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vinaśyatsvavinaśyantaṁ yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati — Seated equally in all beings, the supreme Lord, unperishing within the perishing – he who…
13·30यः पश्यति तथात्मानमकर्तारं स पश्यति ॥yaḥ paśyati tathātmānamakartāraṁ sa paśyati — He who sees that all action is verily done by Prakriti, and that the Self is the inactive…
13·31यदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति ।तत एव च विस्तारं ब्रह्म संपद्यते तदा ॥
yadā bhūtapṛthagbhāvamekasthamanupaśyati — When he perceives the diversified existence of beings abiding in the one eternal Being…
13·32शरीरस्थोऽपि कौन्तेय न करोति न लिप्यते ॥śarīrastho’pi kaunteya na karoti na lipyate — Because it is without origin and eternal, not limited by the qualities, the imperishable…
13·33यथा सर्वगतं सौक्ष्म्यादाकाशं नोपलिप्यते ।सर्वत्रावस्थितो देहे तथात्मा नोपलिप्यते ॥
yathā sarvagataṁ saukṣmyādākāśaṁ nopalipyate — As the all-pervading ether is not affected by reason of its subtlety, so seated everywhere…
13·34यथा प्रकाशयत्येकः कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रविः ।क्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्नं प्रकाशयति भारत ॥
yathā prakāśayatyekaḥ kṛtsnaṁ lokamimaṁ raviḥ — As the one sun illumines the entire earth, so the Lord of the Field illumines the entire…
14·9सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत ।ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत ॥
sattvaṁ sukhe sañjayati rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārata — Sattva attaches to happiness, rajas to action, O Bharata; tamas covers up the knowledge…
14·11सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते ।sarvadvāreṣu dehe’sminprakāśa upajāyate — When into all the doors in the body there comes a flooding of light, a light of…
14·14तदोत्तमविदां लोकानमलान्प्रतिपद्यते ॥tadottamavidāṁ lokānamalānpratipadyate — If sattva prevails when the embodied goes to dissolution, then he attains to the spotless…
14·15रजसि प्रलयं गत्वा कर्मसङ्गिषु जायते ।तथा प्रलीनस्तमसि मूढयोनिषु जायते ॥
rajasi pralayaṁ gatvā karmasaṅgiṣu jāyate — Going to dissolution when rajas prevails, he is born among those attached to action; if…
14·17सत्त्वात्सञ्जायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च ।sattvātsañjāyate jñānaṁ rajaso lobha eva ca — From sattva knowledge is born, and greed from rajas; negligence and delusion are of tamas…
14·19नान्यं गुणेभ्यः कर्तारं यदा द्रष्टानुपश्यति ।nānyaṁ guṇebhyaḥ kartāraṁ yadā draṣṭānupaśyati — When the seer perceives that the modes of Nature are the whole agency and cause of works…
14·23उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते ।udāsīnavadāsīno guṇairyo na vicālyate — He who, established in a position as of one seated high above, is unshaken by the gunas…
14·25सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी गुणातीतः स उच्यते ॥sarvārambhaparityāgī guṇātītaḥ sa ucyate — To whom the honour and insult, the faction of his friends and the faction of his enemies…
15·3न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यतेna rūpamasyeha tathopalabhyate — The real form of it cannot be perceived by us in this material world of man’s embodiment…
15·4यतः प्रवृत्तिः प्रसृता पुराणी ॥yataḥ pravṛttiḥ prasṛtā purāṇī — Having cut down the firmly rooted Ashvattha by the strong sword of detachment, one should…
15·6न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः ।na tadbhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ — There we find the timeless being which is not illumined by sun or moon or fire (but is…
