Quotes from the Bhagavad Gita, 5,000 years old..
still available in its
original Sanskrit.
Sir Wm Jones of the Asiatic Society said
Sanskrit is more perfect
than Latin, more copious than Greek, and more exquisitely refined than either.
Chapter and verse:
2: 41 The intelligence
of the irresolute is
many branched.
2: 62 Lust is born of the contact of senses with the objects of the
senses.
3: 34 Even a man of knowledge acts according to his nature. What good does repression accomplish.
3: 35 It is better to do ones own duty faultily than to do another's
perfectly.
4: 5 Many births have you and I (Arjuna and
Krishna) passed. I can
remember all of them but you cannot.
4: 7 Whenever adharma (unrighteousness( threatens to overwhelm the world I (Krishna)
descend myself. I Myself
appear, millenium after millenium.
4:16 Even the intelligent are bewildered in determining
what is action and what is inaction.
5: 7 One who works in devotion, who is a pure soul, and who controls
his mind and senses is dear to everyone and
everyone is dear to him. Though always working,
such a man is never
entangled.
5: 18 The humble sages, by virtue of true knowledge see with equal vision
a learned and gentle Brahmin, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and
a dogeater.
5: 2 The reunciation of work and work done
in devotion are both good for
liberation, but of the 2,
work in devotional service
is better than renuncation of work.
9: 11 Fools deride Me (the Avatar(, when I descend in human form.
10: 32 Of purifiers
I am the wind.
10: 42 What need is there, Arjuna, for all
this detailed knowledge.
With a single fragment
of Myslef I pervade
and support this entire
universe.
11: 53 The form you are seeing with your transcendental eyes
cannot be understood simply by studyin gthe Vedas,
nor by undergoing serious
penances, nor by charity
nor worship
i like this one .