IMPORTANT SELECTED SLOKAS FROM BHAGAWAT GITA FOR SELF-REALISATION – Part III [Concluding part]

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172 IMPORTANT SELECTED SLOKAS FROM BHAGAWAT GITA

FOR SELF-REALISATION – Part III [Concluding part] 

CHAPTER IX – THE YOGA OF THE SOVEREIGN SCIENCE AND SOVEREIGN SECRET

11

Fools disregard ME As one clad in human form, Not knowing MY higher Nature As

the Great Lord of beings.

22*

To those who worship ME alone, thinking of no other, Who are ever devout, I

PROVIDE GAIN AND SECURITY. (yogakshemam vahaamyaham)This is the definition of

Ananya Bhatkti – unconditional surrender to the Lord.

(Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba has declared: “Whoever among devotees dedicates

all acts to Me with no other thought, whoever meditates on Me, serves Me,

worships Me, remembers Me, know that I am always with him in this world and the

next. I bear the burden of his welfare, here and hereafter. If this Sloka is

followed in practice, the entire Gita can be understood”.  (Geetha Vahini

191-193, 202-204)

26

Whoever offers ME with devotion, A leaf, a flower, a fruit or water,(patram,

pushpam, phalam, toyam) I accept that, the pious offering Of the pure in heart.

 

27*

Whatever you DO, whatever you EAT, Whatever you offer in SACRIFICE, whatever you

GIFT away, Whatever AUSTERITY you practice, O Kaunteya! Do it as an Offering

unto ME.

28*

Thus shall you be free from the bondage of Actions Yielding good and bad

results. With the Mind firmly set in The YOGA OF RENUNCIATION, AND LIBERATED,

THOU SHALT COME TO ME.

(Regarding Slokas 27 and 28, Bhagawan has declared: “It is enough if you do all

acts as dedicated to the Lord, without any desire.  This is the secret of

Liberation.” Geetha Vahini page 179)

29*

I am the same to all beings. To ME there is none hateful, none dear. But those

who worship ME with Devotion, THEY ARE IN ME, AND I AM ALSO IN THEM.

30

Even if a man of the most sinful conduct Worships ME with unwavering faith and

devotion, He must be reckoned as Righteous, for he has rightly resolved.

31*

Soon does he become a man of Righteousness And obtains lasting peace. O

Kaunteya! Know for certain That MY DEVOTEE NEVER PERISHES.

34*

Fix thy Mind on ME, Be devoted to ME. Sacrifice unto ME. Bow down to ME. Having

thus united Thy whole SELF with ME, Taking ME as the Supreme Goal, THOU SHALT

VERILY COME TO ME.

CHAPTER X – THE YOGA OF THE DIVINE GLORIES

10*

To them, ever devout, worshipping ME with love, I give the Yoga of

Discrimination, BY WHICH THEYCOME TO ME.

11*

Out of pure compassion for them, Dwelling in their Hearts, I destroy the

ignorance-born darkness, BY THE LUMINOUS LAMP OF WISDOM.

20*

I AM THE SELF, O GUDAKESA! SEATED IN THE HEARTS OF ALL BEINGS. I AM THE

BEGINNING, THE MIDDLE, AND ALSO THE END OF ALL BEINGS.

(This Sloka is considered by Ramana Maharshi as the quintessence of all the 701

Slokas of the Bhagavad Gita)

CHAPTER XI – THE YOGA OF THE VISION OF THE COSMIC FORM

55*

He who does work for ME, He who looks on ME as the Supreme, Who is devoted to

ME, Who is free from Attachment, Who is without hatred for any being, HE COMES

TO ME, O PANDAVA!

CHAPTER XII – THE YOGA OF DEVOTION

6*,7*

But those who worship ME, Renouncing all actions in ME, Regarding ME as the

Supreme Goal, Meditating on ME With single-minded Yoga –To those whose Minds

Are ever fixed on ME, I become very soon, O Partha! THE DELIVERER FROM THE

OCEAN OF THIS MORTAL SAMSARA.

8*

Fix your Mind on ME alone. Let your thoughts dwell on ME. YOU WILL HEREAFTER

ABIDE IN ME ALONE. Of this there is no doubt.

