The Bhagavadgita - The Song Divine - with Sanskrit Text and English translation (Lord Shri Krishna)

["Text 69\u00f372] Bhagavadg\u2202t\u00e5 201 He who, offering the highest love to Me, preaches the most profound gospel of the G\u2202t\u00e5 among My devotees, shall come to Me alone; there is no doubt about it. (68) \u0178 \u00f8 \u00c3S\u25ca\u00ca\u00e3\u25ca\u0178\u00c8c\u00ff\uf8ff\u00b7\u00c8 \u2211\u00a7\u00c1\u2021\u00f8\u00e3\u25ca\uf8ff \u00c1\u00ac\u02dd\u00ff\u2211\u00ce\u00a7\u00fb\u00ca\u25ca\u2014\u2013 \u00f7\u00c1\ufb02\u00c3\u00ca \u0178 \u00f8 \u25ca\uf8ff \u00c3S\u25ca\u00ca\u0152\u00e3\u00ff\u2014 \u00c1\u00ac\u02dd\u00ff\u00c3\u2044U\u00ca\uf8ff \u00f7\u00c8\u00c1\ufb02H 69H Among men there is none who does Me a more loving service than he; nor shall anyone be dearer to Me on the entire globe than he. (69) \u2022\u00e4\u00ff\uf8ffc\u00ff\u00c3\uf8ff \u00f8 \u00ff \u00df\u25ca\u00a2 \u0153\u00ea\u00ffZ \u201a\u00a2\ufb02\u00ca\u0152\u25ca\u00ca\ufb02\u00ff\u00ca\uf8ff\u2014\u2013 \u00f4\u00ca\u00ca\u0178\u00ff\u00f4\u00ca\uf8ff\u0178 \u00c3\uf8ff\u0178\u00ca\u201eU\u00c1\u25cac\u2248U\u2014 S\u00ff\u00ca\u00c1\u25ca\u00c1\u00c3 \u25ca\uf8ff \u25ca\u00c1\u00c3\u2014H 70H Whosoever studies this sacred dialogue of ours in the form of the G\u2202t\u00e5, by him too shall I be worshipped with Yaj\u00a4a of Knowledge; such is My conviction. (70) \u00fc\u00cah\u00ca\ufb02\u00ca\u0178\u0178\u201a\u00cd\u00ff\u2021\u00f8 o\u00ce\u00e1\u00ca\u00c8\u00ff\u00ca\u0152\u00c1\u00ac \u00ff\u00ca\uf8ff \u0178\u2044U\u2014\u2013 \u201a\u00ca\uf8ff\u02d8\u00c1\u00ac \u25ca\u00c8Q\u00a7\u2014 \u2021\u00ca\u00c8\u00f7\u00ca\u00b0\u00c0\u2039\u00ca\uf8ff\u2211\u00a7\u00ca\u00e3\u00ac\u02dd\u00ca\u00e5\u0178\u00c8\u00ff\u00ca\u00e0\u00ac\u00c8\u00e1\u00ff\u2211\u00a7\u25ca\u00b8\u00e1\u00ca\u00ca\u25ca\u00d4\u02dcH 71H The man who listens to the holy G\u2202t\u00e5 with reverence, being free from malice, he too, liberated from sin, shall reach the propitious worlds of the virtuous. (71) \u2211\u00a7\u00c1\u00ec\u00ca\u0152\uf8ff\u00c3\u00eb\u00bf\u02db\u2030U\u00c3\u00a2 \u00ac\u00ca\u00d5\u00b8 \u00e0\ufb02\u00ff\u00d2\u2211\u00a7\u00ca\u00aa\u02dd\uf8ff\u00e1\u00ca \u00f8\uf8ff\u00c3\u201a\u00ca\u2013 \u2211\u00a7\u00c1\u00ec\u00ca\u0152\u00f4\u00ca\u00ca\u0178\u201a\u00ea\u25ca\u00ca\uf8ff\u201eU\u2014 \u00ac\u02dd\u0178c\u2248US\u00c3\uf8ff \u0153\u0178\u00dc\u00a1\u00ffH 72H Have you, O Arjuna, heard this gospel of the","202 Bhagavadg\u2202t\u00e5 [Ch. 18 G\u2202t\u00e5 attentively? And has your delusion born of ignorance been destroyed, O Dhana\u00a4jaya, conqueror of riches? (72) \u2022\u00a1\u00c8\u00b8\u0178 \u00a9U\ufb02\u00ca\u00f8 \u0178c\u2248U\u00d4\u00ca\uf8ff \u25ca\u00ca\uf8ff\u201eU\u2014 S\u25ca\u00ce\u00c1\u00c3\u2039\u00b8\u00e9\u0153\u00ca \u00e0\ufb02\u00e0\u00ac\u02dd\u201a\u00ca\u0152\u00ca\u00e3\u25ca\u00ff\u00ca\u00eb\u00ff\u00c8\u00c3\u2013 \u00c1S\u00d5\u00c3\u00ca\uf8ff\u02d8\u00c1S\u25ca \u00aa\u00c3\u201a\u00e3\u0152\uf8ff\u201eU\u2014 \u2211\u00a7\u00c1\u2044Uc\u00ff\uf8ff \ufb02\u00f8\u0178\u00a2 \u00c3\ufb02H 73H Arjuna said: K\u00e6\u00b6\u0192a, by Your grace my delusion has been destroyed and I have gained wisdom. I am free of all doubt. I will do your bidding.(73) \u201a\u00dc\u00a1\u00ff \u00a9U\ufb02\u00ca\u00f8 \u00df\u00e0\u00ff\u201e\u00a2U \ufb02\u00ca\u201a\u00c8\u0152\uf8ff\ufb02S\u00ff \u00ac\u00ca\u00d5\u00b8S\u00ff \u00f8 \u25ca\u201eU\u00ca\u00e0\u25ca\u0178\u2014\u2013 \u201a\u00a2\ufb02\u00ca\u0152\u00c1\u25ca\u25ca\u25ca\u00fc\u00ca\u00ca\u00d2\u00b7\u25caj\u00c8\u00c3\u00a2 \u2044U\u00ca\uf8ff\u25ca\u201eU\u00b7\u00b8\u00e1\u00ca\u25ca\u00d4\u02dcH 74H Sa\u00a4jaya said: Thus I heard the mysterious and thrilling conversation between \u203ar\u2202 K\u00e6\u00b6\u0192a and the high-souled Arjuna, son of Kunt\u2202. (74) \u221a\u00ff\u00ca\u201a\u00ac\u02dd\u201a\u00ca\u0152\u00ca\u00eb\u00bf\u02db\u2030U\u00c3\ufb02\u00ca\u0178\uf8ff\u00c3\u0152\u02dc\u00d4\u00aa\u00c8s\u00d4\u25ca\u201e\u00a2U \u00ac\u2044U\u25ca\u00d4\u02dc\u2013 \u00ff\u00ca\uf8ff\u00aa\u00a2 \u00ff\u00ca\uf8ff\u00aa\uf8ff\u2021\ufb02\u2044U\u00ca\u00e0\u2211\u00ce\u00a7c\u00e1\u00ca\u00ca\u00e0\u201a\u00ca\u02c7\u00ca\u00ca\u00e0\u2211\u00a7\u00d5\u00ff\u00c3\u2014 