भगवद्गीता
Bhagavadgītā
- 1 saṃnyāsasya mahābāho tattvamicchāmi veditum | tyāgasya ca hṛṣīkeśa … O mighty-armed, I wish to know the truth of renunciation, O Hṛṣīkeśa, and of…
- 2 kāmyānāṃ karmaṇāṃ tyāgaṃ saṃnyāsaṃ kavayo viduḥ | sarvakarmaphalatyāgaṃ … The sages know renunciation as the giving up of desire-prompted actions;
- 3 tyājyaṃ doṣavadityeke karma prāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ | yajñadānatapaḥkarma na tyājyamiti … Some thoughtful men declare that action is to be abandoned as faulty;
- 4 niścayaṃ śṛṇu me tatra tyāge bharatasattama | tyāgo … Hear from me, O best of the Bharatas, the conclusion concerning relinquishment;
- 5 yajñadānatapaḥkarma na tyājyaṃ kāryameva tat | yajño dānaṃ … The act of sacrifice, gift, and austerity is not to be abandoned;
- 6 etānyapi ca karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā phalāni ca | … Yet even these actions ought to be done, having abandoned attachment and the fruits —…
- 7 niyatasya ca saṃnyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate | mohāttasya parityāgastāmasaḥ … The renunciation of prescribed action is not fitting;
- 8 duḥkhamityeva yaḥ karma kāyakleśabhayāt tyajet | sa kṛtvā … He who abandons action merely as painful, from fear of bodily affliction, has made a…
- 9 kāryamityeva yatkarma niyataṃ kriyate'rjuna | saṅgaṃ tyaktvā phalaṃ … The prescribed action that is performed simply because it ought to be done, O Arjuna,…
- 10 na dveṣṭyakuśalaṃ karma kuśale nānuṣajjate | tyāgī sattvasamāviṣṭo … He neither hates disagreeable action nor is attached to the agreeable — the relinquisher,…
- 11 nahi dehabhṛtā śakyaṃ tyaktuṃ karmāṇyaśeṣataḥ | yastu karmaphalatyāgī … For it is not possible for an embodied being to abandon actions entirely;
- 12 aniṣṭamiṣṭaṃ miśraṃ ca trividhaṃ karmaṇaḥ phalam | bhavatyatyāgināṃ … Undesired, desired, and mixed — threefold is the fruit of action that accrues after death…
- 13 pañcemāni mahābāho kāraṇāni nibodha me | sāṅkhye kṛtānte … Learn from me, O mighty-armed, these five causes, declared in the Sāṅkhya doctrine of…
- 14 adhiṣṭhānaṃ tathā kartā karaṇaṃ ca pṛthagvidham | vividhāśca … The seat of action, then the agent, the instrument of various kinds, the manifold…
- 15 śarīravāṅmanobhirhi yatkarmārabhate'rjuna | nyāyyaṃ vā viparītaṃ vā pañcaite … whatever action a man undertakes with body, speech, and mind, whether right or contrary —…
- 16 tatraivaṃ sati kartāramātmānaṃ kevalaṃ tu yaḥ | paśyatyakṛtabuddhitvānna … This being so, the man of poor mind who, through untrained understanding, sees the self…
- 17 yasya nāhaṃkṛto bhāvo buddhiryasya na lipyate | hatvāpi … He whose state of mind is free of egoizing, whose intellect is not tainted, even though…
- 18 jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ parijñātā trividhā karmacodanā | karaṇaṃ karma … Knowledge, the knowable, and the knower are the threefold impulse to action;
- 19 jñānaṃ karma ca kartā ca tridhaiva guṇabhedataḥ | … Knowledge, action, and the agent are each declared threefold by distinction of the guṇas…
- 20 sarvabhūteṣu yenaikaṃ bhāvamavyayamīkṣate | avibhaktaṃ vibhakteṣu tajjñānaṃ viddhi … That knowledge by which one sees in all beings a single, imperishable being, undivided…
