WHAT is the significance of the Gita? Nangta used to teach me thus: What you get by repeating the word ‘Gita’ ten times is the essence of the book. It is then reversed into ‘tagi’, which means a …
Bhagavad Gita Quotes on Charity/Gift
The yogi who knows this transcends all the rewards laid down for the study of the Vedas, for sacrifices, for austerities, for making gifts: he reaches the Supreme, Primal Abode. (8.28)Neither by the …
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Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 16, Verse 24
तस्माच्छास्त्रं प्रमाणं ते कार्याकार्यव्यवस्थितौ |ज्ञात्वा शास्त्रविधानोक्तं कर्म कर्तुमिहार्हसि || 24|| tasmāch chhāstraṁ pramāṇaṁ te kāryākārya-vyavasthitaujñātvā śhāstra-vidhānoktaṁ karma kartum …
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Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 16, Verse 23
य: शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारत: |न स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति न सुखं न परां गतिम् || 23|| yaḥ śhāstra-vidhim utsṛijya vartate kāma-kārataḥna sa siddhim avāpnoti na sukhaṁ na parāṁ …
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Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 16, Verse 22
एतैर्विमुक्त: कौन्तेय तमोद्वारैस्त्रिभिर्नर: |आचरत्यात्मन: श्रेयस्ततो याति परां गतिम् || 22|| etair vimuktaḥ kaunteya tamo-dvārais tribhir naraḥācharaty ātmanaḥ śhreyas tato yāti parāṁ …
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Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 16, Verse 21
त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मन: |काम: क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत् || 21|| tri-vidhaṁ narakasyedaṁ dvāraṁ nāśhanam ātmanaḥkāmaḥ krodhas tathā lobhas tasmād etat trayaṁ …
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