Gita 05.08 – Explanation
Gita 05.08 – Don’t take credit for actions done by bodily mechanisms Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-08-dont-take-credit-for-actions-done-by-bodily-mechanisms/ naiva kiñcit karomīti yukto manyeta tattva-vit paśyañ śṛṇvan spṛśañ jighrann aśnan [...]
Gita 05.07 – Explanation
Gita 05.07 – Inner purity ensures outer action without reaction Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-07-inner-purity-ensures-outer-action-without-reaction/ yoga-yukto viśuddhātmā vijitātmā jitendriyaḥ sarva-bhūtātma-bhūtātmā kurvann api na lipyate Word-to-word yoga-yuktaḥ — engaged [...]
Gita 05.06 – Explanation
Gita 05.06 – Renunciation without yogic connection is distressing Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-06-renunciation-without-yogic-connection-is-distressing/ sannyāsas tu mahā-bāho duḥkham āptum ayogataḥ yoga-yukto munir brahma na cireṇādhigacchati Word-to-word sannyāsaḥ — [...]
Gita 05.05 – Explanation
Gita 05.05 – Sankhya and yoga aim for the same destination, yet they aren’t same Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-05-sankhya-and-yoga-aim-for-the-same-destination-yet-they-arent-same/ yat sāṅkhyaiḥ prāpyate sthānaṁ tad yogair api gamyate [...]
Gita 05.29 – Explanation
Gita 05.29 – Peace comes by devotion to the all-powerful, all-loving Lord Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-29-peace-comes-by-devotion-to-the-all-powerful-all-loving-lord/ bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva-loka-maheśvaram suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ jñātvā māṁ śāntim ṛcchati (Bg [...]
Gita 05.28 – Explanation
Gita.05.28 – Controlling the external and the internal brings liberation Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-28-controlling-the-external-and-the-internal-brings-liberation/ yatendriya-mano-buddhir munir mokṣa-parāyaṇaḥ vigatecchā-bhaya-krodho yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ (Bg 5.28) Word-for-word: [...]
Gita 05.27 – Explanation
Gita 05.27 – Shut out the sense objects to seek inwards Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-27-shut-out-the-sense-objects-to-seek-inwards/ sparśān kṛtvā bahir bāhyāṁś cakṣuś caivāntare bhruvoḥ prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyantara-cāriṇau [...]
Gita 05.26 – Explanation
Gita 05.26 – Success on the spiritual path will come surely and soon Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-26-success-on-the-spiritual-path-will-come-surely-and-soon/ kāma-krodha-vimuktānāṁ yatīnāṁ yata-cetasām abhito brahma-nirvāṇaṁ vartate viditātmanām (Bg 5.26) [...]
Gita 05.25 – Explanation
Gita 05.25 – Removing impurities empowers us to rip apart the facade of dualities Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-25-removing-impurities-empowers-us-to-rip-apart-the-facade-of-dualities/ labhante brahma-nirvāṇam ṛṣayaḥ kṣīṇa-kalmaṣāḥ chinna-dvaidhā yatātmānaḥ sarva-bhūta-hite ratāḥ [...]
Gita 05.24 – Explanation
Gita 05.24 – The inner is the way to the spiritual Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-24-the-inner-is-the-way-to-the-spiritual/ yo ’ntaḥ-sukho ’ntar-ārāmas tathāntar-jyotir eva yaḥ sa yogī brahma-nirvāṇaṁ brahma-bhūto ’dhigacchati [...]
Gita 05.23 – Explanation
Gita 05.23 – The war against lust is a war of attrition Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-23-the-war-against-lust-is-a-war-of-attrition/ śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṁ prāk śarīra-vimokṣaṇāt kāma-krodhodbhavaṁ vegaṁ sa yuktaḥ sa [...]
Gita 05.22 – Explanation
Gita 05.22 – The so-called pleasure is the source of trouble Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-22-the-so-called-pleasure-is-the-source-of-trouble/ ye hi saṁsparśa-jā bhogā duḥkha-yonaya eva te ādy-antavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣu [...]
Gita 05.21 – Explanation
Gita 05.21 – Give up outer pleasure and seek inexhaustible inner happiness Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-05-21-give-up-outer-pleasure-and-seek-inexhaustible-inner-happiness/ bāhya-sparśeṣv asaktātmā vindaty ātmani yat sukham sa brahma-yoga-yuktātmā sukham akṣayam [...]
You are with me right now, let me be with you right now
Bhagavad Gita 8.22 puruṣaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyas tv ananyayā yasyāntaḥsthāni bhūtāni yena sarvam idaṁ tatam That supreme person, beyond all sight, Is [...]
Let me seek alignment of hearts, not just agreement of heads
Bhagavad Gita 18.70 adhyeṣyate ca ya imaṁ dharmyaṁ saṁvādam āvayoḥ jñāna-yajñena tenāham iṣṭaḥ syām iti me matiḥ Whoever studies this, our dialogue of truth [...]
Let me focus more on your purpose for me than your promise to me
Bhagavad Gita 11.33 tasmāt tvam uttiṣṭha yaśo labhasva jitvā śatrūn bhuṅkṣva rājyaṁ samṛddham mayaivaite nihatāḥ pūrvam eva nimitta-mātraṁ bhava savya-sācin Therefore arise; gain glory [...]
Let me see and seek beyond physical palaces and mental mansions
Bhagavad Gita 8.20 paras tasmāt tu bhāvo ‘nyo ‘vyakto ‘vyaktāt sanātanaḥ yaḥ sa sarveṣu bhūteṣu naśyatsu na vinaśyati Beyond this changing world of rise [...]
Reduce my many complex choices to one essential choice
Bhagavad Gita 8.16 ābrahma-bhuvanāl lokāḥ punar āvartino ‘rjuna mām upetya tu kaunteya punar janma na vidyate From the topmost domain down to the lowest [...]
Let me see the world’s misery and, beyond it, your mercy
Bhagavad Gita 8.15 mām upetya punar janma duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ saṁsiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ Having attained me, the supreme destination, The great souls with [...]
You value availability more than ability or austerity
Bhagavad Gita 8.14 ananya-cetāḥ satataṁ yo māṁ smarati nityaśaḥ tasyāhaṁ sulabhaḥ pārtha nitya-yuktasya yoginaḥ Remembering me with undivided attention, Those who reach constant absorption, [...]
Navigating IVF through the Lens of Vedic Wisdom
The Gita as a Compass, not a Catalogue The Bhagavad Gita offers us timeless principles, but not exhaustive prescriptions for every modern situation. It functions [...]