One who does all work as an offering to the Lord, abandoning attachment to the results, is as untouched by sin [or Karmic reaction] as a lotus leaf is untouched by water. |
One who does not envy but us a compassionate friend to all ... such a devotee is very dear to Me. |
One who does not hate any creature, who is friendly and compassionate, free from (the notion of) ``I'' and ``my'', even-minded in pain and pleasure, forgiving; and / The yogi who is ever content, who has subdued the mind, whose resolve is firm, whose mind and intellect are engaged in dwelling upon Me; such a devotee is dear to Me. |
One who finds happiness with the Self, who rejoices the Self within, and who is illuminated by the Self-knowledge; such a yogi attains supreme nirvana. |
One who has control over the mind is tranquil in heat and cold, in pleasure and pain, and in honor and dishonor; and is ever steadfast with the Supreme Self. |
One who is able to withstand the impulse of lust and anger before death is a yogi, and a happy person. |
One who neither hates the presence of enlightenment, activity, and delusion nor desires for them when they are absent. |
One who neither rejoices nor grieves, neither likes nor dislikes, who has renounced both the good and the evil, and who is full of devotion, such a person is dear to Me. |
One's inferior natural work is better than superior unnatural work. Death in carrying out one's natural work is useful. Unnatural work produces too much stress. |
One's inferior natural work is better than superior unnatural work. One who does the work ordained by one's inherent nature incurs no sin. |
Only the fortunate warriors, O Arjuna, get such an opportunity for an unsought war that is like an open door to heaven. |
Out of compassion for them I, who dwell within their heart, destroy the darkness born of ignorance by the shining lamp of knowledge. |
Out of compassion I destroy the darkness of their ignorance. From within them I light the lamp of wisdom and dispel all darkness from their lives. |
People do not know My true transcendental nature. Therefore, they fall. |
People will talk about your disgrace forever. To the honored, dishonor is worse than death. |