(1:1)
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca.
dharmakṣetre kurukṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ.
māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāścaiva kimakurvata sañjaya
Bhagavad Gita Chapters 1-5
English transliteration for recitation practice, with chapter-by-chapter pronunciation video links.
Chapter 1: Arjuna Vishada Yoga
47 verses
(1:2)
sañjaya uvāca.
dṛṣṭvā tu pāṇḍavānīkaṃ vyūḍhaṃ duryodhanastadā.
ācāryamupasaṃgamya rājā vacanamabravīt
(1:3)
paśyaitāṃ pāṇḍuputrāṇāmācārya mahatīṃ camūm.
vyūḍhāṃ drupadaputreṇa tava śiṣyeṇa dhīmatā
(1:4)
atra śūrā maheṣvāsā bhīmārjunasamā yudhi.
yuyudhāno virāṭaśca drupadaśca mahārathaḥ
(1:5)
dhṛṣṭaketuścekitānaḥ kāśirājaśca vīryavān.
purujitkuntibhojaśca śaibyaśca narapuṃgavaḥ
(1:6)
yudhāmanyuśca vikrānta uttamaujāśca vīryavān.
saubhadro draupadeyāśca sarva eva mahārathāḥ
(1:7)
asmākaṃ tu viśiṣṭā ye tānnibodha dvijottama.
nāyakā mama sainyasya saṃjñārthaṃ tānbravīmi te
(1:8)
bhavānbhīṣmaśca karṇaśca kṛpaśca samitiñjayaḥ.
aśvatthāmā vikarṇaśca saumadattistathaiva ca
(1:9)
anye ca bahavaḥ śūrā madarthe tyaktajīvitāḥ.
nānāśastrapraharaṇāḥ sarve yuddhaviśāradāḥ
(1:10)
aparyāptaṃ tadasmākaṃ balaṃ bhīṣmābhirakṣitam.
paryāptaṃ tvidameteṣāṃ balaṃ bhīmābhirakṣitam
(1:11)
ayaneṣu ca sarveṣu yathābhāgamavasthitāḥ.
bhīṣmamevābhirakṣantu bhavantaḥ sarva eva hi
(1:12)
tasya sañjanayanharṣaṃ kuruvṛddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ.
siṃhanādaṃ vinadyoccaiḥ śaṅkhaṃ dadhmau pratāpavān
(1:13)
tataḥ śaṅkhāśca bheryaśca paṇavānakagomukhāḥ.
sahasaivābhyahanyanta sa śabdastumulo.abhavat
(1:14)
tataḥ śvetairhayairyukte mahati syandane sthitau.
mādhavaḥ pāṇḍavaścaiva divyau śaṅkhau pradadhmatuḥ
(1:15)
pāñcajanyaṃ hṛṣīkeśo devadattaṃ dhanañjayaḥ.
pauṇḍraṃ dadhmau mahāśaṅkhaṃ bhīmakarmā vṛkodaraḥ
(1:16)
anantavijayaṃ rājā kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ.
nakulaḥ sahadevaśca sughoṣamaṇipuṣpakau
(1:17)
kāśyaśca parameṣvāsaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca mahārathaḥ.
dhṛṣṭadyumno virāṭaśca sātyakiścāparājitaḥ
(1:18)
drupado draupadeyāśca sarvaśaḥ pṛthivīpate.
saubhadraśca mahābāhuḥ śaṅkhāndadhmuḥ pṛthakpṛthak
(1:19)
sa ghoṣo dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ hṛdayāni vyadārayat.
nabhaśca pṛthivīṃ caiva tumulo.abhyanunādayan (lo vyanu)
(1:20)
atha vyavasthitāndṛṣṭvā dhārtarāṣṭrān kapidhvajaḥ.
pravṛtte śastrasampāte dhanurudyamya pāṇḍavaḥ
(1:21)
hṛṣīkeśaṃ tadā vākyamidamāha mahīpate.
arjuna uvāca.
senayorubhayormadhye rathaṃ sthāpaya me.acyuta
(1:22)
yāvadetānnirikṣe.ahaṃ yoddhukāmānavasthitān.
kairmayā saha yoddhavyamasmin raṇasamudyame
(1:23)
yotsyamānānavekṣe.ahaṃ ya ete.atra samāgatāḥ.
dhārtarāṣṭrasya durbuddheryuddhe priyacikīrṣavaḥ
(1:24)
sañjaya uvāca.
evamukto hṛṣīkeśo guḍākeśena bhārata.
senayorubhayormadhye sthāpayitvā rathottamam
(1:25)
bhīṣmadroṇapramukhataḥ sarveṣāṃ ca mahīkṣitām.
uvāca pārtha paśyaitānsamavetānkurūniti
(1:26)
tatrāpaśyatsthitānpārthaḥ pitṝnatha pitāmahān.
