INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENLIGHTENMENT
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असक्तबुद्धिः सर्वत्र जितात्मा विगतस्पृहः ।
नैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिं परमां संन्यासेनाधिगच्छति
॥ १८=४९ ॥
sasaktabuddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā
vigataspṛhaḥ naiṣkarmyasiddhiṁ
paramāṁ sannyāsenādhigacchati
One whose intelligence is always free
from selfish attachment, who has
controlled the mind and who is free
from desires, by practicing
renunciation [sannyāsa], attains the
ultimate state of perfection of selfless
work or actionlessness [naiṣkarma
siddhi].
POWERFUL COGNITION
Spirituality is an inner science, not an outer science, and that is fortunate!
18.50
सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे ।
समासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा
॥ १८-५० ॥
siddhiṁ prāpto yathā brahma
tathāpnoti nibodha me samāsenaiva
kaunteya niṣṭhā jñānasya yā parā
Understand from Me, how one who
has achieved this perfection, can attain
the Supreme state of Truth, Brahman,
by acting in the way I shall now
summarize, Kaunteya.
POWERFUL COGNITION
Kṛṣṇa's compassion drives Him to repeat the same words to ensure that Arjuna listens and understands
बुद्ध्या विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्यात्मानं नियम्य च ।
शब्दादीन्विषयांस्त्यक्त्वा रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च
॥ १८-५१ ॥
buddhyā viśuddhāyā yukto
dhṛtyātmānaṁ niyamya ca
śabdādīnviṣayāṁstyaktvā rāgadveṣau
vyudasya ca
Endowed with purified intellect;
subduing the mind with firm resolve;
turning away from the objects of senses;
giving up likes and dislikes
POWERFUL COGNITION
Drop your ego or root patterns, your attachments, your ideas of 'I' and 'mine' as well as the emotions that bind you to survival and possession. Then you will be liberated, you will be in the space of completion and ready to reach the Supreme Being.
18.52
विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः ।
ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः
॥ १८-५२॥
viviktasevī laghvāśī yat-avāk-
kāyamānasaḥ dhyāna-yoga-paro nityaṁ
vairāgyaṁ samupāśritaḥ
Living in solitude; eating lightly;
controlling the mind, speech, and
organs of action; ever absorbed in
meditation; taking refuge in
detachment;
POWERFUL COGNITION
Kṛṣṇa describes how to reach the ultimate Truth. He tells us to just follow His instructions.
बुद्ध्या विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्यात्मानं नियम्य च ।
शब्दादीन्विषयांस्त्यक्त्वा रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च
॥ १८-५१ ॥
ahamkāram balam darpam kāmam
krodham parigraham vimucya nirmamaḥ
śānto brahmabhūyāya kalpate
and Relinquishing egotism, violence,
pride, lust, anger, and proprietorship,
one becomes peaceful, free from the
notion of "I" and "mine", and fit for
attaining oneness with the Supreme
Being.
POWERFUL COGNITION
Complete and drop your personality.
