Chapter 2

Shloka 2.52 “When your intellect transcends the delusion of attachment, you will become indifferent to what is heard or to be heard.” Key Teaching: Transcending attachment leads to indifference to worldly knowledge. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that when Arjuna’s intellect transcends attachment’s delusion, he will become indifferent to worldly knowledge, past […]

Shloka 2.51 “The wise, established in equanimity, abandon the fruits of action and attain liberation from the cycle of birth and death.” Key Teaching: Equanimity in action leads to liberation from rebirth. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that the wise, established in equanimity, abandon action’s fruits and attain liberation from the cycle

Shloka 2.50 “One established in equanimity is freed from good and bad karma in this life; therefore, devote yourself to Yoga, the art of action.” Key Teaching: Equanimity frees one from karma, making Yoga the art of action. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that equanimity frees one from good and bad karma,

Shloka 2.49 “Far inferior is action motivated by desire compared to that performed with equanimity; take refuge in equanimity, O Arjuna.” Key Teaching: Equanimity in action surpasses desire-driven action. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that action motivated by desire is inferior to that performed with equanimity, urging Arjuna to take refuge in

Shloka 2.48 “Perform actions, O Arjuna, established in Yoga, abandoning attachment, equipoised in success and failure; equanimity is Yoga.” Key Teaching: Equanimity in action, success, and failure defines Yoga. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Yoga. Description: Krishna urges Arjuna to perform actions with Yoga, abandoning attachment and maintaining equanimity in success and failure, defining equanimity as

Shloka 2.47 “You have a right to action alone, never to its fruits; let not the fruits of action be your motive, nor be attached to inaction.” Key Teaching: Perform action without attachment to results, avoiding inaction. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that Arjuna has a right only to action, not its

Shloka 2.46 “As a reservoir is of little use when water flows everywhere, so the Vedas are of little use to one who knows the Supreme.” Key Teaching: Knowledge of the Supreme surpasses the need for Vedic rituals. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Spirituality. Description: Krishna compares Vedic rituals to a reservoir’s limited use when water is

Shloka 2.45 “The Vedas deal with the three gunas; be free from these, O Arjuna, and fixed in truth, free from attachment, self-possessed.” Key Teaching: Transcend the three gunas and act with detachment and truth. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Yoga. Description: Krishna advises Arjuna to transcend the three gunas (sattva, rajas, tamas), which the Vedas

Shloka 2.44 “Those attached to pleasure and power, absorbed in rituals, lack the resolute intellect for liberation.” Key Teaching: Attachment to rituals prevents the resolute intellect needed for liberation. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that those attached to pleasure and power through rituals lack the resolute intellect needed for liberation. This verse

Shloka 2.43 “Attached to pleasure and power, their minds drawn to heaven, they speak of rituals for rebirth and wealth.” Key Teaching: Attachment to rituals for pleasure and power distracts from true dharma. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Yoga. Description: Krishna describes those attached to pleasure and power, whose minds seek heaven through rituals promising rebirth