[{"c":4,"v":1,"sp":{"sa":"श्रीभगवानुवाच","tr":"śrī bhagavān uvāca","en":"The Blessed Lord said"},"sa":["इमं विवस्वते योगं प्रोक्तवानहमव्ययम्।","विवस्वान् मनवे प्राह मनुरिक्ष्वाकवेऽब्रवीत्"],"tr":["imaṃ vivasvate yogaṃ proktavānahamavyayam","vivasvān manave prāha manurikṣvākave’bravīt"],"en":"The Blessed Lord said, \"I taught this imperishable Yoga to Vivasvan; he then told it to Manu; Manu proclaimed it to Ikshvaku."},{"c":4,"v":2,"sp":null,"sa":["एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः।","स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप"],"tr":["evaṃ paramparāprāptamimaṃ rājarṣayo viduḥ","sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣṭaḥ parantapa"],"en":"This, handed down in regular succession by the royal sages, was known. This Yoga, however, has been lost here over time, O Parantapa (burner of the foes)."},{"c":4,"v":3,"sp":null,"sa":["स एवायं मया तेऽद्य योगः प्रोक्तः पुरातनः।","भक्तोऽसि मे सखा चेति रहस्यं ह्येतदुत्तमम्"],"tr":["sa evāyaṃ mayā te’dya yogaḥ proktaḥ purātanaḥ","bhakto’si me sakhā ceti rahasyaṃ hyetaduttamam"],"en":"That same ancient yoga has been today taught to you by me, for you are my devotee and my friend; it is the supreme secret."},{"c":4,"v":4,"sp":{"sa":"अर्जुन उवाच","tr":"arjuna uvāca","en":"Arjuna said"},"sa":["अपरं भवतो जन्म परं जन्म विवस्वतः।","कथमेतद्विजानीयां त्वमादौ प्रोक्तवानिति"],"tr":["aparaṃ bhavato janma paraṃ janma vivasvataḥ","kathametadvijānīyāṃ tvamādau proktavāniti"],"en":"Arjuna said, \"Later was Thy birth, and prior to it was the birth of Vivasvan (the Sun); how am I to understand that Thou hast taught this Yoga from the beginning?\""},{"c":4,"v":5,"sp":{"sa":"श्रीभगवानुवाच","tr":"śrī bhagavān uvāca","en":"The Blessed Lord said"},"sa":["बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन।","तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परन्तप"],"tr":["bahūni me vyatītāni janmāni tava cārjuna","tānyahaṃ veda sarvāṇi na tvaṃ vettha parantapa"],"en":"The Blessed Lord said, \"Many births of Mine have passed, as well as of thine, O Arjuna; I know them all, but thou knowest not, O Parantapa (scorcher of foes).\""},{"c":4,"v":6,"sp":null,"sa":["अजोऽपि सन्नव्ययात्मा भूतानामीश्वरोऽपि सन्।","प्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय संभवाम्यात्ममायया"],"tr":["ajo’pi sannavyayātmā bhūtānāmīśvaro’pi san","prakṛtiṃ svāmadhiṣṭhāya saṃbhavāmyātmamāyayā"],"en":"Though I am unborn and of imperishable nature, and though I am the Lord of all beings, yet, governing my own nature, I am born by my own Maya."},{"c":4,"v":7,"sp":null,"sa":["यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।","अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽऽत्मानं सृजाम्यहम्"],"tr":["yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānirbhavati bhārata","abhyutthānamadharmasya tadā’’tmānaṃ sṛjāmyaham"],"en":"Whenever there is a decline of righteousness and an increase of unrighteousness, O Arjuna, then I manifest Myself."},{"c":4,"v":8,"sp":null,"sa":["परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्।","धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे"],"tr":["paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṃ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām","dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya saṃbhavāmi yuge yuge"],"en":"For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, and for the establishment of righteousness, I am born in every age."