Shloka 3.43: “Knowing the self as superior to intellect, O Arjuna, steady the mind with the self and slay the…
Shloka 3.42: “The senses are superior to objects, the mind to senses, the intellect to mind, and the self is…
Shloka 3.41: “Therefore, O Arjuna, control the senses first, and slay desire, the destroyer of knowledge and realization.” Key Teaching:…
Shloka 3.40: “The senses, mind, and intellect are desire’s seats; through them, it deludes, obscuring knowledge.” Key Teaching: Desire, seated…
Shloka 3.39: “Knowledge is covered by this eternal enemy, desire, O Arjuna, an insatiable fire.” Key Teaching: Desire, an insatiable…
Shloka 3.38: “As fire is covered by smoke, a mirror by dust, or an embryo by the womb, so knowledge…
Shloka 3.37: “Krishna said: It is desire, born of rajas, later becoming anger, the alldevouring enemy of sin.” Key Teaching:…
Shloka 3.36: “Arjuna said: What impels one to sin, O Krishna, even against their will, as if by force?” Key…
Shloka 3.35: “Better to perform one’s own duty imperfectly than another’s perfectly; death in one’s duty is better than another’s…
Shloka 3.34: “Attraction and aversion to sense objects are fixed in the senses; one should not come under their sway,…