भगवद्गीता
Bhagavadgītā
- 1 anāśritaḥ karmaphalaṃ kāryaṃ karma karoti yaḥ | sa … He who performs the work that ought to be done without depending on its fruit — he is…
- 2 yaṃ saṃnyāsamiti prāhuryogaṃ taṃ viddhi pāṇḍava | na … Know that what they call renunciation is yoga, O son of Pāṇḍu;
- 3 ārurukṣormuneryogaṃ karma kāraṇamucyate | yogārūḍhasya tasyaiva śamaḥ kāraṇamucyate … For the sage wishing to ascend to yoga, action is said to be the means;
- 4 yadā hi nendriyārtheṣu na karmasvanuṣajjati | sarvasaṅkalpasaṃnyāsī yogārūḍhastadocyate … When one is attached neither to sense-objects nor to actions, having renounced all…
- 5 uddharedātmanātmānaṃ nātmānamavasādayet | ātmaiva hyātmano bandhurātmaiva ripurātmanaḥ || … Let one raise the self by the Self;
- 6 bandhurātmātmanastasya yenātmaivātmanā jitaḥ | ajitātmanastu śatrutve vartetātmaiva śatruvat … For him who has conquered the self by the Self, the self is a friend;
- 7 jitātmanaḥ praśāntasya parātmasu samāmatiḥ | śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkheṣu tathā mānāvamānayoḥ … For one self-conquered and tranquil, the Supreme Self is held in equal mind amid cold and…
- 8 jñānavijñānatṛptātmā kūṭastho vijitendriyaḥ | yukta ityucyate yogī samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ … The yogin whose self is content with knowledge and realization, who is unshakable, whose…
- 9 suhṛnmitrāryudāsīnamadhyasthadveṣyabandhuṣu | sādhuṣvapi ca pāpeṣu samabuddhirviśiṣyate || 6-9 … He who is of equal mind toward well-wisher, friend, foe, the neutral, the mediator, the…
- 10 ihaiva tairjitaḥ sargo yeṣāṃ sāmye sthitaṃ manaḥ | … Even here creation is conquered by those whose mind is fixed in equanimity;
- 11 yogī yuñjīta satatamātmānaṃ rahasi sthitaḥ | ekākī yatacittātmā … Let the yogin constantly yoke himself, abiding in solitude, alone, his mind and self…
- 12 śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya sthiramāsanamātmanaḥ | nātyucchritaṃ nātinīcaṃ cailājinakuśottaram … In a clean place, having set up for himself a firm seat, neither too high nor too low,…
- 13 tatraikāgraṃ manaḥ kṛtvā yatacittendriyakriyaḥ | upaviśyāsane yuñjyādyogamātmaviśuddhaye || … There, making the mind one-pointed and the activity of mind and senses controlled, seated…
- 14 samaṃ kāyaśirogrīvaṃ dhārayannacalaṃ sthiraḥ | saṃpaśyannāsikāgraṃ svaṃ diśaścānavalokayan … Holding body, head, and neck erect, motionless and steady, gazing at the tip of his own…
- 15 praśāntātmā vigatabhīrbrahmacārivrate sthitaḥ | manaḥ saṃyamya maccitto yukta … His self serene, free of fear, established in the vow of the celibate, restraining the…
- 16 yuñjannevaṃ sadātmānaṃ madbhakto'nanyamānasaḥ | śāntiṃ nirvāṇaparamāṃ matsaṃsthāmadhigacchati || … Ever yoking the self thus, my devotee, with mind on no other, attains the peace that…
- 17 yogo'sti naivātyaśato na caikāntamanaśnataḥ | na cātisvapnaśīlasya nātijāgarato'rjuna … Yoga is not for one who eats too much, nor for one who eats nothing at all, nor for one…
- 18 yuktāhāravihārasya yuktaceṣṭasya karmasu | yuktasvapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkhahā … For one moderate in food and recreation, moderate in his effort in actions, and moderate…
- 19 yadā viniyataṃ cittamātmanyevāvatiṣṭhate | niḥspṛhaḥ sarvakāmebhyo yukta ityucyate … When the disciplined mind rests in the Self alone, free of longing for all desires, then…
- 20 yathā dīpo nivātastho neṅgate sopamā smṛtā | yogino … As a lamp in a windless place does not flicker — this is the simile remembered for the…
- 21 yatroparamate cittaṃ niruddhaṃ yogasevanāt | yatra caivātmanātmānaṃ paśyannātmani … Wherein the mind comes to rest, restrained by the practice of yoga, and wherein,…
- 22 sukhamātyantikaṃ yattad buddhigrāhyamatīndriyam | vetti yatra na caivāyaṃ … wherein he knows that boundless happiness which is grasped by the intellect and lies…
- 23 yaṃ labdhvā cāparaṃ lābhaṃ manyate nādhikaṃ tataḥ | … having gained which he reckons no other gain greater, and fixed in which he is not shaken…
- 24 taṃ vidyādduḥkhasaṃyogaviyogaṃ yogasaṃjñitam | sa niścayena yoktavyo yogo'nirviṇnacetasā … let him know that to be the state called yoga, the severance of all union with sorrow;
