भगवद्गीता
Bhagavadgītā
- 1 paraṃ bhūyaḥ pravakṣyāmi jñānānāṃ jñānamuttamam | yajjñātvā munayaḥ … I shall once more declare the supreme, the highest knowledge among all knowledges, having…
- 2 idaṃ jñānamupāśritya mama sādharmyamāgatāḥ | sarge'pi nopajāyante pralaye … Having resorted to this knowledge, they have come to a likeness of nature with me;
- 3 mama yonirmahadbrahma tasmingarbhaṃ dadāmyaham | sambhavaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tato … My womb is the great Brahman;
- 4 sarvayoniṣu kaunteya mūrtayaḥ sambhavanti yāḥ | tāsāṃ brahma … Whatever forms come into being in all wombs, O son of Kuntī, of these the great Brahman…
- 5 sattvaṃ rajastama iti guṇāḥ prakṛtisambhavāḥ | nibadhnanti mahābāho … Sattva, rajas, and tamas — these qualities, born of material nature, bind, O mighty-armed…
- 6 tatra sattvaṃ nirmalatvātprakāśakamanāmayam | sukhasaṅgena badhnāti jñānasaṅgena cānagha … Among them sattva, owing to its purity, is illuminating and free of affliction;
- 7 rajo rāgātmakaṃ viddhi tṛṣṇāsaṅgasamudbhavam | tannibadhnāti kaunteya karmasaṅgena … Know rajas to be of the nature of passion, arising from craving and attachment;
- 8 tamastvajñānajaṃ viddhi mohanaṃ sarvadehinām | pramādālasyanidrābhistannibadhnāni bhārata || … But know tamas to be born of ignorance, the deluder of all embodied beings;
- 9 sattvaṃ sukhe sañjayati rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārata | jñānamāvṛtya … Sattva binds to pleasure, rajas to action, O Bhārata;
- 10 rajastamaścābhibhūya sattvaṃ bhavati bhārata | rajaḥ sattvaṃ tamaścaiva … Having overpowered rajas and tamas, sattva prevails, O Bhārata;
- 11 sarvadvāreṣu dehe'sminprakāśamupajāyate | jñānaṃ yadā tadā vidyādvivṛddhaṃ sattvamityuta … When in all the gates of this body the light of knowledge arises, then one should know…
- 12 lobhaḥ pravṛttirārambhaḥ karmaṇāmaśamaśca tṛṭ | rajasyetāni jāyante vivṛddhe … Greed, activity, the undertaking of actions, restlessness, and craving — these arise when…
- 13 aprakāśo'pravṛttiśca pramādo moha eva ca | tamasyetāni jāyante … Absence of light, inactivity, heedlessness, and delusion — these arise when tamas has…
- 14 yadā sattve pravṛddhe tu pralayaṃ yāti dehabhṛt | … When, sattva having increased, the embodied one goes to dissolution, then he attains the…
- 15 rajasi pralayaṃ gatvā karmasaṅgiṣu jāyate | tathā pralīnastamasi … Having gone to dissolution in rajas, one is born among those attached to action;
- 16 karmaṇaḥ sukṛtasyāhuḥ sāttvikaṃ nirmalaṃ phalam | rajasastu phalaṃ … Of a well-performed action, they say, the fruit is sāttvic and stainless;
- 17 sattvātsañjāyate jñānaṃ rajaso lobha eva ca | pramādamohau … From sattva arises knowledge, and from rajas greed;
- 18 ūrdhvaṃ gacchanti sattvasthā madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ | jaghanyaguṇavṛttisthā … Those established in sattva go upward;
- 19 nānyaṃ guṇebhyaḥ kartāraṃ yadā draṣṭā'nupaśyati | guṇebhyaśca paraṃ … When the seer perceives no agent other than the qualities, and knows that which is beyond…
- 20 guṇānetānatītya trīndehī dehasamudbhavān | janmamṛtyujarāduḥkhairvimukto'mṛtamaśnute || 14-20 || Having transcended these three qualities that arise from the body, the embodied one,…
- 21 kairliṅgaistrīnguṇānetānatīto bhavati prabho | kimācāraḥ kathaṃ caitāṃstrīnguṇānativartate || … By what marks is one known who has transcended these three qualities, O Lord?
- 22 prakāśaṃ ca pravṛttiṃ ca mohameva ca pāṇḍava | … Illumination, activity, and delusion, O son of Pāṇḍu — he neither hates them when they…
- 23 udāsīnavadāsīno guṇairyo na vicālyate | guṇā vartante ityeva … Seated as though indifferent, who is not disturbed by the qualities, who, thinking 'the…
- 24 samaduḥkhasukhaḥsvapnaḥ samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ | tulyapriyāpriyo dhīrastulyanindātmasaṃstutiḥ || 14-24 || The same in suffering, pleasure, and dream;
- 25 mānāvamānayostulyastulyo mitrāparipakṣayoḥ | sarvārambhaphalatyāgī guṇātītaḥ sa ucyate || … The same in honor and dishonor, the same toward friend and adversary, renouncing the…
- 26 māṃ ca yo'vyabhicāreṇa bhaktiyogena sevate | sa guṇānsamatītyaitānbrahmabhūyāya … And who serves me with unswerving devoted yoga, he, having fully transcended these…
- 27 brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāhamamṛtasyāvyayasya ca | śāśvatasya ca dharmasya … For I am the foundation of Brahman — of the immortal and the imperishable, of the eternal…