S\ufb02\u00ff\u25ca\u00d4\u02dcH 75H Having been blessed with the divine vision by the grace of \u203ar\u2202 Vy\u00e5sa, I heard in person this supremely esoteric gospel from the Lord of Yoga, \u203ar\u2202 K\u00e6\u00b6\u0192a Himself, imparting it to Arjuna. (75) \u2044U\u00ca\u00a1\u00e3\u201a\u00a2S\u25ca\u00ce\u00e0\u00ff \u201a\u00a2S\u25ca\u00ce\u00e0\u00ff \u201a\u00a2\ufb02\u00ca\u0152\u00c1\u25ca\u25ca\u25caj\u00c8\u00c3\u25ca\u00d4\u02dc\u2013 \u2211\uf8ff\u00a7\u2021\u00ca\ufb02\u00ca\u00a1\u00c8\u00b8\u0178\u00ff\u00ca\uf8ff\u2014 \u00ac\u00c8\u00e1\u00ff\u00a2 NUc\u00ff\u00ca\u00c1\u25ca \u00f8 \u25ca\u00c8\u201e\u00c8U\u25ca\u00c8\u00b8\u201e\u00c8U\u2014H 76H Remembering, over and over, that sacred and","Text 77-78] Bhagavadg\u2202t\u00e5 203 mystic conversation between Bhagav\u00e5n \u203ar\u2202 K\u00e6\u00b6\u0192a and Arjuna, O King! I am thrilled again and yet again. (76) \u00c3\u00ec\u00ca \u201a\u00a2S\u25ca\u00ce\u00e0\u00ff \u201a\u00a2S\u25ca\u00ce\u00e0\u00ff M\u00a7\u00ac\u25ca\u00e0\u00ffj\u00c8\u00c3\u00a2 \u201eU\u2044\uf8ffU\u2014\u2013 \u00c1\ufb02S\u25ca\u00ff\u00ca\uf8ff \u25ca\uf8ff \u25ca\u201eU\u00ca\u00e3\u2044U\u00ca\u00a1\u00e3NUc\u00ff\u00ca\u00c1\u25ca \u00f8 \u00ac\u00c8\u0178\u2014 \u00ac\u00c8\u0178\u2014H 77H Remembering also, again and again, that most wonderful form of \u203ar\u2202 K\u00e6\u00b6\u0192a, great is my wonder and I am thrilled over and over again. (77) \u00ff\u00f2\u00ca \u00ff\u00ca\uf8ff\u00aa\uf8ff\u2021\ufb02\u2044U\u2014 \u2211\u00ce\u00a7c\u00e1\u00ca\u00ca\uf8ff \u00ff\u00f2\u00ca \u00ac\u00ca\u00d5\u00ca\uf8ff\u00b8 \u0153\u0178\u00c8\u0153\u00b8\u2044U\u2014\u2013 \u00c3\u00f2\u00ca \u00fc\u00ca\u00cb\u00c1\ufb02\u00b8\u00a1\u00ff\u00ca\uf8ff \u00f7\u00cd\u00c1\u00c3\u0153\u02dd\u00c8\u00b8\ufb02\u00ca \u0178\u00cb\u00c1\u00c3\u25ca\u00b8\u00c1\u00c3\u25ca\u00b8\u25caH 78H Wherever there is Bhagav\u00e5n \u203ar\u2202 K\u00e6\u00b6\u0192a, the Lord of Yoga, and wherever there is Arjuna, the wielder of the G\u00e5\u0192\u0152\u2202va bow, goodness, victory, glory and unfailing righteousness will surely be there : such is My conviction. (78) \u02d9 \u00c3\u00e0\u201a\u00c1\u0152\u00c1\u00c3 \u00fc\u00ca\u00cb\u25caj\u00aa\ufb02\u0152\u02dc\u00d4\u00aa\u00cb\u00c3\u00ca\u201a\u00cd\u00ac\u00c1\u0178\u00b7\u00e0\u201a\u00c8 \u2019\u02ddr\u00ca\u00d4\u00c1\ufb02l\u00ca\u00ff\u00ca\u00a2 \u00ff\u00ca\uf8ff\u00aa\u2021\u00ca\u00caS\u00f2\u00ca\uf8ff \u00fc\u00ca\u00cb\u2211\u00ce\u00a7c\u00e1\u00ca\u00ca\u00a1\u00c8\u00b8\u0178\u201a\u00a2\ufb02\u00ca\u0152\uf8ff \u25ca\u00ca\uf8ff\u02c7\u00ca\u201a\u00e3\u00e3\u00ff\u00ca\u201a\u00ff\u00ca\uf8ff\u00aa\u00ca\uf8ff \u0178\u00ca\u25ca\u00cac\u2248U\u00ca\u0152\u2021\u00ca\u00ca\uf8ff\u02d8\u00e4\u00ff\u00ca\u00ff\u2014H 18H Thus, in the Upani\u00b6ad sung by the Lord, the Science of Brahma, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between \u203ar\u2202 K\u00e6\u00b6\u0192a and Arjuna, ends the eighteenth chapter entitled \u00ecThe Yoga of Liberation through the Path of Knowledge and Self-Surrender.\u00ee ZO\u2248 Tat Sat","\u2022\u00ca\u2044U\u00c3\u00cb \u00a1\u00ff \u00f7\u00aa\ufb02\u0152\u02dc\u00d4\u00aa\u00cb\u00c3\uf8ff, \u00a1\u00ff \u00f7\u00aa\ufb02\u0152\u02dc\u00d4\u00aa\u00cb\u00c3\uf8ff\u2013 \u201eU\u00c1\u2044U-\u00c1\u201eU\u00ff-\u2211\u00a7\u25ca\u2039-\u00c1\ufb02\u201eU\u00ca\u00c1\u2044U\u00c1\u00e1\u00ca, \u201a\u00c8\u00e3\u0152\u2044U \u201a\u00c8\u00ac\u00c8\u0178\u00cb\u00c3\uf8ffH \u00a1\u00ff0 \u2211\u00a7\u25ca\u00b8-\u201a\u00c8\u25ca\u25ca\u00b8-\u00ac\u02dd\u2211\u00a7\u00ca\u00c1\u2021\u00ca\u00c1\u0178, \u2211\u00a7\u00ca\u25ca\u00ca\u201a\u00c1\u00c4\u00c3\u201eU\u2044U\u00ca\u2013 \u00c3\u00fb\ufb02\u00f4\u00ca\u00ca\u0178-\u00c1\ufb02\u2211\u00a7\u00ca\u00c1\u2021\u00ca\u00c1\u0178, \u00c1\ufb02l\u00ca \u2019\u02ddr\u00ca\u00d4 \u00ac\u2044U\u00caH \u00a1\u00ff0 \u00c1\u0178\u2021\u00f8\u2039-\u00f7\u00c1\u00c4\u00c3-\u00c1\ufb02\u0153\u00ca\u00c1\u00ff\u00c1\u0178, \u00c1\u0178\u25ca\u00b8\u2039 \u25ca\u2039\u201eU\u00ca\u2044U\u00cb\u2013 \u2021\u00ca\u2044U\u00e1\u00ca-\u2044U\u201eUS\u00ff-\u00ac\u02dd\u0152\u00ca\u00c1\u00ff\u00c1\u0178, \u201a\u2019 \u00c1\ufb02\u00c1\u0153 \u201a\u00c8\u03c0\u2211\u00a7\u00ca\u2044U\u00cbH \u00a1\u00ff0 \u2044U\u00ca\u00aa-m\uf8ff\u00b7-\u00c1\ufb02\u0152\u00ca\u00c1\u2044U\u00c1\u00e1\u00ca \u2211\u00a7\u00ca\u00c1\u2044U\u00c1\u00e1\u00ca \u25ca\u00d9\u0152 \u201a\u0152\u00ca\u2013 \u00f7\ufb02-\u00f7\u00ff-\u201eU\u00ca\u00c1\u2044U\u00c1\u00e1\u00ca, \u00c3\u00ca\u00c1\u2044U\u00c1\u00e1\u00ca, \u00ac\u2044U\u25ca\u00ca\u0178\u00e3\u0152\u00ac\u02dd\u0152\u00caH \u00a1\u00ff0 \u2022\u00ca\u201a\u00c8\u2044\u00f7\u00ca\ufb02-\u00c1\ufb02\u0178\u00ca\u00c1\u2021\u00ca\u00c1\u0178, \u0178\u00ca\u00c1\u2021\u00ca\u00c1\u0178 \u00c3\u25ca-\u2044U\u00a1\u0178\u00cb\u2013 \u0152\u00d2\ufb02\u00cb \u201a\u0152\u02dc\u00d4\u00aa\u00c8\u00e1\u00ca\u0152\u00ca\u00c1\u00ff\u00c1\u0178, \u201eU\u00c1\u2044U-\u2044U\u00c1\u201a\u2211\u00a7\u00ca \u201a\u00a1\u0178\u00cbH \u00a1\u00ff0 \u201a\u25ca\u00c3\u00ca-\u00e0\u00ff\u00ca\u00aa \u00c1\u201a\u03c0\u00ca\ufb02\u00c1\u0178, \u201eU\u00c1\u2044U-\u25ca\u00c8\u03c0\u2211\u00a7\u00cb \u2019\u00ca\u0178\u00cb\u2013 \u201a\u2211\u00a7\u2039 \u2021\u00ca\u00caS\u00f2\u00ca\u2211\u00a7\u00cb S\ufb02\u00ca\u00c1\u25ca\u00c1\u0178, \u00fc\u00ca\u00c8\u00c1\u00c3\u00ff\u00ca\uf8ff\u00a5\u2211\u00a7\u00cb \u2044U\u00ca\u0178\u00cbH \u00a1\u00ff0 \u0152\u00ff\u00ca-\u201a\u00c8\u0153\u00ca \u2019\u2044U\u201a\u00ca\ufb02\u00c1\u0178 \u25ca\u00ca\u00c3\u00c8! \u2211\u00ce\u00a7\u00ac\u00ca \u2211\u00a7\u00cb\u00a1\u00d2\u2013 \u201eU\u00c1\u2044U\u00ac\u0152-\u00ac\u02dd\uf8ff\u25ca \u0152\u00ca\u0178 \u2211\u00a7\u2044U \u2022\u00ac\u0178\u00d9 \u2211\u00a7\u2044U \u2039\u00cb\u00a1\u00d2H \u00a1\u00ff0 Z","God-realization through Practice of Renunciation \u00e0\u00ff\u00c4\u00e0\ufb02\u00ca \u2211\u00a7\u25ca\u00b8\u00bb\u00a7\u2039\u00ca\u201aX\u00d4\u00a2U \u00c1\u0178\u00e0\u00ff\u00c3\u00ce\u00e5\u00c3\u00ca\uf8ff \u00c1\u0178\u2044U\u00ca\u00fc\u00ca\u00ff\u2014\u2013 \u2211\u00a7\u25ca\u00b8\u00e1\u00ff\u00c1\u00f7\u00ac\u02dd\ufb02\u00ce\u00fb\u00ca\u00ca\uf8ff\u02d8\u00c1\u00ac \u0178\u00d2\ufb02 \u00c1\u2211\u00a7\u00c1\u00dc\u00f8\u00e0\u2211\u00a7\u2044U\u00ca\uf8ff\u00c1\u00c3 \u201a\u2014H \u0178 \u00c1\u201eU \u0152\uf8ff\u201eU\u00f7\u00ce\u00c3\u00ca \u2021\u00ca\u00c4\u00ff\u00a2 \u00e0\u00ffQ\u00a2\u00c8\u00a7 \u2211\u00a7\u25ca\u00ca\u00b8\u00e1\u00ff\u2021\u00ca\uf8ff\u00b7\u00c3\u2014\u2013 \u00ffS\u00c3\u00c8 \u2211\u00a7\u25ca\u00b8\u00bb\u00a7\u2039\u00e0\u00ff\u00ca\u00aa\u00cb \u201a \u00e0\u00ff\u00ca\u00aa\u00cb\u00e0\u00ff\u00c1\u00f7\u0153\u00cb\u00ff\u00c3\uf8ffH Living even the life of a householder, man can realize God through the practice of renunciation. Indeed, \u00ebrenunciation\u00ed is the principal means for attaining God. Therefore, dividing them into seven classes, the marks of renunciation are being shortly written below. (1) Total Renunciation of Prohibited Acts This is non-performance, in anyway whatsoever, through mind, speech and the body, low acts prohibited by the scriptures, such as, theft, adultery, falsehood, deception, fraud, oppression, violence, taking of interdicted food and wrong-doing, etc. (2) Renunciation of Acts performed for the Satisfaction of Worldly Desires This is non-performance of sacrifices, charities, austerities, worship and other desire-born actions,","206 with a selfish motive,* for gaining objects of enjoyment, e.g., wife, progeny, and wealth, etc., or with the object of curing diseases and terminating other forms of suffering. This is the second type of renunciation. (3) Total Renunciation of Worldly Thirst Honour, fame, social prestige, wife, progeny, wealth and whatever other transient objects are automatically gained by the force of Pr\u00e5rabdha (Karma, which has begun to bear fruit), the desire for their increase should be regarded as an obstacle in God-realization, and renounced. This is the third type of renunciation. (4) Renunciation of the Habit of Extracting Service from Others with a Selfish Motive Asking for money, or demanding service from * If under the pressure of circumstance, one is compelled to do an act sanctioned by tradition and the scriptures, which is by nature rooted in desire, but non- performance of which causes pain to anybody or adversely affects the traditional ways of Action and worship, performance of it disinterestedly, and only for general good, is not an act of the satisfaction of desire.","207 another, for personal happiness; and acceptance of things and service given without one\u00eds asking for the same; or entertaining any desire in the mind for getting by any means one\u00eds self-interest served by another; all these and similar ideas of getting service from another for the satisfaction of self-interest should be renounced.