A small, unhurried collection of verses from the Bhagavad Gita, in Sanskrit and English, each with its meaning. Read one, sit with it, and come back tomorrow for another.
Chapter 2Verse 47
Sanskrit
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन। मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥
You have the right to your actions, never to the fruits of those actions.
Give your full effort to the work itself. The outcome is never fully in your hands, so anchoring your peace to it only creates anxiety. This isn't motivation to give up. It's freedom to act wholeheartedly.
Find the verse that matches where you are today.
On action, duty, and letting go of the outcome: the Gita's central, inspiring teaching on doing your work without being ruled by its results.
11 quotesInspiring, motivational verses that steady resolve and rekindle effort, for the days willpower runs thin.
18 quotesOn steadying the mind, renewal, and meeting setbacks without losing your footing.
9 quotesVerses on stillness of mind, equanimity, and lasting happiness: the kind of calm that isn't shaken by circumstance.
34 quotesA few more verses worth sitting with.
Chapter 2Verse 22
Sanskrit
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि। तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णान्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही॥
The body is worn like clothing. What's underneath it doesn't end.
One of the most quoted lines in the Gita, and it's a simple image. What you wear isn't what you are. The body changes the way clothing does. What's underneath continues on.
Read more…Chapter 18Verse 66
Sanskrit
सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज। अहं त्वां सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः॥
Let go of what you're carrying alone. Surrender, and don't be afraid.
One of the Gita's most quoted lines: an offer of rest for anyone who's been carrying every responsibility alone. It's safe to let go and trust.
Read more…Chapter 2Verse 3
Sanskrit
क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते। क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप॥
Don't give in to this weakness. Rise up, it doesn't suit you.
This is Krishna's first response to Arjuna's despair on the battlefield, and it's blunt. Not comfort, but a direct call to stand back up. Sometimes what's needed isn't sympathy. It's someone telling you plainly that you're better than the moment you're stuck in.
Read more…Chapter 2Verse 14
Sanskrit
मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः। आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत॥
This too shall pass. Meet both joy and sorrow with the same steady heart.
Sensation and circumstance are always in motion. Neither discomfort nor pleasure is permanent, and steadiness comes from not over-identifying with either while it passes through.
Read more…Chapter 6Verse 30
Sanskrit
यो मां पश्यति सर्वत्र सर्वं च मयि पश्यति। तस्याहं न प्रणश्यामि स च मे न प्रणश्यति॥
Once you see the same thread running through everything, nothing can fully cut you off.
A verse about a connection that doesn't depend on circumstances changing. Once you see the same thread running through everything, nothing can fully cut you off from it again.
Read more…Chapter 2Verse 20
Sanskrit
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः। अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे॥
What is truly you was never born, and will never die.
What you most fundamentally are is described here as untouched by birth and death, deeper and steadier than any single chapter of a life.
Read more…The quote of the day changes daily. Save the ones that stay with you, and build your own quiet collection over time.
The Bhagavad Gita is a 700-verse dialogue between Prince Arjuna and Krishna, set on the eve of a battle Arjuna doesn't wish to fight. Across its eighteen chapters, it moves through questions of duty, action, grief, and the nature of the self, which is part of why individual verses from it are so often lifted out and quoted on their own.
This collection gathers a small, curated set of those verses: the ones most often reached for around karma, peace, and purpose. Each one is shown with its original Sanskrit, a plain English translation, and a short, simplified interpretation, so it's always clear what is a direct rendering of the text and what is a reflection on it.