ācāryānmātulānbhrātṛnputrānpautrānsakhīṃstathā
(1:27)
śvaśurānsuhṛdaścaiva senayorubhayorapi.
tānsamīkṣya sa kaunteyaḥ sarvānbandhūnavasthitān
(1:28)
kṛpayā parayāviṣṭo viṣīdannidamabravīt.
arjuna uvāca.
dṛṣṭvemaṃ svajanaṃ kṛṣṇa yuyutsuṃ samupasthitam
(1:29)
sīdanti mama gātrāṇi mukhaṃ ca pariśuṣyati.
vepathuśca śarīre me romaharṣaśca jāyate
(1:30)
gāṇḍīvaṃ sraṃsate hastāttvakcaiva paridahyate.
na ca śaknomyavasthātuṃ bhramatīva ca me manaḥ
(1:31)
nimittāni ca paśyāmi viparītāni keśava.
na ca śreyo.anupaśyāmi hatvā svajanamāhave
(1:32)
na kāṅkṣe vijayaṃ kṛṣṇa na ca rājyaṃ sukhāni ca.
kiṃ no rājyena govinda kiṃ bhogairjīvitena vā
(1:33)
yeṣāmarthe kāṅkṣitaṃ no rājyaṃ bhogāḥ sukhāni ca.
ta ime.avasthitā yuddhe prāṇāṃstyaktvā dhanāni ca
(1:34)
ācāryāḥ pitaraḥ putrāstathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ.
mātulāḥ śvaśurāḥ pautrāḥ śyālāḥ sambandhinastathā
(1:35)
etānna hantumicchāmi ghnato.api madhusūdana.
api trailokyarājyasya hetoḥ kiṃ nu mahīkṛte
(1:36)
nihatya dhārtarāṣṭrānnaḥ kā prītiḥ syājjanārdana.
pāpamevāśrayedasmānhatvaitānātatāyinaḥ
(1:37)
tasmānnārhā vayaṃ hantuṃ dhārtarāṣṭrānsvabāndhavān.
svajanaṃ hi kathaṃ hatvā sukhinaḥ syāma mādhava
(1:38)
yadyapyete na paśyanti lobhopahatacetasaḥ.
kulakṣayakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ mitradrohe ca pātakam
(1:39)
kathaṃ na jñeyamasmābhiḥ pāpādasmānnivartitum.
kulakṣayakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ prapaśyadbhirjanārdana
(1:40)
kulakṣaye praṇaśyanti kuladharmāḥ sanātanāḥ.
dharme naṣṭe kulaṃ kṛtsnamadharmo.abhibhavatyuta
(1:41)
adharmābhibhavātkṛṣṇa praduṣyanti kulastriyaḥ.
strīṣu duṣṭāsu vārṣṇeya jāyate varṇasaṅkaraḥ
(1:42)
saṅkaro narakāyaiva kulaghnānāṃ kulasya ca.
patanti pitaro hyeṣāṃ luptapiṇḍodakakriyāḥ
(1:43)
doṣairetaiḥ kulaghnānāṃ varṇasaṅkarakārakaiḥ.
utsādyante jātidharmāḥ kuladharmāśca śāśvatāḥ
(1:44)
utsannakuladharmāṇāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ janārdana.
narake niyataṃ vāso bhavatītyanuśuśruma
(1:45)
aho bata mahatpāpaṃ kartuṃ vyavasitā vayam.
yadrājyasukhalobhena hantuṃ svajanamudyatāḥ
(1:46)
yadi māmapratīkāramaśastraṃ śastrapāṇayaḥ.
dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe hanyustanme kṣemataraṃ bhavet
(1:47)
sañjaya uvāca.
evamuktvārjunaḥ saṅkhye rathopastha upāviśat.
visṛjya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ śokasaṃvignamānasaḥ
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga
72 verses
(2:1)
sañjaya uvāca.
taṃ tathā kṛpayāviṣṭamaśrupūrṇākulekṣaṇam.
viṣīdantamidaṃ vākyamuvāca madhusūdanaḥ
(2:2)
śrībhagavānuvāca.
kutastvā kaśmalamidaṃ viṣame samupasthitam.
anāryajuṣṭamasvargyamakīrtikaramarjuna
(2:3)
klaibyaṃ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha naitattvayyupapadyate.
kṣudraṃ hṛdayadaurbalyaṃ tyaktvottiṣṭha parantapa
(2:4)
arjuna uvāca.
kathaṃ bhīṣmamahaṃ saṅkhye droṇaṃ ca madhusūdana.
iṣubhiḥ pratiyotsyāmi pūjārhāvarisūdana
(2:5)
gurūnahatvā hi mahānubhāvān śreyo bhoktuṃ bhaikṣyamapīha loke.
hatvārthakāmāṃstu gurūnihaiva bhuñjīya bhogān rudhirapradigdhān
(2:6)
na caitadvidmaḥ kataranno garīyo yadvā jayema yadi vā no jayeyuḥ.
