See, how Sins are destroyed by reading Chapter Four of Bhagwat Gita

Here below are explained the Virtues of Chapter Four of Bhagwat Gita. Read the story below to see, how Sins are destroyed by reading Chapter Four of Bhagwat Gita.

“Once there was a saint named Bharat, who lived on the bank of the Ganges. There the devoted Bharat daily recited the fourth chapter of the Bhagwat Gita.

Once, Bharat went on pilgrimage to the town of Tapodhana and saw a Deity of Lord Krishna. On his way to home he rested beneath two fruit trees, using the root of one as a pillow and the root of the other as a foot-rest. There, as usual, he recited the fourth chapter. When Bharat left that place, both trees dried up and died. The two souls living in those trees took their next births as daughters of a pious Brahmin.

When the girls reached seven years of age, they went on pilgrimage and happened to meet the great sage Bharat. Upon seeing him, they fell at his feet and said in sweet words, “O Maharaja Bharat, by your mercy we were freed from the forms of trees.” Bharat heard this with surprise. Then the girls narrated their story to Bharat.

“Dear Sir Bharat, in a previous life we were Apsaras, heavenly nymphs. Once, we were ordered by Lord Indra (King of heaven) to cause the fall down of the sage Satyatapa, who was performing difficult austerities on the bank of the river Godavari. Satyatapa had complete control over his senses and had become so advanced in devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead that Brahma the creator of the universe, daily visited him to inquire from him about devotional service.

But Lord Indra (King of heaven) was displeased to see Satyatapa’s purity and elevation. Lord Indra got worried that this powerful sage would one day want to usurp the position of king of heaven. To prevent this, Lord Indra sent us to the bank of the Godavari. There we danced provocatively to sexually agitate the sage and seduce him and Satyatapa cursed us, saying, ‘You both go and become fruit trees on the bank of the river Ganga.

Upon hearing his curse, we fell at his feet and begged forgiveness, for we had
acted merely as Lord Indra’s servants. When Satyatapa saw our repentant attitude, he became pleased and told us we would live as trees only until Maharaja Bharat came in contact with us. He also blessed us that we would be able to remember our previous lives.”

Reminding Bharat that he had rested between two fruit trees, the two girls said they had heard his recitation of the fourth chapter of the Bhagwat Gita, After being freed from that form of life, they said, they had been born in a family of devotees. Since then they had lost all desire to enjoy this world. They had carefully been reciting the fourth chapter of the Bhagwat Gita daily
and thus had attained devotion to the lotus feet of Lord Vishnu.”

Chapter Four of Bhagwat Gita is entitled "The Yoga of Knowledge ,as well as, the disciplines of Action & Knowledge."

On the battle field of Kurukshetra, when Arjuna, the disciple of Lord Krishna got infatuated & forgot his duty to fight, then Lord Krishna reminded Arjuna of his duty to fight a lawful, justful war & gave him the teachings of Bhagwad Gita. Arjuna after having been taught in the path of knowledge by Lord Krishna came back to his path of duty & fought a lawful battle against the Kauravas (his enemies) & won the battle with the grace of Lord Krishna.

Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Four (4) is entitled "The Yoga of Knowledge ,as well as, the disciplines of Action & Knowledge." This Chapter has a total of 42 verses.

Verses 1 to 18 are about the Glory of God (Lord Krishna) with attributes; Karmayoga, or selfless action, described herein.

Verses 19 to 23 are about the conduct of Yogis and Sages, its glory described herein.

Verses 24 to 32 are about the different forms of sacrifices and it's fruits described herein.

Verses 33 to 42 are about the glory of Knowledge described herein.

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Below are some verses from Fourth chapter of Bhagwat Gita:

"yada yada hi dharmasya
glanir bhavati bharata
abhyutthanam adharmasya
tadatmanam srjamy aham" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Four verse 7)

"Sri Krishna said: Whenever and wherever there is a decline in virtue/religious practice, O Arjuna, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend Myself, i.e. I manifest Myself as an embodied being."

"paritranaya sadhunam
vinasaya cha duskritam
dharma-samsthapanarthaya
sambhavami yuge yuge" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Four verse 8)

"Sri Krishna said: To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium."

Jai Shri Krishna

Greatness of Chapter Four of Bhagwat Gita

Reading Bhagwat Gita is the most pious Spiritual activity. It is said that if a person even reads daily, a single chapter or even a single verse of it then he attains to great Spiritual state. Below here is explained the Greatness of Chapter Four of Bhagwat Gita. Here below is a story that tells the glories of the fourth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita & how all the sinful reactions are destroyed by just reading to Chapter 4 of Bhagwat Gita.

