Chapter 2 Sloka 24 Bhagavadgita Sloka Meaning Translation and Interpretation

Chapter 2 Verse 24 – Samkhya Yoga Sloka Shrutivipratipannaa te yadaa sthaasyati nishchalaa; Samaadhaavachalaa buddhistadaa yogam avaapsyasi. Translation When thy intellect, perplexed by what thou has heard, shall stand immovable and steady in the Self, then thou shalt attain Self-realisation. Interpretation Moving from Yoga, Lord Krishna brings back the attention of Arjuna to one’s self.Continue reading “Chapter 2 Sloka 24 Bhagavadgita Sloka Meaning Translation and Interpretation”

Chapter 2 Sloka 23 Bhagavadgita Meaning Translation and Interpretation

Chapter 2 Verse 23 – Samkhya Yoga Sloka Doorena hyavaram karma buddhiyogaad dhananjaya; Buddhau sharanamanwiccha kripanaah phalahetavah. Translation Far lower than the Yoga of wisdom is action, O Arjuna! Seek thou refuge in wisdom; wretched are they whose motive is the fruit. Interpretation In this shloka Lord Krishna explains the difference between doing actions expectingContinue reading “Chapter 2 Sloka 23 Bhagavadgita Meaning Translation and Interpretation”

Chapter 2 Sloka 22 BhagavadGita Meaning Translation and Interpretation

Chapter 2 Verse 22 – Samkhya Yoga Yogasthah kuru karmaani sangam tyaktwaa dhananjaya; Siddhyasiddhyoh samo bhootwaa samatwam yoga uchyate. Perform action, O Arjuna, being steadfast in Yoga, abandoning attachment and balanced in success and failure! Evenness of mind is called Yoga. Interpretation Continuing the verse of working without attachment, Lord Krishna in this verse talksContinue reading “Chapter 2 Sloka 22 BhagavadGita Meaning Translation and Interpretation”

Chapter 2 Sloka 21 BhagavadGita Meaning Translation and Interpretation

Chapter 2 Verse 21 – Samkhya Yoga Sloka Karmanyevaadhikaaraste maa phaleshu kadaachana; Maa karmaphalahetur bhoor maa te sango’stwakarmani. Translation Thy right is to work only, but never with its fruits; let not the fruits of actions be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction. Interpretation This is one of the most popular versesContinue reading “Chapter 2 Sloka 21 BhagavadGita Meaning Translation and Interpretation”

Chapter 2 Sloka 20 BhagavadGita Meaning Translation and Interpretation

Chapter 2 Verse 20 – Samkhya Yoga Sloka Yaavaanartha udapaane sarvatah samplutodake; Taavaan sarveshu vedeshu braahmanasya vijaanatah. Translation To the Brahmana who has known the Self, all the Vedas are of as much use as is a reservoir of water in a place where there is a flood. Interpretation After talking about Gunas, Lord KrishnaContinue reading “Chapter 2 Sloka 20 BhagavadGita Meaning Translation and Interpretation”

Chapter 2 Sloka 19 – Gunas/Qualities of Human as per BhagavadGita

Chapter 2 Shloka 19 – Samkhya Yoga Sloka Traigunyavishayaa vedaa nistraigunyo bhavaarjuna; Nirdwandwo nityasatwastho niryogakshema aatmavaan. Translation The Vedas deal with the three attributes of Nature; be thou above these three attributes Arjuna! Free yourself from the pairs of opposites and ever remain in the quality of Sattwik(goodness), freed from the thought of acquisition andContinue reading “Chapter 2 Sloka 19 – Gunas/Qualities of Human as per BhagavadGita”

Chapter 2 Sloka 18 Bhagavadgita Meaning Translation and Interpretation

Chapter 2 Verse 18 – Samkhya Yoga Sloka Vyavasaayaatmikaa buddhir ekeha kurunandana; Bahushaakhaa hyanantaashcha buddhayo’vyavasaayinaam. Translation Here, O joy of the Kurus, there is a single one-pointed determination! Many-branchedand endless are the thoughts of the irresolute. Interpretation After talking about the balance of thoughts and actions Lord Krishna tells Arjuna that there is only oneContinue reading “Chapter 2 Sloka 18 Bhagavadgita Meaning Translation and Interpretation”

Chapter 2 Sloka 17 Bhagavadgita meaning translation and interpretation

Chapter 2 Verse 17 – Samkhya Yoga Sloka Sukhaduhkhe same kritwaa laabhaalaabhau jayaajayau; Tato yuddhaaya yujyaswa naivam paapamavaapsyasi. Translation Having made pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat the same, engage in battle for the sake of battle; thus thou shall not incur sin. Interpretation After talking about Honour and dishonour Lord KrishnaContinue reading “Chapter 2 Sloka 17 Bhagavadgita meaning translation and interpretation”

Chapter 2 Sloka 16 BhagavadGita Meaning Translation and Interpretation

Chapter 2 Verse 16 – Samkhya Yoga Sloka Akeertim chaapi bhootaani kathayishyanti te’vyayaam; Sambhaavitasya chaakeertir maranaad atirichyate. Translation People, too, will recount thy everlasting dishonour; and to one who has been honoured, dishonour is worse than death. Interpretation After talking about the sin of not fighting the war, Lord Krishna in this shloka turns outsideContinue reading “Chapter 2 Sloka 16 BhagavadGita Meaning Translation and Interpretation”