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 4.10
वीत-राग-भय-क्रॊधाः मन्मया माम् उपाश्रिताः । बहवः ज्ञान-तपसा पूता मत्-भावम् आगताः ॥ ४.१० ॥ ವೀತ-ರಾಗ-ಭಯ-ಕ್ರೋಧಾಃ ಮನ್ಮಯಾ ಮಾಮ್ ಉಪಾಶ್ರಿತಾಃ | ಬಹವಃ ಜ್ಞಾನ-ತಪಸಾ ಪೂತಾ ಮತ್-ಭಾವಮ್ ಆಗತಾಃ || ೪.೧೦ || veeta-rAga-bhaya-krOdhAH manmayA mAm upAshritAH
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 4.9
जन्म कर्म च मॆ दिव्यं एवं यः वॆत्ति तत्त्वतः । त्यक्त्वा दॆहं पुनर्जन्म नैति मामॆति सः अर्जुन ॥ ४.९ ॥ ಜನ್ಮ ಕರ್ಮ ಚ ಮೇ ದಿವ್ಯಂ ಏವಂ ಯಃ ವೇತ್ತಿ ತತ್ವತಃ |
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 4.8
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् । धर्म संस्थापन-अर्थाय सम्भवामि युगॆ युगॆ ॥ ४.८ ॥ ಪರಿತ್ರಾಣಾಯ ಸಾಧೂನಾಂ ವಿನಾಶಾಯ ಚ ದುಷ್ಕೃತಾಮ್ | ಧರ್ಮ ಸಂಸ್ಥಾಪನ-ಅರ್ಥಾಯ ಸಂಭವಾಮಿ ಯುಗೇ ಯುಗೇ || ೪.೮ || paritrANAya sAdhUnAM
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 4.7
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिः भवति भारत । अभ्युत्थानं अधर्मस्य तदा आत्मानं सृजामि अहम् ॥ ४.७ ॥ ಯದಾ ಯದಾ ಹಿ ಧರ್ಮಸ್ಯ ಗ್ಲಾನಿಃ ಭವತಿ ಭಾರತ | ಅಭ್ಯುತ್ಥಾನಂ ಅಧರ್ಮಸ್ಯ ತದಾ ಆತ್ಮಾನಂ ಸೃಜಾಮಿ
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 4.6
अजः अपि सन् अव्ययआत्मा भूतानाम् ईश्वरः अपि सन् । प्रकृतिं स्वाम् अधिष्ठाय सम्भवामि आत्ममायया ॥ ४.६ ॥ ಅಜಃ ಅಪಿ ಸನ್ ಅವ್ಯಯಾತ್ಮಾ ಭೂತಾನಾಮ್ ಈಶ್ವರಃ ಅಪಿ ಸನ್ | ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಂ ಸ್ವಾಮ್ ಅಧಿಷ್ಠಾಯ ಸಂಭವಾಮಿ
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 4.5
श्री भगवान् उवाच :- बहूनि मॆ व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव च अर्जुन । तानि अहं वॆद सर्वाणि न त्वं वॆत्थ परन्तप ॥ ४.५ ॥ ಶ್ರೀ ಭಗವಾನ್ ಉವಾಚ :- ಬಹೂನಿ ಮೇ ವ್ಯತೀತಾನಿ
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 4.4
अर्जुन उवाच :- अपरं भवतः जन्म परं जन्म विविस्वतः । कथं एतत् विजानीयां त्वं आदौ प्रॊक्तवान् इति ॥ ४.४ ॥ ಅರ್ಜುನ ಉವಾಚ :- ಅಪರಂ ಭವತಃ ಜನ್ಮ ಪರಂ ಜನ್ಮ ವಿವಿಸ್ವತಃ |
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 4.3
सः एव अहं मया तॆ अद्य यॊगः प्रॊक्तः पुरातनः । भक्तः असि मॆ सखा च इति रहस्यं हि एतत् उत्तमम् ॥ ४.३ ॥ ಸಃ ಏವ ಅಹಂ ಮಯಾ ತೇ ಅದ್ಯ ಯೋಗಃ
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 4.2
एवं परम्पराप्राप्तं इमं राज ऋषयः विदुः । सः कालॆन इह महता यॊगः नष्टः परन्तप ॥ ४.२ ॥ ಏವಂ ಪರಂಪರಾಪ್ರಾಪ್ತಂ ಇಮಂ ರಾಜ ಋಷಯಃ ವಿದುಃ | ಸಃ ಕಾಲೇನ ಇಹ ಮಹತಾ ಯೋಗಃ ನಷ್ಟಃ
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 4.1
श्री भगवान् उवाच :- इमं विवस्वतॆ यॊगं प्रॊक्तवान् अहं अव्ययम् । विवस्वान् मनवॆ प्राह मनुः इक्ष्वाकवॆ अब्रवीत् ॥ ४.१ ॥ ಶ್ರೀ ಭಗವಾನ್ ಉವಾಚ :- ಇಮಂ ವಿವಸ್ವತೇ ಯೋಗಂ ಪ್ರೋಕ್ತವಾನ್ ಅಹಂ ಅವ್ಯಯಮ್
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 3.43
एवं बुद्धॆः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्य आत्मानम् आत्मना । जहि शत्रुं महाबाहॊ कामरूपं दुरासदम् ॥ ३.४३ ॥ ಏವಂ ಬುದ್ಧೇಃ ಪರಂ ಬುದ್ಧ್ವಾ ಸಂಸ್ತಭ್ಯ ಆತ್ಮಾನಮ್ ಆತ್ಮನಾ | ಜಹಿ ಶತ್ರುಂ ಮಹಾಬಾಹೋ ಕಾಮರೂಪಂ ದುರಾಸದಮ್ ||