},{"c":4,"v":9,"sp":null,"sa":["जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः।","त्यक्त्वा देहं पुनर्जन्म नैति मामेति सोऽर्जुन"],"tr":["janma karma ca me divyamevaṃ yo vetti tattvataḥ","tyaktvā dehaṃ punarjanma naiti māmeti so’rjuna"],"en":"He who thus knows, in their true light, My divine birth and actions, having abandoned the body, is not born again; he comes to Me, O Arjuna."},{"c":4,"v":10,"sp":null,"sa":["वीतरागभयक्रोधा मन्मया मामुपाश्रिताः।","बहवो ज्ञानतपसा पूता मद्भावमागताः"],"tr":["vītarāgabhayakrodhā manmayā māmupāśritāḥ","bahavo jñānatapasā pūtā madbhāvamāgatāḥ"],"en":"Freed from attachment, fear, and anger, absorbed in Me, taking refuge in Me, purified by the fire of knowledge, many have attained My Being."},{"c":4,"v":11,"sp":null,"sa":["ये यथा मां प्रपद्यन्ते तांस्तथैव भजाम्यहम्।","मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः"],"tr":["ye yathā māṃ prapadyante tāṃstathaiva bhajāmyaham","mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ"],"en":"In whatever way men approach Me, even so do I reward them; My path do men tread in all ways, O Arjuna."},{"c":4,"v":12,"sp":null,"sa":["काङ्क्षन्तः कर्मणां सिद्धिं यजन्त इह देवताः।","क्षिप्रं हि मानुषे लोके सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा"],"tr":["kāṅkṣantaḥ karmaṇāṃ siddhiṃ yajanta iha devatāḥ","kṣipraṃ hi mānuṣe loke siddhirbhavati karmajā"],"en":"Those who long for success in action in this world sacrifice to the gods; for success is quickly attained by men through action."},{"c":4,"v":13,"sp":null,"sa":["चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः।","तस्य कर्तारमपि मां विद्ध्यकर्तारमव्ययम्"],"tr":["cāturvarṇyaṃ mayā sṛṣṭaṃ guṇakarmavibhāgaśaḥ","tasya kartāramapi māṃ viddhyakartāramavyayam"],"en":"The fourfold caste has been created by Me according to the differentiation of Guna and Karma; though I am the author of it, know Me as non-doer and immutable."},{"c":4,"v":14,"sp":null,"sa":["न मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा।","इति मां योऽभिजानाति कर्मभिर्न स बध्यते"],"tr":["na māṃ karmāṇi limpanti na me karmaphale spṛhā","iti māṃ yo’bhijānāti karmabhirna sa badhyate"],"en":"Actions do not taint Me, nor do I have a desire for the fruit of actions. He who knows Me thus is not bound by actions."},{"c":4,"v":15,"sp":null,"sa":["एवं ज्ञात्वा कृतं कर्म पूर्वैरपि मुमुक्षुभिः।","कुरु कर्मैव तस्मात्त्वं पूर्वैः पूर्वतरं कृतम्"],"tr":["evaṃ jñātvā kṛtaṃ karma pūrvairapi mumukṣubhiḥ","kuru karmaiva tasmāttvaṃ pūrvaiḥ pūrvataraṃ kṛtam"],"en":"Having known this, the ancient seekers of freedom also performed action; therefore, do thou also perform action, as the ancients did in days of yore."},{"c":4,"v":16,"sp":null,"sa":["किं कर्म किमकर्मेति कवयोऽप्यत्र मोहिताः।","तत्ते कर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात्"],"tr":["kiṃ karma kimakarmeti kavayo’pyatra mohitāḥ","tatte karma pravakṣyāmi yajjñātvā mokṣyase’śubhāt"],"en":"What is action? What is inaction? Even the wise are confused about this. Therefore, I shall teach you the nature of action and inaction, by knowing which you will be liberated from the evil of Samsara, the wheel of birth and death."},{"c":4,"v":17,"sp":null,"sa":["कर्मणो ह्यपि बोद्धव्यं बोद्धव्यं च विकर्मणः।","अकर्मणश्च बोद्धव्यं गहना कर्मणो गतिः"],"tr":["karmaṇo hyapi boddhavyaṃ boddhavyaṃ ca vikarmaṇaḥ","akarmaṇaśca boddhavyaṃ gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ"],"en":"For verily, the true nature of action enjoined by the scriptures should be known, as well as that of forbidden or unlawful action, and of inaction; the nature of action is hard to understand."