40. Bhagavad Gita I Chapter 3 Verses 38-39 I Swami Sarvapriyananda

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Verses 38-39 from the third chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The song of God".

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3, Verse 38:
धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथादर्शो मलेन च |
यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतम् || 38||
dhūmenāvriyate vahnir yathādarśho malena cha
yatholbenāvṛito garbhas tathā tenedam āvṛitam

🔴Just as fire is obscured by smoke, a mirror by dirt and embryo by the womb, so is knowledge by craving.

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3, Verse 39:
आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा |
कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च || 39||
āvṛitaṁ jñānam etena jñānino nitya-vairiṇā
kāma-rūpeṇa kaunteya duṣhpūreṇānalena cha

🔴Knowledge, O son of Kunti, is obscured by this persistent foe of the knower, i.e. by craving, as by an insatiable fire.

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[anagha.aniruddha]

हरी: ऊॅं 🙏🏻

Namaskar Swami Sarvapriyanandaji 🙏🏻

[mokshajetley]

Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna

[aartishekhawat]

Thankyou Swamiji for this amazing service that you are doing unto humanity.🙏

[amratpanchal]

Amrat Panchal, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
Prostrations and Pranams.
Have received great benifits from your
discourses on Drig Drashya Vivek,
Aparoksh Anubhuti, and others ln my Sadhana.

[poweruplifewithniteshgurnani]

thank you Swami Ji, as always you're wonderful and amazing!

[mountfitness]

Thanks you guruji for those higher knowledge 🙏🙏🕉

[ksoldestaccount]

59:13 Genuine spirituality comes after suffering

[ksoldestaccount]

21:18 Our problem is the Western mindset with war guilt and not fighting which is new and it colors every kind of thinking

[swatimeswani]

@ 20 minutes ...Swamiji answers the oft repeated question about " Krishna encouraging war..." Swamiji counters by saying that Gita is a "Moksha shastra " Thank you for further elucidations so required as so often we fail to recognise this fact and are at loss to explain it to sincere seekers ....in his words " it's a manual for spiritual life hence its perennial interest for Hindus" 🙏🏻

[ksoldestaccount]

1:14:00 keep thinking good thoughts, they are always there and they come to your help with the power of ten thousand angels

[tapaskumardas]

Pronam Gurudeb 🙏. Today is 1st Baishakhh. Kindly accept my Pronam Gurudeb 🙏

[siddharthsonawala]

Dear friends! From 20 minutes onwards, for few minutes swamiji has discussed many valuable, relevant and realistic findings! It clears many doubts! Pranaam to the wisdom of this great monk!🙏🏻

[reenarathod]

I just thought of sharing my view regarding the question asked by Girishji regarding the righteous war. i completely agree with Swamiji that Bhagvad Gita is a Moksha shastra. i think that rather than referring to Bhagvad Gita alone, the person should refer to Mahabharata. The reason is that it shows in great detail what caused the war and how and why people failed to prevent it. If we take lessons from there, we will be able to prevent the wars using the principals outlined in the Bhagvad Gita. Therefore it is very very important to be conscious that Bhagvad Gita was taught in the middle of the battle field. This is my humble view.
thank you,
pranam

[ksoldestaccount]

1:12:55 Spirituality is the only thing that really matters in the end

[abhaythakur]

भगवत गीता releases you from all problems of life. It's mainly for helping us attain enlightenment but
If one is reading Gita, one should know why he is reading it then the answers to all his questions will be given

[kinguca]

Thank You 🙏these teachings penetrate deep and bring about change 🕉️ so grateful

[sudhanarang]

That is the question at a certain stage in life!

[ksoldestaccount]

19:17 The issue is different from modern way VERY deep answer

[ksoldestaccount]

54:33 God is the goal and God is the means.

[ksoldestaccount]

15:39 for sadhakas and sadhikas, desire is the enemy. For a moorkha, chasing and satisfying desire is happiness, and when the bad result comes, then feels sorrow. The jnani even while feeling and pursuing desire knows it is not good.