* This is the fourth type of renunciation. (5) Total Renunciation of Indolence and Desire for Fruit in the Performance of all Duties Whatever duties there are, e.g., cultivation of devotion to God, worship of the celestials, service of the parents and other elders, performance of * If non-acceptance of physical service from another, or offer of eatables by another, where one is entitled to accept such service or offer, causes any pain to anyone, or in anyway hinders the education of the people, in that case, acceptance of service, abandoning selfishness, and only for the pleasure of the offerer of service, is not harmful. For non-acceptance of service done by the wife, son or servant, or of eatables offered by friends and relatives, is likely to cause them pain and may prove harmful, so far as propriety of social conduct is concerned.","208 sacrifices, charities and austerities, maintenance of the household through the earning of livelihood by means of works assigned according to the Var\u0192\u00e5\u2039rama system, and taking of food and drink, etc., for the body\u00f3in the performance of these, indolence and every form of desire should be renounced. (A) Renunciation of Indolence in the Practice of Devotion to God Regarding it as the supreme duty of one\u00eds life, one should hear, reflect on, read and discourse on the mysterious stories of the virtue, glory and Love of God, who is extremely compassionate, friend of all, the best of lovers, the knower of the heart, and renouncing idleness practise constant Japa, together with meditation, of His extremely hallowed Name. (B) Renunciation of Desire in the Practice of Devotion to God Regarding all enjoyments of this world and the next as transient and perishable and hindrances in the path of Devotion to God, no prayer should","209 be offered to God for obtaining any object whatsoever, nor any desire should be entertained in the mind for the same. Also, prayer should not be offered to God for the removal of any trouble even when one is overtaken by it; in other words, the thought should be cultivated in the mind that to sacrifice life is preferable to bringing stain on the purity of Bhakti for the sake of this false existence. For instance, Prahl\u00e5da, even though intensely persecuted by his father, never offered any prayer to God for the removal of his distress. Curse with harsh expressions, such as, \u00ecLet the chastizement of God be on You\u00ee, etc., should not be pronounced even against the persecutor, or one who does any injury, and no thought of counter- injury should be entertained against him. Out of pride of attainment in the path of Devotion, benedictions should not be pronounced in words, such as, \u00ecMay God restore you to health\u00ee, \u00ecMay God remove your distress\u00ee, \u00ecMay God grant you a long life\u00ee, etc.","210 In correspondence also, words of worldly interest should not be written. In M\u00e5raw\u00e5r\u2202 society, there is a general custom of writing such words of worldly import in the form of prayer to God for obtaining worldly objects e.g., \u00ecGod is our helper here and elsewhere\u00ee, \u00ecGod will advance our sales\u00ee, \u00ecGod will bring a good monsoon\u00ee, \u00ecGod will remove the ailment\u00ee, etc. Instead of this, auspicious, disinterested words, such as, \u00ecGod in His state of Bliss exists everywhere\u00ee, \u00ecPerformance of Bhajana is the essence of everything\u00ee, etc., should be written and other than these no word of worldly interest should be written or uttered. (C) Renunciation of Indolence and Desire in Connection with the Worship of Celestials There is God\u00eds