When will you become the home of my thoughts? (6.47)
Bhagavad Gita 6.47: yoginām api sarveṣāṁ mad-gatenāntar-ātmanā śraddhāvān bhajate yo māṁ sa me yuktatamo mataḥ "Among all yogis, the greatest is one, Whose immersion [...]
You arrange for spiritual awakening in the next lifetime (6.44)
Bhagavad Gita 6.44 pūrvābhyāsena tenaiva hriyate hy avaśo ’pi saḥ jijñāsur api yogasya śabda-brahmātivartate "By past practice, one is drawn along, By a pull [...]
Even when memory is lost, you preserve spiritual attraction (6.43)
Bhagavad Gita 6.43 tatra taṁ buddhi-saṁyogaṁ labhate paurva-dehikam yatate ca tato bhūyaḥ saṁsiddhau kuru-nandana "There he regains the wisdom past, From former lives that [...]
You ensure that even death can’t stop spiritual growth (6.42)
Bhagavad Gita 6.42 athavā yoginām eva kule bhavati dhīmatām etad dhi durlabhataraṁ loke janma yad īdṛśam "Or else, they’re born where yogis dwell, Among [...]
Let me not give up due to my lower desires (6.41)
Bhagavad Gita 6.41 prāpya puṇya-kṛtāṁ lokān uṣitvā śāśvatīḥ samāḥ śucīnāṁ śrīmatāṁ gehe yogabhraṣṭo ’bhijāyate "Reaching the realms where the righteous stay, Dwelling in celestial [...]
Let your words of assurance drive out my fear of failure (6.40)
Bhagavad Gita 6.40 śrī-bhagavān uvāca pārtha naiveha nāmutra vināśas tasya vidyate na hi kalyāṇa-kṛt kaścid durgatiṁ tāta gacchati "Neither in this life nor in [...]
Please protect me from ambush by my lower desires (6.37)
Bhagavad Gita 6.37 arjuna uvāca ayatiḥ śraddhayopeto yogāc calita-mānasaḥ aprāpya yoga-saṁsiddhiṁ kāṁ gatiṁ kṛṣṇa gacchati "What happens to one who gives his all, To [...]
Help me to override and overwrite my mind’s programming (6.35)
Bhagavad Gita 6.35 śrī-bhagavān uvāca asaṁśayaṁ mahā-bāho mano durnigrahaṁ calam abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa ca gṛhyate "The Lord said: Without a doubt, the mind [...]
Release me from the mind that is restless, reasonless (6.34)
Bhagavad Gita 6.34 cañcalaṁ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa pramāthi balavad dṛḍham tasyāhaṁ nigrahaṁ manye vāyor iva suduṣkaram "O Krishna, the mind is restless, Reasonless, ruthless, [...]
Let my spiritual growth increase my empathy, not my apathy (6.32)
Bhagavad Gita 6.32 ātmaaupamyena sarvatra samaṁ paśyati yo ’rjuna sukhaṁ vā yadi vā duḥkhaṁ sa yogī paramo mataḥ "Who sees all beings as their [...]
Let me see you with my body’s eye and my mind’s eye (6.30)
Bhagavad-gita 6.30 yo māṁ paśyati sarvatra sarvaṁ ca mayi paśyati tasyāhaṁ na praṇaśyāmi sa ca me na praṇaśyati Those who see me in all [...]
You are always within me, and I am always within you (6.29)
Bhagavad Gita 6.29 sarva-bhūta-stham ātmānaṁ sarva-bhūtāni cātmani īkṣate yoga-yuktātmā sarvatra sama-darśanaḥ "The yogi sees the Supersoul residing in all, And in the Supersoul, residing [...]
Let every spiritual experience prompt me towards you (6.28)
Bhagavad Gita 6.28 yuñjann evaṁ sadātmānaṁ yogī vigata-kalmaṣaḥ sukhena brahma-saṁsparśam atyantaṁ sukham aśnute "With steady practice, pure and bright, The yogi basks in Brahman’s [...]
Let me parent my mind resourcefully, not ruleslessly (6.26)
Bhagavad Gita 6.26 yato yato niścarati manaś cañcalam asthiram tatas tato niyamyaitad ātmany eva vaśaṁ nayet "Wherever the fickle mind may roam, Wandering far [...]
Let me appreciate O Lord, the power of small steps (6.25)
Bhagavad Gita 6.25 śanaiḥ śanair uparamed buddhyā dhṛti-gṛhītayā ātma-saṁsthaṁ manaḥ kṛtvā na kiñcid api cintayet "Step by step, let the mind retreat, Held by [...]
Disconnect me O Lord, from my connection with distress (6.23)
Bhagavad Gita 6.23 taṁ vidyād duḥkha-saṁyoga- viyogaṁ yoga-saṁjñitam "Know this to be yoga, the divine connection, From all sorrow, it grants full disconnection." [...]
Let me seek the state beyond insufficiency and insecurity (6.22)
Bhagavad Gita 6.22 yaṁ labdhvā cāparaṁ lābhaṁ manyate nādhikaṁ tataḥ yasmin sthito na duḥkhena guruṇāpi vicālyate "Having relished this, there is no greater gain [...]
Grant me the courage to seek experiences beyond the sensual (6.21)
Bhagavad Gita 6.21 sukham ātyantikaṁ yat tad buddhi-grāhyam atīndriyam vetti yatra na caivāyaṁ sthitaś calati tattvataḥ "This is the supreme bliss of transcendence, Beyond [...]
When will my mind become a mirror that shows the self? (6.20)
Bhagavad Gita 6.20 yatroparamate cittaṁ niruddhaṁ yoga-sevayā yatra caivātmanātmānaṁ paśyann ātmani tuṣyati "When the mind is stilled through yogic grace, Withdrawn from all in [...]
Help me to protect and power my desire for you (6.19)
Bhagavad Gita 6.19 yathā dīpo nivātastho neṅgate sopamā smṛtā yogino yatacittasya yuñjato yogam ātmanaḥ "As a lamp in a windless place burns bright, Unflickering, [...]
Help me be materially regulated and devotionally connected (6.17)
Bhagavad Gita 6.17 yuktāhāra-vihārasya yukta-ceṣṭasya karmasu yukta-svapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkha-hā "Balanced in eating, rest, and play, Measured in work throughout the day, With sleep [...]