- 21 pṛthaktvena tu yajjñānaṃ nānābhāvān pṛthagvidhān | vetti sarveṣu … But that knowledge which, by way of separateness, perceives in all beings various…
- 22 yattu kṛtsnavadekasminatkārye saktamahetukam | atattvārthavadalpaṃ ca tattāmasamudāhṛtam || … But that which clings to a single effect as if it were the whole, without cause, without…
- 23 niyataṃ saṅgarahitamarāgadveṣataḥ kṛtam | aphalaprepsunā karma yattat sāttvikamucyate … Action that is enjoined, free of attachment, done without passion or aversion by one who…
- 24 yattu kāmepsunā karma sāhaṅkāreṇa vā punaḥ | kriyate … But action that is done with much toil by one craving desire, or again with egoism — that…
- 25 anubandhaṃ kṣayaṃ hiṃsāmanavekṣya ca pauruṣam | mohādārabhyate karma … Action that is undertaken out of delusion, without regard for its consequence, for loss,…
- 26 muktasaṅgo'nahaṃvādī dhṛtyutsāhasamanvitaḥ | siddhyasiddhyornirvikāraḥ kartā sāttvika ucyate || … An agent free of attachment, not speaking of 'I', endowed with firmness and zeal,…
- 27 rāgī karmaphalaprepsurlubdho hiṃsātmako'śuciḥ | harṣaśokānvitaḥ kartā rājasaḥ parakīrtyate … An agent who is passionate, craving the fruit of action, greedy, injurious by nature,…
- 28 ayuktaḥ prākṛtaḥ stabdhaḥ śaṭho naiṣkṛtiko'lasaḥ | viṣādī dīrghasūtraśca … An agent who is undisciplined, vulgar, stiff, deceitful, malicious, lazy, despondent, and…
- 29 buddherbhedaṃ dhṛteścaiva guṇatastrividhaṃ śṛṇu | procyamānamaśeṣeṇa pṛthaktvena dhanañjaya … Hear, O Dhanañjaya, the threefold distinction of intellect and of firmness too according…
- 30 pravṛttiṃ ca nivṛttiṃ ca kāryākārye bhayābhaye | bandhaṃ … The intellect which knows activity and cessation, what is to be done and what is not,…
- 31 yayā dharmamadharmaṃ ca kāryaṃ cākāryameva ca | ayathāvat … That intellect by which one knows dharma and adharma, and what is to be done and what is…
- 32 adharmaṃ dharmamiti yā buddhyate tamasānvitā | sarvārthānviparītāṃśca buddhiḥ … The intellect that, enveloped in darkness, conceives adharma as dharma and all things in…
- 33 dhṛtyā mayā dhārayate manaḥprāṇendriyakriyāḥ | yogenāvyabhicāriṇyā dhṛtiḥ sā … The firmness by which, through unwavering yoga, one holds the functions of mind, breath,…
- 34 yayā tu dharmakāmārthāndhṛtyā dhārayate'rjuna | prasaṅgena phalākāṃkṣī dhṛtiḥ … But the firmness by which, O Arjuna, one holds to dharma, pleasure, and wealth with…
- 35 yayā svapnaṃ bhayaṃ śokaṃ viṣādaṃ mohameva ca | … The firmness by which the dull-witted does not let go of sleep, fear, grief, despondency,…
- 36 sukhaṃ tvidānīṃ trividhaṃ śṛṇu me bharatarṣabha | abhyāsādramate … But now hear from me, O bull of the Bharatas, the threefold happiness: that wherein,…
- 37 yattadāttve viṣamiva pariṇāme'mṛtopamam | tatsukhaṃ sāttvikaṃ vidyādātmabuddhiprasādajam || … That which at its onset is like poison but in its ripening like nectar — that happiness,…
- 38 viṣayendriyasaṃyogādyattadagre'mṛtopamam | pariṇāme viṣamiva tat rājasamiti smṛtam || … That which arises from the contact of the senses with their objects and is at first like…
- 39 yadagre cānubandhe ca sukhaṃ mohanamātmanaḥ | nidrālasyapramādotthaṃ tattāmasamudāhṛtam … The happiness which both at its outset and in its sequel deludes the self, arising from…
- 40 na tadasti pṛthivyāṃ vā divi deveṣu vā punaḥ … There exists no being, either on earth or again in heaven among the gods, that would be…
