Gita map, what troubles us
दर्प Pride
Ego and the sense of being the doer. Linked to 10 of the core shlokas.
1. See how it works
- 18.13
पञ्चैतानि महाबाहो कारणानि निबोध मे।
सांख्ये कृतान्ते प्रोक्तानि सिद्धये सर्वकर्मणाम् ॥pañchaitāni mahā-bāho kāraṇāni nibodha me
Learn from Me, O mighty-armed Arjuna, these five causes, as declared in the Sankhya system, for the accomplishment of all actions.
sānkhye kṛitānte proktāni siddhaye sarva-karmaṇām - 18.14
अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम्।
विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम् ॥adhiṣhṭhānaṁ tathā kartā karaṇaṁ cha pṛithag-vidham
The body, the doer, the various senses, the different functions of various kinds, and the presiding deity—the fifth.
vividhāśh cha pṛithak cheṣhṭā daivaṁ chaivātra pañchamam - 18.15
शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर्यत्कर्म प्रारभते नरः।
न्याय्यं वा विपरीतं वा पञ्चैते तस्य हेतवः ॥śharīra-vāṅ-manobhir yat karma prārabhate naraḥ
Whatever action a person performs with their body, speech, and mind, whether right or wrong, these five are its causes.
nyāyyaṁ vā viparītaṁ vā pañchaite tasya hetavaḥ
2. What answers it
3. Verses to practise
- 13.8
अमानित्वमदम्भित्वमहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवम्।
आचार्योपासनं शौचं स्थैर्यमात्मविनिग्रहः ॥amānitvam adambhitvam ahinsā kṣhāntir ārjavam
Humility, unpretentiousness, non-injury, forgiveness, uprightness, service to the teacher, purity, steadfastness, and self-control.
āchāryopāsanaṁ śhauchaṁ sthairyam ātma-vinigrahaḥ - 16.3
तेजः क्षमा धृतिः शौचमद्रोहो नातिमानिता।
भवन्ति सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातस्य भारत ॥tejaḥ kṣhamā dhṛitiḥ śhaucham adroho nāti-mānitā
Vigor, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, absence of hatred, absence of pride—these belong to one born for a divine state, O Arjuna.
bhavanti sampadaṁ daivīm abhijātasya bhārata - 15.5
निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः।
द्वन्द्वैर्विमुक्ताः सुखदुःखसंज्ञै र्गच्छन्त्यमूढाः पदमव्ययं तत् ॥nirmāna-mohā jita-saṅga-doṣhā
Free from pride and delusion, victorious over the evil of attachment, dwelling constantly in the Self, their desires having completely turned away, freed from the pairs of opposites known as pleasure…
adhyātma-nityā vinivṛitta-kāmāḥ
dvandvair vimuktāḥ sukha-duḥkha-sanjñair
gachchhanty amūḍhāḥ padam avyayaṁ tat - 3.21
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः।
स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते ॥yad yad ācharati śhreṣhṭhas tat tad evetaro janaḥ
Whatever a great man does, others also do; whatever he establishes as the standard, the world follows.
sa yat pramāṇaṁ kurute lokas tad anuvartate