Śrīmad-Bhagavadgītā Interpretation Session (Eng) - 24/05/26 14th Ch (1/2) - Ms. Janhavi Ji Dekhane

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]Hey, Bharat [music] Mata.

[00:00:02]Hey, Gita Mata.

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[00:14:03]Pray.

[00:14:07]Savi.

[00:14:09]Brother.

[00:14:10]Sister.

[00:14:11]>> [music] >> They shall.

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[00:19:18]Vrajapriyam Dharmasansthapakum [music and singing] Viram Krishnam [singing] Vande [music] Jagadgurum >> [singing] >> Ishwara Bhakti Bhava Se Behati [music] Sanskaro Ki Dhara Bharat Ma [music] Ki Seva Me Gita Parivar Hamara [music] Gita Parivar Hamara >> [music] >> Ishwara Bhakti Bhava Se Behati Sanskaro Ki Dhara Bharat [music] Ma Ki Seva Me Gita Parivar Hamara [music] Gita Parivar Hamara Jai Bharat Ma Jai Gita Ma Jai Bharat >> [music] >> Ma Jai Gita Ma >> [music] [music] >> Bharatiya Sanskriti [music] Ka Vaibhav Jag Me Sabse Nyara Jai Bharat >> [music] >> Ma Jai Gita Ma Jai Bharat Ma Jai Gita Ma Bharatiya Sanskriti Ka Vaibhav >> [music] >> Gita Gita Gita Gita >> [music] >> Gita Gita Gita Gita Gita >> [music] >> Gita Gita Gita >> [music] >> Gita Gita Gita >> [music] >> Gita Gita Gita >> [music] >> Gita Gita >> [music] >> Gita Gita >> [music] >> Gita Gita >> [music] >> Gita Gita >> [music] >> Gita Gita Gita >> [music] >> Gita Gita Gita Gita Gita >> [music] >> Gita Gita >> [music] >> Gita Gita Gita Gita >> [music] >> Gita Gita Gita >> [music] >> Gita Gita Gita Hey Bharat Hey Gita >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Hey Bharat Hey Gita Hey Bharat Hey Gita >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Hey Bharat >> [music] >> Hey Gita Hey Bharat Hey Gita >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Hey Bharat Hey Gita >> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Jai Shri Krishna to everyone.

[00:25:41]With the divine blessings of almighty, this is JVSM Lakshmi welcoming you all to today's session.

[00:25:49]So, before the start of the session, my respectful salutations to Param Pujya Swami Shri Govind Dev Giri Ji Maharaj, the founder of this great organization Gita Pariwar.

[00:26:02]So, a very warm welcome once again to all our dear children, parents, and Gita family members to today's Gita Bhagavad Gita interpretation session. The Bhagavad Gita is like a loving guide given by Lord Krishna to help us become kind, brave, happy, and wise in our daily life. So, through fun learning and simple understanding, we will explore beautiful teachings that help us become better human beings. So, we'll begin today's session by seeking the blessings of Lord through through the prarthana by Madipalli Sesharatnam Ji, a devoted co-trainer of level one, a nature lover and homemaker from Vijayawada.

[00:26:48]So, Nidhi, can you please start the prayer, please? Jai Shri Krishna. Sabhi ko Krishna.

[00:26:54]Verses >> [singing] [singing] >> tell you something.

[00:27:24]Jai Shri Krishna.

[00:27:26]Thank you so much, Didi, for that beautiful prarthana.

[00:27:30]So, that was the beginning of today's session with a wonderful prarthana. Now, let us move on to the deep prajwalan.

[00:27:38]We have for the deep prajwalan, we have Vibha Deshmukh ji, a dedicated sevi of Gita Pariwar, a mentor, examiner, and retired associate professor in chemistry, who continues to inspire many through her selfless seva.

[00:27:56]Uh if I want to talk about uh Vibha Deshmukh ji, she's a senior member of uh Gita Pariwar, serving in different departments, and the newsletter writing team, and uh vivechan quiz database, and uh quiz pract- pract- uh quiz preparation team. She's mentoring L3 and L4.

[00:28:20]And at the age of 75 years, she has uh become uh a member She's become a citizen of America, Washington state, and now she's at present residing at Nagpur.

[00:28:37]So, Didi, please come forward for the deep prajwalan.

[00:28:53]>> [singing] >> Thank you so much Vibhathish Mukthiji for such a beautiful deep prajvalan.

[00:30:05]And now let us move forward, sit with happy hearts, folded hands and eagerness to learn the beautiful messages of Bhagavad Gita. But before we start with the main session, uh here is a humble request to all the Gita savvies. Please kindly spread the information about this weekly Vibheeshana sessions being conducted regularly and encourage more seekers to participate and benefit from these uh divine initiatives of Gita Pariwar.

[00:30:34]Please share the session details in your circles, family groups and among friends so that more people can connect with the wisdom of Bhagavad Gita and become a part of this Maha Yagna.

[00:30:45]So, your small effort can definitely inspire many more to take one step closer towards Gita.

[00:30:52]So, now we are entering the most beautiful part of today's session, our main learning from the 14th Adhyaya of Bhagavad Gita, the Guna Traya Vibhaga Yoga. So, we will listen to the loving teachings of Bhagwan Shri Krishna and learn how to become a good person. And for this, I'm so de- lighted to introduce Janani Dikhani ji, a sincere Gita Sevi, humbly walking the divine path path of Bhagavad Gita under the loving guidance and blessings of Param Pujya Swamiji Govind Giri ji Maharaj with deep de- votion towards the noble mission of Gita Pariwar. She's associated with Gita Pariwar since April 2021 and has been actively engaged in this sacred journey with dedication and commitment. And since then, she has been serving as a devoted Sevi with Learn Gita, contributing wholeheartedly in various departments, including technical assistance, academic literature, training, and as a Vivechak for kids special classes, and inspiring young minds with Gita values. And by the divine grace of Bhagwan and blessings of Gurudev, she's also a Gita Vrati. Within just nearly a year of joining Gita Pariwar, she's also academically a very talented person with a very high professional degrees and is now handling professional responsibilities in TCS and TCS and and she's able to manage both the ends, that is, the professional responsibilities and as and towards the spiritual end also, she's totally dedicated. So, I have great pleasure in introducing her to you and I now request our dear Janvi Didi to kindly take over and start this most awaited part of the session with a new news adhyaya today, the 14th adhyaya of the Bhagavad Gita.

[00:32:54]Didi, please start the session.

[00:32:58]Jai Shri Krishna. Thank you so much for the very beautiful deepa prajvalana and prayer. Thank you so much everybody. A very warm welcome to this session all of you.

[00:33:09]Let's begin with prayer.

[00:33:20]>> [singing] [singing] >> Again, a very warm welcome to all of you to this beautiful session.

[00:34:39]We are going to start with another beautiful and very important chapter of Srimad Bhagavad Gita today.

[00:34:46]It is 14th Adhyaya, that is Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga. This is a very practical chapter. We have all been learning various chapters one by one throughout our journey of level one and level two.

[00:35:01]And this is the last chapter of our level two journey. And again, just like the 17th Adhyaya, this one is also a very practical, very you know, Adhyaya which leads us to reflect on ourselves.

[00:35:22]So, let's begin.

[00:35:26]The name of the Adhyaya itself, the Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga. The name itself tells us that it this Adhyaya is about understanding the three Gunas, the Gunatraya, the three Gunas. We all know this entire Prakriti, this entire universe around us is made up of three main Gunas. Three main components are Sattvic, Rajasic and Tamasic. Sattva Guna, Rajo Guna and Tamo Guna.

[00:35:56]And with the help of this Adhyaya, Bhagwan will be explaining what is the true nature of these three Gunas. And you know, not just the true nature, but how these Gunas affect our daily life, how to regulate them, how to balance them. And is it even possible to transcend them?

