Bhagavad Gita

ब्रह्मभूत: प्रसन्नात्मा न शोचति न काङ् क्षति | सम: सर्वेषु भूतेषु मद्भक्तिं लभते पराम् ॥54॥ Transliteration brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śhochati na kāṅkṣhati samaḥ sarveṣhu bhūteṣhu mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām Word Meanings brahma-bhūtaḥ—one situated in Brahman; prasanna-ātmā—mentally serene; na—neither; śhochati—grieving; na—nor; kāṅkṣhati—desiring; samaḥ—equitably disposed; sarveṣhu—toward all; bhūteṣhu—living beings; mat-bhaktim—devotion to me; labhate—attains; parām—supreme Translation One who has…

अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं परिग्रहम् | विमुच्य निर्मम: शान्तो ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥53॥ Transliteration ahankāraṁ balaṁ darpaṁ kāmaṁ krodhaṁ parigraham vimuchya nirmamaḥ śhānto brahma-bhūyāya kalpate Word Meanings ahankāram—egotism; balam—violence; darpam—arrogance; kāmam—desire; krodham—anger; parigraham—selfishness; vimuchya—being freed from; nirmamaḥ—without possessiveness of property; śhāntaḥ—peaceful; brahma-bhūyāya—union with Brahman; kalpate—is fit Translation (That person,) having discarded egotism, force, pride, desire,…

विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानस: | ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रित: ॥52॥ Transliteration vivikta-sevī laghv-āśhī yata-vāk-kāya-mānasaḥ dhyāna-yoga-paro nityaṁ vairāgyaṁ samupāśhritaḥ Word Meanings vivikta-sevī—relishing solitude; laghu-āśhī—eating light; yata—controls; vāk—speech; kāya—body; mānasaḥ—and mind; dhyāna-yoga-paraḥ—engaged in meditation; nityam—always; vairāgyam—dispassion; samupāśhritaḥ—having taken shelter of; Translation One who resorts to solitude, eats sparingly, has speech, body and mind under control, to whom meditation…

बुद्ध्या विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्यात्मानं नियम्य च | शब्दादीन्विषयांस्त्यक्त्वा रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च ॥51॥ Transliteration buddhyā viśhuddhayā yukto dhṛityātmānaṁ niyamya cha śhabdādīn viṣhayāns tyaktvā rāga-dveṣhau vyudasya cha Word Meanings buddhyā—intellect; viśhuddhayā—purified; yuktaḥ—endowed with; dhṛityā—by determination; ātmānam—the intellect; niyamya—restraining; cha—and; śhabda-ādīn viṣhayān—sound and other objects of the senses; tyaktvā—abandoning; rāga-dveṣhau—attachment and aversion; vyudasya—casting aside; cha—and; Translation Being endowed…

सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे | समासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा ॥50॥ Transliteration siddhiṁ prāpto yathā brahma tathāpnoti nibodha me samāsenaiva kaunteya niṣhṭhā jñānasya yā parā Word Meanings siddhim—perfection; prāptaḥ—attained; yathā—how; brahma—Brahman; tathā—also; āpnoti—attain; nibodha—hear; me—from me; samāsena—briefly; eva—indeed; kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti; niṣhṭhā—firmly fixed; jñānasya—of knowledge; yā—which; parā—transcendental Translation Understand…

असक्तबुद्धि: सर्वत्र जितात्मा विगतस्पृह: | नैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिं परमां सन्न्यासेनाधिगच्छति ॥49॥ Transliteration asakta-buddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigata-spṛihaḥ naiṣhkarmya-siddhiṁ paramāṁ sannyāsenādhigachchhati Word Meanings asakta-buddhiḥ—those whose intellect is unattached; sarvatra—everywhere; jita-ātmā—who have mastered their mind; vigata-spṛihaḥ—free from desires; naiṣhkarmya-siddhim—state of actionlessness; paramām—highest; sanyāsena—by the practice of renunciation; adhigachchhati—attain Translation He whose intellect remains unattached to everything, who has conquered his…