CH 8, Verse 7

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Chapter 8

Verse 7

 

Tasmaat sarveshhu kaaleshhu maam anusmara yudhya cha /

mayy arpita-mano-buddhir maam ev'aishhyasy asa.nshayam

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Therefore at all times think upon Me and fight. With

mind and understanding fixed upon Me, you will surely

come to Me alone.

 

LESSONS FROM BHAGAVAD GITA – 79

As taught by Parama Pujya Sri Swamiji

Compiled by: Swami Dattananda

Bhaktimala, May 2000

 

"Therefore at all times think upon Me and fight. With

mind and understanding fixed upon Me, you will surely

come to Me alone."

 

Wherever you may be and whatever may be the duty that

has fallen to your lot, perform it keeping your mind

on God. Thus when the thought of God becomes the

dominant idea of your life, you will be able to absorb

yourself in the thought of God even at the last

moments of your life. Then, after the death of the

body, you will be able to enter the Lord’s Being. This

is the Lord’s advice. Gita doctrine thus unites

practical life with the spiritual.

 

The Lord gives the instruction to Arjuna on the

battlefield just before the start of the battle. As

Arjuna was a military general, and as it was his duty

to fight for a just cause, he was advised to fight.

But all are not soldiers. Different people have

different vocations in life. As some are doctors, some

are lawyers, some are engineers, some others are

agriculturists or traders or workers and so on and so

forth. But everyone has to perform one’s duty keeping

the thought of the Lord in one’s mind.

 

Therefore, the word ‘fight’ in this verse stands for

one’s duty. One has to meditate on the Lord at all

times and perform his duties. This is the idea and

this is the central teaching of the Gita.

 

 

 

 

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