[00:36:22]Mhm, because Guna, this Guna word in Sanskrit only it means as uh it means uh uh Another meaning of this word in Sanskrit is like a rope that is tying us. You know, just like that, these gunas are tying us.

[00:36:41]To what? To what that we will learn in the upcoming chapter. But in order to meet Bhagwan, in order to realize our own, to realize the Atma Gyan, to realize our own swarupa, what is required? It is required to get out of these gunas. And then how to get out of these gunas? Is it possible to get out of these gunas?

[00:37:04]Those answers Bhagwan is going to discuss them with us in this chapter.

[00:37:11]We have been learning about these gunas in ninth adhyay also, in 17th adhyay also.

[00:37:19]The adhyay which is exactly prior to this one in the actual sequence of Bhagavad Gita is the 13th adhyay.

[00:37:28]The adhyay that is prior to the 14th adhyay.

[00:37:31]In that adhyay Bhagwan again underlines the importance of understanding the nature and understanding the part of these gunas in our life. You know, there's a very beautiful shloka, Purusha Prakrutistho hi Bhunkte Prakrutijan Gunan Karanam Gunasango sya Sadasadyonijanmasu.

[00:37:53]Meaning that uh attachment to these gunas only leads us to the nature of our next birth. Nature the gati of human, the gati of our jivatma.

[00:38:08]Right? How what kind of birth are we going to get? What kind of relations are we going to make? With what gati are we going to have? That is dependent on how much we are attached to to these gunas. And he also tells that the one who understand the the nature of these gunas completely the one who understands then he then there is no bandhan of birth or death to him. He is liberated in his own form no matter what state they are in, no matter what situation surrounds them, no matter what life conditions they face. Such a yogi who understand these gunas, who understand the art of detachment with these gunas, they are free of all these bindings of janma and mrityu also.

[00:39:14]Right?

[00:39:16]So, what are these gunas? See, once what happened there is a very beautiful story. Once what happened, there was a merchant who was passing through a desert and he wanted a place to you know take some rest somewhere and he found a small camp.

[00:39:36]And in that camp there was only place for him or some some other couple of people to rest. Now, he had his camels with him. He could not just you know leave them out. Then the owner of the camp said that how are you going to leave your camels out? We don't have anything that we that you can tie them with. We don't have that much rope also that all your camels will get tied with with that rope. We don't don't have that much rope.

[00:40:10]How are you going to make sure that they stay there throughout the night and they stay safe, they don't go wandering off in the desert.

[00:40:19]How to do that? Now, that merchant he used to travel. He used to do this a lot. So, he knew the solution of this problem. He just went near his camels and just performed some routine, some action without the rope. What kind of action?

[00:40:39]As if he is tying that rope around the necks of of those camels and he is tying that rope around the necks and he's tying it some somewhere nearby some some nearby pole or some nearby tree.

[00:40:54]He's just performing that actions.

[00:40:56]And then the you know, next morning the owner of the camp came outside and to see the camels are already are still there or not.

[00:41:12]The owner was surprised to see all the camels were standing there where he left them the previous night. All the camels were standing at that same place.

[00:41:24]The owner asked the owner of the camp he asked the merchant that how did you manage?

[00:41:31]How are they not running off?

[00:41:34]The merchant said that because I performed a little action.

[00:41:39]You know, on their mind that they are thinking that they are bounded by that rope. But actually they are not. You know, again he went he he he tried to push them. He tried to you know, he tried to push them. He tried to move them. But those camels would not move.

[00:41:56]Again he performed that same reverse routine as if he is taking out those ropes from from the camels neck necks and then tried to move them. Camels started moving.

[00:42:09]This is what this is the story that completely, you know, actually depicts what the nature of these gunas are.

[00:42:19]We think that these gunas are binding us, but in reality, we are the one that are letting them bind us.

[00:42:28]Right? So, that is the gunas vibhaga yoga. How to understand the nature of these gunas.

[00:42:35]You know, what is the nature of these gunas?

[00:42:39]See, that is the gunas vibhaga yoga.

[00:42:42]What is the nature of these gunas and what are the way to get past these gunas?

[00:42:48]So, let's begin with our first shloka.

[00:42:52]Please keep reciting with me in the mute. Om Shri Paramatmane Namaha. Shrimad Bhagavad Gita. Atha Chaturdashodhyayah.

[00:43:04]Shri Bhagavan uvacha. Param Bhuyah Pravakshyami Jnananam Jnanam Uttamam. Yajjnatva Munayah Sarve Param Siddhimito Gatah.

[00:43:20]Now, what is Bhagwan saying here? Param Bhuyah Pravakshyami Jnananam Jnanam Uttamam. Param Bhuyah Pravakshyami.

[00:43:28]Meaning, hey Arjun, I'm going to tell you this again.

[00:43:33]See, this discussion Bhagwan is Bhagwan has been having with us, with Arjun, since in the beginning, in in second chapter also, in the ninth chapter also, in again, 17th chapter, in 13th chapter, you know, every time Bhagwan is being repeating this Jnananam Jnanam Uttamam, this Uttamam Jnanam. Mhm.

[00:43:59]>> [clears throat] >> Why?

[00:44:00]Because good things needs to be repeated.

[00:44:04]Bad things, they stay with us. Bad habits, they stay with us. But in order to have one good habit, there is a lot of practice that is required. So, that is why Bhagwan saying that Param Bhuyah Pravakshyami. It's okay. I will repeat everything. I will again tell you what is important. What is the Uttaman Gyan?

[00:44:26]What is the best knowledge? Hmm? And what is the best knowledge? You will see, there is a lot of knowledge around us.

[00:44:34]We all are living in the era of what? In the era of information. And now this is the era of what? Artificial Artificial Intelligence. Everywhere around us, the information, the knowledge is just a click away. Hmm?

[00:44:49]But still, what is the Uttaman knowledge?

[00:44:52]You know, you also may feel sometimes that, you know, YouTube has so much, you know, it is a reserve of knowledge.

[00:44:59]Sometimes it feels that we are getting lost in all that knowledge. Hmm? It it becomes more and more confusing. Uh as we are having a lot of exposure to that to a various kinds of knowledge, to the various kinds of information around us. So, here Bhagwan is talking about Jnananam Jnananam Uttamam. The best of the best knowledge. We all have different kinds of knowledge around us.

[00:45:25]One can be general knowledge, right?

[00:45:28]Just a knowledge about general things.

[00:45:30]Just looking at some things, understanding how things work.

[00:45:35]Having the general knowledge, GK. Then another one is science.

[00:45:41]Something specific. You know, knowing the trees, knowing the types of trees, yes, it is there. But how a tree works, how the photosynthesis works, that is the science. That is the something special knowledge. And then there comes the most special knowledge that we all humans possess, uh >> [clears throat] >> the ability to get. What is that knowledge? That knowledge is Atma Gyaan, the ability to self-realization, the knowledge of self-realization.

[00:46:11]See? That is why the human birth is considered a very, very, very important in our shastras.

[00:46:19]Hm? Because why? We have so much knowledge around us. We have so much uh life around us. We have so many beings around us. You know, so many living beings around us.

[00:46:31]All of them are intelligent. Hm? There is no no living being uh living on this earth that does not possess a little bit also of intelligence. Even the ants have shown such a great intelligent behavior.

[00:46:44]Every uh living being around us possess some or other kind of intelligent behavior. They exhibit some or other kind of intelligent behavior, but why?

[00:46:52]Why humans are only different?

[00:46:55]Humans are different because they only have the capacity to understand uh their own swarupa, to do the self-realization, to understand, to make efforts to understand the Bhagavantha, to the Param Pita Param understand the Param Pita Paramatma, who has created this entire universe, who is the cause of this entire universe. Humans only have this ability to uh have the self-realization.

[00:47:26]You know? And again, to walk on this path only we have all started understanding Bhagavad Gita. We all want to walk on this path. We all want to elevate our lives in that direction.

