Bhagavad Gita Chapters 16-18

śrībhagavānuvāca.

abhayaṃ sattvasaṃśuddhirjñānayogavyavasthitiḥ.

dānaṃ damaśca yajñaśca svādhyāyastapa ārjavam

ahiṃsā satyamakrodhastyāgaḥ śāntirapaiśunam.

dayā bhūteṣvaloluptvaṃ mārdavaṃ hrīracāpalam

tejaḥ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ śaucamadroho nātimānitā.

bhavanti sampadaṃ daivīmabhijātasya bhārata

dambho darpo.abhimānaśca krodhaḥ pāruṣyameva ca.

ajñānaṃ cābhijātasya pārtha sampadamāsurīm

daivī sampadvimokṣāya nibandhāyāsurī matā.

mā śucaḥ sampadaṃ daivīmabhijāto.asi pāṇḍava

dvau bhūtasargau loke.asmindaiva āsura eva ca.

daivo vistaraśaḥ prokta āsuraṃ pārtha me śṛṇu

pravṛttiṃ ca nivṛttiṃ ca janā na vidurāsurāḥ.

na śaucaṃ nāpi cācāro na satyaṃ teṣu vidyate

asatyamapratiṣṭhaṃ te jagadāhuranīśvaram.

aparasparasambhūtaṃ kimanyatkāmahaitukam

etāṃ dṛṣṭimavaṣṭabhya naṣṭātmāno.alpabuddhayaḥ.

prabhavantyugrakarmāṇaḥ kṣayāya jagato.ahitāḥ

kāmamāśritya duṣpūraṃ dambhamānamadānvitāḥ.

mohādgṛhītvāsadgrāhānpravartante.aśucivratāḥ

cintāmaparimeyāṃ ca pralayāntāmupāśritāḥ.

kāmopabhogaparamā etāvaditi niścitāḥ

āśāpāśaśatairbaddhāḥ kāmakrodhaparāyaṇāḥ.

īhante kāmabhogārthamanyāyenārthasañcayān

idamadya mayā labdhamimaṃ prāpsye manoratham.

idamastīdamapi me bhaviṣyati punardhanam

asau mayā hataḥ śatrurhaniṣye cāparānapi.

īśvaro.ahamahaṃ bhogī siddho.ahaṃ balavānsukhī

āḍhyo.abhijanavānasmi ko.anyo.asti sadṛśo mayā.

yakṣye dāsyāmi modiṣya ityajñānavimohitāḥ

anekacittavibhrāntā mohajālasamāvṛtāḥ.

prasaktāḥ kāmabhogeṣu patanti narake.aśucau

ātmasambhāvitāḥ stabdhā dhanamānamadānvitāḥ.

yajante nāmayajñaiste dambhenāvidhipūrvakam

ahaṃkāraṃ balaṃ darpaṃ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ ca saṃśritāḥ.

māmātmaparadeheṣu pradviṣanto.abhyasūyakāḥ

tānahaṃ dviṣataḥ krurānsaṃsāreṣu narādhamān.

kṣipāmyajasramaśubhānāsurīṣveva yoniṣu

āsurīṃ yonimāpannā mūḍhā janmani janmani.

māmaprāpyaiva kaunteya tato yāntyadhamāṃ gatim

trividhaṃ narakasyedaṃ dvāraṃ nāśanamātmanaḥ.

kāmaḥ krodhastathā lobhastasmādetattrayaṃ tyajet

etairvimuktaḥ kaunteya tamodvāraistribhirnaraḥ.

ācaratyātmanaḥ śreyastato yāti parāṃ gatim

yaḥ śāstravidhimutsṛjya vartate kāmakārataḥ.

na sa siddhimavāpnoti na sukhaṃ na parāṃ gatim

tasmācchāstraṃ pramāṇaṃ te kāryākāryavyavasthitau.

jñātvā śāstravidhānoktaṃ karma kartumihārhasi

arjuna uvāca.

ye śāstravidhimutsṛjya yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ.

teṣāṃ niṣṭhā tu kā kṛṣṇa sattvamāho rajastamaḥ

śrībhagavānuvāca.

trividhā bhavati śraddhā dehināṃ sā svabhāvajā.

sāttvikī rājasī caiva tāmasī ceti tāṃ śṛṇu

sattvānurūpā sarvasya śraddhā bhavati bhārata.

