भगवद्गीता
Bhagavadgītā
- 1 evaṃ vivasvate yogaṃ proktavānahamavyayam | vivasvānmanave prāha manurikṣvākave'bravīt … This imperishable yoga I declared to Vivasvat;
- 2 evaṃ paramparāprāptamimaṃ rājarṣayo viduḥ | sa kāleneha mahatā … Thus received in succession, the royal sages knew this;
- 3 sa evāyaṃ mayā te'dya yogaḥ proktaḥ purātanaḥ | … This very same ancient yoga is today declared by me to you, for you are my devotee and…
- 4 aparaṃ bhavato janma paraṃ janma vivasvataḥ | kathametadvijānīyāṃ … Your birth was later, the birth of Vivasvat earlier;
- 5 bahūni me vyatītāni janmāni tava cārjuna | tānyahaṃ … Many births of mine have passed, and yours too, Arjuna;
- 6 ajo'pi sannavyayātmā bhūtānāmīśvaro'pi san | prakṛtiṃ svāmadhiṣṭhāya sambhavāmyātmamāyayā … Though unborn and of imperishable nature, though the Lord of beings, yet, governing my…
- 7 yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānirbhavati bhārata | abhyutthānamadharmasya … Whenever there is a decline of dharma, O Bhārata, and a rising-up of unrighteousness,…
- 8 paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṃ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām | dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi … For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, and for the firm…
- 9 janma karma ca me divyamevaṃ yo vetti tattvataḥ … He who thus knows in truth my divine birth and action, having left the body, comes not to…
- 10 vītarāgabhayakrodhā manmayā madvyapāśrayāḥ | bahavo jñānatapasā pūtā madbhāvamāgatāḥ … Free of passion, fear, and anger, filled with me and taking refuge in me, many, purified…
- 11 ye yathā māṃ prapadyante tāṃstathaiva bhajāmyaham | mama … In whatever way men resort to me, so do I requite them;
- 12 kāṅkṣantaḥ karmaṇāṃ siddhiṃ yajanta iha devatāḥ | kṣipraṃ … Desiring the fruition of their actions, men here worship the deities;
- 13 cāturvarṇyaṃ mayā sṛṣṭaṃ guṇakarmavibhāgaśaḥ | tasya kartāramapi māṃ … The four orders were created by me according to the division of guṇa and action;
- 14 na māṃ karmāṇi limpanti na me kāmaḥ phaleṣvapi … Actions do not taint me, nor have I any desire for their fruits;
- 15 evaṃ jñātvā kṛtaṃ karma pūrvairapi mumukṣubhiḥ | kuru … Knowing this, even the ancients who sought liberation performed action;
- 16 kiṃ karma kimakarmeti kavayo'pyatra mohitāḥ | tatte karma … What is action and what is inaction?
- 17 karmaṇo hyapi boddhavyaṃ boddhavyaṃ ca vikarmaṇaḥ | akarmaṇaśca … For one must understand the nature of action, the nature of forbidden action, and the…
- 18 karmaṇyakarma yaḥ paśyatyakarmaṇi ca karma yaḥ | sa … He who sees inaction in action and action in inaction — he is wise among men;
- 19 yasya sarve samārambhāḥ kāmasaṅkalpavarjitāḥ | jñānāgnidagdhakarmāṇaṃ tamāhuḥ paṇḍitaṃ … He all of whose undertakings are free of desire and willful intent, whose actions are…
- 20 tyaktvā karmaphalāsaṅgaṃ nityatṛpto nirāśrayaḥ | karmaṇyabhipravṛtto'pi naiva kiñcitkaroti … Having abandoned attachment to the fruit of action, ever content and dependent on…
- 21 nirāśīryatacittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ | śārīraṃ kevalaṃ karma kurvannāpnoti kilbiṣam … Free of expectation, his mind and self restrained, having renounced all possessions,…
- 22 yadṛcchālābhasantuṣṭo dvandvātīto vimatsaraḥ | samaḥ siddhāvasiddhau ca kṛtvā'pi … Content with what comes unsought, beyond the pairs of opposites, free of envy, the same…
