as one of the world’s spiritual classics and a guide to all on the path of Truth.
Bhagavad Gita is a concise guide to Hindu theology and
as a practical, self-contained guide to life. It represents a summary of the
Vedantic and Upanishadic teachings, hence it is also called "Veda of the
Vedas" and "the Upanishad of the Upanishads". Lord Krishna
states that the knowledge of Yoga contained in the Gita was first instructed to
mankind at the very beginning of their existence as he is the first Purusha the
Universe has ever Known.
He who reads even a quarter of a Sloka is freed from great sins and inner fears. The Srimad Bhagavad Gita is your benefactor and constant companion. The Gita is your Father, Mother, Great Grand Ancestor and Teacher. The Gita is your solace, support and prop. The Gita is an embodiment of nectar. Drink this nectar daily and attain Immortality. May the Gita guide you!
Hari
Verse 1
karmany evadhikaras te
ma phalesu kadacana ma karma-phala-hetur bhur
ma te sango 'stv akarmani
You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you
are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself to be the
cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing
your duty.
Verse 2
yoga-sthah kuru karmani
sangam tyaktva dhananjaya
siddhy-asiddhyoh samo bhutva
samatvam yoga ucyate
Be steadfast in yoga, O Arjuna. Perform your duty and
abandon all attachment to success or failure. Such evenness of mind is called
yoga.
Verse 3
duhkhesv anudvigna-manah
sukhesu vigata-sprhah
vita-raga-bhaya-krodhah
sthita-dhir munir ucyate
One who is not disturbed in spite of the threefold miseries,
who is not elated when there is happiness, and who is free from attachment,
fear and anger, is called a sage of steady mind.
Verse 4
tani sarvani samyamya
yukta asita mat-parah
vase hi yasyendriyani
tasya prajna pratisthita
One who restrains his senses and fixes his consciousness
upon the Lord, is known as a man of steady intelligence. That the highest conception of yoga perfection which
is establishing the self on God Consciousness.
krodhad bhavati sammohah
sammohat smrti-vibhramah smrti-bhramsad buddhi-naso
buddhi-nasat pranasyati
From anger, delusion arises, and from delusion bewilderment
of memory. When memory is bewildered, intelligence is lost, and when
intelligence is lost, one falls down again into the material pool.
Verse 6
vihaya kaman yah sarvan
pumams carati nihsprhah
nirmamo nirahankarah
sa santim adhigacchati
A person who has given up all desires for sense
gratification, who lives free from desires, who has given up all sense of
proprietorship and is devoid of false ego--he alone can attain real peace.
niyatam kuru karma tvam
karma jyayo hy akarmanah
sarira-yatrapi ca te
na prasiddhyed akarmanah
Perform your prescribed duty, for action is better than
inaction. A man cannot even maintain his physical body without work.
Verse 8
annad bhavanti bhutani
parjanyad anna-sambhavah
yajnad bhavati parjanyo
yajnah karma-samudbhavah
All living bodies subsist on food grains, which are produced
from rains. Rains are produced by performance of action, and action is born of
prescribed duties.
Verse 9
karmanaiva hi samsiddhim
asthita janakadayah
loka-sangraham evapi
sampasyan kartum arhasi
Even kings like Janaka and others attained the perfectional
stage by performance of prescribed duties. Therefore, just for the sake of
educating the people in general, you should perform your work.
Verse 10
yad yad acarati sresthas
tat tad evetaro janah
sa yat pramanam kurute
lokas tad anuvartate
Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men
follow in his footsteps. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all
the world pursues.
Verse 11
tattva-vit tu maha-baho
guna-karma-vibhagayoh
guna gunesu vartanta
iti matva na sajjate
One who is in knowledge of the Absolute Truth, O
mighty-armed, does not engage himself in the senses and sense gratification,
knowing well the differences between work in devotion and work for fruitive
results.
Verse 12
mayi sarvani karmani
sannyasyadhyatma-cetasa
nirasir nirmamo bhutva
yudhyasva vigata-jvarah
Therefore, O Arjuna, surrendering all your works unto Me,
with mind intent on Me, and without desire for gain and free from egoism and
lethargy, fight.
Verse 13
sreyan sva-dharmo vigunah
para-dharmat svanusthitat
sva-dharme nidhanam sreyah
para-dharmo bhayavahah
It is far better to discharge one's prescribed duties, even
though they may be faultily, than another's duties. Destruction in the course
of performing one's own duty is better than engaging in another's duties, for
to follow another's path is dangerous.
One should therefore discharge his prescribed
duties in full God consciousness rather than those prescribed for others.
Verse 14
indriyani parany ahur
indriyebhyah param manah
manasas tu para buddhir
yo buddheh paratas tu sah
The working senses are superior to dull matter; mind is
higher than the senses; intelligence is still higher than the mind; and he [the
soul] is even higher than the intelligence.
Verse 15
evam buddheh param buddhva
samstabhyatmanam atmana
jahi satrum maha-baho
kama-rupam durasadam
Thus knowing oneself to be transcendental to material
senses, mind and intelligence, one should control the lower self by the higher
self and thus--by spiritual strength--conquer this insatiable enemy known as
lust.
