The ignorant persons having false hopes, false actions, and false knowledge, possess the delusive qualities. |
The knowledge sacrifice is superior to any material sacrifice, O Arjuna. Because, all actions in their entirety culminate in knowledge. |
The knowledge sacrifice is superior to any material sacrifice. |
The light of all lights, He is said to be beyond darkness. |
The light of all lights, He is said to be beyond darkness. He is the knowledge, the object of knowledge, and seated in the hearts of all beings, He is to be realized by the knowledge. |
The light that comes from the sun illuminates the whole world; and that which is in the moon, and in the fire; know that light to be Mine. |
The live in wisdom who see themselves in all and all in them, who have renounced every selfish desire and sense craving tormenting the heart. |
The Lord abides in the heart of all beings, O Arjuna, causing all beings to act (or work out their Karma) by His power of Maya as if they are (puppets of Karma) mounted on a machine. |
The Lord does not take the [responsibility for] good or evil deeds of anybody. |
The mind acts like an enemy for those who do not control it. |
The mind alone is one's friend as well as one's enemy. |
The mind is restless and difficult to restrain, but it is subdued by practice. |
The mind, intellect, ego, ether, air, fire, water, and earth are the eightfold transformation of My nature. |
The nature, under My supervision, creates all animate and inanimate objects; and thus the creation keeps on going. |
The non permanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of summer and winter seasons. |