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Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Ch-9. Slo-19.

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Monday, June 30, 2014. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter-9. ( Raja-vidya-raja-guhya-yogam ) Slokam-19. ( O Arjuna, I control heat, the rain and the drought. I am immortality, and I am also death personified. Both being and nonbeing are in Me.) Tapamyahamaham      varsham      nigrhnamyutsrjami     ca, amrtam     caiva    mrtyusca      sadasaccahamarjuna. Arjuna  =  Hey   Arjuna; Aham   tapamy  =  I   give   heat    (to  the  world) ; Aham    varsham    nigrhnamy  =  I    withhold    rain; utsrjami     ca  =  and    send    forth   (   rain   ); amrtam    ca   mrtyu   ca  =  immortality    and    death; sat   ca   asat    ca   aham    eva...

Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Ch-9. Slo-6.

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Thursday, June 26, 2014. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter-9. ( Raja-vidya-raja-guhya-uagam ) Slokam-6. Yathakasasthito    nityam    vayuha   sarvatrago   mahan, Tatha    sarvani    buthani   matsthaneetyupadharaya. Sarvatragaha     =    Moving (blowing) allover,  Mahan    vayuha    yatha     =      ( in which way ) ever present  in the sky, Tatha    sarvani    buthani     =     ( that way ) All elements,  Matsthani      =      ( All beings, all living things, all creations  ) rest in me , within me. As the wind travels everywhere in space, all beings live and move in me. Try to understand that, like the mighty wind that is always in the sky blowing everywhere, I likewise exist with all created beings that are within Me. Think of it this way: jus...

Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Ch-9. Slo-5.

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Sunday, June 22,  2014. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter-9.( Raja-vidya-raja-guhya-yogam ) Slokam-5. Na  ca  matsthani  buthani  pasya  me  yogamaisvaram, Butabranna  ca  buthasthaha   mamatma   buthabhavanaha. Na   =  Never;  Ca  =  Also; Matsthani  =  Situated in Me; Bhutani   =  All creation; Pasya  =  just see; Me  =  My; Yogam aisvaram   =   Inconceivable mystic power;  Bhutah  =  Maintainer of all living entities; Na    =  Never; Ca  =   Also; Bhutastha  =   In the cosmic manifestation; Mama   =   My; Atma  =  Paramatma; Bhuta-bhavana   =   Is the source of all manifestations.   Never either is all creation [as such] fixed in Me; behold My mystic union: sustaining all and not being in them also, is My Self the source o...

Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Ch-9. Slo-4.

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Srimad Bhagavadggeta : Chapter-9.( Raja-vidya-raja-guhya-yogam ) Slokam-4. Maya    tatmidam    sarvam    jadadvyaktamurthina, Matsthani   sarvabuthani    na   caham    teshvavasthitaha. Maya            =    By Me; Tatam           =    Spread; Idam             =    All these manifestations; Sarvam           =    All; Jagat            =    Cosmic manifestation; Avyakta-murtina  =     Unmanifested form; Mat-sthani       =    Unto Me; Sarva-bhutani    =      All living entities; Na               =     Not; Ca               =   ...

Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Ch-8. Sl-27 & 28.

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Saturday, June 14, 2014. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter- 8. ( Akshara-brapma-yogam ) Slokam-27 & 28. ( With these two slokam-s Lord concludes the above yogam viz.; chapter-8. )  Now the result of knowing the Vedic conclusion to this chapter and the previous chapter is being stated by Lord Krishna with the words vedesu yagnesu,tapahsu caiva danesu. vedesu is the study of the Rig Veda, the Yajur Veda, the Sama Veda and the Atharva Veda as well as all other Vedic scriptures. yagnesu is the performance of yagna or various Vedic ritualistic activities in propitiation tapahsu is engaging in tapasya or rigorous austerities and penance like extreme fasting danesu is giving charity and doing philanthropic works such as feeding the poor  All these four activities give great merit but whatever merits are assigned in the Vedic scriptures for these pious activities they are all eclipsed and surpassed by that liberated being who knows the glorious pre-eminent position of...

Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Ch-8. Slo-25.

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Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter-8 ( Akshara-brapma-yogam ) Slokam-25. [ The State of Re-birth- ( Punar-avarttanam gati ? ) ]  Dhumo   ratris   tatha   krishna   san-masa   dakshinayanam, Tatra   candramasam    jyotir    yogi   prapya   nivartate. Dhumah,  ratrih,  tatha,   krishnah;         =      Smoke, night, also,  the fortnight of the dark moon; Sat-masah,    dakshina-ayanam               =     The six months,   when the sun passes on the southern side;  Tatra    yogi                                               =      Through the above path, the yogi who leaves ( discard ) his body and move on to; candramasam,...

Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Ch-8. Slo-24

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Friday, June 06, 2014. Srimad Bhagavadgeeta : Chapter-8.( Akshara-brpma-yogam ) Slokam-24.( The state of  no rebirth, after death. ) Agnirjiyotirahah   suklah    shanmasa    uttarayanam, Tatra    prayata    gacchati    brapma    brapmavidho    janah. Agnih   jiyotih   ahah   suklah       =       Fire, Illumination, Day, Suklapaksham; Shanmasah    uttarayanam           =       The period of  six months of Uttarayana-kalam; Tatra    prayata                                  =       Those who discard their bodies in the above mentioned path; Brapmavidhah   janah                     =       That brapma-jnanies; (...