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तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥
jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyurdhruvaṁ janma mṛtasya ca — For certain is death for the born, and certain is birth for the dead; therefore what is…
2·29आश्चर्यवत्पश्यति कश्चिदेनम् आश्चर्यवद्वदति तथैव चान्यः ।आश्चर्यवच्चैनमन्यः शृणोति श्रुत्वाऽप्येनं वेद न चैव कश्चित् ॥
āścaryavatpaśyati kaścidenam āścaryavadvadati tathaiva cānyaḥ — One sees it as a mystery or one speaks of it or hears of it as a mystery, but none knows…
2·30तस्मात्सर्वाणि भूतानि न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥tasmātsarvāṇi bhūtāni na tvaṁ śocitumarhasi — This dweller in the body of everyone is eternal and indestructible, O Bharata; therefore…
2·31स्वधर्ममपि चावेक्ष्य न विकम्पितुमर्हसि ।धर्म्याद्धि युद्धाच्छ्रेयोऽन्यत्क्षत्रियस्य न विद्यते ॥
svadharmamapi cāvekṣya na vikampitumarhasi — Further, looking to thine own law of action thou should not tremble; there is no greater…
2·32यदृच्छया चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम् ।yadṛcchayā copapannaṁ svargadvāramapāvṛtam — When such a battle comes to them of itself like the open gate of heaven, happy are the…
2·33अथ चेत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं संग्रामं न करिष्यसि ।ततः स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि ॥
atha cettvamimaṁ dharmyaṁ saṁgrāmaṁ na kariṣyasi — But if thou dost not this battle for the Right, then hast thou abandoned thy duty and…
2·34अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम् ।संभावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते ॥
akīrtiṁ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te’vyayām — Besides, men will recount thy perpetual disgrace, and to one in noble station, dishonour…
2·35येषां च त्वं बहुमतो भूत्वा यास्यसि लाघवम् ॥yeṣāṁ ca tvaṁ bahumato bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam — The mighty men will think thee fled from the battle through fear, and thou, that wast…
2·36अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून्वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः ।avācyavādāṁśca bahūnvadiṣyanti tavāhitāḥ — Many unseemly words will be spoken by thy enemies, slandering thy strength; what is worse…
2·37तस्मादुत्तिष्ठ कौन्तेय युद्धाय कृतनिश्चयः ॥tasmāduttiṣṭha kaunteya yuddhāya kṛtaniścayaḥ — Slain thou shalt win Heaven, victorious thou shalt enjoy the earth; therefore arise, O son…
2·41बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम् ॥bahuśākhā hyanantāśca buddhayo’vyavasāyinām — The fixed and resolute intelligence is one and homogeneous, O joy of the Kurus…
2·42यामिमां पुष्पितां वाचं प्रवदन्त्यविपश्चितः ।yāmimāṁ puṣpitāṁ vācaṁ pravadantyavipaścitaḥ — This flowery word which they declare who have not clear discernment, devoted to the creed…
2·44भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम् ।bhogaiśvaryaprasaktānāṁ tayāpahṛtacetasām — The intelligence of those who are misled by that (flowery word), and cling to enjoyment…
2·47कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन ।karmaṇyevādhikāraste mā phaleṣu kadācana — Thou hast a right to action, but only to action, never to its fruits; let not the fruits…
2·48सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते ॥siddhyasiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṁ yoga ucyate — Fixed in Yoga do thy actions, having abandoned attachment, having become equal in failure…
2·49बुद्धौ शरणमन्विच्छ कृपणाः फलहेतवः ॥buddhau śaraṇamanviccha kṛpaṇāḥ phalahetavaḥ — Works are far inferior to Yoga of the intelligence, O Dhananjaya; desire rather refuge in…
2·51जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ताः पदं गच्छन्त्यनामयम् ॥janmabandhavinirmuktāḥ padaṁ gacchantyanāmayam — The sages who have united their reason and will with the Divine renounce the fruit which…
2·52तदा गन्तासि निर्वेदं श्रोतव्यस्य श्रुतस्य च ॥tadā gantāsi nirvedaṁ śrotavyasya śrutasya ca — When thy intelligence shall cross beyond the whirl of delusion, then shalt thou become…
2·53श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना ते यदा स्थास्यति निश्चला ।समाधावचला बुद्धिस्तदा योगमवाप्स्यसि ॥
śrutivipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niścalā — When thy intelligence which is bewildered by the Shruti, shall stand unmoving and stable…
2·54अर्जुन उवाचस्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा समाधिस्थस्य केशव ।arjuna uvāca — What is the sign of the man in Samadhi whose intelligence is firmly fixed in wisdom? How…
2·55श्रीभगवानुवाचआत्मन्येवात्मना तुष्टः स्थितप्रज्ञस्तदोच्यते ॥ātmanyevātmanā tuṣṭaḥ sthitaprajñastadocyate — When a man expels, O Partha, all desires from the mind, and is satisfied in the self by…
2·56वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते ॥vītarāgabhayakrodhaḥ sthitadhīrmunirucyate — He whose mind is undisturbed in the midst of sorrows and amid pleasures is free from…
2·58यदा संहरते चायं कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः ।yadā saṁharate cāyaṁ kūrmo’ṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ — Who draws away the senses from the objects of sense, as the tortoise draws in his limbs…
2·60यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः ।yatato hyapi kaunteya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ — Even the mind of the wise man who labours for perfection is carried away by the vehement…
2·64रागद्वेषवियुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन् ।आत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा प्रसादमधिगच्छति ॥
rāgadveṣaviyuktaistu viṣayānindriyaiścaran — It is by ranging over the objects with the senses, but with senses subject to the self…
