Front Matter
Front Matter
Bhagavad Gita Decoded
satsanghs delivered to Swamis, Ananda Samajis, Satsanghis and members of the Nithyananda Sangha all over the world.
with the original Sanskrit texts, transliteration, English translation
by His Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda Bhagavad Gita Decoded
All meditation techniques, practices and procedures described or recommended in this book, are suitable for practice only under the direct supervision of an instructor, trained and ordained by Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Further, you should consult with your personal physician to determine whether those techniques, practices and procedures are suitable for you in relation to your own health, fitness and ability.
This publication is not intended to be a substitute for a personal medical attention, examination,diagnosis or treatment. Should any person engage in any of the techniques, practices or procedures described or recommended in this book, he would be doing so at his own risk, unless he has received a personal recommendation from his own physician and from an instructor trained and ordained by Paramahamsa Nithyananda.
Bhagavad Gita Decoded (English)
Published by Nithyananda University Press Copyright © 2015 First printing: January 2015, 10,000 copies
ISBN: 978-1-60607-160-1 (softcover) Ebook ISBN: 979-8-88572-033-5
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Bhagavad Gita Decoded
satsanghs delivered to Swamis, Ananda Samajis, Satsanghis and members of the Nithyananda Sangha all over the world.
with the original Sanskrit texts, transliteration, English translation
by His Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda Bhagavad Gita Decoded
All meditation techniques, practices and procedures described or recommended in this book, are suitable for practice only under the direct supervision of an instructor, trained and ordained by Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Further, you should consult with your personal physician to determine whether those techniques, practices and procedures are suitable for you in relation to your own health, fitness and ability.
This publication is not intended to be a substitute for a personal medical attention, examination,diagnosis or treatment. Should any person engage in any of the techniques, practices or procedures described or recommended in this book, he would be doing so at his own risk, unless he has received a personal recommendation from his own physician and from an instructor trained and ordained by Paramahamsa Nithyananda.
Bhagavad Gita Decoded (English)
Published by Nithyananda University Press Copyright © 2015 First printing: January 2015, 10,000 copies
ISBN: 978-1-60607-160-1 (softcover) Ebook ISBN: 979-8-88572-033-5
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher.
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be towards supporting charitable activities.
Printed in India at PrintOGraph, 124 Sultanpet, Bangalore 560053, India. Tel: + 91 80 22877398
I. Bhagavad Gītā: A Background ....................................................I Mahābhārat Is The Story Of Your Life...............................IV Amidst The Warfield Appears The Song Of God............ VII Introduction To Bhagavad Gītā Decoded........................... X Gītā Belongs To The Whole Universe.............................XIV
II. Foreword: Bhagavad Gītā And The Four Tattvas................ XVII Mahābhārat, The Personification Of Gītā...................XXXV
chapter 1 Śastras, Stotras, Sūtras Arjunaviṣāda Yogaḥ.............................................................. 1 Beyond Scriptures................................................................. 2 Planet Earth Is A Battlefield..................................................25 Ego Needs Support.............................................................. 36 The War Begins.................................................................... 42 Arjuna Falters...................................................................... 47 Intelligence Questions.......................................................... 50 Arjuna’s Dilemma................................................................ 56 Rigors Of Incompletions .................................................... 64 Good Men Do Not Kill....................................................... 71 The Breakdown Into Powerlessness ..................................76
chapter 2 You Are God Sāṅkhya Yogaḥ ..................................................................83 Drop The Powerlessness And Stand Up ........................... 91 Surrender Is Not Based On Powerlessness.......................101 We Never Cease To Exist..................................................105 The Only Reality Is Impermanence..................................114 You Are Immortal .............................................................123 Death Is But A Passage .....................................................131 Responsibility Of The Kṣatriya ........................................137 Experience Matters, Not Knowledge................................143 Act Without Worry About Result .....................................146 Be Steady With Authenticity In Action ............................154 Follow That Complete Man! ............................................159 Monkeys In Your Mind.....................................................164 Wake Up!..........................................................................170
chapter 3 Beauty Of Purposelessness Karma Yogaḥ....................................................................175 To Act Or Not To Act........................................................180 To Act Is Human Nature ..................................................192 Selfless Enriching Liberates..............................................209 Enriching Sacrifice Or Sin................................................218 Acting Without Attachment .............................................227 Responsibility, The Space Of Leadership.........................231 Role Of The Wise..............................................................241 Do As I Teach With Authenticity ......................................245 Do Your Responsibility.....................................................253 Control Your Senses..........................................................261
chapter 4 The Path Of Knowledge Jñānakarmasannyāsa Yogaḥ..............................................265 I Taught This Science To Sun ...........................................268 I Myself Appear, Age After Age.......................................279 To Know Me Is To Be Liberated.......................................286 Understand And Be Unaffected By Action......................300 Action In Inaction And Inaction In Action ......................303 Equanimity in Success and Failure..................................310 Know Sacrifice And Be Purified ......................................322 You Are No Sinner............................................................325 Self-Doubt Destroys..........................................................330
