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कुलक्षये प्रणश्यन्ति कुलधर्माः सनातनाः
kulakṣaye praṇaśyanti kuladharmāḥ sanātanāḥ
In the annihilation of the family the eternal traditions of the family are destroyed.
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शिष्यस्तेऽहं शाधि मां त्वां प्रपन्नम्
śiṣyaste’haṁ śādhi māṁ tvāṁ prapannam
take refuge as a disciple with thee; enlighten me.
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गतासूनगतासूंश्च नानुशोचन्ति पण्डिताः
gatāsūnagatāsūṁśca nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ
The enlightened man does not mourn either for the living or for the dead.
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नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः
nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ
That which really is, cannot go out of existence, just as that which is non-existent cannot come into being.
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अन्तवन्त इमे देहाः
antavanta ime dehāḥ
Finite bodies have an end.
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नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः।
न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः॥
nainaṁ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṁ dahati pāvakaḥ |
na cainaṁ kledayantyāpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ ||
Weapons cannot cleave it (the soul), nor the fire burn, nor do the waters drench it, nor the wind dry.
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जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च।
jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyurdhruvaṁ janma mṛtasya ca |
Certain is death for the born, and certain is birth for the dead.
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सम्भावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते
sambhāvitasya cākīrtirmaraṇādatiricyate
To one in noble station, dishonour is worse than death.
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स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात्
svalpamapyasya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt
Even a little of this dharma (as declared in the Gita) delivers from the great fear.
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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन
karmaṇyevādhikāraste mā phaleṣu kadācana
Thou hast a right to action, but only to action, never to its fruits.
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समत्वं योग उच्यते
samatvaṁ yoga ucyate
It is equality that is meant by Yoga.
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कृपणाः फलहेतवः
kṛpaṇāḥ phalahetavaḥ
Poor and wretched souls are they who make the fruit of their works the object of their thoughts and activities.
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योगः कर्मसु कौशलम्
yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam
Yoga is skill in works.
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वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते
vītarāgabhayakrodhaḥ sthitadhīrmunirucyate
He from whom liking and fear and wrath have passed away, is the sage of settled understanding.
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अशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम्
aśāntasya kutaḥ sukham
For the unpeaceful how can there be happiness?
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ज्ञेयः स नित्य संन्न्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति
jñeyaḥ sa nitya saṁnnyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāṅkṣati
He should be known as always a Sannyasin who neither dislikes nor desires.
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अज्ञानेनावृतं ज्ञानं तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्तवः
ajñānenāvṛtaṁ jñānaṁ tena muhyanti jantavaḥ
Knowledge is enveloped by ignorance; thereby creatures are bewildered.
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पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः
paṇḍitāḥ samadarśinaḥ
Sages see with an equal eye
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न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते।
न संन्न्यसनादेव च सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति॥
na karmaṇāmanārambhānnaiṣkarmyaṁ puruṣo’śnute |
na ca saṁnnyasanādeva siddhiṁ samadhigacchati ||
Not by abstention from works does a man enjoy actionlessness, nor by mere renunciation (of works) does he attain to his perfection.
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न हि कश्चित्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत्।
na hi kaścitkṣaṇamapi jātu tiṣṭhatyakarmakṛt |
None stands even for a moment not doing work.
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कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः
karma jyāyo hyakarmaṇaḥ
Action is greater than inaction.
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कर्म ब्रह्मोद्भवं विद्धि
karma brahmodbhavaṁ viddhi
Know that work is born of Brahman
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यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः
yadyadācarati śreṣṭhastattadevetaro janaḥ
Whatsoever the Best doeth, that the lower kind of man puts into practice.
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स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः
svadharme nidhanaṁ śreyaḥ paradharmo bhayāvahaḥ
Death in one’s own law of being is better, perilous is it to follow an alien law.
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यं प्राप्य न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम
yaṁ prāpya na nivartante taddhāma paramaṁ mama
Attaining which one returns not; that is my supreme place of being.
