THE GIST OF
GITA
Chapter 1. ARJUNA’S
DILEMMA, VISHAADA
Vishāda or Dukha is one of the
paths leading to God and is not your enemy, but a friend in disguise. Kunti wanted Vishāda, Vālmiki,
Dhritarashtra, and Arjuna had Vishāda. God knocks at your door to wake you up
through Vishāda.
Chapter 2.
TRANSCENDENTAL KNOWLEDGE
One can attain peace and Nirvana by:
(1) The knowledge that body is perishable and Soul is
imperishable.
(2) Selfless performance of one's duty by Working to the best of one’s abilities without
becoming atta
(3) Control of the mind, senses, selfish desires and ego.
Chapter 3.
THE PATH OF DUTY
To help ea
All work is done by the energy and
power of nature, but due to delusion of ignorance people assume themselves to
be the doer and incur Kārmic bondage.
(3.27)
Lust (
Chapter 4.
PATH OF RENUNCIATION WITH KNOWLEDGE
The acquisition and propagation of Self-knowledge are superior to any
material gain or gift, O Arjuna. Because all actions in their
entirety culminate in knowledge. (4.33)
As the
blazing fire reduces wood to ashes; similarly, the fire of Self-knowledge
reduces all bonds of Karma to ashes, O Arjuna. (4.37) Desires get roasted in
the fire of SK and one becomes selfless.
In truth,
there is no purifier in this world like the true knowledge of the Supreme
Being. One who becomes purified by KarmaYoga
discovers this knowledge within, naturally, in course of time. (4.38)
Chapter 5.
PATH OF RENUNCIATION
s=]ny==s=s=< t=u m=h=b==h=e du/K=m=<
a=pt=um=< ay==eg=t=/ +
y==eg=y=ukt==e m=uin=r< b=>É n=ic=re[==iQ=g=c%it= ++ê++
But, true renunciation, O Arjuna,
is difficult to attain without KarmaYoga. A sage purified
by KarmaYoga quickly attains Brahma. (5.06)
A KarmaYogi
who does all work as an offering to the Lord --- abandoning selfish atta
Chapter 6 THE PATH OF MEDITATION
For the wise who seeks to attain yoga (of meditation, or the equanimity of mind), KarmaYoga is said to be the means. For the one who has attained yoga, the calmness becomes the means of Self-realization. (6.03)
y=d= ih n=eòn7y==q=e*{=u n= k:m=*sv=< an=u{=jj=t=e +
s=v=*s=]k:Dp=s=]ny==s=I y==eg==O$s=< t=d=ecy=t=e ++å++
Those who perceive Me in everything and behold everything in Me, are not separated
from Me, and I am not separated from them. (6.30) s=v=*F= s=m=dx=*n=/
Mind is subdued by constant vigorous
spiritual practice with perseverance, and by deta
Chapter 7. SELF-KNOWLEDGE AND ENLIGHTENMENT
All is nothing but God only. b=Ij=] m==] s=v=*B=Ut==n==] (7.19) God is everywhere and everything. The Supreme spirit
is the basis of everything. Acceptance of this fact is the best
spiritual discipline (Sādhanā) and the gist
of spiritual knowledge.
Four types of virtuous ones
worship or seek Me, O Arjuna. They are: The distressed, the seeker of
Self-knowledge, the seeker of wealth, and the enlightened one who has
experienced the Supreme. (7.16)
Lord has transcendental form and
personality by whi
Chapter 8.
THE ETERNAL BEING, BRAHMA
I am the enjoyer of all offerings. Whatever one thinks of at the time
of death, one gets the same form after rebirth. Therefore, one should always
think of God even while performing all his worldly duties, so that the thought
of God persists at the time of death. Meditate
on
Chapter 9. SUPREME KNOWLEDGE AND THE BIG MYSTERY
Knowledge of the nature of the supreme is the biggest mystery. Nobody
can know the true nature of Reality. Only God knows God, even. He does not know !
This entire universe is an expansion of Mine. All beings depend on Me. I do not depend on them and they also do not depend on Me. (9.04-05)
The divine kinetic energy (Māyā)
--- with the help of material Nature --- creates all animate and inanimate
objects under My supervision; thus, the creation keeps
on going, O Arjuna. (9.10)
Everything is a manifestation of the Absolute. The Supreme Being has become
everything. I am both the absolute
and the temporal (Sat and Asat),
O Arjuna. (9.16-19)
I personally take care of both the
spiritual and material welfare of those ever-steadfast devotees who always
remember and adore Me with single-minded contemplation.
(9.22)
Whosoever offers Me a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water with devotion, I
accept and eat the offering of devotion by the pure-hearted. (9.26) O Arjuna,
whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer as oblation to the sacred
fire, whatever
There is no one hateful or dear to
Me. But those who worship Me
with love and devotion are very close to Me, and I am also very close to them.
(9.29)
Anybody --- no matter what caste, creed, community, country,
colour, race, religion, stage of life, gender etc. they belong to --- can
attain the supreme abode by just surrendering unto My
will with loving devotion, O Arjuna. (9.32)
Chapter 10. MANIFESTATION OF THE ABSOLUTE
God is
the origin of everything including feelings B==v= and Gunas. ah] s=v=*sy= p=>B=v==e Everything
is a manifestation of God. The manifest creation is only a very small fraction
of the divine power called Yogamāyā.