Verse 16
yada yada hi dharmasya
glanir bhavati bharata
abhyutthanam adharmasya
tadatmanam srjamy aham
Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious
practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion--at
that time I descend Myself.
Verse 17
paritranaya sadhunam
vinasaya ca duskrtam
dharma-samsthapanarthaya
sambhavami yuge yuge
Verse 18
sarvanindriya-karmani
prana-karmani capare
atma-samyama-yogagnau
juhvati jnana-dipite
Those who are interested in self-realization, in terms of
mind and sense control, offer the functions of all the senses, as well as the
vital force [breath], as oblations into the fire of the controlled mind.
Verse 19
catur-varnyam maya srstam
guna-karma-vibhagasah
tasya kartaram api mam
viddhy akartaram avyayam
According to the three modes of material nature and the work
ascribed to them, the four divisions of human society were created by Me. And,
although I am the creator of this system, you should know that I am yet the
non-doer, being unchangeable.
Verse 20
karmany akarma yah pasyed
akarmani ca karma yah
sa buddhiman manusyesu
sa yuktah krtsnakarmakrt
One who sees inaction in action and action in inaction, is a
wise person. Such a person is a yogi and has accomplished everything.
Verse 21
Brahmarpanam brahma havir
brahmagnau brahmana hutam
brahmaiva tena gantavyam
brahma-karma-samadhina
A person who is fully absorbed in Krishna
consciousness is sure to attain the spiritual kingdom because of his full
contribution to spiritual activities, in which the consummation is absolute and
that which is offered is of the same spiritual nature.
Verse 22
apane juhvati pranam
prane 'panam tathapare
pranapana-gati ruddhva
pranayama-parayanah
apare niyataharah
pranan pranesu juhvati
And there are even others who are inclined to the process of
breath restraint to remain in trance, and they practice stopping the movement
of the outgoing breath into the incoming, and incoming breath into the
outgoing, and thus at last remain in trance, stopping all breathing. Some of
them, curtailing the eating process, offer the outgoing breath into itself, as
a sacrifice.
Verse 23
sraddhaval labhate jnanam
tat-parah samyatendriyah
jnanam labdhva param santim
acirenadhigacchati
A faithful man who is absorbed in transcendental knowledge
and who subdues his senses quickly attains the supreme spiritual peace.
yoga-sannyasta-karmanam
jnana-sanchinna-samsayam
atmavantam na karmani
nibadhnanti dhananjaya
Therefore, one who has renounced the fruits of his action,
whose doubts are destroyed by transcendental knowledge, and who is situated
firmly in the self, is not bound by works.
Verse 25
yoga-yukto visuddhatma
vijitatma jitendriyah
sarva-bhutatma-bhutatma
kurvann api na lipyate
One who works in devotion, who is a pure soul, and who
controls his mind and senses, is dear to everyone, and everyone is dear to him.
Though always working, such a man is never entangled.
naiva kincit karomiti
yukto manyeta tattva-vit
pasyan srnvan sprsan jighrann
asnan gacchan svapan svasan
pralapan visrjan grhnann
unmisan nimisann api
indriyanindriyarthesu
vartanta iti dharayan
A person in the divine consciousness, although engaged in
seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving about, sleeping and
breathing, always knows within himself that he actually does nothing at all.
Because while speaking, evacuating, receiving, opening or closing his eyes, he
always knows that only the material senses are engaged with their objects and
that he is aloof from them.
Verse 28
sarva-karmani manasa
sannyasyaste sukham vasi
nava-dvare pure dehi
naiva kurvan na karayan
When the embodied living being controls his nature and
mentally renounces all actions, he resides happily in the city of nine gates
[the material body], neither working nor causing work to be done.
Verse 29
vidya-vinaya-sampanne
brahmane gavi hastini
suni caiva sva-pake ca
panditah sama-darsinah
The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees
with equal vision a learned and gentle brahmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog
Verse 30-31
sparsan krtva bahir bahyams
caksus caivantare bhruvoh
pranapanau samau krtva
nasabhyantara-carinau
yatendriya-mano-buddhir
munir moksa-parayanah
vigateccha-bhaya-krodho
yah sada mukta eva sah
Shutting out all external sense objects, keeping the eyes
and vision concentrated between the two eyebrows, suspending the inward and
outward breaths within the nostrils--thus controlling the mind, senses and
intelligence, the transcendentalist becomes free from desire, fear and anger.
One who is always in this state is certainly liberated.
Lord gives instruction to Arjuna as to how one can come to
that position by the practice of the mysticism or yoga, known as Kriya-yoga,
which is divisible into an eightfold procedure called yama, niyama, asana,
pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, and samadhi.
1. Yama (The
five "abstentions"): non-violence, non-lying, non-covetousness,
non-sensuality, and non-possessiveness.
2. Niyama (The
five "observances"): purity, contentment, austerity, study, and
surrender to god.
