भगवद्गीता
bhagavadgītā
Divine Song
read moreBhagavad Gītā
Chapter 1 Title:
विषाद योग:
viṣāda yogaḥ
The Yoga of Despair
read moreŚloka 1:
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच |
धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः |
मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय ‖
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |
dharma-kṣetre kuru-kṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ |
māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāś ca-iva kim akurvata saṃjaya ‖
“The first Śloka sets the saga on the field of Dharma.
Dharma is how we respond, whatever the situation,
presuming we can sustain our view within the present.
Karma is how we respond, having lost sight of our view, because it’s become obscured by the force of our memories.
Then Karma is the force now driving us through our memories.
So, Arjuna’s Dharma becomes obscured because of his Karma.”
Chapter 2 Title:
सांख्य योग:
sāṃkhya yogaḥ
The Yoga of Enumeration
read moreŚloka 7:
कार्पण्यदोषोपहतस्वभावः पृच्छामि त्वां धर्मसंमूढचेताः।
यच्छ्रेयः स्यान्निश्िचतं ब्रूहि तन्मे शिष्यस्तेऽहं शाधि मां त्वां प्रपन्नम् ।।
kārpaṇya-doṣa-upahata-svabhāvaḥ pṛcchāmi tvāṃ dharma-saṃmūḍha-cetāḥ |
yad-śreyaḥ syān niścitaṃ brūhi tan me śiṣyas te-ahaṃ śādhi māṃ tvāṃ prapannam ||
Śloka 23:
नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः।
न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः।।
nāinaṃ chindanti śastrāṇi nāinaṃ dahati pāvakaḥ |
na cāinaṃ kledayantyāpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ ||
Śloka 45:
त्रैगुण्यविषया वेदा निस्त्रैगुण्यो भवार्जुन ।
निर्द्वन्द्वो नित्यसत्त्वस्थो निर्योगक्षेम आत्मवान् ।।
trāiguṇyaviṣayā vedā nistrāiguṇyo bhavārjuna |
nirdvandvo nityasattvastho niryogakṣema ātmavān ||
Śloka 48:
योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय ।
सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते ।।
yogasthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā dhanaṃjaya |
siddhyasiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṃ yoga ucyate ||
Śloka 50:
बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते ।
तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योगः कर्मसु कौशलम् ।।
buddhi-yukto jahāti-iha ubhe sukṛta-duṣkṛte
tasmād yogāya yujyasva yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam ||
Śloka 54:
arjuna uvāca |
sthitaprajñasya kā bhāṣā samādhisthasya keśava |
sthitadhīḥ kiṃ prabhāṣeta kim āsīta vrajeta kim ||
Śloka 63:
krodhād bhavati saṃmohaḥ saṃmohāt smṛtivibhramaḥ |
smṛtibhraṃśād buddhināśo buddhināśāt praṇaśyati ||
Śloka 69:
yā niśā sarvabhūtānāṃ tasyāṃ jāgarti saṃyamī |
yasyāṃ jāgrati bhūtāni sā niśā paśyato muneḥ ||
Chapter 3 Title:
कर्म योग:
karma yogaḥ
The Yoga of Action
read moreŚloka 3:
loke ’smin dvividhā niṣṭhā purā proktā mayā ’nagha |
jñānayogena sāṃkhyānāṃ karmayogena yoginām ||
Śloka 8:
niyataṃ kuru karma tvaṃ karma jyāyo hyakarmaṇaḥ |
śarīrayātrāpi ca te na prasiddhyed akarmaṇaḥ ||
Śloka 34:
indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāgadveṣāu vyavasthitāu |