2·65प्रसन्नचेतसो ह्याशु बुद्धिः पर्यवतिष्ठते ॥prasannacetaso hyāśu buddhiḥ paryavatiṣṭhate — By that, large and sweet clearness of soul and temperament, passion and grief find no…
2·66नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य न चायुक्तस्य भावना ।न चाभावयतः शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम् ॥
nāsti buddhirayuktasya na cāyuktasya bhāvanā — For one who is not in Yoga, there is no intelligence, no concentration of thought; for him…
2·67इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोऽनुविधीयते ।indriyāṇāṁ hi caratāṁ yanmano’nuvidhīyate — Such of the roving senses as the mind follows, that carries away the understanding, just…
2·70आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठंāpūryamāṇamacalapratiṣṭhaṁ — He attains peace, into whom all desires enter as waters into the sea (an ocean of wide…
2·71विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः ।निर्ममो निरहंकारः स शान्तिमधिगच्छति ॥
vihāya kāmānyaḥ sarvānpumāṁścarati niḥspṛhaḥ — Who abandons all desires and lives and acts free from longing, who has no “I” or “mine”…
2·72स्थित्वास्यामन्तकालेऽपि ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृच्छति ॥sthitvāsyāmantakāle’pi brahmanirvāṇamṛcchati — This is brāhmī sthitiḥ (firm standing in the Brahman), O son of Pritha. Having attained…
3·1अर्जुन उवाचज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन ।jyāyasī cetkarmaṇaste matā buddhirjanārdana — If thou holdest the intelligence to be greater than works, O Janardana, why then dost…
3·2तदेकं वद निश्चित्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्नुयाम् ॥tadekaṁ vada niścitya yena śreyo’hamāpnuyām — Thou seemest to bewilder my intelligence with a confused and mingled speech; tell me then…
3·3श्रीभगवानुवाचलोकेऽस्मिन् द्विविधा निष्ठा पुरा प्रोक्ता मयानघ ।śrībhagavānuvāca — In this world twofold is the self-application of the soul (by which it enters into the…
3·4न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति ॥na ca saṁnyasanādeva siddhiṁ samadhigacchati — Not by abstention from works does a man enjoy actionlessness, nor by mere renunciation (of…
3·5न हि कश्चित्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत् ।na hi kaścitkṣaṇamapi jātu tiṣṭhatyakarmakṛt — For none stands even for a moment not doing work, everyone is made to do action helplessly…
3·6इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते ॥indriyārthānvimūḍhātmā mithyācāraḥ sa ucyate — Who controls the organs of action, but continues in his mind to remember and dwell upon…
3·8शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः ॥śarīrayātrāpi ca te na prasiddhyedakarmaṇaḥ — Do thou do controlled action, for action is greater than inaction; even the maintenance of…
3·9तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसङ्गः समाचर ॥tadarthaṁ karma kaunteya muktasaṅgaḥ samācara — By doing works otherwise than for sacrifice, this world of men is in bondage to works; for…
3·10सहयज्ञाः प्रजाः सृष्ट्वा पुरोवाच प्रजापतिः ।sahayajñāḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā purovāca prajāpatiḥ — With sacrifice the Lord of creatures of old created creatures and said: By this shall you…
3·13यज्ञशिष्टाशिनः सन्तो मुच्यन्ते सर्वकिल्बिषैः ।भुञ्जते ते त्वघं पापा ये पचन्त्यात्मकारणात् ॥
yajñaśiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarvakilbiṣaiḥ — The good who eat what is left from the sacrifice, are released from all sin; but evil are…
3·16एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्तयतीह यः ।evaṁ pravartitaṁ cakraṁ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ — He who follows not here the wheel thus set in movement, evil is his being, sensual is his…
3·17यस्त्वात्मरतिरेव स्यादात्मतृप्तश्च मानवः ।आत्मन्येव च संतुष्टस्तस्य कार्यं न विद्यते ॥
yastvātmaratireva syādātmatṛptaśca mānavaḥ — But the man whose delight is in the Self and who is satisfied with the enjoyment of the…
3·18नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन ।न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्चिदर्थव्यपाश्रयः ॥
naiva tasya kṛtenārtho nākṛteneha kaścana — He has no object here to be gained by action done and none to be gained by action undone…
3·19तस्मादसक्तः सततं कार्यं कर्म समाचर ।असक्तो ह्याचरन्कर्म परमाप्नोति पूरुषः ॥
tasmādasaktaḥ satataṁ kāryaṁ karma samācara — Therefore without attachment perform ever the work that is to be done (done for the sake…
3·21यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः ।yadyadācarati śreṣṭhastattadevetaro janaḥ — Whatsoever the Best doeth, that the lower kind of man puts into practice; the standard he…
3·22न मे पार्थास्ति कर्तव्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु किञ्चन ।नानवाप्तमवाप्तव्यं वर्त एव च कर्मणि ॥
na me pārthāsti kartavyaṁ triṣu lokeṣu kiṁcana — O Son of Pritha, I have no work that I need to do in all the three worlds, I have nothing…
3·24उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम् ।सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः ॥
utsīdeyurime lokā na kuryāṁ karma cedaham — These peoples would sink to destruction if I did not work and I should be the creator of…
3·25कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथाऽसक्तश्चिकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम् ॥kuryādvidvāṁstathā’saktaścikīrṣurlokasaṁgraham — As those who know not act with attachment to the action, he who knows should act without…
3·26जोषयेत्सर्वकर्माणि विद्वान्युक्तः समाचरन् ॥joṣayetsarvakarmāṇi vidvānyuktaḥ samācaran — He should not create a division of their understanding in the ignorant who are attached to…
