5 Gita Shlokas to Protect You from Buri Nazar and Negative People
Riya Kumari | Jul 28, 2025, 23:08 IST
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Highlight of the story: You light up, you show up, you put on that dewy highlighter and a little hope, and bam, someone in the room decides your happiness is personally offensive to them. Maybe it’s that one coworker who gives you a compliment with the same warmth as a tax audit. Or that distant cousin who stares at your photo like they’re trying to hex it with their retinas. Or maybe it’s just that vague, sticky discomfort you feel after posting something joyful, like you accidentally invited all the wrong people to your energy field.
Let’s tell the truth we rarely admit out loud: There’s a strange weight that comes from being seen, really seen, in your light. You do something brave. You heal. You get promoted. You post a picture where you finally look like how you feel inside. You share something vulnerable. You grow. And somehow, instead of applause, you feel a kind of energetic static, subtle, but sharp. The air changes. Someone's silence feels loud. Someone's presence feels… heavy. That’s buri nazar. And while you can’t go around blocking energy the way you block numbers, you can strengthen your field. Not through paranoia, but through perspective. Through ancient wisdom that trains your mind to stay steady, your heart to stay clean, and your soul to stop shrinking just because someone else is uncomfortable with your expansion.
1. For when someone else’s envy starts making you question your own joy
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥
Bhagavad Gita 2.47
You have a right to perform your actions, but not to the results.
Most of our exhaustion doesn’t come from doing. It comes from expecting. We want the effort to be recognized, the goodness to be mirrored, the love to be returned. And when it’s not, especially when what we get back is resistance, jealousy or indifference, it stings.
This shloka reminds you: your job is the sincerity. Not the scoreboard. Not the reactions. Do your part with full presence. Let go of who’s watching. You don’t owe anyone a version of yourself that pleases their insecurity.
2. For the silent bitterness you sense but can’t name
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽअत्मानं सृजाम्यहम्॥
Bhagavad Gita 4.7
Whenever dharma is forgotten and adharma rises, I restore the balance.
There will be times when you can’t clap back, explain, defend, or even fully understand the undercurrent of negativity around you. And in those times, this shloka is not about Krishna the deity, it’s about trust in a deeper justice.
You don’t have to carry the weight of everything unfair. Not every imbalance needs to be fixed by you. Not every sting needs a strategy. Balance returns. Maybe not instantly, but always eventually.
3. For when people are unkind and you’re tempted to shrink or retaliate
दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमना: सुखेषु विगतस्पृह:।
वीतरागभयक्रोध: स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते॥
Bhagavad Gita 2.56
"He who is not disturbed by sorrow or excited by happiness… such a person is steady in wisdom."
You don’t have to perform pain just because someone else wants to see you small. You don’t have to perform strength either. What you need is stillness. This shloka isn’t asking you to become emotionally numb. It’s asking you to become internally stable, so stable that other people’s volatility doesn’t pull you into their chaos.
You’re allowed to feel things. Just don’t get dragged by them.
4. For when someone’s negativity is personal, and it starts seeping into you
मयि सर्वाणि कर्माणि संन्यस्याध्यात्मचेतसा।
निराशीर्निर्ममो भूत्वा युध्यस्व विगतज्वर:॥
Bhagavad Gita 3.30
"Dedicate all actions to Me, without attachment, without ego..."
When others operate from ego, we often unconsciously respond from ego too. We try to prove, outshine, defend, win. And that only pulls us deeper into the mess. But this shloka gives you a gentle out: do your actions from a place of offering, not ego.
It purifies your intent. And when your intent is clean, their negativity can’t stick. It bounces right off. Not because you fought it, but because you didn’t absorb it.
5. For the days you feel drained and doubting yourself
सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज।
अहं त्वां सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुच:॥
Bhagavad Gita 18.66
"Surrender to Me completely. I will release you from all fears. Do not grieve."
