4.1 & 4.2
31 Wednesday Aug 2011
31 Wednesday Aug 2011
31 Wednesday Aug 2011
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inयस्तु सञ्चरते देशान् सेवते यस्तु पण्डितान् ।
तस्य विस्तारिता बुद्धिस्तैलबिन्दुरिवाम्भसि ॥
A person who travels in different-different countries, (‘desha’ can also be translated as direction here.). a person who serves scholars (learned person), his intelligence expands or develops as drop of oil on water surface. Often, a person who is very sharp is called ‘tailabuddhi’. When a drop of oil falls on water surface, it spreads over water and forms layer of oil; in that way a drop of oil ‘covers’ water surface (oil is taila in sanskrit).
30 Tuesday Aug 2011
Posted Bhagvad Gita, Chapter 03 - कर्मयोगः
inएवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना |
जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम् ||३- ४३||
Oh! Arjuna, knowing that which is superior to the intellect in this way, having made the mind steady with the buddhi, destroy the enemy, that is in the form of desire, that which is so difficult to understand.
ॐ तत्सदिति श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासूपनिषत्सु
ब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादे
कर्मयोगो नाम तृतीयोऽध्यायः ||३||
Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Geeta, in the science of the Eternal, in the scripture of yoga, in the dialoge between Shri Krishna and Arjuna, the third discourse ends entitled Karma Yoga.
30 Tuesday Aug 2011
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in29 Monday Aug 2011
Posted Bhagvad Gita, Chapter 03 - कर्मयोगः
inतस्मात्त्वमिन्द्रियाण्यादौ नियम्य भरतर्षभ |
पाप्मानं प्रजहि ह्येनं ज्ञानविज्ञाननाशनम् ||३- ४१||
Therefore, Oh! Arjuna, controlling the senses at the outset, destroy indeed this sinner, the destroyer of knowledge and wisdom.
इन्द्रियाणि पराण्याहुरिन्द्रियेभ्यः परं मनः |
मनसस्तु परा बुद्धिर्यो बुद्धेः परतस्तु सः ||३- ४२||
They say that the sense organs are superior to the body; the mind is superior to the sense organs; the intellect is superior to the mind. Whereas the one who is superior to the intellect is He (the Atma).
29 Monday Aug 2011
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inसर्पदुर्जनोर्मध्ये वरं सर्पो न दुर्जन: ।
सर्प: दंशती कालेन दुर्जनस्तु पदे पदे ॥
When it comes to comparison between a serpent and a wicked person, it is the serpent who is the better of the two. (Because,) a serpent bites occasionally( very seldom). But, the wicked person stings(causes pain) at every step(always).
28 Sunday Aug 2011
Posted Bhagvad Gita, Chapter 03 - कर्मयोगः
inआवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा |
कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च ||३- ३९||
Knowledge is covered by this, Oh! Arjuna, the insatiable fire of desire, the constant enemy of the wise.
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते |
एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम् ||३- ४०||
Its location is said to be the senses, mind, and the intellect. With these (kama) deludes the person by covering his or her wisdom.
28 Sunday Aug 2011
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in27 Saturday Aug 2011
Posted Bhagvad Gita, Chapter 03 - कर्मयोगः
inश्रीभगवानुवाच |
काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः |
महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम् ||३- ३७||
Shri Bhagavan said:
This desire this anger, born of the guna rajas is a glutton and a great sinner. Know that to be the enemy here in this world.
धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथादर्शो मलेन च |
यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतम् ||३- ३८||
Just as fire is covered by clouds of smoke, just as a mirror is covered by dust, and just as a foetus is covered by the womb, so too knowledge is covered by desire.
27 Saturday Aug 2011
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विद्या नाम नरस्य रुपमधिकं प्रच्छन्नगुप्तं धनं
विद्या भोगकरी यशःसुखकारी विद्या गुरुणां गुरुः ।
विद्या बन्धुजनो विदेशगमने विद्या परं दैवतं
विद्या राजसु पूज्यते न हि धनं विद्याविहीनः पशुः ॥१२१॥ नीतिसूक्तिः
“Knowledge is certainly a man’s greatest beauty. It is a safe and hidden treasure.
It provides prosperity, fame and happiness. Knowledge is the teacher of all teachers.
It acts as one’s friend in a foreign country. Knowledge is the Supreme God.
It is the knowledge, not wealth, which is adored by kings. Without knowledge one remains as animal.”