3. Asana:
Literally means "seat", and in Patanjali's Sutras refers to the
seated position used for meditation.
4. Pranayama
("Suspending Breath"): Prana, breath, "ayama", to restrain
or stop. Also interpreted as control of the life force.
5. Pratyahara
("Abstraction"): Withdrawal of the sense organs from external
objects.
6. Dharana
("Concentration"): Fixing the attention on a single object.
7. Dhyana
("Meditation"): Intense contemplation of the nature of the object of
meditation.
8. Samadhi
("Liberation"): merging consciousness with the object of meditation.
Verse 32
bhoktaram yajna-tapasam
sarva-loka-mahesvaram
suhrdam sarva-bhutanam
jnatva mam santim rcchati
The sages, know Me as the ultimate purpose of all sacrifices
and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all the Worlds, the benefactor and
well-wisher of all living entities. They attain eternal peace from material
miseries by renunciating the fruits of their actions to the Supreme Lord.
Verse 33
jitatmanah prasantasya
paramatma samahitah
sitosna-sukha-duhkhesu
tatha manapamanayoh
For one who has conquered the mind, the Supersoul is already
reached, for he has attained tranquility. To such a man happiness and distress,
heat and cold, honor and dishonor are all the same.
Verse 34
jnana-vijnana-trptatma
kuta-stho vijitendriyah
yukta ity ucyate yogi
sama-lostrasma-kancanah
A person is said to be established in self-realization and
is called a yogi [or mystic] when he is fully satisfied by virtue of acquired
knowledge and realization. Such a person is situated in transcendence and is
self-controlled. He sees everything--whether it be pebbles, stones or gold--as
the same.
Verse 35
yuktahara-viharasya
yukta-cestasya karmasu
yukta-svapnavabodhasya
yogo bhavati duhkha-ha
He who is temperate in his habits of eating, sleeping,
working and recreation can mitigate all material pains by practicing the yoga
system.
Verse 36
yato yato niscalati
manas cancalam asthiram
tatas tato niyamyaitad
atmany eva vasam nayet
From whatever and wherever the mind wanders due to its
flickering and unsteady nature, one must certainly withdraw it and bring it
back under the control of the Self.
Verse 37
cancalam hi manah Krishna
pramathi balavad drdham
tasyaham nigraham manye
vayor iva su-duskaram
For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very
strong, O Krishna , and to subdue it is, it
seems to me, more difficult than controlling the wind.
The mind is so strong and obstinate that it sometimes
overcomes the intelligence, although mind is supposed to be subservient to the
intelligence.
Verse 38
asamyatatmana yogo
dusprapa iti me matih
vasyatmana tu yatata
sakyo 'vaptum upayatah
For one whose mind is unbridled, self-realization is
difficult work. But he whose mind is controlled and who strives by right means
is assured of success. That is My opinion.
Verse 39
partha naiveha namutra
vinasas tasya vidyate
na hi kalyana-krt kascid
durgatim tata gacchati
The Blessed Lord said: A transcendentalist engaged in
auspicious activities does not meet with destruction either in this world or in
the spiritual world; one who does good, My friend, is never overcome by evil.
Verse 40
prapya punya-krtam lokan
usitva sasvatih samah
sucinam srimatam gehe
yoga-bhrasto 'bhijayate
The unsuccessful yogi, after many, many years of enjoyment
on the planets of the pious living entities, is born into a family of righteous
people, or into a family of rich aristocracy.
Verse 41
tapasvibhyo 'dhiko yogi
jnanibhyo 'pi mato 'dhikah
karmibhyas cadhiko yogi
tasmad yogi bhavarjuna
A yogi is greater than the ascetic, greater than the
empiricist and greater than the fruitive worker. Therefore, O Arjuna, in all
circumstances, be a yogi.
yoginam api sarvesam
mad-gatenantar-atmana
sraddhavan bhajate yo mam
sa me yuktatamo matah
And of all yogis, he who always abides in Me with great
faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately
united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all.
Verse 43
manusyanam sahasresu
kascid yatati siddhaye
yatatam api siddhanam
kascin mam vetti tattvatah
Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for
perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in
truth.
Verse 44
bhumir apo 'nalo vayuh
kham mano buddhir eva ca
ahankara itiyam me
bhinna prakrtir astadha
Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false
ego--all together these eight comprise My separated material energies.
Verse 45
raso 'ham apsu kaunteya
prabhasmi sasi-suryayoh
pranavah sarva-vedesu
sabdah khe paurusam nrsu
O son of Kunti, I am the taste of water, the light of the
sun and the moon, the syllable om in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether
and ability in man.
Verse 46
punyo gandhah prthivyam ca
tejas casmi vibhavasau
jivanam sarva-bhutesu
tapas casmi tapasvisu
I am the original fragrance of the earth, and I am the heat
in fire. I am the life of all that lives, and I am the penances of all
ascetics.
Verse 47
bijam mam sarva-bhutanam
viddhi partha sanatanam
buddhir buddhimatam asmi
tejas tejasvinam aham
I am the original seed of all existences, the intelligence
of the intelligent, and the prowess of all powerful men.
