You remain my best friend even when I remain my worst enemy
Bhagavad Gita 14.26 māṁ ca yo ’vyabhicāreṇa bhakti-yogena sevate sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate One who serves me with devotion true, Amid the modes—steadfast, [...]
Lift my vision from the world’s casual cruelty to your consequential compassion
Bhagavad Gita 13.30 prakṛtyaiva ca karmāṇi kriyamāṇāni sarvaśaḥ yaḥ paśyati tathātmānam akartāraṁ sa paśyati All actions nature alone performs, In countless ways, in countless [...]
Let my sight lead me to insight, not away from insight
Bhagavad Gita 13.35 kṣetra-kṣetrajñayor evam antaraṁ jñāna-cakṣuṣā bhūta-prakṛti-mokṣaṁ ca ye vidur yānti te param Who see the field and knower clear, To them, with [...]
Mumbai–Pune Expressway Nightmare: The Sattvic Need for Negative Imagination
When a three-hour drive turns into a thirty-two-hour ordeal, it’s not just an accident. It’s a systems failure. A failure of imagination. A failure of [...]
Lead me to live like you: changing the world without being changed by it
Bhagavad Gita 13.34 yathā prakāśayaty ekaḥ kṛtsnaṁ lokam imaṁ raviḥ kṣetraṁ kṣetrī tathā kṛtsnaṁ prakāśayati bhārata As one sun lights the whole wide land, [...]
You are never far away from me, even when I am far away from you
Bhagavad Gita 13.29 samaṁ sarveṣu bhūteṣu tiṣṭhantaṁ parameśvaram vinaśyatsv avinaśyantaṁ yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati Seeing the Lord in every face, Standing equal in every [...]
Help me realize that you are in control and release me from my mind’s control
Bhagavad Gita 13.29 samaṁ paśyan hi sarvatra samavasthitam īśvaram na hinasty ātmanātmānaṁ tato yāti parāṁ gatim Seeing the Supreme Lord in all, everywhere, Equally [...]
From my sense of self that sentences me to self-inflicted suffering, set me free
Bhagavad Gita 13.25 dhyānenātmani paśyanti kecid ātmānam ātmanā anye sāṅkhyena yogena karma-yogena cāpare Some behold the self by inner sight, Attained by meditation, calm [...]
Bring me closer to realizing that you are close to me
Bhagavad Gita 13.16 bahir antaś ca bhūtānām acaraṁ caram eva ca sūkṣmatvāt tad avijñeyaṁ dūra-sthaṁ cāntike ca tat Outside all beings, yet residing within, [...]
You make the extraordinary ordinary—and can make the ordinary extraordinary
Bhagavad Gita 13.23 upadraṣṭānumantā ca bhartā bhoktā maheśvaraḥ paramātmeti cāpy ukto dehe ’smin puruṣaḥ paraḥ Observer, monitor, permitter, Sustainer, enjoyer, sovereign mover; Known as [...]
Help me find a way back to myself—spiritually and materially
Bhagavad Gita 13.22 puruṣaḥ prakṛti-stho hi bhuṅkte prakṛti-jān guṇān kāraṇaṁ guṇa-saṅgo ’sya sad-asad-yoni-janmasu The soul, situated in a bodily tool, Seeks pleasure in what [...]
From the love my head calls impossible, lead me to the love my heart knows is inevitable
Bhagavad Gita 13.17 avibhaktaṁ ca bhūteṣu vibhaktam iva ca sthitam bhūta-bhartṛ ca taj jñeyaṁ grasiṣṇu prabhaviṣṇu ca Undivided, unlimited, present everywhere, Appearing many, yet [...]
Lead me with the light of your love to you, the supreme lover
Bhagavad Gita 13.18 jyotiṣām api taj jyotis tamasaḥ param ucyate jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ jñāna-gamyaṁ hṛdi sarvasya viṣṭhitam It is the light beyond all light, Beyond [...]
Let me love you while I am alive, because I am alive
Bhagavad Gita 13.14 sarvataḥ pāṇi-pādaṁ tat sarvato ’kṣi-śiro-mukham sarvataḥ śrutimal loke sarvam āvṛtya tiṣṭhati Hands and feet in every place, Eyes and heads on [...]
When the reality I create starts collapsing, lead me to your greater reality that never collapses
Bhagavad Gita 13.19 iti kṣetraṁ tathā jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ coktaṁ samāsataḥ mad-bhakta etad vijñāya mad-bhāvāyopapadyate Thus field and knowledge are made known, Indeed, what is to [...]
Lead me from living with fear and in fear to living with you and in you
Bhagavad Gita 13.13 jñeyaṁ yat tat pravakṣyāmi yaj jñātvāmṛtam aśnute anādi mat-paraṁ brahma na sat tan nāsad ucyate I now declare what is to [...]
Let me know you through what I know—and through what I know you know
Bhagavad Gita 13.3 kṣetra-jñaṁ cāpi māṁ viddhi sarva-kṣetreṣu bhārata kṣetra-kṣetrajñayor jñānaṁ yat taj jñānaṁ mataṁ mama Know me as knower everywhere, In every field, [...]
Save me from treating you as a triviality—and reducing my life to a tragedy
Bhagavad Gita 11.42 yac cāvahāsārtham asat-kṛto ’si vihāra-śayyāsana-bhojaneṣu eko ’tha vāpy acyuta tat-samakṣaṁ tat kṣāmaye tvām aham aprameyam While playing or dining, if ever [...]
May your gift in one become a gift for everyone
Bhagavad Gita 10.40 nānto ’sti mama divyānāṁ vibhūtīnāṁ parantapa eṣa tūddeśataḥ prokto vibhūter vistaro mayā There is never an end to my divine might, [...]
You are engaged, yet never entangled—transcendental, yet ever accessible
Bhagavad Gita 9.5 na ca mat-sthāni bhūtāni paśya me yogam aiśvaram bhūta-bhṛn na ca bhūta-stho mamātmā bhūta-bhāvanaḥ They dwell in me, yet behold my [...]
Noida techie death: When help failed to help
A young techie, Yuvraj Mehta, dies in Noida. Not because help didn’t arrive. But because help didn’t know how to help. Phones were dialed. Sirens [...]