Finding significance in existence
Life's deeper meaning revealed through understanding your eternal nature and connection to all.
Dehino'smin yatha dehe kaumaram yauvanam jara, tatha dehantara-praptir dhiras tatra na muhyati
As the embodied soul continuously passes through childhood, youth, and old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change.
Mamaivamsho jiva-loke jiva-bhutah sanatanah, manah-shashthanindriyani prakrti-sthani karshati
The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind.
Yavat sanjayate kinchit sattvam sthavara-jangamam, kshetra-kshetrajña-samyogat tad viddhi bharatarshabha
Know, O Arjuna, that whatever being, moving or non-moving, is born, it is from the union between the field and the knower of the field.
Maya tatam idam sarvam jagad avyakta-murtina, mat-sthani sarva-bhutani na chaham teshv avasthitah
I pervade this entire universe in My unmanifest form. All beings exist in Me, but I am not limited to them.
Aham atma gudakesha sarva-bhutashaya-sthitah, aham adish cha madhyam cha bhutanam anta eva cha
I am the self, O Gudakesha, seated in the hearts of all beings. I am the beginning, middle, and end of all beings.
Sarvasya chaham hridi sannivishto mattah smritir jnanam apohanam cha, vedaish cha sarvair aham eva vedyo vedanta-krid veda-vid eva chaham
I am seated in the hearts of all; from Me come memory, knowledge, and understanding. I am verily that which is to be known by all the Vedas; I am indeed the author of Vedanta and the knower of the Vedas.
Ishvarah sarva-bhutanam hrid-deshe 'rjuna tishthati, bhramayan sarva-bhutani yantrarudhani mayaya
The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone's heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the material energy.
Gatir bharta prabhuh sakshi nivasah sharanam suhrit, prabhavah pralayah sthanam nidhanam bijam avyayam
I am the goal, sustainer, master, witness, abode, shelter, and friend. I am the creation and destruction, the basis of everything, the resting place, and the eternal seed.
Aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam pravartate, iti matva bhajante mam budha bhava-samanvitah
I am the source of all creation, and everything proceeds from Me. Understanding this, the wise worship Me with great faith and devotion.
Dvav imau purushau loke kshara chaksharা eva cha, ksharah sarvani bhutani kuta-stho 'kshara ucyate
There are two kinds of beings in this world: the perishable and the imperishable. All beings are perishable; the unchanging soul is called imperishable.
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