instruction to offer worship to the celestials, who are worthy of being worshipped, during the time appointed for such worship, according to the scriptures as well as tradition. Regarding the carrying out of God\u00eds instruction as one\u00eds supreme duty, such worship should be offered to a celestial with enthusiasm, according to the prescribed rules, without expression of any","211 desire for the satisfaction of any worldly interest. With the object of such worship, words implying worldly interest should not be written on the cash-book, and other books of account. For instance, in M\u00e5raw\u00e5r\u2202 society there is a custom on the New Year or D\u2202w\u00e5l\u2202 day, after the worship of Goddess Lak\u00b6m\u2202, to write many words implying worldly desire, such as, \u00ecGoddess Lak\u00b6m\u2202 will bring profit\u00ee, \u00ecThe store will be kept full\u00ee, \u00ecProsperity and success will be brought\u00ee, \u00ecUnder the protection of Goddess K\u00e5l\u2202\u00ee, \u00ecUnder the protection of Goddess Ga\u2206g\u00e5\u00ee, etc. These should be substituted by unselfish, auspicious words, such as, \u00ec\u203ar\u2202 Lak\u00b6m\u2202n\u00e5r\u00e5ya\u0192a, in the form of Bliss, is present everywhere\u00ee, or \u00ecGoddess Lak\u00b6m\u2202 has been worshipped with great delight and enthusiasm.\u00ee Similarly, while writing the daily cash-book, this procedure should be followed. (D) Renunciation of Indolence and Desire in the Service of Parents and other Elders It is man\u00eds supreme duty to render daily services, in all possible ways, to parents, the preceptor, and other persons who are one\u00eds superior in Var\u0192a, \u00c5\u2039rama, age, qualifications, or in whatever other","212 respect it may be, and daily offer them obeisances. Cultivating this thought in the mind, and abandoning all idleness, disinterested, enthusiastic, and according to God\u00eds behests, services should be rendered to them. (E) Renunciation of Indolence and Desire in the Performance of Sacrifices, Charities, Austerities and other Auspicious Deeds Sacrifices, e. g., the daily obligatory five Great Sacrifices*, and other occasional sacrifices, should be performed. Through gifts of food, clothing, learning, medicine, and wealth, etc., attempt should be made, according to one\u00eds capacity, to make all creatures happy, through mind, speech and the body. Similarly, all forms of bodily suffering should be undergone for the preservation of Dharma. These * The five Great Sacrifices are as follows:\u00f3(1) Sacrifice to gods (performance of Agnihotra, etc.); (2) Sacrifice to \u00a7R\u00b6is (study of the Vedas, performance of Sandhy\u00e5 and Japa of G\u00e5yatr\u2202, etc.); (3) Sacrifice to the Manes (performance of Tarpa\u0192a, \u203ar\u00e5ddha etc.); (4) Sacrifice to Men (entertainment of guests); (5) Sacrifice to all created beings (performance of Balivai\u2039vadeva).","213 duties enjoined by the scriptures should be performed, with faith and enthusiasm, according to God\u00eds behests, regarding them as supremely important, wholly renouncing the desire for all kinds of enjoyment of this world and the next. (F) Renunciation of Indolence and Desire in the Performance of proper Work for Maintenance of the Family through earning of Livelihood It is God\u00eds injunction that the family should be maintained through service to the world by performing duties laid down in the scriptures for the respective Var\u0192as and \u00c5\u2039ramas, even as agriculture, cattle-breeding and trade have been laid down as the works of livelihood for the Vai\u2039ya. Therefore, regarding them as duties, treating profit and loss as equal, and renouncing all forms of desire such works should be enthusiastically performed.