Gita map, what troubles us
संशय Doubt
Wavering, unsure what is true. Linked to 5 of the core shlokas.
1. See how it works
- 4.39
श्रद्धावाँल्लभते ज्ञानं तत्परः संयतेन्द्रियः।
ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा परां शान्तिमचिरेणाधिगच्छति ॥śhraddhāvān labhate jñānaṁ tat-paraḥ sanyatendriyaḥ
The one who is full of faith, devoted to it, and has subdued their senses obtains this knowledge; and upon obtaining the knowledge, they attain the supreme peace immediately.
jñānaṁ labdhvā parāṁ śhāntim achireṇādhigachchhati - 6.5
उद्धरेदात्मनाऽऽत्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्।
आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ॥uddhared ātmanātmānaṁ nātmānam avasādayet
One should raise oneself by one's own self alone; let not one lower oneself; for the self alone is one's own friend, and the self alone is one's own enemy.
ātmaiva hyātmano bandhur ātmaiva ripur ātmanaḥ - 16.5
दैवी सम्पद्विमोक्षाय निबन्धायासुरी मता।
मा शुचः सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातोऽसि पाण्डव ॥daivī sampad vimokṣhāya nibandhāyāsurī matā
The divine nature is deemed conducive to liberation, and the demonic to bondage. Grieve not, O Arjuna, for you are born with divine endowments.
mā śhuchaḥ sampadaṁ daivīm abhijāto ’si pāṇḍava
2. What answers it
3. Verses to practise
- 13.5
ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक्।
ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैश्चैव हेतुमद्भिर्विनिश्िचतैः ॥ṛiṣhibhir bahudhā gītaṁ chhandobhir vividhaiḥ pṛithak
Sages have sung in many ways, with various distinctive chants and also with suggestive words indicative of the Absolute, full of reasoning and decisive.
brahma-sūtra-padaiśh chaiva hetumadbhir viniśhchitaiḥ - 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 - 15.6
न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः।
यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम ॥na tad bhāsayate sūryo na śhaśhāṅko na pāvakaḥ
Neither does the sun illuminate there, nor the moon, nor the fire; having gone there, they do not return; that is My supreme abode.
yad gatvā na nivartante tad dhāma paramaṁ mama - 18.56
सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः।
मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम् ॥sarva-karmāṇy api sadā kurvāṇo mad-vyapāśhrayaḥ
Having taken refuge in Me and doing all actions, by My grace he obtains the eternal, indestructible state of being.
mat-prasādād avāpnoti śhāśhvataṁ padam avyayam