भगवद्गीता
Bhagavadgītā
- 1 taṃ tathā kṛpayāviṣṭamaśrupūrṇākulekṣaṇam | viṣīdantamidaṃ vākyamuvāca madhusūdanaḥ || … To him thus overcome by compassion, his eyes brimming and clouded with tears, and sunk in…
- 2 kutastvā kaśmalamidaṃ viṣame samupasthitam | anāryajuṣṭamasvargyamakīrtikaramarjuna || 2-2 … Whence has this faintheartedness come upon you in this crisis, Arjuna — unworthy of a…
- 3 mā klaibyaṃ gaccha kauntena naitattvayyupapadyate | kṣudraṃ hṛdayadaurbalyaṃ … Do not yield to cowardice, son of Kuntī;
- 4 kathaṃ bhīṣmamahaṃ saṅkhye droṇaṃ ca madhusūdana iṣubhiḥ pratiyotsyāmi … How shall I in battle strike back with arrows against Bhīṣma and Droṇa, O Madhusūdana,…
- 5 gurūnahatvā hi mahānubhāvā- ñchreyaścartuṃ bhaikṣamapīha loke | na … For it were better to live by begging here in this world than to slay these greatly noble…
- 6 naitadvidmaḥ kataranno garīyo yadvā jayema yadi vā no … Nor do we know which is weightier for us — whether we should conquer them or they conquer…
- 7 kārpaṇyadoṣopahatasvabhāvaḥ pṛcchāmi tvāṃ dharmasaṃmūḍhacetāḥ | yacchreyaḥ syānniścitaṃ brūhi … My very nature undone by the taint of faintheartedness, my mind bewildered about dharma,…
- 8 na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyā- dyaḥ śokamucchoṣaṇamindriyāṇām | avāpya … For I do not see what could dispel the grief that withers my senses, even were I to win…
- 9 evamuktvā hṛṣīkeśaṃ guḍākeśaḥ parantapa | na yotsyāniti govindamuktvā … Having spoken thus to Hṛṣīkeśa, O scorcher of foes, Guḍākeśa said to Govinda, "I will not…
- 10 tamuvāca hṛṣīkeśaḥ prahasanniva bhārata | senayorubhayormadhye sīdamānamidaṃ vacaḥ … To him despairing there between the two armies, O Bhārata, Hṛṣīkeśa, as if smiling, spoke…
- 11 tvaṃ mānuṣyeṇopahatāntarātmā viṣādamohābhibhavādvisaṃjñaḥ | kṛpāgṛhītaḥ samavekṣya bandhū- bhiprapannānmukhamantakasya … You — your inner self assailed by merely human feeling, bereft of sense through the onset…
- 12 aśocyānanvaśocastvaṃ prajñavannābhibhāṣase | gatāsūnagatāsūṃśca nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ || 2-12 … You grieve for those who should not be grieved for, yet you speak words of wisdom;
- 13 nahyevāhaṃ jātu nāsaṃ na tvaṃ neme janādhipāḥ | … Never was there a time when I was not, nor you, nor these lords of men;
- 14 dehino'sminyathā dehe kaumāraṃ yauvanaṃ jarā | tathā dehāntaraprāptirdhīrastatra … Just as childhood, youth, and old age come to the embodied self within this body, so too…
- 15 mātrāsparśāstu kaunteya śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkhadāḥ | āgamāpāyino'nityāstāṃstitikṣasva bhārata ! || … The contacts of the senses with their objects, son of Kuntī, give rise to cold and heat,…
- 16 yaṃ hi na vyathayantyete puruṣaṃ puruṣarṣabha ! | … The steadfast man whom these do not disturb, O bull among men, who is the same in pain…
- 17 nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ | ubhayorapi … Of the unreal there is no being, and of the real there is no non-being;
- 18 avināśi tu tadviddhi yena sarvamidaṃ tatam | vināśamavyayasyāsya … But know that to be indestructible by which all this is pervaded;
- 19 antavanta ime dehā nityasyoktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ | vināśino'prameyasya tasmādyuddhyasva … These bodies of the eternal embodied self are said to come to an end, while the self…
- 20 ya enaṃ vetti hantāraṃ yaścainaṃ manyate hatam | … He who thinks this self a slayer, and he who thinks it slain — neither of them…
- 21 na jāyate mriyate vā kadāci- nnāyaṃ bhūtvā bhavitā … It is never born, nor does it die;
- 22 vedāvināśinaṃ nityaṃ ya enamajamavyayam | kathaṃ sa puruṣaḥ … He who knows this self to be indestructible, eternal, unborn, and imperishable — how, O…
- 23 vāsāṃsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naro'parāṇi | … As a man casts off worn-out garments and takes up others that are new, so the embodied…
- 24 nainaṃ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṃ dahati pāvakaḥ | na … Weapons do not cleave it, fire does not burn it, waters do not wet it, nor does the wind…
- 25 acchedyo'yamadāhyo'yamakledyo'śoṣya eva ca | nityaḥ sarvagataḥ sthāṇuracalo'yaṃ sanātanaḥ … This self is uncleavable, unburnable, unwettable, and undriable;
- 26 avyakto'yamacintyo'yamavikāryo'yamucyate | tasmādevaṃ viditvainaṃ nānuśocitumarhasi || 2-26 || This self is called unmanifest, inconceivable, and changeless;
- 27 athavainaṃ nityajātaṃ nityaṃ vā manyase mṛtam | tathāpi … But even if you suppose this self to be constantly born and constantly dying, even then,…
- 28 jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyurdhruvaṃ janma mṛtasya ca | … For of one who is born, death is certain, and of one who dies, birth is certain;
