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 [...]
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 [...]
Free me from the three obstacles to devotion (4.10)
Bhagavad Gita 4.10 vītarāga-bhaya-krodhāḥ man-mayā mām upāśritāḥ bahavo jñāna-tapasā pūtā mad-bhāvam āgatāḥ "Free from passion, fear, and rage, In devotional service to me, the [...]
You come not just to restore order, but also to recover souls (4.09)
Bhagavad Gita 4.9 janma karma ca me divyam evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti so ’rjuna "One who knows [...]
Please restore divine order inside me and outside me (4.08)
Bhagavad Gita 4.8 paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge "To protect the righteous, to reward the just, To shatter the wicked, [...]
Bless me to stand on your side in restoring dharma (4.07)
Bhagavad Gita 4.7 yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham "Whenever righteousness fades away, And unrighteous forces hold their [...]
Bless me to marvel at your miraculous presence in this world (4.06)
Bhagavad Gita 4.6 ajo ’pi sann avyayātmā bhūtānām īśvaro ’pi san prakṛtiṁ svām adhiṣṭhāya sambhavāmy ātma-māyayā "Though unborn and changeless I ever remain, The [...]
Bless me to trust your infinite plan beyond my finite vision (4.05)
Bhagavad Gita 4.5 śrī-bhagavān uvāca bahūni me vyatītāni janmāni tava cārjuna tāny ahaṁ veda sarvāṇi na tvaṁ vettha parantapa "The Lord said: Many births [...]