भगवद्गीता
Bhagavadgītā
- 1 jyāyasī cetkarmaṇaste matā buddhirjanārdana | tatkiṃ karmaṇi ghore … If intelligence is held by you to be superior to action, O Janārdana, then why do you…
- 2 vyāmiśreṇeva vākyena buddhiṃ mohayasīva me | tadekaṃ vada … With these seemingly confusing words you bewilder my understanding;
- 3 loke'smindvividhā niṣṭhā purā proktā mayānagha | jñānayogena sāṅkhyānāṃ … In this world a twofold path was taught of old by me, O sinless one: the yoga of…
- 4 na karmaṇāmanārambhānnaiṣkarmyaṃ puruṣo'śnute | na ca saṃnyasanādeva siddhiṃ … Not by abstaining from actions does a man attain freedom from action, nor by mere…
- 5 na hi kaścitkṣaṇamapi jātu tiṣṭhatyakarmakṛt | kāryate hyavaśaḥ … For no one ever remains, even for a moment, without performing action;
- 6 karmendriyāṇi saṃyamya ya āste manasā smaran | indriyārthānvimūḍhātmā … He who, having restrained the organs of action, sits dwelling in his mind upon the…
- 7 yastvindriyāṇi manasā niyamyārabhate'rjuna | karmendriyaiḥ karmayogamasaktaḥ sa viśiṣyate … But he who, restraining the senses by the mind, undertakes through the organs of action…
- 8 niyataṃ kuru karma tvaṃ karma jyāyo hyakarmaṇaḥ | … Perform the action prescribed for you, for action is better than inaction;
- 9 yajñārthātkarmaṇo'nyatra loko'yaṃ karmabandhanaḥ | tadarthaṃ karma kaunteya muktasaṅgaḥ … Save for action done for the sake of sacrifice, this world is bound by action;
- 10 sahayajñāḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā purovāca prajāpatiḥ | anena prasaviṣyadhvameṣa … Of old the Lord of Creatures, having created beings together with sacrifice, said: "By…
- 11 devānbhāvayatānena te devā bhāvayantu vaḥ | parasparaṃ bhāvayantaḥ … "By this nourish the gods, and let the gods nourish you;
- 12 iṣṭānkāmānhi vo devā dāsyante yajñabhāvitāḥ | tairdattānapradāyaibhyo yo … For the gods, nourished by sacrifice, will grant you the enjoyments you desire;
- 13 yajñaśiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarvakilbiṣaiḥ | bhuñjate te tvaghaṃ … The good, who eat the remnants of sacrifice, are freed from all sins;
- 14 annād bhavanti bhūtāni parjanyādannasambhavaḥ | yajñād bhavati parjanyo … From food beings come into being;
- 15 karma brahmodbhavaṃ viddhi brahmākṣarasamudbhavam | tasmāt sarvagataṃ brahma … Know that action arises from Brahman, and Brahman from the Imperishable;
- 16 evaṃ pravartitaṃ cakraṃ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ | aghāyurindriyārāmo moghaṃ … He who does not keep turning here the wheel thus set in motion, living in sin and…
- 17 yaścātmaratireva syādātmatṛptaśca mānavaḥ | ātmanyeva ca santuṣṭastasya kāryaṃ … But for the man who delights only in the Self, is content in the Self, and is satisfied…
- 18 naiva tasya kṛtenārtho nākṛteneha kaścana | na cāsya … He has no purpose to serve in action done, nor any in action left undone, nor does he…
- 19 karmaṇaiva hi saṃsiddhimāsthitā janakādayaḥ | lokasaṃgrahamevāpi sampaśyankartumarhasi || … For by action alone Janaka and others attained perfection;
- 20 yadyadācarati śreṣṭhastattadevetaro janaḥ | sa yatpramāṇaṃ kurute lokastadanuvartate … Whatever the noblest man does, just that the rest do;
- 21 na me pārthāsti kartavyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu kiñcana | … There is nothing in the three worlds, O Pārtha, that I must do, nothing unattained that I…
- 22 yadi hyahaṃ na varteyaṃ jātu karmaṇyatandritaḥ | mama … For if I did not engage tirelessly in action, men would everywhere follow my path, O…
- 23 utsīdeyurime lokā na kuryāṃ karma cedaham | saṅkarasya … These worlds would fall to ruin if I did not perform action;
- 24 tasmādasaktaḥ satataṃ kāryaṃ karma samācara | asakto hyācarankarma … Therefore perform unattached, always, the work that ought to be done;
- 25 saktāḥ karmaṇyavidvāṃso yathā kurvanti bhārata | kuryādvidvāṃstathāsaktaścikīrṣurlokasaṃgraham || … As the ignorant act, attached to action, O Bhārata, so should the wise act, but…
