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Sean Murthy<p>Renunciation of work and devotion to work, are both liberating. But of those two, devotion to work is better.<br />- Sri Krishna, 5-2</p><p>Me: Simply put, this verse promotes being engaged over being withdrawn.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sanskrit</span></a><br />संन्यासः कर्मयोगश्च निःश्रेयसकरावुभौ ।<br />तयोस्तु कर्मसंन्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते ॥</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Kannada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kannada</span></a> script: <br />ಸಂನ್ಯಾಸಃ ಕರ್ಮಯೋಗಶ್ಚ ನಿಃಶ್ರೇಯಸಕರಾವುಭೌ |<br />ತಯೋಸ್ತು ಕರ್ಮಸಂನ್ಯಾಸಾತ್ಕರ್ಮಯೋಗೋ ವಿಶಿಷ್ಯತೇ ||</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/easternPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>easternPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gita" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gita</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/devotion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>devotion</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/engagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>engagement</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/withdrawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>withdrawl</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>One who is sincere [in effort] and has control of [their] senses attains knowledge.<br />- Sri Krishna, 4-39</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sanskrit</span></a>: श्रद्धावान् लभते ज्ञानं तत्परः संयतेंद्रियः<br /><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Kannada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kannada</span></a> script: ಶ್ರದ್ಧಾವಾನ್ ಲಭತೇ ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ತತ್ಪರಃ ಸಂಯತೇಂದ್ರಿಯಃ</p><p>PS: The following adaption is common:<br />- The sincere ones attain knowledge; the knowledgeable ones achieve success.<br />- श्रद्धावान् लभते ज्ञानं ज्ञानावान् लभते यशम्<br />- ಶ್ರದ್ಧಾವಾನ್ ಲಭತೇ ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ಜ್ಞಾನಾವಾನ್ ಲಭತೇ ಯಶಂ</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/easternPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>easternPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gita" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gita</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/sincerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sincerity</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>control</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>knowledge</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>Nothing compares to (purity of) knowledge.<br />- Sri Krishna, 4-38</p><p>Literally: Nothing exists that equals the purity [sanctity] of knowledge.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sanskrit</span></a>: न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं (पवित्रमिह विद्यते)<br /><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Kannada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kannada</span></a> script: ನ ಹಿ ಜ್ಞಾನೇನ ಸದೃಶಂ (ಪವಿತ್ರಮಿಹ ವಿದ್ಯತೇ)</p><p>Trivia: The phrase &quot;na hi jnyaanaena sadrusham&quot; (the first four words of Verse 4-38) is frequently the motto/slogan of schools and colleges in India (and it was for my school).</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/easternPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>easternPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gita" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gita</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>knowledge</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/motto" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>motto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/slogans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>slogans</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>Sacrifice [in pursuit] of knowledge is superior to material sacrifice because the entirety of all actions [activities] can only culminate in knowledge.<br />- Sri Krishna, 4-33</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sanskrit</span></a><br />श्रेयांद्रव्यमयाद्यज्ञात् ज्ञानयाज्ञः परंतप ।<br />सर्वं कर्माखिलां पार्थ ज्ञाने परिसमाप्तते ॥</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Kannada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kannada</span></a> script: <br />ಶ್ರೇಯಾಂದ್ರವ್ಯಮಯಾದ್ಯಜ್ಞಾತ್ ಜ್ಞಾನಯಾಜ್ಞಃ ಪರಂತಪ |<br />ಸರ್ವಂ ಕರ್ಮಾಖಿಲಾಂ ಪಾರ್ಥ ಜ್ಞಾನೇ ಪರಿಸಮಾಪ್ತತೇ ||</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/easternPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>easternPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gita" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gita</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/sacrifice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sacrifice</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>knowledge</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>True sustenance [satisfaction, achievement] is in service and such sustenance [service] is how one reaches the pinnacle*.<br />- Sri Krishna, 4-31</p><p>*The actual word used is &quot;brahma&quot; (ब्रह्म ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ), which here means pinnacle.<br /> <br />PS: Verses 4-25 through 4-30 [omitted from this thread] describe some ways one can offer service.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sanskrit</span></a>: यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजो यांति ब्रह्म सनातनं<br /><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Kannada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kannada</span></a> script: ಯಜ್ಞಶಿಷ್ಟಾಮೃತಭುಜೋ ಯಾಂತಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ ಸನಾತನಂ</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/easternPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>easternPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gita" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gita</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/service" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>service</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/satisfaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>satisfaction</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/achievement" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>achievement</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>The learned [people] consider as wise those who perform all activities with a burning desire for knowledge, detached from expectations of outcomes.