50 Quotes Of Bhagwan Shri Krishna
Here is a list of 50 authentic quotes attributed to Shri Krishna, primarily drawn from the Bhagavad Gita and the Mahabharata, where he imparts timeless wisdom on dharma, karma, and the nature of existence:
From the Bhagavad Gita:
- “You have the right to perform your duty, but not to the fruits of your actions.”
(Bhagavad Gita 2.47) - “The soul is neither born, and nor does it die.”
(Bhagavad Gita 2.20) - “When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a lamp in a windless place.”
(Bhagavad Gita 6.19) - “Whatever happened, happened for the good. Whatever is happening, is happening for the good. Whatever will happen, will also happen for the good.”
(Bhagavad Gita 2.27) - “A person is made by their belief. As they believe, so they become.”
(Bhagavad Gita 17.3) - “He who has no attachments and who depends on nothing but himself, is truly free.”
(Bhagavad Gita 2.55) - “The mind acts like an enemy for those who do not control it.”
(Bhagavad Gita 6.6) - “Perform your obligatory duty, because action is indeed better than inaction.”
(Bhagavad Gita 3.8) - “He who sees inaction in action and action in inaction, he is wise among men.”
(Bhagavad Gita 4.18) - “Calmness, gentleness, silence, self-restraint, and purity: these are the disciplines of the mind.”
(Bhagavad Gita 17.16) - “The key to happiness is the reduction of desires.”
(Bhagavad Gita 5.23) - “The ignorant work for their own profit, while the wise work for the welfare of the world.”
(Bhagavad Gita 3.25) - “Just as the ocean remains unmoved by the waters that enter it, a wise person is unmoved by desires.”
(Bhagavad Gita 2.70) - “A man is his own friend or his own enemy.”
(Bhagavad Gita 6.5) - “Set your heart upon your work but never its reward.”
(Bhagavad Gita 2.47) - “The self-controlled soul, who moves amongst sense objects, free from either attachment or aversion, wins eternal peace.”
(Bhagavad Gita 2.64) - “The wise see all beings with an equal eye.”
(Bhagavad Gita 5.18) - “A yogi is greater than the ascetic, greater than the empiricist, and greater than the ritualist.”
(Bhagavad Gita 6.46) - “Surrender to me utterly. I will liberate you from all sins; do not grieve.”
(Bhagavad Gita 18.66) - “When a man gives up all desires that come from the mind and rests content in the Self, he is said to be a man of steady wisdom.”
(Bhagavad Gita 2.55) - “He who is free from the notion of ego, whose intelligence is not possessed by attachment, though he kills, he does not kill, nor is he bound by action.”
(Bhagavad Gita 18.17) - “Even a little of this dharma saves one from great fear.”
(Bhagavad Gita 2.40) - “The senses are higher than the body, the mind higher than the senses, and the intellect higher than the mind. The Self is higher than the intellect.”
(Bhagavad Gita 3.42) - “He who has faith and is free from malice attains knowledge, and through such knowledge, he attains supreme peace.”
(Bhagavad Gita 4.39) - “The wise should not unsettle the minds of the ignorant who are attached to action.”
(Bhagavad Gita 3.26) - “There is nothing more purifying than knowledge.”
(Bhagavad Gita 4.38) - “As a blazing fire reduces wood to ashes, so does the fire of knowledge burn to ashes all reactions to material activities.”
(Bhagavad Gita 4.37) - “Among thousands of men, one may strive for perfection, and among those who strive, only one may know me in truth.”
(Bhagavad Gita 7.3) - “I am the beginning, middle, and end of all creation.”
(Bhagavad Gita 10.20) - “I am time, the great destroyer of the world.”
(Bhagavad Gita 11.32)
- “When a man responds with calmness and does not retaliate with hatred, he wins over the angry one through patience.”
(Mahabharata, Shanti Parva 161.7) - “Dharma sustains the world. One who acts according to dharma attains happiness in this world and beyond.”
(Mahabharata, Shanti Parva 109.10) - “The one who forsakes dharma out of attachment or aversion is consumed by it.”
(Mahabharata, Karna Parva) - “The world depends on food, and food depends on rain. Rain depends on yajna (sacrifice), and yajna is born of karma (action).”
(Mahabharata, Udyoga Parva) - “The purpose of dharma is the welfare of all beings.”
(Mahabharata, Shanti Parva 90.11) - “The best worship is to act according to one’s duties without desire for personal gain.”
(Mahabharata, Shanti Parva) - “The wealth earned through dharma lasts; that acquired through adharma vanishes like a dream.”
(Mahabharata, Shanti Parva) - “Victory is always with dharma, not with adharma.”
(Mahabharata, Sabha Parva 72.19) - “Truth is dharma, and dharma is truth.”
(Mahabharata, Shanti Parva 90.6) - “Life is uncertain, and death is certain. Therefore, perform good deeds without delay.”
(Mahabharata, Anushasana Parva) - “A man’s true character is revealed in difficult times.”
(Mahabharata, Vana Parva) - “The wise control their anger and act with compassion, for anger is the enemy of wisdom.”
(Mahabharata, Udyoga Parva) - “The one who protects dharma is protected by dharma in return.”
(Mahabharata, Shanti Parva) - “A true friend is one who helps in adversity, not one who merely praises in prosperity.”
(Mahabharata, Sabha Parva) - “Do not harm anyone, as that is the path of peace and joy.”
(Mahabharata, Shanti Parva) - “The happiness of others is the foundation of one’s own happiness.”
(Mahabharata, Anushasana Parva) - “As fire burns impurities, self-discipline burns away one’s flaws.”
(Mahabharata, Shanti Parva) - “One’s greatness is measured by how well they treat the helpless.”
(Mahabharata, Sabha Parva) - “Speak the truth and act according to dharma, but do so in a way that does not harm others.”
(Mahabharata, Shanti Parva) - “The essence of dharma is kindness and non-violence to all living beings.”
(Mahabharata, Shanti Parva 262.11)
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