Chapter 18 · Moksha Sanyasa Yoga

ಅರ್ಜುನ ಉವಾಚ ಸಂನ್ಯಾಸಸ್ಯ ಮಹಾಬಾಹೋ ತತ್ತ್ವಮಿಚ್ಛಾಮಿ ವೇದಿತುಮ್। ತ್ಯಾಗಸ್ಯ ಚ ಹೃಷೀಕೇಶ ಪೃಥಕ್ಕೇಶಿನಿಷೂದನ

arjuna uvācha sannyāsasya mahā-bāho tattvam ichchhāmi veditum tyāgasya cha hṛiṣhīkeśha pṛithak keśhi-niṣhūdana

📖 Meaning

Arjuna said, "O mighty-armed Hrishikesa, I desire to know the essence or truth of renunciation and abandonment severally, O slayer of Kesi."

ಶ್ರೀ ಭಗವಾನುವಾಚ ಕಾಮ್ಯಾನಾಂ ಕರ್ಮಣಾಂ ನ್ಯಾಸಂ ಸಂನ್ಯಾಸಂ ಕವಯೋ ವಿದುಃ। ಸರ್ವಕರ್ಮಫಲತ್ಯಾಗಂ ಪ್ರಾಹುಸ್ತ್ಯಾಗಂ ವಿಚಕ್ಷಣಾಃ

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha kāmyānāṁ karmaṇāṁ nyāsaṁ sannyāsaṁ kavayo viduḥ sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaṁ prāhus tyāgaṁ vichakṣhaṇāḥ

📖 Meaning

The Blessed Lord said, "The sages understand sannyasa to be the renunciation of action with desire; the wise declare the abandonment of the fruits of all actions to be tyaga."

ತ್ಯಾಜ್ಯಂ ದೋಷವದಿತ್ಯೇಕೇ ಕರ್ಮ ಪ್ರಾಹುರ್ಮನೀಷಿಣಃ। ಯಜ್ಞದಾನತಪಃಕರ್ಮ ನ ತ್ಯಾಜ್ಯಮಿತಿ ಚಾಪರೇ

tyājyaṁ doṣha-vad ity eke karma prāhur manīṣhiṇaḥ yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma na tyājyam iti chāpare

📖 Meaning

Some philosophers declare that actions should be abandoned as evil; while others declare that acts of sacrifice, gift, and austerity should not be relinquished.

ನಿಶ್ಚಯಂ ಶ್ರೃಣು ಮೇ ತತ್ರ ತ್ಯಾಗೇ ಭರತಸತ್ತಮ। ತ್ಯಾಗೋ ಹಿ ಪುರುಷವ್ಯಾಘ್ರ ತ್ರಿವಿಧಃ ಸಂಪ್ರಕೀರ್ತಿತಃ

niśhchayaṁ śhṛiṇu me tatra tyāge bharata-sattama tyāgo hi puruṣha-vyāghra tri-vidhaḥ samprakīrtitaḥ

📖 Meaning

Hear from Me the conclusion or the final truth about this abandonment, O best of the Bharatas; abandonment, indeed, O best of men, has been declared to be of three kinds.

ಯಜ್ಞದಾನತಪಃಕರ್ಮ ನ ತ್ಯಾಜ್ಯಂ ಕಾರ್ಯಮೇವ ತತ್। ಯಜ್ಞೋ ದಾನಂ ತಪಶ್ಚೈವ ಪಾವನಾನಿ ಮನೀಷಿಣಾಮ್

yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma na tyājyaṁ kāryam eva tat yajño dānaṁ tapaśh chaiva pāvanāni manīṣhiṇām

📖 Meaning

Acts of sacrifice, gift, and austerity should not be abandoned, but should be performed; for sacrifice, gift, and austerity are the purifiers of the wise.

ಏತಾನ್ಯಪಿ ತು ಕರ್ಮಾಣಿ ಸಙ್ಗಂ ತ್ಯಕ್ತ್ವಾ ಫಲಾನಿ ಚ। ಕರ್ತವ್ಯಾನೀತಿ ಮೇ ಪಾರ್ಥ ನಿಶ್ಿಚತಂ ಮತಮುತ್ತಮಮ್

etāny api tu karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā phalāni cha kartavyānīti me pārtha niśhchitaṁ matam uttamam

📖 Meaning

But even these actions should be performed, leaving aside attachment and the desire for rewards, O Arjuna; this is my certain and most assured conviction.

ನಿಯತಸ್ಯ ತು ಸಂನ್ಯಾಸಃ ಕರ್ಮಣೋ ನೋಪಪದ್ಯತೇ। ಮೋಹಾತ್ತಸ್ಯ ಪರಿತ್ಯಾಗಸ್ತಾಮಸಃ ಪರಿಕೀರ್ತಿತಃ

niyatasya tu sannyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate mohāt tasya parityāgas tāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

📖 Meaning

Verily, the renunciation of obligatory action is not proper; the abandonment of the same out of delusion is declared to be Tamasic.

ದುಃಖಮಿತ್ಯೇವ ಯತ್ಕರ್ಮ ಕಾಯಕ್ಲೇಶಭಯಾತ್ತ್ಯಜೇತ್। ಸ ಕೃತ್ವಾ ರಾಜಸಂ ತ್ಯಾಗಂ ನೈವ ತ್ಯಾಗಫಲಂ ಲಭೇತ್

duḥkham ity eva yat karma kāya-kleśha-bhayāt tyajet sa kṛitvā rājasaṁ tyāgaṁ naiva tyāga-phalaṁ labhet

📖 Meaning

He who abandons action out of fear of bodily trouble (because it is painful), does not obtain the merit of renunciation by performing such Rajasic renunciation.

ಕಾರ್ಯಮಿತ್ಯೇವ ಯತ್ಕರ್ಮ ನಿಯತಂ ಕ್ರಿಯತೇಽರ್ಜುನ। ಸಙ್ಗಂ ತ್ಯಕ್ತ್ವಾ ಫಲಂ ಚೈವ ಸ ತ್ಯಾಗಃ ಸಾತ್ತ್ವಿಕೋ ಮತಃ

kāryam ity eva yat karma niyataṁ kriyate ‘rjuna saṅgaṁ tyaktvā phalaṁ chaiva sa tyāgaḥ sāttviko mataḥ

📖 Meaning

Whatever obligatory action is done, O Arjuna, merely because it ought to be done, abandoning attachment and also the desire for reward, that renunciation is regarded as sattvic (pure).

ನ ದ್ವೇಷ್ಟ್ಯಕುಶಲಂ ಕರ್ಮ ಕುಶಲೇ ನಾನುಷಜ್ಜತೇ। ತ್ಯಾಗೀ ಸತ್ತ್ವಸಮಾವಿಷ್ಟೋ ಮೇಧಾವೀ ಛಿನ್ನಸಂಶಯಃ

na dveṣhṭy akuśhalaṁ karma kuśhale nānuṣhajjate tyāgī sattva-samāviṣhṭo medhāvī chhinna-sanśhayaḥ

📖 Meaning

The man of renunciation, pervaded by purity, intelligent, and with his doubts cut asunder, does not hate an unpleasant task nor is he attached to a pleasant one.

