Gita map, what troubles us
द्वेष Hostility
Ill will towards others. Linked to 3 of the core shlokas.
1. See how it works
- 12.13
अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च।
निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी ॥adveṣhṭā sarva-bhūtānāṁ maitraḥ karuṇa eva cha
He who hates no creature, is friendly and compassionate to all, is free from attachment and egoism, is balanced in pleasure and pain, and is forgiving.
nirmamo nirahankāraḥ sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ kṣhamī - 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 - 6.9
सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु।
साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते ॥suhṛin-mitrāryudāsīna-madhyastha-dveṣhya-bandhuṣhu
He who is of the same mind towards the good-hearted, friends, enemies, the indifferent, the neutral, the hateful, the relatives, the righteous, and the unrighteous, excels.
sādhuṣhvapi cha pāpeṣhu sama-buddhir viśhiṣhyate
2. What answers it
3. Verses to practise
- 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