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162. Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13 Verses 29-34I Swami Sarvapriyananda
Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches verses 29-34 from the Thirteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The Song of God".🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13 Verse 29:प्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वश: |य: पश्यति तथात्मानमकर्तारं स पश्यति ||29||prakṛityaiva cha karmāṇi kriyamāṇāni sarvaśhaḥyaḥ paśhyati tathātmānam akartāraṁ sa paśhyati ||29||🔴 He is the real seer who perceives that Prakrti (i.e., one's body-mind born of Prakrti) alone is doing all works and that the Atman, the true spiritual self, is the actionless witness.🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13 Verse 30:यदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति |तत एव च विस्तारं ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा ||30||yadā bhūta-pṛithag-bhāvam eka-stham anupaśhyatitata eva cha vistāraṁ brahma sampadyate tadā ||30||🔴 When one perceives the manifold objects as centred in the One and as evolved from It as well -- then he attains Brahman.🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13 Verse 31:अनादित्वान्निर्गुणत्वात्परमात्मायमव्यय: |शरीरस्थोऽपि कौन्तेय न करोति न लिप्यते ||31||anāditvān nirguṇatvāt paramātmāyam avyayaḥśharīra-stho ’pi kaunteya na karoti na lipyate ||31||🔴 That highest Self, being the immutable and unoriginated Spirit beyond Nature, is free from all action and stain, though dwelling in the body.🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13 Verse 32:यथा सर्वगतं सौक्ष्म्यादाकाशं नोपलिप्यते |सर्वत्रावस्थितो देहे तथात्मा नोपलिप्यते ||32||yathā sarva-gataṁ saukṣhmyād ākāśhaṁ nopalipyatesarvatrāvasthito dehe tathātmā nopalipyate ||32||🔴 Just as the all-pervading Akasa, because of its subtlety, is not stained by anything, so this Atman, though abiding in all bodies, is never affected by any impurity.🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13 Verse 33:यथा प्रकाशयत्येक: कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रवि: |क्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्नं प्रकाशयति भारत ||33||yathā prakāśhayaty ekaḥ kṛitsnaṁ lokam imaṁ raviḥkṣhetraṁ kṣhetrī tathā kṛitsnaṁ prakāśhayati bhārata ||33||🔴 Just as the single sun illumines the whole universe, so the (One) Indwelling Spirit enlivens all bodies (with self-consciousness)🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13 Verse 34:क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोरेवमन्तरं ज्ञानचक्षुषा |भूतप्रकृतिमोक्षं च ये विदुर्यान्ति ते परम् ||34||kṣhetra-kṣhetrajñayor evam antaraṁ jñāna-chakṣhuṣhābhūta-prakṛiti-mokṣhaṁ cha ye vidur yānti te param ||34||🔴 Whoever perceives by spiritual insight the distinction between Ksetra (Nature) and Ksetrajna (Spirit) as also the freedom of the Spirit from the hold of Nature, they reach the Supreme.
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161. Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13 Verses 26-28I Swami Sarvapriyananda
Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Verses 26-28 from the Thirteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The Song of God".🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13 Verse 26:यावत्सञ्जायते किञ्चित्सत्वं स्थावरजङ्गमम् |क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञसंयोगात्तद्विद्धि भरतर्षभ ||26||yāvat sañjāyate kiñchit sattvaṁ sthāvara-jaṅgamamkṣhetra-kṣhetrajña-sanyogāt tad viddhi bharatarṣhabha ||26||🔴 O thou the best of the Bharata clan! Whatever there is born - whether moving or unmoving - it has come into being due to the union of Ksetra (body) and Ksetrajna (spirit).🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13 Verse 27:समं सर्वेषु भूतेषु तिष्ठन्तं परमेश्वरम् |विनश्यत्स्वविनश्यन्तं य: पश्यति स पश्यति ||27||samaṁ sarveṣhu bhūteṣhu tiṣhṭhantaṁ parameśhvaramvinaśhyatsv avinaśhyantaṁ yaḥ paśhyati sa paśhyati ||27||🔴 He really sees who perceives the Supreme Lord alike in everything -- as the Imperishable Substance abiding amidst perishing phenomena.🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13 Verse 28:समं पश्यन्हि सर्वत्र समवस्थितमीश्वरम् |न हिनस्त्यात्मनात्मानं ततो याति परां गतिम् || 28||samaṁ paśhyan hi sarvatra samavasthitam īśhvaramna hinasty ātmanātmānaṁ tato yāti parāṁ gatim || 28||🔴 For, he who perceives the Lord's presence alike everywhere no longer works against his own spiritual well-being (by mistaking the ego for the true spiritual Self as men in ignorance do). He therefore attains to the Supreme Goal.
