Gita map, what the Gita cultivates
शान्ति Peace
Inner quiet that lasts. Linked to 8 of the core shlokas.
Verses that cultivate it
- 17.16
मनःप्रसादः सौम्यत्वं मौनमात्मविनिग्रहः।
भावसंशुद्धिरित्येतत्तपो मानसमुच्यते ॥manaḥ-prasādaḥ saumyatvaṁ maunam ātma-vinigrahaḥ
Serenity of mind, good-heartedness, self-control, and purity of nature—this is called mental austerity.
bhāva-sanśhuddhir ity etat tapo mānasam uchyate - 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 - 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 - 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 - 2.64
रागद्वेषवियुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन्।
आत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा प्रसादमधिगच्छति ॥rāga-dveṣha-viyuktais tu viṣhayān indriyaiśh charan
But the self-controlled man, moving among objects with the senses restrained and free from attraction and repulsion, attains peace.
ātma-vaśhyair-vidheyātmā prasādam adhigachchhati