Leadership Lessons – Bhagavad Gita

Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita 15 – Perspectives

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Chapter 2 Verse 29 आश्चर्यवत्पश्यति कश्चिदेन माश्चर्यवद्वदति तथैव चान्य: | आश्चर्यवच्चैनमन्य: शृ्णोति श्रुत्वाप्येनं वेद न चैव कश्चित् || 29|| āśhcharya-vat paśhyati kaśhchid enan āśhcharya-vad vadati tathaiva chānyaḥ āśhcharya-vach chainam anyaḥ śhṛiṇoti śhrutvāpyenaṁ veda na chaiva kaśhchit āśhcharya-vat—as amazing; paśhyati—see; kaśhchit—someone; enam—this soul; āśhcharya-vat—as amazing; vadati—speak of; tathā—thus; eva—indeed; cha—and; anyaḥ—other; āśhcharya-vat—similarly amazing; cha—also; enam—this soul; anyaḥ—others; śhṛiṇoti—hear; … Read more

Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita 14 – Repetition

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Chapter 2 Verses 24-28 अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च | नित्य: सर्वगत: स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातन: || 24|| achchhedyo ’yam adāhyo ’yam akledyo ’śhoṣhya eva cha nityaḥ sarva-gataḥ sthāṇur achalo ’yaṁ sanātanaḥ The soul is unbreakable and incombustible; it can neither be dampened nor dried. It is everlasting, in all places, unalterable, immutable, and primordial. अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयमविकार्योऽयमुच्यते | तस्मादेवं विदित्वैनं … Read more

Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita 13 – Integrity

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Verse 23 from Chapter 2 is also something that I chose for the Bhagavad Gita recitation competition at the Ramakrishna Mission, Shillong way back in 1982. Its again a classic verse that speaks of how the soul is unaffected by weapons, fire, water or wind. नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावक: | न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो … Read more

Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita 12 – The New

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I remember using this verse (verse 22 from chapter 2) during a Bhagvad Gita recitation competition that I participated in at the Ramakrishna Mission in Shillong. वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि | तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही || 22|| vāsānsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛihṇāti naro ’parāṇi tathā śharīrāṇi vihāya … Read more

Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita 11 – Assumptions

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Verse 21 from Chapter 2 of the Bhagavad Gita talks of the how human beings assume that they can kill another human being when in reality, the soul is imperishable… well, this isn’t the only thing we human beings assume. :):). वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम् | कथं स पुरुष: पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम् || … Read more

Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita 10 – Fear

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Through the Bhagavad Gita, I feel Lord Krishna tries to remove the two biggest fears that human beings have – the fear of death and the fear of the unknown. In several verses, he keeps re-inforcing the message of the soul being immortal and just the body dying. This is verse 20 of Chapter 2 … Read more

Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita 9 – Reality

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Chapter 2 Verse 19 Lord Krishna is considered an avatar of Vishnu and the most complete of his avatars. There can be a debate about whether Lord Krishna is a God or if there is a God at all, but its abundantly clear that Krishna is a being of supreme intelligence and he is far … Read more

Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita 8 – Lifecycle

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Life is a cycle and Chapter 2 Verse 18 seems to talk about this .. well, everything is cyclical and ever changing. अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ता: शरीरिण: | अनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत || 18|| antavanta ime dehā nityasyoktāḥ śharīriṇaḥ anāśhino ’prameyasya tasmād yudhyasva bhārata anta-vantaḥ—having an end; ime—these; dehāḥ—material bodies; nityasya—eternally; uktāḥ—are said; śharīriṇaḥ—of the embodied … Read more

Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita 7 – Imperishable

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Am not sure if Lord Krishna ever thought that man would create plastic to rival the imperishable soul…. he might have changed verse 17 of Chapter 2 slightly if he knew or maybe he has said something in some other verse to tackle the imperishable plastic !!! Chapter 2 verse 17 is as follows – … Read more

Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita 6 – Transience

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Chapter 2 Verse 16 We live our temporary lives as though we are here forever… and give importance to things that don’t last.  Modern firms are so caught up in the quarterly results that they miss focussing on their long term strategy and thereby fold up. Strange, but true. Krishna seems to speak about this … Read more