śraddhāmayo.ayaṃ puruṣo yo yacchraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ

yajante sāttvikā devānyakṣarakṣāṃsi rājasāḥ.

pretānbhūtagaṇāṃścānye yajante tāmasā janāḥ

aśāstravihitaṃ ghoraṃ tapyante ye tapo janāḥ.

dambhāhaṃkārasaṃyuktāḥ kāmarāgabalānvitāḥ

karṣayantaḥ śarīrasthaṃ bhūtagrāmamacetasaḥ.

māṃ caivāntaḥśarīrasthaṃ tānviddhyāsuraniścayān

āhārastvapi sarvasya trividho bhavati priyaḥ.

yajñastapastathā dānaṃ teṣāṃ bhedamimaṃ śṛṇu

āyuḥsattvabalārogyasukhaprītivivardhanāḥ.

rasyāḥ snigdhāḥ sthirā hṛdyā āhārāḥ sāttvikapriyāḥ

kaṭvamlalavaṇātyuṣṇatīkṣṇarūkṣavidāhinaḥ.

āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā duḥkhaśokāmayapradāḥ

yātayāmaṃ gatarasaṃ pūti paryuṣitaṃ ca yat.

ucchiṣṭamapi cāmedhyaṃ bhojanaṃ tāmasapriyam

aphalāṅkṣibhiryajño vidhidṛṣṭo ya ijyate.

yaṣṭavyameveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ

abhisandhāya tu phalaṃ dambhārthamapi caiva yat.

ijyate bharataśreṣṭha taṃ yajñaṃ viddhi rājasam

vidhihīnamasṛṣṭānnaṃ mantrahīnamadakṣiṇam.

śraddhāvirahitaṃ yajñaṃ tāmasaṃ paricakṣate

devadvijaguruprājñapūjanaṃ śaucamārjavam.

brahmacaryamahiṃsā ca śārīraṃ tapa ucyate

anudvegakaraṃ vākyaṃ satyaṃ priyahitaṃ ca yat.

svādhyāyābhyasanaṃ caiva vāṅmayaṃ tapa ucyate

manaḥ prasādaḥ saumyatvaṃ maunamātmavinigrahaḥ.

bhāvasaṃśuddhirityetattapo mānasamucyate

śraddhayā parayā taptaṃ tapastattrividhaṃ naraiḥ.

aphalākāṅkṣibhiryuktaiḥ sāttvikaṃ paricakṣate

satkāramānapūjārthaṃ tapo dambhena caiva yat.

kriyate tadiha proktaṃ rājasaṃ calamadhruvam

mūḍhagrāheṇātmano yatpīḍayā kriyate tapaḥ.

parasyotsādanārthaṃ vā tattāmasamudāhṛtam

dātavyamiti yaddānaṃ dīyate.anupakāriṇe.

deśe kāle ca pātre ca taddānaṃ sāttvikaṃ smṛtam

yattu pratyupakārārthaṃ phalamuddiśya vā punaḥ.

dīyate ca parikliṣṭaṃ taddānaṃ rājasaṃ smṛtam

adeśakāle yaddānamapātrebhyaśca dīyate.

asatkṛtamavajñātaṃ tattāmasamudāhṛtam

OMtatsaditi nirdeśo brahmaṇastrividhaḥ smṛtaḥ.

brāhmaṇāstena vedāśca yajñāśca vihitāḥ purā

tasmādomityudāhṛtya yajñadānatapaḥkriyāḥ.

pravartante vidhānoktāḥ satataṃ brahmavādinām

tadityanabhisandhāya phalaṃ yajñatapaḥkriyāḥ.

dānakriyāśca vividhāḥ kriyante mokṣakāṅkṣibhiḥ

sadbhāve sādhubhāve ca sadityetatprayujyate.

praśaste karmaṇi tathā sacchabdaḥ pārtha yujyate

yajñe tapasi dāne ca sthitiḥ saditi cocyate.

