Bhagavad Gita

Image Credit: Respective owner (used for illustrative purposes)अर्जुनविषादयोगो नाम प्रथमोऽध्यायः ॥1॥ Introduction: Arjuna’s Despondency Arjuna Vishada Yoga, the first chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, explains the emotional conflict of Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. The Ramayana and The Mahabharata are our National epics. The Mahabharata is written by Muni Vyas. The Bhagavad Gita … Read more

Image Source: Photo by Cemrecan Yurtman on Pexelsसांख्ययोगो नाम द्वितीयोऽध्यायः ॥2॥ Introduction: The Beginning of Divine Knowledge  The Teaching in brief : Self-knowledge and equanimity Friends, in the last chapter we discussed Arjuna’s state of despondency (vishad). The Gita’s teaching begins from the Second Chapter.At the very outset, the Lord enunciated the cardinal principles … Read more

Image Source: Photo by RAY LEI on Pexelsकर्मयोगो नाम तृतीयोऽध्यायः ॥3॥ Introduction 1. Renunciation of the fruit leads to infinite gains –  Friends, in the Second Chapter we viewed the whole science of life. The Third Chapter provides further elaboration of that science. Renunciation of the fruit of actions is very important. The question … Read more

Image Credit: Respective owner (used for illustrative purposes)ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोगो नाम चतुर्थोऽध्यायः ॥4॥ Introduction First,let us understand the word Vikarma.Vikarma is normally translated as wrong or forbidden action. Vinoba has given the term a different meaning. The prefix ‘vi’ has three different meanings : (1) opposite, as in viyog (2) different types, as in vijnana and … Read more

Image Credit: Respective owner (used for illustrative purposes)कर्मसंन्यासयोगो नाम पञ्चमोऽध्यायः ॥5॥ Introduction Yoga and Sannyasa (1)Outward action is  a mirror of the mind :Samsara (Samsara, in fact, is untranslatable in English. It includes the whole of man’s this-worldly life and affairs in the material world in which he is totally immersed and to which … Read more

Image Source: Photo by Cup of Couple on Pexelsध्यानयोगो नाम षष्ठोऽध्यायः ॥6॥ Introduction We have seen in the last Chapter that karma and sannyasa become one in the state of akarma.The Chapters that follow deal with the means to reach the state described in the Fifth Chapter. Many people have a misconception that spirituality … Read more

Image Source: Photo by Charanjeet Dhiman on Unsplashज्ञानविज्ञानयोगो नाम सप्तमोऽध्यायः ॥7॥ Introduction The Sixth Chapter tells about one-pointedness of mind necessary for spiritual pursuit. The Seventh Chapter opens before us the gallery of a magnificent new vikarma.It now unfolds before us a new vista.Even before unfolding this vista, let us see the secret of … Read more

Image Source: Photo by Marek Piwnicki on Pexelsअक्षरब्रह्मयोगो नाम अष्टमोऽध्यायः ॥8॥ Introduction Accumulation of good samskaras: Samskaras mean the imprints of actions, associations and experiences that remain indelibly engraved on our mind and mould our behavior, our personality and our world-view. Human life is full of various samskaras.Innumerable actions are being continually done by … Read more

Image Source: Photo by sundar kr on Pexelsराजविद्याराजगुह्ययोगो नाम नवमोऽध्यायः ॥9॥ Introduction Knowledge through direct experience This ninth  Chapter tells about the wonderful greatness of the Lord’s Name. For many reasons, this Chapter is considered particularly holy. It is at the center of the Gita.It is said that when Jnanadeva bid farewell to the … Read more