Gita 04.31 explained
Bg 4.31 nāyaṁ loko ’sty ayajñasya kuto ’nyaḥ kuru-sattama Word for word: na — never; ayam — this; lokaḥ — planet; asti — there is; [...]
Gita 04.25 explained
Bg 4.25 daivam evāpare yajñaṁ yoginaḥ paryupāsate brahmāgnāv apare yajñaṁ yajñenaivopajuhvati Synonyms: daivam — in worshiping the demigods; eva — like this; apare — some others; yajñam — sacrifices; yoginaḥ — mystics; paryupāsate — worship perfectly; brahma — [...]
Gita 04.20 explained
Bg 4.20 tyaktvā karma-phalāsaṅgaṁ nitya-tṛpto nirāśrayaḥ karmaṇy abhipravṛtto ’pi naiva kiñcit karoti saḥ Synonyms: tyaktvā — having given up; karma-phala-āsaṅgam — attachment for fruitive results; nitya — always; tṛptaḥ — being satisfied; nirāśrayaḥ — [...]
Gita 04.19 explained
Bg 4.19 yasya sarve samārambhāḥ kāma-saṅkalpa-varjitāḥ jñānāgni-dagdha-karmāṇaṁ tam āhuḥ paṇḍitaṁ budhāḥ Synonyms: yasya — one whose; sarve — all sorts of; samārambhāḥ — attempts; kāma — based on desire for sense gratification; saṅkalpa — [...]
Gita 04.30 explained
Bg 4.30 sarve ’py ete yajña-vido yajña-kṣapita-kalmaṣāḥ yajña-śiṣṭāmṛta-bhujo yānti brahma sanātanam Synonyms: sarve — all; api — although apparently different; ete — these; yajña-vidaḥ — conversant with the purpose of performing sacrifices; yajña-kṣapita — [...]
Gita 04.28 explained
Bg 4.28 dravya-yajñās tapo-yajñā yoga-yajñās tathāpare svādhyāya-jñāna-yajñāś ca yatayaḥ saṁśita-vratāḥ Synonyms: dravya-yajñāḥ — sacrificing one’s possessions; tapaḥ-yajñāḥ — sacrifice in austerities; yoga-yajñāḥ — sacrifice in eightfold mysticism; tathā — thus; apare — others; svādhyāya — sacrifice [...]
Gita 04.23 explained
Bg 4.23 gata-saṅgasya muktasya jñānāvasthita-cetasaḥ yajñāyācarataḥ karma samagraṁ pravilīyate Synonyms: gata-saṅgasya — of one unattached to the modes of material nature; muktasya — of the liberated; jñāna-avasthita— situated in [...]
Gita 04.29 explained
Bg 4.29 apāne juhvati prāṇaṁ prāṇe ’pānaṁ tathāpare prāṇāpāna-gatī ruddhvā prāṇāyāma-parāyaṇāḥ apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇān prāṇeṣu juhvati Synonyms: apāne — in the air which acts downward; juhvati — offer; prāṇam — [...]
Gita 04.27 explained
Bg 4.27 sarvāṇīndriya-karmāṇi prāṇa-karmāṇi cāpare ātma-saṁyama-yogāgnau juhvati jñāna-dīpite Synonyms: sarvāṇi — of all; indriya — the senses; karmāṇi — functions; prāṇa-karmāṇi — functions of the life breath; ca — also; apare — others; ātma-saṁyama — of controlling the [...]
Gita 04.07 explained
Bg 4.7 yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham Word for word: yadā yadā — whenever and wherever; hi — [...]
Gita 04.01 explained
BG 4 SP called this chapter Transcendental Knowledge it deals with spiritual knowledge, Gita Press BG has called it is Jayana-Karma-Sanyas Yoga. Different Acharyas has [...]
Gita 04.05 explained
Bg 4.5 śrī-bhagavān uvāca bahūni me vyatītāni janmāni tava cārjuna tāny ahaṁ veda sarvāṇi na tvaṁ vettha paran-tapa Word for word: śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the [...]
Gita 04.21 explained
Bg 4.21 nirāśīr yata-cittātmā tyakta-sarva-parigrahaḥ śārīraṁ kevalaṁ karma kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam Synonyms: nirāśīḥ — without desire for the result; yata — controlled; citta-ātmā — mind and intelligence; tyakta — giving up; sarva — all; parigrahaḥ — [...]
A weapon in the tent is of no use to a warrior in the fight
When warriors are fighting a war, their most important possession is their weapon. Without it, even if they fight heroically, they will be felled by [...]
Spirituality is meant not just for transcending the world but also for transforming the world
Some people conceive of spirituality as world-transcending. While that conception is correct, it is not complete – spirituality is also about world-transformation. World-transformation and world-transcendence [...]
Respecting religious pluralism doesn’t require disrespecting religion
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The inner war may feature coronation or insurrection, but let it not feature execution
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We need Krishna’s experience more than Krishna’s explanation
Krishna’s experience refers to our experience of the peace and bliss that comes when we connect with Krishna and relish a spiritual experience. Krishna’s explanation [...]
Faith is the reason for reason
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Even for those who think God is the last thing they need, God remains the first thing they need
Most people are caught in materialism, in dreaming and worrying how they can possess and enjoy things in the here-and-now. Being thus obsessed, they feel [...]
Momentum manifests by movement from moment to moment
An obstacle that blocks a truck can be broken through if the truck acquires adequate momentum. Similarly, the conditionings that block our self-transformation can be [...]