Gita map, what troubles us
सङ्ग Attachment
Clinging to people, things, outcomes. Linked to 8 of the core shlokas.
1. See how it works
- 2.62
ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते।
सङ्गात् संजायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते ॥dhyāyato viṣhayān puṁsaḥ saṅgas teṣhūpajāyate
When one thinks of objects, attachment to them arises; from attachment, desire is born; from desire, anger arises.
saṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho ’bhijāyate - 2.64
रागद्वेषवियुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन्।
आत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा प्रसादमधिगच्छति ॥rāga-dveṣha-viyuktais tu viṣhayān indriyaiśh charan
But the self-controlled man, moving among objects with the senses restrained and free from attraction and repulsion, attains peace.
ātma-vaśhyair-vidheyātmā prasādam adhigachchhati - 14.7
रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम्।
तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम् ॥rajo rāgātmakaṁ viddhi tṛiṣhṇā-saṅga-samudbhavam
Know, O Arjuna, that Rajas is of the nature of passion, the source of thirst and attachment; it binds fast the embodied one by attachment to action.
tan nibadhnāti kaunteya karma-saṅgena dehinam
2. What answers it
3. Verses to practise
- 3.7
यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन।
कर्मेन्द्रियैः कर्मयोगमसक्तः स विशिष्यते ॥yas tvindriyāṇi manasā niyamyārabhate ’rjuna
But whoever, controlling the senses by the mind, O Arjuna, engages himself in Karma Yoga with the organs of action, without attachment, he excels.
karmendriyaiḥ karma-yogam asaktaḥ sa viśhiṣhyate - 15.4
ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्य यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः।
तमेव चाद्यं पुरुषं प्रपद्ये यतः प्रवृत्तिः प्रसृता पुराणी ॥tataḥ padaṁ tat parimārgitavyaṁ
Then, that goal should be sought for, to which, having gone, none returns again. I seek refuge in that Primeval Purusha, from whence streamed forth the ancient activity or energy.
yasmin gatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ
tam eva chādyaṁ puruṣhaṁ prapadye
yataḥ pravṛittiḥ prasṛitā purāṇī - 15.5
निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः।
द्वन्द्वैर्विमुक्ताः सुखदुःखसंज्ञै र्गच्छन्त्यमूढाः पदमव्ययं तत् ॥nirmāna-mohā jita-saṅga-doṣhā
Free from pride and delusion, victorious over the evil of attachment, dwelling constantly in the Self, their desires having completely turned away, freed from the pairs of opposites known as pleasure…
adhyātma-nityā vinivṛitta-kāmāḥ
dvandvair vimuktāḥ sukha-duḥkha-sanjñair
gachchhanty amūḍhāḥ padam avyayaṁ tat - 6.18
यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते।
निःस्पृहः सर्वकामेभ्यो युक्त इत्युच्यते तदा ॥yadā viniyataṁ chittam ātmanyevāvatiṣhṭhate
When the perfectly controlled mind rests in the Self alone, free from longing for any of the objects of desire, then it is said, 'He is united'.
niḥspṛihaḥ sarva-kāmebhyo yukta ityuchyate tadā