ನ ಹಿ ದೇಹಭೃತಾ ಶಕ್ಯಂ ತ್ಯಕ್ತುಂ ಕರ್ಮಾಣ್ಯಶೇಷತಃ। ಯಸ್ತು ಕರ್ಮಫಲತ್ಯಾಗೀ ಸ ತ್ಯಾಗೀತ್ಯಭಿಧೀಯತೇ

na hi deha-bhṛitā śhakyaṁ tyaktuṁ karmāṇy aśheṣhataḥ yas tu karma-phala-tyāgī sa tyāgīty abhidhīyate

📖 Meaning

Indeed, it is not possible for an embodied being to completely abandon actions; however, he who relinquishes the rewards of actions is truly called a man of renunciation.

ಅನಿಷ್ಟಮಿಷ್ಟಂ ಮಿಶ್ರಂ ಚ ತ್ರಿವಿಧಂ ಕರ್ಮಣಃ ಫಲಮ್। ಭವತ್ಯತ್ಯಾಗಿನಾಂ ಪ್ರೇತ್ಯ ನ ತು ಸಂನ್ಯಾಸಿನಾಂ ಕ್ವಚಿತ್

aniṣhṭam iṣhṭaṁ miśhraṁ cha tri-vidhaṁ karmaṇaḥ phalam bhavaty atyāgināṁ pretya na tu sannyāsināṁ kvachit

📖 Meaning

The threefold fruit of action (evil, good, and mixed) accrues after death to those who do not abandon it, but never to those who do.

ಪಞ್ಚೈತಾನಿ ಮಹಾಬಾಹೋ ಕಾರಣಾನಿ ನಿಬೋಧ ಮೇ। ಸಾಂಖ್ಯೇ ಕೃತಾನ್ತೇ ಪ್ರೋಕ್ತಾನಿ ಸಿದ್ಧಯೇ ಸರ್ವಕರ್ಮಣಾಮ್

pañchaitāni mahā-bāho kāraṇāni nibodha me sānkhye kṛitānte proktāni siddhaye sarva-karmaṇām

📖 Meaning

Learn from Me, O mighty-armed Arjuna, these five causes, as declared in the Sankhya system, for the accomplishment of all actions.

ಅಧಿಷ್ಠಾನಂ ತಥಾ ಕರ್ತಾ ಕರಣಂ ಚ ಪೃಥಗ್ವಿಧಮ್। ವಿವಿಧಾಶ್ಚ ಪೃಥಕ್ಚೇಷ್ಟಾ ದೈವಂ ಚೈವಾತ್ರ ಪಞ್ಚಮಮ್

adhiṣhṭhānaṁ tathā kartā karaṇaṁ cha pṛithag-vidham vividhāśh cha pṛithak cheṣhṭā daivaṁ chaivātra pañchamam

📖 Meaning

The body, the doer, the various senses, the different functions of various kinds, and the presiding deity—the fifth.

ಶರೀರವಾಙ್ಮನೋಭಿರ್ಯತ್ಕರ್ಮ ಪ್ರಾರಭತೇ ನರಃ। ನ್ಯಾಯ್ಯಂ ವಾ ವಿಪರೀತಂ ವಾ ಪಞ್ಚೈತೇ ತಸ್ಯ ಹೇತವಃ

śharīra-vāṅ-manobhir yat karma prārabhate naraḥ nyāyyaṁ vā viparītaṁ vā pañchaite tasya hetavaḥ

📖 Meaning

Whatever action a person performs with their body, speech, and mind, whether right or wrong, these five are its causes.

ತತ್ರೈವಂ ಸತಿ ಕರ್ತಾರಮಾತ್ಮಾನಂ ಕೇವಲಂ ತು ಯಃ। ಪಶ್ಯತ್ಯಕೃತಬುದ್ಧಿತ್ವಾನ್ನ ಸ ಪಶ್ಯತಿ ದುರ್ಮತಿಃ

tatraivaṁ sati kartāram ātmānaṁ kevalaṁ tu yaḥ paśhyaty akṛita-buddhitvān na sa paśhyati durmatiḥ

📖 Meaning

Now, such being the case, verily he who, owing to an untrained understanding, looks upon his Self, which is isolated, as the agent, he of perverted intelligence does not see.

ಯಸ್ಯ ನಾಹಂಕೃತೋ ಭಾವೋ ಬುದ್ಧಿರ್ಯಸ್ಯ ನ ಲಿಪ್ಯತೇ। ಹತ್ವಾಪಿ ಸ ಇಮಾಁಲ್ಲೋಕಾನ್ನ ಹನ್ತಿ ನ ನಿಬಧ್ಯತೇ

yasya nāhankṛito bhāvo buddhir yasya na lipyate hatvā ‘pi sa imāl lokān na hanti na nibadhyate

📖 Meaning

He who is free from the egoistic notion, whose intelligence is not tainted by good or evil, though he slays these people, he does not slay, nor is he bound by the action.

ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ಜ್ಞೇಯಂ ಪರಿಜ್ಞಾತಾ ತ್ರಿವಿಧಾ ಕರ್ಮಚೋದನಾ। ಕರಣಂ ಕರ್ಮ ಕರ್ತೇತಿ ತ್ರಿವಿಧಃ ಕರ್ಮಸಂಗ್ರಹಃ

jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ parijñātā tri-vidhā karma-chodanā karaṇaṁ karma karteti tri-vidhaḥ karma-saṅgrahaḥ

📖 Meaning

Knowledge, the knowable, and the knower form the threefold impulse for action; the organ, the action, and the agent form the threefold basis of action.

ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ಕರ್ಮ ಚ ಕರ್ತಾ ಚ ತ್ರಿಧೈವ ಗುಣಭೇದತಃ। ಪ್ರೋಚ್ಯತೇ ಗುಣಸಂಖ್ಯಾನೇ ಯಥಾವಚ್ಛೃಣು ತಾನ್ಯಪಿ

jñānaṁ karma cha kartā cha tridhaiva guṇa-bhedataḥ prochyate guṇa-saṅkhyāne yathāvach chhṛiṇu tāny api

📖 Meaning

Knowledge, action, and actor are declared in the science of the Gunas (Sankhya philosophy) to be of three kinds only, according to the distinction of the Gunas. Of these, hear duly.