* * Works performed by a person in the above spirit, being freed from greed, cannot be tainted by evil in anyway, for in works of livelihood greed is the particular cause which leads one to the commission of sin. Therefore, just as Vai\u2039yas have been advised at length to give up evil practices","214 (G) Renunciation of Indolence and Desirein Work for Preservation of the Body In work for preservation of the body, according to the scriptures, e.g., pertaining to food, dress, medicines etc., the desire for enjoyment should be renounced. They should be performed, according to the needs of the occasion, only with the object of God-realization, regarding pleasure and pain, profit and loss, life and death as equal. Together with the four types of renunciation stated above, when according to this fifth type of renunciation, all evils and all forms of desire are destroyed, and there remains only the one strong desire for God-realization, it should be regarded as the mark of the person, who has attained ripeness in the first stage of Wisdom. connected with trade in the footnote of the Hindi rendering of Chapter XVIII verse 44 of the edition of the G\u2202t\u00e5 published by the Gita Press, Gorakhpur, even so men should renounce all forms of evil connected with their respective duties as laid down by the Var\u0192\u00e5\u2039rama system, and perform all their duties, for God\u00eds sake, disinterestedly, regarding them as injunctions of God.","215 (6) Total Renunciation of the Sense of Meum and Attachment with regard to all Worldly objects and Activities All worldly objects like wealth, house, clothes, etc., all relations like the wife, child, friends, etc., and all forms of enjoyment of this world and the next like honour, fame, prestige, etc., being transient and perishable, and regarding them as impermanent, the sense of meum and attachment with regard to them should be renounced. Similarly, having developed pure, exclusive Love for God alone, the embodiment of Existence, Knowledge and Bliss, all sense of meum and attachment should be renounced for all work done through the mind, speech and body, and even for the body itself. This is the sixth type of renunciation.* * The renunciation of thirst, as well as the renunciation of the desire for fruit, with regard to all objects and activities, have been described above as the third and fifth types of renunciation, but even after such renunciation the sense of meum and attachment for them are left as residues; just as even though Bharata Muni through practices of Bhajana and meditation and cultivation of Satsa\u2206ga, had renounced all thirst and desire for fruit with regard to all objects and","216 Men who reach the stage of this sixth form of renunciation, developing dispassion for all things of the world, get exclusive Love for God alone, the supreme embodiment of Love. Therefore, they retiring to a solitaty place, like only to hear, and talk about, the stories of God\u00eds spotless Love, which reveal the virtues, glory and secrets of God, and reflect on the same, and practise Bhajana, meditation and study of the scriptures. They develop a distaste for wasting even a moment of their valuable time in the company of men attached to the world and indulging in laughter, luxury, carelessness, backbiting, enjoyments, and idle talks. They perform all their duties reflecting on God\u00eds Form and Name, only for God\u00eds sake, and without any worldly attachment. Thus through renunciation of the sense of meum and attachment with regard to all objects and activities, development of pure Love for God alone, activities, his sense of meum and attachment for the deer and protection of the deer remained. That is why renunciation of the sense of meum and attachment for all objects and activities has been described as the sixth type of renunciation.","217 the embodiment of Existence, Knowledge, and Bliss, should be regarded as the mark of one who has attained ripeness in the second stage of Wisdom. (7) Total Renunciation of subtle Desires and Egotism with regard to the World, the Body and all Actions All objects of the world being creations of M\u00e5y\u00e5, are wholly transient, and one God alone, the embodiment of Existence, Knowledge, and Bliss equally and completely pervades everywhere, this idea having been firmly established, all subtle desires with regard to objects of the world, including the body, and every form of activity have to be totally renounced. In other words, there should be no pictures of them in the mind in the form of impressions. And due to total lack of identification with the body, there should be no trace of any sense of doership with regard to all actions done through the mind, speech and body. This is the seventh type of renunciation.