A collection of Bharata Gita quotes.
As long as the mind of a man is under the dominating
influence of sattva, rajas or tamas, it goes on producing unchecked merit or
sin through his sense-organs of perception and action.
If the mind is attached to the objects of senses (which are
the products of gunas), it leads the creature to misery (samsara). If it is
free from and unattached to them, it takes the Jiva to eternal happiness
(moksha – liberation).
Just as a lamp, which emanates flames mixed with soot while
it consumes its wick soaked in ghee, later (after the consumption of ghee)
betakes itself to its original state, the mind, which is attached to the
objects of senses and (consequent) activities, resorts to various courses, and
eventually returns to its true original self, when unattached (to them).
Just as air, entering in the form of breath, controls both
the mobile and the immobile beings, so does the Supreme Lord Vasudeva, the
all-pervading Soul, enter this universe (as the Inner Controller).
Bharata-Gita is in the nature of imparting spiritual
knowledge to Rahugana by Bharata and is found in the Bhagavata Purana