Gita map, what the Gita cultivates
सन्तोष Contentment
Enough, here and now. Linked to 6 of the core shlokas.
Verses that cultivate it
- 4.21
निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः।
शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम् ॥nirāśhīr yata-chittātmā tyakta-sarva-parigrahaḥ
Without hope, controlling the mind and the self, having abandoned all covetousness, and performing only bodily actions, one incurs no sin.
śhārīraṁ kevalaṁ karma kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣham - 17.8
आयुःसत्त्वबलारोग्यसुखप्रीतिविवर्धनाः।
रस्याः स्निग्धाः स्थिरा हृद्या आहाराः सात्त्विकप्रियाः ॥āyuḥ-sattva-balārogya-sukha-prīti-vivardhanāḥ
The foods that increase life, purity, strength, health, joy, and cheerfulness (good appetite), which are savory, oily, substantial, and agreeable, are dear to the Sattvic (pure) people.
rasyāḥ snigdhāḥ sthirā hṛidyā āhārāḥ sāttvika-priyāḥ - 5.24
योऽन्तःसुखोऽन्तरारामस्तथान्तर्ज्योतिरेव यः।
स योगी ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं ब्रह्मभूतोऽधिगच्छति ॥yo 'ntaḥ-sukho 'ntar-ārāmas tathāntar-jyotir eva yaḥ
He who is happy within, who rejoices within, and who is illuminated within, that Yogi attains absolute freedom, or Moksha, becoming Brahman himself.
sa yogī brahma-nirvāṇaṁ brahma-bhūto 'dhigachchhati - 12.14
सन्तुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः।
मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः ॥santuṣhṭaḥ satataṁ yogī yatātmā dṛiḍha-niśhchayaḥ
Ever content, steady in meditation, self-controlled, possessing firm conviction, with the mind and intellect dedicated to Me, he, My devotee, is dear to Me.
mayy arpita-mano-buddhir yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ - 4.22
यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः।
समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते ॥yadṛichchhā-lābha-santuṣhṭo dvandvātīto vimatsaraḥ
Content with what comes to him without effort, free from the pairs of opposites and envy, even-minded in success and failure, he acts yet is not bound.
samaḥ siddhāvasiddhau cha kṛitvāpi na nibadhyate