- 29 avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyaktamadhyāni bhārata ! avyaktanidhanānyeva tatra kā … Beings are unmanifest in their beginnings, manifest in their middle, and unmanifest once…
- 30 āścaryavat paśyati kaścidena- māścaryavadvadati tathainamanyaḥ | āścaryavaccainamanyaḥ śṛṇoti … One beholds this self as a marvel, another speaks of it as a marvel, and another hears of…
- 31 dehī nityamavadhyo'yaṃ dehe sarvasya bhārata | tasmātsarvāṇi bhūtāni … This embodied self in the body of every being is ever unslayable, O Bhārata;
- 32 svadharmamapi cāvekṣya na vikampitumarhasi | dharmyāddhi yuddhācchreyo'nyatkṣatriyasya na … And considering your own dharma too, you ought not to waver;
- 33 yadṛcchayā copapannaṃ svargadvāramapāvṛtam | sukṛtātkṣatriyāḥ pārtha labhante yuddhamīdṛśam … Happy the kṣatriyas, O Pārtha, who through good fortune obtain such a battle, come…
- 34 atha cettvamimaṃ dharmyaṃ saṃgrāmaṃ na kariṣyasi | tataḥ … But if you will not wage this righteous war, then, forsaking your own dharma and your…
- 35 akīrtiṃ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te'vyayām | sambhāvitasya cākīrtirmaraṇādatiricyate … And men will recount your undying disgrace;
- 36 bhayādraṇāduparataṃ maṃsyante tvāṃ mahārathāḥ | yeṣāṃ ca tvaṃ … The great chariot-warriors will think you have withdrawn from battle out of fear;
- 37 avācyavādāṃśca bahūnvadiṣyanti tavāhitāḥ | nindantastava sāmarthyaṃ tato duḥkhataraṃ … And your enemies will speak many unspeakable words, reviling your prowess;
- 38 hato vā prāpsyasi svargaṃ jitvā vā bhokṣyase mahīm … Slain, you will attain heaven;
- 39 sukhaduḥkhe same kṛtvā lābhālābhau jayājayau | tato yuddhāya … Holding pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat as equal, prepare for battle;
- 40 eṣā te'bhihitā sāṃkhye buddhiryoge tvimāṃ śṛṇu | buddhyā … This wisdom has been declared to you according to Sāṃkhya;
- 41 nehātikramanāśo'sti pratyavāyo na vidyate | svalpamapyasya dharmasya trāyate … In this path there is no loss of effort, nor any adverse consequence;
- 42 vyavasāyātmikā buddhirekaiva kurunandana | bahuśākhā hyanantāśca buddhayo'vyavasāyinām || … The resolute intelligence is single, O joy of the Kurus, whereas the thoughts of the…
- 43 yāmimāṃ puṣpitāṃ vācaṃ pravadantyavipaścitaḥ | vedavādaratāḥ pārtha nānyadastītivādinaḥ … This flowery speech which the undiscerning utter, O Pārtha, delighting in the letter of…
- 44 kāmātmānaḥ svargaparā janmakarmaphalepsavaḥ | kriyāviśeṣabahulā bhogaiśvaryagatīḥ prati || … — full of desire, intent on heaven, craving the fruits of action and rebirth, abounding…
- 45 bhogaiśvaryaprasaktānāṃ tayāpahṛtacetasām | vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ samādhau na vidhīyate … For those attached to enjoyment and lordship, whose minds are carried away by such…
- 46 traiguṇyaviṣayā vedā nistraiguṇyo bhavārjuna | nirdvandvo nityasattvastho niryogakṣema … The Vedas have the three guṇas as their domain;
- 47 yāvānartha udapāne sarvataḥ samplutodake | tāvānsarveṣu vedeṣu brāhmaṇasya … As much use as there is in a well when water floods everywhere, so much use is there in…
- 48 karmaṇyastvadhikāraste mā phaleṣu kadācana | mā karmaphalahetubhūrmā te … Your right is to action alone, never to its fruits;
- 49 yogasthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā dhanañjaya | siddhyasiddhyoḥ … Established in yoga, perform your actions, abandoning attachment, O Dhanañjaya, and…
- 50 yasya sarve samārambha nirāśīrbandhanāstviha | tyāge yasya hutaṃ … He all of whose undertakings are here free from the bondage of desire-driven expectation,…
- 51 dūreṇa hyavaraṃ karma buddhiyogāddhanañjaya | buddhau śaraṇamanviccha kṛpaṇāḥ … Far inferior is mere action to the yoga of discriminating intelligence, O Dhanañjaya;
- 52 buddhiyukto jahātīha ubhe sukṛtaduṣkṛte | tasmādyogāya yujyasva yogaḥ … Yoked with discriminating intelligence, one casts off here both good and evil deeds;
- 53 karmajaṃ buddhiyuktā hi phalaṃ tyaktvā manīṣiṇaḥ | janmabandhavinirmuktāḥ … For the wise, yoked with intelligence and abandoning the fruit born of action, are freed…
- 54 yadā te mohakalilaṃ buddhirvyatitariṣyati | tadā gantāsi nirvedaṃ … When your intelligence has crossed beyond the thicket of delusion, then you will attain…
- 55 śrutivipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niścalā | samādhāvacalā buddhistadā … When your intelligence, now perplexed by scriptural lore, shall stand unwavering and…
- 56 sthitaprajñasya kā bhāṣā samādhisthasya keśava | sthiradhīḥ kiṃ … What is the mark of one of steady wisdom, established in samādhi, O Keśava?
