Bhagavad Gita Quotes

Famous Bhagavad Gita Quotes

“It is better to perform one’s own duties imperfectly than to master the duties of another. By fulfilling the obligations he is born with, a person never comes to grief.”
– Krishna, The Bhagavad Gita

“It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.”
– Anonymous, The Bhagavad Gita

“A gift is pure when it is given from the heart to the right person at the right time and at the right place, and when we expect nothing in return”
– Anonymous, The Bhagavad Gita

“Anyone who is steady in his determination for the advanced stage of spiritual realization and can equally tolerate the onslaughts of distress and happiness is certainly a person eligible for liberation.”
– A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, The Bhagavad Gita

“He is the source of light in all luminous objects. He is beyond the darkness of matter and is unmanifested. He is knowledge, He is the object of knowledge, and He is the goal of knowledge. He is situated in everyone’s heart.”
– Anonymous, The Bhagavad Gita

“I am the beginning, middle, and end of creation.”
– Krishna, The Bhagavad Gita

“I am death, which overcomes all, and the source of all beings still to be born.”
– Krishna, The Bhagavad Gita

“There are three gates to this self-destructive hell: lust, anger, and greed. Renounce these three.”
– Krishna, The Bhagavad Gita

“Pleasure from the senses seems like nectar at first, but it is bitter as poison in the end.”
– Krishna, The Bhagavad Gita

“Whatever you do, make it an offering to me – the food you eat, the sacrifices you make, the help you give, even your suffering.”
– Krishna, The Bhagavad Gita

“Set thy heart upon thy work, but never on its reward.”
– Ved Vyasa, The Bhagavad Gita

“The wise unify their consciousness and abandon attachment to the fruits of action,”
– Ved Vyasa, The Bhagavad Gita

“We behold what we are, and we are what we behold.”
– Ved Vyasa, The Bhagavad Gita

“No one should abandon duties because he sees defects in them. Every action, every activity, is surrounded by defects as a fire is surrounded by smoke.”
– Krishna Quotes from The Bhagavad Gita

“When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering, like the flame of a lamp in a windless place.”
– Krishna Quotes from The Bhagavad Gita

“Strive to still your thoughts. Make your mind one-pointed in meditation.”
– Krishna Quotes from The Bhagavad Gita

“On this path effort never goes to waste, and there is no failure. Even a little effort toward spiritual awareness will protect you from the greatest fear.”
– Krishna Quotes from The Bhagavad Gita

“We are kept from our goal, not by obstacles, but by a clear path to a lesser goal.”
– Robert Brault, The Bhagavad Gita

“Strive constantly to serve the welfare of the world; by devotion to selfless work one attains the supreme goal of life. Do your work with the welfare of others always in mind.”
– Krishna Quotes from The Bhagavad Gita

“They live in wisdom who see themselves in all and all in them, who have renounced every selfish desire and sense-craving tormenting the heart.”

Bhagavad Gita Quotes and Sayings

“There is neither this world nor the world beyond nor happiness for the one who doubts.”
– Bhagavad Gita

“The mind acts like an enemy for those who do not control it.”
– Bhagavad Gita

“One gradually attains tranquillity of mind by keeping the mind fully absorbed in the Self by means of a well-trained intellect, and thinking of nothing else.”
– Bhagavad Gita

“The power of God is with you at all times; through the activities of mind, senses, breathing, and emotions; and is constantly doing all the work using you as a mere instrument.”
– Bhagavad Gita

“Perform your obligatory duty, because action is indeed better than inaction.”
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“The brightness of the sun, which lights up the world, the brightness of the moon and of fire – these are my glory.”

“A gift is pure when it is given from the heart to the right person at the right time and at the right place, and when we expect nothing in return”
– Bhagavad Gita

“People will talk about your disgrace forever. To the honored, dishonor is worse than death.”
– Bhagavad Gita

“To the illumined man or woman, a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are the same.”
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“Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.”
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“There has never been a time when you and I have not existed, nor will there be a time when we will cease to exist. As the same person inhabits the body through childhood, youth, and old age, so too at the time of death he attains another body. The wise are not deluded by these changes.”
– Bhagavad Gita

“Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action; the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action.”
– Bhagavad Gita

“Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is meditation. But better still is surrender of attachment to results, because there follows immediate peace.”
– Bhagavad Gita

“Fear not what is not real, never was and never will be. What is real, always was and cannot be destroyed.”
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Bhagavad Gita Quotes on Life and Death

“Some come to the spiritual life because of suffering, some in order to understand life; some come through a desire to achieve life’s purpose, and some come who are men and women of wisdom. Unwavering in devotion, always united with me, the man or woman of wisdom surpasses all the others.”

“After many births the wise seek refuge in me, seeing me everywhere and in everything. Such great souls are very rare.”

“Delusion arises from the duality of attraction and aversion, Arjuna; every creature is deluded by these from birth.”

“The Lord is the supreme poet, the first cause, the sovereign ruler, subtler than the tiniest particle, the support of all, inconceivable, bright as the sun, beyond darkness.”

“Remembering me at the time of death, close down the doors of the senses and place the mind in the heart. Then, while absorbed in meditation, focus all energy upwards to the head. Repeating in this state the divine name, the syllable Om that represents the changeless Brahman, you will go forth from the body and attain the supreme goal.”

“Every creature in the universe is subject to rebirth, Arjuna, except the one who is united with me.”

“The six months of the northern path of the sun, the path of light, of fire, of day, of the bright fortnight, leads knowers of Brahman to the supreme goal. The six months of the southern path of the sun, the path of smoke, of night, of the dark fortnight, leads other souls to the light of the moon and to rebirth.”

“Under my watchful eye the laws of nature take their course. Thus is the world set in motion; thus the animate and the inanimate are created.”

“I am the ritual and the sacrifice; I am true medicine and the mantram. I am the offering and the fire which consumes it, and the one to whom it is offered.”

“I am the goal of life, the Lord and support of all, the inner witness, the abode of all. I am the only refuge, the one true friend; I am the beginning, the staying, and the end of creation; I am the womb and the eternal seed.”

“Those who worship me and meditate on me constantly, without any other thought – I will provide for all their needs.”

“Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is meditation. But better still is surrender of attachment to results, because there follows immediate peace.”

“Fill your mind with me; love me; serve me; worship me always. Seeking me in your heart, you will at last be united with me.”

“Calmness, gentleness, silence, self-restraint, and purity: these are the disciplines of the mind.”

“When they see the variety of creation rooted in that unity and growing out of it, they attain fulfillment in Brahman.”

“I give you these precious words of wisdom; reflect on them and then do as you choose.”