Bhagavad Gita Shlokas

SHLOKA

Timeless wisdom from the Gita — Shri Krishna’s teaching to Arjuna on the field of Kurukshetra.

Karma Yoga — 2.47

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥

Karmanye-Vadhikaraste Ma Phaleshu Kadachana,
Ma Karma-Phala-Hetur Bhur Ma Te Sango’stv Akarmani.

Meaning: Your right is to your action alone, never to its fruits. Let not the fruit of action be your motive, nor let attachment to inaction take hold of you.

The Lord’s Promise — 4.7

यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम्॥

Yada Yada Hi Dharmasya Glanir Bhavati Bharata,
Abhyutthanam Adharmasya Tadatmanam Srijamy Aham.

Meaning: Whenever dharma declines and adharma rises, O Bharata, I manifest myself.

The Lord’s Promise — 4.8

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्।
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे॥

Paritranaya Sadhunam Vinashaya Cha Dushkritam,
Dharma-Samsthapanarthaya Sambhavami Yuge Yuge.

Meaning: To protect the righteous, to destroy the wicked, and to firmly establish dharma, I appear age after age.

Steadiness of Mind — 2.48

योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय।
सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते॥

Yogasthah Kuru Karmani Sangam Tyaktva Dhananjaya,
Siddhy-Asiddhyoh Samo Bhutva Samatvam Yoga Uchyate.

Meaning: Established in yoga, perform your actions, O Dhananjaya, abandoning attachment — even-minded in success and failure. That evenness of mind is called yoga.

When To Read

These shlokas are read in daily swadhyay, before important undertakings, and whenever steadiness and clarity are needed.