Some selected verses from Bhagavad Gita, with simple explanations are presented here.

1. WORDS OF WISDOM
from
BHAGAVAD GITA
COMPILED
BY
PROF T. K. G. NAMBOODHIRI
THIRUVALLA, INDIA

2. BHAGAVAD GITA – THE DIVINE
SONG
 Bhagavad Gita-Part of the
Sanskrit Epic
Mahabhaaratha.(200 BC to
200 AD)
 700 verses in 18 chapters.
 A conversation between
Lord Krishna and his close
friend Arjuna in the middle
of the battlefield just
before the start of the
Kurukshetra battle.
 Arjuna loses his heart and
refuses to fight his
teachers and relatives, and
Krishna revives him by his
wise words of wisdom.
TKG Namboodhiri

3. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
DEHEE NITHYAM AVADHYOYAM
DEHE’ SARVASYA – (2.30)
The Soul (Atma) residing in all
beings is permanent and it cannot
be killed by anybody
TKG Namboodhiri

4. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
‘’ AHAMATMA GUDAKESA
SARVA BHUTASAYA STHITHAH”
(10-20)
God is the life-force (Atma)
existing in all beings.
TKG Namboodhiri

5. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
SAMO AHAM SARVA BHUTESHU
NA ME’ DWESHYO ASTHI NA
PRIYA – (9.29)
All beings are equal to God. He has
no friends or foes.
TKG Namboodhiri

6. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
NAADATHE’ KASYACHIT PAPAM NA
CHAIVA SUKRUTHAM VIBHU. (5.15)
God never takes away anybody’s
sins, nor does He grant any virtues.
TKG Namboodhiri

7. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
YE’ YATHA MAM PRAPADYANTHE’
THAM STHATHYVA BHAJAMYAHAM.
(4.11)
Howsoever men worship me, I approach
them in the same way. (God gives us the
freedom to worship him in any
form/way.)
TKG Namboodhiri

8. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
UDHARE’D ATMAN ATMANAAM
NA ATMANAM AVASADAYE’D (6-5)
Raise yourself using your own
mind and intellect. Never think of
denigrating yourself.
TKG Namboodhiri

9. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
NAHI KASCHITH KSHANAMAPI
JATHU THISHTATHYAKARMAKRITH.
(3.5)
None can remain completely
inactive for even a moment.
TKG Namboodhiri

10. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
NA SATHO VIDYATHE’ BHAVO NA
BHAVO VIDYATHE’ SATHAH. (2.16)
The unreal has no existence , and the
real never ceases to exist. (The Law
of Conservation of mass/energy)
TKG Namboodhiri

11. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
KARMANYEVADHIKARASTHE’ MA
PHALESHU KADACHANA. (2.47)
You have rights only for doing
your work, never for its results.
Do your duty sincerely, and do not worry about
the outcome.
TKG Namboodhiri

12. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
JAATHASYA HI DHRUVO MRITHYUR
DHRUVAM JANMA MRITHASYA
CHA. (2.27)
That which is born will surely die;
similarly, all that die will surely be
reborn.
TKG Namboodhiri

13. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
INDRIYANAAM HI CHARATHAAM
YANMANO ANUVIDHEEYATHE’,
THADASYA HARATHI PRAJNAAM
VAAYURNNAAVAMIVAAMBHASI. (2.67)
One, whose mind is uncontrollably
immersed in thoughts of sensual pleasures,
loses his discrimination, just like a sail-
boat on waters loses its direction by strong
winds.
TKG Namboodhiri

14. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
THRIVIDHAM NARAKASYE’DAM
DWAARAM
NAASANAMAATMANAH, KAAMAH
KRODHASTHATHAA
LOBHASTHASMAADE’THATH THRAYAM
THYAJETH. (16.21)
Desire, anger, and greed are the
three gates to hell and they ruin the
soul. Therefore all the three should
be avoided.
TKG Namboodhiri

15. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
SARVA DHARMAAN PARITHYAJYA MAAME’KAM
SARANAM VRUJA, AHAM THWA
SARVAPAAPE’BHYO MOKSHAYISHYAMI MA
SUCHAH. (18.66).
Leave aside all your natural
duties & obligations to
others, and take refuge in Me, I
shall absolve you of all your
sins.
TKG Namboodhiri