ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग
The Yoga of Knowledge & Renunciation of Action · 42 Shlokas
Krishna reveals the secret of His divine descent (avatara) — that He incarnates in every age to protect dharma. He explains action in inaction, the spirit of sacrifice (yajna), and how the fire of knowledge burns all karma to ashes.
श्री भगवानुवाच इमं विवस्वते योगं प्रोक्तवानहमव्ययम्। विवस्वान् मनवे प्राह मनुरिक्ष्वाकवेऽब्रवीत्
ಶ್ರೀ ಭಗವಾನುವಾಚ ಇಮಂ ವಿವಸ್ವತೇ ಯೋಗಂ ಪ್ರೋಕ್ತವಾನಹಮವ್ಯಯಮ್। ವಿವಸ್ವಾನ್ ಮನವೇ ಪ್ರಾಹ ಮನುರಿಕ್ಷ್ವಾಕವೇಽಬ್ರವೀತ್
śhrī bhagavān uvācha imaṁ vivasvate yogaṁ proktavān aham avyayam vivasvān manave prāha manur ikṣhvākave ’bravīt
📖 Meaning
The Blessed Lord said, "I taught this imperishable Yoga to Vivasvan; he then told it to Manu; Manu proclaimed it to Ikshvaku.
एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः। स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप
ಏವಂ ಪರಮ್ಪರಾಪ್ರಾಪ್ತಮಿಮಂ ರಾಜರ್ಷಯೋ ವಿದುಃ। ಸ ಕಾಲೇನೇಹ ಮಹತಾ ಯೋಗೋ ನಷ್ಟಃ ಪರನ್ತಪ
evaṁ paramparā-prāptam imaṁ rājarṣhayo viduḥ sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣhṭaḥ parantapa
📖 Meaning
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).
स एवायं मया तेऽद्य योगः प्रोक्तः पुरातनः। भक्तोऽसि मे सखा चेति रहस्यं ह्येतदुत्तमम्
ಸ ಏವಾಯಂ ಮಯಾ ತೇಽದ್ಯ ಯೋಗಃ ಪ್ರೋಕ್ತಃ ಪುರಾತನಃ। ಭಕ್ತೋಽಸಿ ಮೇ ಸಖಾ ಚೇತಿ ರಹಸ್ಯಂ ಹ್ಯೇತದುತ್ತಮಮ್
sa evāyaṁ mayā te ’dya yogaḥ proktaḥ purātanaḥ bhakto ’si me sakhā cheti rahasyaṁ hyetad uttamam
📖 Meaning
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.
अर्जुन उवाच अपरं भवतो जन्म परं जन्म विवस्वतः। कथमेतद्विजानीयां त्वमादौ प्रोक्तवानिति
ಅರ್ಜುನ ಉವಾಚ ಅಪರಂ ಭವತೋ ಜನ್ಮ ಪರಂ ಜನ್ಮ ವಿವಸ್ವತಃ। ಕಥಮೇತದ್ವಿಜಾನೀಯಾಂ ತ್ವಮಾದೌ ಪ್ರೋಕ್ತವಾನಿತಿ
arjuna uvācha aparaṁ bhavato janma paraṁ janma vivasvataḥ katham etad vijānīyāṁ tvam ādau proktavān iti
📖 Meaning
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?"
श्री भगवानुवाच बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन। तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परन्तप
ಶ್ರೀ ಭಗವಾನುವಾಚ ಬಹೂನಿ ಮೇ ವ್ಯತೀತಾನಿ ಜನ್ಮಾನಿ ತವ ಚಾರ್ಜುನ। ತಾನ್ಯಹಂ ವೇದ ಸರ್ವಾಣಿ ನ ತ್ವಂ ವೇತ್ಥ ಪರನ್ತಪ
śhrī bhagavān uvācha bahūni me vyatītāni janmāni tava chārjuna tānyahaṁ veda sarvāṇi na tvaṁ vettha parantapa
📖 Meaning
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)."
