Daily Geeta

From : http://www.gitaaonline.com/

This is the daily Bhagvadgita reading selection from उत्थान पथ (Path to a Spiritual High) for Fridays. The first three shlokas highlight the acts that can be categorized as tapas for body, speech and mind. Later, continuing the theme of the three gunas, Lord Krishna classifies happiness into three categories.


वास्तविक तप और सुख
vāstavika tapa aura sukha
देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनं शौचं आर्जवम्‌।
ब्रह्मचर्यं अहिंसा च शारीरं तप उच्यते॥ १७-१४॥
devadvijaguruprājñapūjanaṁ śaucaṁ ārjavam |
brahmacaryaṁ ahiṁsā ca śārīraṁ tapa ucyate || 17-14||

अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत्‌।
स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते॥ १७-१५॥
anudvegakaraṁ vākyaṁ satyaṁ priyahitaṁ ca yat |
svādhyāyābhyasanaṁ caiva vāṅmayaṁ tapa ucyate || 17-15||

मनः प्रसादः सौम्यत्वं मौनं आत्मविनिग्रहः।
भावसंशुद्धिरित्येतत्तपो मानसमुच्यते॥ १७-१६॥
manaḥ prasādaḥ saumyatvaṁ maunaṁ ātmavinigrahaḥ |
bhāvasaṁśuddhirityetattapo mānasamucyate || 17-16||

सुर द्विज तथा गुरु प्राज्ञ पूजन ब्रह्मचर्य सदैव ही॥
शुचिता अहिंसा नम्रता तन की तपस्या है यही॥ १७। १४॥
sura dvija tathā guru prājña pūjana brahmacarya sadaiva hī ||
śucitā ahiṁsā namratā tana kī tapasyā hai yahī || 17| 14 ||

सच्चे वचन हितकर मधुर उद्वेग-विरहित नित्य ही॥
स्वाध्याय का अभ्यास भी वाणी-तपस्या है यही॥ १७। १५॥
sacce vacana hitakara madhura udvega-virahita nitya hī ||
svādhyāya kā abhyāsa bhī vāṇī-tapasyā hai yahī || 17| 15 ||

सौम्यत्व मौन प्रसाद मन का शुद्ध भाव सदैव ही॥
करना मनोनिग्रह सदा मन की तपस्या है यही॥ १७। १६॥
saumyatva mauna prasāda mana kā śuddha bhāva sadaiva hī ||
karanā manonigraha sadā mana kī tapasyā hai yahī || 17| 16 ||

Worship of gods
Meriting worship; lowly reverence
Of Twice-borns, Teachers, Elders; Purity,
Rectitude, and the Brahmacharya’s vow,
And not to injure any helpless thing,-
These make a true religiousness of Act.

Words causing no man woe, words ever true,
Gentle and pleasing words, and those ye say
In murmured reading of a Sacred Writ,-
These make the true religiousness of Speech.

Serenity of soul, benignity,
Sway of the silent Spirit, constant stress
To sanctify the Nature,- these things make
Good rite, and true religiousness of Mind.

यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्‌।
तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्‌॥ १८-३७॥
yattadagre viShamiva pariNAme.amR^itopamam.h .
tatsukhaM sAttvikaM proktamAtmabuddhiprasAdajam.h .. 18-37..

विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्‌।
परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्‌॥ १८-३८॥
viṣayendriyasaṁyogādyattadagre’mṛtopamam |
pariṇāme viṣamiva tatsukhaṁ rājasaṁ smṛtam || 18-38||

यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः।
निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्‌॥ १८-३९॥
yadagre cānubandhe ca sukhaṁ mohanamātmanaḥ |
nidrālasyapramādotthaṁ tattāmasamudāhṛtam || 18-39||

आरम्भ में विषवत् सुधा सम किन्तु मधु परिणाम है॥
जो आत्मबुद्धि-प्रसाद-सुख सात्त्विक उसी का नाम है॥ १८। ३७॥
ārambha meṁ viṣavat sudhā sama kintu madhu pariṇāma hai ||
jo ātmabuddhi-prasāda-sukha sāttvika usī kā nāma hai || 18| 37 ||

राजस वही सुख है कि जो इन्द्रिय-विषय-संयोग से॥
पहिले सुधा सम अन्त में विष-तुल्य हो फल-भोग से॥ १८। ३८॥
rājasa vahī sukha hai ki jo indriya-viṣaya-saṁyoga se ||
pahile sudhā sama anta meṁ viṣa-tulya ho phala-bhoga se || 18| 38 ||

आरम्भ एवं अन्त में जो मोह जन को दे रहा॥
आलस्य नीन्द प्रमाद से उत्पन्न सुख तामस कहा॥ १८। ३९॥
ārambha evaṁ anta meṁ jo moha jana ko de rahā ||
ālasya nīnda pramāda se utpanna sukha tāmasa kahā || 18| 39 ||

Good Pleasure is the pleasure that endures,
Banishing pain for aye; bitter at first
As poison to the soul, but afterward
Sweet as the taste of Amrit. Drink of that!
It springeth in the Spirit’s deep content.

And painful Pleasure springeth from the bond
Between the senses and the sense-world. Sweet
As Amrit is its first taste, but its last
Bitter as poison. ‘Tis of Rajas, Prince!

And foul and “dark” the Pleasure is which springs
From sloth and sin and foolishness; at first
And at the last, and all the way of life
The soul bewildering. ‘Tis of Tamas, Prince!

अध्येष्यते च य इमं धर्म्यं संवादमावयोः।
ज्ञानयज्ञेन तेनाहमिष्टः स्यामिति मे मतिः॥ १८-७०॥
adhyeShyate cha ya imaM dharmya.n sa.nvAdamAvayoH .
GYAnayaGYena tenAhamiShTaH syAmiti me matiH .. 18-70..

मेरी तुम्हारी धर्म-चर्चा जो पढ़े गा ध्यान से॥
मैं मानता पूजा मुझे है ज्ञानयज्ञ विधान से ॥ १८। ७०॥
merī tumhārī dharma-carcā jo paṛhe gā dhyāna se ||
maiṁ mānatā pūjā mujhe hai jñānayajña vidhāna se || 18| 70 ||

Yea, furthermore,
Whoso reads this converse o’er,
Held by Us upon the plain,
Pondering piously and fain,
He hath paid Me sacrifice!

Hindi Verse translation in the above post is taken from Shri Hari Gita by Pandit Deenanatha Bhargava Dinesh. English Verse translation in the above post is taken from Song Celestial by Sir Edwin Arnold from the Sanskrit Documents website

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