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tasmād yasya mahā-bāho nigṛhītāni sarvaśaḥ indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyas tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.68 Therefore, O mighty-armed, one whose senses are restrained from their objects is certainly of...

yā niśā sarva-bhūtānāḿ tasyāḿ jāgarti saḿyamī yasyāḿ jāgrati bhūtāni sā niśā paśyato muneḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.69 What is night for all beings is the time of awakening for the self-controlled; and the time of...

āpūryamāṇam acala-pratiṣṭhaḿ samudram āpaḥ praviśanti yadvat tadvat kāmā yaḿ praviśanti sarve sa śāntim āpnoti na kāma-kāmī Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.70 A person who is not disturbed by the incessant flow of...

vihāya kāmān yaḥ sarvān pumāḿś carati niḥspṛhaḥ nirmamo nirahańkāraḥ sa śāntim adhigacchati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.71 A person who has given up all desires for sense gratification, who lives free from desires, who...

eṣā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha naināḿ prāpya vimuhyati sthitvāsyām anta-kāle ‘pi brahma-nirvāṇam ṛcchati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.72 That is the way of the spiritual and godly life, after attaining which a man is not...

arjuna uvāca jyāyasī cet karmaṇas te matā buddhir janārdana tat kiḿ karmaṇi ghore māḿ niyojayasi keśava Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.1 Arjuna said: O Janardana, O Keshava, why do You want to engage me in this ghastly...

vyāmiśreṇeva vākyena buddhiḿ mohayasīva me tad ekaḿ vada niścitya yena śreyo ‘ham āpnuyām Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.2 My intelligence is bewildered by Your equivocal instructions. Therefore, please tell me...

śrī-bhagavān uvāca loke ‘smin dvi-vidhā niṣṭhā purā proktā mayānagha jñāna-yogena sāńkhyānāḿ karma-yogena yoginām Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.3 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O sinless Arjuna, I have...

na karmaṇām anārambhān naiṣkarmyaḿ puruṣo ‘śnute na ca sannyasanād eva siddhiḿ samadhigacchati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.4 Not by merely abstaining from work can one achieve freedom from reaction, nor by...

na hi kaścit kṣaṇam api jātu tiṣṭhaty akarma-kṛt kāryate hy avaśaḥ karma sarvaḥ prakṛti-jair guṇaiḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.5 Everyone is forced to act helplessly according to the qualities he has acquired from...