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llll + +-llll, ll -l+-ll l-lll
ll(4ll(4l l-ll -l-ll, l-l-l lll l-l -.:c
Do your duty to the best of your ability, O Arjuna,
with your mind attached to the Lord. Give up worry for
and selfish attachment to the results. Remain calm in
both success and failure, because one has no control
over the results. The calmness of mind is the fruit of
Nishkma-Karma-yoga. (2.48)
s ii, iii-ii iii i li-ii i li-i si, iiiii
iil-i i -iii ii -iiii i i~iiiil-i ii~ii i.
i~i-ii i i~i-ii i ii i li iii i sii si iiii
s~ii-ii s, iil i~i iii ii i isi s. (.-t)
l+-l l+l-lllll-l, ll +-llll ll:l
r+lll-ll--ll, +-llrl-ll-l -l-l-l ,.:
All works are done by the forces (or Gunas) of
Nature. Due to ignorance, people assume themselves
to be the doer and suffer from karmic bondage. We all
are just a divine instrument and should help each
other. (3.27)
ii-ii i iii ii ii il-i ii iiii iii i
il-i (ii l ii-i s, i-i niiii iii ii iii si
-ii ii:i ~i-ii s -iii i~i i iil-iii iiii i ii ii-ii
s. iii -ii ii il-i sii i i~i -i-i~ii iii s.
isiii ii i iii i iil-i si-ii s. (,.:)
llllll ll-l(lsl-l , -l-lll-l +-lsl-l
ul-lll-l ll+-llll, -l-lll-l +-l -lll :.;:
As a blazing fire reduces wood to ashes, similarly,
the fire of Self-knowledge removes all our past Karma
and demonic qualities. Spiritual knowledge is the best
purifier. It opens up the gates of Nirvana for us. (4.37)
s ii, ii li ~ii i i~ii -ii s, ii si niiii li
sii i iiii -iii ii iiii i ii il-i i (i ii
-ii s. (-.,:)
l-llll -l -lrlllrl, El-l l-l-l lll-l
llll+-ll -ll-l ln, -lllllllll-l .c
Samnysa or giving up the feeling of doership and
ownership (Kart and Bhokt), is difficult to attain
without Nishkm-Karma-Yoga (selfless service, Sev).
We are just a trustee of God-given wealth. Sev
gradually leads to Self-knowledge, faith, deep
devotion, and Mukti. (5.06)
s ii, iiii i liiii iii liii i) iiiiiii
(ii-i ii i i i iiii iii i -iii) i ii-i siii
l-i s. iii iiiii iii si iii-ii i ii-i -ii s. si ii
iil-i i ii iii s. liiiiiii i ii iiii
i-inii, i i-inii i iiil-i ii-i il-i s. (.c.)
ll -ll l:ll-l lll, ll l -lll l:ll-l
-lllr -l ll:lll-l, l l -l -l ll:ll-l .;c
One who sees Me everywhere and in everything, and
sees everything in Me, is not away from Me, and I am
not away from him. Such a person loves all and hates
no one. (6.30)
ii iii ii iis -iii ii i i:i iiiiii iis iii-ii
~ii i si i-ii s, i iii i:i i si i-ii s, i ii
isii iii i ~ii isi s-ii, -iii is ii i:i i ii isi
si-ii i is ii-i iiliii i iiii iii i i-ii s. (..,c)
lr-ll l--l-ll-l --l, ul-lll-l -ll ll-l
llll ll-l sl-l, l -lrl--ll ll-l :.
After many births the wise ones surrender to My will by
realizing that everything is, indeed, another form of
Brahman. The One has become all these. Such a great
soul is very rare. (7.19)
i iii ii isnii ii-i l is ii isii
ii-i iii s, iii ii ii i i-ii s, ii isi-ii is-i
~ii s. ii ii si ii s. (:.+)
-l-ll-l lll +lll , -ll-l -l-l ll l
-ll ll-l-l-llll( , -ll-l lll l:ll-l c.c:
Always remember Me before starting any work and
do your duty. Thus you shall certainly remember Me at
the time of death and come to Me if your mind and
intellect are ever focused on Me. (8.07)
lii ii ii i is ~)i i il-iii ii ii i
i iii -ii i. ii ii si li-ii i. ;i -is i:i i i
ii i il) (ii -ii liis i-ii i i:i ii iii ii-i
ii. (t.c:)
ll ll 1l -lll, ll -l -l+-ll lll-l
-l r -l+-ll-l-l, :-lll-l ll-ll--l-l.-
Whosoever offers Me a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water
with faith and devotion even mentally; I accept and
eat the offering of devotion by the faithful. (9.26)
ii iii ~)i i il-i i ii, ~i, ~i, i~i, il i; ii
i-i iiili ii ii i:i ii -ii s, -ii i i i)li-i
ii~i i-i i is iiiisi i iii si isi -ii, il~ ii
iii ii -ii s. (..)
ll-l ll--l-ll--ll-l, l-l -l lll-l-l
-l-l-lll-l -l-l:l, ll ll-l-l c.
O Creator and Lord of all, God of gods, the Supreme
person, and Lord of the universe, only You know
Yourself. No one can know God, the Source of
creation. (10.15)
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s iiliii i -i i ii~i, s i-ii, s ii i, ii-i
iiii, iii-ii, ii si iii -il-i il ii s, -i iii
i; isi iii i-ii, i~i ii ii si ii iii iii-i s.