karma caiva tadarthīyaṃ sadityevābhidhīyate

aśraddhayā hutaṃ dattaṃ tapastaptaṃ kṛtaṃ ca yat.

asadityucyate pārtha na ca tatprepya no iha

arjuna uvāca.

saṃnyāsasya mahābāho tattvamicchāmi veditum.

tyāgasya ca hṛṣīkeśa pṛthakkeśiniṣūdana

śrībhagavānuvāca.

kāmyānāṃ karmaṇāṃ nyāsaṃ saṃnyāsaṃ kavayo viduḥ.

sarvakarmaphalatyāgaṃ prāhustyāgaṃ vicakṣaṇāḥ

tyājyaṃ doṣavadityeke karma prāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ.

yajñadānatapaḥkarma na tyājyamiti cāpare

niścayaṃ śṛṇu me tatra tyāge bharatasattama.

tyāgo hi puruṣavyāghra trividhaḥ samprakīrtitaḥ

yajñadānatapaḥkarma na tyājyaṃ kāryameva tat.

yajño dānaṃ tapaścaiva pāvanāni manīṣiṇām

etānyapi tu karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā phalāni ca.

kartavyānīti me pārtha niścitaṃ matamuttamam

niyatasya tu saṃnyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate.

mohāttasya parityāgastāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

duḥkhamityeva yatkarma kāyakleśabhayāttyajet.

sa kṛtvā rājasaṃ tyāgaṃ naiva tyāgaphalaṃ labhet

kāryamityeva yatkarma niyataṃ kriyate.arjuna.

saṅgaṃ tyaktvā phalaṃ caiva sa tyāgaḥ sāttviko mataḥ

na dveṣṭyakuśalaṃ karma kuśale nānuṣajjate.

tyāgī sattvasamāviṣṭo medhāvī chinnasaṃśayaḥ

na hi dehabhṛtā śakyaṃ tyaktuṃ karmāṇyaśeṣataḥ.

yastu karmaphalatyāgī sa tyāgītyabhidhīyate

aniṣṭamiṣṭaṃ miśraṃ ca trividhaṃ karmaṇaḥ phalam.

bhavatyatyāgināṃ pretya na tu saṃnyāsināṃ kvacit

pañcaitāni mahābāho kāraṇāni nibodha me.

sāṅkhye kṛtānte proktāni siddhaye sarvakarmaṇām

adhiṣṭhānaṃ tathā kartā karaṇaṃ ca pṛthagvidham.

vividhāśca pṛthakceṣṭā daivaṃ caivātra pañcamam

śarīravāṅmanobhiryatkarma prārabhate naraḥ.

nyāyyaṃ vā viparītaṃ vā pañcaite tasya hetavaḥ

tatraivaṃ sati kartāramātmānaṃ kevalaṃ tu yaḥ.

paśyatyakṛtabuddhitvānna sa paśyati durmatiḥ

yasya nāhaṃkṛto bhāvo buddhiryasya na lipyate.

hatvā.api sa imā.Nllokānna hanti na nibadhyate

jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ parijñātā trividhā karmacodanā.

karaṇaṃ karma karteti trividhaḥ karmasaṃgrahaḥ

jñānaṃ karma ca kartāca tridhaiva guṇabhedataḥ.

procyate guṇasaṅkhyāne yathāvacchṛṇu tānyapi

sarvabhūteṣu yenaikaṃ bhāvamavyayamīkṣate.

avibhaktaṃ vibhakteṣu tajjñānaṃ viddhi sāttvikam

pṛthaktvena tu yajjñānaṃ nānābhāvānpṛthagvidhān.

vetti sarveṣu bhūteṣu tajjñānaṃ viddhi rājasam

yattu kṛtsnavadekasminkārye saktamahaitukam.

atattvārthavadalpaṃ ca tattāmasamudāhṛtam

niyataṃ saṅgarahitamarāgadveṣataḥ kṛtam.

aphalaprepsunā karma yattatsāttvikamucyate

yattu kāmepsunā karma sāhaṃkāreṇa vā punaḥ.

kriyate bahulāyāsaṃ tadrājasamudāhṛtam

anubandhaṃ kṣayaṃ hiṃsāmanapekṣya ca pauruṣam.

