GCSE Gītā Set Texts Test 2

Question 1

वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि ।

तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णान्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही ॥

Answer 1

2.22 Just as a man, casting off old clothes puts on other new ones, so the embodied one, abandoning worn-out bodies, takes on others that are new.

Question 2

योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय ।

सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते ॥

Answer 2

2.48 Fixed in Yoga, O Dhanañjaya, perform actions, giving up attachment, being unperturbed in success and failure; equanimity is called Yoga.

Question 3

प्रसादे सर्वदुःखानां हानिरस्योपजायते ।

प्रसन्नचेतसो ह्याशु बुद्धिः पर्यवतिष्ठते ॥

Answer 3

2.65 When serenity of mind is reached, there is a cessation of all sorrows. Indeed, the intelligence of the peaceful-minded soon becomes steady.