<br />- Sri Krishna, 4-19</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sanskrit</span></a>:<br />यस्य सर्वे समारंभाः कामसंकल्पवर्जिताः ।<br />ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणां तमाहुः पंडितं बुधाः ॥</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Kannada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kannada</span></a> script:<br />ಯಸ್ಯ ಸರ್ವೇ ಸಮಾರಂಭಾಃ ಕಾಮಸಂಕಲ್ಪವರ್ಜಿತಾಃ |<br />ಜ್ಞಾನಾಗ್ನಿದಗ್ಧಕರ್ಮಾಣಾಂ ತಮಾಹುಃ ಪಂಡಿತಂ ಬುಧಾಃ ||</p><p>Related to verse 2-47: <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@smurthys/113188972323492878" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hachyderm.io/@smurthys/1131889</span><span class="invisible">72323492878</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/easternPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>easternPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gita" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gita</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/expectations" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>expectations</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/detachment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>detachment</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>Action is inaction and inaction is action. The wise see both as one and carry them out so.<br />- Sri Krishna, 4-18</p><p>PS: Answers the question in 4-16 ☝️</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sanskrit</span></a>:<br />कर्मण्यकर्म यः पश्येदकर्मणि च कर्म य ।<br />स बुद्धिमान्मनुष्येषु स युक्त: कृत्स्नकर्मकृत् ॥</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Kannada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kannada</span></a> script: <br />ಕರ್ಮಣ್ಯಕರ್ಮ ಯಃ ಪಶ್ಯೇದಕರ್ಮಣಿ ಚ ಕರ್ಮ ಯ |<br />ಸ ಬುದ್ಧಿಮಾನ್ಮನುಷ್ಯೇಷು ಸ ಯುಕ್ತ: ಕೃತ್ಸ್ನಕರ್ಮಕೃತ್ ||</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/easternPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>easternPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gita" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gita</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/action" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>action</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/awareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>awareness</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>What is action and what is inaction? This question has fascinated even the scholars*.<br />- Sri Krishna, 4-16</p><p>*Literally &quot;kawayoh&quot; (कवयो) means &quot;poets&quot;, but &quot;scholars&quot; fits better in this context.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sanskrit</span></a>: किं कर्म किमकर्मेति कवयोsप्यत्र मोहिताः<br /><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Kannada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kannada</span></a> script: ಕಿಂ ಕರ್ಮ ಕಿಮಕರ್ಮೇತಿ ಕವಯೋsಪ್ಯತ್ರ ಮೋಹಿತಾಃ</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/easternPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>easternPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gita" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gita</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/action" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>action</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/awareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>awareness</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>The senses are higher than the body; the mind is higher than the senses. Above the mind is intellect, and above the intellect is self*.<br />- Sri Krishna, 3-42</p><p>*consistent with verse 3-38 ☝️. Can also be interpreted as &quot;consciousness&quot;.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sanskrit</span></a>:<br />इंद्रियाणि परण्याहुरिंद्रियेभ्यः परं मनः ।<br />मनसस्तु परा बुद्धिर्यो बुद्धेः परतस्तु सः ॥</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Kannada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kannada</span></a> script: <br />ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಾಣಿ ಪರಣ್ಯಾಹುರಿಂದ್ರಿಯೇಭ್ಯಃ ಪರಂ ಮನಃ |<br />ಮನಸಸ್ತು ಪರಾ ಬುದ್ಧಿರ್ಯೋ ಬುದ್ಧೇಃ ಪರತಸ್ತು ಸಃ ||</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/easternPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>easternPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gita" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gita</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>knowledge</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/consciousness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>consciousness</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/hierarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hierarchy</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>Just as fire is covered by smoke and similarly a mirror is obscured by dust, just as the embryo rests deep within the womb, knowledge is likewise hidden by self [selfishness].<br />- Sri Krishna, 3-38</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sanskrit</span></a>:<br />धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथादर्शो मलेन च ।<br />यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतं ॥