- 41 brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ ca parantapa | karmāṇi pravibhaktāni svabhāvaprabhavairguṇaiḥ … Of brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, and śūdras, O scorcher of foes, the duties are…
- 42 śamo damastathāḥ śaucaṃ kṣāntirārjavameva ca | jñānaṃ vijñānamāstikyaṃ … Calm, restraint, austerity, purity, forbearance, uprightness, knowledge, discernment, and…
- 43 śauryaṃ tejo dhṛtirdākṣyaṃ yuddhe cāpyapalāyanam | dānamīśvarabhāvaśca kṣātraṃ … Valor, splendor, firmness, skill, not fleeing in battle, generosity, and a lordly…
- 44 kṛṣigorakṣyavāṇijyaṃ vaiśyakarma svabhāvajam | payutthānātmakaṃ karma śūdrasyāpi svabhāvajam … Agriculture, cattle-tending, and trade are the vaiśya's duty, born of his nature;
- 45 sve sve karmaṇyabhirataḥ saṃsiddhiṃ labhate naraḥ | svakarmanirataḥ … A man delighting in his own respective duty attains perfection;
- 46 yataḥ pravṛttirbhūtānāṃ yena sarvamidaṃ tatam | svakarmaṇā tamabhyarcya … Worshipping by his own duty Him from whom is the activity of beings, by whom all this is…
- 47 śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt | svabhāvaniyataṃ karma kurvannāpnoti kilviṣam … Better is one's own duty, though imperfect, than another's duty well performed;
- 48 sahajaṃ karma kaunteya sadoṣamapi na tyajet | sarvārambhā … One should not forsake the inborn duty, O son of Kuntī, even though it has fault;
- 49 asaktabuddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigataspṛhaḥ | naiṣkarmyasiddhiṃ paramāṃ saṃnyāsenādhigacchati … He whose intellect is unattached everywhere, whose self is subdued, who is free of…
- 50 siddhiṃ prāpto yathā brahma tathāpnoti nibodha me | … Learn from me in brief, O son of Kuntī, how one who has attained perfection thus reaches…
- 51 buddhyā viśuddhayā yukto dhṛtyātmānaṃ niyamya ca | śabdādīnviṣayāṃstyaktvā … Endowed with a purified intellect, restraining the self with firmness, abandoning sound…
- 52 viviktasevī laghvāśī yatavākkāyamānasaḥ | dhyānayogaparo nityaṃ vairāgyaṃ samupāśritaḥ … frequenting solitude, eating lightly, with speech, body, and mind controlled, ever intent…
- 53 ahaṅkāraṃ balaṃ darpaṃ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ parigraham | vimucya … having released egoism, force, arrogance, desire, anger, and possessiveness, free of…
- 54 brahmabhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na hṛṣyati | samaḥ … Become brahman, serene of self, he neither grieves nor exults;
- 55 bhaktyā māmabhijānāti yo'haṃ yaścāsmi tattvataḥ | tato māṃ … Through devotion he comes to know me, who I am and what I am in truth;
- 56 sarvakarmāṇyapi sadā kurvāṇo madvyapāśrayaḥ | matprasādādavāpnoti śāśvataṃ padamavyayam … Even while always performing all actions, taking refuge in me, by my grace he attains the…
- 57 cetasā sarvakarmāṇi mayi saṃnyasya bhārata | buddhiyogaṃ samāśritya … Renouncing all actions upon me with the mind, O Bhārata, and resorting to the yoga of…
- 58 maccittaḥ sarvadurgāṇi matprasādāttariṣyasi | atha cettvamahaṅkārāṃ na mokṣyasi … With your mind on me, by my grace you will cross all difficulties;
- 59 yadahaṅkāramāśritya na yotsya iti manyase | mithyaipa vyavasāyaste … If, resorting to egoism, you think 'I will not fight', vain is this resolve of yours;
