Author: The Editor

idam adya mayā labdham imaḿ prāpsye manoratham idam astīdam api me bhaviṣyati punar dhanam asau mayā hataḥ śatrur haniṣye cāparān api īśvaro ’ham ahaḿ bhogī siddho ’haḿ balavān sukhī āḍhyo ’bhijanavān asmi ko ’nyo ’sti...

aneka-citta-vibhrāntā moha-jāla-samāvṛtāḥ prasaktāḥ kāma-bhogeṣu patanti narake ’śucau Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.16 Thus perplexed by various anxieties and bound by a network of illusions, they become too strongly...

ātma-sambhāvitāḥ stabdhā dhana-māna-madānvitāḥ yajante nāma-yajñais te dambhenāvidhi-pūrvakam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.17 Self-complacent and always impudent, deluded by wealth and false prestige, they sometimes proudly...

ahańkāraḿ balaḿ darpaḿ kāmaḿ krodhaḿ ca saḿśritāḥ mām ātma-para-deheṣu pradviṣanto ’bhyasūyakāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.18 Bewildered by false ego, strength, pride, lust and anger, the demons become envious of...

tān ahaḿ dviṣataḥ krūrān saḿsāreṣu narādhamān kṣipāmy ajasram aśubhān āsurīṣv eva yoniṣu Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.19 Those who are envious and mischievous, who are the lowest among men, I perpetually cast into the...

āsurīḿ yonim āpannā mūḍhā janmani janmani mām aprāpyaiva kaunteya tato yānty adhamāḿ gatim Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.20 Attaining repeated birth amongst the species of demoniac life, O son of Kunti, such persons can...

tri-vidhaḿ narakasyedaḿ dvāraḿ nāśanam ātmanaḥ kāmaḥ krodhas tathā lobhas tasmād etat trayaḿ tyajet Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.21 There are three gates leading to this hell—lust, anger and greed. Every sane man should...

etair vimuktaḥ kaunteya tamo-dvārais tribhir naraḥ ācaraty ātmanaḥ śreyas tato yāti parāḿ gatim Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.22 The man who has escaped these three gates of hell, O son of Kunti, performs acts conducive to...

yaḥ śāstra-vidhim utsṛjya vartate kāma-kārataḥ na sa siddhim avāpnoti na sukhaḿ na parāḿ gatim Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.23 He who discards scriptural injunctions and acts according to his own whims attains neither...

tasmāc chāstraḿ pramāṇaḿ te kāryākārya-vyavasthitau jñātvā śāstra-vidhānoktaḿ karma kartum ihārhasi Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.24 One should therefore understand what is duty and what is not duty by the regulations of...