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Shree Hari Welcome to Audio - Gita Prabodhani English Translation of Hindi book by Swami Ramsukhdasji Please click on Chapter links to access Audio (in mp3)
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Chapter 1 |
Arjuna-Visaad (Dejection) Yoga |
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Description of the chiefs and the battle conchs and drum and a survey of both the armies |
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Sorrow-filled Arjun recounts the evil consequences of the destruction of race and family and traditions, and Sanjaya describes his condition overwhelmed with grief |
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Chapter 2 |
Sankhya (Yoga of Knowledge discrimination) |
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Description of Conversation between Lord Krishna and Arjuna regarding Arjuna’s fearfulness. |
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Description of Sankhya Yoga |
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Rendering that it is Essential to fight as per Dharma |
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Description of Karma Yoga (Discipline of Action) |
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Characteristics of a Man of Wisdom (Sthit-Pragyaa) |
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Chapter 3 |
KARMA (Action) YOGA |
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Representation of the essential need to perform one’s duty from the perspective of Sankhyayog and Karmayog |
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Representation of the need to perform ones duty to protect the age old tradition of yagya (sacrifice) and the cycle of creation |
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Necessity of the performance of duty to set examples for others |
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Inspiration for the performance of one’s own duty, being free from attachment and aversion |
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Inspiration to kill desire, the root of sins |
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Chapter 4 |
KARMA & (Knowledge, Action and Jnana, Renunciation) SANNYAASA YOGA |
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Tradition of Discipline of Action and divine character of births and actions of God |
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Description of reality of actions and different forms of sacrifices |
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Glory of Discipline of Knowledge and Action and inspiration to follow them. |
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Chapter 5 |
KARMA SANNYAASA YOGA |
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Identity of Discipline of Knowledge and Action and glory of Discipline of Action. |
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Description of Discipline of Knowledge and Action |
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Discipline of Knowledge with its fruit |
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Description of Discipline of Meditation and Devotion |
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Chapter 6 |
ATMASAMYAMA YOGA (Self Control and Meditation) |
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Discipline of Action and marks of the man who has attained to Yoga |
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Inspiration for redeeming the self; and the marks of the God-realized soul |
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Description of posture and meditation on God with its fruit |
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Description of rules and meditation on God with its fruit. |
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Description of Meditation on God who is attributeless and formless with its fruit |
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Experience of those who meditate on God endowed with attributes and on attributelessness |
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On Controlling the Mind |
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Destiny of Man Who has fallen from Yoga |
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CHAPTER 7 |
JNANA-VIJNANA (knowledge and realization) YOGA |
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The Lord’s promise to describe His integral being and explanation of higher and lower Natures and He being the root cause of all of them |
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God’s manifestations in the form of cause |
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Description of those who take and don’t take refuge in God |
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Description of the worship of other gods with its fruits. |
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Condemnation of those who don’t know God’s influence and glories and eulogy of His Devotees |
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CHAPTER 8 |
AKSHAR BRAHMA (knowledge of imperishable Brahma) YOGA |
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Lord answers Arjun’s seven questions and tells him to think of Him at all times. |
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Description of worship of God |
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Description of duration of cosmic day and night and glory of God. |
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Description of bright and dark paths and glory of the Yogi who knows them. |
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CHAPTER 9 |
RAJVIDYA RAJAGUHYA (Science of Sovereigns and Royal Secrets) YOGA |
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Description of Vijnana (Realization) with its glory |
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Description of new creation and final dissolution |
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Condemnation of those who don’t know God’s glory |
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Description of God’s glory in the form of cause and effect |
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Worship with and without an interested motive with fruit |
