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śhāstram

  • scriptural injunctions
  • scriptures
  • Vedic scriptures

Also appears as śhāstra-vidhim, śhāstra

In 4 verses

Chapter 1 3 of 18 chapters Chapter 18
  1. 15.20

    इति गुह्यतमं शास्त्रमिदमुक्तं मयाऽनघ

    śhāstram — Vedic scriptures

    So I have declared this deepest teaching, sinless one. Understanding it, a person becomes awake, and all that they had to do is done.

  2. 16.23

    यः शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारतः

    śhāstra-vidhim — scriptural injunctions

    One who casts aside what the scriptures direct and acts on the impulse of desire reaches neither perfection nor happiness nor the highest goal.

  3. 16.24

    तस्माच्छास्त्रं प्रमाणं ते कार्याकार्यव्यवस्थितौ

    śhāstram — scriptures

    So let the scriptures be your measure in deciding what is to be done and what is not. Knowing what they teach, act.

  4. 17.1

    ये शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य यजन्ते श्रद्धयाऽन्विताः

    śhāstra-vidhim — scriptural injunctions

    Those who worship with faith but set aside what the scriptures direct — where do they stand, Krishna? In clarity, restlessness or inertia?