- 25 saṅkalpaprabhavān kāmāṃstyaktvā sarvānaśeṣataḥ | manasaivendriyagrāmaṃ viniyamya samantataḥ || … Abandoning without remainder all the desires born of willful intent, restraining on every…
- 26 śanaiḥ śanairuparamedbuddhyā dhṛtigṛhītayā | ātmasaṃsthaṃ manaḥ kṛtvā na … let him gradually come to rest, with intellect held firm;
- 27 yato yato niścarati manaścañcalamasthiram | tatastato niyamyaitadātmanyeva śamaṃ … From wherever the restless, unsteady mind wanders out, from there let him restrain it and…
- 28 praśāntamanasaṃ hyenaṃ yoginaṃ sukhamuttamam | upaiti śāntarajasaṃ brahmabhūtamakalmaṣam … To this yogin of tranquil mind, whose rajas is stilled, who has become Brahman and is…
- 29 yuñjannevaṃ sadātmānaṃ yogī niyatamānasaḥ | sukhena brahmasaṃyogamatyantamadhigacchati || … Ever yoking the self thus, the yogin of disciplined mind easily attains the boundless…
- 30 sarvabhūtasthamātmānaṃ sarvabhūtāni cātmani | īkṣate yogayuktātmā sarvatra samadarśanaḥ … He whose self is yoked in yoga sees the Self abiding in all beings and all beings in the…
- 31 yo māṃ paśyati sarvatra sarvaṃ ca mayi paśyati … He who sees me everywhere and sees all in me — to him I am not lost, and he is not lost…
- 32 sarvabhūtasthitaṃ yo māṃ bhajatyekatvamāsthitaḥ | sarvathā vartamāno'pi sa … He who, established in oneness, worships me abiding in all beings — in whatever way he…
- 33 ātmaupamyena sarvatra samaṃ paśyati yo'rjuna | sukhaṃ vā … He who, by comparison with himself, sees everywhere the same, whether pleasure or pain, O…
- 34 yo'yaṃ yogastvayā proktaḥ sāmyena madhusūdana ! etasyāhaṃ na … This yoga which you have taught as equanimity, O Madhusūdana — because of the mind's…
- 35 cañcalaṃ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa pramāthi balavad dṛḍham | … For the mind is restless, O Kṛṣṇa, turbulent, strong, and obstinate;
- 36 asaṃśayaṃ mahābāho mano durnigrahaṃ calam | abhyāsena tu … Without doubt, O mighty-armed, the mind is hard to restrain and unsteady;
- 37 asaṃyatātmano yogo duṣprāpa iti me matiḥ | vaśyātmanā … For one of uncontrolled self, yoga is hard to attain — this is my view;
- 38 ayataḥ śraddhayopeto yogāccalitamānasaḥ | lipsamānaḥ satāṃ mārgaṃ pramūḍho … The man unrestrained but endowed with faith, whose mind has strayed from yoga, seeking…
- 39 anekacittovibhrānto mohasyaiva vaśaṃ gataḥ | aprāpya yogasaṃsiddhiṃ kāṃ … of divided mind and gone astray, fallen under the sway of delusion, and not attaining…
- 40 kaccinnobhayavibhraṃśācchinnābhramiva naśyati | apratiṣṭho mahābāho vināśaṃ vādhigacchati || … Fallen from both, without foundation, O mighty-armed, does he not perish like a riven…
- 41 etanme saṃśayaṃ kṛṣṇa cchettumarhasyaśeṣataḥ | tvadanyaḥ saṃśayasyāsya chettā … This doubt of mine, O Kṛṣṇa, you should dispel completely;
- 42 pārtha naiveha nāmutra vināśastasya vidyate | na hi … O Pārtha, neither here nor hereafter is there destruction for him;
- 43 prāpya puṇyakṛtāṃllokānuṣitvā śāśvatīḥ samāḥ | śucīnāṃ śrīmatāṃ gehe … Having attained the worlds of the meritorious and dwelt there for countless years, the…
- 44 athavā yogināmeva jāyate dhīmatāṃ kule | etaddhi durlabhataraṃ … or else he is born in the family of wise yogins;
- 45 tatra taṃ buddhisaṃyogaṃ labhate paurvadaihikam | tatobhūyo'pi yatate … There he regains the union of intellect acquired in his former body, and thence he…
- 46 pūrvābhyāsena tenaiva hriyate hyavaśo'pi san | jijñāsurapi yogasya … By that very former practice he is carried onward, even against his will;
- 47 prayatnādyatamānastu yogī saṃśuddhakilviṣaḥ | anekajanmasaṃsiddhastato yāti parāṃ gatim … But the yogin who strives with effort, his sins fully purified, perfected through many…
- 48 tapasvibhyo'dhiko yogī jñānibhyo'pi mato'dhikaḥ | karmibhyaścādhiko yogī tasmād … The yogin is greater than ascetics, held greater than the learned, and greater than men…
- 49 yogināmapi sarveṣāṃ madgatenāntarātmanā | śraddhāvān bhajate yo māṃ … And of all yogins, he who worships me with faith, his inner self absorbed in me — he is…