- 60 svabhāvajena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā | kartuṃ necchasi … Bound by your own action born of your nature, O son of Kuntī, what out of delusion you do…
- 61 īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ hṛdyeṣa vasate'rjuna | bhrāmayansarvabhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā … The Lord dwells in the heart of all beings, O Arjuna, causing all beings, mounted as if…
- 62 tameva śaraṇaṃ gaccha sarvabhāvena bhārata | tatprasādātparāṃ sidiṃ … Go to him alone for refuge with your whole being, O Bhārata;
- 63 iti te jñānamākhyātaṃ guhyādguhyataraṃ mayā | vimṛśyaitadaśeṣeṇa yathecchasi … Thus has knowledge, more secret than the secret, been declared to you by me;
- 64 sarvaguhyatamaṃ bhūyaḥ śṛṇu me paramaṃ vacaḥ | iṣṭo'si … Hear again my supreme word, the most secret of all;
- 65 manmanā bhava madbhakto madyājī māṃ namaskuru | māmevaiṣyasi … Be mindful of me, devoted to me, sacrificing to me;
- 66 sarvadharmānparityajya māmekaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja | ahaṃ tvāṃ sarvapāpebhyo … Abandoning all duties, go to me alone for refuge;
- 67 idaṃ te nātapaskāya nābhaktāya kadācana | na cāśuśrūṣave … This of yours is never to be told to one without austerity, nor to one without devotion,…
- 68 ya idaṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ madbhakteṣvabhidhāsyati | bhaktiṃ mayi … He who, showing supreme devotion to me, will declare this supreme secret among my…
- 69 na ca tasmānmanuṣyeṣu kaścinme priyakṛttamaḥ | bhavitā na … And among men none does me dearer service than he;
- 70 adhyeṣyate ca ya imaṃ dharmyaṃ saṃvādamāvayoḥ | jñānayajñena … And he who will study this righteous dialogue of us two — by him I would be worshipped…
- 71 śraddhāvānanasūyaśca śṛṇuyādapi yo naraḥ | so'pi muktaḥ śubhāṃllokānprāpnuyātpuṇyakarmaṇām … And the man, full of faith and free of malice, who would but hear it — he too, liberated,…
- 72 kaccidetacchrutaṃ pārtha tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā | kaccidajñānasammohaḥ pranaṣṭaste dhanañjaya … Has this been heard by you, O Pārtha, with a one-pointed mind?
- 73 naṣṭo mohaḥ smṛtirlabdhā tvatprasādānmayā'cyuta | sthito'smi gatasandehaḥ kariṣye … My delusion is destroyed, and through your grace I have regained memory, O Acyuta;
- 74 ityahaṃ vāsudevasya pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ | saṃvādamimamaśrauṣamadbhutaṃ romaharṣaṇam … Thus I heard this wondrous, hair-raising dialogue of Vāsudeva and the great-souled Pārtha.
- 75 vyāsaprasādācchrutavānetadguhyataraṃ mahat | yogaṃ yogīśvarātkṛṣṇātsākṣātkathayataḥ svayam || 18-75 … By Vyāsa's grace I have heard this supreme secret, this great yoga, directly from Kṛṣṇa…
- 76 rājan saṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya saṃvādamimamadbhutam | keśavārjunayoḥ puṇyaṃ hṛṣyāmi … O king, recalling again and again this wondrous, holy dialogue of Keśava and Arjuna, I…
- 77 tacca saṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya rūpamatyudbhutaṃ hareḥ | vismayo me … And recalling again and again that most wondrous form of Hari, amazement is mine, O great…
- 78 yatra yogīśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ | tatra … Where Kṛṣṇa, the lord of yoga, is, and where Pārtha the bowman is, there are fortune,…