yāneva hatvā na jijīviṣāmaḥ te.avasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ
(2:7)
kārpaṇyadoṣopahatasvabhāvaḥ pṛcchāmi tvāṃ dharmasammūḍhacetāḥ.
yacchreyaḥ syānniścitaṃ brūhi tanme śiṣyaste.ahaṃ śādhi māṃ tvāṃ prapannam
(2:8)
na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyād yacchokamucchoṣaṇamindriyāṇām.
avāpya bhūmāvasapatnamṛddhaṃ rājyaṃ surāṇāmapi cādhipatyam
(2:9)
sañjaya uvāca.
evamuktvā hṛṣīkeśaṃ guḍākeśaḥ parantapaḥ.
na yotsya iti govindamuktvā tūṣṇīṃ babhūva ha
(2:10)
tamuvāca hṛṣīkeśaḥ prahasanniva bhārata.
senayorubhayormadhye viṣīdantamidaṃ vacaḥ
(2:11)
śrībhagavānuvāca.
aśocyānanvaśocastvaṃ prajñāvādāṃśca bhāṣase.
gatāsūnagatāsūṃśca nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ
(2:12)
na tvevāhaṃ jātu nāsaṃ na tvaṃ neme janādhipāḥ.
na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ sarve vayamataḥ param
(2:13)
dehino.asminyathā dehe kaumāraṃ yauvanaṃ jarā.
tathā dehāntaraprāptirdhīrastatra na muhyati
(2:14)
mātrāsparśāstu kaunteya śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkhadāḥ.
āgamāpāyino.anityāstāṃstitikṣasva bhārata
(2:15)
yaṃ hi na vyathayantyete puruṣaṃ puruṣarṣabha.
samaduḥkhasukhaṃ dhīraṃ so.amṛtatvāya kalpate
(2:16)
nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ.
ubhayorapi dṛṣṭo.antastvanayostattvadarśibhiḥ
(2:17)
avināśi tu tadviddhi yena sarvamidaṃ tatam.
vināśamavyayasyāsya na kaścitkartumarhati
(2:18)
antavanta ime dehā nityasyoktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ.
anāśino.aprameyasya tasmādyudhyasva bhārata
(2:19)
ya enaṃ vetti hantāraṃ yaścainaṃ manyate hatam ubhau tau na vijānīto nāyaṃ hanti na hanyate
(2:20)
na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin nāyaṃ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ.
ajo nityaḥ śāśvato.ayaṃ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre
(2:21)
vedāvināśinaṃ nityaṃ ya enamajamavyayam.
kathaṃ sa puruṣaḥ pārtha kaṃ ghātayati hanti kam
(2:22)
vāsāṃsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naro.aparāṇi.
tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāni anyāni saṃyāti navāni dehī
(2:23)
nainaṃ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṃ dahati pāvakaḥ.
na cainaṃ kledayantyāpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ
(2:24)
acchedyo.ayamadāhyo.ayamakledyo.aśoṣya eva ca.
nityaḥ sarvagataḥ sthāṇuracalo.ayaṃ sanātanaḥ
(2:25)
avyakto.ayamacintyo.ayamavikāryo.ayamucyate.
tasmādevaṃ viditvainaṃ nānuśocitumarhasi
(2:26)
atha cainaṃ nityajātaṃ nityaṃ vā manyase mṛtam.
tathāpi tvaṃ mahābāho naivaṃ śocitumarhasi
(2:27)
jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyurdhruvaṃ janma mṛtasya ca.
tasmādaparihārye.arthe na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi
(2:28)
avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyaktamadhyāni bhārata.
avyaktanidhanānyeva tatra kā paridevanā
(2:29)
āścaryavatpaśyati kaścidenam āścaryavadvadati tathaiva cānyaḥ.
āścaryavaccainamanyaḥ śṛṇoti śrutvāpyenaṃ veda na caiva kaścit
(2:30)
dehī nityamavadhyo.ayaṃ dehe sarvasya bhārata.
tasmātsarvāṇi bhūtāni na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi
(2:31)
svadharmamapi cāvekṣya na vikampitumarhasi.
dharmyāddhi yuddhācchreyo.anyatkṣatriyasya na vidyate
(2:32)
yadṛcchayā copapannaṃ svargadvāramapāvṛtam.
sukhinaḥ kṣatriyāḥ pārtha labhante yuddhamīdṛśam
(2:33)
atha cettvamimaṃ dharmyaṃ saṃgrāmaṃ na kariṣyasi.
tataḥ svadharmaṃ kīrtiṃ ca hitvā pāpamavāpsyasi
(2:34)
akīrtiṃ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te.avyayām.
sambhāvitasya cākīrtirmaraṇādatiricyate
(2:35)
bhayādraṇāduparataṃ maṃsyante tvāṃ mahārathāḥ.
yeṣāṃ ca tvaṃ bahumato bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam
(2:36)
avācyavādāṃśca bahūnvadiṣyanti tavāhitāḥ.
nindantastava sāmarthyaṃ tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim
(2:37)
hato vā prāpsyasi svargaṃ jitvā vā bhokṣyase mahīm.
