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māḿ ca yo ’vyabhicāreṇa bhakti-yogena sevate sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 14.26 One who engages in full devotional service, unfailing in all circumstances, at once transcends the...

brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāham amṛtasyāvyayasya ca śāśvatasya ca dharmasya sukhasyaikāntikasya ca Translation of Bhagavad Gita 14.27 And I am the basis of the impersonal Brahman, which is immortal, imperishable and eternal and is...

śrī-bhagavān uvāca ūrdhva-mūlam adhaḥ-śākham aśvatthaḿ prāhur avyayam chandāḿsi yasya parṇāni yas taḿ veda sa veda-vit Translation of Bhagavad Gita 15.1 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: It is said that there is an...

adhaś cordhvaḿ prasṛtās tasya śākhā guṇa-pravṛddhā viṣaya-pravālāḥ adhaś ca mūlāny anusantatāni karmānubandhīni manuṣya-loke Translation of Bhagavad Gita 15.2 The branches of this tree extend downward and upward,...

na rūpam asyeha tathopalabhyate nānto na cādir na ca sampratiṣṭhā aśvattham enaḿ su-virūḍha-mūlam asańga-śastreṇa dṛḍhena chittvā tataḥ padaḿ tat parimārgitavyaḿ yasmin gatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ tam eva cādyaḿ...

nirmāna-mohā jita-sańga-doṣā adhyātma-nityā vinivṛtta-kāmāḥ dvandvair vimuktāḥ sukha-duḥkha-saḿjñair gacchanty amūḍhāḥ padam avyayaḿ tat Translation of Bhagavad Gita 15.5 Those who are free from false prestige, illusion...

na tad bhāsayate sūryo na śaśāńko na pāvakaḥ yad gatvā na nivartante tad dhāma paramaḿ mama Translation of Bhagavad Gita 15.6 That supreme abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by fire or electricity. Those...

mamaivāḿśo jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ manaḥ-ṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛti-sthāni karṣati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 15.7 The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal fragmental parts. Due to...

sariram yad avapnoti yac capy utkramatishvarah grhitvaitani samyati vayur gandhan ivasayat Translation of Bhagavad Gita 15.8 The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions of life from one body to...

śrotraḿ cakṣuḥ sparśanaḿ ca rasanaḿ ghrāṇam eva ca adhiṣṭhāya manaś cāyaḿ viṣayān upasevate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 15.9 The living entity, thus taking another gross body, obtains a certain type of ear, eye,...