ಸರ್ವಭೂತೇಷು ಯೇನೈಕಂ ಭಾವಮವ್ಯಯಮೀಕ್ಷತೇ। ಅವಿಭಕ್ತಂ ವಿಭಕ್ತೇಷು ತಜ್ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ವಿದ್ಧಿ ಸಾತ್ತ್ವಿಕಮ್

sarva-bhūteṣhu yenaikaṁ bhāvam avyayam īkṣhate avibhaktaṁ vibhakteṣhu taj jñānaṁ viddhi sāttvikam

📖 Meaning

That by which one sees the indestructible Reality in all beings, not separate in any of them—know that knowledge to be Sattvic.

ಪೃಥಕ್ತ್ವೇನ ತು ಯಜ್ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ನಾನಾಭಾವಾನ್ಪೃಥಗ್ವಿಧಾನ್। ವೇತ್ತಿ ಸರ್ವೇಷು ಭೂತೇಷು ತಜ್ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ವಿದ್ಧಿ ರಾಜಸಮ್

pṛithaktvena tu yaj jñānaṁ nānā-bhāvān pṛithag-vidhān vetti sarveṣhu bhūteṣhu taj jñānaṁ viddhi rājasam

📖 Meaning

But that knowledge which sees in all beings various entities of distinct kinds as being distinct from one another, know thou that knowledge to be Rajasic.

ಯತ್ತು ಕೃತ್ಸ್ನವದೇಕಸ್ಮಿನ್ಕಾರ್ಯೇ ಸಕ್ತಮಹೈತುಕಮ್। ಅತತ್ತ್ವಾರ್ಥವದಲ್ಪಂ ಚ ತತ್ತಾಮಸಮುದಾಹೃತಮ್

yat tu kṛitsna-vad ekasmin kārye saktam ahaitukam atattvārtha-vad alpaṁ cha tat tāmasam udāhṛitam

📖 Meaning

But that which clings to one single effect as if it were the whole, without reason, without any foundation in Truth, and is trivial—that is declared to be Tamasic.

ನಿಯತಂ ಸಙ್ಗರಹಿತಮರಾಗದ್ವೇಷತಃ ಕೃತಮ್। ಅಫಲಪ್ರೇಪ್ಸುನಾ ಕರ್ಮ ಯತ್ತತ್ಸಾತ್ತ್ವಿಕಮುಚ್ಯತೇ

niyataṁ saṅga-rahitam arāga-dveṣhataḥ kṛitam aphala-prepsunā karma yat tat sāttvikam uchyate

📖 Meaning

An action that is ordained, free from attachment, done without love or hatred, and without desire for reward is declared to be Sattvic.

ಯತ್ತು ಕಾಮೇಪ್ಸುನಾ ಕರ್ಮ ಸಾಹಙ್ಕಾರೇಣ ವಾ ಪುನಃ। ಕ್ರಿಯತೇ ಬಹುಲಾಯಾಸಂ ತದ್ರಾಜಸಮುದಾಹೃತಮ್

yat tu kāmepsunā karma sāhankāreṇa vā punaḥ kriyate bahulāyāsaṁ tad rājasam udāhṛitam

📖 Meaning

But that action which is done by one longing for the fulfillment of desires or gain with egotism or with much effort is declared to be Rajasic (passionate).

ಅನುಬನ್ಧಂ ಕ್ಷಯಂ ಹಿಂಸಾಮನಪೇಕ್ಷ್ಯ ಚ ಪೌರುಷಮ್। ಮೋಹಾದಾರಭ್ಯತೇ ಕರ್ಮ ಯತ್ತತ್ತಾಮಸಮುಚ್ಯತೇ

anubandhaṁ kṣhayaṁ hinsām anapekṣhya cha pauruṣham mohād ārabhyate karma yat tat tāmasam uchyate

📖 Meaning

That action which is undertaken from delusion, without regard for the consequences, loss, injury, and one's own ability, is declared to be Tamasic (dark).

ಮುಕ್ತಸಙ್ಗೋಽನಹಂವಾದೀ ಧೃತ್ಯುತ್ಸಾಹಸಮನ್ವಿತಃ। ಸಿದ್ಧ್ಯಸಿದ್ಧ್ಯೋರ್ನಿರ್ವಿಕಾರಃ ಕರ್ತಾ ಸಾತ್ತ್ವಿಕ ಉಚ್ಯತೇ

mukta-saṅgo ‘nahaṁ-vādī dhṛity-utsāha-samanvitaḥ siddhy-asiddhyor nirvikāraḥ kartā sāttvika uchyate

📖 Meaning

An agent who is free from attachment, non-egoistic, endowed with firmness and enthusiasm, and unaffected by success or failure, is considered to be of a Sattvic (pure) nature.

ರಾಗೀ ಕರ್ಮಫಲಪ್ರೇಪ್ಸುರ್ಲುಬ್ಧೋ ಹಿಂಸಾತ್ಮಕೋಽಶುಚಿಃ। ಹರ್ಷಶೋಕಾನ್ವಿತಃ ಕರ್ತಾ ರಾಜಸಃ ಪರಿಕೀರ್ತಿತಃ

rāgī karma-phala-prepsur lubdho hinsātmako ‘śhuchiḥ harṣha-śhokānvitaḥ kartā rājasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

📖 Meaning

Passionate, desiring to obtain the reward of their actions, greedy, cruel, impure, moved by joy and sorrow, such an agent is said to be Rajasic.

ಅಯುಕ್ತಃ ಪ್ರಾಕೃತಃ ಸ್ತಬ್ಧಃ ಶಠೋ ನೈಷ್ಕೃತಿಕೋಽಲಸಃ। ವಿಷಾದೀ ದೀರ್ಘಸೂತ್ರೀ ಚ ಕರ್ತಾ ತಾಮಸ ಉಚ್ಯತೇ

ayuktaḥ prākṛitaḥ stabdhaḥ śhaṭho naiṣhkṛitiko ‘lasaḥ viṣhādī dīrgha-sūtrī cha kartā tāmasa uchyate

📖 Meaning

Unsteady, vulgar, inflexible, deceitful, malicious, lazy, despondent, and procrastinating—such an agent is called Tamasic.

ಬುದ್ಧೇರ್ಭೇದಂ ಧೃತೇಶ್ಚೈವ ಗುಣತಸ್ತ್ರಿವಿಧಂ ಶ್ರೃಣು। ಪ್ರೋಚ್ಯಮಾನಮಶೇಷೇಣ ಪೃಥಕ್ತ್ವೇನ ಧನಞ್ಜಯ

buddher bhedaṁ dhṛiteśh chaiva guṇatas tri-vidhaṁ śhṛiṇu prochyamānam aśheṣheṇa pṛithaktvena dhanañjaya

📖 Meaning

Hear thou the threefold division of intellect and firmness, according to the Gunas, as I declare them fully and distinctly, O Arjuna.

