जन्माष्टमी

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्।
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे॥

paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām · dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge

To protect the good, to destroy the wicked, and to re-establish dharma — I take birth in every age.

भगवद्गीता ४.८

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥

karmaṇy-evādhikāras te mā phaleṣu kadācana · mā karma-phala-hetur bhūr mā te saṅgo 'stv akarmaṇi

You have a right to your action alone, never to its fruits. Let not the fruit be your motive, nor let attachment draw you to inaction.

भगवद्गीता २.४७

सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज।
अहं त्वां सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः॥

sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja · ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ

Abandon all duties and take refuge in Me alone. I shall free you from every sin — do not grieve.

भगवद्गीता १८.६६

नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः।
न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः॥

nainaṁ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṁ dahati pāvakaḥ · na cainaṁ kledayanty āpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ

Weapons cannot cut the soul, fire cannot burn it, water cannot wet it, wind cannot wither it.

भगवद्गीता २.२३

वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि।
तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णान्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही॥

vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naro 'parāṇi · tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāny anyāni saṁyāti navāni dehī

As a person casts off worn-out clothes and puts on new ones, so the embodied soul casts off worn-out bodies and enters new ones.

भगवद्गीता २.२२

ये यथा मां प्रपद्यन्ते तांस्तथैव भजाम्यहम्।
मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः॥

ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham · mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ

In whatever way people approach Me, in that same way do I receive them. O Partha, all paths lead at last to Me.

भगवद्गीता ४.११

अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते।
तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम्॥

ananyāś cintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate · teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham

For those who worship Me with undivided mind, ever steadfast — I carry what they lack and preserve what they have.

भगवद्गीता ९.२२

पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति।
तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः॥

patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati · tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ

A leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water — whoever offers it to Me with love, that offering of the pure heart I accept.

भगवद्गीता ९.२६

अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्तः सर्वं प्रवर्तते।
इति मत्वा भजन्ते मां बुधा भावसमन्विताः॥

ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate · iti matvā bhajante māṁ budhā bhāva-samanvitāḥ

I am the source of all; from Me everything proceeds. Knowing this, the wise worship Me with a heart full of feeling.

भगवद्गीता १०.८

वसुदेवसुतं देवं कंसचाणूरमर्दनम्।
देवकीपरमानन्दं कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम्॥

vasudeva-sutaṁ devaṁ kaṁsa-cāṇūra-mardanam · devakī-paramānandaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ vande jagad-gurum

I bow to Krishna, son of Vasudeva, destroyer of Kamsa and Chanura, the supreme joy of Devaki, the teacher of the worlds.

श्रीमद्भागवत · गीता-ध्यानम्

कृष्णाय वासुदेवाय हरये परमात्मने।
प्रणतक्लेशनाशाय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः॥

kṛṣṇāya vāsudevāya haraye paramātmane · praṇata-kleśa-nāśāya govindāya namo namaḥ

To Krishna, son of Vasudeva, to Hari, the Supreme Self, who ends the sorrow of those who bow — to Govinda, salutations again and again.

श्रीमद्भागवतम् · १०.७३.१६

मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु।
मामेवैष्यसि सत्यं ते प्रतिजाने प्रियोऽसि मे॥

man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru · mām evaiṣyasi satyaṁ te pratijāne priyo 'si me

Fix your mind on Me, be devoted to Me, worship Me, bow to Me — you shall come to Me. This I promise you truly, for you are dear to Me.

भगवद्गीता १८.६५