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पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया ।
puruṣaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyastvananyayā |
But that supreme Purusha has to be won by a bhakti which turns to him alone.
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तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु योगयुक्तो भवार्जुन
tasmātsarveṣu kāleṣu yogayukto bhavārjuna
Therefore at all times be in Yoga, O Arjuna.
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मनुष्याणां सहस्रेषु कश्चिद्यतति सिद्धये।
यततामपि सिद्धानां कश्चिन्मां वेत्ति तत्त्वतः॥
manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu kaścidyatati siddhaye |
yatatāmapi siddhānāṁ kaścinmāṁ vetti tattvataḥ ||
Among thousands of men one here and there strives after perfection, and of those who strive and attain to perfection one here and there knows me in all the principles of my existence.
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मम माया दुरत्यया
mama māyā duratyayā
My divine Maya is hard to overcome.
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चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन।
आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ॥
caturvidhā bhajante māṁ janāḥ sukṛtino’rjuna |
ārto jijñāsurarthārthī jñānī ca bharatarṣabha ||
Among the virtuous ones who turns towards Me (the Divine) with devotion, O Arjuna, there are four kinds of bhaktas; the suffering, the seeker for good in the world, the seeker for knowledge, and those who adore Me with knowledge, O Lord of the Bharatas.
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एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते
ekabhaktirviśiṣyate
Whose bhakti is all concentrated on Him (the Divine), is the best.
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अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्तः सर्वं प्रवर्तते।
ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate |
I am the birth of everything and from Me all proceeds into development of action and movement.
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उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्।
आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः॥
uddharedātmanātmānaṁ nātmānamavasādayet |
ātmaiva hyātmano bandhurātmaiva ripurātmanaḥ ||
By the self thou shouldst deliver the self, thou shouldst not depress and cast down the self (whether by self-indulgence or suppression); for the self is the friend of the self and the self is the enemy.
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यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम्।
ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत्॥
yato yato niścarati manaścañcalamasthiram |
tatastato niyamyaitadātmanyeva vaśaṁ nayet ||
Whenever the restless and unquiet mind goes forth, it should be controlled and brought into subjection in the Self.
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असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम्।
अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते॥
asaṁśayaṁ mahābāho mano durnigrahaṁ calam |
abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa ca gṛhyate ||
Without doubt, O mighty-armed, the mind is restless and very difficult to restrain; but O Kaunteya, it may be controlled by constant practice and non-attachment.
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न हि कल्याणकृत्कश्चिद् दुर्गतिं तात गच्छति
na hi kalyāṇakṛtkaścid durgatiṁ tāta gacchati
Never does anyone who practises goods, O beloved, come to woe.
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श्रद्धावान्भजते यो मां स मे युक्ततमो मतः
śraddhāvānbhajate yo māṁ sa me yuktatamo mataḥ
Of all Yogins he who given up to me, with love and faith, him I hold to be the most united with me in Yoga.
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तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम्
teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yogakṣemaṁ vahāmyaham
To those constantly in Yoga with Me, I spontaneously bring every good.
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पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति।
तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः॥
patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati |
tadahaṁ bhaktyupahṛtamaśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ ||
He who offers to Me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, a cup of water, that offering of love from the striving soul, is acceptable to Me.
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यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत्।
यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम्॥
yatkaroṣi yadaśnāsi yajjuhoṣi dadāsi yat |
yattapasyasi kaunteya tatkuruṣva madarpaṇam ||
Whatever thou doest, whatever thou enjoyest, whatever thou sacrificest, whatever thou givest, whatever energy of tapasyā, of the soul’s will or effort, thou puttest forth, make it an offering unto Me.
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समोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रियः।
samo’haṁ sarvabhūteṣu na me dveṣyo’sti na priyaḥ |
I (the Eternal Inhabitant) am equal in all existences, none is dear to Me, none hated.
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न मे भक्तः प्रणश्यति
na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati
My devotee does not perish.
