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September Gītā: 2.7
For all its poetry, mysticism, philosophy and all round ‘epic-ness’… sometimes I like to remind myself...
November Gītā: 5.10
In this verse we return to a central theme of the Bhagavad Gita: that for most of us – required to act in the world even when we’d rather run for the hills – renunciation through selfless action is the more effective path to yoga.
July Gītā: 6.16
Because I cook for a living, this verse has always fascinated me. It manages to say a lot with just a few simple words.
March Gītā: 6.26 (Copy)
The word used for a God in this verse is Atman, the same supreme consciousness that Patanjali talks about in the Yoga Sutras.
July Gītā: 6.46
Adhika is often translated as ‘superior’ or ‘better’. But in fact it can also mean ‘beyond’, which - in the context of this verse - seems more helpful (and less judgemental).
March Gītā: 4.7
Dharma is a word with many meanings and, in the context of this verse, it can be translated as harmony so that adharma becomes discord or dis-harmony.
November Gītā: 12.15
The first line of this verse is very powerful at a time when humanity faces a reckoning with nature…
July Gītā: 18.78
18:78 is the very last verse of the Bhagavad Gita. At a glance it looks like a summing up. It’s more of an affirmation.
ॐ
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्यकोटि समप्रभ ।
निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्व्दा ॥
Oṃ vakra-tuṇḍa mahā-kāya sūrya-koṭi sama-prabha |
nirvighnaṃ kuru me deva sarva-karyeṣu sarva-dā ||
O Gaṇeśa, god with the curved trunk, of great stature,
Whose brilliance is equal to ten million suns.
Grant me freedom from obstacles,
In all things, at all times.”
Gaṇeśa Mantra
Translated by Zoë Slatoff
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