Let wisdom burn away my impurities, not my intentions (4.37)
Bhagavad Gita 4.37 yathaidhāṁsi samiddho ’gnir bhasma-sāt kurute ’rjuna jñānāgniḥ sarva-karmāṇi bhasma-sāt kurute tathā "As fire turns wood to ashes gray, So wisdom burns [...]
More than my wrongs is your capacity to free me from them (4.36)
Bhagavad Gita 4.36 api ced asi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpa-kṛttamaḥ sarvaṁ jñāna-plavenaiva vṛjinaṁ santariṣyasi "Even if your sins are dark and vast, More than all [...]
Let wisdom deepen, not weaken, my connection with others (4.35)
Bhagavad Gita 4.35 yaj jñātvā na punar moham evaṁ yāsyasi pāṇḍava yena bhūtāny aśeṣeṇa drakṣyasy ātmany atho mayi "Once you know this truth so [...]
Gita 03.36 – Explanation
Gita 3.36 - Arjuna Asks About The Mystery Of Self Destruction Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-36-alien-desires-become-our-own-and-impel-us-to-sin/ arjuna uvāca atha kena prayukto ’yaṁ pāpaṁ carati pūruṣaḥ anicchann api [...]
Gita 03.35 – Explanation
Gita 03.35 – Credit lies in sticking to duty under duress, not in changing duty Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-35-credit-lies-in-sticking-to-duty-under-duress-not-in-changing-duty/ śreyān sva-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣṭhitāt sva-dharme nidhanaṁ [...]
Gita 03.34 – Explanation
Gita 03.34 – Don’t let sensory urges steal dharmic credits Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-34-dont-let-sensory-urges-steal-dharmic-credits/ indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāga-dveṣau vyavasthitau tayor na vaśam āgacchet tau hy asya paripanthinau (Bg [...]
Gita 03.33 – Explanation
Gita 03.33 – Our varna nature needs to be channelized, not repressed Audio Link - https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-33-our-varna-nature-needs-to-be-channelized-not-repressed/ sadṛśaṁ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛter jñānavān api prakṛtiṁ yānti bhūtāni [...]
Gita 03.06 – Explanation
Gita 03.06 – Outer renunciation with inner sensual contemplation is self-delusion Link : https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-06-outer-renunciation-with-inner-sensual-contemplation-is-self-delusion/ karmendriyāṇi saṁyamya ya āste manasā smaran indriyārthān vimūḍhātmā mithyācāraḥ sa ucyate [...]
Gita 03.05 – Explanation
Gita 03.05 – Inaction is unnatural, materially and spiritually Link : https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-05-inaction-is-unnatural-materially-and-spiritually/ na hi kaścit kṣaṇam api jātu tiṣṭhaty akarma-kṛt kāryate hy avaśaḥ karma sarvaḥ [...]
Gita 03.32 – Explanation
Gita 03.32 – Turning away from Krishna defeats the purpose of knowledge Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-32-turning-away-from-krishna-defeats-the-purpose-of-knowledge/ ye tv etad abhyasūyanto nānutiṣṭhanti me matam sarva-jñāna-vimūḍhāṁs tān viddhi [...]
Gita 03.31 – Explanation
Gita 03.31 – Krishna’s words are eternal and faith-worthy Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-31-krishnas-words-are-eternal-and-faith-worthy/ ye me matam idaṁ nityam anutiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ śraddhāvanto ’nasūyanto mucyante te ’pi karmabhiḥ [...]
Gita 03.30 – Explanation
Gita 03.30 – Focus not on detaching from the entangling but on attaching to the liberating Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-30-focus-not-on-detaching-from-the-entangling-but-on-attaching-to-the-liberating/ mayi sarvāṇi karmāṇi sannyasyādhyātma-cetasā nirāśīr nirmamo [...]
Gita 03.29 – Explanation
Gita 03.29 – The wise should elevate, not agitate, the ignorant Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-03-29-the-wise-should-elevate-not-agitate-the-ignorant/ prakṛter guṇa-sammūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇa-karmasu tān akṛtsna-vido mandān kṛtsna-vin na vicālayet (Bg [...]
Make me a truth-seeker, not a blind follower (4.34)
Bhagavad Gita 4.34 tad viddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ "Seek the truth with a heart sincere, Through service, questions, and [...]
Help me remember that you are never far away (4.24)
Bhagavad Gita 4.24 brahmārpaṇaṁ brahma havir brahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam brahmaiva tena gantavyaṁ brahma-karma-samādhinā "The offering is Brahman, the oblation too, Into Brahman’s fire, it [...]
Let me choose the transcendent, not the convenient (4.18)
Bhagavad Gita 4.18 karmaṇy akarma yaḥ paśyed akarmaṇi ca karma yaḥ sa buddhimān manuṣyeṣu sa yuktaḥ kṛtsna-karma-kṛt "One who can see in action, no [...]
Let me focus on present dharma, not on past karma (4.17)
Bhagavad Gita 4.17 karmaṇo hy api boddhavyaṁ boddhavyaṁ ca vikarmaṇaḥ akarmaṇaś ca boddhavyaṁ gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ "Know what action is to be accepted, Know [...]
Greater than the world’s unfairness is your mercifulness (4.14)
Bhagavad Gita 4.14 na māṁ karmāṇi limpanti na me karma-phale spṛhā iti māṁ yo ’bhijānāti karmabhir na sa badhyate "Actions do not taint me [...]
You provide the social order that facilitates spiritual order (4.13)
Bhagavad Gita 4.13 cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ tasya kartāram api māṁ viddhy akartāram avyayam "The fourfold order I designed, By traits and work, their [...]
Let your selflessness inspire selflessness within me (4.12)
Bhagavad Gita 4.12 kāṅkṣantaḥ karmaṇāṁ siddhiṁ yajanta iha devatāḥ kṣipraṁ hi mānuṣe loke siddhir bhavati karma-jā "For worldly success through actions they aspire, They [...]
Whatever I am seeking, I am actually seeking you (4.11)
Bhagavad Gita 4.11 ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ "As people surrender according to their conception, I [...]