Understanding this, the
wise adore Me with love and devotion. (10.08) dd=im= b=ui3y==eg=] t=]
y=en= m==m=< Wp=y==ònt= t=e. I give knowledge and understanding of metaphysical science --- to those
who are ever united with Me and lovingly adore Me ---
by whi
Chapter 11. ISHVARA DARSHANA YOGA
One may not be prepared or qualified to see God, but by regarding the world as the
manifestation of God as explained in Chapter 11, everybody can see the cosmic
form of God anywhere anytime. God can be seen in four armed form by devotional love
only. One who dedicates all works to Me, and to whom I
am the supreme goal, who is my devotee, who has no atta
m=tk:m=*k&:n=<
m=tp=rm==e m=4kt=/ s=V<g=v=òj=*t=/ +
in=v=*Er/
s=v=*B=Ut=e{=u
y=/ s= m==m=< Ait= p==[#v= ++çç++
One should always remember that we
are merely His instrument (in=im=T=m==F=] B=v= s=vy=s==ic=n=<
+àà+)
Chapter 12. PATH OF DEVOTION
Worship of a personal form of God with loving devotion is easier and faster
for most people. The five paths to God are: 1. focus your mind on Me, and let your intellect
dwell upon Me alone through meditation and contemplation. 2. Perform any ritual
or Sādhanā of your
Chapter 13.
CREATION AND THE CREATOR
j=nm=m=&ty=uj=r=vy==òQ=-du/K=d=e{==n=udx=*n=m=<
++è++
One should know that entire creation is a play of Purusha and Prakriti. He is omnipresent. Jiva are born by
combination of Purusha and Prakriti
(spirit and matter, c=et=n=, j=#ª). Whatever is born, animate or inanimate, know them to be born from the union of the matter
and Spirit, O Arjuna. (13.26) To understand this is
the true knowledge. Purusha associates with Prakriti
to enjoy the three Gunas of Prakriti
by becoming Jiva (or individual soul) and gets trapped
into the net of transmigration in 8.4 million species of life in the cosmos and
tries to get liberated using different spiritual te
Chapter 14.
THREE MODES (GUNAS) OF NATURE
Three modes (goodness, passion and
ignorance) are the ropes of material nature that bind the individual soul (Jiva, spirit) to the body.
Three modes (or Gunas) are also the vehicles
of transmigration for the individual soul. Gunas come from Me. One’s next birth is
determined by the mode in whi
m==] c=
y==eCvy=iB=c==re[= B=ûkt=y==eg=en= s=ev=t=e +
s= g=u[==n=< s=m=t=Ity=Et==n=< b=>ÉB=Uy==y= k:Dp=t=e ++äê++
One who has transcended the three Gunas
depends on the Lord and is indifferent to pain and pleasure; to him the dear
and the unfriendly, a clod, a stone, and gold are alike.
Chapter 15.
THE SUPREME BEING
·
Creation
or the world is like a cosmic tree created by the powers of Māyā.
The ego, atta
·
Spirit is the essence of everything. It becomes everything and
supports all living beings. The
spirit is also the enjoyer. The spirit becomes Jiva and enjoys
sense pleasures using six sensory faculties of hearing, tou
·
The eternal individual soul in the body of living
beings is, indeed, My integral part (m=m=Ev==]x==e
j=Iv=l=eke: j=Iv=B=Ut=/
s=n==t=n=/). It associates with the six
sensory faculties of perception --- including the mind --- and activates them.
(15.07) Just as the air takes aroma away from the flower; similarly, the
individual soul takes the six sensory faculties from the physical body it casts
off during death to the new physical body it acquires in reincarnation (by the
power of Karma). (15.08)
·
There
are three entities (or Purushas) in the cosmos: 1. The
Chapter 16. DIVINE AND
THE DEMONIC QUALITIES
There are only two types
of human beings: the wise or divine and the ignorant or demonic.
It is only due to one's evil deeds and misconduct that one suffers
the repeated cycles of birth and death. Therefore, to be free from the cycle of
birth and death, it is necessary to develop
divine qualities and get rid of
demonic qualities su
Chapter 17.
THREEFOLD FAITH
Everything
in nature (su
The faith
of ea
Faith is the
basis of spirituality. Whatever is done without faith --- whether it is
sacrifice,
an=u8eg=k:r] v==ky=] s=ty=] ip=>y=iht=] c= y=t=< +
sv==Qy==y==By=s=n=] c=Ev= v==V<m=y=] t=p= Wcy=t=e ++âç++
Chapter 18. LIBERATION THROUGH RENUNCIATION
Attainment of salvation through Duty, Discipline, and Devotion.
One
attains perfection by worshipping the Supreme Being---from whom all
beings originate, and by whom all this universe is pervaded --- through
performance of one’s natural duty for Him. (18.46)
The person whose mind is always free
from selfish atta
By devotion one truly understands
what and who I am in essence. Having known Me in essence,
one immediately merges with
Path of surrender: the ultimate path to God
Setting
aside all meritorious deeds (Dharma), just surrender completely to My will (with firm faith and loving contemplation). I shall
liberate you from all sins (or the bonds of Karma). Do not grieve. (18.66) (The meaning of abandoning all
duties and taking refuge in the Lord is that one should perform duty without
selfish atta
Learning
and imparting of the spiritual knowledge of the Holy Gita is declared by Lord