Bhagavad Gītā (Kashmirian recension) · Chapter 16

Bhagavad Gītā (Kashmirian recension) — Chapter 16

भगवद्गीता

Bhagavadgītā


Chapter 16 24 verses

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  1. 1 abhayaṃ sattvasaṃśuddhirjñānayogavyavasthitiḥ | dānaṃ damaśca yajñaśca svādhyāyastapa ārjavam … Fearlessness, purity of being, steadfastness in the yoga of knowledge, giving,…
  2. 2 ahiṃsā satyamakrodhastyāga'saktirapaiśunam | dayā bhūteṣvalaulyaṃ ca mārdavaṃ hrīracāpalam … Non-injury, truthfulness, freedom from anger, renunciation, non-attachment, freedom from…
  3. 3 tejaḥ kṣamā dhṛtistuṣṭiradroho nātimānitā | bhavanti sampadaṃ daivīmabhijātasya … Vigor, forbearance, fortitude, contentment, absence of malice, freedom from excessive…
  4. 4 dambho darpo'bhimānaśca krodhaḥ pāruṣyameva ca | ajñānaṃ cābhijātasya … Hypocrisy, arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness, and ignorance — these belong to one born…
  5. 5 daivī sampadvimokṣāya nibandhāyāsurī matā | mā śucaḥ sampadaṃ … The divine endowment leads to liberation, the demonic, it is held, to bondage.
  6. 6 dvau bhūtasargau loke'smin daiva āsura eva ca | … There are two orders of created beings in this world, the divine and the demonic.
  7. 7 pravṛttiṃ ca nivṛttiṃ ca janā na vidurāsurāḥ | … Demonic people know neither action nor abstention from action;
  8. 8 asatyamapratiṣṭhaṃ te jagadāhuranīśvaram | aparasparasambhūtamakiṃcatkamahetukam || 16-8 || They declare the world to be without truth, without foundation, without a Lord, arisen…
  9. 9 etāṃ dṛṣṭimavaṣṭabhya naṣṭātmāno'lpabuddhayaḥ | prabhavantyugrakarmāṇaḥ kṣayāya jagato'śubhāḥ || … Clinging to this view, their selves ruined, of small intelligence, they arise — fierce in…
  10. 10 kāmamāśritya duṣpūraṃ dambhamānamadānvitāḥ | asadgrahāśtāḥ (-śtiḥ) krūrāḥ pracarantyaśucivratāḥ … Resorting to insatiable desire, filled with hypocrisy, pride, and intoxication, seizing…
  11. 11 cintāmaparimeyāṃ ca pralayāntāmupāśritāḥ | kāmopabhogaparamā etāvaditi niścitāḥ || … Given over to immeasurable anxiety ending only at death, holding the enjoyment of desires…
  12. 12 āśāpāśaśatairbaddhāḥ kāmakrodhaparāyaṇāḥ | īhante kāmabhogārthamanyāyenārthasañcayān || 16-12 || Bound by hundreds of cords of hope, devoted to desire and anger, they strive to amass…
  13. 13 idamadya mayā labdhamimaṃ prāpsye manoratham | idamastīdamapi me … 'This has been gained by me today;
  14. 14 asau mayā hataḥ śatrurhaniṣye cāparānapi | īśvaro'hamahaṃ bhogī … 'That enemy has been slain by me, and I shall slay the others too.
  15. 15 āḍhyo'bhijanavānasmi ko'nyo'sti sadṛśo mayā | yakṣye dāsyāmi modiṣye … 'I am wealthy and of noble birth;
  16. 16 anekacittā vibhrāntā mohasyaiva vaśaṃ gatāḥ | prasaktāḥ kāmabhogeṣu … Of scattered mind, bewildered, fallen under the sway of delusion, attached to the…
  17. 17 ātmasambhāvitāḥ stabdhā dhanamānamadānvitāḥ | yajante nāmayajñaiste dambhenāvidhapūrvakam || … Self-glorifying, stubborn, filled with the intoxication of wealth and pride, they…
  18. 18 ahaṅkāraṃ balaṃ darpaṃ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ ca saṃśritāḥ | … Resorting to egotism, force, arrogance, desire, and anger, these spiteful ones hate me…
  19. 19 tānahaṃ dviṣataḥ krūrānsaṃsāreṣu narādhamān | kṣipāmyajasramaśubhāsvāsurīṣveva yoniṣu || … These haters, cruel, lowest of men, I hurl ceaselessly in the rounds of rebirth into…
  20. 20 āsurīṃ yonimāpannā mūḍhā janmani janmani | māmaprāpyaiva kaunteya … Having entered a demonic womb, the deluded, birth after birth, without ever attaining me,…
  21. 21 trividhaṃ narakasyedaṃ dvāraṃ nāśanamātmanaḥ | kāmaḥ krodhastathā lobhastasmādetattrayaṃ … This threefold gate of hell, the destruction of the self, is desire, anger, and greed;
  22. 22 etairviyuktaḥ kaunteya tamodvāraistribhirnaraḥ | ācaratyātmanaḥ śreyastato yāti parāṃ … The man freed from these three gates of darkness, O son of Kuntī, practices what is good…
  23. 23 yaḥ śāstravidhimutsṛjya vartate kāmakārataḥ | na sa siddhimavāpnoti … Who, casting aside the rule of scripture, acts according to the impulse of desire,…
  24. 24 tasmācchāstraṃ pramāṇaṃ te kāryākāryavyavasthitau | jñātvā śāstravidhānoktaṃ karma … Therefore let scripture be your authority in determining what should and should not be…