CHAPTER THREE EXAMPLES OF REVISED VERSES
Text 3 MAC72
The Blessed Lord said: O sinless Arjuna,
I have already explained that there are two classes of men
who realize the Self. Some are inclined to
understand Him by empirical, philosophical speculation, and
others are inclined to know Him by devotional work.
Text 3 BBT 2nd Edition
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O sinless Arjuna,
I have already explained that there are two classes of men
who try to realize the self. Some are inclined to
understand it by empirical, philosophical speculation, and
others by devotional service.
Text 5 MAC72
All men are forced to act helplessly according to the
impulses born of the modes of material nature;
therefore no one can refrain from doing something, not
even for a moment.
Text 5 BBT 2nd Edition
Everyone is forced to act helplessly according to the
qualities he has acquired from the modes of material nature;
therefore no one can refrain from doing something, not
even for a moment.
Text 7 MAC72
On the other hand, he who controls
the senses by the mind and engages his
active organs in works of devotion, without
attachment, is by far superior.
Text 7 BBT 2nd Edition
On the other hand, if a sincere person tries to
control the active senses by the mind and begins karma-
yoga [in Krsna consciousness] without
attachment, he is by far superior.
Text 16 MAC72
My dear Arjuna, a man who does not follow this
prescribed Vedic system of sacrifice
certainly leads a life of sin, for a
person delighting only in the senses
lives in vain.
Text 16 BBT 2nd Edition
My dear Arjuna, one who does not follow in human
life the cycle of sacrifice thus established by
the Vedas certainly leads a life full of sin. Living only
for the satisfaction of the senses, such a person
lives in vain.
Text 17 MAC72
One who is, however, taking pleasure in the self, who
is illumined in the self, who rejoices in
and is satisfied with the self only, fully satiated-for
him there is no duty.
Text 17 BBT 2nd Edition
But for one who takes pleasure in the self, whose
human life is one of self-realization,
and who is satisfied in the self only, fully satiated-for
him there is no duty.
Text 23 MAC72
For, if I did not engage in work, O Partha, certainly all men would follow
My path.
Text 23 BBT 2nd Edition
For if I ever failed to engage in carefully performing
prescribed duties, O Partha, certainly all men would follow
My path.
Text 30 MAC72
Therefore, O Arjuna, surrendering all your works unto Me,
with mind intent on Me, and without desire for gain
and free from egoism and
lethargy, fight.
Text 30 BBT 2nd Edition
Therefore, O Arjuna, surrendering all your works unto Me,
with full knowledge of Me, without desires for profit,
with no claims to proprietorship, and free from
lethargy, fight.
Text 34 MAC72
Attraction and repulsion for sense objects are
felt by embodied beings, but
one should not fall under the control of senses
and sense objects because they are stumbling
blocks on the path of self-realization.
Text 34 BBT 2nd Edition
There are principles to regulate attachment and
aversion pertaining to the senses and their
objects. One should not come under the control of such
attachment and aversion, because they are stumbling
blocks on the path of self-realization.
Text 39 MAC72
Thus, a man's pure consciousness is
covered by his eternal enemy in the form of lust, which is
never satisfied and which burns like fire.
Text 39 BBT 2nd Edition
Thus the wise living entity's pure consciousness becomes
covered by his eternal enemy in the form of lust, which is
never satisfied and which burns like fire.
Text 43 MAC72
Thus knowing oneself to be transcendental to material
senses, mind and intelligence, one
should control the lower self by the
higher self and thus-by
spiritual strength-conquer this insatiable enemy known as
lust.
Text 43 BBT 2nd Edition
Thus knowing oneself to be transcendental to the material
senses, mind and intelligence, O mighty-armed Arjuna, one
should steady the mind by deliberate spiritual
intelligence [Krsna consciousness] and thus-by
spiritual strength-conquer this insatiable enemy known as
lust.