mohādārabhyate karma yattattāmasamucyate

muktasaṅgo.anahaṃvādī dhṛtyutsāhasamanvitaḥ.

siddhyasiddhyornirvikāraḥ kartā sāttvika ucyate

rāgī karmaphalaprepsurlubdho hiṃsātmako.aśuciḥ.

harṣaśokānvitaḥ kartā rājasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

ayuktaḥ prākṛtaḥ stabdhaḥ śaṭho naiṣkṛtiko.alasaḥ.

viṣādī dīrghasūtrī ca kartā tāmasa ucyate

buddherbhedaṃ dhṛteścaiva guṇatastrividhaṃ śṛṇu.

procyamānamaśeṣeṇa pṛthaktvena dhanañjaya

pravṛttiṃ ca nivṛttiṃ ca kāryākārye bhayābhaye.

bandhaṃ mokṣaṃ ca yā vetti buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī

yayā dharmamadharmaṃ ca kāryaṃ cākāryameva ca.

ayathāvatprajānāti buddhiḥ sā pārtha rājasī

adharmaṃ dharmamiti yā manyate tamasāvṛtā.

sarvārthānviparītāṃśca buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī

dhṛtyā yayā dhārayate manaḥprāṇendriyakriyāḥ.

yogenāvyabhicāriṇyā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī

yayā tu dharmakāmārthāndhṛtyā dhārayate.arjuna.

prasaṅgena phalākāṅkṣī dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha rājasī

yayā svapnaṃ bhayaṃ śokaṃ viṣādaṃ madameva ca.

na vimuñcati durmedhā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī

sukhaṃ tvidānīṃ trividhaṃ śṛṇu me bharatarṣabha.

abhyāsādramate yatra duḥkhāntaṃ ca nigacchati

yattadagre viṣamiva pariṇāme.amṛtopamam.

tatsukhaṃ sāttvikaṃ proktamātmabuddhiprasādajam

viṣayendriyasaṃyogādyattadagre.amṛtopamam.

pariṇāme viṣamiva tatsukhaṃ rājasaṃ smṛtam

yadagre cānubandhe ca sukhaṃ mohanamātmanaḥ.

nidrālasyapramādotthaṃ tattāmasamudāhṛtam

na tadasti pṛthivyāṃ vā divi deveṣu vā punaḥ.

sattvaṃ prakṛtijairmuktaṃ yadebhiḥ syāttribhirguṇaiḥ

brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ ca parantapa.

karmāṇi pravibhaktāni svabhāvaprabhavairguṇaiḥ

śamo damastapaḥ śaucaṃ kṣāntirārjavameva ca.

jñānaṃ vijñānamāstikyaṃ brahmakarma svabhāvajam

śauryaṃ tejo dhṛtirdākṣyaṃ yuddhe cāpyapalāyanam.

dānamīśvarabhāvaśca kṣātraṃ karma svabhāvajam

kṛṣigaurakṣyavāṇijyaṃ vaiśyakarma svabhāvajam.

paricaryātmakaṃ karma śūdrasyāpi svabhāvajam

sve sve karmaṇyabhirataḥ saṃsiddhiṃ labhate naraḥ.

svakarmanirataḥ siddhiṃ yathā vindati tacchṛṇu

yataḥ pravṛttirbhūtānāṃ yena sarvamidaṃ tatam.

svakarmaṇā tamabhyarcya siddhiṃ vindati mānavaḥ

śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt.

svabhāvaniyataṃ karma kurvannāpnoti kilbiṣam

sahajaṃ karma kaunteya sadoṣamapi na tyajet.

sarvārambhā hi doṣeṇa dhūmenāgnirivāvṛtāḥ

asaktabuddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigataspṛhaḥ.

naiṣkarmyasiddhiṃ paramāṃ saṃnyāsenādhigacchati

siddhiṃ prāpto yathā brahma tathāpnoti nibodha me.

samāsenaiva kaunteya niṣṭhā jñānasya yā parā

buddhyā viśuddhayā yukto dhṛtyātmānaṃ niyamya ca.

