BHAGAVAD GITA QUOTES I Whenever dharma declines and the purpose of life is forgotten, I manifest myself on earth. I am born in every age to protect the good, to destroy evil, and to reestablish dharma. As they approach me, so I receive them. All paths, Arjuna, lead to me. I am the beginning, middle, and end of creation. Among animals I am the lion; among birds, the eagle Garuda. I am Prahlada, born among the demons, and of all that measures, I am time. I am death, which overcomes all, and the source of all beings still to be born. Just remember that I am, and that I support the entire cosmos with only a fragment of my being. Behold, Arjuna, a million divine forms, with an infinite variety of color and shape. Behold the gods of the natural world, and many more wonders never revealed before. Behold the entire cosmos turning within my body, and the other things you desire to see. I am time, the destroyer of all; I have come to consume the world. That one is dear to me who runs not after the pleasant or away from the painful, grieves not, lusts not, but lets things come and go as they happen. Just as a reservoir is of little use when the whole countryside is flooded, scriptures are of little use to the illumined man or woman, who sees the Lord everywhere. They alone see truly who see the Lord the same in every creature, who see the deathless in the hearts of all that die. Seeing the same Lord everywhere, they do not harm themselves or others. Thus they attain the supreme goal. With a drop of my energy I enter the earth and support all creatures. Through the moon, the vessel of life-giving fluid, I
Whenever dharma declines and the purpose of life is forgotten, I
manifest myself on earth. I am born in every age to protect the
good, to destroy evil, and to reestablish dharma.As they approach
me, so I receive them. All paths, Arjuna, lead to me.I am the
beginning, middle, and end of creation.Among animals I am the lion;
among birds, the eagle Garuda. I am Prahlada, born among the
demons, and of all that measures, I am time.I am death, which
overcomes all, and the source of all beings still to be born.Just
remember that I am, and that I support the entire cosmos with only
a fragment of my being.Behold, Arjuna, a million divine forms, with
an infinite variety of color and shape. Behold the gods of the
natural world, and many more wonders never revealed before. Behold
the entire cosmos turning within my body, and the other things you
desire to see.I am time, the destroyer of all; I have come to
consume the world.That one is dear to me who runs not after the
pleasant or away from the painful, grieves not, lusts not, but lets
things come and go as they happen.Just as a reservoir is of little
use when the whole countryside is flooded, scriptures are of little
use to the illumined man or woman, who sees the Lord
everywhere.They alone see truly who see the Lord the same in every
creature, who see the deathless in the hearts of all that die.
Seeing the same Lord everywhere, they do not harm themselves or
others. Thus they attain the supreme goal.With a drop of my energy
I enter the earth and support all creatures. Through the moon, the
vessel of life-giving fluid, I nourish all plants. I enter
breathing creatures and dwell within as the life-giving breath. I
am the fire in the stomach which digests all food.There are three
gates to this self-destructive hell: lust, anger, and greed.
Renounce these three.Pleasure from the senses seems like nectar at
first, but it is bitter as poison in the end.That which seems like
poison at first, but tastes like nectar in the end this is the joy
of sattva, born of a mind at peace with itself.The Lord dwells in
the hearts of all creatures and whirls them round upon the wheel of
maya. Run to him for refuge with all your strength, and peace
profound will be yours through his grace.
