September 2025

Shloka 5.15 “The Lord accepts neither the good nor evil of anyone; ignorance covers knowledge, deluding beings.” Key Teaching: Ignorance, not the Lord, deludes beings by covering knowledge. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that the Lord does not accept anyone’s good or evil deeds, as ignorance covers knowledge, causing delusion. This […]

Shloka 5.14 “The Lord creates neither agency nor actions for the world, nor fruit attachment; nature acts.” Key Teaching: The Lord does not create agency or actions; nature drives them. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that the Lord does not create agency, actions, or attachment to fruits; these arise from nature

Shloka 5.13 “Renouncing all actions mentally, the self-controlled rest in the city of nine gates, neither acting nor causing action.” Key Teaching: Mentally renouncing actions, the self-controlled rest without acting. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that the self-controlled, mentally renouncing all actions, rest in the body (the city of nine gates),

Shloka 5.12 “The disciplined, renouncing fruits, attain peace; the undisciplined, attached to fruits, are bound by desire.” Key Teaching: Renouncing action’s fruits brings peace; attachment binds through desire. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that the disciplined, renouncing action’s fruits, attain peace, while the undisciplined, attached to fruits, are bound by desire.

Shloka 5.11 “Yogis act with body, mind, intellect, and senses, without attachment, to purify the self.” Key Teaching: Yogis act without attachment to purify the self through all faculties. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna explains that yogis act with body, mind, intellect, and senses, without attachment, to purify the self. This verse,

Shloka 5.10 “One who acts, offering all actions to Brahman, abandoning attachment, is untainted, like a lotus leaf in water.” Key Teaching: Offering actions to Brahman without attachment keeps one untainted. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that one who offers all actions to Brahman, free from attachment, remains untainted, like a

Shloka 5.9 “Speaking, excreting, grasping, opening, and closing eyes—the yogi knows these are senses acting on objects.” Key Teaching: A yogi sees sensory actions as mere interactions, not self-driven. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna explains that a yogi views actions like speaking or blinking as senses interacting with objects, not self-initiated. This

Shloka 5.8 “A yogi, knowing the truth, thinks: ‘I do not act,’ though seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving, sleeping, breathing.” Key Teaching: A yogi knows they do not act, despite sensory and bodily functions, due to divine truth. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that a yogi, knowing the truth, believes

Shloka 5.7 “Pure, selfcontrolled, with conquered senses, seeing the self in all beings, such a yogi is not tainted by action.” Key Teaching: A pure, selfcontrolled yogi, seeing the self in all, is untainted by action. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna describes a yogi who, pure, selfcontrolled, with conquered senses, and seeing

Shloka 5.6 “Renunciation is hard without yoga, O Arjuna; the disciplined yogi quickly attains Brahman.” Key Teaching: Yoga enables renunciation, leading quickly to Brahman. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. 500Word Description: Krishna teaches that renunciation is difficult without yoga, but a disciplined yogi quickly attains Brahman. This verse, continuing 5.4–5, addresses Arjuna’s confusion (5.1).