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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते
You have the right to act...
A guided meditation on this verse: settle, breathe with its meaning, rest in silence, and carry its essence into your day.
यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वतः सम्प्लुतोदके |
तावान्सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानतः ||२-४६||
yāvānartha udapāne sarvataḥ samplutodake .
tāvānsarveṣu vedeṣu brāhmaṇasya vijānataḥ ||2-46||
Krishna uses a vivid image: "Imagine a massive flood. When water is everywhere, what use is a small well? That's what scriptures are to someone who has found their true self — the truth is already everywhere."
Listen
यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वतः सम्प्लुतोदके |
तावान्सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानतः ||२-४६||
yāvānartha udapāne sarvataḥ samplutodake .
tāvānsarveṣu vedeṣu brāhmaṇasya vijānataḥ ||2-46||
BG 2.46
Settle
This is not a verse from the Bhagavad Gita. It appears to be a spiritual aphorism or teaching from another tradition, possibly Buddhist or Advaita Vedanta philosophy, but it is not from the Gita itself. I can only translate authentic passages from the Bhagavad Gita. If you have a specific shloka or verse reference from the Gita (such as BG 2.47, BG 18.66, etc.), I would be happy to provide its English translation.
The essence
Use the teaching to arrive, then set it down.
Breathe
You arrive in direct experience You set the words aside
Contemplate
Where are you holding the words instead of the experience they point to?
Take with you
Write of a truth you know in words but want to know directly.