”In the ancient times in India there was a great saint named Bharata, who used to live on the bank of the Ganges. That great devotee of Lord Krishna, Bharata daily used to recite the fourth chapter of the Bhagwat Gita. Devotee Bharata once went on a pilgrimage to the town of Tapodhana and worshipped Lord Krishna over there. While returning back from Tapodhana he rested below two fruit trees. While having rest under the trees he used the root of one tree as a pillow and the root of the other as his foot-rest. Under that tree he also did his prayer & recited the fourth chapter of Bhagwat Gita. When the great devotee Bharata left that place, both the trees dried up and died. The two souls living in those trees were freed & these two souls took their next birth in the family of a pious Brahmin as his daughters.

Those two daughters of the Brahmin when reached the age of seven, they went on a pilgrimage and happened to meet the great devotee of Lord Krishna, the saint Bharata. The two girls remembered everything of the past & on seeing him, they fell at his feet and said to Bharata, “O Great saint, by your greatness, we were freed from the forms of trees.” When Bharata heard their story, he was very much surprised. Then the girls told the complete story to saint Bharata.

They said, “Great saint Bharata, in a previous life we were heavenly nymphs, the Apsaras of Indralok. Once, King Indra of heaven asked us to cause the falldown of the sage Satya-Tapa, who was doing severe penance on the bank of the river Godavari. Satya-tapa was very pious & had complete control over his senses. He had become very advanced in devotional service of Lord Krishna & on seeing his devotion Lord Brahma, the creator of the universe also used to visit him daily to learn from him about the devotional service of Lord Krishna.

Seeing all this, the king of heaven, Indra was not happy & was displeased to see Satya-tapa’s purity and elevation. King Indra got worried that this powerful sage would one day want to take the position of king of heaven & he shall be thrown out of his kingdom. To prevent this, Indra sent us to the bank of the Godavari. There we danced in front of saint to disturb Satya-Tapa & agitate the sage in his penance. On seeing our dance Satya-tapa got angry with us & cursed us, saying, ‘You are fallen due to disturbing my penance & so both of you go and become fruit trees on the bank of the river Ganges.

Upon hearing his curse, we fell at his feet and begged forgiveness, for we had acted merely as Indra’s servants. When Satya-tapa saw our repentant attitude, he became pleased and told us we would live as trees only until Maharaja Bharata came in contact with us. He also blessed us that we would be able to remember our previous lives.”

Reminding saint Bharata that he had rested between two fruit trees, the two girls said they had heard his recitation of the fourth chapter of the Bhagwat Gita, After being freed from that form of life, they said, they had been born in a family of devotees. Since then they had lost all desire to enjoy this world. They had carefully been reciting the fourth chapter of the Bhagwat Gita daily
and thus had attained devotion to the lotus feet of Lord Krishna.”

Chapter Four of Bhagwat Gita is entitled "The Yoga of Knowledge, as well as, the Disciplines of Action & Knowledge."

On the battle field of Kurukshetra, when Arjuna, the disciple of Lord Krishna got infatuated & forgot his duty to fight, then Lord Krishna reminded Arjuna of his duty to fight a lawful, justful war & gave him the teachings of Bhagwad Gita. Arjuna after having been taught in the path of knowledge by Lord Krishna came back to his path of duty & fought a lawful battle against the Kauravas (his enemies) & won the battle with the grace of Lord Krishna.

Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Four (4) is entitled "The Yoga of Knowledge ,as well as, the disciplines of Action & Knowledge." This Chapter has a total of 42 verses.

Verses 1 to 18 are about the Glory of God (Lord Krishna) with attributes; Karmayoga, or selfless action, described herein.

Verses 19 to 23 are about the conduct of Yogis and Sages, its glory described herein.

Verses 24 to 32 are about the different forms of sacrifices and it's fruits described herein.

Verses 33 to 42 are about the glory of Knowledge described herein.

To read complete chapter Four (4) Verse by Verse in Original Sanskrit Language Text & its English Translation.......Click here to read...........Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Four (Chapter-4)

Below are some verses from fourth chapter of Bhagwat Gita:

"ajo ’pi sann avyayatma
bhutanam isvaro ’pi san
prakritim svam adhisthaya
sambhavamy atma-mayaya" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Four verse 6)

"Sri Krishna said: Although I am unborn and My transcendental body never deteriorates, and although I am the Lord of all living entities, I still appear in every millennium in My original transcendental form."