There’s strength in doing. But there’s also strength in resting, in handing over the burden that’s become too much. This is your reminder that not everything is yours to carry. Some heaviness isn’t yours. Some energy isn’t yours. Some people’s opinions? Definitely not yours.
This isn’t surrender in defeat. It’s surrender in clarity. The clarity that says: “I’ve done what I can. The rest, I hand over to something higher than fear.”
Final Thought:
Not every bad feeling in your life is buri nazar. But some of it is. And most of it is just unprocessed energy from people who haven’t figured out how to love themselves, so they resent anyone who’s learning how. The Gita doesn’t tell you to fight these people. It tells you to outgrow them. To know your truth so deeply that no gaze, no gossip, no vibration can make you forget who you are.
And once you remember that? No one can take your light. Not because they won’t try, but because it’s no longer coming from outside you.
1. For when someone else’s envy starts making you question your own joy
Grounded
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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥
Bhagavad Gita 2.47
You have a right to perform your actions, but not to the results.
Most of our exhaustion doesn’t come from doing. It comes from expecting. We want the effort to be recognized, the goodness to be mirrored, the love to be returned. And when it’s not, especially when what we get back is resistance, jealousy or indifference, it stings.
This shloka reminds you: your job is the sincerity. Not the scoreboard. Not the reactions. Do your part with full presence. Let go of who’s watching. You don’t owe anyone a version of yourself that pleases their insecurity.
2. For the silent bitterness you sense but can’t name
Krishna ji
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यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽअत्मानं सृजाम्यहम्॥
Bhagavad Gita 4.7
Whenever dharma is forgotten and adharma rises, I restore the balance.
There will be times when you can’t clap back, explain, defend, or even fully understand the undercurrent of negativity around you. And in those times, this shloka is not about Krishna the deity, it’s about trust in a deeper justice.
You don’t have to carry the weight of everything unfair. Not every imbalance needs to be fixed by you. Not every sting needs a strategy. Balance returns. Maybe not instantly, but always eventually.
3. For when people are unkind and you’re tempted to shrink or retaliate
Change
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दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमना: सुखेषु विगतस्पृह:।
वीतरागभयक्रोध: स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते॥
Bhagavad Gita 2.56
"He who is not disturbed by sorrow or excited by happiness… such a person is steady in wisdom."
You don’t have to perform pain just because someone else wants to see you small. You don’t have to perform strength either. What you need is stillness. This shloka isn’t asking you to become emotionally numb. It’s asking you to become internally stable, so stable that other people’s volatility doesn’t pull you into their chaos.
You’re allowed to feel things. Just don’t get dragged by them.
4. For when someone’s negativity is personal, and it starts seeping into you
Path
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मयि सर्वाणि कर्माणि संन्यस्याध्यात्मचेतसा।
निराशीर्निर्ममो भूत्वा युध्यस्व विगतज्वर:॥
Bhagavad Gita 3.30
"Dedicate all actions to Me, without attachment, without ego..."
When others operate from ego, we often unconsciously respond from ego too. We try to prove, outshine, defend, win. And that only pulls us deeper into the mess. But this shloka gives you a gentle out: do your actions from a place of offering, not ego.
It purifies your intent. And when your intent is clean, their negativity can’t stick. It bounces right off. Not because you fought it, but because you didn’t absorb it.
5. For the days you feel drained and doubting yourself
Weather
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सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज।
अहं त्वां सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुच:॥
Bhagavad Gita 18.66
"Surrender to Me completely. I will release you from all fears. Do not grieve."
There’s strength in doing. But there’s also strength in resting, in handing over the burden that’s become too much. This is your reminder that not everything is yours to carry. Some heaviness isn’t yours. Some energy isn’t yours. Some people’s opinions? Definitely not yours.
This isn’t surrender in defeat. It’s surrender in clarity. The clarity that says: “I’ve done what I can. The rest, I hand over to something higher than fear.”
Final Thought:
And once you remember that? No one can take your light. Not because they won’t try, but because it’s no longer coming from outside you.