</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Kannada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kannada</span></a> script: <br />ಧೂಮೇನಾವ್ರಿಯತೇ ವಹ್ನಿರ್ಯಥಾದರ್ಶೋ ಮಲೇನ ಚ |<br />ಯಥೋಲ್ಬೇನಾವೃತೋ ಗರ್ಭಸ್ತಥಾ ತೇನೇದಮಾವೃತಂ ||</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/easternPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>easternPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gita" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gita</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>knowledge</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/selfishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>selfishness</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>It is better to progress in one&#39;s own path than to follow another&#39;s. There is learning in failing in own path but anxiety if following another&#39;s.<br />- Sri Krishna, 3-35</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sanskrit</span></a>:<br />श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् ।<br />स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः ॥</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Kannada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kannada</span></a> script: <br />ಶ್ರೇಯಾನ್ಸ್ವಧರ್ಮೋ ವಿಗುಣಃ ಪರಧರ್ಮಾತ್ಸ್ವನುಷ್ಠಿತಾತ್ |<br />ಸ್ವಧರ್ಮೇ ನಿಧನಂ ಶ್ರೇಯಃ ಪರಧರ್ಮೋ ಭಯಾವಹಃ ||</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/easternPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>easternPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gita" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gita</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dedication" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dedication</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/focus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>focus</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/awareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>awareness</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>[Even] the wise act within the limitations of their own nature.<br />- Sri Krishna, 3-33</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sanskrit</span></a>: स्वदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्याः प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि<br /><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Kannada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kannada</span></a> script: ಸ್ವದೃಶಂ ಚೇಷ್ಟತೇ ಸ್ವಸ್ಯಾಃ ಪ್ರಕೃತೇರ್ಜ್ಞಾನವಾನಪಿ</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/easternPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>easternPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gita" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gita</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/discretion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>discretion</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/awareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>awareness</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>The way outstanding people conduct [themselves], they set standards for the world to follow.<br />- Sri Krishna, 3-21</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sanskrit</span></a>:<br />यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः ।<br />स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते ॥</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Kannada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kannada</span></a> script:<br />ಯದ್ಯದಾಚರತಿ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠಸ್ತತ್ತದೇವೇತರೋ ಜನಃ |<br />ಸ ಯತ್ಪ್ರಮಾಣಂ ಕುರುತೇ ಲೋಕಸ್ತದನುವರ್ತತೇ ||</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/easternPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>easternPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/excellence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>excellence</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/model" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>model</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gita" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gita</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>He who shirks action does not attain freedom. He who abstains from work does not achieve perfection.<br />- Sri Krishna, 3-4</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sanskrit</span></a>:<br />न कर्मणामनारंभात् नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोsश्नुते ।<br />न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समदिगच्छति ॥</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Kannada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kannada</span></a> script:<br />ನ ಕರ್ಮಣಾಮನಾರಂಭಾತ್ ನೈಷ್ಕರ್ಮ್ಯಂ ಪುರುಷೋsಶ್ನುತೇ |<br />ನ ಚ ಸಂನ್ಯಸನಾದೇವ ಸಿದ್ಧಿಂ ಸಮದಿಗಚ್ಛತಿ ||</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/easternPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>easternPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/workEthic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>workEthic</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/perfection" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>perfection</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gita" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gita</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>That which the world calls day is the night of ignorance to the wise.<br />- Sri Krishna, 2-69</p><p>PS: I believe this line highlights the difference between the learning (abilities) of the wise and lay people: what the wise consider having learned in &quot;dark ignorance&quot;, a lay person considers learning when wide awake during the day.<br /> <br /><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sanskrit</span></a>: यस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुने:<br /><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Kannada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kannada</span></a> script: ಯಸ್ಯಾಂ ಜಾಗ್ರತಿ ಭೂತಾನಿ ಸಾ ನಿಶಾ ಪಶ್ಯತೋ ಮುನೇ:</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/easternPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>easternPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/sensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sensing</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>learning</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gita" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gita</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>When you let your mind follow the call of the senses, they carry away your better judgement like storms drive a boat off its chartered course on the sea.