},{"c":4,"v":18,"sp":null,"sa":["कर्मण्यकर्म यः पश्येदकर्मणि च कर्म यः।","स बुद्धिमान् मनुष्येषु स युक्तः कृत्स्नकर्मकृत्"],"tr":["karmaṇyakarma yaḥ paśyedakarmaṇi ca karma yaḥ","sa buddhimān manuṣyeṣu sa yuktaḥ kṛtsnakarmakṛt"],"en":"He who sees inaction in action and action in inaction, he is wise among men; he is a yogi and performer of all actions."},{"c":4,"v":19,"sp":null,"sa":["यस्य सर्वे समारम्भाः कामसङ्कल्पवर्जिताः।","ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणं तमाहुः पण्डितं बुधाः"],"tr":["yasya sarve samārambhāḥ kāmasaṅkalpavarjitāḥ","jñānāgnidagdhakarmāṇaṃ tamāhuḥ paṇḍitaṃ budhāḥ"],"en":"He whose undertakings are all devoid of desires and selfish purposes, and whose actions have been burned by the fire of knowledge, the wise call him a sage."},{"c":4,"v":20,"sp":null,"sa":["त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्गं नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रयः।","कर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि नैव किञ्चित्करोति सः"],"tr":["tyaktvā karmaphalāsaṅgaṃ nityatṛpto nirāśrayaḥ","karmaṇyabhipravṛtto’pi naiva kiñcitkaroti saḥ"],"en":"Having abandoned attachment to the fruits of the action, ever content, depending on nothing, he does not do anything even while being engaged in activity."},{"c":4,"v":21,"sp":null,"sa":["निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः।","शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्"],"tr":["nirāśīryatacittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ","śārīraṃ kevalaṃ karma kurvannāpnoti kilbiṣam"],"en":"Without hope, controlling the mind and the self, having abandoned all covetousness, and performing only bodily actions, one incurs no sin."},{"c":4,"v":22,"sp":null,"sa":["यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः।","समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते"],"tr":["yadṛcchālābhasantuṣṭo dvandvātīto vimatsaraḥ","samaḥ siddhāvasiddhau ca kṛtvāpi na nibadhyate"],"en":"Content with what comes to him without effort, free from the pairs of opposites and envy, even-minded in success and failure, he acts yet is not bound."},{"c":4,"v":23,"sp":null,"sa":["गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः।","यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते"],"tr":["gatasaṅgasya muktasya jñānāvasthitacetasaḥ","yajñāyācarataḥ karma samagraṃ pravilīyate"],"en":"To one who is devoid of attachment, who is liberated, whose mind is established in knowledge, and who works for the sake of sacrifice (for the sake of God), the whole action is dissolved."},{"c":4,"v":24,"sp":null,"sa":["ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्महविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम्।","ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना"],"tr":["brahmārpaṇaṃ brahmahavirbrahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam","brahmaiva tena gantavyaṃ brahmakarmasamādhinā"],"en":"Brahman is the oblation; Brahman is the melted butter (ghee); by Brahman is the oblation poured into the fire of Brahman; Brahman indeed shall be attained by one who always sees Brahman in action."},{"c":4,"v":25,"sp":null,"sa":["दैवमेवापरे यज्ञं योगिनः पर्युपासते।","ब्रह्माग्नावपरे यज्ञं यज्ञेनैवोपजुह्वति"],"tr":["daivamevāpare yajñaṃ yoginaḥ paryupāsate","brahmāgnāvapare yajñaṃ yajñenaivopajuhvati"],"en":"Some yogis perform sacrifice to the gods alone; while others, who have realized the Self, offer the Self as sacrifice in the fire of Brahman alone."