Verse 48
daivi hy esa guna-mayi
mama maya duratyaya
mam eva ye prapadyante
mayam etam taranti te
This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of
material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto
Me can easily cross beyond it.
Verse 49
bahunam janmanam ante
jnanavan mam prapadyate
vasudevah sarvam iti
sa mahatma su-durlabhah
After many births and deaths, he who is actually in
knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all
that is. Such a great soul is very rare.
Verse 50
sadhibhutadhidaivam mam
sadhiyajnam ca ye viduh
prayana-kale 'pi ca mam
te vidur yukta-cetasah
Those who know Me as the Supreme Lord, as the governing
principle of the material manifestation, who know Me as the one underlying all
the demigods and as the one sustaining all sacrifices, can, with steadfast
mind, understand and know Me even at the time of death.
Verse 51
aksaram brahma paramam
svabhavo 'dhyatmam ucyate
bhuta-bhavodbhava-karo
visargah karma-samjnitah
The Supreme Lord said, The indestructible, transcendental
living entity is called Brahman, and his eternal nature is called the self.
Action pertaining to the development of these material bodies is called karma,
or fruitive activities.
Verse 52
adhibhutam ksaro bhavah
purusas cadhidaivatam
adhiyajno 'ham evatra
dehe deha-bhrtam vara
Physical nature is known to be endlessly mutable. The
universe is the cosmic form of the Supreme Lord, and I am that Lord represented
as the Supersoul, dwelling in the heart of every embodied being.
Verse 53
anta-kale ca mam eva
smaran muktva kalevaram
yah prayati sa mad-bhavam
yati nasty atra samsayah
And whoever, at the time of death, quits his body,
remembering Me alone, at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt.
Verse 54
tasmat sarvesu kalesu
mam anusmara yudhya ca
mayy arpita-mano-buddhir
mam evaisyasy asamsayah
Therefore, Arjuna, you should always think of Me in the form
of Krishna and at the same time carry out your
prescribed duty of fighting. With your activities dedicated to Me and your mind
and intelligence fixed on Me, you will attain Me without doubt.
Verse 55
abhyasa-yoga-yuktena
cetasa nanya-gamina
paramam purusam divyam
yati parthanucintayan
He who meditates on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, his
mind constantly engaged in remembering Me, undeviated from the path, he, O
Partha [Arjuna], is sure to reach Me.
Verse 56
kavim puranam anusasitaram
anor aniyamsam anusmared yah
sarvasya dhataram acintya-rupam
aditya-varnam tamasah parastat
One should meditate upon the Supreme Person as the one who
knows everything, as He who is the oldest, who is the controller, who is
smaller than the smallest, who is the maintainer of everything, who is beyond
all material conception, who is inconceivable, and who is always a person. He
is luminous like the sun and, being transcendental, is beyond this material
nature.
Verse 57
prayana-kale manasacalena
bhaktya yukto yoga-balena caiva
bhruvor madhye pranam avesya samyak
sa tam param purusam upaiti divyam
One who, at the time of death, fixes his life air between
the eyebrows and in full devotion engages himself in remembering the Supreme
Lord, will certainly attain to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Verse 58
sarva-dvarani samyamya
mano hrdi nirudhya ca
murdhny adhayatmanah pranam
asthito yoga-dharanam
The yogic situation is that of detachment from all sensual
engagements. Closing all the doors of the senses and fixing the mind on the
heart and the life air at the top of the head, one establishes himself in yoga.
Verse 59
om ity ekaksaram brahma
vyaharan mam anusmaran
yah prayati tyajan deham
sa yati paramam gatim
After being situated in this yoga practice and vibrating the
sacred syllable OM , the supreme combination of
letters, if one thinks of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and quits his
body, he will certainly reach the spiritual planets.
Verse 60
raja-vidya raja-guhyam
pavitram idam uttamam
pratyaksavagamam dharmyam
su-sukham kartum avyayam
This knowledge is the king of education, the most secret of
all secrets. It is the purest knowledge, and because it gives direct perception
of the self by realization, it is the perfection of religion. It is
everlasting, and it is joyfully performed. Raja Yoga is called the king of education because it is
the essence of all doctrines and philosophies explained before.
This knowledge is the purest form of all activities, as is
explained in Vedic literature. A person who has completely ended the reactions of all
sinful activities and who is fully engaged in pious activities, being freed
from the duality of this material world, becomes engaged in devotional service
to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna .
In other words, those who are actually engaged in the devotional service of the
Supreme Lord are already freed from all reactions.
Verse 61
sarva-bhutani kaunteya
prakrtim yanti mamikam
kalpa-ksaye punas tani
kalpadau visrjamy aham
O son of Kunti, at the end of the millennium every material
manifestation enters into My nature, and at the beginning of another
millennium, by My potency I again create.
Verse 62
pitaham asya jagato
mata dhata pitamahah
vedyam pavitram omkara
rk sama yajur eva ca
I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support,
and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable
om. I am also the Rig, the Sama, and the Yajur [Vedas].