[00:47:38]So, that is the Gyaananam Gyaanam Uttamam. And to do that, understanding the nature of gunas, understanding the effects of gunas is very important. So, uh the Bhagavan is saying in the next shloka, Idam Gyaanam Upashritya Mama Sadharmyam Agataha.

[00:48:08]>> And therefore with the help of this Atman Yana, Atman Yana upashritya you know, taking refuge in this Atman Yana who the yogis, the muni they do what? Mama sadharmyam agata.

[00:48:25]They attain the sadharmya meaning having the same nature as of me, having the same swabhava as of me. Mama sadharmyam agata. Sarge pino bajayante pralayen abhyathanti cha. And how is Bhagwan swabhava? How is Bhagwan? Sarge pino bajayante anadi ananta. There is no beginning and there is no end. No deterioration that is happening. No dukha.

[00:48:53]Complete purity and complete shantata, complete peace, the bliss that is the swarupa of Bhagwan. And Bhagwan is saying the ones who understand this nyana, the ones who attain this nyana, they attain my sadharmya.

[00:49:10]Sarge pino bajayante, then the janma and mrityu these things they do not matter.

[00:49:20]These people don't mind these things.

[00:49:24]You know, these things do not matter with them. These things are going to happen. Janma mrityu these all things are going to happen. It is a cycle. But these people they will not get affected.

[00:49:35]They will not get vyathanti meaning they will not get disturbed by the cycle of janma and mrityu because they have already elevated themselves beyond this janma mrityu and beyond these perspectives. Now their perspectives has already been elevated because of why because of what because Yagna Munna survey padam because they have gotten the padam Patanjali Mahamuni in his Patanjali yoga yoga shastra he has described so many cities when a sadhak starts walking on the path of bhakti on the path of sadhana diligently regularly without you know wavering without getting distracted when a sadhak starts walking the path of sadhana eventually he is going to stumble upon some or other Siddhi as Swamiji also says that if you are doing your upasana if you are doing your bhakti diligently then regularly then definitely you are going to have some or other kind of Siddhi there are various kinds of Siddhis and many of you also may have heard about this Siddhis that somebody uh they talk something and that becomes you know that thing realizes that becomes a reality you know somebody who can >> [clears throat] >> just control everything around them control people around them control things around them these are kinds of these are some kinds of Siddhis that are shastras talk about and uh yes uh a true sadhak a true sadhak or an honest sadhak who is performing all his actions all his upasana may definitely get those Siddhis at one point of another but those Siddhis are like what they are not permanent they are temporary what happens they will come and they may go also sometimes but those are not the destination of a sadhak A sadhak's destination is what? The Bhagwat realization, the unison with Bhagwan himself, with Param Pita Paramatma himself. These siddhis are just you know, they're just there. They're coming like a station and going. But the main destination is the unison with Param Pita Paramatma. A true sadhak understands that, and that is what is called as Para Siddhi.

[00:52:13]Uh that is the Para Siddhi. Uh Yajnathva Munaya Sarve Param Siddhim Itovatah. And once the muni once that sadhak has attained that Para Siddhi, then Pralayenam Vyathanticha, then they will attain the Bhagwan Sadharmya. Mama Sadharmyam Agatah. Now how is this samsara? How is this entire universe? Hm? We all know that we all are living in this entire universe, and since we are living in this universe, we are a part of this universe. We are also the gunas are the inseparable parts of our lives also, because this entire prakriti is made up of these three gunas. And to understand these gunas, we should understand how this prakriti is, how this universe is.

[00:53:04]To Bhagwan is you know, leading us towards that only from the next shloka. Let's start.

[00:53:12]Mama Yoni Mahat Brahma Tasmin Garbham Dadhamyaham Sambhavah Sarva Bhutanam Tato Bhavati Bharata.

[00:53:25]Now we all see various kinds of species around us. Right? There are so many innumerable species. Some of them we know, but some species they exist you know, they exist, but science don't know about them. We all don't know about them yet. There are some species like that also on the planet Earth herself.

[00:53:49]So, there are so many species, there are so many living beings around around us that we also don't know completely about.

[00:53:57]So, Bhagwan is saying mama you only mahat Brahma. Tasmin garbham dadhamyaham. Bhagwan is saying I give my garbha to this prakruti. Uh this prakruti is just like a womb carrying all these beings uh in her. And Bhagwan is saying that I am the father. Hm.

[00:54:18]>> [clears throat] >> I am the one giving the uh that energy to create all these beings. Sambhavah sarva bhutanam tato bhavati Bharata. Hm.

[00:54:30]And so, just like uh for any uh any baby, any being to get born, it is required to have mother and father. Just like that, the prakruti is our mother and the param pita paramatma is our father. Hm.

[00:54:46]Uh this this prakruti herself, we know her with so many names. Just like Adi Shakti, Adi Maya. Hm. Bhagwati, Durga Mata. Amba Mata.

[00:54:56]By these names we know this this prakruti. Gnaneshwar Mauli also says that how is this prakruti? This prakruti is nitya nutan. How is Bhagwan? Bhagwan is just like he is from just like he was from the anadi, from the beginning of the time until the end of the time, he will stay just like he ever was. But how is this prakruti?

[00:55:21]Continuously changing. Just take a look around us. Hm. The seasons are continuously changing. The trees are growing. Plants are growing into trees, right? The seasons are changing. The sun is rising up and setting down.

[00:55:39]Uh inside of us also we are observing so many changes. Once Once upon a time we were babies and now we are growing up, growing up. We will grow old. And everything around us is changing every second. You know, slowly and slowly everything around us is changing.

[00:55:57]Janeshwar Maharaj says that that this Prakriti is like what? Anadi Nitya Taruni Avarnaniya Triguni. Like just like it is forever young, always changing. Avarnaniya meaning there is no nothing, you know, there is no explanation. You know, such novelty that we we can see every day around us in this Prakriti. But how is this Triguni also? This is Trigunatmika also.

[00:56:27]You know, consisting of the three component gunas that are Sattva Guna, Rajo Guna, and Tamo Guna. With the combination of these gunas only every action in this Prakriti is going to make is is is going to be made, is happening. Every Jiva uh which is a part of this Prakriti is bound by these three gunas, is consisting of these three gunas only.

[00:56:54]Hm? So, we should understand what is the relation of our What is the relation of us with this Prakriti and what is the relation of us with this Parampita Paramatma?

[00:57:05]No? That uh we should understand by understanding these uh this the structure of this universe by understanding that that Mama Yoni Mahat Brahma, Tasmin Garbham Dadhamyam that Bhagwan uh and this Prakriti with the help of these only this entire universe is working so beautifully around us.

[00:57:28]What is Bhagwan saying in the next shloka, continuing this discussion itself?

[00:57:33]Sarva Yonishu Kau That's how Bhagwan is saying that's how that's how all the species are being born. All the species are coming into the existence.

[00:58:01]That Bhagwan that Bhagwan is the Adi Maya that Bhagwan is the Mata and I am the one I am the one that that is the father that is giving the main beej that is giving the main seed to this entire existence of this entire existence to this Bhagwan.

[00:58:27]So you know when Bhagwan says that he is the beej of this entire existence then he is everywhere and that that one sentence itself means that he is everywhere and around us. We think that when we will meet Bhagwan is it after death is it after this birth is it after going to the heaven or something like that no this Bhagwan itself is coming into the existence by the energy given by the Bhagwan by the energy of Bhagwan I am beej of Bhagwan so where is he? He is everywhere around us. We just need to develop that perspective. We just need to develop that vision that drishti to be able to see Bhagwan around us in everything.

[00:59:16]So to understand you know to understand this Bhagwan to understand this vishwa to understand this universe itself is like to understand the Bhagwan himself.

[00:59:29]Now, what is Bhagwan saying in the next sloka? Let's see.

[00:59:46]Now, prakruti sambhava the gunaha. Now, what is Bhagwan saying?

[00:59:53]That now this prakruti has been created.

