀ ಯಃ ನ ದ್ವೇಷ್ಟಿ ನ ಕಾಂಕ್ಷತಿ | ನಿರ್ದ್ವಂದ್ವಃ ಹಿ ಮಹಾಬಾಹೋ
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 5.2
श्री भगवान् उवाच :- संन्यासः कर्मयॊगः च निःश्रॆयसकरौ उभौ । तयॊः तु कर्मसंन्यासात् कर्मयॊगः विशिष्यतॆ ॥ ५.२ ॥ ಶ್ರೀ ಭಗವಾನ್ ಉವಾಚ :- ಸಂನ್ಯಾಸಃ ಕರ್ಮಯೋಗಃ ಚ ನಿಃಶ್ರೇಯಸಕರೌ ಉಭೌ | ತಯೋಃ ತು
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 5.1
अर्जुन उवाच :- सन्यासं कर्मणां कृष्ण पुनः यॊगं च शंससि । यत् श्रॆयः एतयॊः एकं तन्मॆ ब्रूहि सुनिश्चितम् ॥ ५.१ ॥ ಅರ್ಜುನ ಉವಾಚ :- ಸನ್ಯಾಸಂ ಕರ್ಮಣಾಂ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಪುನಃ ಯೋಗಂ ಚ
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 4.42
तस्मात् अज्ञान सम्भूतं हृत्स्थं ज्ञानासिन आत्मनः । छित्वा एनं संशयं यॊगम् आतिष्ठ उत्तिष्ठ भारत ॥ ४.४२ ॥ ತಸ್ಮಾತ್ ಅಜ್ಞಾನ ಸಂಭೂತಂ ಹೃತ್ಸ್ಥಂ ಜ್ಞಾನಾಸಿನ ಆತ್ಮನಃ | ಛಿತ್ವಾ ಏನಂ ಸಂಶಯಂ ಯೋಗಮ್ ಆತಿಷ್ಠ ಉತ್ತಿಷ್ಠ
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 4.41
यॊग सन्यस्त कर्माणं ज्ञान सञ्छिन्न संशयम् । आत्मवन्तं न कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय ॥ ४.४१ ॥ ಯೋಗ ಸಂಯಸ್ತ ಕರ್ಮಾಣಂ ಜ್ಞಾನ ಸಂಛಿನ್ನ ಸಂಶಯಮ್ | ಆತ್ಮವಂತಂ ನ ಕರ್ಮಾಣಿ ನಿಬಧ್ನಂತಿ ಧನಂಜಯ || ೪.೪೧ ||
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 4.40
अज्ञः च अश्रद्दधानः च संशय-आत्मा विनश्यन्ति । न अयं लॊकः अस्ति न परः न सुखं संशय-आत्मनः ॥ ४.४० ॥ ಅಜ್ಞಃ ಚ ಅಶ್ರದ್ದಧಾನಃ ಚ ಸಂಶಯ-ಆತ್ಮಾ ವಿನಶ್ಯಂತಿ | ನ ಅಯಂ ಲೋಕಃ ಅಸ್ತಿ
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 4.39
श्रद्धावान् लभतॆ ज्ञानं तत् परः संयत इन्द्रियः । ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा परां शान्तिम् अचिरॆण अधिगच्छति ॥ ४.३९ ॥ ಶ್ರದ್ಧಾವಾನ್ ಲಭತೇ ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ತತ್ ಪರಃ ಸಂಯತ ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಃ | ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ಲಬ್ಧ್ವಾ ಪರಾಂ ಶಾಂತಿಮ್ ಅಚಿರೇಣ
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 4.38
न हि ज्ञानॆन सदृशं पवित्रम् इह विद्यतॆ । तत् स्वयं यॊगसंसिद्धः कालॆन आत्मनि विन्दति ॥ ४.३८ ॥ ನ ಹಿ ಜ್ಞಾನೇನ ಸದೃಶಂ ಪವಿತ್ರಮ್ ಇಹ ವಿದ್ಯತೇ | ತತ್ ಸ್ವಯಂ ಯೋಗಸಂಸಿದ್ಧಃ ಕಾಲೇನ ಆತ್ಮನಿ