Verse 63
gatir bharta prabhuh saksi
nivasah saranam suhrt
prabhavah pralayah sthanam
nidhanam bijam avyayam
I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the
abode, the refuge and the most dear friend. I am the creation and the
annihilation, the basis of everything, the resting place and the eternal seed.
Verse 64
ananyas cintayanto mam
ye janah paryupasate
tesam nityabhiyuktanam
yoga-ksemam vahamy aham
But those who worship Me with devotion, meditating on My
transcendental form--to them I carry what they lack and preserve what they
have.
Verse 65
patram puspam phalam toyam
yo me bhaktya prayacchati
tad aham bhakty-upahrtam
asnami prayatatmanah
If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower,
fruit or water, I will accept it.
What do these signify? Your body and the bodily senses is
the leaf; your heart is the flower/buds; your mind is the fruit and the tears
of transcendental bliss is the water offering to Lord Krishna. By offering
yourself to Lord Krishna, the body/mind and soul is purified.
yat karosi yad asnasi
yaj juhosi dadasi yat
yat tapasyasi kaunteya
tat kurusva mad-arpanam
O son of Kunti, all that you do, all that you eat, all that
you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform,
should be done as an offering unto Me.
Verse 67
man-mana bhava mad-bhakto
mad-yaji mam namaskuru
mam evaisyasi yuktvaivam
atmanam mat-parayanah
Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, offer obeisances
and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me.
Verse 68
yada samharate cayam
kurmo 'nganiva sarvasah
indriyanindriyarthebhyas
tasya prajna pratisthita
When one can completely withdraw the senses from sense
objects, as a tortoise withdraws its limbs into the shell for protection, then
the intellect of such a person is considered steady.
Verse 69
mac-citta mad-gata-prana
bodhayantah parasparam
kathayantas ca mam nityam
tusyanti ca ramanti ca
The thoughts of My pure devotees dwell in Me, their lives
are surrendered to Me, and they derive great satisfaction and bliss
enlightening one another and conversing about Me.
Verse 70
tesam evanukampartham
aham ajnana-jam tamah
nasayamy atma-bhavastho
jnana-dipena bhasvata
Out of compassion for them, I, dwelling in their hearts,
destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkness born of ignorance.
Verse 71
vedanam sama-vedo 'smi
devanam asmi vasavah
indriyanam manas casmi
bhutanam asmi cetana
Of the Vedas I am the Sama-veda; of the demigods I am Indra;
of the senses I am the mind, and in living beings I am the living force
[knowledge].
Verse 72
rudranam sankaras casmi
vitteso yaksa-raksasam
vasunam pavakas casmi
meruh sikharinam aham
Of all the Rudras I am Lord Siva; of the Yaksas and Raksasas
I am the Lord of wealth [Kuvera]; of the Vasus I am fire [Agni], and of
mountains I am Meru.
Verse 73
ihaika-stham jagat krtsnam
pasyadya sa-caracaram
mama dehe gudakesa
yac canyad drastum icchasi
Whatever you wish to see can be seen all at once in this
body. This universal form can show you all that you now desire, as well as
whatever you may desire in the future. Everything is here completely.
No one can see the entire universe sitting in one
place. Even the most advanced scientist cannot see what is going on in other
parts of the universe. Krishna gives him the
power to see anything he wants to see, past, present and future.
Verse 74-75
aneka-vaktra-nayanam
anekadbhuta-darsanam
aneka-divyabharanam
divyanekodyatayudham
divya-malyambara-dharam
divya-gandhanulepanam
sarvascarya-mayam devam
anantam visvato-mukham
These two verses indicate that there is no limit to
the hands, mouths, legs, etc., of the Lord. These manifestations are
distributed throughout the universe and are unlimited. By the grace of the
Lord, Arjuna could see them while sitting in one place.
Verse 76
divi surya-sahasrasya
bhaved yugapad utthita
yadi bhah sadrsi sa syad
bhasas tasya mahatmanah
If hundreds of thousands of suns rose up at once into the
sky, they might resemble the effulgence of the Supreme Person in that universal
form.
Verse 77
pasyami devams tava deva dehe
sarvams tatha bhuta-visesa-sanghan
brahmanam isam kamalasana-stham
rsims ca sarvan uragams ca divyan
Arjuna said: My dear Lord Krishna, I see assembled together
in Your body all the demigods and various other living entities. I see Brahma
sitting on the lotus flower as well as Lord Siva and many sages and divine
serpents.
Verse 78
anadi-madhyantam ananta-viryam
ananta-bahum sasi-surya-netram
pasyami tvam dipta-hutasa-vaktram
sva-tejasa visvam idam tapantam
You are the origin without beginning, middle or end. You
have numberless arms, and the sun and moon are among Your great unlimited eyes.
By Your own radiance You are heating this entire universe.
Verse 79
namah purastad atha prsthatas te
namo 'stu te sarvata eva sarva
ananta-viryamita-vikramas tvam
sarvam samapnosi tato 'si sarvah
Obeisances from the front, from behind and from all sides! O
unbounded power, You are the master of limitless might! You are all-pervading,
and thus You are everything!