[01:00:02]Now, what is Bhagwan saying? That this gunas are being born out of this prakruti. This prakruti itself is consist of these gunas. Sattvam, rajaha, tamaha. Mhm? Iti gunaha prakruti sambhava. Now, what they do? Then nibadhnanti mahabahu. Whoever species, whoever jivas are in this prakruti, are living in this prakruti, these gunas nibadhnanti mahabahu dehe dehinam avyayam. All the jiva all the jivatmas, they are bound to their bodies by these gunas. Mhm?

[01:00:38]We all know that Bhagwan's ansha the ansha of paramatma is living inside all of us. But still, why we are not why we are not able to understand? Why we are not able to realize that paramatma tattva inside of us?

[01:00:54]Is only because of because that this jivatma which is the one which is a which is an ansha of paramatma tattva inside of us, that jivatma considers himself considers itself as a part of this body only. You know? And when we say that this is my body, my body meaning what? We are associating everything around us everything that is related to this body with this jivatma.

[01:01:27]When we say that this is my name, my name is Janvi.

[01:01:32]This body's name is Janvi. The jivatma is still avyaya dehe dehinam avyayam.

[01:01:39]This avinashi jivatma, this avyaya jivatma is getting bounded with the body.

[01:01:47]Because of whom? Because of these three gunas. Mhm.

[01:01:51]So, So, how to get liberated from this bandhan? How to get liberated from this binding?

[01:02:13]Is it after, you know, after the deha tyaga, after when we move to the next birth, when we move to the next? No, it is not like that. If we are moving to the next birth, that means that binding is still there.

[01:02:28]We are just changing the vessel. No.

[01:02:31]To get out of the binding of these three gunas is to realize our own swarupa in this janma only. At least to make some efforts to realize our own swarupa in this janma only. By what? By practicing detachment, asanga shastrena dridhena chittva. We learned it in the 15th chapter. By practicing the detachment only we will be able to realize the paramatma tattva inside of us. Mhm.

[01:03:04]So, what is Bhagwan saying in the next shloka?

[01:03:07]Tatra sattvam nirmalatvat prakashakam anamayam sukhasangena badhnati jnanasangena chanagha.

[01:03:23]>> Now, the swarupa of these three gunas.

[01:03:28]You know, what is the swarupa of sattva guna? What is the swarupa of rajo guna?

[01:03:32]And what is the swarupa of tamo guna?

[01:03:35]What are their own nature?

[01:03:38]That Bhagwan is telling in this sloka that sattva guna, the swarupa of sattva guna is being discussed in this sloka.

[01:03:43]Tatra sattvan nirmalatvat prakashakam amanamayam meaning Sorry, prakashakam tatra sattvan nirmalatvat prakashaka anamayam Mhm. Meaning what? That sattva guna is nirmal. It is shuddha. It is very pure.

[01:04:11]It is just like a guiding light for all of us. What is the sattva guna? Sukha sangena badhnati jnana sangena chanaga.

[01:04:19]Once the person who is having prominent sattva guna inside of them will always feel a sense of clarity in their mind.

[01:04:28]Whatever task, whatever endeavor they are doing, they will feel a sense of clarity. Crystal clarity that this I want to do, this I have to do, and this is my purpose.

[01:04:38]You know, that clarity a sattva guna person will have.

[01:04:43]But what happens? Sukha sangena badhnati jnana sangena chanaga. Again, this is also a guna. Mhm? Guna meaning this is also a binding. And what uh this will bind us with sukha sangena badhnati jnana sangena chanaga. This will bind uh the jiva, the jivatma with sukha, with jnana. Mhm? The sattva guna person will always feel like studying. We'll always feel like No.

[01:05:15]Uh we'll always feel like gaining more and more and more knowledge. And that knowledge at the end will do what?

[01:05:23]That knowledge if it is lacking the bhakti, if it is lacking the uh devotion to Paramatma, having excessive knowledge, it will lead to the ahankara.

[01:05:38]So, the sukha sangena badhnati jnana sangena chanaka.

[01:05:44]See, there are many knowledgeable people around us.

[01:05:47]There's a very beautiful very small story, very beautiful story. Once what happened, uh Sant Dnyaneshwar Mauli when he was a very little when he was very little, he used to go out to ask for bhiksha in his town.

[01:06:06]So, he went one day. He went and asked for bhiksha from every from every house that was in the town, from every you know, every family that that was in the town in the Alandi. Mhm.

[01:06:21]So, he went and he was asking for some bhiksha. There was some There was one family There was one person who was very learned, very learned knower of shastras and everything. He He He had his studies in Vedas. He had his studies in, you know, all the shastras, all the scriptures, and everything. But what? Bhakti was lacking. So, what happened? When Dnyaneshwar Mauli went and asked for bhiksha at his house, he did not give any bhiksha, but in return said so many bad things to Dnyaneshwar Mauli.

[01:07:04]He was also a child, Dnyaneshwar Mauli.

[01:07:07]He He was also a child, so he just, you know, all these things that that person said, he got hurt by all those things. He came home, and in his little small hut, like kudiya, like room, he just went inside of it and closed the door of that kudi.

[01:07:28]Closed the door and just sat in that kudi, very sad.

[01:07:33]His little sister, Muktabai, Santa Muktabai, she realized that something has happened.

[01:07:39]My my Dnyana Dada, my brother, who is never sad, who is always happy, who is always in some bliss, how is he sad today? What happened?

[01:07:52]Something must have happened.

[01:07:54]She understood that Santa Muktabai, she was also, you know, she was the she was the youngest sister among all these Dnyaneshwar Mauli, Nivruttinath Maharaj, Dnyaneshwar Mauli, Sopan Dada, and then Muktabai. You know, so she was the youngest sister among these brothers uh among these Dnyaneshwar Mauli and his brothers. Still, she went uh in front of his room.

[01:08:22]She asked, "What happened? What happened?" Dnyaneshwar Mauli was not telling anything. He was not saying anything.

[01:08:28]She understood that somebody must have said something.

[01:08:32]And that's why uh Dada is hurt. That's why he is hurt.

[01:08:36]That's why my Dnyana Dada is hurt. What did she say? There are very beautiful set of Abhangas that are known as Tatiche Abhanga in Marathi. If anybody can, just go through them.

[01:08:50]Uh if you understand Marathi. Uh They are very beautiful. She says in one of that Abhanga, this uh Dada needs a belly bone that teaches to really meaning if our tongue you know, if uh sometimes it happens that, you know, our teeth end up hurting our tongue only. Hm?

[01:09:13]Our tongue gets in between our teeth sometimes. And if that happens, do we hm end up, you know, taking out all the teeth teeth of So, this happens sometimes. Yeah? So, if this happens, do we take out all of our teeth just because they are hurting our own tongue?

[01:09:37]No.

[01:09:38]We do not hurt our teeth. We do not hurt our tongue, also. Why? Because teeth is also ours and tongue is also ours. Hm?

[01:09:53]No matter if even if the entire universe is uh heating, is you know, hurting you like fire, how the santas should be? Santas should be like a water. Santas should be shanta, blissful.

[01:10:11]See? What is that? When only gnyana, when only knowledge is there, then it will result in the ahankara, just like that person who said bad things to Dnyaneshwar Mauli. But when bhakti is there, having knowledge and bhakti together will lead uh the person to the self-realization, to the uttama gnyana, to to the para siddhi. Hm?

[01:10:35]>> [clears throat] >> So, the sattva guna hm to to get out of the binding of sattva guna is uh the the ramabana upaya to get out of the binding of sattva guna is the bhakti. Hm? The binding [clears throat] of sattva guna is what?

[01:10:53]The gnyana sanga, the ahankara is that is coming out of the knowledge is the binding of sattva guna and to get out of that binding the main the Rama bana upaya, the main solution the the best solution, the ultimate solution is what? It is bhakti. Now the next sloka, Bhagwan is telling us the swarupa of rajo guna. What is the swarupa of rajo guna? Let's see.

