Greetings All, Shloka # 19: बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते। वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः।।7.19।। At the end of many births, the man of knowledge directly reaches Me, realizing, “Vasudeva is all”. Such a magnanimous soul is extremely rare. Continuing his teaching of the Gita, Swami Paramarthananda said, having talked about the problem of samasara in […]
Ch 2, Anuvakaha # 8, Shloka # 1: Through fear of Him blows the wind. Through fear of him rises the sun. Through fear of him again fire and moon and lastly, the fifth, death proceed to their respective duties. Continuing his teaching of the Upanishad, Swamiji said, We are in beginning Anuvakaha 8 of […]
Ch 2, Anuvakaha # 7, Shloka # 3: When this seeker attains the fearless oneness with Brahman who is invisible, incorporeal, inexplicable and unsupported, then he becomes free from fear. When however, he makes even the slightest distinction in Brahman, then there is danger for him. That very same Brahman Himself becomes the source of […]
Shloka # 16: चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन। आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ।।7.16।। Arjuna! Men of righteous acts are four fold. They resort to Me, O best of Bharatas! They are afflicted, The knowledge seeker, wealth seeker and the knower. Continuing his teaching of the Gita, Swami Paramarthananda said, after dealing with Ishwaraswarupam, consisting of […]
Shloka # 13: त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत्। मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम्।।7.13।। Due to three (kinds of) objects, consisting of (prakriti’s) constituents, this whole world is deluded; it fails to cognize Me, the immutable (Reality) beyond them. Continuing his teaching of the Gita, Swami Paramarthananda said, with the 12th shloka of chapter 7, Sri Krishna has completed […]
Ch 2, Anuvakaha # 7, shlokas # 1: In the beginning was verily this non-existence. From that existent was born. That created Itself by Itself. Therefore, it is called the self-made or the well made. (shloka 1) Continuing his teaching of the Upanishad, Swamiji said, We are in chapter 2, Anuvakaha 7 that begins with […]
Shloka # 10: बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां विद्धि पार्थ सनातनम्। बुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम्।।7.10।। Know Me, Arjuna! to be the eternal seed power in all beings; of intellectual beings I am the intellect; of those who are splendorous, I am the splendor. Continuing his teaching of the Gita, Swami Paramarthananda said, in chapter 7 from shloka # 4 […]
Shloka # 7: मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय। मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव।।7.7।। Nothing whatsoever is beyond Me. All this is strung on Me like clusters of gems on a thread. Continuing his teaching of the Gita, Swami Paramarthananda said, after introducing the subject matter in the first three shlokas of chapter 7, Sri Krishna […]
Greetings All, Chapter 2, Anuvakaha # 6, Shloka # 3: He desired, “ I shall become many and be born. He performed tapas; having performed tapas, He created all this whatsoever (we perceive). Having created it, He entered into it. He became the manifest and the unmanifest, the defined and undefined, the housed and the […]
Shloka # 2:7.2 ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः। यज्ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोऽन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते।।7.2।। Exhaustively I shall set forth that knowledge together with its realization; once it is grasped, nothing more will remain to be known. Continuing his teaching of the Gita, Swami Paramarthananda said, in the first three shlokas of chapter 7, Sri Krishna is introducing the subject […]