Verse 80
pitasi lokasya caracarasya
tvam asya pujyas ca gurur gariyan
na tvat-samo 'sty abhyadhikah kuto 'nyo
loka-traye 'py apratima-prabhava
You are the father of this complete cosmic manifestation,
the worshipable chief, the spiritual master. No one is equal to You, nor can
anyone be one with You. Within the three worlds, You are immeasurable.
Verse 82
kiritinam gadinam cakra-hastam
icchami tvam drastum aham tathaiva
tenaiva rupena catur-bhujena
sahasra-baho bhava visva-murte
O universal Lord, I wish to see You in Your four-armed form,
with helmeted head and with club, wheel, conch and lotus flower in Your hands.
I long to see You in that form.
Verse 83
mayy avesya mano ye mam
nitya-yukta upasate
sraddhaya parayopetas
te me yuktatama matah
The Blessed Lord said: He whose mind is fixed on My personal
form, always engaged in worshiping Me with great and transcendental faith, is
considered by Me to be most perfect.
Verse 84
advesta sarva-bhutanam
maitrah karuna eva ca
nirmamo nirahankarah
sama-duhkha-sukhah ksami
santustah satatam yogi
yatatma drdha-niscayah
mayy arpita-mano-buddhir
yo mad-bhaktah sa me priyah
One who is not envious but who is a kind friend to all
living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor, who is free from
false ego and equal both in happiness and distress, who is always satisfied and
engaged in devotional service with determination and whose mind and
intelligence are in agreement with Me--he is very dear to Me.
Verse 85
yasman nodvijate loko
lokan nodvijate ca yah
harsamarsa-bhayodvegair
mukto yah sa ca me priyah
He for whom no one is put into difficulty and who is not
disturbed by anxiety, who is steady in happiness and distress, is very dear to
Me.
Verse 86
anapeksah sucir daksa
udasino gata-vyathah
sarvarambha-parityagi
yo mad-bhaktah sa me priyah
A devotee who is not dependent on the ordinary course of
activities, who is pure, expert, without cares, free from all pains, and who
does not strive for some result, is very dear to Me.
Verse 87-88
samah satrau ca mitre ca
tatha manapamanayoh
sitosna-sukha-duhkhesu
samah sanga-vivarjitah
tulya-ninda-stutir mauni
santusto yena kenacit
aniketah sthira-matir
bhaktiman me priyo narah
One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equipoised
in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy,
who is always free from contamination, always silent and satisfied with
anything, who doesn't care for any residence, who is fixed in knowledge and
engaged in devotional service, is very dear to Me.
Verse 89
ye tu dharmamrtam idam
yathoktam paryupasate
sraddadhana mat-parama
bhaktas te 'tiva me priyah
He who follows this imperishable path of devotional service
and who completely engages himself with faith, making Me the supreme goal, is
very, very dear to Me.
sarva-ksetresu bharata
ksetra-ksetrajnayor jnanam
yat taj jnanam matam mama
O scion of Bharata, you should understand that I am
also the knower in all bodies, and to understand this body and its owner is
called knowledge.
Verse 91
maha-bhutany ahankaro
buddhir avyaktam eva ca
indriyani dasaikam ca
panca cendriya-gocarah
iccha dvesah sukham duhkham
sanghatas cetana dhrtih
etat ksetram samasena
sa-vikaram udahrtam
The five great elements, false ego, intelligence, the
unmanifested, the ten senses, the mind, the five sense objects, desire, hatred,
happiness, distress, the aggregate, the life symptoms, and convictions--all
these are considered, in summary, to be the field of activities and its
interactions.
Verse 92
amanitvam adambhitvam
ahimsa ksantir arjavam
acaryopasanam saucam
sthairyam atma-vinigrahah
indriyarthesu vairagyam
anahankara eva ca
janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi-
duhkha-dosanudarsanam
asaktir anabhisvangah
putra-dara-grhadisu
nityam ca sama-cittatvam
istanistopapattisu
mayi cananya-yogena
bhaktir avyabhicarini
vivikta-desa-sevitvam
aratir jana-samsadi
adhyatma-jnana-nityatvam
tattva-jnanartha-darsanam
etaj jnanam iti proktam
ajnanam yad ato 'nyatha
Humility, pridelessness, nonviolence, tolerance, simplicity,
approaching a bona fide spiritual master, cleanliness, steadiness and
self-control; renunciation of the objects of sense gratification, absence of
false ego, the perception of the evil of birth, death, old age and disease;
nonattachment to children, wife, home and the rest, and even-mindedness amid
pleasant and unpleasant events; constant and unalloyed devotion to Me,
resorting to solitary places, detachment from the general mass of people;
accepting the importance of self-realization, and philosophical search for the
Absolute Truth--all these I thus declare to be knowledge, and what is contrary
to these is ignorance.