tasmāduttiṣṭha kaunteya yuddhāya kṛtaniścayaḥ
(2:38)
sukhaduḥkhe same kṛtvā lābhālābhau jayājayau.
tato yuddhāya yujyasva naivaṃ pāpamavāpsyasi
(2:39)
eṣā te.abhihitā sāṅkhye buddhiryoge tvimāṃ śṛṇu.
buddhyā yukto yayā pārtha karmabandhaṃ prahāsyasi
(2:40)
nehābhikramanāśo.asti pratyavāyo na vidyate.
svalpamapyasya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt
(2:41)
vyavasāyātmikā buddhirekeha kurunandana.
bahuśākhā hyanantāśca buddhayo.avyavasāyinām
(2:42)
yāmimāṃ puṣpitāṃ vācaṃ pravadantyavipaścitaḥ.
vedavādaratāḥ pārtha nānyadastīti vādinaḥ
(2:43)
kāmātmānaḥ svargaparā janmakarmaphalapradām.
kriyāviśeṣabahulāṃ bhogaiśvaryagatiṃ prati
(2:44)
bhogaiśvaryaprasaktānāṃ tayāpahṛtacetasām.
vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ samādhau na vidhīyate
(2:45)
traiguṇyaviṣayā vedā nistraiguṇyo bhavārjuna.
nirdvandvo nityasattvastho niryogakṣema ātmavān
(2:46)
yāvānartha udapāne sarvataḥ samplutodake.
tāvānsarveṣu vedeṣu brāhmaṇasya vijānataḥ
(2:47)
karmaṇyevādhikāraste mā phaleṣu kadācana.
mā karmaphalaheturbhūrmā te saṅgo.astvakarmaṇi
(2:48)
yogasthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā dhanañjaya.
siddhyasiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṃ yoga ucyate
(2:49)
dūreṇa hyavaraṃ karma buddhiyogāddhanañjaya.
buddhau śaraṇamanviccha kṛpaṇāḥ phalahetavaḥ
(2:50)
buddhiyukto jahātīha ubhe sukṛtaduṣkṛte.
tasmādyogāya yujyasva yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam
(2:51)
karmajaṃ buddhiyuktā hi phalaṃ tyaktvā manīṣiṇaḥ.
janmabandhavinirmuktāḥ padaṃ gacchantyanāmayam
(2:52)
yadā te mohakalilaṃ buddhirvyatitariṣyati.
tadā gantāsi nirvedaṃ śrotavyasya śrutasya ca
(2:53)
śrutivipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niścalā.
samādhāvacalā buddhistadā yogamavāpsyasi
(2:54)
arjuna uvāca.
sthitaprajñasya kā bhāṣā samādhisthasya keśava.
sthitadhīḥ kiṃ prabhāṣeta kimāsīta vrajeta kim
(2:55)
śrībhagavānuvāca.
prajahāti yadā kāmānsarvānpārtha manogatān.
ātmanyevātmanā tuṣṭaḥ sthitaprajñastadocyate
(2:56)
duḥkheṣvanudvignamanāḥ sukheṣu vigataspṛhaḥ.
vītarāgabhayakrodhaḥ sthitadhīrmunirucyate
(2:57)
yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehastattatprāpya śubhāśubham.
nābhinandati na dveṣṭi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā
(2:58)
yadā saṃharate cāyaṃ kūrmo.aṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ.
indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyastasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā
(2:59)
viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ.
rasavarjaṃ raso.apyasya paraṃ dṛṣṭvā nivartate
(2:60)
yatato hyapi kaunteya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ.
indriyāṇi pramāthīni haranti prasabhaṃ manaḥ
(2:61)
tāni sarvāṇi saṃyamya yukta āsīta matparaḥ.
vaśe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā
(2:62)
dhyāyato viṣayānpuṃsaḥ saṅgasteṣūpajāyate.
saṅgātsañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmātkrodho.abhijāyate
(2:63)
krodhādbhavati sammohaḥ sammohātsmṛtivibhramaḥ.
smṛtibhraṃśād buddhināśo buddhināśātpraṇaśyati
(2:64)
rāgadveṣavimuktaistu viṣayānindriyaiścaran.
orviyuktaistu ātmavaśyairvidheyātmā prasādamadhigacchati
(2:65)
prasāde sarvaduḥkhānāṃ hānirasyopajāyate.
prasannacetaso hyāśu buddhiḥ paryavatiṣṭhate
(2:66)
nāsti buddhirayuktasya na cāyuktasya bhāvanā.
na cābhāvayataḥ śāntiraśāntasya kutaḥ sukham
(2:67)
indriyāṇāṃ hi caratāṃ yanmano.anuvidhīyate.
tadasya harati prajñāṃ vāyurnāvamivāmbhasi
(2:68)
tasmādyasya mahābāho nigṛhītāni sarvaśaḥ.
indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyastasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā
(2:69)
yā niśā sarvabhūtānāṃ tasyāṃ jāgarti saṃyamī.
yasyāṃ jāgrati bhūtāni sā niśā paśyato muneḥ
(2:70)
āpūryamāṇamacalapratiṣṭhaṃ samudramāpaḥ praviśanti yadvat.
tadvatkāmā yaṃ praviśanti sarve sa śāntimāpnoti na kāmakāmī
(2:71)
vihāya kāmānyaḥ sarvānpumāṃścarati niḥspṛhaḥ.
nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sa śāntimadhigacchati
(2:72)
eṣā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha naināṃ prāpya vimuhyati.
sthitvāsyāmantakāle.api brahmanirvāṇamṛcchati
Chapter 3: Karma Yoga
43 verses
(3:1)
arjuna uvāca.
jyāyasī cetkarmaṇaste matā buddhirjanārdana.
tatkiṃ karmaṇi ghore māṃ niyojayasi keśava
(3:2)
vyāmiśreṇeva vākyena buddhiṃ mohayasīva me.
tadekaṃ vada niścitya yena śreyo.ahamāpnuyām
(3:3)
śrībhagavānuvāca.
loke.asmina dvividhā niṣṭhā purā proktā mayānagha.
jñānayogena sāṅkhyānāṃ karmayogena yoginām
(3:4)
na karmaṇāmanārambhānnaiṣkarmyaṃ puruṣo.aśnute.
na ca saṃnyasanādeva siddhiṃ samadhigacchati
(3:5)
na hi kaścitkṣaṇamapi jātu tiṣṭhatyakarmakṛt.
kāryate hyavaśaḥ karma sarvaḥ prakṛtijairguṇaiḥ
(3:6)
karmendriyāṇi saṃyamya ya āste manasā smaran.
indriyārthānvimūḍhātmā mithyācāraḥ sa ucyate
(3:7)
yastvindriyāṇi manasā niyamyārabhate.arjuna.
karmendriyaiḥ karmayogamasaktaḥ sa viśiṣyate
(3:8)
niyataṃ kuru karma tvaṃ karma jyāyo hyakarmaṇaḥ.
śarīrayātrāpi ca te na prasiddhyedakarmaṇaḥ
(3:9)
yajñārthātkarmaṇo.anyatra loko.ayaṃ karmabandhanaḥ.
tadarthaṃ karma kaunteya muktasaṅgaḥ samācara
(3:10)
sahayajñāḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā purovāca prajāpatiḥ.
anena prasaviṣyadhvameṣa vo.astviṣṭakāmadhuk
(3:11)
devānbhāvayatānena te devā bhāvayantu vaḥ.
parasparaṃ bhāvayantaḥ śreyaḥ paramavāpsyatha
(3:12)
iṣṭānbhogānhi vo devā dāsyante yajñabhāvitāḥ.
tairdattānapradāyaibhyo yo bhuṅkte stena eva saḥ
(3:13)
yajñaśiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarvakilbiṣaiḥ.
bhuñjate te tvaghaṃ pāpā ye pacantyātmakāraṇāt
(3:14)
annādbhavanti bhūtāni parjanyādannasambhavaḥ.
yajñādbhavati parjanyo yajñaḥ karmasamudbhavaḥ
(3:15)
karma brahmodbhavaṃ viddhi brahmākṣarasamudbhavam.
tasmātsarvagataṃ brahma nityaṃ yajñe pratiṣṭhitam
(3:16)
evaṃ pravartitaṃ cakraṃ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ.
aghāyurindriyārāmo moghaṃ pārtha sa jīvati
(3:17)
yastvātmaratireva syādātmatṛptaśca mānavaḥ.
ātmanyeva ca santuṣṭastasya kāryaṃ na vidyate
(3:18)
naiva tasya kṛtenārtho nākṛteneha kaścana.
na cāsya sarvabhūteṣu kaścidarthavyapāśrayaḥ
(3:19)
tasmādasaktaḥ satataṃ kāryaṃ karma samācara.
asakto hyācarankarma paramāpnoti pūruṣaḥ
(3:20)
karmaṇaiva hi saṃsiddhimāsthitā janakādayaḥ.
lokasaṃgrahamevāpi sampaśyankartumarhasi
(3:21)
yadyadācarati śreṣṭhastattadevetaro janaḥ.
sa yatpramāṇaṃ kurute lokastadanuvartate
(3:22)
na me pārthāsti kartavyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu kiñcana.
nānavāptamavāptavyaṃ varta eva ca karmaṇi
(3:23)
yadi hyahaṃ na varteyaṃ jātu karmaṇyatandritaḥ.
mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ
(3:24)
utsīdeyurime lokā na kuryāṃ karma cedaham.
saṅkarasya ca kartā syāmupahanyāmimāḥ prajāḥ
(3:25)
saktāḥ karmaṇyavidvāṃso yathā kurvanti bhārata.