<br />- Sri Krishna, 2-67</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sanskrit</span></a>:<br />इंद्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोsनुविधीयते ।<br />तदस्य हरति प्रङ्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाभंसि ॥</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Kannada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kannada</span></a> script:<br />ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಾಣಾಂ ಹಿ ಚರತಾಂ ಯನ್ಮನೋsನುವಿಧೀಯತೇ |<br />ತದಸ್ಯ ಹರತಿ ಪ್ರಙ್ಞಾಂ ವಾಯುರ್ನಾವಮಿವಾಭಂಸಿ ||</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/easternPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>easternPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/judgment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>judgment</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/selfcontrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>selfcontrol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gita" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gita</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>Just as a tortoise in danger [instinctively] draws in its limbs, the wise too can draw in their senses at will.<br />- Sri Krishna, 2-58</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sanskrit</span></a>:<br />यदा संहरते चायं कूर्माsङ्गानीव सर्वशः ।<br />इंद्रियाणींद्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Kannada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kannada</span></a> script:<br />ಯದಾ ಸಂಹರತೇ ಚಾಯಂ ಕೂರ್ಮಾsಙ್ಗಾನೀವ ಸರ್ವಶಃ |<br />ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಾಣೀಂದ್ರಿಯಾರ್ಥೇಭ್ಯಸ್ತಸ್ಯ ಪ್ರಜ್ಞಾ ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಿತಾ ||</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/easternPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>easternPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/awareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>awareness</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/instincts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>instincts</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gita" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gita</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of the work. You should never engage in action for the sake of reward, nor should you long for inaction.<br />- Sri Krishna, 2-47</p><p>PS: The first sentence is one of top <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotes</span></a> from the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gita" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gita</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sanskrit</span></a>:<br />कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन ।<br />मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते संगोsस्त्वकर्मणि ॥</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Kannada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kannada</span></a> script:<br />ಕರ್ಮಣ್ಯೇವಾಧಿಕಾರಸ್ತೇ ಮಾ ಫಲೇಷು ಕದಾಚನ |<br />ಮಾ ಕರ್ಮಫಲಹೇತುರ್ಭೂರ್ಮಾ ತೇ ಸಂಗೋsಸ್ತ್ವಕರ್ಮಣಿ ||</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/easternPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>easternPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Hindu" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hindu</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/duty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>duty</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/workEthic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>workEthic</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/expectations" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>expectations</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>Just as a reservoir is of little use when the whole countryside is flooded, scriptures are of little use to the learned.<br />- Sri Krishna, 2-46</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sanskrit</span></a>:<br />यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वतः संप्लुतोदके ।<br />तावान्सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानतः ॥</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Kannada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kannada</span></a> script: <br />ಯಾವಾನರ್ಥ ಉದಪಾನೇ ಸರ್ವತಃ ಸಂಪ್ಲುತೋದಕೇ |<br />ತಾವಾನ್ಸರ್ವೇಷು ವೇದೇಷು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣಸ್ಯ ವಿಜಾನತಃ ||</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/easternPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>easternPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>India</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Hindu" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hindu</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gita" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gita</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>For those who lack resolution, the decisions of life are many-branched and endless.<br />- Sri Krishna, 2-41</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sanskrit</span></a>: बहुशाखा ह्यनंताश्च बुद्धयोsव्यवसायिनाम्<br /><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Kannada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kannada</span></a> script: ಬಹುಶಾಖಾ ಹ್ಯನಂತಾಶ್ಚ ಬುದ್ಧಯೋsವ್ಯವಸಾಯಿನಾಮ್</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/easternPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>easternPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>India</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Hindu" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hindu</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gita" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gita</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/resolve" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>resolve</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/discipline" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>discipline</span></a></p>