Verse 93
sarvatah pani-padam tat
sarvato 'ksi-siro-mukham
sarvatah srutimal loke
sarvam avrtya tisthati
As the sun exists diffusing its unlimited rays, so does
the Supersoul, or Supreme Personality of Godhead. He exists in His
all-pervading form, and in Him exist all the individual living entities,
beginning from the first great teacher, Brahma, down to the small ants. There
are unlimited heads, legs, hands and eyes, and unlimited living entities. All
are existing in and on the Supersoul.
Verse 94
sarvendriya-gunabhasam
sarvendriya-vivarjitam
asaktam sarva-bhrc caiva
nirgunam guna-bhoktr ca
The Supersoul is the original source of all senses, yet He
is without senses. He is unattached, although He is the maintainer of all
living beings. He transcends the modes of nature, and at the same time He is
the master of all modes of material nature.
Verse 95
samam sarvesu bhutesu
tisthantam paramesvaram
vinasyatsv avinasyantam
yah pasyati sa pasyati
One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul
in all bodies, and who understands that neither the soul nor the Supersoul is
ever destroyed, actually sees.
Verse 96
ksetra-ksetrajnayor evam
antaram jnana-caksusa
bhuta-prakrti-moksam ca
ye vidur yanti te param
One who knowingly sees this difference between the body and
the owner of the body and can understand the process of liberation from this
bondage, attains to the supreme goal.
Verse 97
sattvam rajas tama iti
gunah prakrti-sambhavah
nibadhnanti maha-baho
dehe dehinam avyayam
tatra sattvam nirmalatvat
prakasakam anamayam
sukha-sangena badhnati
jnana-sangena canagha
sarva-dvaresu dehe 'smin
prakasa upajayate
jnanam yada tada vidyad
vivrddham sattvam ity uta
Material nature consists of the three modes--goodness,
passion and ignorance. When the living entity comes in contact with nature, he
becomes conditioned by these modes.
The manifestations of the mode of goodness can be experienced when all the gates of the body are illuminated by knowledge.
Verse 98
sri-bhagavan uvaca
prakasam ca pravrttim ca
moham eva ca pandava
na dvesti sampravrttani
na nivrttani kanksati
udasina-vad asino
gunair yo na vicalyate guna vartanta ity evam
yo 'vatisthati nengate
sama-duhkha-sukhah sva-sthah
sama-lostasma-kancanah tulya-priyapriyo dhiras
tulya-nindatma-samstutih
manapamanayos tulyas
tulyo mitrari-paksayoh
sarvarambha-parityagi
gunatitah sa ucyate
The Blessed Lord said: He who does not hate illumination, attachment and delusion when they are present, nor longs for them when they disappear; who is seated like one unconcerned, being situated beyond these material reactions of the modes of nature, who remains firm, knowing that the modes alone are active; who regards alike pleasure and pain, and looks on a clod, a stone and a piece of gold with an equal eye; who is wise and holds praise and blame to be the same; who is unchanged in honor and dishonor, who treats friend and foe alike, who has abandoned all fruitive undertakings--such a man is said to have transcended the modes of nature.
Verse 99
sri-bhagavan uvaca
urdhva-mulam adhah-sakham
asvattham prahur avyayam
chandamsi yasya parnani
yas tam veda sa veda-vit
adhas cordhvam prasrtas tasya sakha
guna-pravrddha visaya-pravalah adhas ca mulany anusantatani
karmanubandhini manusya-loke
na rupam asyeha tathopalabhyate
nanto na cadir na ca sampratistha
asvattham enam su-virudha-mulam
asanga-sastrena drdhena chittva
tatah padam tat parimargitavyam
yasmin gata na nivartanti bhuyah
tam eva cadyam purusam prapadye
yatah pravrttih prasrta purani
nirmana-moha jita-sanga-dosa
adhyatma-nitya vinivrtta-kamah
dvandvair vimuktah sukha-duhkha-samjnair
gacchanty amudhah padam avyayam tat
The Blessed Lord said: There is a banyan tree which has its
roots upward and its branches down and whose leaves are the Vedic hymns. One
who knows this tree is the knower of the Vedas.
The branches of this tree extend downward and upward,
nourished by the three modes of material nature. The twigs are the objects of
the senses. This tree also has roots going down, and these are bound to the
fruitive actions of human society.
The real form of this tree cannot be perceived in this world. No one can understand where it ends, where it begins, or where its foundation is. But with determination one must cut down this tree with the weapon of detachment. So doing, one must seek that place from which, having once gone, one never returns, and there surrender to that Supreme Personality of Godhead from whom everything has began and in whom everything is abiding since time immemorial.
One who is free from illusion, false prestige, and false association, who understands the eternal, who is done with material lust and is freed from the duality of happiness and distress, and who knows how to surrender unto the Supreme Person, attains to that eternal kingdom.
Verse 100
dvav imau purusau loke
ksaras caksara eva ca
ksarah sarvani bhutani
kuta-stho 'ksara ucyate
uttamah purusas tv anyah
paramatmety udahrtah
yo loka-trayam avisya
bibharty avyaya isvarah
yasmat ksaram atito 'ham
aksarad api cottamah
ato 'smi loke vede ca
prathitah purusottamah
yo mam evam asammudho
janati purusottamam
sa sarva-vid bhajati mam
sarva-bhavena bharata
There are two classes of beings, the fallible and the
infallible. In the material world every entity is fallible, and in the
spiritual world every entity is called infallible.
