PREACHINGS OF LORD KRISHNA FROM BHAGWAD GITA:
Jambunathan Iyer
BELOW ARE SOME OF THE SAYINGS / PREACHINGS OF
LORD KRISHNA FROM BHAGWAD GITA:
"yada yada hi dharmasya
glanir bhavati bharata abhyutthanam adharmasya tadatmanam srjamy aham"
(Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Four verse 7)
"Sri Krishna
said: Whenever and wherever there is a decline in virtue/religious practice,
Arjuna, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend Myself, i.e. I manifest Myself as
an embodied being."
"paritranaya sadhunam
vinasaya cha duskritam dharma-samsthapanarthaya sambhavami yuge yuge"
(Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Four verse 8)
"Sri Krishna said: To
deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish
the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium."
"karmany evadhikaras te ma
phalesu kadachana ma karma-phala-hetur bhur ma te sango ’stv akarmani" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 47)
"Sri Krishna
said: You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not
entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself the cause of the
results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty."
"na jayate mriyate va
kadacin nayam bhutva bhavita va na bhuyah ajo nityah sasvato ’yam purano na hanyate hanyamane sarire" (Bhagwat
Gita: Chapter Two verse 20)
"Sri Krishna said:
The soul is never born nor dies at any time. Soul has not come into being, does
not come into being, and will not come into being. Soul is unborn, eternal,
ever-existing and primeval. Soul is not slain when the body is slain."
"vasamsi jirnani yatha vihaya
navani grhnati naro ’parani tatha
sarirani vihaya jirnany anyani samyati navani dehi" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter
Two verse 22)
"Sri Krishna said: As a
human being puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly
accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones."
"nainam chindanti shastrani
nainam dahati pavakah na chainam kledayanty apo na sosayati marutah"
(Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 23)
"Sri Krishna said: The
soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon, nor burned by fire, nor
moistened by water, nor withered by the wind."
"man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru mam evaishyasi satyam te
pratijane priyo ’si me" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Eighteen verse 65)
Be aware of me always, adore me,
make every act an offering to me, and you shall come to me; this I (Krishna)
promise, for you are dear to me. So Let’s Surrender to the will of God & be devoted to Lord
Krishna. By doing so God shall always protect us in life.
"karmany evadhikaras te ma
phalesu kadachana ma karma-phala-hetur bhur ma te sango ’stv akarmani" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 47)
"Sri Krishna said: You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty."
So it is doing our job / duty
in a proper manner that gives true happiness in life. So let’s do our job / duty properly without much caring for, how
much money it shall generate.
"yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati bharata
abhyutthanam adharmasya tadatmanam srjamy aham" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter
Four verse 7)
"Sri Krishna
said: Whenever and wherever there is a decline in virtue/religious practice, O
Arjuna, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend Myself the Lord of the universe,
i.e. I manifest Myself as an embodied being."
"paritranaya sadhunam
vinasaya cha duskritam dharma-samsthapanarthaya sambhavami yuge yuge"
(Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Four verse 8)
"Sri Krishna said: To deliver
the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the
principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium."
"ye tu dharmamritam idam
yathoktam paryupasate sraddadhana mat-parama bhaktas te ’tiva me priyah" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Twelve verse
20)
"Sri Krishna says to
Arjuna: Those who follow this imperishable path of Devotional Service and who
completely engage themselves with faith, making Me the supreme goal, are very,
very dear to Me." (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Twelve verse 20) So let's always
engage in Devotional service of the Lord. Let's sing His glories so that He can
always be merciful on us. If we shall do such Devotional service to the Lord
then we shall get special mercy of Him
"mattah parataram nanyat
kincid asti dhananjaya mayi sarvam idam protam sutre mani-gana iva"
(Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Seven verse 7)
"Sri Krishna
said: O Arjuna, there is no truth superior to Me. All this Universe, Every
living being & Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a
thread." (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Seven verse 7)
So Let's surrender our ego in the
Divine feet of the God & adore Him only so that He can give us a blissful
life.
"tam eva saranam gaccha
sarva-bhavena bharata tat-prasadat param shantim sthanam prapsyasi
sasvatam" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Eighteen verse 62)
"Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, surrender your ego fully unto the God. By His grace you will attain transcendental peace and the supreme and eternal abode."
Just like a Pitcher (earthen pot
for storing water) needs to submerge in Water to get it Filled so we need to
surrender our ego in the Divine feet of God so that He can fill our life with
bliss.
"dehi nityam avadhyo ’yam dehe sarvasya bharata tasmat sarvani bhutani na tvam
socitum arhasi" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 30)
Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, he
(Soul) who dwells in the body can never be slain. Therefore you need not grieve
for any living being." Let's
understand that Soul living in everyone's body is immortal & never dies, it
changes one body to other. So we should not grieve for anyone. We meet &
get separated in this life as per the Karmas done together in earlier births.
"na tv-evaham jatu nasam
na tvam neme janadhipah na chaiva na bhavisyamah sarve vayam atah param"
(Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 12)
"Sri Krishna said to Arjuna: In fact, there was never a time when I was not or You did not exist or all these kings were not; nor it is a fact that in the future We all shall cease to exist."
As a Soul... we all exist birth
after birth, our body dies but we as a Soul are Immortal & go on living
birth after birth, We all are Immortal
Below are Quotes in Bhagwat
Gita, which describe the Soul, or Atman, in detail:
"dehino-asmin yatha dehe
kaumaram yauvnam jara tatha dehantar-praptir- adhiras tatra na muhyati"
(Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 13)
"Sri Krishna said: Just as
boyhood, youth & old age are attributed to the soul & the embodied soul
continuously passes through these cycles, similarly the embodied soul passes
into another body at death. The wise man does not get deluded & bewildered
with such a change."
