Gītā Saṃkśhipta Saṃgraha
Arjuna Pleads
na ca śaknomy avasthātuṃ bhramatīva ca me manaḥ |
nimittāni ca paśyāmi viparītāni keśava ||1-30 ||
O Keshava, I am unable to stand and take any decision. My mind is whirling, deluded, perplexed and negative. I am unable to think and I feel giddy. I see many negative signs, reasons, indications, marks, tokens and omens 1 (1-30)
God (Lord Krishna) Answers
klaibyaṃ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha naitat tvayy upapadyate |
kṣudraṃ hṛdayadaurbalyaṃ tyaktvottiṣṭha paraṃtapa ||2-3||
Don’t be unmanly Partha, this does not befit you; shake off your weakness and arise and do your duty, you blazer. (2-3)
tad viddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā |
upadekṣyanti te jñānaṃ jñāninas tattvadarśinaḥ ||4-34||
You can find a solution from wise men by bowing to them, by respectful questioning and by service. The seers of truth and sages will instruct you (4-34)
śraddhāvānllabhate jñānaṃ tatparaḥ saṃyatendriyaḥ |
jñānaṃ labdhvā parāṃ śāntim acireṇādhigacchati ||4-39||
A self- controlled, devoted and dedicated person can acquire the knowledge and soon attain divine peace. (4-39)
uddhared ātmanātmānaṃ nātmānam avasādayet |
ātmaiva hy ātmano bandhur ātmaiva ripur ātmanaḥ||6-5||
One should rise by one’s own efforts, one should not degrade oneself; one alone is one’s friend and also foe. (6-5)
na tv evāhaṃ jātu nāsaṃ na tvaṃ neme janādhipāḥ |
na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ sarve vayam ataḥ param ||2-12||
Never was I not there, never were you and all these kings not there, never will we all be not there in the future. (2-12)
avināśi tu tad viddhi yena sarvam idaṃ tatam |
vināśam avyayasyāsya na kaś cit kartum arhati ||2-17||
You understand that soul by which this body is pervaded is imperishable. None can destroy this immutable, eternal entity (2-17)
mamaivāṃśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ |
manaḥṣaṣṭānīndriyāṇi prakṛtisthāni karṣati ||15-7||
In the living world, the living ones are My own eternal particles which attract the six senses including the mind abiding in nature. (15-7)
na kartṛtvaṃ na karmāṇi lokasya sṛjati prabhuḥ |
na karmaphalasaṃyogaṃ svabhāvas tu pravartate ||5-14||
God neither does anything, nor does He induce any work in the world, nor allot fruits of action, all of which happen as intrinsic to nature. (5-14)
nādatte kasya cit pāpaṃ na caiva sukṛtaṃ vibhuḥ |
ajñānenāvṛtaṃ jñānaṃ tena muhyanti jantavaḥ ||5-15||
God does not assign or accept anyone’s sin or virtue. Due to ignorance living beings are fooling themselves (by thinking that He does). (5-15)
gatir bhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṃ suhṛt |
prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ sthānaṃ nidhānaṃ bījam avyayam ||9-18||
God is the goal, supporter, lord, witness, abode, close friend, origin, end, resting place, treasure house and imperishable seed of all. (9-18)
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata |
abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṃ sṛjāmy aham ||4-7||
Whenever the constitutional, foundational and essential operating principles and good practices for evolution (Dharma) decline and the opposite, undesirable ones (adharma) rise, I manifest (4- 7)
mayā tatam idaṃ sarvaṃ jagad avyaktamūrtinā |
matsthāni sarvabhūtāni na cāhaṃ teṣv avasthitaḥ ||9-4||
All of this is pervaded by Me in the un-manifest form. All beings are in Me but I am not placed inside them. (9-4)
na ca matsthāni bhūtāni paśya me yogam aiśvaram |
bhūtabhṛn na ca bhūtastho mamātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ ||9-5||
Neither are beings placed in Me, nor do I dwell in them, look at My divine wealth of yoga, I am the cause and support of all. (9-5)
ahaṃ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṃ pravartaté |
iti matvā bhajante māṃ budhā bhāvasamanvitāḥ ||10-8||
I am the origin of everything and