Besides these two, there is the greatest living personality, the Lord Himself, who has entered into these worlds and is maintaining them.
Because I am transcendental, beyond both the fallible and the infallible, and because I am the greatest, I am celebrated both in the world and in the Vedas as that Supreme Person.
Whoever knows Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, without doubting, is to be understood as the knower of everything.
iti guhyatamam sastram
idam uktam mayanagha etad buddhva buddhiman syat
krta-krtyas ca bharata
This is the most confidential part of the Vedic scriptures,
O sinless one, and it is disclosed now by Me. Whoever understands this will
become wise, and his endeavors will know perfection.
buddhya visuddhaya yukto
dhrtyatmanam niyamya ca sabdadin visayams tyaktva
raga-dvesau vyudasya ca
vivikta-sevi laghv-asi
yata-vak-kaya-manasah dhyana-yoga-paro nityam
vairagyam samupasritah
ahankaram balam darpam
kamam krodham parigraham vimucya nirmamah santo
brahma-bhuyaya kalpate
Being purified by his intelligence and controlling the mind
with determination, giving up the objects of sense gratification, being freed
from attachment and hatred, one who lives in a secluded place, who eats little
and who controls the body and the tongue, and is always in trance and is
detached, who is without false ego, false strength, false pride, lust, anger,
and who does not accept material things, such a person is certainly elevated to
the position of self-realization.
brahma-bhutah prasannatma
na socati na kanksati
samah sarvesu bhutesu
mad-bhaktim labhate param
One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes
the Supreme Lord. He never laments nor desires to have anything; he is
equally disposed to every living entity. In that state he attains pure
devotional service unto Me.
isvarah sarva-bhutanam
hrd-dese 'rjuna tisthati
bhramayan sarva-bhutani
yantrarudhani mayaya
The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone's heart, O Arjuna,
and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a
machine, made of the material energy.
tam eva saranam gaccha
sarva-bhavena bharata
tat-prasadat param santim
sthanam prapsyasi sasvatam
O scion of Bharata, surrender unto Him utterly. By His grace
you will attain transcendental peace and the supreme and eternal abode.
iti te jnanam akhyatam
guhyad guhyataram maya vimrsyaitad asesena
yathecchasi tatha kuru
Thus I have explained to you the most confidential of all
knowledge. Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you wish to do.
man-mana bhava mad-bhakto
mad-yaji mam namaskuru mam evaisyasi satyam te
pratijane priyo 'si me
Always think of Me and become My devotee. Worship Me and
offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you
this because you are My very dear friend.
sarva-dharman parityajya
mam ekam saranam vraja
aham tvam sarva-papebhyo
moksayisyami ma sucah
Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto
Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.
The Lord has described various kinds of knowledge, processes of religion, knowledge of the Supreme Brahman, knowledge of the Supersoul, knowledge of the different types of orders and statuses of social life, knowledge of the renounced order of life, knowledge of nonattachment, sense and mind control, meditation, etc. He has described in so many ways different types of religion. Now, in summarizing Bhagavad-gita, the Lord says that Arjuna should give up all the processes that have been explained to him; he should simply surrender to
With faith and love, one should surrender unto Him. According to the devotional process, one should simply accept such religious principles that will lead ultimately to the devotional service of the Lord. Serve, Love, Sacrifice, Pray, Meditate, Give and Purify youself by offering your Self to the Lord.
yatra yogesvarah krsno
yatra partho dhanur-dharah
tatra srir vijayo bhutir
dhruva nitir matir mama
Wherever there is Krishna ,
the master of all mystics, and wherever there is Arjuna, the supreme archer,
there will also certainly be opulence, victory, extraordinary power, and
morality. That is my opinion.
Man-mana
bhava mad-bhakto
Mad-yaji
mam namaskuruMam evaisyasi satyam te
Pratijane priyo 'si me
Absorb your mind and heart in Me, become My devotee, offer propitiation to Me, just give humble obeisance unto Me, and surely you will come to Me. I promise this in truth to you, being very dear to Me.
Tamaso Maa Jyotirgamaya.
Mrityormaa’mritam Gamaya.
Oh lord, lead me from untruth to truth, from darkness to light, from death to immortality.
Aum Sarva Manggala Maangalye
Shive Sarvaartha-Saadhike
Sharannye Tryambake Gauri
Naaraayanni Namostu Te
Salutations to Goddess Durga You are the Auspiciousness in All the Auspicious, Auspiciousness Yourself and Complete with All the Auspicious Attributes,
You are the Giver of Refuge, You have Three Eyes (spanning the Past, Present and Future; and containing within them the Sun, Moon and the Fire), You are Gauri (the Shining One); Salutations to You O Narayani.
Aum Namo Narayanaya
Aum Namo Narayanaya
Aum Namo Narayanaya