[01:11:18]Rajo ragatmakam viddhi trishna sanga samudbhavam tannibadhnati kaunteya karma sangena dehinam rajo ragatmakam viddhi. Raga meaning having the extreme attachment towards things.

[01:11:42]Rajo ragatmakam viddhi the swarupa of rajo guna only is the attachment. Then trishna sanga samudbhavam. It increases with what? Trishna. Trishna meaning the unending desires.

[01:11:59]Then tannibadhnati kaunteya karma sangena dehinam. Now with the help of this trishna sanga samudbhavam, with the help of this attachment towards desires, towards various various kinds of desires, this rajo guna it binds the dehi, binds the jivatma with what?

[01:12:19]With the constant desire of performing karmas.

[01:12:24]Various karmas. Now this is a rajo guna. Rajo guna meaning the guna which makes us do various kinds of karmas because the guna which makes various kinds of desires arise inside of us. It's It's okay. It's okay to have desires. If If we don't have desires inside of us, then how will we perform any kind of karma?

[01:12:50]If I want to achieve great grades in my academics, achieving great grades is the desire which is leading me to study good, study nicely.

[01:13:02]If I want to be financially stable in my life, the desire of being financially stable in, you know, like that, for some better efforts in my life. So, having uh desires is not a bad thing, but then Bhagwan Sri Krishna uh himself has told this in the seventh chapter that "Dharma viruddho bhuteshu kamosmi bharatarshabha." He describes that it the having the desires, the desire also itself, the kama itself is the swarupa of me. "Kamosmi bharatarshabha." But what kind of desire? Dharma viruddho.

[01:13:44]Dharma aviruddho. The desires that are, you know, properly closely aligned with your dharma only. Mhm? Whatever that is required for you to perform your duties nicely, mhm? That desire is required.

[01:14:00]When a father earning good money for uh the welfare of his family, for the welfare of his society, that becomes a good desire. Mhm? That I want to provide some stability to my family. That is the good desire, and that desire is you know, driving him to do his karma, that is the good karma.

[01:14:24]But again, that is happening with the help of what? Rajoguna.

[01:14:28]So, Bhagwan is saying that "Rajoragatmaka vidhi rajogun." is the one that is uh that symbolizes the detach the attachment towards karma. Mhm? It makes us do various kinds of karmas. Now, there's a very beautiful subhashita in Sanskrit.

[01:14:49]Uh it it goes like Ashanam Manushyanam Kachid Ashcharya Shrinkhala Baddhaya Ya Prabhavanti Uh Muktas Tishthati Panguvat meaning Asha having so many desires Manushyanam Kachid Ashcharya Shrinkhala. It is a very, you know, funny it is a very magical chain.

[01:15:15]You know, if somebody is bounded by that chain and the bounded by the chain of desires, that person will keep on running, keep on running and running and running.

[01:15:26]But somebody who is liberated from that chain, somebody who is free of that chain he will stay calm.

[01:15:34]He will stay calm and will never run will will not run anywhere. Ashanam Manushyanam that is a very magical that is a very funny Shrinkhala. It's a very funny binding.

[01:15:46]That it is there. Yes, you know? So this is the Swaroop of Rajoguna that it is the Karma Sangena Dehinam it binds us with the Karma and then the Swaroop of Tamoguna that Bhagwan is telling. Hm?

[01:16:00]What is the Swaroop of Tamoguna? Let's read.

[01:16:03]Tamas Tvajnana Jam Vidhi Mohanam Sarva Dehinam Pramada Lasya Nidrabhis Tannibadhnati Bharata.

[01:16:15]The Swaroop of Tamoguna is Tamas Tu Ajnana Jam Vidhi Tamoguna uh is born out of what? Ajnana only. And Ajnana meaning what? The complete absence of understanding what is right and what is wrong for us. That is the Ajnana. Hm?

[01:16:37]Not understanding what is right, the absence of discretion, absence of Vivek.

[01:16:42]that is agnyanam. And what mohanam sarvadehinam and this agnyana leads to what? Leads to moha. Moha meaning again the same thing that you know, not understanding what is right and what is wrong. We have seen this in the ninth chapter. Rakshasim asurim chaiva prakritim mohinim shritaha. The person who is prominently in who is having prominent tamogun inside of them, they you know, start living their life under the influence of this mohini prakriti, influence of this moha.

[01:17:19]What is the influence of this moha?

[01:17:22]You must have read, we must have seen people being addicted to drugs or things like that. You know?

[01:17:30]After doing such things, do they understand what they are doing? They don't understand what they are doing.

[01:17:36]They don't understand what where they are going, what they are talking. Hm?

[01:17:40]They will understand nothing because what? Because they are living in some kind of delusion, hm? Some kind of temporary escape from the reality.

[01:17:50]Which is again, you know, which is again a delusion. So, Bhagwan is saying tamastu agnyanajam viddhi. You do you understand that this tamogun it is born out of agnyana.

[01:18:05]Pramadalasyanidrabhistannibadhnati bharata and it binds the person with what? Pramada, alasya and nidra. This pramada meaning what?

[01:18:17]Pramada meaning something that we are not supposed to do but we still end up end up doing. Hm?

[01:18:25]Suppose I have exams tomorrow, I should be studying right now. But if I'm not studying, I'm watching TV, I'm you know, going out and going out to play with uh uh my friends or, you know, just going to some theaters to watch some movie, something like that. Something that everything that I'm not supposed to do as a part of my duty.

[01:18:52]Mhm, as a part of my dharma. That all those things, doing all those things meaning pramada. Doing vyartha, you know, doing time pass instead of doing what am am I supposed to do?

[01:19:04]That is the pramada.

[01:19:06]Then alasya.

[01:19:08]Alasya meaning the laziness.

[01:19:10]No?

[01:19:11]Not doing anything, not thinking about anything, just being lazy. Nidravis, nidra, meaning sleep. The sleep also is very important for um our health, right? But in excess amount, it is not right. It should be there only to keep our health stable.

[01:19:32]Not like we should not be the servants of this uh sleep only. No?

[01:19:38]So, pramada, alasya, nidra, tan nibadhnati bharata. Bhagwan says that these are the factors that this tamogun binds uh the person with.

[01:19:50]So, now this sattva, raja, tama, Bhagwan has told uh standard a a brief description of what the swarupa of this sattvagun, this rajogun, and tamogun is. Understanding the swarupas of these gunas is important for us to analyze our own behavior.

[01:20:13]Uh the most of the time in our daily routine, does it goes in tamogun? Does it go in rajogun? Does it go in sattvagun? You know?

[01:20:25]Uh so, that thing we should be able to analyze inside of ourselves. And according to the results, according to our own analysis, we should try to move forward. We should try to move beyond the tamo gun, beyond the rajo gun towards the sattva gun. Try to bring balance in all these three gunas, hm? Because that balance only will lead us to get the overall, uh, you know, overall proper balance in our life also, hm? Having hm, the tamo gun that wherever it is required. Having the sleep at night, it is important. It is required. So, that much tamo gun is also required in our life. Having the various desires which are helping us fulfill our own duties, those desires are also important. So, that much rajo gun is also important. And having the knowledge, having the bhakti, so that much, uh, sattva gun is also important so that we will be able to, uh, you know, make efforts for our own upliftment, for the upliftment of of people around us. So, in these proportions, this tamo gun, rajo gun, and sattva gun, these three are also very crucial for human life. But when it is problematic, it is problematic when they are becoming extreme. They are becoming excessive. So, to get the balance in all these three gunas, uh, is important and that is why we are learning about the swarupas of these three gunas. Just like in a car, hm?

[01:22:02]Uh, every car has steering, has engine, or some fuel, and brakes in it.

[01:22:10]So, that steering represents, uh, if we imagine our life as that car, that steering represents the sattva gun. Hm? That sattva gun will give our, uh, our desires, whatever our iccha, whatever our karma is, whatever we want to do, whatever we want to achieve, that sattva guna will give the direction to our desires.

