Greetings All, Shloka # 13: चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः। तस्य कर्तारमपि मां विद्ध्यकर्तारमव्ययम्।।4.13।। The fourfold class-system according to the divisions of Prakrti’s constituents and works, has been ordained by Me. Though I am its author, know Me to be the immutable non-agent. Continuing his teachings of Gita, Swami Paramarthananda said, Sri Krishna is talking about […]
Greetings All, Shloka # 22: That vision of the Lord which is without seeing the Seer can only be a mental vision. Indeed the Supreme is not other than Seer. His vision is absorption and abidance in one’s own source. Continuing his teaching and refreshing our memory of last class, Swami Paramarthananda said, in this […]
Shloka # 21: It is possible to talk of fate and self-effort for them who know not the source of the two. To them who know well the source of fate and effort, there is neither fate nor effort. Continuing his teaching and refreshing our memory of last class, Swamy Paramarthananda said, in this shloka […]
Shloka # 12: काङ्क्षन्तः कर्मणां सिद्धिं यजन्त इह देवताः। क्षिप्रं हि मानुषे लोके सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा।।4.12।। People in the world offer scarifices to gods, desiring the success of their works. For, in this human world, quick is the success born of works. Continuing his teachings of Gita, Swami Paramarthananda said, up to shloka # 12 Sri […]
श्रीमदभगवद्गीता Chapter 4 Sloka 10 वीतरागभयक्रोधा मन्मया मामुपाश्रिताः । बहवो ज्ञानतपसा पूता मद्भावमागताः ।।4.10।। वीतरागभयक्रोधाः freed from attachment, fear and anger मन्मयाः absorbed in Me माम् Me उपाश्रिताः taking refuge in बहवः many ज्ञानतपसा by the fire of knowledge पूताः purified मद्भावम् My Being आगताः have attained. Freed from attachment, fear and anger, absorbed in […]
In the beginning of Chapter 4, Lord Krishna talked about the glory of the Gita as vedasaarah and that He alone taught the Vedic wisdom in the beginning of creation and is teaching the same Vedic wisdom now, in the name of Gita. Upon hearing this, Arjuna has a doubt due to the teacher being […]
I, the atma becomes ahangara because of ignorance. I become temporarily localized I, known as ahangara and this is the first product of ignorance. This is the foundation for space, time and plurality and this is alone is the cause of samsara. Space is the first tyranny. Because of space alone I feel localized and […]
When I say the I is the cause of all problem, that I represents the ahangara. “I am the cause of all problem” or “the I is the cause of all problem” are different. The HE and The You are dependent on The I. Second and third person are dependent on first person, that is […]
In Chapter 2, Krishna gave a gist of Karma Yoga and Jnana Yoga. In Chapter 3, Karma Yoga was elaborated. In Chapters 4 and 5, Jnana Yoga is elaborated. The 4th Chapter is the “jnana yoga pradhana”. There is a small diversion in the first 8 verses before diving into jnaana yoga. In the first […]
In the first chapter of Geeta, Vyasa chariyar revealed the human problem of samsara in the form of raga (emotional depedents of external factors), sogaha (grief or sorrow) and moga (delusion or conflict or indiscriminate). When Arjuna had this problem in the battlefield, he tried to solve this problem himself and was not successful and […]