Bhagavadgita : Slokas quiz

What is the first sloka?

• dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca

• kula-kṣaye praṇaśyanti

What comes in the third line?

adharmābhibhavāt kṛṣṇa

praduṣyanti kula-striyaḥ

jāyate varṇa-saṅkaraḥ

• viṣīdantam idaṁ vākyam

• strīṣu duṣṭāsu vārṣṇeya

• kutas tvā kaśmalam idaṁ

What comes in the second line?

sañjaya uvāca

aśru-pūrṇākulekṣaṇam

viṣīdantam idaṁ vākyam

uvāca madhusūdanaḥ

• kutas tvā kaśmalam idaṁ

• praduṣyanti kula-striyaḥ

• viṣame samupasthitam

• taṁ tathā kṛpayāviṣṭam

True or False?

kārpaṇya-doṣopahata-svabhāvaḥ

pṛcchāmi tvāṁ dharma-sammūḍha-cetāḥ

yac chreyaḥ syān niścitaṁ brūhi tan me

śiṣyas te ’haṁ śādhi māṁ tvāṁ prapannam

• True

• False

True or False?

sañjaya uvāca

kutas tvā kaśmalam idaṁ

viṣame samupasthitam

anārya-juṣṭam asvargyam

akīrti-karam arjuna

• True

• False

What comes in the last line?

avināśi tu tad viddhi

yena sarvam idaṁ tatam

vināśam avyayasyāsya

• anyāni saṁyāti navāni dehī

• kaṁ ghātayati hanti kam

• na kaścit kartum arhati

Choose the correct translation for this sloka: vyavasāyātmikā buddhir

ekeha kuru-nandana

bahu-śākhā hy anantāś ca

buddhayo ’vyavasāyinām

• Those who are on this path are resolute in purpose, and their aim is one. O beloved child of the Kurus, the intelligence of those who are irresolute is many-branched.

• All purposes served by a small well can at once be served by a great reservoir of water. Similarly, all the purposes of the Vedas can be served to one who knows the purpose behind them.

True or False?

nehābhikrama-nāśo ’sti

pratyavāyo na vidyate

sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya

trāyate mahato bhayāt

• True

• False

What comes in the second line?

nainaṁ chindanti śastrāṇi

na cainaṁ kledayanty āpo

na śoṣayati mārutaḥ

• dhruvaṁ janma mṛtasya ca

• nainaṁ dahati pāvakaḥ

What comes in the first line?

dehe sarvasya bhārata

tasmāt sarvāṇi bhūtāni

na tvaṁ śocitum arhasi

• dehī nityam avadhyo ’yaṁ

• jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyur

• vedāvināśinaṁ nityaṁ