},{"c":4,"v":26,"sp":null,"sa":["श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति।","शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति"],"tr":["śrotrādīnīndriyāṇyanye saṃyamāgniṣu juhvati","śabdādīnviṣayānanya indriyāgniṣu juhvati"],"en":"Some again offer the organ of hearing and other senses as a sacrifice in the fire of restraint; others offer sound and other objects of the senses as a sacrifice in the fire of the senses."},{"c":4,"v":27,"sp":null,"sa":["सर्वाणीन्द्रियकर्माणि प्राणकर्माणि चापरे।","आत्मसंयमयोगाग्नौ जुह्वति ज्ञानदीपिते"],"tr":["sarvāṇīndriyakarmāṇi prāṇakarmāṇi cāpare","ātmasaṃyamayogāgnau juhvati jñānadīpite"],"en":"Others again sacrifice all the functions of the senses and those of the breath (vital energy, or Prana) in the fire of the Yoga of self-restraint, kindled by knowledge."},{"c":4,"v":28,"sp":null,"sa":["द्रव्ययज्ञास्तपोयज्ञा योगयज्ञास्तथापरे।","स्वाध्यायज्ञानयज्ञाश्च यतयः संशितव्रताः"],"tr":["dravyayajñāstapoyajñā yogayajñāstathāpare","svādhyāyajñānayajñāśca yatayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ"],"en":"Others again offer wealth, austerity, and Yoga as sacrifice, while ascetics of self-restraint and rigid vows offer the study of scriptures and knowledge as sacrifice."},{"c":4,"v":29,"sp":null,"sa":["अपाने जुह्वति प्राण प्राणेऽपानं तथाऽपरे।","प्राणापानगती रुद्ध्वा प्राणायामपरायणाः"],"tr":["apāne juhvati prāṇa prāṇe’pānaṃ tathā’pare","prāṇāpānagatī ruddhvā prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇāḥ"],"en":"Others offer as sacrifice the outgoing breath into the incoming, and the incoming into the outgoing, restraining the flow of the outgoing and the incoming breaths, solely absorbed in the restraint of the breath."},{"c":4,"v":30,"sp":null,"sa":["अपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति।","सर्वेऽप्येते यज्ञविदो यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः"],"tr":["apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇānprāṇeṣu juhvati","sarve’pyete yajñavido yajñakṣapitakalmaṣāḥ"],"en":"Others who regulate their diet offer life-breaths in each life-breath. All these are knowers of sacrifice, whose sins are destroyed through sacrifice."},{"c":4,"v":31,"sp":null,"sa":["यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजो यान्ति ब्रह्म सनातनम्।","नायं लोकोऽस्त्ययज्ञस्य कुतो़ऽन्यः कुरुसत्तम"],"tr":["yajñaśiṣṭāmṛtabhujo yānti brahma sanātanam","nāyaṃ loko’styayajñasya kuto’nyaḥ kurusattama"],"en":"Those who eat the remnants of the sacrifice, which are like nectar, go to the eternal Brahman. This world is not for the one who does not perform sacrifice; how then can they have the other, O Arjuna?"},{"c":4,"v":32,"sp":null,"sa":["एवं बहुविधा यज्ञा वितता ब्रह्मणो मुखे।","कर्मजान्विद्धि तान्सर्वानेवं ज्ञात्वा विमोक्ष्यसे"],"tr":["evaṃ bahuvidhā yajñā vitatā brahmaṇo mukhe","karmajānviddhi tānsarvānevaṃ jñātvā vimokṣyase"],"en":"Thus, manifold sacrifices are spread out before Brahman at the face of Brahman. Know them all to be born of action, and thus knowing, you shall be liberated."},{"c":4,"v":33,"sp":null,"sa":["श्रेयान्द्रव्यमयाद्यज्ञाज्ज्ञानयज्ञः परन्तप।","सर्वं कर्माखिलं पार्थ ज्ञाने परिसमाप्यते"],"tr":["śreyāndravyamayādyajñājjñānayajñaḥ parantapa","sarvaṃ karmākhilaṃ pārtha jñāne parisamāpyate"],"en":"Superior is wisdom-sacrifice to the sacrifice with objects, O Parantapa (scorcher of the foes). All actions in their entirety, O Arjuna, culminate in knowledge."},{"c":4,"v":34,"sp":null,"sa":["तद्विद्धि प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्नेन सेवया।","उपदेक्ष्यन्ति ते ज्ञानं ज्ञानिनस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः"],"tr":["tadviddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā","upadekṣyanti te jñānaṃ jñāninastattvadarśinaḥ"],"en":"Know that the wise who have realized the truth will instruct thee in that knowledge through long prostration, supplication, and service."