[01:22:34]And that rajo guna, rajo guna is just like that petrol, that you know, that is required for the car to run. If if you want to build a beautiful life, if you want to build a prosperous life, if you want to lead a prosperous life, then that rajo guna is also important.

[01:22:51]To have prosperity, to have financial stability in life is important, and that will come through rajo guna only. So, that rajo guna is also important, but again, it should be guided by sattva guna. And and and every car has brakes also in it. That brake is also important, which represents the tamo guna. Mhm?

[01:23:13]Because, you know, after an endless after after after a intense day, we all need to rest for some bit. So, that tamo guna is also important. The trick is just to understand the balance uh in all these three gunas, and try to get that balance in the perfect proportion inside of uh our daily routine, also. Mhm?

[01:23:38]>> [clears throat] >> So, let's see in the next shloka, Bhagwan is summarizing the three gunas. Sattvam sukhe sanjayate.

[01:23:46]Rajah karmani Bharata. Jñānamāvṛtya tu tamah pramāde sanjayatyuta.

[01:23:56]Now, Bhagwan is beautifully summarizing these three gunas as Sattvam sukhe sanjayate. Sattva guna will bind in the uh sense of sukha, in sense of happiness.

[01:24:10]Uh in sense of satisfaction. And then, what? Rajo guna. Rajah karmani Bharata.

[01:24:17]Rajo guna will bind in the karma, constantly making us do some or other kind of gun and the animal of written to the mouth and what the animal what the more good does the animal of written it will it just covers up our animal whatever understanding we have about things that the more good will cover up that understanding and lead us into the delusion and from others and get it to the leaders into the the wrong habits just like you know practicing even if wrong habits can contain not only it does not have to contain only the drugs or only the things like that only addictive things like that it can also contain the endless scrolling or on Instagram endless scrolling on YouTube that is also a sort of the more good and by the animal of written we know that it is not leading us anywhere we know that it is only wasting our time we know that it is only making our body go in so many directions it is only you know making us our body delusional even though we do not refrain from it why is that that is because of the more good so that one is okay send it to the company the animal of written to the mouth from others and get it to the but how is paramatma paramatma is beyond all these three goodness and that is what is called good at the that we will learn in the next session but let's see what the one is telling in the next local how these three goodness are acting in our daily lives let's see that just the more good that we just the more good that we just the more good that just that one tamas chaiva tamas satwam rajas tatha rajas tamas cha vibhuya satwam bhavati bharata.

[01:26:29]Now these three gunas, there is a constant tussle that is going on in in between these three gunas.

[01:26:36]Sattva guna will become prominent if rajo guna and tamo guna are becoming dormant.

[01:26:43]Rajo guna will become prominent if sattva guna and tamo tamo guna is becoming dormant and tamo guna will become dominant if rajo guna and sattva guna is becoming dormant.

[01:26:55]And this constant tussle is constantly going.

[01:26:58]You know, we are getting out getting up in the morning.

[01:27:03]Now if it is a nice winter morning, we are getting out we will not feel like getting out. We will just feel like, you know, just for some more time you know, stay in the bed. Like that.

[01:27:15]What is that? That is the tamo guna acting up. Even if we are awake, that tamo guna is acting up and telling us that no, we should sleep for more time.

[01:27:25]That is the tamo guna acting up and rajo guna and sattva guna are becoming dormant in that time. Sometimes we feel a lot like we should do so much we should do so much puja, japa, you know, aradhana. We should recite Bhagavad Gita ji and Bhagavad Gita ji's adhyaya.

[01:27:43]So many such desires we have in our mind.

[01:27:47]What is that? That is the sattva guna.

[01:27:49]That is the prominency of sattva guna.

[01:27:51]In that prominency of sattva guna, we end up doing so many good tasks for our own upliftment. We end up feeling content about everything that is happening around us.

[01:28:02]And sometimes what happens? Sometimes there is a constant, you know, need for doing for working. You know, I need to complete this today. I need to complete that today. Then, after completing this, I will do that. After doing this, I will do that. This constant thing is what?

[01:28:18]The lacking of tamo guna and satva guna.

[01:28:22]This is the prominence of rajo guna.

[01:28:24]Hmm.

[01:28:25]Then, which guna is becoming prominent at which time? That understanding that thing is important.

[01:28:33]Hmm. These gunas are going to be there in our entire life. See, we all are a part of prakriti. We all are We all are living in this human body, which is a part of this prakriti. So, this prakriti has its own set of rules that we all have to abide with. And these gunas are part of those set of those set of rules. Hmm. So, these gunas are going to stay there. But, we need to learn to balance them. We need to learn to control them and not let them control us. That only we are going to We want to learn. And that And to learn that only at we we all have gathered here to practice Bhagavad Gita. So that we will be able to understand how to balance these gunas in our life. Hmm.

[01:29:25]And then, in the next sloka, what is Bhagwan saying? What is the swarupa of What What Satva guna will result into?

[01:29:34]If somebody who is having the prominent satva guna inside of them, how is their being?

[01:29:41]What the satva guna results into?

[01:30:01]And just like, you know, opening the doors of our house lead you know leads the light sunlight inside of it.

[01:30:12]Same thing once the sattva guna increases the light of nyana the light of knowledge starts coming in our mind starts coming in our buddhi.

[01:30:22]>> [clears throat] >> Our body is having uh Our body is having nine types of dwar nine types of doors.

[01:30:38]Through all those nine types of doors the sattva guna person will completely in totality exhibit only and only the light of knowledge only. Mhm.

[01:30:50]See there is a very beautiful ovi of Jnaneshwar Mauli. So the Jnaneshwar Mauli says in his Jnaneshwari that I mean what the sattvic sattva guna people are like they're like their ears will not desire the things that are not desirable for us to hear.

[01:31:18]Their eyes will not desire to see things that are not desirable for eyes to see that are not good for eyes to see. Mhm.

[01:31:26]Their tongue will not utter such words which are not good for somebody to utter.

[01:31:32]So that is swabhava only will start becoming like that. You must have also experienced things like this when you started you know learning started reciting Bhagavad Gita that desire to watch Netflix the desire to watch the web series and everything it starts reducing.

[01:31:53]When we start experiencing the prominency of sattva guna inside of our mind right?

[01:32:00]This thing happens. Why is that? Because the the virus in but for all of us it is a temporary situation.

[01:32:11]We all experience it, but sometimes it is a temporary situation for all of us.

[01:32:16]But for people who is having prominency of going there life You know, who has the prominent in their life, they experience this thing permanently. The whole all the senses of their body starts experiencing the light of the knowledge.

[01:32:42]That is the effect of going on on somebody's personality. And then [clears throat] what is the effect of having the prominent in life is meaning having greed about things. You know, not feeling content about what we have, but constantly feeling that greed that I need to have this, I need to have that.

[01:33:25]Then constant need to do something or something or other. You know, the constantly they will feel that I should be working towards something, I should be doing this, I should be doing the doing that. Then meaning not feeling content meaning again constantly feeling that Krishna.

[01:33:55]uh You know, constantly feeling that greed Rajas Tamo Guna Jayante Vivruddhe Bharata Rishabha.

[01:34:02]These things, they start Vivruddhe, they start increasing in the Rajo Guni person. You know, uh there's one a very beautiful example of this uh is a small story. That once what happened, there was a family. There was a very poor uh farmer family.

[01:34:21]And once a king was going from in front of their house.

[01:34:25]He just saw that these people are very poor.

[01:34:29]And he just wanted to see how they are living, how is everything going. He just went inside of their uh hut and uh asked them, "What is How is everything going? How are you managing?" And everything like that.

[01:34:43]Those Those both farmer uh husband and wife, they both are very happy to have king in their house. They tried to you know, tried to respect him, tried to um do his hospita- hospitality as best as they could. You know, they gave whatever they have, you know, just tried to you know, welcome him with whatever they had with them. The king was very happy seeing that even uh in this this limited resources that they have, they want to you know, pay respects to me. They're trying to pay respects to me. So, the king was very happy with their behavior. King said, "Okay.