"yada yada hi dharmasya
glanir bhavati bharata
abhyutthanam adharmasya
tadatmanam srjamy aham" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Four verse 7)

"Sri Krishna said: Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O Arjuna, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend Myself."

"paritranaya sadhunam
vinasaya cha duskritam
dharma-samsthapanarthaya
sambhavami yuge yuge" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Four verse 8)

"Sri Krishna said: To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium."

"janma karma cha me divyam
evam yo vetti tattvatah
tyaktva deham punar janma
naiti mam eti so ’rjuna" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Four verse 9)

"Sri Krishna said: One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna."

"vita-raga-bhaya-krodha
man-maya mam upasritah
bahavo jnana-tapasa
puta mad-bhavam agatah" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Four verse 10)

"Sri Krishna said: Being freed from attachment, fear and anger, being fully absorbed in Me and taking refuge in Me, many, many human beings in the past became purified by knowledge of Me—and thus they all attained transcendental love for Me."

"tyaktva karma-phalasangam
nitya-trpto nirasrayah
karmany abhipravrtto ’pi
naiva kincit karoti sah" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Four verse 20)

"Sri Krishna said: Abandoning all attachment to the results of his activities, ever satisfied and independent, he performs no fruitlike action, although engaged in all kinds of undertakings."

Jai Shri Krishna

Greatness of Chapter Two of Bhagwat Gita

Reading of Bhagwat Gita is considered a great pure Karma & all the sinful results are destroyed by reading to it. Here it is discussed about Chapter Two of Bhagwat Gita & the virtues related to reading this Second chapter. Here below is a Story which describes the Greatness of reading or Listening to the Chapter Two of Bhagwat Gita.

“In the olden times there was an intelligent Brahmin with the name of Devasharma who made demigods happy with his devotion to them. Though he has everything but he always remained unhappy as he wanted to know about the knowledge of the Supreme God. To have this Absolute knowledge he discussed it with many learned men, saints & did a great service to them. During this time he met a great Godly man who used to meditate daily on God & he had full knowledge of the Supreme God. That Godly man asked Devasharma to go to the Forest area of Asau-pura & meet the Goat-heard named Mitravan and ask from him about this knowledge of God realization.

After paying his respect to the Godly man, Devasharma went to the woods to find Mitravan. When Devasharma reached at Asau-pura, he found Mitravan in a beautiful forest, beside a small river, sealed atop some rocks. Mitravan looked very calm, peaceful, and his goats moved here and there fearlessly. Some goats even sat next to tigers over there and other ferocious animals. At this beautiful place, Devasharma also became calm, peaceful. After paying obeisance's to the Mitravan, he inquired from him about devotion to Lord Krishna.

On request of Devasharma, the learned man Mitravan, narrated him the following story: “My dear Devasharma, once when I was in this forest herding goats by the bank of this river, a tiger attacked all of us. On seeing the ferocious tiger, goats & myself ran away. Then from a distance I saw one goat being chased by the tiger. But suddenly a strange wonderful thing happened: the tiger lost its anger and no longer desired to eat the goat.” Mitravan described that both the tiger and goat were confused by this sudden peacefulness and so they approached him to ask what had happened. Mitravan in turn, inquired from a monkey who told him the story of Sukama, a learned sage.

Sukama had once pleased another sage by feeding him sumptuously and speaking pleasant words. The pleased sage gave Sukama the second chapter of the Bhagavat-Gita written on stone. The sage left after giving Sukama an instruction to recite this second chapter of the Bhagavat-Gita daily. Because Sukama followed this instruction, he quickly attained complete knowledge of Absolute, knowledge of Lord Krishna. And because of his devoted austerities, performed at the very place where Mitravan and the monkey were standing, anyone who came there, no longer felt the pangs of hunger and thirst and at once attained complete peace.

Afterwards, Mitravan told Devasharma that he and the tiger and goat had later found the stone in a temple and had begun reciting the Second chapter of the Bhagavat-Gita daily. In this way they had quickly attained to peace & devotion to Lord Krishna. Devasharma decided to carefully follow Mitravan’s example, and thereafter, in the village where Devasharma lived, visitors would recite with him the second chapter of the Bhagavat-Gita. In this way Devasharma attained to the divine mercy of Lord and the lotus feet of Lord Krishna.”

Chapter Two of Bhagwat Gita is entitled "Sankhyayoga or the Yoga of Knowledge."