chapter 5 Live All Your Possibilities Sannyāsa Yogaḥ ................................................................340 Action Or Renunciation....................................................345 Devotion Above Action....................................................363 Controlling The Mind.......................................................375 Cleansing Ignorance With Knowledge.............................384 The Dog And The Dog-Eater............................................390 The Path To Self Realization.............................................399 Know Me And Be In Bliss ................................................409
chapter 6 Look In, Be Complete Before Any Conclusion Dhyāna Yogaḥ.....................................................................414 Attain The State Of Yoga...................................................419 Are You Your Friend Or Your Enemy?.............................432 Bring Integrity To Control The Senses.............................450 Neither Too Much Nor Too Little.....................................455 Self Is Satisfied In The Self By The Self..........................463 Be In The Self And See The Supreme..............................467 Controlling The Wavering Mind ......................................475 Where Do I Go Without Yoga?........................................482 Rare Birth Of A Yogi.........................................................486 Become A Yogi...................................................................490
chapter 7 Listen, Cognize And Radiate Jñānavijñāna Yogaḥ .........................................................496 One In A Billion Reaches Me...........................................503 I Am The Thread! .............................................................511 I Am Eternal.......................................................................516 Four Pious Men .................................................................521 I Am In Your Heart ...........................................................541 No One Knows Me............................................................555 No Sin, No Virtue..............................................................562
chapter 8 The Art Of Leaving Akṣarabrahma Yogaḥ.......................................................570 Knowing Him At The Time Of Death.............................572 Your Last Memory Follows You In Next Birth...............580 Be Sure To Reach Me........................................................498 Remember Me Constantly ...............................................608 Brahma’s Day And Night..................................................613 My Supreme Abode...........................................................623 Passing In Light .................................................................628 Be Fixed In Devotion........................................................632
chapter 9 Secret Of All Secrets Rājavidyā Rājaguhya Yogaḥ.........................................635 Eternal, Easy And Joyfully Done.....................................637 All Rest In Me....................................................................652 How To Be Unattached.....................................................663 Worship Me In Any Form But With Devotion ..............675 I Am Immortality And Death!.........................................680 Reside In Me, I Give And Preserve..................................684 Life After Life.....................................................................697 L Bhagavad Gita Decoded Anyone Can Reach Me.....................................................707
chapter 10 You Are The Ultimate Vibhūti Yogaḥ......................................................................719 Because You Are My Dear Friend ...................................721 I Am The Source................................................................746 I Create You........................................................................758 Experience The Light Of Knowledge..............................763 Know Yourself By Yourself...............................................771 I Am The Beginning, Middle And End...........................773 I Am Banyan Tree, I Am Time.........................................782 I Am Rāma.........................................................................787 There Is No End To My Glories.......................................793
chapter 11 Kṛṣṇa: The Cosmic Window Viśvarūpa Darśan Yogaḥ................................................797 I Wish To See Your Divine Form.....................................804 Let Me Give You The Divine Eye.....................................810 A Thousand Blazing Suns.................................................821 Worlds Tremble with Fear................................................825 Tell Me Who You Are........................................................830 Get Up And Gain Glory, Be Not Afraid..........................835 You Are Everything and Everywhere..............................840 Kṛṣṇa, Yādava, My Friend ................................................842 Your Familiar Form...........................................................847 Only You Have Seen This Form.......................................849 Only In This Way Can You Reach Me.............................851
chapter 12 Love Is Your Very Life Bhakti Yogaḥ .......................................................................857 Who is Perfect?..................................................................862 Fix Your Mind On Me.......................................................866 They Too Attain Me..........................................................872 Formless Is Difficult..........................................................875 Freedom From Birth And Death .....................................878 Live In Me Always.............................................................880 Practice To Perfection.......................................................889 Work For Me......................................................................898 Attain Peace.......................................................................896 He Is Very Dear To Me.....................................................906 Be Unaffected.....................................................................912 Selfless In Action...............................................................916 Beyond Love And Hate.....................................................918 This Is Whom I Love.........................................................920