[01:35:27]Tomorrow morning I'm I want to give you something. So, tomorrow morning start running. Whatever land this This entire land is mine, you can start running from this point and however long you can run, however long you want, I however long you can run, I will give you that much land.

[01:35:49]That entire land will be yours.

[01:35:53]You start walking. The king did not say running. The king said you start walking. And however long you can walk, that entire land will be yours. Mhm.

[01:36:06]And so that poor farmer husband and wife, they both were very happy. So the next morning that farmer said that I'm going to start running. You know, from you know, at the break of the dawn only he he woke up. And he asked his wife that, "Okay, I have to leave now. Whatever you want to prepare, prepare for me right now.

[01:36:27]I will leave in some time. I have to start walking and by the end of the day, whichever how much land I can walk, that entire land will be ours. That's what our king has said. So I will start walking from the morning only."

[01:36:41]So that farmer started walking, started walking, running. Eventually he started running. Other people in his town, they they asked him that that, you know, "Stop running now. It's okay. You have enough land. You have walked enough land.

[01:36:58]You will You are going to get so much land. It's okay. You know, the land which none of us the amount of land which none of us have, that much land you are going to get now. Stop.

[01:37:11]You have already exhausted yourself so much. Please stop." Now he was not going to listen anything. Today is the day that I'm going to achieve everything in my life. Today is the day this day is important. So he kept on running, kept on running, kept on running.

[01:37:27]By the time the day was ending, he was so exhausted that he just fell. Mhm. He just felt glani type of thing and he just collapsed on the land and after some time the prana, the life flew out of him. He was he died after some time. And then what happened? Then whatever land he had had he had walked on, all that land it was of no use. Just how much land uh that was there which was required for him eventually, it was just the land that was required for him to sleep sleep or that was required for his last rites to be performed. You know, that much land only he required at the end. So, what is that? That is the That is the story that tells us that how bad this greed thing how bad this lobha thing is.

[01:38:27]And rajogun if not properly monitored under the influence of sattvagun that rajogun will lead eventually to the unending ashama sprha unending desires unending greed unending trishna That is the swarupa of rajogun. Uh That is the That is the swarupa of somebody who is having rajogun prominently inside of them. And how are the people having tamogun prominently inside of them?

[01:39:15]Now, what was the swarupa of the person having sattvagun?

[01:39:20]Prakasha upajayate sarva shudha prakasha upajayate. From every sense from every uh thought of that person will arise what?

[01:39:31]Will arise the prakasha will arise the light of knowledge the light of enlightenment. But aprakasha pravrttischa how the tamogun people?

[01:39:40]Aprakasha not having the clarity, not having the knowledge, not having the understanding of what is right and what is wrong. Aprakasho, apravritti.

[01:39:53]Apravritti meaning pravritti is the characteristic of person having the rajoguna. We saw in the previous shloka, lobha, pravritti, arambha. Pravritti meaning having desire to do something.

[01:40:06]That. But the tamoguna, what is the characteristic is apravritti. Meaning aprakasha and apravritti, meaning absence of sattvaguna also and absence of rajoguna also.

[01:40:20]It is very dangerous. No?

[01:40:23]Pramado moha eva cha. Constantly staying in the delusion and pramada meaning wasting their time in the things that they are not supposed to do. Wasting their time in the things that are vyartha.

[01:40:45]Like that, you know, spending all of their time in vyartha asha, in vyartha desires, in meaningless actions. Like that. That is pramado moha eva cha.

[01:41:00]That, you know, arises from the prominence of tamoguna inside a person. So, these are the swarupa of these are the natures of these gunas and these are the characteristics when these gunas starts on you know, starts increasing inside of us. So, again, the we all are learning Bhagavad Gita here to do to understand what to understand Bhagwan, to grow closer and closer to Bhagwan and to grow closer to Bhagwan is to learn to stabilize these gunas inside of us. We learn to stabilize these gunas and then elevate our own lifestyle according to I know having perfect balance of all these gunas, then only we will be able to transcend these gunas towards the state of what? Gunatita. Mhm. That [clears throat] requires the constant practice, the constant uh you know, self uh retrospection.

[01:42:04]That the constant introspection it requires that what uh I'm doing, whatever action I'm doing, is it prominently in the sattva guna? Is it prominently in the rajo guna? Is it prominently in the tamo guna?

[01:42:19]What is the swaroop of this action?

[01:42:21]Where this action is leading me? You know, to understanding, to constantly analyzing, to constantly introspecting will only lead us uh towards the improvement, towards the upliftment of our spiritual self also, of our normal uh self also, of our general self also, right? So, on this point, praying to Bhagwan uh that we all understand this intellect, we all have this kind of intellect to get this balance of all these gunas, and maybe have that kind of mhm you know, bhakti and that kind of knowledge also to uh surpass these gunas, to transcend these gunas also at some point in our life. You know, to mhm to grace us with this knowledge, to grace us with this bhakti. Bowing down to Param Pita Paramatma, offering our entire this today's discourse to Param Pita Paramatma, to Bhagwan Shri Krishna's lotus feet, to Gurudev Bhagwan's lotus feet.

[01:43:25]Let's uh conclude today's session on this note.

[01:43:29]Om Shri Krishnarpanamastu.

[01:43:32]Hari Om Tat Sat. From the next session, we will see and the rest of the shlokas are very beautiful chapter this is.

[01:43:41]Thank you so much for patiently waiting, for patiently staying in the session.

[01:43:45]Thank you so much. Om Sri Krishna Arpanamastu. Jai Sri Krishna.

[01:44:00]Jai Sri Thank you so much Didi for that wonderful Vivechana. On behalf of all of us, I offer my heartfelt thanks for your beautiful interpretation of this 14th Adhyaya.

[01:44:19]If you your explanation brought great clarity and it inspired all of us to think on these profound teachings and to understand and reflect upon them. So, we are truly grateful for all that wisdom you have shared with us today.

[01:44:35]Thank you once again for such an enlightening discourse.

[01:44:39]Now one humble request to all the Gita savvies, please kindly spread the information about these weekly interpretation sessions among your groups, family, friends and acquaintances and please be make a be a part of connecting with the connecting this with the wisdom with everybody else in the society so that many more people can join this beautiful journey of learning and transformation. Your small effort can inspire many of us many of many more to take one step closer towards Gita.

[01:45:15]Now let us move to the question and answer session. It is time for clearing our doubts. So, please use the hand symbol to raise your hand and ask your questions. And Didi, I request you to kindly answer the questions of all our Sadhaks.

[01:45:36]Jai Shri Krishna, Didi. Thank you so much.

[01:45:39]I have to keep my video off today, so please excuse me for that. I am having a bit of network issues.

[01:45:45]But yeah, I will try my best to answer the questions.

[01:45:49]Okay.

[01:45:50]Okay, Didi. Okay. Now Uh Dileep Kumar Ji, kindly unmute yourself and ask your question.

[01:46:09]Dileep Kumar Bhaiya, yeah. Jai Shri Krishna.

[01:46:13]Jai Shri Krishna.

[01:46:15]My question is uh how much time we need to spend for Sattva Guna in a day?

[01:46:23]If we spend too much time Sattva Guna It is not It is not like something standard proportion is there. It is not like that. Based on your personality, based on your basic things about Sattva Guna is that we should perform our daily rituals like daily Puja, Japa, that kind of things every day. Recite all the Shlokas, Adhyayas, whatever your routine is. Try to follow that. Try to help people as much as possible. Don't try to bring positivity in your life as much as possible. That way you can maximize the following Sattva Guna in your life.

[01:47:04]Okay, so it is not some standard proportion or this two hours only or three hours only you should spend in Sattva Guna. No.

[01:47:11]The Sattva Guna should be properly entangled in all your activities.

