Gita map, what the Gita cultivates
करुणा Compassion
Kindness to every being. Linked to 9 of the core shlokas.
Verses that cultivate it
- 16.2
अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्यागः शान्तिरपैशुनम्।
दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम् ॥ahinsā satyam akrodhas tyāgaḥ śhāntir apaiśhunam
Harmlessness, truth, absence of anger, renunciation, peacefulness, absence of crookedness, compassion for beings, non-covetousness, gentleness, modesty, and absence of fickleness.
dayā bhūteṣhv aloluptvaṁ mārdavaṁ hrīr achāpalam - 3.26
न बुद्धिभेदं जनयेदज्ञानां कर्मसङ्गिनाम्।
जोषयेत्सर्वकर्माणि विद्वान् युक्तः समाचरन् ॥na buddhi-bhedaṁ janayed ajñānāṁ karma-saṅginām
Let no wise man unsettle the minds of ignorant people who are attached to action; he should engage them in all actions, himself fulfilling them with devotion.
joṣhayet sarva-karmāṇi vidvān yuktaḥ samācharan - 17.15
अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत्।
स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते ॥anudvega-karaṁ vākyaṁ satyaṁ priya-hitaṁ cha yat
Speech that causes no excitement, is truthful, pleasant, and beneficial; the practice of studying the Vedas is called austerity of speech.
svādhyāyābhyasanaṁ chaiva vāṅ-mayaṁ tapa uchyate - 5.18
विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि।
शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः ॥vidyā-vinaya-sampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini
Sages look with an equal eye on a Brahmana endowed with learning and humility, on a cow, an elephant, a dog, and even an outcaste.
śhuni chaiva śhva-pāke cha paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśhinaḥ - 10.11
तेषामेवानुकम्पार्थमहमज्ञानजं तमः।
नाशयाम्यात्मभावस्थो ज्ञानदीपेन भास्वता ॥teṣhām evānukampārtham aham ajñāna-jaṁ tamaḥ
Out of mere compassion for them, I, dwelling within their selves, destroy the darkness born of ignorance with the luminous lamp of knowledge.
nāśhayāmyātma-bhāva-stho jñāna-dīpena bhāsvatā