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श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते।
ध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम्॥
śreyo hi jñānamabhyāsājjñānāddhyānaṁ viśiṣyate |
dhyānātkarmaphalatyāgastyāgācchāntiranantaram ||
Better indeed is knowledge than practice; than knowledge, meditation is better; than meditation, renunciation of the fruit of action; on renunciation follows peace.
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यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।
शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्तिमान्यः स मे प्रियः॥
yo na hṛṣyati na dveṣṭi na śocati na kāṅkṣati |
śubhāśubhaparityāgī bhaktimānyaḥ sa me priyaḥ ||
He who neither desires the pleasant and rejoices at its touch nor abhors the unpleasant and sorrows at its touch, who has abolished the distinction between fortunate and unfortunate happenings (because his devotion receives all things equally as good from the hands of his eternal Lover and Master), he is dear to Me.
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प्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय सम्भवाम्यात्ममायया
prakṛtiṁ svāmadhiṣṭhāya sambhavāmyātmamāyayā
I stand upon my own Nature and I come into birth by my self-Maya.
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धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे
dharmasaṁsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge
For the enthroning of the Right, I am born from age to age.
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ये यथा मां प्रपद्यन्ते तांस्तथैव भजाम्यहम्
ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁstathaiva bhajāmyaham
As men approach Me, so I accept them to My love
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चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः
cāturvarṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇakarmavibhāgaśaḥ
The fourfold order was created by Me according to the divisions of quality and active function.
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किं कर्म किमकर्मेति कवयोऽप्यत्र मोहिताः
kiṁ karma kimakarmeti kavayo’pyatra mohitāḥ
What is action and what is inaction, as to this even the sages are perplexed and deluded.
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ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्म हविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम्।
ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना॥
brahmārpaṇaṁ brahma havirbrahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam |
brahmaiva tena gantavyaṁ brahmakarmasamādhinā ||
Brahman is the giving, Brahman is the food-offering, by Brahman it is offered into the Brahman-fire, Brahman is that which is to be attained by Samadhi in Brahman-action.
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सर्वं कर्माखिलं पार्थ ज्ञाने परिसमाप्यते
sarvaṁ karmākhilaṁ pārtha jñāne parisamāpyate
Knowledge is that in which all this action culminates, O Partha !
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तद्विद्धि प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्नेन सेवया।
उपदेक्ष्यन्ति ते ज्ञानं ज्ञानिनस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः॥
tadviddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā |
upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ jñāninastattvadarśinaḥ ||
Learn that by worshipping the feet of the teacher, by questioning and by service; the men of knowledge who have seen (not those who know merely by the intellect) the true principles of things, will instruct thee in knowledge.
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न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते
na hi jñānena sadṛśaṁ pavitramiha vidyate
There is nothing in the world equal in purity to knowledge.
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श्रद्धावाँल्लभते ज्ञानम्
śraddhāvāllabhate jñānam
He who has faith attains knowledge.
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अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति
ajñaścāśraddadhānaśca saṁśayātmā vinaśyati
The ignorant who has not faith, the soul of doubt goeth to perdition.
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कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तः।
kālo’smi lokakṣayakṛtpravṛddho lokānsamāhartumiha pravṛttaḥ |
I am the Time-Spirit, destroyer of the world, arisen huge-statured for the destruction of the nations.
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निमित्तमात्रं भव सव्यसाचिन्
nimittamātraṁ bhava savyasācin
Do thou become the occasion only, O Savyasachin.
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देवा अप्यस्य रूपस्य नित्यं दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः
devā apyasya rūpasya nityaṁ darśanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ
The gods themselves ever desire to look upon it (the supreme form of the Divine).
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jyotiṣāmapi tajjyotistamasaḥ paramucyate
kulakṣaye praṇaśyanti kuladharmāḥ sanātanāḥ
He is the light of all lights and luminous beyond all the darkness of our ignorance.