śabdādīnviṣayāṃstyaktvā rāgadveṣau vyudasya ca

viviktasevī laghvāśī yatavākkāyamānasaḥ.

dhyānayogaparo nityaṃ vairāgyaṃ samupāśritaḥ

ahaṃkāraṃ balaṃ darpaṃ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ parigraham.

vimucya nirmamaḥ śānto brahmabhūyāya kalpate

brahmabhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati.

samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu madbhaktiṃ labhate parām

bhaktyā māmabhijānāti yāvānyaścāsmi tattvataḥ.

tato māṃ tattvato jñātvā viśate tadanantaram

sarvakarmāṇyapi sadā kurvāṇo madvyapāśrayaḥ.

matprasādādavāpnoti śāśvataṃ padamavyayam

cetasā sarvakarmāṇi mayi saṃnyasya matparaḥ.

buddhiyogamupāśritya maccittaḥ satataṃ bhava

maccittaḥ sarvadurgāṇi matprasādāttariṣyasi.

atha cettvamahaṃkārānna śroṣyasi vinaṅkṣyasi

yadahaṃkāramāśritya na yotsya iti manyase.

mithyaiṣa vyavasāyaste prakṛtistvāṃ niyokṣyati

svabhāvajena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā.

kartuṃ necchasi yanmohātkariṣyasyavaśopi tat

īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ hṛddeśe.arjuna tiṣṭhati.

bhrāmayansarvabhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā

tameva śaraṇaṃ gaccha sarvabhāvena bhārata.

tatprasādātparāṃ śāntiṃ sthānaṃ prāpsyasi śāśvatam

iti te jñānamākhyātaṃ guhyādguhyataraṃ mayā.

vimṛśyaitadaśeṣeṇa yathecchasi tathā kuru

sarvaguhyatamaṃ bhūyaḥ śṛṇu me paramaṃ vacaḥ.

iṣṭo.asi me dṛḍhamiti tato vakṣyāmi te hitam

manmanā bhava madbhakto madyājī māṃ namaskuru.

māmevaiṣyasi satyaṃ te pratijāne priyo.asi me

sarvadharmānparityajya māmekaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja.

ahaṃ tvāṃ sarvapāpebhyo mokṣyayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ

idaṃ te nātapaskāya nābhaktāya kadācana.

na cāśuśrūṣave vācyaṃ na ca māṃ yo.abhyasūyati

ya idaṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ madbhakteṣvabhidhāsyati.

bhaktiṃ mayi parāṃ kṛtvā māmevaiṣyatyasaṃśayaḥ

na ca tasmānmanuṣyeṣu kaścinme priyakṛttamaḥ.

bhavitā na ca me tasmādanyaḥ priyataro bhuvi

adhyeṣyate ca ya imaṃ dharmyaṃ saṃvādamāvayoḥ.

jñānayajñena tenāhamiṣṭaḥ syāmiti me matiḥ

śraddhāvānanasūyaśca śṛṇuyādapi yo naraḥ.

so.api muktaḥ śubhā.Nllokānprāpnuyātpuṇyakarmaṇām

kaccidetacchrutaṃ pārtha tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā.

kaccidajñānasammohaḥ pranaṣṭaste dhanañjaya

arjuna uvāca.

naṣṭo mohaḥ smṛtirlabdhā tvatprasādānmayācyuta.

sthito.asmi gatasandehaḥ kariṣye vacanaṃ tava

sañjaya uvāca.

ityahaṃ vāsudevasya pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ.

saṃvādamimamaśrauṣamadbhutaṃ romaharṣaṇam

vyāsaprasādācchrutavānetadguhyamahaṃ param.

yogaṃ yogeśvarātkṛṣṇātsākṣātkathayataḥ svayam

rājansaṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya saṃvādamimamadbhutam.

keśavārjunayoḥ puṇyaṃ hṛṣyāmi ca muhurmuhuḥ

tacca saṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya rūpamatyadbhutaṃ hareḥ.

vismayo me mahān rājanhṛṣyāmi ca punaḥ punaḥ

yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ.

tatra śrīrvijayo bhūtirdhruvā nītirmatirmama