11

If you are not able to do even this, (Abhyaasa Yoga) Then taking refuge in ME,

Renounce the Fruits of all Actions, with the self subdued.

12*

Better indeed is Knowledge than Abhyasa, Better than Knowledge is Meditation.

Better than Meditation is the Renunciation of the Fruits of Actions. PEACE

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS RENUNCIATION.

  13*

He who hates no being, who is Friendly and Compassionate to all, Who is free

from the feeling of  “I” and “Mine”, Even-minded in pain and pleasure, And

FORBEARING. (Genuine COMPASSION towards all sentient beings and the virtue of

FORBEARANCE are the true hallmarks of the seeker on the Spiritual Path)

14*

Ever Content, steady in Meditation, Self-controlled and possessed of firm

conviction, With Mind and Intellect fixed on ME, He MY devotee is dear to ME.

15*

He by whom the world is not afflicted, and whom the world cannot afflict, He who

is free from joy, anger, Fear and anxiety, He is dear to ME.

16*

He who has no wants, who is pure and prompt, untroubled, And who is Selfless in

all his undertakings, He who is thus devoted to ME, Is dear to ME.

17*

He who neither rejoices nor hates nor grieves nor desires, Renouncing good and

evil, full of Devotion, He is dear to ME.

18*

He who is the same to foe and friend, And also in honour and dishonor, who is

the same in cold and heat, In pleasure and pain, Who is free from Attachment,

19*

To whom censure and praise are equal, who is silent, content with anything,

Homeless, steady-minded, full of Devotion, That man is dear to ME.

20*

They verily who follow this Immortal Dharma Described above, endued with

SRADDHA, Looking upon ME as the Supreme Goal, and Devoted, THEY ARE EXCEEDINGLY

DEAR TO ME.

(The entire group – Slokas 13 to 20 is called Dharmya Amrtham – the Dharmic Way

to Immortality – Dharma Vahini page 17 - Rs 13)

CHAPTER XIII – THE YOGA OF DISCRIMINATION

1

This Body, O Kaunteya!Is called Kshetra, the field, He who knows it is called

Kshetrajna by the Sages.

2

And know ME as the Kshetrajna In all Kshetras, O Bharata! The Knowledge of

Kshetra and KshetrajnaIs deemed by ME as True Knowledge.

CHAPTER XIV – THE YOGA OF THE THREE GUNAS

2*

They who having devoted themselves to this Knowledge, HAVE ATTAINED TO UNITY

WITH ME Are neither born at the time of Creation, Nor are they disturbed at the

time of Dissolution.

5

Sattva, Rajas and Tamas – these Gunas, O mighty armed! Born of Prakriti, Bind

the indestructible Embodied One, Fast in the Body.

6

Of these Sattva, is luminous and unobstructive. It binds, O sinless one! By

creating Attachment to Happiness and Attachment to Knowledge.

7

Know Rajas to be of the nature of passion, Productive of Longings and

Attachment.(longings for unattained objects and attachment for those in one’s

possession)It binds fast O Kaunteya! The embodied one By Attachment to Action.

8

But know Tamas to be born of Ignorance, Deluding all embodied beings.It binds

fast, O Bharata! By Negligence, Indolence and Sleep.

Arjuna said:

21

What are the marks, O Lord! Of him who has transcended the three Gunas? What is

his conduct? And how does he rise above the Gunas?

The Blessed Lord said:

24*

Balanced in pleasure and pain, SELF-abiding, Viewing a clod of earth, a stone

and gold alike, The same to agreeable and disagreeable, Firm, the same in

censure and praise,

25*

The same in honour and dishonor, the same to friend and foe, Abandoning all

undertakings, He is said to have transcended the Gunas.

26*

And he who serves ME with unswerving DEVOTION, He going beyond the Gunas, IS FIT TO BECOME BRAHMAN.

27*

FOR I AM THE ABODE OF BRAHMAN, the Immortal and the Immutable, The ETERNAL

DHARMA and Absolute BLISS.

CHAPTER XV – THE YOGA OF THE SUPREME SELF

5*

Free from pride and delusion, With the evil of Attachment conquered, Ever

dwelling in the SELF, Their DESIRES being completely stilled, Liberated from

the pairs of opposites Known as pleasure and pain, THE UNDELUDED REACHTHE GOAL

ETERNAL.