kuryādvidvāṃstathāsaktaścikīrṣurlokasaṃgraham
(3:26)
na buddhibhedaṃ janayedajñānāṃ karmasaṅginām.
joṣayetsarvakarmāṇi vidvānyuktaḥ samācaran
(3:27)
prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ.
ahaṅkāravimūḍhātmā kartāhamiti manyate
(3:28)
tattvavittu mahābāho guṇakarmavibhāgayoḥ.
guṇā guṇeṣu vartanta iti matvā na sajjate
(3:29)
prakṛterguṇasammūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇakarmasu.
tānakṛtsnavido mandānkṛtsnavinna vicālayet
(3:30)
mayi sarvāṇi karmāṇi saṃnyasyādhyātmacetasā.
nirāśīrnirmamo bhūtvā yudhyasva vigatajvaraḥ
(3:31)
ye me matamidaṃ nityamanutiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ.
śraddhāvanto.anasūyanto mucyante te.api karmabhiḥ
(3:32)
ye tvetadabhyasūyanto nānutiṣṭhanti me matam.
sarvajñānavimūḍhāṃstānviddhi naṣṭānacetasaḥ
(3:33)
sadṛśaṃ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛterjñānavānapi.
prakṛtiṃ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati
(3:34)
indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāgadveṣau vyavasthitau.
tayorna vaśamāgacchettau hyasya paripanthinau
(3:35)
śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt.
svadharme nidhanaṃ śreyaḥ paradharmo bhayāvahaḥ
(3:36)
arjuna uvāca.
atha kena prayukto.ayaṃ pāpaṃ carati pūruṣaḥ.
anicchannapi vārṣṇeya balādiva niyojitaḥ
(3:37)
śrībhagavānuvāca.
kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajoguṇasamudbhavaḥ.
mahāśano mahāpāpmā viddhyenamiha vairiṇam
(3:38)
dhūmenāvriyate vahniryathādarśo malena ca.
yatholbenāvṛto garbhastathā tenedamāvṛtam
(3:39)
āvṛtaṃ jñānametena jñānino nityavairiṇā.
kāmarūpeṇa kaunteya duṣpūreṇānalena ca
(3:40)
indriyāṇi mano buddhirasyādhiṣṭhānamucyate.
etairvimohayatyeṣa jñānamāvṛtya dehinam
(3:41)
tasmāttvamindriyāṇyādau niyamya bharatarṣabha.
pāpmānaṃ prajahi hyenaṃ jñānavijñānanāśanam
(3:42)
indriyāṇi parāṇyāhurindriyebhyaḥ paraṃ manaḥ.
manasastu parā buddhiryo buddheḥ paratastu saḥ
(3:43)
evaṃ buddheḥ paraṃ buddhvā saṃstabhyātmānamātmanā.
jahi śatruṃ mahābāho kāmarūpaṃ durāsadam
Chapter 4: Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga
42 verses
(4:1)
śrībhagavānuvāca.
imaṃ vivasvate yogaṃ proktavānahamavyayam.
vivasvānmanave prāha manurikṣvākave.abravīt
(4:2)
evaṃ paramparāprāptamimaṃ rājarṣayo viduḥ.
sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣṭaḥ parantapa
(4:3)
sa evāyaṃ mayā te.adya yogaḥ proktaḥ purātanaḥ.
bhakto.asi me sakhā ceti rahasyaṃ hyetaduttamam
(4:4)
arjuna uvāca.
aparaṃ bhavato janma paraṃ janma vivasvataḥ.
kathametadvijānīyāṃ tvamādau proktavāniti
(4:5)
śrībhagavānuvāca.
bahūni me vyatītāni janmāni tava cārjuna.
tānyahaṃ veda sarvāṇi na tvaṃ vettha parantapa
(4:6)
ajo.api sannavyayātmā bhūtānāmīśvaro.api san.
prakṛtiṃ svāmadhiṣṭhāya sambhavāmyātmamāyayā
(4:7)
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānirbhavati bhārata.
abhyutthānamadharmasya tadātmānaṃ sṛjāmyaham
(4:8)
paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṃ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām.
dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge
(4:9)
janma karma ca me divyamevaṃ yo vetti tattvataḥ.
tyaktvā dehaṃ punarjanma naiti māmeti so.arjuna
(4:10)
vītarāgabhayakrodhā manmayā māmupāśritāḥ.
bahavo jñānatapasā pūtā madbhāvamāgatāḥ
(4:11)
ye yathā māṃ prapadyante tāṃstathaiva bhajāmyaham.
mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ
(4:12)
kāṅkṣantaḥ karmaṇāṃ siddhiṃ yajanta iha devatāḥ.
kṣipraṃ hi mānuṣe loke siddhirbhavati karmajā
(4:13)
cāturvarṇyaṃ mayā sṛṣṭaṃ guṇakarmavibhāgaśaḥ.
tasya kartāramapi māṃ viddhyakartāramavyayam
(4:14)
na māṃ karmāṇi limpanti na me karmaphale spṛhā.
