Gita map, what troubles us
शोक Grief
Sorrow over loss. Linked to 4 of the core shlokas.
1. See how it works
- 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 - 2.56
दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः।
वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते ॥duḥkheṣhv-anudvigna-manāḥ sukheṣhu vigata-spṛihaḥ
He whose mind is not shaken by adversity, who does not long for pleasures, and is free from attachment, fear, and anger, is called a sage of steady wisdom.
vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhaḥ sthita-dhīr munir uchyate - 6.17
युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु।
युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दुःखहा ॥yuktāhāra-vihārasya yukta-cheṣhṭasya karmasu
Yoga becomes the destroyer of pain for him who is moderate in eating and recreation (such as walking, etc.), who exercises moderation in action, and who is moderate in sleep and wakefulness.
yukta-svapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkha-hā
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 - 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 - 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