"avinasi tu tad viddhi
yena sarvam idam tatam vinasam avyayasyasya na kascit kartum arhati"
(Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 17)
"Sri Krishna said: Know
that to be imperishable & indestructible, by which all this is pervaded;
for none can bring about the destruction of this indestructible substance, the
imperishable soul."
"antavanta ime deha
nityasyoktah saririnah anasino ’prameyasya
tasmad yudhyasva bharata" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 18)
"Sri Krishna said: All these bodies pertaining to the indestructible, immeasurable and eternal living entity / soul are spoken of as perishable; therefore, fight, Arjuna."
According to Bhagwat Gita, the
Soul, or Atman, neither slays not can it be slain (Chapter 2.19).
"ya enam vetti hantaram yas
chainam manyate hatam ubhau tau na vijanito nayam hanti na hanyate"
(Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 19)
"Sri Krishna said: They are both ignorant, he who knows the soul to be capable of killing and he who takes it as killed; for verily the soul neither kills, nor is killed."
According to Bhagwat Gita, the
Soul, or Atman, is never born, never dies and after coming into existence never
ceases to be. It is nitya (always), shasvatah (permanent) and purana (very
ancient) (Chapter 2.20).
"na jayate mriyate va kadacin
nayam bhutva bhavita va na bhuyah ajo nityah sasvato ’yam purano na hanyate hanyamane sarire" (Bhagwat Gita:
Chapter Two verse 20)
"Sri Krishna said: The soul
is never born nor dies at any time. Soul has not come into being, does not come
into being, and will not come into being. Soul is unborn, eternal,
ever-existing and primeval. Soul is not slain when the body is slain."
"vedavinasinam
nityam ya enam ajam avyayam katham sa purushah Arjuna kam ghatayati hanti
kam" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 21)
"Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, how can a human being who knows that the soul is indestructible, eternal, unborn and immutable kill anyone or cause anyone to kill?"
According to Bhagwat Gita, the
Soul, or Atman, does not suffer & cannot be tainted. At the time of death
it does not die, but leaves the body and enters into a new one (Chapter 2.22).
"vasamsi jirnani yatha vihaya
navani grhnati naro ’parani tatha
sarirani vihaya jirnany anyani samyati navani dehi" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter
Two verse 22)
"Sri Krishna said: As a human being puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones."
According to Bhagwat Gita, the Soul,
or Atman has the properties that Weapons cannot pierce it, fire cannot burn it,
water cannot moisten it and wind cannot dry it (Chapter 2.23).
"nainam
chindanti shastrani nainam dahati pavakah na chainam kledayanty apo na sosayati
marutah" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 23)
"Sri Krishna said: The soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon, nor burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind."
According to Bhagwat Gita, the
Soul, or Atman, is impenetrable, incombustible, all pervading, stable and
immobile (Chapter 2.24).
"acchedyo ’yam adahyo ’yam
akledyo ’sosya eva
cha nityah sarva-gatah sthanur achalo ’yam sanatanah" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 24)
"Sri Krishna said: This
individual soul is unbreakable and insoluble, and can be neither burned nor
dried. He is everlasting, present everywhere, unchangeable, immovable and
eternally the same.
" According to Bhagwat Gita, the Soul, or Atman, is invisible, imperceptible and immutable (Chapter 2.25).
"avyakto ’yam acintyo ’yam avikaryo
’yam ucyate tasmad evam viditvainam
nanusocitum arhasi" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 25)
"Sri Krishna said: It is said
that the soul is invisible, inconceivable and immutable. Knowing this, you
should not grieve for the body."
"atha chainam nitya-jatam
nityam va manyase mrtam tathapi tvam maha-baho nainam socitum arhasi"
(Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 26)
"Sri Krishna said: If,
however, you think that the soul [or the symptoms of life] is always born and
dies forever, you still have no reason to lament, O mighty-armed."
"prakriteh kriyamanani gunaih
karmani sarvasah ahankara-vimudhatma kartaham iti manyate" (Bhagwat Gita:
Chapter Three verse 27)
"Sri Krishna said: The spirit soul bewildered by the influence of false ego thinks himself the doer of activities that are in actuality carried out by the three modes of material nature."
Lord Krishna knew the limitations
of human consciousness to gauge the true nature of the inner soul.
So in the Bhagwat Gita it concurs
that no one can exactly know what a soul is. Someone looks at It with great
surprise, another speaks about It with great surprise, some another hears about
It with incredulity and yet another after hearing about It knows it not
(Chapter 2.29).
"ascharya-vat pasyati kascid enam ascharya-vad vadati tathaiva chanyah
ascharya-vac chainam anyah srnoti
srutvapy enam veda na chaiva kascit" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 29)
"Sri
Krishna said: Some look on the soul as amazing, some describe him as amazing,
and some hear of him as amazing, while others, even after hearing about him,
cannot understand him at all."
Below verse tells how Soul is superior to matter; mind, senses & intelligence
"indriyani parany ahur indriyebhyah param manah manasas tu para buddhir
yo buddheh paratas tu sah" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Three verse 42)
"Sri Krishna said: The working senses are superior to dull matter; mind is higher than the senses; intelligence is still higher than the mind; and he [the soul] is even higher than the intelligence." So in this way Soul is a Mysterious thing & can be understood if you have faith in God & in religious scriptures.
Jai Shri Krishna
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