15·11यतन्तो योगिनश्चैनं पश्यन्त्यात्मन्यवस्थितम् ।यतन्तोऽप्यकृतात्मानो नैनं पश्यन्त्यचेतसः ॥
yatanto yoginaścainaṁ paśyantyātmanyavasthitam — The Yogins who strive, see the Lord in themselves; but though they strive to do so, the…
15·12यदादित्यगतं तेजो जगद्भासयतेऽखिलम् ।yadādityagataṁ tejo jagadbhāsayate’khilam — The light of the sun that illumines all this world, that which is in the moon and in fire…
15·16क्षरः सर्वाणि भूतानि कूटस्थोऽक्षर उच्यते ॥kṣaraḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni kūṭastho’kṣara ucyate — There are two Purushas (spiritual beings) in this world, the immutable (and impersonal)…
15·20इति गुह्यतमं शास्त्रमिदमुक्तं मयाऽनघ ।iti guhyatamaṁ śāstramidamuktaṁ mayā’nagha — Thus by Me the most secret Shastra (the supreme teaching and science) has been told, O…
16·7न शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते ॥na śaucaṁ nāpi cācāro na satyaṁ teṣu vidyate — Asuric men have no true knowledge of the way of action or the way of abstention; truth is…
16·8अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम् ॥aparasparasambhūtaṁ kimanyatkāmahaitukam — “The world is without God”, they say, “not true, not founded in truth, brought about by a…
16·13इदमस्तीदमपि मे भविष्यति पुनर्धनम् ॥idamastīdamapi me bhaviṣyati punardhanam — Always they think, “Today I have gained this object of desire, tomorrow I shall have that…
17·10यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत् ।yātayāmaṁ gatarasaṁ pūti paryuṣitaṁ ca yat — The tamasic temperament takes a perverse pleasure in cold, impure, stale, rotten or…
17·11अफलाङ्क्षिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते ।aphalāṅkṣibhiryajño vidhidṛṣṭo ya ijyate — The sacrifice which is offered by men without desire for the personal fruit, which is…
17·12अभिसन्धाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत् ।इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम् ॥
abhisandhāya tu phalaṁ dambhārthamapi caiva yat — The sacrifice offered with a view to the personal fruit, and also for ostentation, O best…
17·14ब्रह्मचर्यमहिंसा च शारीरं तप उच्यते ॥brahmacaryamahiṁsā ca śārīraṁ tapa ucyate — Worship given to the godhead, to the twice-born, to the spiritual guide, to the wise…
17·15अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत् ।स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते ॥
anudvegakaraṁ vākyaṁ satyaṁ priyahitaṁ ca yat — Speech causing no trouble to others, true, kind and beneficial, the study of Scripture…
17·16मनः प्रसादः सौम्यत्वं मौनमात्मविनिग्रहः ।भावसंशुद्धिरित्येतत्तपो मानसमुच्यते ॥
manaḥ prasādaḥ saumyatvaṁ maunamātmavinigrahaḥ — A clear and calm gladness of mind, gentleness, silence, self-control, the purifying of the…
17·18सत्कारमानपूजार्थं तपो दम्भेन चैव यत् ।क्रियते तदिह प्रोक्तं राजसं चलमध्रुवम् ॥
satkāramānapūjārthaṁ tapo dambhena caiva yat — The askesis which is undertaken to get honour and worship from men, for the sake of…
17·19मूढग्राहेणात्मनो यत्पीडया क्रियते तपः ।mūḍhagrāheṇātmano yatpīḍayā kriyate tapaḥ — That askesis which is pursued under a clouded and deluded idea, performed with effort and…
17·20दातव्यमिति यद्दानं दीयतेऽनुपकारिणे ।dātavyamiti yaddānaṁ dīyate’nupakāriṇe — The sattwic way of giving is to do it for the sake of the giving and the beneficence and…
17·21यत्तु प्रत्त्युपकारार्थं फलमुद्दिश्य वा पुनः ।दीयते च परिक्लिष्टं तद्दानं राजसं स्मृतम् ॥