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Offering of actions and objects to God, the fruit of this offering, and description of those eligible for devotion. |
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CHAPTER 10 |
VIBHUTI (Divine Glories) YOGA |
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Mention of the Glory and Yoga of the Lord and the reward of knowing them |
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Devotion to God and Its Fruit and the Glory of God’s Grace |
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Arjuna eulogizes to the Lord and Prays to Him to Describe His Yoga and Glories |
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Description of the Lord’s Glories and Yoga by Him |
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CHAPTER 11 |
VISHWAROOPADARSHANA (The Vision of the Cosmic Form) YOGA |
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Arjuna requests Lord to reveal His Cosmic Form; the Lord confers Divine Vision on him |
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Sanjaya describes the Cosmic Form to Dhritarashtra |
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Arjuna beholds the Cosmic Form and Eulogizes It. |
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The Lord introduces His most terrible form and orders Arjuna to fight |
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Arjuna eulogizes the Lord in His Cosmic Form and offers prayer to Him |
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The Lord explains that the Cosmic Form is very rare indeed and console Arjuna who is terrified |
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The Lord glorifies His four armed form and the means by which it can be seen |
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CHAPTER 12 |
BHAKTI (Devotion) YOGA |
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The Lord pronounces His verdict who is superior worshipper of God and mentions fours spiritual paths to God-Realization |
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Thirty-Nine marks of the devotees who have realized God |
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CHAPTER 13 |
KSHETRA-KSHETRANA (Field & Knowers of the Field) – VIBHAGA YOGA |
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Discussion of Kshetra (body), Kshetrajna (soul), knowledge and worth-knowing (God) with devotion |
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Discussion of Nature and Soul |
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CHAPTER 14 |
GUNATRAYA (Three Modes) – VIBHAGA YOGA |
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Glory of Knowledge and emanation of creation from the union of Nature and Soul |
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Description of the Three Modes of Nature (of goodness, of passion and of ignorance) |
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Means of God-Realization and Marks of a Man Who has Transcended the Three Modes of Nature |
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CHAPTER 15 |
PURUSHOTTAMA (Supreme Entity) YOGA |
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Description of the Tree of Creation, and Surrender the self to God, having Cut Asunder this Tree, and the Abode of God |
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Reality about the Soul (Self) and Description of those who know it and those who don’t know it. |
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Verses 12-15 |
Description of the Glory of God. |
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Verses 16-20 |
Description of Kshar (perishable, mundane), Akshar (Imperishable Soul) and the Supreme Soul (God). |
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CHAPTER 16 |
DAIVAASURA (Divine and Demoniac) VIBHAGA YOGA |
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Verses 1-5 |
Description of the Divine and Demoniac Traits with their Fruit |
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Verses 6-8 |
Mention of the Outlook of the People Who Embrace the Demoniac Nature, having a Disinclination for Virtuous Actions |
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Verses 9-16 |
Impure Conduct and Ambitions with Fruit of the Men Embracing the Demoniac Nature |
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Verses 17-20 |
Evil Nature of the People Possessing a Demoniac Disposition and Their Evil Effect |
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Verses 21-24 |
Inspiration to Act According to the Ordinance of the Scriptures, by being free from Desire, Anger and Greed which are the roots of all demoniac traits. |
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CHAPTER 17 |
SHRADDHATRAYA (Threefold Faith) VIBHAGA YOGA |
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Verses 1-6 |
Description of the Three Kinds of Faith and the People Who Possess a Demoniac Nature |
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Verses 7-10 |
Description of Tastes of Food of the Three Types of Persons of the Modes of Goodness, Passion and Ignorance. |
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Verses 11-22 |
Three Kinds of Sacrifice, Austerity, and Charity. |
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Verses 23-28 |
Explanation of the Sacred Appellations Om, Tat, Sat; and description of Asat (unreal) action. |
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CHAPTER 18 |
MOKSHASANNYAASA (Liberation by Renunciation) YOGA |
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Verses 1-12 |
Description of the Different Views of Renunciation and the Discipline of Action |
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Verses 13-40 |
Description of the Discipline of Knowledge |
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Verses 41-48 |
Description of the Discipline of Action and Devotion |
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Verses 49-55 |
Description of the Discipline of Knowledge |
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Verses 56-66 |
Description of Devotion to God |
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Verses 67-78 |
Glory of the Gita |
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