- By Aditi Priya Singh
- Thu, 14 Aug 2025 05:53 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Life Changing Quotes By Lord Krishna: India will celebrate Janmashtami, the anniversary of Lord Krishna's birth, with great enthusiasm on August 16, 2025. Devotees will fast, pray, and reflect on Krishna's divine teachings while temples are beautifully decorated and devotional music fills the air. Janmashtami is not only a time for celebration and joy, but also a time to think about the lessons that Lord Krishna shared in the Bhagavad Gita.
Even though the Bhagavad Gita is a respected part of the Mahabharata and is over 5,000 years old, its lessons still matter today. Krishna shared these teachings with Arjuna during the battle of Kurukshetra. They tackle topics like duty, righteousness, detachment, and selfless action. These lessons remind us to stay balanced in life, trust in God, and confront challenges directly.
As Janmashtami 2025 approaches, it’s the perfect time to revisit Krishna’s life-changing quotes from the Gita. These 30+ handpicked sayings are not just religious verses—they are practical life lessons that can help anyone live with purpose, peace, and happiness.
Life and Duty (Karma Yoga)
1. कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।
You have the right to perform your duty, but not to the fruits of your actions.
2. मा ते संगोऽस्त्वकर्मणि।
Do not let attachment make you avoid your duties.
3. नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः।
Perform your bound duty, for action is better than inaction.
4. योगः कर्मसु कौशलम्।
Yoga is the art of working skillfully.
5. सुखदुःखे समे कृत्वा लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ।
Treat pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat alike.
6. कर्तव्यं कर्म समाचर।
Perform your duty with dedication.
7. न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते।
By not starting work, no one can achieve freedom from action.
8. तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च।
Therefore, remember Me at all times and fight your battle.
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Wisdom and Knowledge
9. विद्याविनयसम्पन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि।
A wise person sees all equally—whether in a scholar, cow, elephant, or dog.
10. ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः।
Knowledge destroys the darkness of ignorance.
11. न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते।
There is nothing purer in this world than true knowledge.
12. समं सर्वेषु भूतेषु तिष्ठन्तं परमेश्वरम्।
The Supreme Lord dwells equally in all beings.
13. अविद्यया मृत्युम् तीर्त्वा विद्ययामृतमश्नुते।
Through ignorance one crosses death, through knowledge one attains immortality.
14. ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम्।
A wise soul is My very self.
15. श्रद्धावान् लभते ज्ञानम्।
One with faith attains knowledge.
16. ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा।
The fire of knowledge burns all actions to ashes.
Devotion and Love (Bhakti Yoga)
17. पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति।
Whoever offers Me a leaf, flower, fruit, or water with devotion, I accept it.
18. मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु।
Think of Me, be My devotee, worship Me, and bow to Me.
19. यो मां पश्यति सर्वत्र सर्वं च मयि पश्यति।
One who sees Me everywhere and everything in Me is never lost to Me.
20. अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते।
Those who worship Me with unwavering devotion, I take care of their needs.
21. भक्त्या मामभिजानाति।
Through devotion alone can one truly know Me.
22. सर्वधर्मान् परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज।
Abandon all duties and surrender to Me alone.
23. अहं भक्तपराधीनो ह्यस्मि।
I am bound by the love of My devotees.
24. भक्तोऽसि मे सखा चेति।
You are My devotee and My friend.
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Inner Peace and Self-Realization (Dhyana & Moksha Yoga)
25. उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्।
One must uplift oneself and not degrade oneself.
26. शमः सर्वभूतानाम्।
Peace is the nature of all beings.
27. योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि।
Perform your actions while being steady in yoga.
28. युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु।
Balance in food, rest, work, and meditation leads to peace.
29. श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्।
It is better to follow your own duty imperfectly than to perfectly perform another’s.
30. समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च।
Be equal towards friends and enemies.
31. नैव किञ्चित्करोमीत्यु मन्यते यः।
One who is detached feels, “I do nothing at all.”
32. शान्तिम् आप्नोति नैष्ठिकीम्।
One attains supreme peace.