I'm rereading #Bhagavadgeeta and sharing bits I find interesting intellectually, linguistically, philosophically, etc. 🧵
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For those who lack resolution, the decisions of life are many-branched and endless
- Sri Krishna, 2-41#Sanskrit: बहुशाखा ह्यनंताश्च बुद्धयोsव्यवसायिनाम्
#Kannada script: ಬಹುಶಾಖಾ ಹ್ಯನಂತಾಶ್ಚ ಬುದ್ಧಯೋsವ್ಯವಸಾಯಿನಾಮ್#philosophy #easternPhilosophy #India #Hindu #gita #resolve #discipline
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Just as a reservoir is of little use when the whole countryside is flooded, scriptures are of little use to the learned.
- Sri Krishna, 2-46#Sanskrit:
यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वतः संप्लुतोदके ।
तावान्सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानतः ॥#Kannada script:
ಯಾವಾನರ್ಥ ಉದಪಾನೇ ಸರ್ವತಃ ಸಂಪ್ಲುತೋದಕೇ |
ತಾವಾನ್ಸರ್ವೇಷು ವೇದೇಷು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣಸ್ಯ ವಿಜಾನತಃ || -
You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of the work. You should never engage in action for the sake of reward, nor should you long for inaction.
- Sri Krishna, 2-47PS: The first sentence is one of top #quotes from the #gita
#Sanskrit:
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन ।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते संगोsस्त्वकर्मणि ॥#Kannada script:
ಕರ್ಮಣ್ಯೇವಾಧಿಕಾರಸ್ತೇ ಮಾ ಫಲೇಷು ಕದಾಚನ |
ಮಾ ಕರ್ಮಫಲಹೇತುರ್ಭೂರ್ಮಾ ತೇ ಸಂಗೋsಸ್ತ್ವಕರ್ಮಣಿ ||#philosophy #easternPhilosophy #Hindu #duty #workEthic #expectations
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Just as a tortoise in danger [instinctively] draws in its limbs, the wise too can draw in their senses at will.
- Sri Krishna, 2-58#Sanskrit:
यदा संहरते चायं कूर्माsङ्गानीव सर्वशः ।
इंद्रियाणींद्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥#Kannada script:
ಯದಾ ಸಂಹರತೇ ಚಾಯಂ ಕೂರ್ಮಾsಙ್ಗಾನೀವ ಸರ್ವಶಃ |
ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಾಣೀಂದ್ರಿಯಾರ್ಥೇಭ್ಯಸ್ತಸ್ಯ ಪ್ರಜ್ಞಾ ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಿತಾ || -
When you let your mind follow the call of the senses, they carry away your better judgement like storms drive a boat off its chartered course on the sea.
- Sri Krishna, 2-67#Sanskrit:
इंद्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोsनुविधीयते ।
तदस्य हरति प्रङ्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाभंसि ॥#Kannada script:
ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಾಣಾಂ ಹಿ ಚರತಾಂ ಯನ್ಮನೋsನುವಿಧೀಯತೇ |
ತದಸ್ಯ ಹರತಿ ಪ್ರಙ್ಞಾಂ ವಾಯುರ್ನಾವಮಿವಾಭಂಸಿ || -
That which the world calls day is the night of ignorance to the wise.
- Sri Krishna, 2-69PS: I believe this line highlights the difference between the learning (abilities) of the wise and lay people: what the wise consider having learned in "dark ignorance", a lay person considers learning when wide awake during the day.
#Sanskrit: यस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुने:
#Kannada script: ಯಸ್ಯಾಂ ಜಾಗ್ರತಿ ಭೂತಾನಿ ಸಾ ನಿಶಾ ಪಶ್ಯತೋ ಮುನೇ: -
He who shirks action does not attain freedom. He who abstains from work does not achieve perfection.
- Sri Krishna, 3-4#Sanskrit:
न कर्मणामनारंभात् नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोsश्नुते ।
न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समदिगच्छति ॥#Kannada script:
ನ ಕರ್ಮಣಾಮನಾರಂಭಾತ್ ನೈಷ್ಕರ್ಮ್ಯಂ ಪುರುಷೋsಶ್ನುತೇ |
ನ ಚ ಸಂನ್ಯಸನಾದೇವ ಸಿದ್ಧಿಂ ಸಮದಿಗಚ್ಛತಿ ||#philosophy #easternPhilosophy #work #workEthic #freedom #perfection #gita