ಪ್ರವೃತ್ತಿಂ ಚ ನಿವೃತ್ತಿಂ ಚ ಕಾರ್ಯಾಕಾರ್ಯೇ ಭಯಾಭಯೇ। ಬನ್ಧಂ ಮೋಕ್ಷಂ ಚ ಯಾ ವೇತ್ತಿ ಬುದ್ಧಿಃ ಸಾ ಪಾರ್ಥ ಸಾತ್ತ್ವಿಕೀ

pravṛittiṁ cha nivṛittiṁ cha kāryākārye bhayābhaye bandhaṁ mokṣhaṁ cha yā vetti buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī

📖 Meaning

The intellect which knows the path of work and renunciation, what should be done and what should not be done, fear and fearlessness, bondage and liberation—that intellect is Sattvic (pure), O Arjuna.

ಯಯಾ ಧರ್ಮಮಧರ್ಮಂ ಚ ಕಾರ್ಯಂ ಚಾಕಾರ್ಯಮೇವ ಚ। ಅಯಥಾವತ್ಪ್ರಜಾನಾತಿ ಬುದ್ಧಿಃ ಸಾ ಪಾರ್ಥ ರಾಜಸೀ

yayā dharmam adharmaṁ cha kāryaṁ chākāryam eva cha ayathāvat prajānāti buddhiḥ sā pārtha rājasī

📖 Meaning

That by which one wrongly understands dharma and adharma, and also what ought to be done and what ought not to be done—that intellect, O Arjuna, is rajasic (passionate).

ಅಧರ್ಮಂ ಧರ್ಮಮಿತಿ ಯಾ ಮನ್ಯತೇ ತಮಸಾಽಽವೃತಾ। ಸರ್ವಾರ್ಥಾನ್ವಿಪರೀತಾಂಶ್ಚ ಬುದ್ಧಿಃ ಸಾ ಪಾರ್ಥ ತಾಮಸೀ

adharmaṁ dharmam iti yā manyate tamasāvṛitā sarvārthān viparītānśh cha buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī

📖 Meaning

That intellect, O Arjuna, which is enveloped in darkness and sees Adharma as Dharma and all things perverted, is Tamasic (dark).

ಧೃತ್ಯಾ ಯಯಾ ಧಾರಯತೇ ಮನಃಪ್ರಾಣೇನ್ದ್ರಿಯಕ್ರಿಯಾಃ। ಯೋಗೇನಾವ್ಯಭಿಚಾರಿಣ್ಯಾ ಧೃತಿಃ ಸಾ ಪಾರ್ಥ ಸಾತ್ತ್ವಿಕೀ

dhṛityā yayā dhārayate manaḥ-prāṇendriya-kriyāḥ yogenāvyabhichāriṇyā dhṛitiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī

📖 Meaning

The unwavering firmness, through which Yoga restrains the functions of the mind, life-force, and senses—that firmness, O Arjuna, is Sattvic (pure).

ಯಯಾ ತು ಧರ್ಮಕಾಮಾರ್ಥಾನ್ ಧೃತ್ಯಾ ಧಾರಯತೇಽರ್ಜುನ। ಪ್ರಸಙ್ಗೇನ ಫಲಾಕಾಙ್ಕ್ಷೀ ಧೃತಿಃ ಸಾ ಪಾರ್ಥ ರಾಜಸೀ

yayā tu dharma-kāmārthān dhṛityā dhārayate ‘rjuna prasaṅgena phalākāṅkṣhī dhṛitiḥ sā pārtha rājasī

📖 Meaning

But that, O Arjuna, by which one holds fast to Dharma (duty), enjoyment of pleasures, and earning of wealth, on account of attachment and desire for reward—that firmness, O Arjuna, is Rajasic (passionate).

ಯಯಾ ಸ್ವಪ್ನಂ ಭಯಂ ಶೋಕಂ ವಿಷಾದಂ ಮದಮೇವ ಚ। ನ ವಿಮುಞ್ಚತಿ ದುರ್ಮೇಧಾ ಧೃತಿಃ ಸಾ ಪಾರ್ಥ ತಾಮಸೀ

yayā svapnaṁ bhayaṁ śhokaṁ viṣhādaṁ madam eva cha na vimuñchati durmedhā dhṛitiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī

📖 Meaning

That firmness, O Arjuna, by which a stupid man does not abandon sleep, fear, grief, despair, and conceit, is Tamasic.

ಸುಖಂ ತ್ವಿದಾನೀಂ ತ್ರಿವಿಧಂ ಶ್ರೃಣು ಮೇ ಭರತರ್ಷಭ। ಅಭ್ಯಾಸಾದ್ರಮತೇ ಯತ್ರ ದುಃಖಾನ್ತಂ ಚ ನಿಗಚ್ಛತಿ

sukhaṁ tv idānīṁ tri-vidhaṁ śhṛiṇu me bharatarṣhabha abhyāsād ramate yatra duḥkhāntaṁ cha nigachchhati yat tad agre viṣham iva pariṇāme ‘mṛitopamam tat sukhaṁ sāttvikaṁ proktam ātma-buddhi-prasāda-jam

📖 Meaning

And now, O Arjuna, hear from Me of the threefold pleasure, in which one rejoices through practice and surely comes to the end of pain.

ಯತ್ತದಗ್ರೇ ವಿಷಮಿವ ಪರಿಣಾಮೇಽಮೃತೋಪಮಮ್। ತತ್ಸುಖಂ ಸಾತ್ತ್ವಿಕಂ ಪ್ರೋಕ್ತಮಾತ್ಮಬುದ್ಧಿಪ್ರಸಾದಜಮ್

yat tad agre viṣam iva pariṇāme 'mṛtopamam tat sukhaṁ sāttvikaṁ proktam ātma-buddhi-prasāda-jam

📖 Meaning

That which is like poison at first but in the end like nectar—that happiness is declared to be sattvic, born of the purity of one's own mind due to self-realization.

ವಿಷಯೇನ್ದ್ರಿಯಸಂಯೋಗಾದ್ಯತ್ತದಗ್ರೇಽಮೃತೋಪಮಮ್। ಪರಿಣಾಮೇ ವಿಷಮಿವ ತತ್ಸುಖಂ ರಾಜಸಂ ಸ್ಮೃತಮ್

viṣhayendriya-sanyogād yat tad agre ’mṛitopamam pariṇāme viṣham iva tat sukhaṁ rājasaṁ smṛitam

📖 Meaning

That happiness which arises from the contact of the senses with the objects, which is initially like nectar but eventually like poison, is said to be Rajasic.

ಯದಗ್ರೇ ಚಾನುಬನ್ಧೇ ಚ ಸುಖಂ ಮೋಹನಮಾತ್ಮನಃ। ನಿದ್ರಾಲಸ್ಯಪ್ರಮಾದೋತ್ಥಂ ತತ್ತಾಮಸಮುದಾಹೃತಮ್

yad agre chānubandhe cha sukhaṁ mohanam ātmanaḥ nidrālasya-pramādotthaṁ tat tāmasam udāhṛitam

📖 Meaning

That happiness which at first, as well as in the end, deludes the self, and which arises from sleep, indolence, and heedlessness—that is declared to be Tamasic.