[01:47:16]Whatever you are doing, do it with the Bhava of Sattva Guna. You're helping other people, do it with the Bhava of satvaguna that I'm helping them for my Bhagwan. I'm doing the seva of my Bhagwan like that. Whatever you are doing, you're earning for your family, you're earning because your family is the blessing that Bhagwan has given to you. And you're earning for their welfare, you're earning for their good in life. So, everything align everything in the satvic perspective so that you will be able to spend good amount of time in satvaguna.

[01:47:49]Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Hey, Kunal bhaiya, are you interested in asking a question? I didn't I don't find hand raise.

[01:47:57]Yes. Yes.

[01:48:00]Jai Shri Krishna.

[01:48:02]Jai Shri Krishna.

[01:48:06]Nice explanation.

[01:48:07]Ready.

[01:48:09]Thank you, bhaiya.

[01:48:12]I have a question how to balance Hello, am I audible?

[01:48:18]Yes, bhaiya.

[01:48:21]My question is how to balance our satvaguna and rajoguna?

[01:48:25]And how to control our tamoguna?

[01:48:27]>> is how to what?

[01:48:29]How to balance satvaguna and rajoguna?

[01:48:32]And how to control our tamoguna?

[01:48:35]How to control our tamoguna? To control our tamoguna, first time is decide what your sleep schedule will be. Okay?

[01:48:43]So, you know, if you're sleeping on the right time, then you'll wake up on the right time.

[01:48:48]And if you're getting your proper sleep, then you will never feel like, you know, never feel tired or never feel that fatigue throughout your whole day. So, first thing is we have to learn to maintain our sleep schedule.

[01:49:03]And then to again control the tamoguna, try to practice meditation. And you know, similar things. Meditation, dhyana, dharana. That try to practice in the morning or whenever you you time.

[01:49:15]You know, once you start practicing that you will you know, you will start feeling that I'm not requiring I'm not feeling that much tired that I don't require to sleep after every small effort that I'm taking every extra effort that I'm taking. I'm not feeling tired after that. So, once you start practicing like that you will you know, easily be able to control your tamo gun.

[01:49:38]Okay?

[01:49:39]And to balance the satva gun and rajo gun is first thing is first thing is to balance the rajo gun is that always befriend it with your satva gun.

[01:49:49]Our our rajo gun always wants us to you know, uh achieve different different things.

[01:49:56]Achieving different things or having desires for different things is okay, but only when if our satva gun is approving that desire.

[01:50:04]Okay? So, if your if your satva gun says that yeah, this is a good desire and I must do this. This desire will help my country, will help you know, me in a good way, will help me in uplifting myself, my life in a good way, will help my society in a good way, then definitely that rajo gun is definitely you know, be is friend with your satva gun.

[01:50:27]Definitely it will do good job. So, to control the negative effects of rajo gun, you should try to align it with your satva gun. Council of satva gun must be there for rajo gun also.

[01:50:41]Okay, bhaiya.

[01:50:43]Okay, thank you, Didi.

[01:50:45]Jai Shri Krishna. Thank you, bhaiya.

[01:50:47]Sorry.

[01:50:48]Okay, next we have Anita ji for the question.

[01:50:52]Anita ji, can you please unmute yourself and ask the question?

[01:50:57]Uh Jai Shri Krishna.

[01:51:00]Please switch on your video if possible.

[01:51:03]Uh ma'am, it will get disconnected.

[01:51:05]>> Okay, okay. No.

[01:51:06]So, I have this question. In chapter 12, at the beginning we said Srimad Bhagavatam Gita atat.

[01:51:16]But in every other chapter it is at ha.

[01:51:19]Can you tell me why?

[01:51:23]This difference is happening because of the agata that has that is being given on the ta akshara. Okay. See, when do we give the stress? When do we give the agata? When that particular akshara is followed by some uh jodakshara, some cons joint consonant. Right? So since in the atat in the dwadasha adhyaya ha after ta there is half da and complete va.

[01:51:48]It is becoming a joint consonant. So the agata or stress of the is coming on ta atat dwadasho.

[01:51:55]But in chaturdasho it is not like that.

[01:51:57]Cha is a simple akshara, not a joint consonant. So atat chaturdasho simple like that.

[01:52:03]>> So because because uh after atat it's a joint consonant, that's why it is atat.

[01:52:11]Correct. Yes.

[01:52:13]Thank you, Didi. Thank you so much. In the trayodasha adhyaya in trayodasha in 13th chapter also it will go like that.

[01:52:19]Atat trayodasho atat like that. Uh traya also is a joint consonant. Yeah, because tra is [clears throat] also a joint consonant. Okay. Thank you, Didi. Thank you so much.

[01:52:31]Jai Shri Krishna, Didi.

[01:52:33]Uh I think now we are finished with our question and answer session.

[01:52:37]Now we will take >> There is one question in chat box also, Didi, I think. Okay. Okay. I think chat box I will I have not Yeah. Shetal Didi.

[01:52:47]She's asking, "Can you tell daily routine to increase satva guna for kids?"

[01:52:52]Daily routine to Uh first first there are some little little very little things you can do for kids is um if there are some stotras that they know if there are our Gita learning Gita kids then they they must be knowing some Gita ideas. So uh decide one time in their daily routine where they will be able to sit in front of your Monday sit in front of your Bhagwan and stand one or one or the other Bhagavad Gita stand Hanuman Chalisa.

[01:53:23]Make sure that they are bowing down to your to Bhagwan's feet also and to their parents feet or their elders feet also.

[01:53:32]So make sure if if possible make them you know make make a habit of you know them so that they are getting up early in the morning. Early as in not too early but at least 7:00 or 7:30 o'clock like that. No so that is small small habits you can you know include in the daily routine of kids to make them Satva Guna enriched.

[01:53:56]Like that.

[01:53:57]Okay?

[01:53:58]Yeah and one more of the very important thing is whatever you are doing your kids are following that. So in the efforts of increasing the Satva Guna in their life we should make that effort in our life also so that they will they will just look at our look at us look at their parents and then try to imitate them. That's the biggest way you can impact on their life.

[01:54:24]Okay Shital Didi.

[01:54:25]Thank you Didi for those wonderful answers. Now as we conclude today's wonderful Gita Bhagavad Gita session let us offer our prayers with devotion and gratitude. We invite Balaji G from Coimbatore for the Prarthana. A dedicated Sevak of Gita Pariwar he serves as a core trainer for levels levels one and two and is associated with Gita Pariwar for quite some time.

[01:54:51]He's actively involved in Bal Sanskar Seva in Tamil Nadu that is offline. So I welcome Balaji G for the prayer prarthana. Let us all join our join the prayer with folded hands and thankful hearts.

[01:55:10]Balaji bhaiya, please start.

[01:55:39]Thank you, bhaiya. With that, we come to the end of the session. On behalf of Gita Pariwar, first and foremost, I offer my heartfelt gratitude to the almighty for guiding us and blessing this gathering with such positivity and purpose. I express my sincere gratitude and respects to our Param Pujya Swamiji for the constant inspiration and divine guidance, which is the foundation of all of all our efforts. And my sincere thanks to Sesha Ratnam Ji and Balaji Ji for the Bhakti My Prarthana and Vibha Deshmukh Ji for the beautiful deep prajwalan. I'm equally grateful to all the participants whose enthusiastic presence added life and energy to this event. Your involvement truly reflects the spirit of learning and growth. A special thanks to the back-end team of Sevis who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure everything was conducted smoothly and beautifully. Let us now carry forward the teachings and inspirations we have received today into our daily lives. So, with gratitude in our hearts, let us conclude this program with the recitation of Hanuman Chalisa.

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[02:00:02]Jai Shri Krishna.

[02:00:06]Jai Shri Krishna. Thank you so much Lakshmi Didi for beautiful anchoring as always. Thank you. Thank you so much.

[02:00:12]Thank you so much. Thank you. Jai Shri Krishna.