Shloka # 14.5: O mighty-armed one, the alities, viz sattva, rajas and tamas, born of Nature, being the immutable embodies being to the body. Continuing his teachings Swamiji said today,  For analyzing the three gunas, Sri Krishna has given the introduction and in the introductory portion we saw that every individual is a mixture of […]

Shloka # 14.4: 14.4 O son of Kunti, whatever forms are born from all the wombs, of them the great-sustainer is the womb; I am the father who deposits the seed. Continuing his teachings Swamiji said today, in this chapter 14 the first four verses were introductory ones where Sri Krishna mentioned that we are […]

Continuing his teachings Swamiji said today, having completed the 13th chapter, now we will enter into the 14th chapter. As I had pointed earlier, the 14th chapter also falls within the last shatakam or group of the Gita and its focus is on Gyana yoga or self-knowledge. And in this group of six chapters, the […]

Continuing his teachings Swamiji said today, I will give you a summary of chapter 13.This chapter is the beginning of the third shatakam of the Gita. The first shatakam highlighted Karma Yoga; the second shatakam, from chapter 7-12, highlighted Upasana Yoga. Now in the third shatakam from Ch.13-18 we are in Gyana Yoga. Specifically Chapters […]

Shloka 13. 30: When one realizes that the state of diversity of living things is rooted in the One, and that their manifestation is also from That, then one becomes identified with Brahman. Continuing his teachings Swamiji said up to the 24th shloka of this chapter, Sri Krishna dealt with the six topics that Arjuna […]

Shloka 13. 27:He sees who sees the supreme Lord as existing really in all beings, and as the Imperishable among the perishable. Continuing his teachings Swamiji said up to the 24th shloka, Sri Krishna dealt with all the six topics that Arjuna wanted to know: Prakrti, Purusha, Kshetram, kshetragnya, Gyanam and Gneyam. And thereafter, from […]

Shloka # 24:Through meditation some realize the Self in (their) intellect with the help of the internal organ; others through Sankhya-yoga, and others through Karma-yoga. Continuing his teachings Swamiji said, with the 23rd shloka Sri Krishna has completed the topic of Purusha and Prakriti. He discussed this topic from shlokas 20-24. While concluding, he said […]

Shloka # 22: 13.22 Since the soul is seated in Nature, therefore it experiences the alities born of Nature. Contact with the alities is the cause of its births in good and evil wombs. Continuing his teachings Swamiji said, Sri Krishna has come to last pair of topics, namely Purusha and Prakriti. They are being […]

Note: In this chapter the numbering of shlokas can be different depending upon Gita book you are reading. I am using Swamiji’s numbering. Shloka 13.20: Know both Nature and also the individual soul [Prakrti is sometimes translated as matter, and purusa as spirit.-Tr.] to be verily without beginning; know the modifications as also the alities(reality) […]

Note: In this chapter the numbering of shlokas can be different depending upon Gita book you are reading. I am using Swamiji’s numbering. Shloka # 17: And the Knowable, though undivided, appears to be existing as divided in all beings, and It is the sustainer of all beings as also the devourer and originator. In […]