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160. Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13 Verses 24-25I Swami Sarvapriyananda
Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Verses 22-23 from the Thirteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The Song of God".🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13 Verse 24:ध्यानेनात्मनि पश्यन्ति केचिदात्मानमात्मना |अन्ये साङ् ख्येन योगेन कर्मयोगेन चापरे ||24||dhyānenātmani paśhyanti kechid ātmānam ātmanāanye sānkhyena yogena karma-yogena chāpare ||24||🔴 There are some who perceive the Atman within themselves by the practice of meditation with a purified mind. There are also others who approach Him through the discipline of knowledge or of work.🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13 Verse 25:अन्ये त्वेवमजानन्त: श्रुत्वान्येभ्य उपासते |तेऽपि चातितरन्त्येव मृत्युं श्रुतिपरायणा: ||25||anye tv evam ajānantaḥ śhrutvānyebhya upāsatete ’pi chātitaranty eva mṛityuṁ śhruti-parāyaṇāḥ ||25||🔴 There are still others, who, being unfit to follow the disciplines described before -- for they lack the knowledge of the Yoga Sastra and the Vedas--, adopt forms of worship (devotional disciplines) under instruction from teachers or elders. Full of faith in these instructions heard, and following them sincerely as their only refuge, they too certainly overcome the cycle of births and deaths.
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159. Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13 Verses 22-23I Swami Sarvapriyananda
Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Verses 22-23 from the Thirteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The Song of God".🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13 Verse 22:उपद्रष्टानुमन्ता च भर्ता भोक्ता महेश्वर: |परमात्मेति चाप्युक्तो देहेऽस्मिन्पुरुष: पर: ||22||Upadraṣhṭānumantā cha bhartā bhoktā maheśhvaraḥparamātmeti chāpy ukto dehe ’smin puruṣhaḥ paraḥ ||22||🔴 In this body there is also the Transcendent and the Supreme Spirit, who is described as the Supreme Self and Sovereign Lord, the unconcerned Witness, the Sanctioner, the Supporter, and the Enjoyer.🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13 Verse 23:य एवं वेत्ति पुरुषं प्रकृतिं च गुणै: सह |सर्वथा वर्तमानोऽपि न स भूयोऽभिजायते ||23||Ya evaṁ vetti puruṣhaṁ prakṛitiṁ cha guṇaiḥ sahasarvathā vartamāno ’pi na sa bhūyo ’bhijāyate ||23||🔴 Whoever thus knows the Purusa (Spirit) and Prakriti (Nature) along with its effects, will never be born again, whatever be his mode of living.
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158. Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13 Verses 19-21I Swami Sarvapriyananda
Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Verses 19-21 from the Thirteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The Song of God".🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13 Verse 19:प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि |विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसम्भवान् ||19||Prakṛitiṁ puruṣhaṁ chaiva viddhy anādī ubhāv apivikārānśh cha guṇānśh chaiva viddhi prakṛiti-sambhavān ||19||🔴 Know both Prakrti (Nature) and Purusa (Spirit) to be beginningless, eternal verities. Know also that all changeful objects and attributes (that constitute the world of daily experience) are sprung from Prakrti.🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13 Verse 20:कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतु: प्रकृतिरुच्यते |पुरुष: सुखदु:खानां भोक्तृत्वे हेतुरुच्यते ||20||Kārya-kāraṇa-kartṛitve hetuḥ prakṛitir uchyatepuruṣhaḥ sukha-duḥkhānāṁ bhoktṛitve hetur uchyate ||20||🔴 Prakrti is the cause of the formation and functioning of the body and the senses, while it is the Purusa that experiences pleasure and pain, joy and sorrow.🔆 Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13 Verse 21:पुरुष: प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङक्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान् |कारणं गुणसङ्गोऽस्य सदसद्योनिजन्मसु ||21||Puruṣhaḥ prakṛiti-stho hi bhuṅkte prakṛiti-jān guṇānkāraṇaṁ guṇa-saṅgo ’sya sad-asad-yoni-janmasu ||21||🔴 Seated in bodies, which are the products of Prakrti, the Purusa enjoys the objects and qualities born of Prakrti. Attachment to these objects is the cause of the Spirit getting embodiments in evil or exalted wombs.
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