Greed, activity, enterprise, unrest, longing— these arise, Ο lord of the Bhāratas, when rajas prevails. (14.12)From sattva springs knowledge, and from rajas, greed; from tamas spring inadvertence, …
Bhagavad Gita Quotes on Austerity
Others offer wealth, austerity and Yoga as sacrifice and again others, the ascetics of rigid vows offer study and knowledge as sacrifice. (4.28)And, I am the sweet fragrance in the earth, the …
Aparokshanubhuti of Adi Shankaracharya
1. I bow down to Him - to Sri Hari (the destroyer of ignorance), the Supreme Bliss, the First Teacher, Ishwara, the All-pervading One and the Cause of all Lokas (the universe). 2. Herein is …
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Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 17, Verse 28
अश्रद्धया हुतं दत्तं तपस्तप्तं कृतं च यत् |असदित्युच्यते पार्थ न च तत्प्रेत्य नो इह || 28|| aśhraddhayā hutaṁ dattaṁ tapas taptaṁ kṛitaṁ cha yatasad ity uchyate pārtha na cha tat pretya no …
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Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 17, Verse 27
यज्ञे तपसि दाने च स्थिति: सदिति चोच्यते |कर्म चैव तदर्थीयं सदित्येवाभिधीयते || 27|| yajñe tapasi dāne cha sthitiḥ sad iti chochyatekarma chaiva tad-arthīyaṁ sad ity evābhidhīyate yajñe—in …
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Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 17, Verse 26
सद्भावे साधुभावे च सदित्येतत्प्रयुज्यते |प्रशस्ते कर्मणि तथा सच्छब्द: पार्थ युज्यते || 26|| sad-bhāve sādhu-bhāve cha sad ity etat prayujyatepraśhaste karmaṇi tathā sach-chhabdaḥ pārtha …
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