tayor na vaśam āgacchhet tāu hyasya paripanthināu ||
Śloka 41:
tasmāt tvam indriyāṇyādāu niyamya bharatarṣabha |
pāpmānaṃ prajahi hyenaṃ jñānavijñānanāśanam ||
Chapter 4 Title:
jñāna yogaḥ
The Yoga of Knowledge
read moreŚloka 10:
vītarāgabhayakrodhā manmayā mām upāśritāḥ |
bahavo jñānatapasā pūtā madbhāvam āgatāḥ ||
Śloka 17:
karmaṇo hyapi boddhavyaṃ boddhavyaṃ ca vikarmaṇaḥ |
akarmaṇaśca boddhavyaṃ gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ ||
Śloka 21:
nirāśīr yatacittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ |
śārīraṃ kevalaṃ karma kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam ||
Śloka 22:
yadṛcchālābhasaṃtuṣṭo dvandvātīto vimatsaraḥ |
samaḥ siddhāv asiddhau ca kṛtvā ’pi na nibadhyate ||
Śloka 28:
dravyayajñās tapoyajñā yogayajñās tathāpare |
svādhyāyajñānayajñāśca yatayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ ||
Śloka 40:
ajñaścāśraddadhānaśca saṃśayātmā vinaśyati |
nāyaṃ loko ’sti na paro na sukhaṃ saṃśayātmanaḥ ||
Śloka 41:
yogasaṃnyastakarmāṇaṃ jñānasaṃchinnasaṃśayam |
ātmavantaṃ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanaṃjaya ||
Śloka 42:
tasmād ajñānasaṃbhūtaṃ hṛtsthaṃ jñānāsinā ’tmanaḥ |
chittvāinaṃ saṃśayaṃ yogam ātiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhārata ||
Chapter 5 Title:
karma saṃnyāsa yogaḥ
The Yoga of Renunciation in Action
read moreŚloka 7:
yoga-yukto viśuddha-ātmā vijita-ātmā jita-indriyaḥ |
sarva-bhūta-ātma-bhūta-ātmā kurvann api na lipyate ||
Śloka 11:
kāyena manasā buddhyā kevalāir indriyāir api |
yoginaḥ karma kurvanti saṅgaṃ tyaktvā ’tmaśuddhaye ||
Śloka 14:
na kartṛtvaṃ na karmāṇi lokasya sṛjati prabhuḥ |
na karmaphalasaṃyogaṃ svabhāvas tu pravartate ||
Śloka 17:
tadbuddhayas tadātmānas tanniṣṭhās tatparāyaṇāḥ |
gacchantyapunarāvṛttiṃ jñānanirdhūtakalmaṣāḥ ||
Śloka 27:
sparśān kṛtvā bahir bāhyāṃś cakṣuścaivāntare bhruvoḥ |
prāṇāpānāu samāu kṛtvā nāsābhyantaracāriṇāu ||
Chapter 6 Title:
dhyāna yogaḥ
The Yoga of Meditation
read moreŚloka 6:
bandhur ātmā ’tmanas tasya yenātmāivātmanā jitaḥ |
anātmanas tu śatrutve vartetātmāiva śatruvat ||
Śloka 20:
yatroparamate cittaṃ niruddhaṃ yogasevayā |
yatra cāivātmanā ’tmānaṃ paśyann ātmani tuṣyati ||
Śloka 23:
taṃ vidyād duḥkhasaṃyogaviyogaṃ yogasaṃjñitam |
sa niścayena yoktavyo yogo ’nirviṇṇacetasā ||
Śloka 34:
cañcalaṃ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa pramāthi balavad dṛḍham |
tasyāhaṃ nigrahaṃ manye vāyor iva suduṣkaram ||
Śloka 37:
ayatiḥ śraddhayopeto yogāccalitamānasaḥ |
aprāpya yogasaṃsiddhiṃ kāṃ gatiṃ kṛṣṇa gacchati ||
Śloka 46:
tapasvibhyo ’dhiko yogī jñānibhyo ’pi mato ’dhikaḥ |
karmibhyaś cādhiko yogī tasmād yogī bhavārjuna ||
Chapter 7 Title:
jñāna vijñāna yogaḥ
The Yoga of Knowledge and Special Knowing
read moreŚloka 2:
jñānaṃ te ’haṃ savijñānam idaṃ vakṣyāmy aśeṣataḥ |
yaj jñātvā neha bhūyo ’nyaj jñātavyam avaśiṣyate ||
Śloka 7:
mattaḥ parataraṃ nānyat kiṃcid asti dhanaṃ jaya |
mayi sarvam idaṃ protaṃ sūtre maṇigaṇā iva ||
Not other than me anything higher O conquerer of wealth.