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सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसम्भवाः
sattvaṁ rajastama iti guṇāḥ prakṛtisambhavāḥ
The three gunas – Sattva, Rajas, Tams – are born of Prakriti.
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प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः
pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca janā na vidurāsurāḥ
Asuric men have no true knowledge of the way of action or the way of abstention.
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त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः।
कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत्॥
trividhaṁ narakasyedaṁ dvāraṁ nāśanamātmanaḥ |
kāmaḥ krodhastathā lobhastasmādetattrayaṁ tyajet ||
Threefold are the doors of Hell, destructive of the soul – desire, wrath and greed: therefore let man renounce these three.
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न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते नान्तो न चादिर्न च सम्प्रतिष्ठा
na rūpamasyeha tathopalabhyate nānto na cādirna ca sampratiṣṭhā
The real form of it cannot be perceived by us in this material world of man’s embodiment, nor its beginning nor its end, nor its foundation.
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ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः
mamaivāṁśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ
It is an eternal portion of Me that becomes the Jiva in the world of living creatures.
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विमूढा नानुपश्यन्ति पश्यन्ति ज्ञानचक्षुषः
vimūḍhā nānupaśyanti paśyanti jñānacakṣuṣaḥ
The deluded do not perceive. They only perceive who have the eye of knowledge.
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अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः।
प्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम्॥
ahaṁ vaiśvānaro bhūtvā prāṇināṁ dehamāśritaḥ |
prāṇāpānasamāyuktaḥ pacāmyannaṁ caturvidham ||
I, having become the flame of life, sustain the physical body of living creatures, and united with Prana and Apana, digest the four kinds of food.
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सर्वस्य चाहं हृदि सन्निविष्टः
sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭaḥ
I am lodged in the heart of all.
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द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च
dvāvimau puruṣau loke kṣaraścākṣara eva ca
There are two Purushas (spiritual beings) in this world, the immutable (and impersonal) and the mutable (and personal).
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अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम्
aniṣṭamiṣṭaṁ miśraṁ ca trividhaṁ karmaṇaḥ phalam
Three-fold is the result of Karma: pleasant, unpleasant and mixed.
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स्वे स्वे कर्मण्यभिरतः संसिद्धिं लभते नरः
sve sve karmaṇyabhirataḥ saṁsiddhiṁ labhate naraḥ
A man who is intent on his own natural work attains perfection.
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श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्
śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt
Better is one’s own law of works, though in itself faulty, than an alien law well wrought out.
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सहजं कर्म कौन्तेय सदोषमपि न त्यजेत्।
सर्वारम्भा हि दोषेण धूमेनाग्निरिवावृताः॥
sahajaṁ karma kaunteya sadoṣamapi na tyajet |
sarvārambhā hi doṣeṇa dhūmenāgnirivāvṛtāḥ ||
The inborn work, O son of Kunti, though defective, ought not to be abandoned. All actions (in the three Gunas) indeed are clouded by defects as fire by smoke.
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ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति
īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṁ hṛddeśe’rjuna tiṣṭhati
The Lord, O Arjuna, is seated in the heart of all beings.
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मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु।
मामेवैष्यसि सत्यं ते प्रतिजाने प्रियोऽसि मे॥
manmanā bhava madbhakto madyājī māṁ namaskuru |
māmevaiṣyasi satyaṁ te pratijāne priyo’si me ||
Become my-minded, my lover and adored, a sacrificer to Me, bow thyself to ME, to Me thou shalt come, this is my pledge and promise to thee, for dear art thou to Me.
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सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज।
अहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्ष्ययिष्यामि मा शुचः॥
sarvadharmānparityajya māmekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja |
ahaṁ tvā sarvapāpebhyo mokṣyayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ ||
Abandon all dharmas and take refuge in Me alone. I will deliver thee from all sin and evil, do not grieve.
From The Delight of Krishna · Bhagavad Gītā · in the light of Sri Aurobindo · incarnateword.in
