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Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living

“One who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is intelligent among men.”
― Bhagavad Gita

“The knowledge sacrifice is superior to any material sacrifice.”
― Bhagavad Gita

What is Bhagavad Gita?

Introduction The Bhagavad Gita is one of the outstanding religious classics of the World. The book itself, comprising eighteen chapters (700 slokas or verses), forms an integral part of the great epic, Mahabharata which consists of 18 parvas (parts or books). Bhagavad...

Bhagavad Gita Dhyana Slokas

ॐ पार्थाय प्रतिबोधितां भगवता नारायणेन स्वयं

                व्यासेन ग्रथितां पुराणमुनिना मध्ये महाभारतम् ।

अद्वैतामृतवर्षिणीं भगवतीम्- अष्टादशाध्यायिनीम्

                         अम्ब त्वामनुसन्दधामि भगवद्- गीते भवद्वेषिणीम् ॥ १॥

Bhagavad Gita taught to Arjuna, by Lord Narayana himself,
written in the middle of the Mahabharata by the Old Sage Vyasa
O Divine mother, she who showers Elixir of Advaita on us, O mother of 18 chapters,
I meditate on thee, O Bhagavad gita, the destroyer of all illusion of manifestation (Samsaara)

नमोऽस्तु ते व्यास विशालबुद्धे फुल्लारविन्दायतपत्रनेत्र ।

येन त्वया भारततैलपूर्णः प्रज्वालितो ज्ञानमयः प्रदीपः ॥ २॥

Salutations O Vyasa (the author), one with the great intellect, with eyes like the fully blossomed lotus, through whom, the lamp of light is filled with oil of knowledge.

 

 प्रपन्नपारिजाताय तोत्रवेत्रैकपाणये । 

ज्ञानमुद्राय कृष्णाय गीतामृतदुहे नमः ॥ ३॥

Salutations to Krishna, the bestower of all desires of the desirees.
The holder of JnanaMudra, the milker of the Elixir of Bhagavad Gita.

 सर्वोपनिषदो गावो दोग्धा गोपाल नन्दनः ।

पार्थो वत्सः सुधीर्भोक्ता दुग्धं गीतामृतं महत् ॥ ४॥

All the Upanishads are cows; the Milker is Krishna, the cowherd boy;
Arjuna is the calf; Wise and pure men drink the milk, the supreme, immortal nectar of the Gita

 वसुदेवसुतं देवं कंसचाणूरमर्दनम् । 

देवकीपरमानन्दं कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम् ॥ ५॥

O son of Vasudeva, O Lord who destroyed Kamsa and Chanuura
O Joy of mother Devaki, Salutations O Krishna, the teacher of the world

मूकं करोति वाचालं पङ्गुं लङ्घयते गिरिम् ।

यत्कृपा तमहं वन्दे परमानन्दमाधवम् ॥ ८॥

I bow down to Sri Krishna, the source of all joy, whose compassion brings speech from the lips of the dumb and carries the lame over mountains

Few Most Famous Slokas from the Holy Gita

Chapter 4, Sloka 7

यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत |
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् || 7||

Whenever there is a decline in righteousness and an increase in unrighteousness, O Arjun, at that time I manifest myself on earth.

Chapter 4, Sloka 8

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् |
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे || 8||

To protect the righteous, to annihilate the wicked, and to reestablish the principles of dharma I appear on this earth, age after age.

Chapter 9, Sloka 22

अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जना: पर्युपासते |
तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् || 22||

There are those who always think of Me and engage in exclusive devotion to Me. To them, whose minds are always absorbed in Me, I provide what they lack and preserve what they already possess.

Chapter 18, Sloka 78

यत्र योगेश्वर: कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धर: |
तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम || 78||

Wherever there is Shree Krishna, the Lord of all Yog, and wherever there is Arjun, the supreme archer, there will also certainly be unending opulence, victory, prosperity, and righteousness. Of this, I am certain.