In me all this in strung like clusters of gems on a thread.
Śloka 8:
raso ’ham apsu kāunteya prabhāsmi śaśisūryayoḥ |
praṇavaḥ sarvavedeṣu śabdaḥ khe pāuruṣaṃ nṛṣu ||
Śloka 19:
bahūnāṃ janmanām ante jñānavān māṃ prapadyate |
vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ ||
Chapter 8 Title:
akṣara brahma yogaḥ
The Yoga of the Imperishable Absolute.
read moreŚloka 8:
abhyāsayogayuktena cetasā nānyagāminā |
paramaṃ puruṣaṃ divyaṃ yāti pārthānucintayan ||
Śloka 13:
om ity ekākṣaraṃ brahma vyāharan mām anusmaran |
yaḥ prayāti tyajan dehaṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim ||
read moreChapter 9 Title:
rājavidyā rājaguhya yogaḥ
The Yoga of Sovereign True Knowledge and Sovereign Mystery.
read moreChapter 10 Title:
vibhūti yogaḥ
The Yoga of Special Manifestation
read moreŚloka 20:
aham ātmā guḍākeśa sarvabhūtāśayasthitaḥ |
aham ādiśca madhyaṃ ca bhūtānām anta eva ca ||
Chapter 11 Title:
viśvarūpa yogaḥ
The Yoga of the Universal Form.
read moreŚloka 1:
madanugrahāya paramaṃ guhyam adhyātmasaṃjñitam |
yat tvayoktaṃ vacas tena moho ’yaṃ vigato mama ||
Chapter 12 Title:
bhakti yogaḥ
The Yoga of Devotion.
read moreŚloka 20:
ye tu dharmyāmṛtam idaṃ yathoktaṃ paryupāsate |
śraddadhānā matparamā bhaktās te ’tīva me priyāḥ ||
Chapter 13 Title:
kṣetra kṣetrajña vibhāga yogaḥ
The Yoga of the Distinction between the Field and the Knower of the Field.
read moreŚloka 21:
puruṣaḥ prakṛtistho hi bhuṅkte prakṛtijān guṇān |
kāraṇaṃ guṇasaṅgo ’sya sadasadyonijanmasu ||
Śloka 28:
samaṃ paśyan hi sarvatra samavasthitam īśvaram |
na hinasty ātmanā ’tmānaṃ tato yāti parāṃ gatim ||
Chapter 14 Title:
guṇa traya vibhāga yogaḥ
The Yoga of the Distinction of the Three Qualities.
read moreChapter 15 Title:
puruṣottama yogaḥ
The Yoga of the Supreme Spirit.
read moreChapter 16 Title:
daiva asura saṃpad vibhāga yogaḥ
The Yoga of the Distinction between the Divine and the Demonic Destiny.
read moreChapter 17 Title:
śraddhātraya vibhāga yogaḥ
The Yoga of the threefold Distinction of Faith.
read moreŚloka 2:
śrībhagavān uvāca |
trividhā bhavati śraddhā dehināṃ sā svabhāvajā |
sāttvikī rājasī cāiva tāmasī ceti tāṃ śṛṇu ||
Chapter 18 Title:
mokṣa saṃnyāsa yogaḥ
The Yoga of Liberation by Renunciation.
read moreŚloka 15:
śarīravāṅmanobhir yat karma prārabhate naraḥ |
nyāyyaṃ vā viparītaṃ vā pañcāite tasya hetavaḥ ||