* * Even when there is total negation of thirst of the desire for fruit, of the sense of meum and attachment with","218 The mental impulses of persons, who attain Supreme Dispassion1 in the form of this seventh type of renunciation, get totally withdrawn from all objects of the world. If at any time any worldly impulse makes its appearance, the impression does not get firmly established, for exclusive and close union of such persons with V\u00e5sudeva, the Param\u00e5tm\u00e5 the embodiment of Existence, Knowledge and Bliss, constantly remains intact. Therefore, in his mind, all defects and vices having ceased to exist virtues like Ahi\u2248s\u00e52, regard to all objects of the world and all forms of activity, there remain subtle desire and feeling of doership as residues. That is why renunciation of subtle desire and egotism has been described as the seventh type of renunciation. 1. In the person, who has reached the sixth stage of renunciation stated above, there may be, now and then, some slight manifestation of attachment, when there is any special contact with objects of enjoyment; but in the person, who has reached the seventh stage of renunciation, there can be no attachment, even when there is contact with objects of enjoyment for in his conception, except God, no other object remains. That is why this renunciation has been described as Supreme Dispassion. 2. Non-infliction of suffering on any creature through mind, speech and the body.","219 Truth1, Non-stealing2, Continence3, Abstaining from vilification4, Modesty, Unhaughtiness5, Artlessness, Purity6, Contentment7, Endurance8, Satsa\u2206ga, Spirit of Service, Sacrifice, Charity, Austerity9, Study10, Mind-control, Sense-control, Humility, 1. Statement of facts in sweet words, representing exactly what is realized by the mind and the senses. 2. Total lack of theft. 3. Lack of eight forms of sexual enjoyment. 4. Not to make any damaging statement against anybody. 5. Want of desire for reception, honour, public address etc. 6. Both external and internal purity. (Truthful and pure means of earning gives purity to wealth; food obtained by that wealth imparts purity to food; proper behaviour is purity of conduct; purification of the body through use of water, earth, etc.,\u00f3all this is called external purity. Through destruction of modifications like attraction, repulsion, and deception, etc., when the mind becomes transparent and pure, it is called internal purity.) 7. Want of thirst for worldly things. 8. Bearing contradictory experiences like heat and cold, pleasure and pain, etc. 9. Sufferings undergone for the practice of one\u00eds own Dharma. 10. Study of the Vedas and other elevating scriptures and practice of K\u2202rtana of God\u00eds Name and glory.","220 Straightness1, Compassion, Faith2, Discrimination3, Dispassion4, Living in seclusion, Poverty5, Lack of doubt and distraction, Cessation of Desires, Personal Magnetism6, Forgiveness7, Patience8, Absence of malice9, Fearlessness10, Pridelessness, 1. This means straightness of the body and mind, together with the senses. 2. Belief, as strong as in things directly perceived, in the Vedas, in the scriptures and in the sayings of saints, the preceptor and God. 3. Real knowledge about what is true and what is false. 4. Total lack of attachment for anything belonging to any region up to Brahmaloka. 5. Want of accumulation of wealth with the sense of meum. 6. It is that power of superior souls under the influence of which even wicked, worldly minded men generally abstain from sinful conduct and engage themselves in virtuous deeds according to their behests. 7. Lack of desire to inflict any form of punishment on one who does an injury. 8. Not to get upset even in the face of the greatest difficulty. 9. Not to bear malice even against one who is maliciously disposed. 