ನ ತದಸ್ತಿ ಪೃಥಿವ್ಯಾಂ ವಾ ದಿವಿ ದೇವೇಷು ವಾ ಪುನಃ। ಸತ್ತ್ವಂ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಜೈರ್ಮುಕ್ತಂ ಯದೇಭಿಃ ಸ್ಯಾತ್ಿತ್ರಭಿರ್ಗುಣೈಃ

na tad asti pṛithivyāṁ vā divi deveṣhu vā punaḥ sattvaṁ prakṛiti-jair muktaṁ yad ebhiḥ syāt tribhir guṇaiḥ

📖 Meaning

There is no being on earth or in heaven among the gods that is liberated from the three qualities born of Nature.

ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣಕ್ಷತ್ರಿಯವಿಶಾಂ ಶೂದ್ರಾಣಾಂ ಚ ಪರಂತಪ। ಕರ್ಮಾಣಿ ಪ್ರವಿಭಕ್ತಾನಿ ಸ್ವಭಾವಪ್ರಭವೈರ್ಗುಣೈಃ

brāhmaṇa-kṣhatriya-viśhāṁ śhūdrāṇāṁ cha parantapa karmāṇi pravibhaktāni svabhāva-prabhavair guṇaiḥ

📖 Meaning

Of Brahmanas, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, and Sudras, O Arjuna, the duties are distributed according to the qualities born of their own nature.

ಶಮೋ ದಮಸ್ತಪಃ ಶೌಚಂ ಕ್ಷಾನ್ತಿರಾರ್ಜವಮೇವ ಚ। ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಮಾಸ್ತಿಕ್ಯಂ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಕರ್ಮ ಸ್ವಭಾವಜಮ್

śhamo damas tapaḥ śhauchaṁ kṣhāntir ārjavam eva cha jñānaṁ vijñānam āstikyaṁ brahma-karma svabhāva-jam

📖 Meaning

Serenity, self-restraint, austerity, purity, forgiveness, and uprightness, as well as knowledge, realization, and belief in God, are the duties of Brahmanas, born of their own nature.

ಶೌರ್ಯಂ ತೇಜೋ ಧೃತಿರ್ದಾಕ್ಷ್ಯಂ ಯುದ್ಧೇ ಚಾಪ್ಯಪಲಾಯನಮ್। ದಾನಮೀಶ್ವರಭಾವಶ್ಚ ಕ್ಷಾತ್ರಂ ಕರ್ಮ ಸ್ವಭಾವಜಮ್

śhauryaṁ tejo dhṛitir dākṣhyaṁ yuddhe chāpy apalāyanam dānam īśhvara-bhāvaśh cha kṣhātraṁ karma svabhāva-jam

📖 Meaning

Prowess, splendor, firmness, dexterity, and not fleeing from battle, generosity, and lordliness are the duties of the Kshatriyas, born of their own nature.

ಕೃಷಿಗೌರಕ್ಷ್ಯವಾಣಿಜ್ಯಂ ವೈಶ್ಯಕರ್ಮ ಸ್ವಭಾವಜಮ್। ಪರಿಚರ್ಯಾತ್ಮಕಂ ಕರ್ಮ ಶೂದ್ರಸ್ಯಾಪಿ ಸ್ವಭಾವಜಮ್

kṛiṣhi-gau-rakṣhya-vāṇijyaṁ vaiśhya-karma svabhāva-jam paricharyātmakaṁ karma śhūdrasyāpi svabhāva-jam

📖 Meaning

Agriculture, cattle-rearing, and trade are the duties of the Vaisya (merchant), born of their own nature; and service is the duty of the Sudra (servant-class), born of their own nature.

ಸ್ವೇ ಸ್ವೇ ಕರ್ಮಣ್ಯಭಿರತಃ ಸಂಸಿದ್ಧಿಂ ಲಭತೇ ನರಃ। ಸ್ವಕರ್ಮನಿರತಃ ಸಿದ್ಧಿಂ ಯಥಾ ವಿನ್ದತಿ ತಚ್ಛೃಣು

sve sve karmaṇy abhirataḥ sansiddhiṁ labhate naraḥ sva-karma-nirataḥ siddhiṁ yathā vindati tach chhṛiṇu

📖 Meaning

Each person devoted to their own duty attains perfection. How they attain perfection while being engaged in their own duty, hear now.

ಯತಃ ಪ್ರವೃತ್ತಿರ್ಭೂತಾನಾಂ ಯೇನ ಸರ್ವಮಿದಂ ತತಮ್। ಸ್ವಕರ್ಮಣಾ ತಮಭ್ಯರ್ಚ್ಯ ಸಿದ್ಧಿಂ ವಿನ್ದತಿ ಮಾನವಃ

yataḥ pravṛittir bhūtānāṁ yena sarvam idaṁ tatam sva-karmaṇā tam abhyarchya siddhiṁ vindati mānavaḥ

📖 Meaning

He from whom all the beings have evolved and by whom all this is pervaded, worshipping Him with his own duty, one attains perfection.

ಶ್ರೇಯಾನ್ಸ್ವಧರ್ಮೋ ವಿಗುಣಃ ಪರಧರ್ಮಾತ್ಸ್ವನುಷ್ಠಿತಾತ್। ಸ್ವಭಾವನಿಯತಂ ಕರ್ಮ ಕುರ್ವನ್ನಾಪ್ನೋತಿ ಕಿಲ್ಬಿಷಮ್

śhreyān swa-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣhṭhitāt svabhāva-niyataṁ karma kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣham

📖 Meaning

Better is one's own duty, even if it is destitute of merits, than the duty of another well performed. He who does the duty ordained by his own nature incurs no sin.

ಸಹಜಂ ಕರ್ಮ ಕೌನ್ತೇಯ ಸದೋಷಮಪಿ ನ ತ್ಯಜೇತ್। ಸರ್ವಾರಮ್ಭಾ ಹಿ ದೋಷೇಣ ಧೂಮೇನಾಗ್ನಿರಿವಾವೃತಾಃ

saha-jaṁ karma kaunteya sa-doṣham api na tyajet sarvārambhā hi doṣheṇa dhūmenāgnir ivāvṛitāḥ

📖 Meaning

One should not, O Arjuna, abandon the duty to which one is born, though it may be faulty; for, all undertakings are enveloped by evil, just as fire is by smoke.

ಅಸಕ್ತಬುದ್ಧಿಃ ಸರ್ವತ್ರ ಜಿತಾತ್ಮಾ ವಿಗತಸ್ಪೃಹಃ। ನೈಷ್ಕರ್ಮ್ಯಸಿದ್ಧಿಂ ಪರಮಾಂ ಸಂನ್ಯಾಸೇನಾಧಿಗಚ್ಛತಿ

asakta-buddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigata-spṛihaḥ naiṣhkarmya-siddhiṁ paramāṁ sannyāsenādhigachchhati

📖 Meaning

He whose intellect is unattached everywhere, who has subdued his self, from whom desire has fled, he attains the supreme state of freedom from action through renunciation.

