Bhagavad Gītā (Kashmirian recension) · Chapter 5

Bhagavad Gītā (Kashmirian recension) — Chapter 5

भगवद्गीता

Bhagavadgītā


Chapter 5 29 verses

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  1. 1 saṃnyāsaṃ karmaṇāṃ kṛṣṇa ! punaryogaṃ ca śaṃsasi | … You praise the renunciation of actions, O Kṛṣṇa, and again you praise yoga;
  2. 2 saṃnyāsaḥ karmayogaśca niḥśreyasakarāvubhau | tayostu karmasaṃnyāsātkarmayogo viśiṣyate || … Both renunciation and the yoga of action lead to the highest good;
  3. 3 jñeyaḥ sa nityasaṃnyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāṅkṣati … He who neither hates nor desires is to be known as a constant renouncer;
  4. 4 sāṅkhyayogau pṛthagbālāḥ pravadanti na paṇḍitāḥ | ekamapyāsthitaḥ samyagubhayorvindate … The childish, not the wise, declare Sāṃkhya and yoga to be different;
  5. 5 yatsāṅkhyaiḥ prāpyate sthānaṃ tadyogairanagamyate | ekaṃ sāṅkhyaṃ ca … The state attained by the Sāṃkhyas is reached by the yogins as well;
  6. 6 saṃnyāsastu mahābāho duḥkhamāptumayogataḥ | yogayukto munirbrahma na cireṇādhigacchati … But renunciation, O mighty-armed, is hard to attain without yoga;
  7. 7 yogayukto viśuddhātmā vijitātmā jitendriyaḥ | sarvabhūtātmabhūtātmā kurvannapi na … Yoked in yoga, of purified self, his self subdued and his senses conquered, his self…
  8. 8 naiva kiñcitkaromīti yukto manyeta tattvavit | paśyañśṛṇvanspṛśañjighrannaśnangacchanśvasansvapan || … The yoked knower of truth, while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, walking,…
  9. 9 pralapanvisṛjangṛhṇannunmiṣannimiṣannapi | indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu vartanta iti dhārayan || 5-9 … — and while speaking, releasing, grasping, opening and closing his eyes, he holds that…
  10. 10 brahmaṇyādhāya karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ | lipyate … He who acts, placing his actions in Brahman and abandoning attachment, is not tainted by…
  11. 11 kāyena manasā buddhyā kevalairindriyairapi | yoginaḥ karma kurvanti … Yogins perform action with body, mind, intellect, and even the senses alone, abandoning…
  12. 12 yuktaḥ karmaphalaṃ tyaktvā śāntimāpnoti naiṣṭhikīm | ayuktaḥ kāmakāreṇa … The yoked one, abandoning the fruit of action, attains lasting peace;
  13. 13 sarvakarmāṇi manasā saṃnyasyāste sukhaṃ vaśīm | navadvāre pure … Renouncing all actions by the mind, the self-controlled embodied one dwells at ease in…
  14. 14 na kartṛtvaṃ na karmāṇi lokasya sṛjati prabhuḥ | … The Lord creates neither the agency nor the actions of the world, nor the union of action…
  15. 15 nādatte kasyacit pāpaṃ na caiva sukṛtaṃ vibhuḥ | … The all-pervading Lord takes on no one's sin, nor any merit;
  16. 16 jñānena tu tadajñānaṃ yeṣāṃ nāśitamātmanaḥ | teṣāmādityavajjñānaṃ prakāśayati … But for those whose ignorance of the Self has been destroyed by knowledge, their…
  17. 17 tadbuddhayastadātmānastanniṣṭhāstatparāyaṇāḥ | gacchantyapunarāvṛttiṃ jñānanirdhautakalmaṣāḥ || 5-17 || Their intellect fixed on That, their self on That, established in That and devoted to…
  18. 18 smaranto'pi muhustvetatspṛśanto'pi svakarmaṇi | saktā api na sajjanti … Though they recall it again and again, and though they engage in their own action, the…
  19. 19 vidyāvinayasampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini | śuni caiva śvapāke … In a brāhmaṇa endowed with learning and humility, in a cow, an elephant, a dog, and an…
  20. 20 na prahṛṣyet priyaṃ prāpya nodvijetprāpya cāpriyam | sthirabuddhirasammūḍho … Let him not rejoice on gaining what is pleasant, nor be troubled on meeting the…
  21. 21 bāhyasparśeṣvasaktātmā vindatyātmani yatsukham | sa brahmayogayuktātmā sukhamavyamaśnute || … His self unattached to outer contacts, he finds the happiness that is in the Self;
  22. 22 ye hi saṃsparśajā bhogā duḥkhayonaya eva te | … For the enjoyments born of contact are themselves wombs of suffering, having a beginning…
  23. 23 śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṃ prākśarīravimocanāt | kāmakrodhodbhavaṃ vegaṃ sa … He who is able, even here, before release from the body, to endure the impulse springing…
  24. 24 antaḥsukho'ntarārāmastathā'ntarjyotireva yaḥ | sa pārtha paramaṃ yogaṃ brahmabhūto'dhigacchati … Happy within, delighting within, and inwardly illumined, he, O Pārtha, having become…
  25. 25 labhante brahmanirvāṇamṛṣayaḥ kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ | chinnadvaidhā yatātmānaḥ sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ … The sages whose impurities are destroyed, whose doubts are sundered, whose selves are…
  26. 26 kāmakrodhavimuktānāṃ yatīnāṃ yatacetasām | abhito brahmanirvāṇaṃ vartate viditātmanām … For the ascetics freed from desire and anger, of disciplined mind and who have known the…
  27. 27 sparśānkṛtvā bahirbāhyāṃścakṣuścaivāntare bhruvoḥ | prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyantaracāriṇau … Keeping out the external contacts, fixing the gaze between the brows, and making equal…
  28. 28 yatendriyamanobuddhirmunirmokṣaparāyaṇaḥ | vigatecchābhayakrodho yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ … the sage intent on liberation, his senses, mind, and intellect controlled, free of…
  29. 29 bhoktāraṃ yajñatapasāṃ sarvalokamaheśvaram | suhṛdaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ jñātvā māṃ … Knowing me as the enjoyer of sacrifices and austerities, the great Lord of all the…