Righteousness

Dharma (Righteous Actions)

In this sections we will try to understand the verses centered around the lifstyle or behavior of righteous or ascetic people.

Satisfied with spontaneous benefits, not contesting, free from jealousy.

यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः ।
समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते ॥४:२२॥

Lord Krishna says to Arjun:
He who is satisfied with spontaneous benefits, not contesting (questioning the result), free from jealousy, also equanimous in success and failure, is not bound (bonded) although he is performing actions.

Stable wisdom: neither rejoicing in gain nor agitated in loss.

न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम् ।
स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद् ब्रह्मणि स्थितः ॥५:२०॥

Lord Krishna says to Arjun:
Not rejoiced in getting the favorable and not agitated in getting the unfavorable, unbewildered with stable wisdom, knowing the absolute, is situated in the absolute.

Equanimity in happiness and distress, praise and censure; treating gold and a lump of rock equally.

समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः ।
तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुति: ॥१४:२४॥

Lord Krishna says to Arjun:
Equipoised in distress and happiness, self-staying, treating gold and a lump of stone as same, balanced between dear and disliked, persevering, balanced in censure and adulation.

Equanimity in honor and dishonor, to friends and foes, starting all actions without attachments.

मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयो: ।
सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी गुणातीतः स उच्यते ॥१४:२५॥

People without desires, not rejoicing, loathing or lamenting, are dear to me.

न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति ।
शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्तिमान्यः स मे प्रियः ॥१२:१७॥

Lord Krishna says to Arjun:
He who is devout, does not rejoice, does not loathe, does not lament, has no desire and is a renouncer of auspiciousness and inauspiciousness, is dear to me.

Equanimous to friends and foes, honor and dishonor, indifferent to hot, cold, happiness and misery.

समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयो: ।
शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः ॥१२:१८॥

Lord Krishna says to Arjun:
Equanimous to the foes and friends and similarly equipoised in honor and dishonor, in cold and heat, in happiness and distress and devoid of attachment.

Peson balanced in adulation and censure, devoted with stable judgement is dear to me.

तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी सन्तुष्टो येन केनचित् ।
अनिकेतः स्थिरमतिर्भक्तिमान्मे प्रियो नरः ॥१२:१९॥

Lord Krishna says to Arjun:
A devout man balanced in censure and adulation, silently satisfied with anything, not dwelling and stable judgement is dear to me.

Sees the Braahmans, cows, elephants, dogs or even dog-eaters equally.

विद्याविनयसम्पन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि ।
शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः ॥५:१८॥

Lord Krishna says to Arjun:
The wise, being humble with education, have equal vision in a Braahman (the knower of the ultimate truth), a cow, an elephant, a dog and even in a dog-eater.

The sages are unwavering, self-control and benevolence to the entire creation.

लभन्ते ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृषयः क्षीणकल्मषाः ।
छिन्नद्वैधा यतात्मानः सर्वभूतहिते रताः ॥५:२५॥

Lord Krishna says to Arjun:
The sages, diminishing the sins and cutting off the doubts, achieve the supreme being. Those souls are delighted in the welfare of all the created beings.

Why do you get angry? What happens when you are angry?

We all lose our temper now and then. Let's learn what makes you angry.

Obsession leads to desire and the desire leads to anger.

ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते ।
सङ्गात्सञ्जायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते ॥२:६२॥

Lord Krishna says to Arjun:
Obsession (constant thinking about the objects affecting the senses of the person) originates attachment in those objects. From attachment originates desires and from desires anger arises.

Anger leads to illusion, memory loss, destruction of wisdom and annihilation.

क्रोधाद्भवति सम्मोहः सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः ।
स्मृतिभ्रंशाद्बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति ॥२:६३॥

Lord Krishna says to Arjun:
From anger happens illusion and from illusion memory becomes confused. From confusion of memory, destruction of wisdom and, with destruction of wisdom, one perishes.