Gita’s learningsगीता की शिक्षाएँ
To make the Gita understandable, practicable and transformative — so that knowledge becomes discernment, devotion shapes character and personal growth becomes service.
कर्मयोग
Do the work in front of you; let go of the result.
5 shlokas →स्थितप्रज्ञ
Unshaken in pleasure and pain, gain and loss.
5 shlokas →स्वधर्म
Better your own duty, done imperfectly, than another’s done well.
5 shlokas →भक्ति
A leaf, a flower, a fruit, water — offered with love, it is accepted.
5 shlokas →ज्ञान
The Self is never born and never dies.
5 shlokas →धर्म
Whenever dharma declines, the Divine acts to restore it.
5 shlokas →ध्यान
Lift yourself by your own self; make the mind a friend.
5 shlokas →समदर्शन
Without hatred for any being; friendly and compassionate to all.
5 shlokas →दान
A gift given because it ought to be given, expecting nothing back.
5 shlokas →The Gita for life
योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय।
सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते॥
The Gita does not ask us to abandon ambition or stop caring about results. It asks us not to surrender our inner stability to them. Pursue excellence, accept responsibility, and remain steady through success and failure.
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥
Nishkama Karma is neither indifference nor inaction. It means giving our fullest sincerity to the duty before us without letting attachment to the outcome govern the inner self.
सङ्गात्सञ्जायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते।
क्रोधाद्भवति सम्मोहः… बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति॥
Krishna traces an inner progression: fixation creates attachment; attachment feeds desire; obstructed desire becomes anger; anger clouds judgment. In an age of stimulation, comparison and instant gratification, this is exacting spiritual psychology.
असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम्।
अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते॥
The Gita does not deny the difficulty of governing the mind. Shri Krishna gives a discipline: Abhyasa, repeated practice, and Vairagya, freedom from compulsive attachment. Self-mastery is cultivated, not wished into existence.
The world repeatedly asks, “What do I want?” The Gita asks a deeper question: “What is my Dharma here?” Dharma turns us beyond convenience towards responsibility — to family, work, society and the moral order.
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः।
स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते॥
The greater our influence, the greater our responsibility. Leadership is not merely authority; it is the discipline of example.
अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च।
निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी॥
Scriptural knowledge, ritual and temple worship invite an inward test: Has knowledge made me humbler? Has Bhakti made me more compassionate? Has Sadhana weakened anger and ego? Has nearness to Shri Krishna changed how I treat others?
Act sincerely without attachment to results (Karma Yoga); keep an even mind in success and failure; follow your own dharma; know that the true Self is never born and never dies; cultivate devotion that is open to everyone; master the mind through practice and dispassion; live with compassion and without ego; give rightly; and take refuge in the Divine, free of fear.
Action performed without craving its fruit. It is neither indifference nor inaction — it means giving your fullest sincerity to the duty in front of you while refusing to let attachment to the outcome govern your inner state. The Gita states it at 2.47: you have a right to action, never to its fruits.
The Gita is addressed to a householder who cannot walk away from his duty. Each theme on this page ends with what it asks of an ordinary day — how to hold ambition without being consumed by it, how to steady the mind, how to serve without ego, and how to act when two duties conflict.
Yes. Satsang, Gita path and discourse are held regularly at Hansi Gita Bhawan, and the library and study rooms are open. All are welcome, and there is no charge.
