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Wednesday, July 31, 2019

GV9…..Why do we commit blunders?





Let me continue with more verses from Bhagavad Gita in this episode, taking off from our previous discussion.

As usual, the verses are sung by Padmini Dinesh followed by English interpretations.


Verse 3.36

No one wants to commit blunders. But still, all of us do at times! Why? What motivates us to do mistakes, even when we never want to? As if we are forced to do it?

Verse 3.37

It is the excessive desires that make us do mistakes. It is the unjustified anger that puts us on wrong path. These are our biggest enemies. They derail anybody. They are most evil.

Verse 3.38

By nature, all of us are righteous. We always want to do only right things. But these two enemies, namely excessive desires and unjustified anger, blur our vision.
They envelop our wisdom like the smoke that envelops the fire; the way dirt and grime render a clean mirror non reflective; the way the fetal sac constricts the child within.

Verse 3.39

Desires can never be fully satiated. More you succumb to them, the more they get erupted. They are forever our enemies. Our wisdom gets completely covered by them. And we lose the discretion between right and wrong.
We end up committing blunders.


That was Bhagavad Geeta verses episode 9



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Based on verses from Bhagavad Gita.  Interpretations are by Dr. King, that are read out. Verses are sung by Padmini Dinesh. © Dr.King  2019.


2 comments:

  1. Every person is righteous by nature..........
    sometimes it becomes very difficult to believe when you see kids as young as 3-4 years already having a corrupt mind.its distressing to think that they have changed within first 3-4 years of coming to this earth!!

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    1. May be they learn from elders!? Or if you believe in rebirth, they carry it from their previous birth.
      But I rarely see kids of that age corrupted. They are so clean and innocent. May be kids over exposed to TV/internet/social media pickup those traits. Besides, we have very little in our current upbringing that guides them in the right direction.

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