Bhagavad Gita

Aksara Parabrahman Yoga-Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8 [Attainment of Salvation] Arjun Said > Shaloka: 1 English O my Lord, O Supreme Person, what is Brahman? What is the self? What are fruitive activities? What is this material manifestation? And what are the demigods? Please explain this to me. Purport In this chapter Lord Krsna answers these different questions of Arjuna beginning …

Paramahamsa Vijnana Yoga-Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7 [Knowledge of the Ultimate Truth] Krishna Said > Shaloka: 1 English Now hear, O son of Prtha [Arjuna], how by practicing yoga in full consciousness of Me, with mind attached to Me, you can know Me in full, free from doubt. Purport In this Seventh Chapter of Bhagavad-gita, the nature of Krishna consciousness is …

Abhyasa Yoga-Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 [The Science of Self Realization] Krishna Said > Shaloka: 1 English One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic: not he who lights no fire and performs no work. Purport In this chapter …

Karma Vairagya Yoga-Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5 [Action and Renunciation] Arjun Said > Shaloka: 1 English O Krishna, first of all You ask me to renounce work, and then again You recommend work with devotion. Now will You kindly tell me definitely which of the two is more beneficial? Purport In this Fifth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gita, the Lord says that …

Jnana Yoga-Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 [Approaching the Ultimate Truth] Krishna Said > Shaloka: 1 English I instructed this imperishable science of yoga to the sun-god, Vivasvan, and Vivasvan instructed it to Manu, the father of mankind, and Manu in turn instructed it to Iksvaku. Purport Herein we find the history of the Bhagavad-gita traced from a remote time when it …

Karma Yog-Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 [The Eternal Duties of a Human Beings] Arjun Said > Shaloka: 1 English O Janardana, O Kesava, why do You urge me to engage in this ghastly warfare, if You think that intelligence is better than fruitive work? Purport The Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna has very elaborately described the constitution of the soul …

Sankhaya Yog-Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 [Contents of the Gita Summarized] Sanjaya Said > Shaloka: 1 English Seeing Arjuna full of compassion and very sorrowful, his eyes brimming with tears, Madhusudana, Krsna, spoke the following words. Purport Material compassion, lamentation and tears are all signs of ignorance of the real self. Compassion for the eternal soul is self-realization. The word “Madhusudana” …

Arjun Vishaad Yog-Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1 [Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra] Dhrtarastra Said > Shaloka: 1 English O Sanjay, after assembling in the place of pilgrimage at Kuruksetra, what did my sons and sons of Pandu do, being desirous to fight? Purport Bhagavad-gita is the widely read theistic science summarized in the Gita-mahatmya (Glorification of the Gita …