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Praise

3 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on praise. Explore teachings across 2 chapters.

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Chapter 11 • Verse 21 →The Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form
Ami hi tvam sura-sanghah vishanti kechid bhitah pranjalayo grinanti, svastity uktva maharshi-siddha-sanghah stuvanti tvam stutibhih pushkalabhih

Hosts of gods are entering You; some, frightened, are praising You with folded hands. Multitudes of great sages and perfected beings are glorifying You with hymns of praise.

  • •Even gods are in awe of the supreme cosmic form
  • •Fear and praise coexist before the divine
  • •All beings instinctively worship the source of all
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Chapter 11 • Verse 36 →The Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form
Arjuna uvācha: sthāne hṛiṣhīkeśha tava prakīrtyā jagat prahṛiṣhyaty anurajyate cha, rakṣhāṁsi bhītāni diśho dravanti sarve namasyanti cha siddha-saṅghāḥ

Arjuna said: It is right, O Hrishikesha, that the universe is delighted and rejoices in Your praise. The demons flee in fear, and the multitudes of perfected beings bow before You.

  • •The divine name brings joy to the cosmos
  • •Evil flees before genuine devotion
  • •The perfected beings recognize and honor the divine
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Chapter 14 • Verse 24 →The Yoga of the Division of the Three Gunas
Sama-duhkha-sukhah sva-sthah sama-lostashma-kanchanah, tulya-priyapriyo dhiras tulya-nindatma-samstutih

One who is equal in happiness and distress, who is steady, to whom a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are equal, to whom the pleasant and unpleasant are the same, who is steady, who regards both blame and praise equally — such a person has transcended the gunas.

  • •Equanimity in pleasure and pain marks transcendence
  • •Equal regard for gold and dirt indicates freedom from rajas
  • •Equal response to praise and blame shows freedom from ego
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