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Unrighteousness. Refer Dharma

Knowledge that opposes Gyan or true knowledge. Refer Gyan

Imperishable. It refers to the all-pervading Brahm or the eternal unmanifest Bhava that is ever established in Yagya. It is not destroyed when all are destroyed.

Untruth. Whatever opposes Sat (truth) is Asat (untruth). Besides explaining Sat (truth) in Verses 17:26-27, Verse 17:28 says that the sacrifice, charity or austerity performed without faith is also Asat or untruth

Self

Medicinal herb

Unwise being who acts attached to actions

One not united to Brahm or God

The ancient Indian holy book written by sage Ved Vyas that contains the dialogue between Lord Krishna and Arjun before the commencement of the battle of Mahabharat that took place about 5,000 years ago

Thought, feeling, emotion or perception

Feeling. In the Gita, Bhavna means the Bhava of uniting to Brahm by the intellect that all the fruits of actions are of God and God is enjoying the sense objects and experiencing joy or sorrow

The Supreme Bhava of oneness and sameness towards all beings. Brahm is of two kinds – Brahm with attributes and attributeless Brahm. The former has three attributes of purity, passion and delusion and is also called Brahm. The latter is without attributes and is called Param Brahm, the Supreme God of all beings

The world or state of Brahma, which is achieved when one attains the Bhava of Brahm, is freed from desire and acts without yearning and ego

A knower of Brahm who has realised that all bodies are embodied by God

When a person engaged in Buddhi Yog abandons all desires and acts without yearning, without the sense of ‘mineness’ and ‘I-ness’, he is said to have attained the Brahmic state (Verses 2:71-72), which is the same as attaining Brahmalok

Intellect

Union with Brahm by intellect, which means engaging in action without motive and renouncing the fruits of actions to God. Buddhi Yog endows peace and steadies the intellect of the being

One united to Brahm by intellect or Buddhi Yog

Destiny. It is based on the accumulated Bhavas of the previous births called Karma or actions

Demons. These are Bhavas and thoughts that oppose Gyan or true knowledge

Righteousness. The Dharma of every being is to become free from desire, ego, hate and the pairs of opposites by Sankhya or Yog

Righteous. A being who follows the path of Dharma or righteousness, that is, Yog and is freed from desire, ego, hate and the pairs of opposites

The battle of righteousness against unrighteousness. Mahabharat was called such a battle. The real Dharma Yuddh is to be fought within oneself between Truth and untruth or Gyan and Agyan

One of steady intellect

Meditation on the Self by keeping the Bhava or thought that the being is God, not ‘I’ and all beings are God

Material Sacrifice. All sacrifices other than the sacrifice born of actions or Karma Yog are called material sacrifices