Best Bhagavad Gita quotes to understand Life Better (with images)

“Valour, glory, firmness, skill, generosity, steadiness in battle and ability to rule – these constitute the duty of a soldier. They flow from his own nature.”

“A Self-realized person who is free from lust and anger, and who has subdued the mind and senses easily attains nirvana.”

“Verily there is no purifier in this world like knowledge. One who becomes purified by Karma-yoga discovers this knowledge within (naturally) in course of time. (See also 4.31, and 5.06).”

“I give the knowledge, to those who are ever united with Me and lovingly adore Me.”

“Some philosophers say that all work is full of faults and should be given up, while others say that acts of sacrifice, charity, and austerity should not be abandoned.”

“They, whose mind and intellect are absorbed in the Self, who remain firmly attached with the Self, who have Self as their supreme goal, whose sins have been destroyed by the knowledge, do not take birth again.”

“The serenity of mind, gentleness, silence, self-restraint, and the purity of mind are called the austerity of thought.”

“When you move amidst the world of sense, free from attachment and aversion alike, there comes the peace in which all sorrows end, and you life in the wisdom of the Self.”

“Fill your mind with me; love me; serve me; worship me always. Seeking me in your heart, you will at last be united with me.”

“Whatever is endowed with glory, brilliance, and power; know that to be a manifestation of a fraction of My splendor.”

“When one’s mind dwells on the objects of Senses, fondness for them grows on him, from fondness comes desire, from desire anger.”

“I am the supporter of the universe, the father, the mother, and the grandfather.”

“This being the case; the ignorant person who considers oneself as the sole agent due to imperfect understanding does not understand.”

“A person is known by the faith.”

“Those who possess this wisdom have equal regard for all. They see the same Self in a spiritual aspirant and an outcaste, in an elephant, a cow, and a dog.”

“Little by little, through patience and repeated effort, the mind will become stilled in the Self.”

“Even if you were the most sinful of sinners, Arjuna, you could cross beyond all sin by the raft of spiritual wisdom.”

“Some offer their wealth, their austerity, and their practice of yoga as a sacrifice, while the ascetics with strict vows offer their study of scriptures and knowledge as sacrifice.”

“There are three gates to this self-destructive hell: lust, anger, and greed. Renounce these three.”

“I know, O Arjuna, the beings of the past, of the present, and those of the future, but no one really knows Me.”

“Knowing that, O Arjuna, you shall not again get deluded like this. By this knowledge you shall behold the entire creation in your own Self/Lord, or in Brahman.”

“Such a person soon becomes righteous and attains everlasting peace. Be aware, O Arjuna, that My devotee never falls down.”

“Freed from attachment, fear, and anger; fully absorbed in Me, taking refuge in Me, and purified by the fire of Self-knowledge, many have attained Me.”

“The knowledge sacrifice is superior to any material sacrifice.”

“Hypocrisy, arrogance, pride, anger, harshness, and ignorance; these are the marks of those who are born with demonic qualities, O Arjuna.”

“Knowledge is better than mere ritualistic practice, meditation is better than mere knowledge, renunciation of the fruit of work is better than meditation, peace immediately follows the renunciation of (the attachment to) the fruit of work.”

“Those who have taken refuge in this knowledge attain unity with Me, and are neither born at the time of creation nor afflicted at the time of dissolution.”

“Fire, light, daytime, the bright lunar fortnight, and the six months of the northern solstice of the sun; departing by the path of these gods the yogis, who know Brahman, attain nirvana.”

“Whosoever desires to worship whatever deity with faith, I make their faith steady in that very deity.”

“Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is meditation. But better still is surrender of attachment to results, because there follows immediate peace.”

“Some worship Me by knowledge sacrifice. Others worship the infinite as the one in all [or non-dual], as the master of all [or dual], and in various other ways.”

“The foods that promote longevity, virtue, strength, health, happiness, and joy; are juicy, smooth, substantial, and agreeable to the stomach.”

“One does not attain freedom from the bondage of Karma by merely abstaining from work. No one attains perfection by merely giving up work.”

“A person is said to have achieved yoga, the union with the Self, when the perfectly disciplined mind gets freedom from all desires, and becomes absorbed in the Self alone.”

“One who does not hate any creature, who is friendly and compassionate, free from (the notion of) “I” and “my”, even-minded in pain and pleasure, forgiving; and / The yogi who is ever content, who has subdued the mind, whose resolve is firm, whose mind and intellect are engaged in dwelling upon Me; such a devotee is dear to Me.”

“That one I love who is incapable of ill will, and returns love for hatred. Living beyond the reach of I and mind, and of pain and pleasure, full of mercy, contented, self-controlled, with all his heart and all his mind given to Me / with such a one I am in love.”

“The live in wisdom who see themselves in all and all in them, who have renounced every selfish desire and sense craving tormenting the heart.”

“O Krishna, I have heard from You in detail about the origin and dissolution of beings, and Your imperishable glory.”

“Thus the knowledge that is more secret than the secret has been explained to you by Me. After fully reflecting on this, do as you wish.”

“Seers whose sins (or imperfections) are destroyed, whose doubts have been dispelled by knowledge, whose disciplined minds are attached with the Self, and who are engaged in the welfare of all beings attain Supreme Brahman.”

“Wearing divine garlands and apparel, anointed with celestial perfumes and ointments, full of all wonders, the limitless God with faces on all sides.”

“One who does not envy but us a compassionate friend to all … such a devotee is very dear to Me.”

“Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free.”

“I am easily attainable, O Arjuna, by that ever steadfast yogi who always thinks of Me and whose mind does not go elsewhere.”

“He from whom all beings originate, and by whom all this universe is pervaded; worshipping Him by performing one’s natural duty for Him one attains perfection.”

“Anybody, including women, merchants, laborers, and the evil-minded can attain the supreme goal by just surrendering unto My will [with loving devotion].”

“The one who has faith, and is sincere, and has mastery over the senses, gains this knowledge. Having gained this, one at once attains the supreme peace.”

“The evil doers, the ignorant, the lowest persons who are attached to demonic nature, and whose intellect has been taken away by Maya do not worship or seek Me.”

“It is better to do one’s own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however, well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.”

“Your enemies will speak many unmentionable words and scorn your ability. What could be more painful than this? / You will go to heaven if killed, or you will enjoy the earth if victorious. Therefore, get up with a determination to fight, O Arjuna.”

“The offering of wisdom is better than any material offering, Arjuna; for the goal of all work is spiritual wisdom.”

“That one is dear to me who runs not after the pleasant or away from the painful, grieves not, lusts not, but lets things come and go as they happen.”

“But those devotees who have faith and sincerely try to develop the above mentioned immortal virtues, and set Me as their supreme goal; are very dear to Me.”

“Neither in this world nor elsewhere is there any happiness in store for him who always doubts.”

“Even those devotees who worship demigods with faith, they too worship Me, but in an improper way.”

“Scarcely one out of thousands of persons strives for perfection of Self-realization.”

“The yogi who knows all this goes beyond getting the benefits of the study of the Vedas, performance of sacrifices, austerities, and charities, and attains the Supreme eternal abode.”

“The one who shall propagate this supreme secret philosophy amongst My devotees shall be performing the highest devotional service to Me and shall certainly attain Me.”

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Bhagavad Gita Quotes by Krishna