- 26 na buddhibhedaṃ janayedajñānāṃ karmasaṅginām | joṣayet sarvakarmāṇi vidvānyuktaḥ … Let the wise one not unsettle the minds of the ignorant who are attached to action;
- 27 prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi bhāgaśaḥ | ahaṅkāravimūḍhātmā kartāhamiti … Actions are everywhere performed by the guṇas of prakṛti;
- 28 tattvavittu mahābāho guṇakarmavibhāgayoḥ | guṇā guṇeṣu vartanta iti … But the knower of truth, O mighty-armed, concerning the divisions of guṇa and action,…
- 29 prakṛterguṇasammūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇakarmasu | tānakṛtsnavido mandānkṛtsnavinna vicālayet || … Those deluded by the guṇas of prakṛti are attached to the actions of the guṇas;
- 30 mayi sarvāṇi karmāṇi saṃnyasyādhyātmacetasā | nirāśīrnirmamo bhūtvā yudhyasva … Surrendering all actions to me, with mind fixed upon the Self, free of expectation and of…
- 31 ye me matamidaṃ nityamanutiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ | śraddhāvanto'nasūyanto mucyante … Those men who ever follow this teaching of mine, full of faith and free of fault-finding,…
- 32 ye tvetadabhyasūyanto nānuvartanti me matam | sarvajñānavimūḍhāṃstānviddhi naṣṭānacetasaḥ … But those who, cavilling at this, do not follow my teaching — know them to be deluded as…
- 33 sadṛśaṃ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛterjñānavānapi | prakṛtiṃ yānti bhūtāni … Even the man of knowledge acts in accordance with his own nature;
- 34 indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāgadveṣau vyavasthitau | tayorna vaśamāgacchettau hyasya paripanthinau … In the object of each sense are seated attraction and aversion;
- 35 śreyān svadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt | svadharme nidhanaṃ śreyaḥ … Better is one's own dharma, though imperfect, than another's dharma well performed;
- 36 atha kena prayukto'yaṃ pāpaṃ carati pūruṣaḥ | anicchamano'pi … Now, impelled by what does a man commit sin, even against his will, O Vārṣṇeya, as if…
- 37 kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajoguṇasamudbhavaḥ | mahāśano mahāpāpmā … It is desire, it is anger, born of the guṇa of rajas, all-devouring and greatly sinful;
- 38 bhavatyeṣa kathaṃ kṛṣṇa kathaṃ caiva vivardhate | kimātmakaḥ … How does this arise, O Kṛṣṇa, and how does it grow?
- 39 eṣa sūkṣmaḥ paraḥ śatrurdehināmindriyaiḥ saha | sukhatantra ivāsīno … This subtle and supreme enemy abides with the senses of embodied beings;
- 40 kāmakrodhamayo ghoraḥ stambhaharṣasamudbhavaḥ | ahaṅkāro'bhimānātmā dustaraḥ pāpakarmabhiḥ || … Terrible, made of desire and anger, arising from stupor and elation, egoism whose essence…
- 41 harṣamasya nivartyaiṣa śokamasya dadāti ca | bhayaṃ cāsya … This enemy takes away his joy and gives him sorrow;
- 42 sa eṣa kaluṣī kṣudraśchidraprekṣī dhanañjaya | rajaḥpravṛtto mohātmā … This defiling and base enemy, watching for weaknesses, O Dhanañjaya, driven by rajas and…
- 43 dhūmenāvriyate vahniryathā''darśo malena ca | yatholvenāvṛto garbhastathā nenāyamāvṛtaḥ … As fire is veiled by smoke, as a mirror by dust, as the embryo is enwrapped by its…
- 44 āvṛtaṃ jñānametena jñānino nityavairiṇā | kāmarūpeṇa kaunteya duṣpūreṇānalena … The knowledge of the knower is veiled by this eternal enemy, which takes the form of…
- 45 indriyāṇi mano buddhirasyādhiṣṭhānamucyate | etairvimohayatyeṣa jñānamāvṛtya dehinam || … The senses, the mind, and the intellect are said to be its seat;
- 46 tasmāttvamindriyāṇyādau niyamya bharatarṣabha | pāpmānaṃ prajahīhyenaṃ jñānavijñānanāśanam || … Therefore, O bull of the Bharatas, first restraining the senses, slay this evil one, the…
- 47 indriyāṇi parāṇyāhurindriyebhyaḥ paraṃ manaḥ | manasastu parā buddhiryo … They say the senses are high;
- 48 evaṃ buddheḥ paraṃ buddhvā saṃstabhyātmānamātmanā | jahi śatruṃ … Thus knowing Him to be higher than the intellect, and steadying the self by the Self, O…