yattu prattyupakārārthaṁ phalamuddiśya vā punaḥ — The rajasic kind of giving is that which is done with unwillingness or violence to oneself…
17·22अदेशकाले यद्दानमपात्रेभ्यश्च दीयते ।adeśakāle yaddānamapātrebhyaśca dīyate — The tamasic gift is offered with no consideration of the right conditions of time, place…
17·26सद्भावे साधुभावे च सदित्येतत्प्रयुज्यते ।प्रशस्ते कर्मणि तथा सच्छब्दः पार्थ युज्यते ॥
sadbhāve sādhubhāve ca sadityetatprayujyate — Sat means good and it means existence; likewise, O Partha, the word Sat is used in the…
17·27यज्ञे तपसि दाने च स्थितिः सदिति चोच्यते ।कर्म चैव तदर्थीयं सदित्येवाभिधीयते ॥
yajñe tapasi dāne ca sthitiḥ saditi cocyate — All firm abiding in sacrifice, giving and askesis and all works done with that central…
17·28अश्रद्धया हुतं दत्तं तपस्तप्तं कृतं च यत् ।असदित्युच्यते पार्थ न च तत्प्रेत्य नो इह ॥
aśraddhayā hutaṁ dattaṁ tapastaptaṁ kṛtaṁ ca yat — Whatever is wrought without faith, oblation, giving, askesis or other work, Asat it is…
18·7नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते ।niyatasya tu saṁnyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate — Verily, renunciation of tightly regulated actions is not proper, to renounce them from…
18·8दुःखमित्येव यत्कर्म कायक्लेशभयात्त्यजेत् ।duḥkhamityeva yatkarma kāyakleśabhayāttyajet — He who gives up works because they bring sorrow or are trouble to the flesh, thus doing…
18·9कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन ।kāryamityeva yatkarma niyataṁ kriyate’rjuna — He who performs a rightly regulated action, because it has to be done, without any…
18·11यस्तु कर्मफलत्यागी स त्यागीत्यभिधीयते ॥yastu karmaphalatyāgī sa tyāgītyabhidhīyate — Nor indeed can embodied beings renounce all works; verily he who gives up the fruit of…
18·12भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु संन्यासिनां क्वचित् ॥bhavatyatyāgināṁ pretya na tu saṁnyāsināṁ kvacit — The three kinds of result, pleasant, unpleasant and mixed, in this or other worlds, in…
18·15शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर्यत्कर्म प्रारभते नरः ।śarīravāṅmanobhiryatkarma prārabhate naraḥ — These five elements make up among them all the efficient causes, that determine the…
18·16पश्यत्यकृतबुद्धित्वान्न स पश्यति दुर्मतिः ॥paśyatyakṛtabuddhitvānna sa paśyati durmatiḥ — That being so, he verily who, owing to ignorant understanding, looketh on the pure Self as…
18·17यस्य नाहङ्कृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते ।हत्वाऽपि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते ॥
yasya nāhaṅkṛto bhāvo buddhiryasya na lipyate — He who is free from the ego-sense, whose intelligence is not affected, though he slay…
18·19प्रोच्यते गुणसङ्ख्याने यथावच्छृणु तान्यपि ॥procyate guṇasaṅkhyāne yathāvacchṛṇu tānyapi — Knowledge, work and doer are of three kinds, says the Sankhya, according to the difference…
18·22यत्तु कृत्स्नवदेकस्मिन्कार्ये सक्तमहैतुकम् ।yattu kṛtsnavadekasminkārye saktamahaitukam — The tamasic knowledge is a small and narrow way of looking at things which has no eye for…
18·23नियतं सङ्गरहितमरागद्वेषतः कृतम् ।अफलप्रेप्सुना कर्म यत्तत्सात्त्विकमुच्यते ॥
niyataṁ saṅgarahitamarāgadveṣataḥ kṛtam — An action which is rightly regulated, performed without attachment, without liking or…
18·24यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहङ्कारेण वा पुनः ।क्रियते बहुलायासं तद्राजसमुदाहृतम् ॥
yattu kāmepsunā karma sāhaṅkāreṇa vā punaḥ — But that action which a man undertakes under the dominion of desire, or with an egoistic…