ಸಿದ್ಧಿಂ ಪ್ರಾಪ್ತೋ ಯಥಾ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ ತಥಾಪ್ನೋತಿ ನಿಬೋಧ ಮೇ। ಸಮಾಸೇನೈವ ಕೌನ್ತೇಯ ನಿಷ್ಠಾ ಜ್ಞಾನಸ್ಯ ಯಾ ಪರಾ

siddhiṁ prāpto yathā brahma tathāpnoti nibodha me samāsenaiva kaunteya niṣhṭhā jñānasya yā parā

📖 Meaning

Learn from Me, O Arjuna, in brief how one who has attained perfection reaches Brahman—the Eternal, that supreme state of knowledge.

ಬುದ್ಧ್ಯಾ ವಿಶುದ್ಧಯಾ ಯುಕ್ತೋ ಧೃತ್ಯಾಽಽತ್ಮಾನಂ ನಿಯಮ್ಯ ಚ। ಶಬ್ದಾದೀನ್ ವಿಷಯಾಂಸ್ತ್ಯಕ್ತ್ವಾ ರಾಗದ್ವೇಷೌ ವ್ಯುದಸ್ಯ ಚ

buddhyā viśhuddhayā yukto dhṛityātmānaṁ niyamya cha śhabdādīn viṣhayāns tyaktvā rāga-dveṣhau vyudasya cha

📖 Meaning

Endowed with a pure intellect, controlling the self through firmness, relinquishing sound and other objects and abandoning attraction and hatred.

ವಿವಿಕ್ತಸೇವೀ ಲಘ್ವಾಶೀ ಯತವಾಕ್ಕಾಯಮಾನಸಃ। ಧ್ಯಾನಯೋಗಪರೋ ನಿತ್ಯಂ ವೈರಾಗ್ಯಂ ಸಮುಪಾಶ್ರಿತಃ

vivikta-sevī laghv-āśhī yata-vāk-kāya-mānasaḥ dhyāna-yoga-paro nityaṁ vairāgyaṁ samupāśhritaḥ

📖 Meaning

Dwelling in solitude, eating sparingly, with speech, body, and mind subdued, always engaged in meditation and concentration, and resorting to dispassion.

ಅಹಙ್ಕಾರಂ ಬಲಂ ದರ್ಪಂ ಕಾಮಂ ಕ್ರೋಧಂ ಪರಿಗ್ರಹಮ್। ವಿಮುಚ್ಯ ನಿರ್ಮಮಃ ಶಾನ್ತೋ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಭೂಯಾಯ ಕಲ್ಪತೇ

ahankāraṁ balaṁ darpaṁ kāmaṁ krodhaṁ parigraham vimuchya nirmamaḥ śhānto brahma-bhūyāya kalpate

📖 Meaning

Having abandoned egoism, strength, arrogance, desire, anger, and covetousness, and being free from the notion of 'mine' and peaceful, he is fit for becoming Brahman.

ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಭೂತಃ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಾತ್ಮಾ ನ ಶೋಚತಿ ನ ಕಾಙ್ಕ್ಷತಿ। ಸಮಃ ಸರ್ವೇಷು ಭೂತೇಷು ಮದ್ಭಕ್ತಿಂ ಲಭತೇ ಪರಾಮ್

brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śhochati na kāṅkṣhati samaḥ sarveṣhu bhūteṣhu mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām

📖 Meaning

Becoming Brahman, serene in the Self, he neither grieves nor desires; he is the same to all beings, and obtains supreme devotion to Me.

ಭಕ್ತ್ಯಾ ಮಾಮಭಿಜಾನಾತಿ ಯಾವಾನ್ಯಶ್ಚಾಸ್ಮಿ ತತ್ತ್ವತಃ। ತತೋ ಮಾಂ ತತ್ತ್ವತೋ ಜ್ಞಾತ್ವಾ ವಿಶತೇ ತದನನ್ತರಮ್

bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaśh chāsmi tattvataḥ tato māṁ tattvato jñātvā viśhate tad-anantaram

📖 Meaning

By devotion, he knows Me in truth, who and what I am; then, having known Me in truth, he immediately enters into the Supreme.

ಸರ್ವಕರ್ಮಾಣ್ಯಪಿ ಸದಾ ಕುರ್ವಾಣೋ ಮದ್ವ್ಯಪಾಶ್ರಯಃ। ಮತ್ಪ್ರಸಾದಾದವಾಪ್ನೋತಿ ಶಾಶ್ವತಂ ಪದಮವ್ಯಯಮ್

sarva-karmāṇy api sadā kurvāṇo mad-vyapāśhrayaḥ mat-prasādād avāpnoti śhāśhvataṁ padam avyayam

📖 Meaning

Having taken refuge in Me and doing all actions, by My grace he obtains the eternal, indestructible state of being.

ಚೇತಸಾ ಸರ್ವಕರ್ಮಾಣಿ ಮಯಿ ಸಂನ್ಯಸ್ಯ ಮತ್ಪರಃ। ಬುದ್ಧಿಯೋಗಮುಪಾಶ್ರಿತ್ಯ ಮಚ್ಚಿತ್ತಃ ಸತತಂ ಭವ

chetasā sarva-karmāṇi mayi sannyasya mat-paraḥ buddhi-yogam upāśhritya mach-chittaḥ satataṁ bhava

📖 Meaning

Mentally renouncing all actions in Me, having Me as the highest goal, and resorting to the yoga of discrimination, do thou ever fix thy mind on Me.

ಮಚ್ಚಿತ್ತಃ ಸರ್ವದುರ್ಗಾಣಿ ಮತ್ಪ್ರಸಾದಾತ್ತರಿಷ್ಯಸಿ। ಅಥ ಚೇತ್ತ್ವಮಹಙ್ಕಾರಾನ್ನ ಶ್ರೋಷ್ಯಸಿ ವಿನಙ್ಕ್ಷ್ಯಸಿ

mach-chittaḥ sarva-durgāṇi mat-prasādāt tariṣhyasi atha chet tvam ahankārān na śhroṣhyasi vinaṅkṣhyasi

📖 Meaning

Fixing your mind on Me, you shall, by My grace, overcome all obstacles; but if you will not hear Me due to egoism, you shall perish.

