My very being is stricken with the weakness of pity, and my mind is confused about my duty. I ask you: tell me clearly what is better. I am your pupil; instruct me, for I have taken refuge in you.
कार्पण्यदोषोपहतस्वभावः पृच्छामि त्वां धर्मसम्मूढचेताः | यच्छ्रेयः स्यान्निश्चितं ब्रूहि तन्मे शिष्यस्तेऽहं शाधि मां त्वां प्रपन्नम् ||२-७||
The Bhagavad Gita, translated and commentated by S. Radhakrishnan, is one of the most scholarly and accessible English renderings of Hinduism's most beloved scripture — the dialogue between Arjuna and Lord Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Radhakrishnan, philosopher and statesman, brings both rigorous intellectual insight and genuine spiritual depth to his translation and notes. This edition is treasured for its ability to illuminate the Gita's universal spiritual teaching across cultural and philosophical boundaries.
Fix your mind on me, be devoted to me, sacrifice to me, bow down to me. Thus you will come to me — truly I promise you, for you are dear to me.
मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु | मामेवैष्यसि सत्यं ते प्रतिजाने प्रियोऽसि मे ||१८-६५||
After coming to this world, if man can put an end to his ego, his pride, he attains salvation in the real sense. The significance lies in the death of one's ego, the end of "I", one's complete surrender to the will of God.
When love calls to you, follow it. Love's path can be difficult and demanding, but yield to it nonetheless. Love can hurt and shatter your dreams, yet believe in it anyway. Love will both uplift and challenge you, helping you grow while also pruning away what's unnecessary.
If the soul is to know God, it must forget itself and lose itself, for as long as it contemplates self, it cannot contemplate God.