- 23 gatasaṅgasya muktasya jñānāvasthitacetasaḥ | yajñāyārabhataḥ karma samagraṃ pravilīyate … For the man free of attachment, liberated, his mind fixed in knowledge, acting for the…
- 24 brahmārpaṇaṃ brahmahavirbrahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam | brahmaiva tena gantavyaṃ … The offering is Brahman, the oblation is Brahman, offered by Brahman into the fire of…
- 25 daivamevāpare yajñaṃ yoginaḥ paryupāsate | brahmāgnāvapare yajñaṃ yajñenaivopajuhvati … Some yogins offer sacrifice to the gods, while others offer up the very sacrifice as an…
- 26 śrotrādīnīndriyāṇyanye saṃyamāgniṣu juhvati | śabdādīnviṣayānanya indriyāgniṣu juhvati || … Some offer the senses, hearing and the rest, in the fires of restraint;
- 27 sarvāṇīndriyakarmāṇi prāṇakarmāṇi cāpare | ātmasaṃyamayogāgnau juhvati jñānadīpite || … Others offer all the activities of the senses and of the vital breaths in the fire of the…
- 28 dravyayajñāstapoyajñā yogayajñāstathā'pare | svādhyāyajñānayajñāśca yatayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ || 4-28 … There are sacrificers with material gifts, with austerity, with yoga, and with study and…
- 29 apāne juhvati prāṇaṃ prāṇe'pānaṃ tathā'pare | prāṇāpānagatī ruddhvā … Some offer the incoming breath in the outgoing, and the outgoing in the incoming,…
- 30 apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇān prāṇeṣu juhvati | sarve'pyete yajñavido … Others, of regulated diet, offer the vital breaths in the vital breaths;
- 31 yajñaśiṣṭāmṛtabhujo yānti brahma sanātanam | nāyaṃ loko'styayajñasya kuto'nyaḥ … Those who feed on the nectar of the remnants of sacrifice attain the eternal Brahman;
- 32 evaṃ bahuvidhā yajñā vitatā brahmaṇo mukhe | karmajānviddhi … Thus manifold sacrifices are spread out before the mouth of Brahman;
- 33 śreyāndravyamayādyajñājjñānayajñaḥ parantapa | sarvaṃ karmākhilaṃ pārtha jñāne parisamāpyate … Better than the sacrifice of material things is the sacrifice of knowledge, O scorcher of…
- 34 tadviddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā | upadekṣyanti te jñānaṃ … Learn that by humble reverence, by questioning, and by service;
- 35 yajjñātvā na punarmohamevaṃ yāsyasi pāṇḍava | yena bhūtānyaśeṣeṇa … Knowing which you will not again fall into delusion, O son of Pāṇḍu;
- 36 api cedasi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpakṛttamaḥ | sarvaṃ jñānaplavenaiva … Even were you the most evil of all evildoers, by the raft of knowledge alone you would…
- 37 yathaidhāṃsi samiddho'gnirbhasmasāt kurute'rjuna | jñānāgniḥ sarvakarmāṇi bhasmasātkurute tathā … As a kindled fire reduces firewood to ashes, O Arjuna, so the fire of knowledge reduces…
- 38 nahi jñānena sadṛśaṃ pavitramiha vidyate | tatsvayaṃ yogasaṃsiddhaḥ … For there is nothing in this world so purifying as knowledge;
- 39 śraddhāvāṃllabhate jñānaṃ tatparaḥ saṃyatendriyaḥ | jñānaṃ labdhvā parāṃ … The man of faith, devoted to it and with senses controlled, attains knowledge;
- 40 ajñaścāśraddadhānaśca saṃśayātmā vinaśyati | nāyaṃ loko'sti na paro … The ignorant, the faithless, and the doubting soul perish;
- 41 yogasaṃnyastakarmāṇaṃ jñānasañchinnasaṃśayam | ātmavantaṃ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya … Him who has renounced action through yoga, whose doubts are sundered by knowledge, and…
- 42 tasmādajñānasambhūtaṃ hṛtsthaṃ jñānāsinātmanaḥ | chitvaivaṃ saṃśayaṃ yogamātiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhārata … Therefore, with the sword of self-knowledge cleaving this doubt born of ignorance and…