ಯದಹಙ್ಕಾರಮಾಶ್ರಿತ್ಯ ನ ಯೋತ್ಸ್ಯ ಇತಿ ಮನ್ಯಸೇ। ಮಿಥ್ಯೈಷ ವ್ಯವಸಾಯಸ್ತೇ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಸ್ತ್ವಾಂ ನಿಯೋಕ್ಷ್ಯತಿ

yad ahankāram āśhritya na yotsya iti manyase mithyaiṣha vyavasāyas te prakṛitis tvāṁ niyokṣhyati

📖 Meaning

If, filled with egoism, thou thinkest, "I will not fight," then thy resolve is vain; nature will compel thee.

ಸ್ವಭಾವಜೇನ ಕೌನ್ತೇಯ ನಿಬದ್ಧಃ ಸ್ವೇನ ಕರ್ಮಣಾ। ಕರ್ತುಂ ನೇಚ್ಛಸಿ ಯನ್ಮೋಹಾತ್ಕರಿಷ್ಯಸ್ಯವಶೋಽಪಿ ತತ್

swbhāva-jena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā kartuṁ nechchhasi yan mohāt kariṣhyasy avaśho ’pi tat

📖 Meaning

O Arjuna, bound by your own Karma (action) born of your own nature, that which from delusion you wish not to do, even that you shall do helplessly.

ಈಶ್ವರಃ ಸರ್ವಭೂತಾನಾಂ ಹೃದ್ದೇಶೇಽರ್ಜುನ ತಿಷ್ಠತಿ। ಭ್ರಾಮಯನ್ಸರ್ವಭೂತಾನಿ ಯನ್ತ್ರಾರೂಢಾನಿ ಮಾಯಯಾ

īśhvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛid-deśhe ‘rjuna tiṣhṭhati bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā

📖 Meaning

The Lord dwells in the hearts of all beings, O Arjuna, causing all beings, by His illusory power, to revolve as if mounted on a machine.

ತಮೇವ ಶರಣಂ ಗಚ್ಛ ಸರ್ವಭಾವೇನ ಭಾರತ। ತತ್ಪ್ರಸಾದಾತ್ಪರಾಂ ಶಾನ್ತಿಂ ಸ್ಥಾನಂ ಪ್ರಾಪ್ಸ್ಯಸಿ ಶಾಶ್ವತಮ್

tam eva śharaṇaṁ gachchha sarva-bhāvena bhārata tat-prasādāt parāṁ śhāntiṁ sthānaṁ prāpsyasi śhāśhvatam

📖 Meaning

Fly to Him for refuge with all your being, O Arjuna; by His grace you will obtain supreme peace and the eternal abode.

ಇತಿ ತೇ ಜ್ಞಾನಮಾಖ್ಯಾತಂ ಗುಹ್ಯಾದ್ಗುಹ್ಯತರಂ ಮಯಾ। ವಿಮೃಶ್ಯೈತದಶೇಷೇಣ ಯಥೇಚ್ಛಸಿ ತಥಾ ಕುರು

iti te jñānam ākhyātaṁ guhyād guhyataraṁ mayā vimṛiśhyaitad aśheṣheṇa yathechchhasi tathā kuru

📖 Meaning

Thus, wisdom more secret than secrecy itself has been declared to you by me. Reflect on it fully, then act as you wish.

ಸರ್ವಗುಹ್ಯತಮಂ ಭೂಯಃ ಶ್ರೃಣು ಮೇ ಪರಮಂ ವಚಃ। ಇಷ್ಟೋಽಸಿ ಮೇ ದೃಢಮಿತಿ ತತೋ ವಕ್ಷ್ಯಾಮಿ ತೇ ಹಿತಮ್

sarva-guhyatamaṁ bhūyaḥ śhṛiṇu me paramaṁ vachaḥ iṣhṭo ‘si me dṛiḍham iti tato vakṣhyāmi te hitam

📖 Meaning

Hear again My supreme word, most secret of all; for you are dearly beloved of Me, I will tell you what is good.

ಮನ್ಮನಾ ಭವ ಮದ್ಭಕ್ತೋ ಮದ್ಯಾಜೀ ಮಾಂ ನಮಸ್ಕುರು। ಮಾಮೇವೈಷ್ಯಸಿ ಸತ್ಯಂ ತೇ ಪ್ರತಿಜಾನೇ ಪ್ರಿಯೋಽಸಿ ಮೇ

man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru mām evaiṣhyasi satyaṁ te pratijāne priyo ‘si me

📖 Meaning

Fix your mind on Me, be devoted to Me, sacrifice to Me, bow down to Me. You will come to Me; I truly promise you this, for you are dear to Me.

ಸರ್ವಧರ್ಮಾನ್ಪರಿತ್ಯಜ್ಯ ಮಾಮೇಕಂ ಶರಣಂ ವ್ರಜ। ಅಹಂ ತ್ವಾ ಸರ್ವಪಾಪೇಭ್ಯೋ ಮೋಕ್ಷಯಿಷ್ಯಾಮಿ ಮಾ ಶುಚಃ

sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śharaṇaṁ vraja ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣhayiṣhyāmi mā śhuchaḥ

📖 Meaning

Abandon all duties and take refuge in Me alone; I will liberate you from all sins; do not grieve.

ಇದಂ ತೇ ನಾತಪಸ್ಕಾಯ ನಾಭಕ್ತಾಯ ಕದಾಚನ। ನ ಚಾಶುಶ್ರೂಷವೇ ವಾಚ್ಯಂ ನ ಚ ಮಾಂ ಯೋಽಭ್ಯಸೂಯತಿ

idaṁ te nātapaskyāya nābhaktāya kadāchana na chāśhuśhruṣhave vāchyaṁ na cha māṁ yo ‘bhyasūtayi

📖 Meaning

Never speak this to one who is devoid of austerities or devotion, who does not render service, who does not desire to listen, or who cavils at Me.

ಯ ಇಮಂ ಪರಮಂ ಗುಹ್ಯಂ ಮದ್ಭಕ್ತೇಷ್ವಭಿಧಾಸ್ಯತಿ। ಭಕ್ಿತಂ ಮಯಿ ಪರಾಂ ಕೃತ್ವಾ ಮಾಮೇವೈಷ್ಯತ್ಯಸಂಶಯಃ

ya idaṁ paramaṁ guhyaṁ mad-bhakteṣhv abhidhāsyati bhaktiṁ mayi parāṁ kṛitvā mām evaiṣhyaty asanśhayaḥ

📖 Meaning

He who, with supreme devotion to Me, teaches this supreme secret to My devotees, shall undoubtedly come to Me.

ನ ಚ ತಸ್ಮಾನ್ಮನುಷ್ಯೇಷು ಕಶ್ಿಚನ್ಮೇ ಪ್ರಿಯಕೃತ್ತಮಃ। ಭವಿತಾ ನ ಚ ಮೇ ತಸ್ಮಾದನ್ಯಃ ಪ್ರಿಯತರೋ ಭುವಿ

na cha tasmān manuṣhyeṣhu kaśhchin me priya-kṛittamaḥ bhavitā na cha me tasmād anyaḥ priyataro bhuvi

📖 Meaning

There is no one among men who does service dearer to Me, nor shall there be anyone on earth dearer to Me than him.