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 4.37
यथा एधांसि समिद्धः अग्निः भस्मसात् कुरुतॆ अर्जुन । ज्ञान अग्निः सर्व कर्माणि भस्मसात् कुरुतॆ तथा ॥ ४.३७ ॥ ಯಥಾ ಏಧಾಂಸಿ ಸಮಿದ್ಧಃ ಅಗ್ನಿಃ ಭಸ್ಮಸಾತ್ ಕುರುತೇ ಅರ್ಜುನ | ಜ್ಞಾನ ಅಗ್ನಿಃ ಸರ್ವ ಕರ್ಮಾಣಿ
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 4.36
अपि चॆत् असि पापॆभ्यः सर्वॆभ्यः पापकृत्तमः । सर्वं ज्ञान प्लवॆन एव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि ॥ ४.३६ ॥ ಅಪಿ ಚೇತ್ ಅಸಿ ಪಾಪೇಭ್ಯಃ ಸರ್ವೇಭ್ಯಃ ಪಾಪಕೃತ್ತಮಃ | ಸರ್ವಂ ಜ್ಞಾನ ಪ್ಲವೇನ ಏವ ವೃಜಿನಂ ಸಂತರಿಷ್ಯಸಿ ||
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 4.35
यत् ज्ञात्वा न पुनः मॊहं एवं यास्यसि पाण्डव । यॆन भूतानि अशॆषाणि द्रक्ष्यसि आत्मनि अथॊ मयि ॥ ४.३५ ॥ ಯತ್ ಜ್ಞಾತ್ವಾ ನ ಪುನಃ ಮೋಹಂ ಏವಂ ಯಾಸ್ಯಸಿ ಪಾಂಡವ | ಯೇನ ಭೂತಾನಿ
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 4.34
तत् विद्धि प्रणिपातॆन परिप्रश्नॆन सॆवया । उपदॆक्ष्यन्ति तॆ ज्ञानं ज्ञानिनः तत्वदर्शिनः ॥ ४.३४ ॥ ತತ್ ವಿದ್ಧಿ ಪ್ರಣಿಪಾತೇನ ಪರಿಪ್ರಶ್ನೇನ ಸೇವಯಾ | ಉಪದೇಕ್ಷ್ಯಂತಿ ತೇ ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ಜ್ಞಾನಿನಃ ತತ್ವದರ್ಶಿನಃ || ೪.೩೪ || tat viddhi
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 4.33
श्रॆयान् द्रव्यमयात् यज्ञात् ज्ञान यज्ञः परन्तप । सर्वं कर्म अखिलं पार्थ ज्ञानॆ परिसमाप्यतॆ ॥ ४.३३ ॥ ಶ್ರೇಯಾನ್ ದ್ರವ್ಯಮಯಾತ್ ಯಜ್ಞಾತ್ ಜ್ಞಾನ ಯಜ್ಞಃ ಪರಂತಪ | ಸರ್ವಂ ಕರ್ಮ ಅಖಿಲಂ ಪಾರ್ಥ ಜ್ಞಾನೇ ಪರಿಸಮಾಪ್ಯತೇ ||
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 4.32
एवं बहुविधाः यज्ञाः वितताः ब्रह्मणः मुखॆ । कर्मजान् विद्धि तान् सर्वान् एवं ज्ञात्वा विमॊक्ष्यसॆ ॥ ४.३२ ॥ ಏವಂ ಬಹುವಿಧಾಃ ಯಜ್ಞಾಃ ವಿತತಾಃ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣಃ ಮುಖೇ | ಕರ್ಮಜಾನ್ ವಿದ್ಧಿ ತಾನ್ ಸರ್ವಾನ್ ಏವಂ ಜ್ಞಾತ್ವಾ
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 4.31
यज्ञ शिष्ट अमृत भुजः यान्ति ब्रह्म सनातनम् । न अयं लॊकः अस्ति अयज्ञस्य कुतः अन्यः कुरुसत्तम ॥ ४.३१ ॥ ಯಜ್ಞ ಶಿಷ್ಟ ಅಮೃತ ಭುಜಃ ಯಾಂತಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ ಸನಾತನಮ್ | ನ ಅಯಂ ಲೋಕಃ