14*

Abiding in the Body of living beings as Vaishvaanara,Associated with Prana and

Apana,I digest the four kinds of food.

CHAPTER XVI – THE YOGA OF THE DIVISION BETWEEN THE DIVINE AND THE DEMONIACAL

The Blessed Lord said:

1*

Fearlessness, purity of heart, steadfastness in Knowledge and Yoga, Almsgiving,

control of the Senses, Yagna, Study of the scriptures, austerity, and

straightforwardness.

2*

Non-injury, truth, absence of anger, Renunciation, serenity, absence of calumny,

Compassion to beings, uncoveteousness, Gentleness, modesty, absence of

fickleness.

3*

Vigor, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, Absence of hatred, absence of pride,

THESE BELONG TO ONE BORN FOR A DIVINE STATE,

O Bharata!

21*

Triple is the GATE OF HELL, Destructive of the SELF, Lust, Anger and Greed.

(Kama, krodha, lobha) Therefore should one abandon these three.

CHAPTER XVII – THE YOGA OF THE THREEFOLD SRADDHA

14

Worship of the Gods, of the twice-born, of teachers and of the wise. Purity,

uprightness, continence and non-injury, these are said to be the austerity of

the BODY.

15

The speech which causes no excitement, which is Truthful, pleasant and

beneficial, And also the practice of Sacred Recitation, These are said to form

the austerity of SPEECH.

16

Serenity of Mind, gentleness, silence, self-controlAnd purity of disposition

-This is called MENTAL austerity.

CHAPTER XVIII – THE YOGA OF LIBERATION BY RENUNCIATION

11

It is indeed impossible for the Embodied Being (one with body-consciousness) to

abandon Actions entirely. But he who renounces the Fruits of Actions is verily

called a Tyagi (a renouncer).

53*

Having abandoned EGOISM, STRENGTH, ARROGANCE, (ahamkaaram, balam, darpam)

DESIRE, ANGER, POSSESSIVENESS, (kaamam, krodham, parigraham)Free from the notion

of “MINE”, and peaceful, (nir-mamah shaanto)HE IS FIT FOR BECOMING BRAHMAN.

54*

Becoming Brahman, serene in the SELF, He neither grieves nor desires, the same

to all beings He attains Supreme Devotion unto ME.

55*

By devotion he knows ME in Truth, What and Who I am, Then, having known ME in

Truth, HE FORTHWITH ENTERS INTO ME.

65*

Fix your Mind on ME, Be Devoted to ME, and Sacrifice to ME, Bow down to ME. SO

SHALL YOU COME TO ME. This is MY pledge to you, for you are dear to ME.

66*

Renounce all Dharmas and Surrender to ME alone. I SHALL LIBERATE YOU FROM ALL SINS. Grieve not.

68*

He, who with supreme devotion to ME will teach this SUPREME SECRET TO MY

devotees, SHALL DOUBTLESS COME TO ME ALONE.

69*

Nor is there any among men who renders service more pleasing to ME than he. NOR

SHALL ANOTHER ON EARTHBE DEARER TO ME THAN HE.

70*

And he who will STUDY this sacred dialogue of ours BY HIM SHALL I HAVE

BEENWORSHIPPED BY JNANA YAJNA.

72

Has this been heard by you O Arjuna! With one-pointed Mind? Has the delusion of

your Ignorance been destroyed, O Dhananjaya!

Arjuna said:

73*

My delusion is destroyed. I HAVE REGAINED MY MEMORY (of the SELF) Through Thy

Grace, O Krishna! I am firm. I am free from doubt. I SHALL ACT ACCORDING TO THY

WORD. (karishye vachanam  tava)

Sanjaya said:

78*

Wherever there is Krishna, The Lord of Yoga, (yogeshwara) Wherever there is

Partha, The wielder of the bow, (dhanur-dhara)There are Prosperity, Victory,

(sree, vijaya) Expansion and Sound Policy. (bhooti, dhruvaa-neeti) Such is my

conviction.

BHAGAVAN SRI KRISHNARPANAM

CONCLUDED

Source: http://www.sathyasaibaba19.org/Bhgita.htm

Sent with Sai love

Sai brothers – ‘’ 

 

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