On the battle field of Kurukshetra, when Arjuna, the disciple of Lord Krishna got infatuated & forgot his duty to fight, then Lord Krishna reminded Arjuna of his duty to fight a lawful, justful war & gave him the teachings of Bhagwat Gita. Arjuna after having been taught in the path of knowledge by Lord Krishna came back to his path of duty & fought a lawful battle against the Kauravas (his enemies) & won the battle with the grace of Lord Krishna.

Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two (2) is entitled "Sankhyayoga or the Yoga of Knowledge." This Chapter has a total of 72 verses.

Verses 1 to 10 are about the discussion of Lord Krishna & Arjuna relating to Arjuna's faint-heartedness.

Verses 11 to 30 are about the "Sankhyayoga" & this Yoga of Knowledge is described herein.

Verses 31 to 38 are about the Kshtriya's duty to engage himself in fight.

Verses 39 to 53 are about the " Karmayoga" (the Yoga of Selfless Action).

Verses 54 to 72 are about the marks of the man of stable mind and glories of such a man are described herein.

To read complete chapter Two (2) Verse by Verse in Original Sanskrit Language Text & its English Translation......Click here to read...........Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two (Chapter-2)

Below are some verses from Bhagwat Gita, Chapter Two:

"avinasi tu tad viddhi
yena sarvam idam tatam
vinasam avyayasyasya
na kascit kartum arhati" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 17)

"Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, Know that to be imperishable & indestructible, by which all this is pervaded; for none can bring about the destruction of this indestructible substance, the imperishable soul."

"antavanta ime deha
nityasyoktah saririnah
anasino ’prameyasya
tasmad yudhyasva bharata" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 18)

"Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, All these bodies pertaining to the indestructible, immeasurable and eternal living entity / soul are spoken of as perishable; therefore, fight, Arjuna."

"ya enam vetti hantaram
yas chainam manyate hatam
ubhau tau na vijanito
nayam hanti na hanyate" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 19)

"Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, They are both ignorant, he who knows the soul to be capable of killing and he who takes it as killed; for verily the soul neither kills, nor is killed."

"na jayate mriyate va kadacin
nayam bhutva bhavita va na bhuyah
ajo nityah sasvato ’yam purano
na hanyate hanyamane sarire" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 20)

"Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, The soul is never born nor dies at any time. Soul has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. Soul is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and primeval. Soul is not slain when the body is slain."

"vedavinasinam nityam
ya enam ajam avyayam
katham sa purushah Arjuna
kam ghatayati hanti kam" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 21)

"Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, how can a human being who knows that the soul is indestructible, eternal, unborn and immutable kill anyone or cause anyone to kill?"

"vasamsi jirnani yatha vihaya
navani grhnati naro ’parani
tatha sarirani vihaya jirnany
anyani samyati navani dehi" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 22)

"Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, As a human being puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones."

"nainam chindanti shastrani
nainam dahati pavakah
na chainam kledayanty apo
na sosayati marutah" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 23)

"Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, The soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon, nor burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind."

"acchedyo ’yam adahyo ’yam
akledyo ’sosya eva cha
nityah sarva-gatah sthanur
achalo ’yam sanatanah" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 24)

"Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, This individual soul is unbreakable and insoluble, and can be neither burned nor dried. He is everlasting, present everywhere, unchangeable, immovable and eternally the same."

"avyakto ’yam acintyo ’yam
avikaryo ’yam ucyate
tasmad evam viditvainam
nanusocitum arhasi" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 25)

"Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, It is said that the soul is invisible, inconceivable and immutable. Knowing this, you should not grieve for the body."

"atha chainam nitya-jatam
nityam va manyase mrtam
tathapi tvam maha-baho
nainam socitum arhasi" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 26)

"Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, If, however, you think that the soul [or the symptoms of life] is always born and dies forever, you still have no reason to lament, O mighty-armed."

"jatasya hi dhruvo mrityur
dhruvam janma mrtasya cha
tasmad apariharye ’rthe
na tvam socitum arhasi" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 27)

"Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna,One who has taken his birth is sure to die, and after death one is sure to take birth again. Therefore, in the unavoidable discharge of your duty, you should not lament."

"avyaktadini bhutani
vyakta-madhyani bharata
avyakta-nidhanany eva
tatra ka paridevana" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 28)

"Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, All created beings are unmanifest in their beginning, manifest in their interim state, and unmanifest again when annihilated. So what need is there for lamentation?"

