Learning something new everyday is a motivation. So it keeps changing… Currently as I already shared am reading Bhagvat geeta 12th Adhyay,
Here are a few shlokas and a bit of learning from them.
ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते । सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम् ॥ १२-३ ॥
सन्नियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं सर्वत्र समबुद्धयः । ते प्राप्नुवन्ति मामेव सर्वभूतहिते रताः ॥ १२-४ ॥
Lord Krishna is answering Arjuna’s question about who is the real Yogi? He says,
Those men keep their senses well under control, have steady concentration, and meditate with a constant feeling of oneness are the real human beings. They are beyond mind and intellect. Such yogis are devoted to the welfare of all beings and maintain equal vision everywhere. They reach Me.
क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम् ॥ अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते ॥ १२-५ ॥
For those men whose minds are absorbed in the formless existence of god, the path of practice is indeed difficult. For those who still identify with the body, realization of god is even more hardship.
ये तु सर्वाणि कर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्पराः । अनन्येनैव योगेन मां ध्यायन्त उपासते ॥ १२-६ ॥
But those devoted devotees who dedicate all their actions to Me and, with unwavering devotion, constantly worship and meditate upon Me, they truly worship Me.
तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात् । भवामि नचिरात्पार्थ मय्यावेशितचेतसाम् ॥ १२-७ ॥
Hey Arjuna, those loving devotees who have fixed their minds on Me, I swiftly bless them.
मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय । निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः ॥ १२-८ ॥
Fix your mind on Me alone. Establish your intellect in Me alone. Then you shall surely dwell in Me, with no doubt.
अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम् । अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय ॥ १२-९ ॥
But if you are unable to steadily fix your mind on Me, O Arjuna, then seek to attain Me through the practice of constant discipline, studies.
अभ्यासेऽप्यसमर्थोऽसि मत्कर्मपरमो भव । मदर्थमपि कर्माणि कुर्वन्सिद्धिमवाप्स्यसि ॥ १२-१० ॥
If you are still unable even to practice in this way, then simply dedicate your actions to Me. By performing your duties for My sake, you too shall attain perfection and reach Me.
अथएतद्प्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः । सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं ततः कुरु यतात्मवान् ॥ १२-११ ॥
If you are unable even to follow this path of yoga that leads directly to Me, then, mastering your mind and intellect, renounce the fruits of all your actions.
श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाञ्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते । ध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम् ॥ १२-१२ ॥
Practice leads to knowledge. Meditation even than knowledge. But renunciation of the fruits of all actions gives you supreme peace.
In these verses, Krishna gently gives Arjuna a ladder of options from the highest (fixing mind fully on Him) down to what is more practical (renouncing the fruits of action.
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