iti māṃ yo.abhijānāti karmabhirna sa badhyate
(4:15)
evaṃ jñātvā kṛtaṃ karma pūrvairapi mumukṣubhiḥ.
kuru karmaiva tasmāttvaṃ pūrvaiḥ pūrvataraṃ kṛtam
(4:16)
kiṃ karma kimakarmeti kavayo.apyatra mohitāḥ.
tatte karma pravakṣyāmi yajjñātvā mokṣyase.aśubhāt
(4:17)
karmaṇo hyapi boddhavyaṃ boddhavyaṃ ca vikarmaṇaḥ.
akarmaṇaśca boddhavyaṃ gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ
(4:18)
karmaṇyakarma yaḥ paśyedakarmaṇi ca karma yaḥ.
sa buddhimānmanuṣyeṣu sa yuktaḥ kṛtsnakarmakṛt
(4:19)
yasya sarve samārambhāḥ kāmasaṅkalpavarjitāḥ.
jñānāgnidagdhakarmāṇaṃ tamāhuḥ paṇḍitaṃ budhāḥ
(4:20)
tyaktvā karmaphalāsaṅgaṃ nityatṛpto nirāśrayaḥ.
karmaṇyabhipravṛtto.api naiva kiñcitkaroti saḥ
(4:21)
nirāśīryatacittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ.
śārīraṃ kevalaṃ karma kurvannāpnoti kilbiṣam
(4:22)
yadṛcchālābhasantuṣṭo dvandvātīto vimatsaraḥ.
samaḥ siddhāvasiddhau ca kṛtvāpi na nibadhyate
(4:23)
gatasaṅgasya muktasya jñānāvasthitacetasaḥ.
yajñāyācarataḥ karma samagraṃ pravilīyate
(4:24)
brahmārpaṇaṃ brahma havirbrahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam.
brahmaiva tena gantavyaṃ brahmakarmasamādhinā
(4:25)
daivamevāpare yajñaṃ yoginaḥ paryupāsate.
brahmāgnāvapare yajñaṃ yajñenaivopajuhvati
(4:26)
śrotrādīnīndriyāṇyanye saṃyamāgniṣu juhvati.
śabdādīnviṣayānanya indriyāgniṣu juhvati
(4:27)
sarvāṇīndriyakarmāṇi prāṇakarmāṇi cāpare.
ātmasaṃyamayogāgnau juhvati jñānadīpite
(4:28)
dravyayajñāstapoyajñā yogayajñāstathāpare.
svādhyāyajñānayajñāśca yatayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ
(4:29)
apāne juhvati prāṇaṃ prāṇe.apānaṃ tathāpare.
prāṇāpānagatī ruddhvā prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇāḥ
(4:30)
apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇānprāṇeṣu juhvati.
sarve.apyete yajñavido yajñakṣapitakalmaṣāḥ
(4:31)
yajñaśiṣṭāmṛtabhujo yānti brahma sanātanam.
nāyaṃ loko.astyayajñasya kuto.anyaḥ kurusattama
(4:32)
evaṃ bahuvidhā yajñā vitatā brahmaṇo mukhe.
karmajānviddhi tānsarvānevaṃ jñātvā vimokṣyase
(4:33)
śreyāndravyamayādyajñājjñānayajñaḥ parantapa.
sarvaṃ karmākhilaṃ pārtha jñāne parisamāpyate
(4:34)
tadviddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā.
upadekṣyanti te jñānaṃ jñāninastattvadarśinaḥ
(4:35)
yajjñātvā na punarmohamevaṃ yāsyasi pāṇḍava.
yena bhūtānyaśeṣāṇi drakṣyasyātmanyatho mayi
(4:36)
api cedasi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpakṛttamaḥ.
sarvaṃ jñānaplavenaiva vṛjinaṃ santariṣyasi
(4:37)
yathaidhāṃsi samiddho.agnirbhasmasātkurute.arjuna.
jñānāgniḥ sarvakarmāṇi bhasmasātkurute tathā
(4:38)
na hi jñānena sadṛśaṃ pavitramiha vidyate.
tatsvayaṃ yogasaṃsiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati
(4:39)
śraddhāvā.Nllabhate jñānaṃ tatparaḥ saṃyatendriyaḥ.
jñānaṃ labdhvā parāṃ śāntimacireṇādhigacchati
(4:40)
ajñaścāśraddadhānaśca saṃśayātmā vinaśyati.
nāyaṃ loko.asti na paro na sukhaṃ saṃśayātmanaḥ
(4:41)
yogasaṃnyastakarmāṇaṃ jñānasañchinnasaṃśayam.
