Friday, June 27, 2014

Loke’smin dvividhaa nishthaa - Selected Verses of Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 03, Verse 03

'Selected Verses of Bhagavad Gita' recounts only selected verses of The Gita, which Krishna has said as it is. If you are pressed against time to go through around 700 verses of Bahgavad Gita, then this is the right place for you. This collection of verses is brought to you after years of listening to Bhagavad Gita from different sources.

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 03, Verse 03
English:
Loke’smin dvividhaa nishthaa puraa proktaa mayaanagha
Jnyaanayogena saankhyaanaam karmayogena yoginaam
Sanskrit: 
लोकेस्मिन् द्विविधा निष्ठा पूरा प्रोक्ता मयानघ
ज्ञानयोगेन सांख्यानां कर्मयोगेन योगिनाम्
Oriya: 
ଲୋକେସ୍ମିନ୍ ଦ୍ଵିବିଧା ନିଷ୍ଠା ପୁରା ପ୍ରୋକ୍ତା ମୟାନଘ
ଜ୍ଞାନଯୋଗେନ ସାଙ୍ଖ୍ୟାନାମ୍ କର୍ମଯୋଗେନ ଯୋଗିନାମ୍

Selected word meaning:
loke - in the world, asmin - this, dvi vidhaa - two kinds of, nisthaa - faith, puraa - previously, proktaa - were told, mayaa - by Me, anagha - O sinless one, jnyana yogena - by the path of knowledge, sankhyanam - of the empiric philosophers, karma yogena - by the path of action, yoginam - of the yogis

Translation:
O sinless one, in this world, there are two kinds of paths, I have said before: the path of knowledge for the empiric philosophers (the sankhyas) and the path of action for the yogis.

Sources:
Sermons of Gita in Mahavarat by Sri B. R. Chopra
Sermons of Gita in Sri Krishna by Sri Ramanand Sagar
Bhagavad Gita by Sri Swami Sivananda of Divine Life Society
Bhagavad Gita As it Is by Sri Swami Prabhupada of ISKCON

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