Gita map, what troubles us
काम Craving
Wanting more, never filled. Linked to 15 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 - 2.60
यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः।
इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः ॥yatato hyapi kaunteya puruṣhasya vipaśhchitaḥ
The turbulent senses, O Arjuna, can violently carry away the mind of a wise person, even though they are striving to control them.
indriyāṇi pramāthīni haranti prasabhaṁ manaḥ - 3.43
एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना।
जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम् ॥evaṁ buddheḥ paraṁ buddhvā sanstabhyātmānam ātmanā
Thus, knowing Him who is superior to the intellect and restraining the self by the Self, slay thou, O mighty-armed Arjuna, the enemy in the form of desire, hard to conquer.
jahi śhatruṁ mahā-bāho kāma-rūpaṁ durāsadam
2. What answers it
3. Verses to practise
- 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