},{"c":4,"v":35,"sp":null,"sa":["यज्ज्ञात्वा न पुनर्मोहमेवं यास्यसि पाण्डव।","येन भूतान्यशेषेण द्रक्ष्यस्यात्मन्यथो मयि"],"tr":["yajjñātvā na punarmohamevaṃ yāsyasi pāṇḍava","yena bhūtānyaśeṣeṇa drakṣyasyātmanyatho mayi"],"en":"Knowing that thou shalt not, O Arjuna, again be deluded like this; and by that thou shalt see all beings in thyself and also in me."},{"c":4,"v":36,"sp":null,"sa":["अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः।","सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि"],"tr":["api cedasi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpakṛttamaḥ","sarvaṃ jñānaplavenaiva vṛjinaṃ santariṣyasi"],"en":"Even if thou art the most sinful of all sinners, yet thou shalt surely cross over all sins by the raft of knowledge."},{"c":4,"v":37,"sp":null,"sa":["यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन।","ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा"],"tr":["yathaidhāṃsi samiddho’gnirbhasmasātkurute’rjuna","jñānāgniḥ sarvakarmāṇi bhasmasātkurute tathā"],"en":"As the blazing fire reduces fuel to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge reduce all actions to ash."},{"c":4,"v":38,"sp":null,"sa":["न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते।","तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति"],"tr":["na hi jñānena sadṛśaṃ pavitramiha vidyate","tatsvayaṃ yogasaṃsiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati"],"en":"Verily, there is no purifier in this world like knowledge. He who is perfected in Yoga finds it within the Self in due time."},{"c":4,"v":39,"sp":null,"sa":["श्रद्धावाँल्लभते ज्ञानं तत्परः संयतेन्द्रियः।","ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा परां शान्तिमचिरेणाधिगच्छति"],"tr":["śraddhāvām̐llabhate jñānaṃ tatparaḥ saṃyatendriyaḥ","jñānaṃ labdhvā parāṃ śāntimacireṇādhigacchati"],"en":"The one who is full of faith, devoted to it, and has subdued their senses obtains this knowledge; and upon obtaining the knowledge, they attain the supreme peace immediately."},{"c":4,"v":40,"sp":null,"sa":["अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति।","नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः"],"tr":["ajñaścāśraddadhānaśca saṃśayātmā vinaśyati","nāyaṃ loko’sti na paro na sukhaṃ saṃśayātmanaḥ"],"en":"The ignorant, the faithless, and the doubting self go to destruction; there is neither this world nor the other, nor happiness for the doubting one."},{"c":4,"v":41,"sp":null,"sa":["योगसंन्यस्तकर्माणं ज्ञानसंछिन्नसंशयम्।","आत्मवन्तं न कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय"],"tr":["yogasaṃnyastakarmāṇaṃ jñānasaṃchinnasaṃśayam","ātmavantaṃ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya"],"en":"He who has renounced actions through Yoga, whose doubts have been dispelled by knowledge, and who is self-possessed—such a one is not bound by actions, O Arjuna."},{"c":4,"v":42,"sp":null,"sa":["तस्मादज्ञानसंभूतं हृत्स्थं ज्ञानासिनाऽऽत्मनः।","छित्त्वैनं संशयं योगमातिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भारत"],"tr":["tasmādajñānasaṃbhūtaṃ hṛtsthaṃ jñānāsinā’’tmanaḥ","chittvainaṃ saṃśayaṃ yogamātiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhārata"],"en":"Therefore, with the sword of knowledge (of the Self), cut asunder the doubt of the self, born of ignorance, residing in your heart, and take refuge in Yoga. Arise, O Arjuna!"}]