असतो मा सद्गमय
Asato mā sad gamaya
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.28
Lead me from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, from death to immortality.
॥
श्लोक · सूक्त
Shlokas
Each verse is a meditation. Devanagari, IAST, word-by-word, two translations, and a reflection prompt. Read one. Sit with it.
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता
Bhagavad Gītā
14 versesBhagavad Gītā 2.20
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि-
न्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः।
अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो
न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे॥न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचित्
The Self is never born — it never dies
The Self is never born; it never dies. It has not come into being, nor will it cease to be. Unborn, eternal, ever-existing, primeval — it is…
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Study →Bhagavad Gītā 2.47
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते
You have a right to the act — not to the fruit
You have a right to the act itself, never to the fruits of the act. Do not be motivated by the fruit, nor be attached to inaction.…
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Study →Bhagavad Gītā 2.48
योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय।
सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते॥समत्वं योग उच्यते
Evenness of mind is yoga
Perform your duties established in yoga, O Dhanañjaya, abandoning attachment. Be equal in success and in failure — this evenness of mind is …
equanimitykarma-yogavideo
Study →Bhagavad Gītā 2.56
दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः।
वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते॥स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते
The sage unshaken in pleasure and pain
One whose mind is undisturbed in sorrow, who has no craving amid joys, and is free from attachment, fear and anger — that sage of steady wis…
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Study →Bhagavad Gītā 3.35
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्।
स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः॥स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः
Your own dharma, imperfectly — not another's, perfectly
Better is one's own dharma, imperfectly done, than another's dharma done perfectly. Even death in one's own dharma is better; another's dhar…
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Study →Bhagavad Gītā 4.7
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम्॥यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य
Whenever dharma declines — I come
Whenever there is a decline in dharma, Bhārata, and a rise in adharma, I manifest Myself.…
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Study →Bhagavad Gītā 4.8
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्।
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे॥परित्राणाय साधूनाम्
To protect the good — I appear in every age
For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, and for the re-establishment of dharma, I take birth age after age.…
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Study →Bhagavad Gītā 6.5
उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्।
आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः॥उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानम्
Let a man raise himself by himself
Let one raise oneself by oneself; let one not lower oneself. For the self alone is the friend of the self, and the self alone is the enemy o…
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Study →Bhagavad Gītā 6.35
असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम्।
अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते॥अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय
The restless mind — by practice and detachment
Undoubtedly, O mighty-armed one, the mind is hard to control and restless; but by practice and by detachment, Kaunteya, it can be grasped.…
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Study →उपनिषद्
Upaniṣads
10 versesĪśā Upaniṣad 1
ईशा वास्यमिदं सर्वं यत्किञ्च जगत्यां जगत्।
तेन त्यक्तेन भुञ्जीथा मा गृधः कस्यस्विद्धनम्॥ईशावास्यमिदं सर्वम्
All this is clothed by the Lord
All this is pervaded by the Lord — whatever moves in this moving world. Enjoy through renunciation; do not covet anyone's wealth.…
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Study →Īśā Upaniṣad 6
यस्तु सर्वाणि भूतानि आत्मन्येवानुपश्यति।
सर्वभूतेषु चात्मानं ततो न विजुगुप्सते॥यस्तु सर्वाणि भूतानि
He who sees all beings in the self
He who sees all beings within his own self, and his own self within all beings — he does not recoil, after that, from anything.…
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Study →Īśā Upaniṣad 15
हिरण्मयेन पात्रेण सत्यस्यापिहितं मुखम्।
तत्त्वं पूषन्नपावृणु सत्यधर्माय दृष्टये॥हिरण्मयेन पात्रेण
Remove the golden cover — reveal the truth
The face of Truth is covered by a golden disc. Remove it, O Pūṣan (sun), for the seeing of one whose dharma is truth.…
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Study →Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.20
अणोरणीयान्महतो महीयानात्माऽस्य जन्तोर्निहितो गुहायाम्।
तमक्रतुः पश्यति वीतशोको धातुप्रसादान्महिमानमात्मनः॥अणोरणीयान् महतो महीयान्
Subtler than the subtle, greater than the great
Subtler than the subtlest, greater than the greatest — the Ātman of this being is hidden in the cave of the heart. The one free of desires a…
atmanvideo
Study →Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.3.10
यदा पञ्चावतिष्ठन्ते ज्ञानानि मनसा सह।
बुद्धिश्च न विचेष्टति तामाहुः परमां गतिम्॥यदा पञ्चावतिष्ठन्ते
When the five senses and the mind stand still — that is the highest state
When the five senses together with the mind stand still, and the intellect does not stir — that, they say, is the highest state.…
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Study →Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.1.1
द्वा सुपर्णा सयुजा सखाया
समानं वृक्षं परिषस्वजाते।
तयोरन्यः पिप्पलं स्वाद्वत्ति
अनश्नन्नन्यो अभिचाकशीति॥द्वा सुपर्णा सयुजा सखाया
Two birds on the same tree — one eats, one watches
Two birds, inseparable companions, perch on the same tree. One eats the sweet fruit; the other looks on without eating, simply watching.…
