भगवद्गीता
Bhagavadgītā
- 1 ūrdhvamūlamadhaḥ śākhamaśvatthaṃ prāhuravyayam | chandāṃsi yasya parṇāni yastaṃ … They speak of an imperishable aśvattha tree with its roots above and its branches below,…
- 2 adhaścordhvaṃ prasṛtā yasya śākhā guṇapravṛddhā viṣayapravālāḥ | adhaśca … Its branches, nourished by the qualities and with sense-objects as their shoots, spread…
- 3 na rūpamasyeha tathopalabhyate nānto na cādirna ca sampratiṣṭhā … Its form is not perceived here as such — neither its end, nor its beginning, nor its…
- 4 tataḥ padaṃ tatparimārgitavyaṃ yasmingato na nivarteta bhūyaḥ | … — thereafter that state is to be sought out, reaching which one does not return again;
- 5 nirmānamohā jitasaṅgadoṣā adhyātmanityā vinivṛttakāmāḥ | dvandvairvimuktāḥ sukhaduḥkhasaṃjñai- rgacchantyamūḍhāḥ … Free of pride and delusion, having conquered the fault of attachment, ever dwelling in…
- 6 na tadbhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ | … The sun does not illumine that, nor the moon, nor fire;
- 7 mamaivāṃśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ | manaḥ ṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛtisthāni … A portion of my very self, becoming the eternal individual soul in the world of the…
- 8 śarīraṃ yadavāpnoti yaccāpyutkrāmatīśvaraḥ | gṛhītvaitāni saṃyati vāyurgandhānivāśayāt || … Whatever body the lord obtains, and from whichever it departs, it goes forth taking these…
- 9 śrotraṃ cakṣuḥ sparśanaṃ ca rasanaṃ ghrāṇameva ca | … Presiding over hearing, sight, touch, taste, and smell, and over the mind as well, this…
- 10 tiṣṭhantamutkrāmantaṃ vā bhuñjānaṃ vā guṇānvitam | vimūḍhā nānupaśyanti … Whether remaining, departing, or enjoying, joined with the qualities — the deluded do not…
- 11 yatanto yoginaścainaṃ paśyantyātmanyavasthitam | yatanto'pyakṛtātmāno nainaṃ paśyantyacetasaḥ || … The yogins, striving, see him established within the self;
- 12 yadādityagataṃ tejo jagadbhāsayate'khilam | yaccandramasi yaccāgnau tattejo viddhi … The radiance residing in the sun that illumines the entire world, and that which is in…
- 13 gāmāviśya ca bhūtāni dhārayāmyahamojasā | puṣṇāmi cauṣadhīḥ sarvāḥ … And entering the earth, I support the beings by my vital energy;
- 14 ahaṃ vaiśvānaro bhūtvā prāṇināṃ dehamāsthitaḥ | prāṇāpānasamāyuktaḥ pacāmyannaṃ … Having become the digestive fire abiding in the body of living beings, joined with the…
- 15 sarvasya cāhaṃ hṛdi sanniviṣṭo mattaḥ smṛtirjñānamapohanaṃ ca | … And I am seated in the heart of all;
- 16 dvāvimau puruṣau loke kṣaraścākṣara eva ca | kṣaraḥ … There are these two Persons in the world: the perishable and the imperishable.
- 17 uttamaḥ puruṣastvanyaḥ paramātmetyudāhṛtaḥ | yo lokatrayamāviśya bibhartyavyaya īśvaraḥ … But the Supreme Person is yet another, declared to be the supreme Self, who, pervading…
- 18 yasmātkṣaramatīto'hamakṣarādapi cottamaḥ | ato'smi loke vede ca prathitaḥ … Since I transcend the perishable, and am higher even than the imperishable, therefore in…
- 19 yo māmevamasammūḍho jānāti puruṣottamam | sa sarvavidbhajati māṃ … Who, undeluded, thus knows me as the Supreme Person, he, the all-knowing, worships me…
- 20 iti guhyatamaṃ śāstramidamuktaṃ mayānagha | etadbuddhvā buddhimānsyātkṛtakṛtyaśca bhārata … Thus this most secret teaching has been spoken by me, O sinless one;