ಅಧ್ಯೇಷ್ಯತೇ ಚ ಯ ಇಮಂ ಧರ್ಮ್ಯಂ ಸಂವಾದಮಾವಯೋಃ। ಜ್ಞಾನಯಜ್ಞೇನ ತೇನಾಹಮಿಷ್ಟಃ ಸ್ಯಾಮಿತಿ ಮೇ ಮತಿಃ

adhyeṣhyate cha ya imaṁ dharmyaṁ saṁvādam āvayoḥ jñāna-yajñena tenāham iṣhṭaḥ syām iti me matiḥ

📖 Meaning

And he who studies this sacred dialogue of ours, by him I shall have been worshipped through the sacrifice of wisdom; such is my conviction.

ಶ್ರದ್ಧಾವಾನನಸೂಯಶ್ಚ ಶ್ರೃಣುಯಾದಪಿ ಯೋ ನರಃ। ಸೋಽಪಿ ಮುಕ್ತಃ ಶುಭಾಁಲ್ಲೋಕಾನ್ಪ್ರಾಪ್ನುಯಾತ್ಪುಣ್ಯಕರ್ಮಣಾಮ್

śhraddhāvān anasūyaśh cha śhṛiṇuyād api yo naraḥ so ‘pi muktaḥ śhubhāl lokān prāpnuyāt puṇya-karmaṇām

📖 Meaning

Also, the man who hears this, full of faith and free from malice, shall attain to the happy worlds of those of righteous deeds, and be liberated.

ಕಚ್ಚಿದೇತಚ್ಛ್ರುತಂ ಪಾರ್ಥ ತ್ವಯೈಕಾಗ್ರೇಣ ಚೇತಸಾ। ಕಚ್ಚಿದಜ್ಞಾನಸಂಮೋಹಃ ಪ್ರನಷ್ಟಸ್ತೇ ಧನಞ್ಜಯ

kachchid etach chhrutaṁ pārtha tvayaikāgreṇa chetasā kachchid ajñāna-sammohaḥ pranaṣhṭas te dhanañjaya

📖 Meaning

Has this been heard, O Arjuna, with one-pointed focus? Has the delusion of your ignorance been destroyed, O Dhananjaya?

ಅರ್ಜುನ ಉವಾಚ ನಷ್ಟೋ ಮೋಹಃ ಸ್ಮೃತಿರ್ಲಬ್ಧಾ ತ್ವತ್ಪ್ರಸಾದಾನ್ಮಯಾಚ್ಯುತ। ಸ್ಥಿತೋಽಸ್ಮಿ ಗತಸನ್ದೇಹಃ ಕರಿಷ್ಯೇ ವಚನಂ ತವ

arjuna uvācha naṣhṭo mohaḥ smṛitir labdhā tvat-prasādān mayāchyuta sthito ‘smi gata-sandehaḥ kariṣhye vachanaṁ tava

📖 Meaning

Arjuna said, "My delusion has been destroyed, for I have gained my knowledge (memory) through Your grace, O Krishna. I am now free from doubts. I will act according to Your word."

ಸಞ್ಜಯ ಉವಾಚ ಇತ್ಯಹಂ ವಾಸುದೇವಸ್ಯ ಪಾರ್ಥಸ್ಯ ಚ ಮಹಾತ್ಮನಃ। ಸಂವಾದಮಿಮಮಶ್ರೌಷಮದ್ಭುತಂ ರೋಮಹರ್ಷಣಮ್

sañjaya uvācha ity ahaṁ vāsudevasya pārthasya cha mahātmanaḥ saṁvādam imam aśhrauṣham adbhutaṁ roma-harṣhaṇam

📖 Meaning

Sanjaya said, Thus, I have heard this wonderful dialogue between Krishna and the high-souled Arjuna, which causes one's hair to stand on end.

ವ್ಯಾಸಪ್ರಸಾದಾಚ್ಛ್ರುತವಾನೇತದ್ಗುಹ್ಯಮಹಂ ಪರಮ್। ಯೋಗಂ ಯೋಗೇಶ್ವರಾತ್ಕೃಷ್ಣಾತ್ಸಾಕ್ಷಾತ್ಕಥಯತಃ ಸ್ವಯಮ್

vyāsa-prasādāch chhrutavān etad guhyam ahaṁ param yogaṁ yogeśhvarāt kṛiṣhṇāt sākṣhāt kathayataḥ svayam

📖 Meaning

Through the grace of Vyasa, I have heard this supreme and most secret Yoga, directly from Krishna, the Lord of Yoga, Himself declaring it.

ರಾಜನ್ಸಂಸ್ಮೃತ್ಯ ಸಂಸ್ಮೃತ್ಯ ಸಂವಾದಮಿಮಮದ್ಭುತಮ್। ಕೇಶವಾರ್ಜುನಯೋಃ ಪುಣ್ಯಂ ಹೃಷ್ಯಾಮಿ ಚ ಮುಹುರ್ಮುಹುಃ

rājan sansmṛitya sansmṛitya saṁvādam imam adbhutam keśhavārjunayoḥ puṇyaṁ hṛiṣhyāmi cha muhur muhuḥ

📖 Meaning

O King, remembering this wonderful and holy dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna, I continually rejoice.

ತಚ್ಚ ಸಂಸ್ಮೃತ್ಯ ಸಂಸ್ಮೃತ್ಯ ರೂಪಮತ್ಯದ್ಭುತಂ ಹರೇಃ। ವಿಸ್ಮಯೋ ಮೇ ಮಹಾನ್ ರಾಜನ್ ಹೃಷ್ಯಾಮಿ ಚ ಪುನಃ ಪುನಃ

tach cha sansmṛitya saṁsmṛitya rūpam aty-adbhutaṁ hareḥ vismayo ye mahān rājan hṛiṣhyāmi cha punaḥ punaḥ

📖 Meaning

And, remembering again and again that most wonderful form of Hari, I am filled with great wonder, O King; and I rejoice again and again.

ಯತ್ರ ಯೋಗೇಶ್ವರಃ ಕೃಷ್ಣೋ ಯತ್ರ ಪಾರ್ಥೋ ಧನುರ್ಧರಃ। ತತ್ರ ಶ್ರೀರ್ವಿಜಯೋ ಭೂತಿರ್ಧ್ರುವಾ ನೀತಿರ್ಮತಿರ್ಮಮ। । 18.78।

yatra yogeśhvaraḥ kṛiṣhṇo yatra pārtho dhanur-dharaḥ tatra śhrīr vijayo bhūtir dhruvā nītir matir mama

📖 Meaning

Wherever Krishna, the Lord of Yoga, is; and wherever Arjuna, the wielder of the bow, is; there is prosperity, victory, happiness, and a firm policy; this is my conviction.