-l-+-l+-l -l-l-ll, -l+-l lllll-l
l-ll ll-l-ll , l l -ll-l l-l lll .
The devotee who offers all his or her work as a
worship to Me, who has detached-attachment or no
deep attachment to anything, who is My devotee and
depends on Me, and who is free from enmity toward
any creature, reaches Me. (11.55)
ii iii ii iii -ii ii i i:i ii -ii s, i:i i
si iiii i-ii s, ii i-i s, -iii ii i ii-i iil-i ls-i
(ii iii-i ii-i) -iii lii s, isi i:i ii-i -ii s. (++.)
l-llll-llll -ll ll:l -l-ll l -ll, l-l-ll+-ll lll-l
(ll llll-lll, -l -l l+-l-l-ll -l-ll-.c-
Lord Krishna said: I consider the best yogis to be
those devotees who worship with supreme faith by
fixing their mind on My personal form. (12.02)
~iiiiii ii~i ii i-iii ii ii i ;lii i ii i ,
ii ~)i i il-i i i-i si i:i iis iii iii i
i iiiii -i s, i i i-i i ~- s. (+.c)
sl-llll lll-l, -lr+l l l
l--l-l-lllllllEllll-l:l-l-l ;.cc
Dislike for sensual pleasures, absence of I and my,
thinking about pain and suffering in birth, old age,
disease and death leads to Self-knowledge and
Nirvana. This world is called the house of misery.
;l(ii liiii i iii, i i iii iii, -iii ii,
i)iiii, ii, i i-i i ii iii i iiii iii nii i
iii iil-i iiii s. iii i iii si iii s. (+,.ct)
l-lEllEl ll, l-lll-l:-l+ll-l
-llllllllll lll, -lll-l-l--ll-ll-l :.-:
One who is always God-conscious and depends on My
will and, remains calm in pain and pleasure, censure
and praise, to whom a clod, a stone, and gold are alike,
and to whom the dear and the unfriendly are alike and
is full of devotion, attains Me. (14.24)
ii li-i i-iiii i s-ii s -iii iii i iiii s-ii s,
lii l li--i, i-i, i iiii iii s, ii liilii, lii
-il-i, iiiiiii, -iii iilii i iiii iii i-ii s is i:i
ii-i -ii s. (+-.-)
l-l-ll-l-llrl ll-llllll, ll--ll-l-ll lll-ll-l+l-ll
)-) ll-l+-ll lElEllu , l--l -ll l-l ll -l-l .c
Moksha is attained by those who are free from pride,
desires and Moha (delusion), who have controlled the
evil of attachment, who is always God conscious and
remains calm in gain and loss, victory and defeat.
(15.05)
ii iii, iis il i lii-i si i s, lisii iil-iii ii
i ii-i l~iii s, ii iii-ii ii i li-i li-i s, i liii
iiiii iii i iii-i si ii s, -iii ii iii il ((i
i lii-i si ii s i niiiii i liiiii iiiii i ii-i
-i s. (+.c)
lllll -l+l, )l -ll:l-l-ll--l-l
+l-l +ll-lll ll-ll, -l-ll -l-l ll -ll-l .-
Lust (for wealth, power, and sensual pleasures),
anger, and greed are the three gates of hell leading to
the downfall (or reincarnation) of the individual soul.
Uncontrolled sensual desire is the root of all evils and
misery. Therefore, one must learn to give up these
three. (16.21)
ii (ii-i i-ii, iii i ;li ii i -iii iil-i), ii,
i ~iii iii i i i i ~i iii ii~i -iii (i s, ii i
iii i i si iii s. ;il~i ;i -iiii i -iii ii iiiii
iils. (+..+)
l-ll-lll lll, (l -lll-l -ll-l
(l-lllsl lll, ll l( l l l :.c;
The faith of each is according to ones own nature or
Samskra. One is known by ones faith. One can
become whatever one wants to be (if he constantly
thinks about his goal with a burning desire and deep
faith in God). All we are is the result of our thoughts.
(17.03)
s ii, iii iiii i ~)i i iiii -iii ii ii
si-ii s. iii ii iiii i iiii ii-ii s. iii iii ii iis iii
si ii i-ii s (il is ~)iii ii ;l-i ii i li-ii
-ii s). si ii liiii i si ii s. (+:.c,)
lllll-llllll , l-l -l ls-l-lll-l-l
llll-l lll-l sl, -l-l lEl lll -l-l-l c.;c
Sensual pleasures, appear as nectar in the beginning
but become poison in the end, are in the mode of
passion. One should not get too much attached to
sense pleasures. (18.38)
;l(ii iii i -i ii i ii iii iii -ii i-i
iiii ~ii-ii s, i-i ii iliii lii i -is si-ii s
iili ii si iii s. si i ii i iii isi iils.
(+t.,t)
l s-l l-l l, -l+-ll l-lllll-l
-ll+-l -lll ll +-ll, -ll-l ll-l l:ll
One who shall study and help propagate this
supreme secret philosophy to My devotees, shall be
doing the highest devotional service (Bhakti) to Me,
shall be very dear to Me and shall certainly come to
Me. The gift of knowledge is the best gift. (18.68-69)
ii il-i ii-ii ;i ii i= nii i i-iii-i (ii i
i-iiii iii iiiiii ii, is ii iii-ii ii il-i -iii
lii ii liis i:i ii-i siii. ii ii iii iii ;i
iii i i; ii isi siii. niiii i isiii si iii s.
(+t..t.)
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