chapter 13 The Field And The Knower Of The Field Kṣetra Kṣetrajña Vibhāga Yogaḥ.................................923 What You Know Is Not You ............................................928 Consciousness And Conscience .....................................942 Inner Science Technology ................................................947 Consciousness Is Eternal..................................................953 Understanding The Energy ..............................................967 Many People, Many Paths ................................................977 We Are Brahman...............................................................985 Soul Situated In Body Does Nothing ..............................994
chapter 14 Find Your Root Pattern And Complete Guṇatraya Vibhāga Yogaḥ..........................................1003 Why Kṛṣṇa Repeats.........................................................1010 Natural Attributes, Guṇas ..............................................1021 Guarding The Senses.......................................................1047 The Depression Of Success.............................................1053 Where Do We Go From Here........................................1059 Going Beyond The Guṇas ..............................................1062 Expression Of The Divine ..............................................1065
chapter 15 No Questions, Only Doubts Puruṣottama Yogaḥ.......................................................1071 Journey Into The Causal Body .......................................1080 Cutting Down The Tree..................................................1089 Completion And Creation Techniques.........................1092 Mind Is The Conditioning..............................................1100 You Are Your Saṁskāras ................................................1104 Awareness Not Achievement .........................................1111 From Me Comes Memory And Knowledge.................1116 Collective Consciousness...............................................1121
chapter 16 You And Me Daivāsura Saṁpad Vibhāga Yogaḥ..................................1129 Qualifications Of Divinity ..............................................1136 You Are A Demon If... ....................................................1144 How To Save Our Planet?...............................................1158 How To Save Ourselves?.................................................1162 Sensory Traps...................................................................1166 Cast Into Suffering...........................................................1169 Of Gold And Women.......................................................1174
chapter 17 Authenticity: Straight Way To Liberation Śraddhatraya Vibhāga Yogaḥ........................................1179 Way To Worship ...........................................................1194 Don’t Torture Me..........................................................1196 Trust And Practice Authenticity....................................1203 We Are What We Eat ...................................................1211 Enriching Without Expectation ....................................1217 Austerity Of Deeds, Words And Thoughts...................1220 How To Give?...............................................................1228 Oṁ Tat Sat....................................................................1234
chapter 18 Drop Everything And Surrender Mokṣa Sannyāsa Yogaḥ................................................1239 The Act And The Actor...................................................1250 Never Give Up Selfless Enriching..................................1252 Duty Without Delusion ..................................................1260 Technology Of Surrender...............................................1267 Extreme Statement..........................................................1278 Components Of Action ..................................................1281 Meanings Of Life.............................................................1287 Delusion Of Senses..........................................................1290 Rightful Conduct, Not To Perfection............................1294 Instructions For Enlightenment....................................1298 Work Always Under My Protection..............................1300 Root Patterns Will Drive You.........................................1307 Surrender To Him Completely ......................................1310 Surrender To Me, I Will Liberate You...........................1312 Without A Doubt, He Comes Back To Me...................1315 Kṛṣṇa Is Present...............................................................1318
II. Bhagavad Gītā Verses...........................................................1335 Invocation Verses............................................................1337 Chapter 1: Arjunaviṣāda Yogaḥ..................................1338 Chapter 2: Sāṅkhya Yogaḥ..........................................1357 Chapter 3: Karma Yogaḥ.............................................1389 Chapter 4: Jñānakarmasannyāsa Yogaḥ ....................1407 Chapter 5: Sannyāsa Yogaḥ.........................................1425 Chapter 6: Dhyāna Yogaḥ ...........................................1438 Chapter 7: Jñānavijñāna Yogaḥ ..................................1458 Chapter 8: Akṣarabrahma Yogaḥ ...............................1472 Chapter 9: Rājavidyā Rājaguhya Yogaḥ.....................1486 Chapter 10: Vibhūti Yogaḥ ...........................................1501 Chapter 11: Viśvarūpa Darśan Yogaḥ .........................1518 Chapter 12: Bhakti Yogaḥ.............................................1549 Chapter 13: Kṣetra Kṣetrajña Vibhāga Yogaḥ ............1558 Chapter 14: Guṇatraya Vibhāga Yogaḥ .....................1574 Chapter 15: Puruṣottama Yogaḥ ................................1587 Chapter 16: Daivāsura Sampad Vibhāga Yogaḥ.......1597 Chapter 17: Śraddhatraya Vibhāga Yogaḥ ................1608 Chapter 18: Mokṣa Sannyāsa Yogaḥ..........................1621
II. Appendix .....................................................................................1655 Scientific Research on Bhagavad Gītā ..........................1657 Kuru Family Tree...................................................................1659 Key Characters in Bhagavad Gītā ..................................1661 Saṃskṛit Pronunciation Guide........................................1666 Glossary....................................................................................1671 About His Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda......... 1719