- 57 prajahāti yadā kāmānsarvānpārtha manogatān | ātmanyevātmanā tuṣṭaḥ sthitaprajñastadocyate … When a man wholly abandons all the desires that dwell in the mind, O Pārtha, content in…
- 58 duḥkheṣvanudvignamanāḥ sukheṣu vigataspṛhaḥ | vītarāgabhayakrodhaḥ sthiradhīrmunirucyate || 2-58 … He whose mind is undisturbed amid sorrows, who is free of longing amid pleasures, free of…
- 59 yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehastattatprāpya śubhāśubham | nābhinandati na dveṣṭi tasya … He who, without attachment anywhere, meeting this or that, whether pleasant or…
- 60 yadā saṃharate cāyaṃ kūrmo'ṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ | indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyaḥ sthiraprajñastadocyate … And when he wholly withdraws his senses from their objects, as a tortoise draws in its…
- 61 viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ | rasavarjaṃ raso'pyasya paraṃ … The sense-objects turn away from one who abstains from them, save for the relish;
- 62 yattasyāpi hi kaunteya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ | indriyāṇi pramāthīni … Yet, O son of Kuntī, the turbulent senses forcibly carry off even the mind of a…
- 63 tāni saṃyamya manasā yukta āsīta matparaḥ | vaśe … Restraining all of them, let him sit yoked, intent on me;
- 64 dhyāyato viṣayānpuṃsaḥ saṅgasteṣūpajāyate | saṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmātkrodho'bhijāyate … In a man who broods upon the objects of sense, attachment to them is born;
- 65 krodhādbhavati sammohaḥ sammohātsmṛtivibhramaḥ | smṛtibhraṃśādbuddhināśo buddhināśāt praṇaśyati || … From anger comes delusion;
- 66 rāgadveṣavimuktaistu viṣayānindriyaiścaran | ātmavaśyairvidheyātmā prasādamadhigacchati || 2-66 || But moving among the objects of sense with senses freed from attraction and aversion,…
- 67 prasāde sarvaduḥkhānāṃ hānirasyopajāyate | prasannacetaso hyāśu buddhiḥ paryavatiṣṭhate … In that serenity arises the ending of all his sorrows;
- 68 nāsti buddhirayuktasya na cāyuktamya bhāvanā | na cābhāvayataḥ … There is no intelligence for the unyoked, and for the unyoked no power of contemplation;
- 69 indriyāṇāṃ hi caratāṃ yanmano'nuvidhīyate | tadasya harati prajñāṃ … For the mind that follows after the wandering senses carries off his wisdom, as the wind…
- 70 tasmādyasya mahābāho nigṛhītāni sarvaśaḥ | indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyastasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā … Therefore, O mighty-armed, he whose senses are wholly withheld from their objects — his…
- 71 yā niśā sarvabhūtānāṃ tasyāṃ jāgarti saṃyamī | yasyāṃ … What is night for all beings, in that the self-controlled is awake;
- 72 āpūryamāṇamacalapratiṣṭhaṃ samudramāpaḥ praviśanti yadvat | tadvatkāmā yaṃ praviśanti … As the waters flow into the ocean, ever filled yet abiding unmoved, so the man into whom…
- 73 vihāya kāmānyaḥ sarvānpumāṃścarati nispṛhaḥ | nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sa … The man who, abandoning all desires, moves about free of longing, without the sense of…
- 74 eṣā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha naināṃ prāpya vimuhyati | … This is the brāhmic state, O Pārtha;