"Bhagavad Gita"

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    Sanjaya said:
    Then Arjuna said to Govinda, "O Govinda! I shall not fight," and fell silent.

    O King, Standing in the middle of both the armies, Govinda spoke smiling, these words to Arjuna who was filled with sorrow.

    The Lord said:
    You have spoken wise words and lamented for those who do not deserve lamentation. The learned lament neither for the living nor the dead.

    There was never a time when I or you or any of these kings here did not exist. and all of us shall certainly exist in the future too.

    Just as the embodied soul experiences the different states of the body like the childhood, adulthood and old age, so will it acquire another body after death. Learned persons are never deluded about this.


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    Joy, sorrow, heat, cold are temporary experiences arising out of contact with sense objects, O son of Kunti. You must learn to tolerate them O descendant of Bharata.

    And that wise person who endures such dual aspects of sense perceptions, to whom joy and sorrow are one and the same, is eligible for eternal life, O best among men.

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    That which changes with time cannot be considered eternal and is not the ultimate reality because the ultimate reality is neither temporary nor does it change with time and it is indestructible. This is the conclusion that the seers of truth have arrived at after having deliberated on both the aspects.




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    Know that the all-pervading is indestructible. The all-pervading consciousness and the imperishable soul can therefore never be destroyed.

    Thus it is only the external body that the imperishable, indestructible and immeasurable soul inhabits, that is destroyed. Hence get up and fight, O descendant of Bharata.

    But, only the bemused person thinks that it is the soul which destroys and it is the soul that is destroyed. The soul neither destroys nor can be destroyed.

    The soul has no birth or death. It has no being and hence will never cease to be.

    Birthless, deathless and without a beginning or an end, the soul is not destroyed when the body is destroyed.

    How is it possible for anyone to destroy this birthless, deathless and indestructible soul? Whom does he slay?

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    The bodies are for the soul just like clothes are for us. Just as we discard worn garments the soul discards worn out bodies and accepts new ones.

    The self cannot be wounded by weapons, burned by fire, moistened by water or blown away by wind.

    The soul cannot be divided, burnt, dissolved or dried up. It is eternal, all-pervading, unalterable, unmoving and without a beginning.

    It is said that the self cannot be seen, understood or changed. Knowing this you should not mourn for the body.

    Even if you are of the belief that the soul is continually born and dies continually, you still do not have any reason to lament for it.


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    Birth and death are unavoidable matters. Do not lament over them because those who are born will certainly die one day and those who will die will be born again one day.

    O descendant of Bharata, all beings are unmanifest in their beginning and end.

    Only in their middle period are they manifest. Thus there is no cause for lamentation about the state of the self.

    People may see the soul as a wonder or say it is a mystery and some may hear it being called a puzzle, but none have fathomed the mystery of the soul so far.

    Do not lament for anyone. O descendant of Bharata, for the self that is manifest in every being is eternal and indestructible.

    You are a warrior and your duty therefore is to fight. And there can be nothing more than righteous for a warrior than to fight for justice and dharma.


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    O Partha, Battle opens the gates of heaven for warriors. So any warrior who gets such a chance would only be overjoyed of the opportunity it gives.

    It is your duty to fight this war for dharma. If you do not fight, you would have avoided your duties as a warrior. This will only bring you harm and disrepute.

    People will always speak about your dishonorable act. It would be worse than death for you to face such disrepute.

    Brave warriors will think that you are a coward and left the battlefield out of fear. They will no longer respect you.

    Your enemies will now question your capabilities. Is there anything more painful and shameful than that?
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    O son of Kunti! If you die in the battle you will attain heaven. If you win, you will attain the earth. So get up and fight it out.

    Treat joy and sorrow, victory and defeat, gain and loss alike and prepare yourself for battle. Do not fear that you will be sinning.

    I have spoken to you about how to use wisdom in sankhya, now I will speak to you about the wisdom in yoga. With this wisdom, Arjuna, you will free yourself from the bandage that results from Karma.

    No effort that you put forth in following your Dharma is wasted nor is your growth hampered. Practicing your Dharma even in its mildest form saves you from harm.
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    O Joy giver, on the path of dharma you should be firm and fix your concentration on your goal. Otherwise you will easily be distracted. People with inadequate knowledge give undue importance to the impressive words of the Veda.

    They do not look beyond that. These people are only immersed in material desires and wealth and think that attainment of heaven or the chances of a good life in the next birth are desirable. Such people are always attached to rituals.

    They lose their minds by attaching too much importance to material pleasures. They cannot thus attain any deep insights into the state of Samadhi.


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    The three Gunas are the main components within the circumference of which the Vedas analyze life. Arjuna, you should transcend these Gunas. Fix your mind on truth and be free from the concerns of the material world. Concentrate on the Self alone.

    Just as a reservoir would well serve the purpose of a well and more, so will a Brahmana who knows the purpose of the scriptures will serve well in place of the scriptures themselves.

    Having acquired the state of a Warrior you are now eligible to act in whatever way the stature of a warrior demands out of you. But you are not entitled to any benefits resulting from your actions. At the same time you are not entitled to a state of not acting at all. Thus you should act according to your stature without any hope of enjoying the fruits of your action.

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    Mind fixed on duty and all thoughts about the fruits of your action abandoned; such equanimity of mind is the essence of Yoga, O winner of wealth.

    Any action driven by the desire to enjoy its benefits is inferior to intelligence that adheres to a discipline.

    O winner of wealth, seek wisdom and do not be miserly like those who concentrate on the results of their actions.

    Devote yourself to Yoga, the essence of work. Acting this way one gets rid of good and bad karma that affects him if he attaches himself to the fruits of his actions.
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