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 3.42
इन्द्रियाणि पराणि आहुः इन्द्रियॆभ्यः परं मनः । मनसः तु परा बुद्धिः यः बुद्धॆः परतः तु सः ॥ ३.४२ ॥ ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಾಣಿ ಪರಾಣಿ ಆಹುಃ ಇಂದ್ರಿಯೇಭ್ಯಃ ಪರಂ ಮನಃ | ಮನಸಃ ತು ಪರಾ ಬುದ್ಧಿಃ
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 3.41
तस्मात् त्वं इन्द्रियाणि आदौ नियम्य भरत-ऋषभ । पाप्मानं प्रजहि हि एनं ज्ञान विज्ञान नाशनम् ॥ ३.४१ ॥ ತಸ್ಮಾತ್ ತ್ವಂ ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಾಣಿ ಆದೌ ನಿಯಮ್ಯ ಭರತ-ಋಷಭ | ಪಾಪ್ಮಾನಂ ಪ್ರಜಹಿ ಹಿ ಏನಂ ಜ್ಞಾನ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 3.40
इंद्रियाणि मनः बुद्धिः अस्य अधिष्ठानं उच्यतॆ । एतैः विमॊहयति एषः ज्ञानं आवृत्य दॆहिनम् ॥ ३.४० ॥ ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಾಣಿ ಮನಃ ಬುದ್ಧಿಃ ಅಸ್ಯ ಅಧಿಷ್ಠಾನಂ ಉಚ್ಯತೇ | ಏತೈಃ ವಿಮೋಹಯತಿ ಏಷಃ ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ಆವೃತ್ಯ ದೇಹಿನಮ್ ||
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 3.39
आवृतं ज्ञानं एतॆन ज्ञानिनः नित्यवैरिणा । कामरूपॆण कौन्तॆय दुष्पूरॆण अनलॆन च ॥ ३.३९ ॥ ಆವೃತಂ ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ಏತೇನ ಜ್ಞಾನಿನಃ ನಿತ್ಯವೈರಿಣಾ | ಕಾಮರೂಪೇಣ ಕೌಂತೇಯ ದುಷ್ಪೂರೇಣ ಅನಲೇನ ಚ || ೩.೩೯ || AvRutaM j~jAnaM
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 3.38
धूमॆन आव्रियतॆ वह्निः यथा आदर्शः मलॆन च । यथा उल्बॆन आवृतः गर्भः तथा तॆन इदम् आवृतम् ॥ ३.३८ ॥ ಧೂಮೇನ ಆವ್ರಿಯತೇ ವಹ್ನಿಃ ಯಥಾ ಆದರ್ಶಃ ಮಲೇನ ಚ | ಯಥಾ ಉಲ್ಬೇನ ಆವೃತಃ
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 3.37
श्री भगवान् उवाच :- कामः एषः क्रॊधः एषः रजॊगुण-समुद्भवः । महाशनः महापाप्मा विद्धि एनं इह वैरिणम् ॥ ३.३७ ॥ ಶ್ರೀ ಭಗವಾನ್ ಉವಾಚ :- ಕಾಮಃ ಏಷಃ ಕ್ರೋಧಃ ಏಷಃ ರಜೋಗುಣ-ಸಮುದ್ಭವಃ | ಮಹಾಶನಃ
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 3.36
अर्जुन उवाच :- अथ कॆन प्रयुक्तः अयं पापं चरति पुरुषः । अनिच्छन् अपि वार्ष्णॆय बलात् इव नियॊजितः ॥ ३.३६ ॥ ಅರ್ಜುನ ಉವಾಚ :- ಅಥ ಕೇನ ಪ್ರಯುಕ್ತಃ ಅಯಂ ಪಾಪಂ ಚರತಿ ಪುರುಷಃ
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 3.35
श्रॆयान् स्वधर्मः विगुणः परधर्मात् सु-अनुष्ठितात् । स्वधर्मॆ निधनं श्रॆयः परधर्मः भय आवहः ॥ ३.३५ ॥ ಶ್ರೇಯಾನ್ ಸ್ವಧರ್ಮಃ ವಿಗುಣಃ ಪರಧರ್ಮಾತ್ ಸು-ಅನುಷ್ಠಿತಾತ್ | ಸ್ವಧರ್ಮೇ ನಿಧನಂ ಶ್ರೇಯಃ ಪರಧರ್ಮಃ ಭಯ ಆವಹಃ || ೩.೩೫ ||
ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಶ್ಲೋಕ 3.34
इन्द्रियस्य इन्द्रियस्यार्थॆ रागद्वॆषौ व्यवस्थितौ । तयॊः न वशम् आगच्छॆत् तौ हि अस्य परिपन्थिनौ ॥ ३.३४ ॥ ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಸ್ಯ ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಸ್ಯಾರ್ಥೇ ರಾಗದ್ವೇಷೌ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಿತೌ | ತಯೋಃ ನ ವಶಂ ಆಗಚ್ಛೇತ್ ತೌ ಹಿ ಅಸ್ಯ ಪರಿಪಂಥಿನೌ ||