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Study →Kena Upaniṣad 1.2
श्रोत्रस्य श्रोत्रं मनसो मनो यद्
वाचो ह वाचं स उ प्राणस्य प्राणः।
चक्षुषश्चक्षुरतिमुच्य धीराः
प्रेत्यास्माल्लोकादमृता भवन्ति॥मनसो मनः
That by which the mind thinks — but which the mind cannot think
It is the ear of the ear, the mind of the mind, the speech of the speech, the breath of the breath, the eye of the eye. Letting these go, th…
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Study →Taittirīya Upaniṣad 2.1
सत्यं ज्ञानमनन्तं ब्रह्म।
यो वेद निहितं गुहायां परमे व्योमन्।
सोऽश्नुते सर्वान् कामान् सह।
ब्रह्मणा विपश्चितेति॥सत्यं ज्ञानमनन्तं ब्रह्म
Brahman is truth, knowledge, infinity
Brahman is truth, knowledge, the infinite. The one who knows it — hidden in the cave of the heart, in the highest space — attains all desire…
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Study →Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.28
ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय।
तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय।
मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय।
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः॥असतो मा सद्गमय
From the unreal, lead me to the real
From the unreal, lead me to the real. From darkness, lead me to light. From death, lead me to immortality. Oṃ. Peace, peace, peace.…
mantraprayervideo
Study →योगसूत्र
Yoga Sūtras
2 versesYoga Sūtra 1.2
योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः॥योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः
Yoga is the stilling of the modifications of the mind
Yoga is the cessation of the modifications of the mind-stuff.…
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Study →Yoga Sūtra 2.46
स्थिरसुखमासनम्॥स्थिरसुखमासनम्
Posture is steady and easeful
The posture is steady and comfortable.…
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Study →वैदिक मन्त्र · महावाक्य
Vedic hymns & Mahāvākyas
6 versesṚg Veda 3.62.10
ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः।
तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि।
धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्॥गायत्री मन्त्र
The Gāyatrī Mantra
Oṃ. Earth, sky, heavens. We meditate on the desirable light of the Divine Sun. May He inspire our meditations.…
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Study →Ṛg Veda 7.59.12
ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्।
उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय माऽमृतात्॥महामृत्युञ्जय मन्त्र
The Mahāmṛtyuñjaya — Conqueror of Death
We worship the three-eyed One, fragrant, nourisher. As the cucumber is loosed from its stem, may I be liberated from death — not from immort…
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Study →Īśāvāsya / Bṛhadāraṇyaka opening
ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पूर्णमुदच्यते।
पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते॥पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदम्
That is full, this is full
That is full, this is full. From the full, the full arises. Take the full from the full — and the full alone remains.…
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Study →Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Nirvāṇa Ṣaṭkam 1
मनोबुद्ध्यहङ्कारचित्तानि नाहं
न च श्रोत्रजिह्वे न च घ्राणनेत्रे।
न च व्योमभूमिर्न तेजो न वायुः
चिदानन्दरूपः शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहम्॥मनोबुद्ध्यहङ्कारचित्तानि नाहम्
I am not mind, not intellect, not ego
I am not mind, not intellect, not ego, not inner memory. Not ear, not tongue, not nose, not eye. Not sky, not earth, not fire, not air. I am…
vedantaatmanvideo
Study →Guru Stotra — opening
गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः।
गुरुः साक्षात् परब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः॥गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः
Guru is Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśvara
Guru is Brahmā. Guru is Viṣṇu. Guru is the God Maheśvara. Guru is the Supreme Brahman itself. Salutations to that revered Guru.…
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Study →Common Śānti Mantra
ॐ द्यौः शान्तिरन्तरिक्षं शान्तिः
पृथिवी शान्तिरापः शान्तिरोषधयः शान्तिः।
वनस्पतयः शान्तिर्विश्वे देवाः शान्तिर्ब्रह्म शान्तिः
सर्वं शान्तिः शान्तिरेव शान्तिः सा मा शान्तिरेधि॥
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः॥ॐ द्यौः शान्तिः
Peace in the heavens, on earth, in the self
Peace in the heavens. Peace in the atmosphere. Peace on earth. Peace in the waters. Peace in the plants. Peace in the forests. Peace in the …
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श्लोक चित्र· 10Each shloka rendered as a 60-second video — Devanagari + IAST + English + chant audio + music bed.
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते
Karmaṇy-evādhikāras te
Bhagavad Gītā 2.47
You have a right only to action, never to its fruits.
योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि
Yoga-sthaḥ kuru karmāṇi
Bhagavad Gītā 2.48
Established in yoga, perform your actions — equanimity is yoga.
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य
Yadā yadā hi dharmasya
Bhagavad Gītā 4.7
Whenever there is a decline of dharma, I manifest myself.
अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां
Ananyāś-cintayanto māṁ
Bhagavad Gītā 9.22
To those who are devoted, I bring what they lack and preserve what they have.
सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य
Sarva-dharmān parityajya
Bhagavad Gītā 18.66
Abandon all dharmas and take refuge in me alone — I shall liberate you from all sins.
गायत्री मन्त्र
Gāyatrī Mantra
Ṛgveda 3.62.10
May we meditate on the splendour of the radiant divine; may it inspire our intellect.
ईशावास्यमिदं सर्वं
Īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam
Īśopaniṣad 1
All this is permeated by the Lord — whatever moves in this moving world.
अणोरणीयान्महतोमहीयान्
Aṇor-aṇīyān mahato mahīyān
Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.20
Smaller than the smallest, greater than the greatest — the Self is hidden in the heart.
महामृत्युञ्जय मन्त्र
Mahāmṛtyuñjaya Mantra
Ṛgveda 7.59.12
We worship the three-eyed one — may he liberate us from death, like a cucumber from its vine.