Concept relationships · अवधारणाओं के संबंध
Each link has a type and the verse that supports it. They are study aids and are drafts until an editor reviews them. Where traditions read a verse differently, the note says so.
12 of 12 concepts shown.
Dharma धर्म dharma
The eternal cosmic and moral order, righteousness, sacred duty, and inherent nature that upholds, supports, and harmonizes the entire universe.
Related concept: Dharma → Karma
Verse 3.35 speaks of one’s own duty (svadharma) as the ground for action. How to understand svadharma is read in several ways.
Source: Bhagavad Gita 3.35 · Draft, awaiting review
Related concept: Ahimsa → Dharma
Verse 16.2 lists non-violence first among the qualities the chapter calls divine. How it relates to dharma is read in different ways.
Source: Bhagavad Gita 16.2 · Draft, awaiting review
Karma कर्म karma
The universal moral and metaphysical law of cause and effect, where every intentional action of thought, speech, and deed generates matching fruit and shapes future consciousness.
Develops: Karma → Yoga
Verse 2.48 joins the two: act, established in yoga, and give up attachment.
Source: Bhagavad Gita 2.48 · Draft, awaiting review
Related concept: Jnana → Karma
Verse 4.33 says all action reaches its completion in knowledge.
Source: Bhagavad Gita 4.33 · Draft, awaiting review
Related concept: Dharma → Karma
Verse 3.35 speaks of one’s own duty (svadharma) as the ground for action. How to understand svadharma is read in several ways.
Source: Bhagavad Gita 3.35 · Draft, awaiting review
Atman आत्मन् ātman
The immortal, self-luminous witness consciousness within every living being, utterly distinct from the physical body, the senses, and the changing mind.
Explains: Atman → Samsara
Verse 2.22 compares the embodied self taking new bodies to a person changing worn clothes.
Source: Bhagavad Gita 2.22 · Draft, awaiting review
Brahman ब्रह्मन् brahman
The ultimate, infinite, and unconditioned reality—the transcendent and immanent ground of all existence, consciousness, and bliss (Sat-Chit-Ananda).
Related concept: Brahman → Moksha
Verse 18.53 speaks of becoming fit for oneness with Brahman. Traditions describe that state differently.
Source: Bhagavad Gita 18.53 · Draft, awaiting review
Moksha मोक्ष mokṣa
The ultimate spiritual liberation—freedom from the cycle of birth, death, and suffering (samsara), and the timeless realization of fullness, peace, and divine unity.
Related concept: Moksha → Bhakti
Verse 18.66 speaks of taking refuge and being freed from sin. Commentators differ on how it relates to liberation.
Source: Bhagavad Gita 18.66 · Draft, awaiting review
Related concept: Brahman → Moksha
Verse 18.53 speaks of becoming fit for oneness with Brahman. Traditions describe that state differently.
Source: Bhagavad Gita 18.53 · Draft, awaiting review
Bhakti भक्ति bhakti
Supreme, selfless love and unconditional devotion toward the Divine, transforming every action, thought, and emotion into a sacred offering.
Develops: Bhakti → Jnana
Verse 18.55 says that by devotion one comes to know in truth, and having known, enters.
Source: Bhagavad Gita 18.55 · Draft, awaiting review
Related concept: Maya → Bhakti
Verse 7.14 calls this divine power hard to cross and says those who take refuge in him cross it. Traditions interpret “maya” differently.
Source: Bhagavad Gita 7.14 · Draft, awaiting review
Related concept: Moksha → Bhakti
Verse 18.66 speaks of taking refuge and being freed from sin. Commentators differ on how it relates to liberation.
Source: Bhagavad Gita 18.66 · Draft, awaiting review
Jnana ज्ञान jñāna
Knowledge: in the scriptures, especially the kind of knowing that changes how a person sees themselves and the world, and not only the gathering of information.
Develops: Bhakti → Jnana
Verse 18.55 says that by devotion one comes to know in truth, and having known, enters.
Source: Bhagavad Gita 18.55 · Draft, awaiting review
Related concept: Jnana → Karma
Verse 4.33 says all action reaches its completion in knowledge.
Source: Bhagavad Gita 4.33 · Draft, awaiting review
Yoga योग yoga
The holistic spiritual discipline of uniting individual awareness with the Divine through mental stillness, equanimity in action, and self-mastery.
Develops: Karma → Yoga
Verse 2.48 joins the two: act, established in yoga, and give up attachment.
Source: Bhagavad Gita 2.48 · Draft, awaiting review
Related concept: Vairagya → Yoga
Verse 6.35 names practice and non-attachment together as what makes it possible to steady the mind.
Source: Bhagavad Gita 6.35 · Draft, awaiting review
Maya माया māyā
The mysterious, creative power of the Divine that projects the diverse universe of names and forms while concealing the underlying non-dual reality.
Related concept: Maya → Bhakti
Verse 7.14 calls this divine power hard to cross and says those who take refuge in him cross it. Traditions interpret “maya” differently.
Source: Bhagavad Gita 7.14 · Draft, awaiting review
Ahimsa अहिंसा ahiṁsā
The foundational virtue of universal non-harm, harmlessness, and gentle reverence in thought, speech, and deed toward all sentient life.
Related concept: Ahimsa → Dharma
Verse 16.2 lists non-violence first among the qualities the chapter calls divine. How it relates to dharma is read in different ways.
Source: Bhagavad Gita 16.2 · Draft, awaiting review
Samsara संसार saṁsāra
The continuous cycle of birth, death, and rebirth driven by karma and desire—the ocean of changing worldly existence.
Explains: Atman → Samsara
Verse 2.22 compares the embodied self taking new bodies to a person changing worn clothes.
Source: Bhagavad Gita 2.22 · Draft, awaiting review
Vairagya वैराग्य vairāgya
Spiritual dispassion and inner freedom—the peaceful cessation of craving and aversion toward transient worldly attachments.
Related concept: Vairagya → Yoga
Verse 6.35 names practice and non-attachment together as what makes it possible to steady the mind.
Source: Bhagavad Gita 6.35 · Draft, awaiting review
वेदान्त
वेदान्त का अलग लेख यहाँ नहीं है। ये पृष्ठ ब्रह्म, आत्मा, माया और मोक्ष खोलते हैं।