ātmavantaṃ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya
(4:42)
tasmādajñānasambhūtaṃ hṛtsthaṃ jñānāsinātmanaḥ.
chittvainaṃ saṃśayaṃ yogamātiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhārata
Chapter 5: Karma Sanyasa Yoga
29 verses
(5:1)
arjuna uvāca.
saṃnyāsaṃ karmaṇāṃ kṛṣṇa punaryogaṃ ca śaṃsasi.
yacchreya etayorekaṃ tanme brūhi suniścitam
(5:2)
śrībhagavānuvāca.
saṃnyāsaḥ karmayogaśca niḥśreyasakarāvubhau.
tayostu karmasaṃnyāsātkarmayogo viśiṣyate
(5:3)
jñeyaḥ sa nityasaṃnyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāṅkṣati.
nirdvandvo hi mahābāho sukhaṃ bandhātpramucyate
(5:4)
sāṅkhyayogau pṛthagbālāḥ pravadanti na paṇḍitāḥ.
ekamapyāsthitaḥ samyagubhayorvindate phalam
(5:5)
yatsāṅkhyaiḥ prāpyate sthānaṃ tadyogairapi gamyate.
ekaṃ sāṅkhyaṃ ca yogaṃ ca yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati
(5:6)
saṃnyāsastu mahābāho duḥkhamāptumayogataḥ.
yogayukto munirbrahma nacireṇādhigacchati
(5:7)
yogayukto viśuddhātmā vijitātmā jitendriyaḥ.
sarvabhūtātmabhūtātmā kurvannapi na lipyate
(5:8)
naiva kiñcitkaromīti yukto manyeta tattvavit.
paśyañśruṇvanspṛśañjighrannaśnangacchansvapañśvasan
(5:9)
pralapanvisṛjangṛhṇannunmiṣannimiṣannapi.
indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu vartanta iti dhārayan
(5:10)
brahmaṇyādhāya karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ.
lipyate na sa pāpena padmapatramivāmbhasā
(5:11)
kāyena manasā buddhyā kevalairindriyairapi.
yoginaḥ karma kurvanti saṅgaṃ tyaktvātmaśuddhaye
(5:12)
yuktaḥ karmaphalaṃ tyaktvā śāntimāpnoti naiṣṭhikīm.
ayuktaḥ kāmakāreṇa phale sakto nibadhyate
(5:13)
sarvakarmāṇi manasā saṃnyasyāste sukhaṃ vaśī.
navadvāre pure dehī naiva kurvanna kārayan
(5:14)
na kartṛtvaṃ na karmāṇi lokasya sṛjati prabhuḥ.
na karmaphalasaṃyogaṃ svabhāvastu pravartate
(5:15)
nādatte kasyacitpāpaṃ na caiva sukṛtaṃ vibhuḥ.
ajñānenāvṛtaṃ jñānaṃ tena muhyanti jantavaḥ
(5:16)
jñānena tu tadajñānaṃ yeṣāṃ nāśitamātmanaḥ.
teṣāmādityavajjñānaṃ prakāśayati tatparam
(5:17)
tadbuddhayastadātmānastanniṣṭhāstatparāyaṇāḥ.
gacchantyapunarāvṛttiṃ jñānanirdhūtakalmaṣāḥ
(5:18)
vidyāvinayasampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini.
śuni caiva śvapāke ca paṇḍitāḥ samadarśinaḥ
(5:19)
ihaiva tairjitaḥ sargo yeṣāṃ sāmye sthitaṃ manaḥ.
nirdoṣaṃ hi samaṃ brahma tasmād brahmaṇi te sthitāḥ
(5:20)
na prahṛṣyetpriyaṃ prāpya nodvijetprāpya cāpriyam.
sthirabuddhirasammūḍho brahmavid brahmaṇi sthitaḥ
(5:21)
bāhyasparśeṣvasaktātmā vindatyātmani yatsukham.
sa brahmayogayuktātmā sukhamakṣayamaśnute
(5:22)
ye hi saṃsparśajā bhogā duḥkhayonaya eva te.
ādyantavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣu ramate budhaḥ
(5:23)
śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṃ prākśarīravimokṣaṇāt.
kāmakrodhodbhavaṃ vegaṃ sa yuktaḥ sa sukhī naraḥ
(5:24)
yo.antaḥsukho.antarārāmastathāntarjyotireva yaḥ.
sa yogī brahmanirvāṇaṃ brahmabhūto.adhigacchati
(5:25)
labhante brahmanirvāṇamṛṣayaḥ kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ.
chinnadvaidhā yatātmānaḥ sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ
(5:26)
kāmakrodhaviyuktānāṃ yatīnāṃ yatacetasām.
abhito brahmanirvāṇaṃ vartate viditātmanām
(5:27)
sparśānkṛtvā bahirbāhyāṃścakṣuścaivāntare bhruvoḥ.
prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyantaracāriṇau
(5:28)
yatendriyamanobuddhirmunirmokṣaparāyaṇaḥ.
vigatecchābhayakrodho yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ
(5:29)
bhoktāraṃ yajñatapasāṃ sarvalokamaheśvaram.
suhṛdaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ jñātvā māṃ śāntimṛcchati