sattvaà rajas tama iti guëäù prakåti-sambhaväù nibadhnanti mahä-bäho dehe dehinam avyayam Translation: Material nature consists of three modes—goodness, passion and ignorance. When the eternal living entity comes in contact with nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, he becomes conditioned by these modes….
In the beginning of creation the Lord of all creatures sent forth generations of man and demigods along with sacrifices for Vishnu and blessed them by saying, “Be thou happy by this yajna because its performance will bestow upon you…
ananyäç cintayanto mäà ye janäù paryupäsate teñäà nityäbhiyuktänäà yoga-kñemaà vahämy aham But those who worship me with devotion, meditating on my transcendental form—to them I carry what they lack, and preserve what they have. Purport One who is…
jïänaà te ‘haà sa-vijïänam idaà vakñyämy açeñataù yaj jïätvä neha bhüyo ‘nyaj jïätavyam avaçiñyate (BG 7.2) Translation I shall now declare unto you in full this knowledge both phenomenal and nominal, by knowing which there should remain nothing further to…
çraddhäväl labhate jïänaà tat-paraù saàyatendriyaù jïänaà labdhvä paräà çäntim acireëädhigacchati [BG 4.39] Translation : A faithful man who is absorbed in transcendental knowledge and who subdues his senses is eligible to achieve such knowledge, and having achieved it he…
Arjuna said my dear Krishna seeing my friends and relatives present before me in such a fighting sprit I feel the limbs of my body quivering & my mouth drying up. Any man who has genuine devotion to the lord…
rāsasim āsurim caiva prakritim mohinim sritāh Translation Those who are thus bewildered are attracted by demoniac and atheistic views. In that deluded condition; their hopes for liberation, their fruitive activities, and their culture of knowledge are all defeated. Purport…
ksiram yathä dadhi vikära-vishesha-yogät sanjäyate na hi tatah prthagastihetoh yah sambhutäm api tathä samupaiti käryäd govindam ädi-purusam tam aham bhajämi TRANSLATION: Just as milk is transformed into curd by the action of acids, but yet the effect curd is neither…
