paritraanaaya sadhuunaam vinaashaaya chadushkritaam | dharma samsthaapanaarthaaya sambhavaami yuge yuge || MEANING - For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the evil and for the establishment of dharma (righteousness), I (the Lord) am born from age to age. yadaa yadaa hi dharmasya glaanirbhavati bhaarata | abhyuktaanamadarmasya tadaatmaanam srijaamyahamh || When there is decay of dharma (righteousness) and rise of adharma (unrighteousness), then I (the Lord) am born in this world. karmanyevaadhikaaraste maa phaleshu kadaachana | maa karmaphalaheturbhuu maatesangotsvakarmani || A person has the right towards action alone and not towards the fruit of action. Let not the fruit of action be the motive for acting. Also, Let there not be any attachment to inaction. vaasaamsi jiirnaani yathaa vihaaya, navaani grihnaati naro aparaani | tathaa shariiraani vihaaya jiirnaanyanyaani samyaati navaani dehii || Just as a person casts off worn out garments and puts on others that are new, even so, the embodies soul casts off worn out bodies and takes on others that are new. patram pushhpam phalam toyam yo me bhaktyaa prayachchati | tadaham bhaktyupahritamashnaami prayataatmanah || I accept the offering of even a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, when it is offered with loving devotion. jaatasya hi dhruvo mrityuh dhruvam janma mritasya cha | tasmaadaparihaarye arthe na tvam shochitumarhasi || Death is certain of that which is born. Birth is certain of that which is dead. Therefore, you should not lament over the inevitable. indriyaanaam hi charataam yanmano anuvidhiiyate | tadasya harati pragyaam vaayarnaavamivaambhasi || The mind, which follows in the wake of the wandering senses, carries away a mans discrimination just as a gale tosses a ship on the high seas. yatra yogeshvarah krishhno yatra paartho dhanurdharah | tatra shriirvijayo bhuutirdhruvaa niitir matirmama || Wherever there is Krishna, the Lord of Yoga and the bow weilding Arjuna, there reign good fortune, victory, prosperity and justice. Such is my conviction.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 04:02:31 +0000
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