Bhagavad Gita verse of the day (today's shloka)

16.22 16.24

Bhagavad Gita 16.23यः शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारतः।न स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति न सुखं न परां गतिम् ॥

yaḥ śhāstra-vidhim utsṛijya vartate kāma-kārataḥ

na sa siddhim avāpnoti na sukhaṁ na parāṁ gatim

Sanskrit recitation

16.22 16.24

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Choose a guide wiser than impulse · 16.17–16.24 · Teaching

Translation

He who, having cast aside the ordinances of the scriptures, acts under the impulse of desire, does not attain perfection, nor happiness, nor the Supreme Goal.

Hindi translation

जो मनुष्य शास्त्रविधिको छोड़कर अपनी इच्छासे मनमाना आचरण करता है, वह न सिद्धि-(अन्तःकरणकी शुद्धि-) को, न सुखको और न परमगतिको ही प्राप्त होता है।

Meaning

He who does not care for the Self, who gives free rein to these three sins, is a traitor to the Self. He who has renounced the authority of the Vedas which, like a mother, is eally disposed and kind to all, and which, like a beaconlight, points out what is good and what is evil, does not attain perfection nor happiness nor the Supreme Goal. He who pays no attention to prescribed actions and follows the promptings of desire awakened by the senses, does not obtain God.

After Swami Sivananda

Choose a guide wiser than impulse· 16.17–16.24→

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

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na: nor
gatim: goal
saḥ: they
yaḥ: who
parām: the supreme
sukham: happiness
siddhim: perfection
vartate: act
avāpnoti: attain
utsṛijya: discarding
kāma-kārataḥ: under the impulse of desire
śhāstra-vidhim: scriptural injunctions

Bhagavad Gita 16.23

Bhagavad Gita 16.23यः शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारतः।न स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति न सुखं न परां गतिम् ॥

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