How to maintain humility when we have extraordinary ability
If we are gifted in any particular area, especially to an extraordinary degree, it can be easy to become proud. Such pride often leads to [...]
Your form is not limiting for you but is liberating for me (7.24)
Your form is not limiting for you but is liberating for me (7.24) Bhagavad Gita 7.24 avyaktaṁ vyaktim āpannaṁ manyante mām abuddhayaḥ paraṁ bhāvam ajānanto [...]
Whatever my desires, may they take me toward you, never away from you. (7.20)
Whatever my desires, may they take me toward you, never away from you. (7.20) Bhagavad Gita 7.20 kāmais tais tair hṛta-jñānāḥ prapadyante 'nya-devatāḥ taṁ taṁ [...]
Whatever my driving desire, let it drive me toward you (7.16)
Whatever my driving desire, let it drive me toward you (7.16) Bhagavad Gita 7.16 chatur-vidhā bhajante māṁ janāḥ sukṛtino 'rjuna ārto jijñāsur arthārthī jñānī ca [...]
Free me from the four anti-devotional mentalities (7.15)
Free me from the four anti-devotional mentalities (7.15) Bhagavad Gita 7.15 na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ māyayāpahṛta-jñānā āsuraṁ bhāvam āśritāḥ Fools of destructive [...]
Let me cast far away the illusion that you are far away (7.07)
Let me cast far away the illusion that you are far away (7.07) Bhagavad Gita 7.7 mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat kiñcid asti dhanañjaya mayi sarvam idaṁ [...]
Free me from the illusion that you are not free (7.12)
Bhagavad Gita 7.12 ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasās tāmasāś ca ye matta eveti tān viddhi na tv ahaṁ teṣu te mayi Whatever conditions arise [...]
You are self-caused, self-contained, and self-sufficient (7.30)
Bhagavad Gita 7.30 sādhibhūtādhidaivaṁ māṁ sādhiyajñaṁ ca ye viduḥ prayāṇa-kāle ’pi ca māṁ te vidur yukta-cetasaḥ The Lord of gods, seers, and every being, [...]
Beneath the world’s deluding diversity is your uplifting unity (7.06)
Bhagavad Gita 7.6 etad-yonīni bhūtāni sarvāṇīty upadhāraya ahaṁ kṛtsnasya jagataḥ prabhavaḥ pralayas tathā All beings arise from these two natures, Born of My will [...]
Help me realize I am yours and help me desire to be yours (7.05)
Bhagavad Gita 7.5 apareyam itas tv anyāṁ prakṛtiṁ viddhi me parām jīva-bhūtāṁ mahā-bāho yayedaṁ dhāryate jagat Beyond this nature, know there's one more— My [...]
Let me see the material as divine, not as mundane or profane (7.04)
Bhagavad Gita 7.4 bhūmir āpo’nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhir eva ca ahaṅkāra itīyaṁ me bhinnā prakṛtir aṣṭadhā Earth, water, fire, and wind, and sky, [...]
Let my heart seek you and stop at nothing else (7.03)
Bhagavad Gita 7.3 manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu kaścid yatati siddhaye yatatām api siddhānāṁ kaścin māṁ vetti tattvataḥ Among thousands, rare is one who strives, For the [...]
Let your love be my pole star (7.02)
Bhagavad Gita 7.2 jñānaṁ te 'haṁ sa-vijñānam idaṁ vakṣyāmy aśeṣataḥ yaj jñātvā neha bhūyo 'nyaj jñātavyam avaśiṣyate The deepest knowledge I now reveal, Its [...]
Let my desire be guided and guarded by dharma (7.11)
Bhagavad Gita 7.11 balaṁ balavatāṁ cāhaṁ kāma-rāga-vivarjitam dharmāviruddho bhūteṣu kāmo ’smi bharatarṣabha In the strong, I am their strength divine, Unstained by lust's crooked [...]
Power is your gift, not my right (7.10)
Bhagavad Gita 7.10 bījaṁ māṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ viddhi pārtha sanātanam buddhir buddhimatām asmi tejas tejasvinām aham I am the seed that all life sustains, The [...]
Let my ability not steal my humility (7.08)
Bhagavad Gita 7.8 raso ’ham apsu kaunteya prabhāsmi śaśi-sūryayoḥ praṇavaḥ sarva-vedeṣu śabdaḥ khe pauruṣaṁ nṛṣu Water’s taste is me, as is the moon’s ray, [...]
Please make me immune to the illusion that I am immune to illusion (7.13)
Bhagavad Gita 7.13 tribhir guṇamayair bhāvair ebhiḥ sarvam idaṁ jagat mohitaṁ nābhijānāti mām ebhyaḥ param avyayam By nature’s modes, the world is bound. In [...]