10. Total absence of fear.","221 Peace*, Exclusive Devotion to God, etc., naturally make their appearance. Thus through the total lack of desire and egotism in regard to all objects, including the body, constant maintenance intact of identity with God is the mark of the person who has attained ripeness in the third stage of Wisdom. Some of the virtues mentioned above appear in the first and second stages, but all the virtues make their appearance generally in the third stage. For these are the marks of persons, who have reached very near God-realization, and are the means of attainment of direct knowledge of God. That is why in Chapter XIII of the G\u2202t\u00e5 (verses 7 to 11) Bhagav\u00e5n \u203ar\u2202 K\u00e6\u00b6\u0192a enumerated most of these virtues as Knowledge and in Chapter XVI (verses 1 to 3) described them as the divine qualities. Moreover, the scriptural authorities regard these virtues as the common Dharma of humanity. All men are entitled to them. Therefore, depending on God, all should make special effort to develop * Total absence of desires and cravings and maintenance of constant cheerfulness in the mind.","222 the above virtues in their mind. Conclusion In this article it has been said that God may be realized through seven types of renunciation. Among them, it has been stated that, the first five types of renunciation indicate the first stage of Wisdom, renunciations upto the sixth type indicate the marks of the second stage of Wisdom, and renunciations upto the seventh type indicate the marks of the third stage of Wisdom. He, who attains ripeness in the third stage of Wisdom above, at once realizes God, the embodiment of Existence, Knowledge and Bliss. Thereafter he loses all connection with this transient, destructible, impermanent world. Just as the person awakened from a dream loses all connection with the dream- world, even so the person awakened from the dream of ignorance loses all connection with the impermanent world, the creation of M\u00e5y\u00e5. Though from the point of view of the world, all forms of activities are observed as taking place through the body of that person under the force of Pr\u00e5rabdha, and the world gains a lot by such activities, for","223 being freed from desires, attachment and the sense of doership, whatever the Mah\u00e5tm\u00e5 does through his mind, speech and body becomes the standard of right conduct in the world, and from the ideas of such a Mah\u00e5tm\u00e5 scriptures are formed, yet that person, who has realized V\u00e5sudeva, the embodiment of Existence, Knowledge and Bliss, lives wholly beyond M\u00e5y\u00e5, consisting of the three Gu\u0192as. Therefore, he during illumination, activity and sleep, etc., which are the effect of the Gu\u0192as, does not hate them, nor, when they cease, desires for them. For, with regard to pleasure and pain, gain and loss, honour and ignominy, praise and blame, etc., and with regard to earth, stone and gold, etc., he attains an attitude of equanimity. Therefore, that Mah\u00e5tm\u00e5 when obtaining a desirable object, or in the cessation of what is undesirable, does not feel delighted, nor does he feel any grief when obtaining an undesirable object, or in the loss of what is dear or desirable. If for any reason, his body is cut by a weapon or he is faced with any other form of extreme suffering, that man of wisdom, established exclusively in","224 God, the embodiment of Truth, Knowledge and Bliss, does not fall from that state of existence. For in his mind, the whole world appears as a mirage, and no other existence appears to him beyond the existence of one God, the embodiment of Truth, Knowledge and Bliss. What more should we say about him; the state of that soul, who has realized God, the embodiment of Truth, Knowledge and Bliss, is in reality, known to him alone. None possesses the power to reveal it through the mind, intellect and senses. Therefore, awakening as soon as possible from the sleep of ignorance, and taking shelter under the care of a saint, and according to his instructions, one should earnestly take to the practice of a discipline for realizing God through the seven types of renunciation stated above. For this extremely valuable human life is attained, only through the grace of God, at the end of many births. Therefore, the invaluable time allotted to this life should not be wasted in indulging in the perishable, transient, impermanent enjoyments of this world. Z"]