"ascharya-vat pasyati kascid enam
ascharya-vad vadati tathaiva chanyah
ascharya-vac chainam anyah srnoti
srutvapy enam veda na chaiva kascit" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 29)

"Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, Some look on the soul as amazing, some describe him as amazing, and some hear of him as amazing, while others, even after hearing about him, cannot understand him at all."

"dehi nityam avadhyo ’yam
dehe sarvasya bharata
tasmat sarvani bhutani
na tvam socitum arhasi" (Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Two verse 30)

"Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, he who dwells in the body can never be slain. Therefore you need not grieve for any living being."

Jai Shri Krishna

Greatness of Chapter One of Bhagwat Gita

Bhagwat Gita is a very Pious Book. Reading to it is considered a great Pious Karma & all the sinful results of Past Lives & this life are destroyed if one reads to the Bhagwat Gita regularly. Even if one recites to a single verse of it, one attains great virtue due to that, what to talk of reading full chapters of it. Here it is discussed about Chapter one of Bhagwat Gita & the virtues related to reading this first chapter. Here below is a Story which describes the Greatness of reading or Listening to the Chapter one of Bhagwat Gita.

“In the olden days in India, there was a man named Susharma, who was born in a pious Brahmin family. When Susharma grew up he went into bad company & started doing sinful acts, He became a person full of wickedness & a man devoid of piety. He used to feel a pleasure while hurting others. For his livelihood he used to collect the dry leaves from a garden & used to sew these together to make plates and cups. One day Susharma entered the garden of a very pious sage to collect leaves, and a snake slithered in and killed him. Because of all his sins, he was cast into many hells and suffered there for quite a long-time.

Later on, he received the body of a bull. As a bull, he was purchased by a very crippled peasant and for many years he had to carry heavy loads. One day, when the bull was carrying very heavy load on his back, he fell unconscious. Bystanders felt very sorry for the bull and bestowed upon him some results of their pious acts. One prostitute was also standing there but she doubted if she had ever performed any pious acts which she could offer to the dying bull. So he just made a prayer in her mind & offered all the pious credits that she might have earned accidently in her life to the bull.

After the bull died and entered the abode of Yamaraja (Lord of death), the god of death, Yamaraja, informed him, “Now you are freed from the reactions to all your previous sinful deeds because a prostitute gave you her pious credits.”

In his next life Susharma again took birth as an elevated pious Brahmin, but this time he could remember his past lives. He decided to find the prostitute who had caused his liberation from hell in last birth. When he found her, he asked her what pious acts she had performed. The prostitute replied him that her pet parrot had daily recited verses from Bhagwat Gita that had completely purified her heart.

Thereafter the Parrot told them about the recitation of the verses of Bhagwat Gita. Parrot told them that in the previous life the parrot had been a proud and envious, yet very learned Brahmin who had insulted other learned persons. Due to his Insult of Learned people, he had now, therefore, received the body of a parrot. But as a parrot he had often heard certain sages reciting the First chapter of the Bhagavat-Gita, and he had also begun reciting it. So he had become purified due to that. After being sold to the prostitute, the parrot continued his recitations of Bhagavat-Gita and thus earned the prostitute pious credits.

Susharma eventually became completely pure, and within a short time he attained to the poise Planet of Lord, Vaikuntha,the supreme destination.”

On the Battle field of Kurukshetra, when Arjuna, the disciple of Lord Krishna got infatuated & forgot his duty to fight, then Lord Krishna reminded Arjuna of his duty to fight a lawful, justful war & gave him the teachings of Bhagwat Gita. Arjuna after having been taught in the path of knowledge by Lord Krishna came back to his path of duty & fought a lawful battle against the Kauravas (his enemies) & won the battle with the grace of Lord Krishna.

Bhagwat Gita: Chapter One (1) is entitled "The Yoga of Dejection of Arjuna." This Chapter One has a total of 46 verses.

Verses 1 to 11 are about the Description of the Principal warriors on both sides (Kauravas & Pandavas) with their fighting qualities.

Verses 12 to 19 are about the Blowing of conches by the warriors on both the sides.

Verses 20 to 27 are about; when the Arjuna observes the warriors drawn up for the battle.

Verses 28 to 46 are about; when the Arjuna is overwhelmed by the Infatuation & when Arjuna gives expression to his faint-heartedness, tenderness & grief.

To read complete chapter one (1) Verse by Verse in Original Sanskrit Language Text & its English Translation......Click here to read...........Bhagwat Gita: Chapter One (Chapter-1)

Jai Shri Krishna