अजोऽपि सन्नव्ययात्मा भूतानामीश्वरोऽपि सन्। प्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय संभवाम्यात्ममायया
ಅಜೋಽಪಿ ಸನ್ನವ್ಯಯಾತ್ಮಾ ಭೂತಾನಾಮೀಶ್ವರೋಽಪಿ ಸನ್। ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಂ ಸ್ವಾಮಧಿಷ್ಠಾಯ ಸಂಭವಾಮ್ಯಾತ್ಮಮಾಯಯಾ
ajo ’pi sannavyayātmā bhūtānām īśhvaro ’pi san prakṛitiṁ svām adhiṣhṭhāya sambhavāmyātma-māyayā
📖 Meaning
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.
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत। अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽऽत्मानं सृजाम्यहम्
ಯದಾ ಯದಾ ಹಿ ಧರ್ಮಸ್ಯ ಗ್ಲಾನಿರ್ಭವತಿ ಭಾರತ। ಅಭ್ಯುತ್ಥಾನಮಧರ್ಮಸ್ಯ ತದಾಽಽತ್ಮಾನಂ ಸೃಜಾಮ್ಯಹಮ್
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛijāmyaham
📖 Meaning
Whenever there is a decline of righteousness and an increase of unrighteousness, O Arjuna, then I manifest Myself.
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्। धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे
ಪರಿತ್ರಾಣಾಯ ಸಾಧೂನಾಂ ವಿನಾಶಾಯ ಚ ದುಷ್ಕೃತಾಮ್। ಧರ್ಮಸಂಸ್ಥಾಪನಾರ್ಥಾಯ ಸಂಭವಾಮಿ ಯುಗೇ ಯುಗೇ
paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśhāya cha duṣhkṛitām dharma-sansthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge
📖 Meaning
For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, and for the establishment of righteousness, I am born in every age.
जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः। त्यक्त्वा देहं पुनर्जन्म नैति मामेति सोऽर्जुन
ಜನ್ಮ ಕರ್ಮ ಚ ಮೇ ದಿವ್ಯಮೇವಂ ಯೋ ವೇತ್ತಿ ತತ್ತ್ವತಃ। ತ್ಯಕ್ತ್ವಾ ದೇಹಂ ಪುನರ್ಜನ್ಮ ನೈತಿ ಮಾಮೇತಿ ಸೋಽರ್ಜುನ
janma karma cha me divyam evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti so ’rjuna
📖 Meaning
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.
वीतरागभयक्रोधा मन्मया मामुपाश्रिताः। बहवो ज्ञानतपसा पूता मद्भावमागताः
ವೀತರಾಗಭಯಕ್ರೋಧಾ ಮನ್ಮಯಾ ಮಾಮುಪಾಶ್ರಿತಾಃ। ಬಹವೋ ಜ್ಞಾನತಪಸಾ ಪೂತಾ ಮದ್ಭಾವಮಾಗತಾಃ
vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhā man-mayā mām upāśhritāḥ bahavo jñāna-tapasā pūtā mad-bhāvam āgatāḥ
📖 Meaning
Freed from attachment, fear, and anger, absorbed in Me, taking refuge in Me, purified by the fire of knowledge, many have attained My Being.
ये यथा मां प्रपद्यन्ते तांस्तथैव भजाम्यहम्। मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः
ಯೇ ಯಥಾ ಮಾಂ ಪ್ರಪದ್ಯನ್ತೇ ತಾಂಸ್ತಥೈವ ಭಜಾಮ್ಯಹಮ್। ಮಮ ವರ್ತ್ಮಾನುವರ್ತನ್ತೇ ಮನುಷ್ಯಾಃ ಪಾರ್ಥ ಸರ್ವಶಃ
ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāns tathaiva bhajāmyaham mama vartmānuvartante manuṣhyāḥ pārtha sarvaśhaḥ
📖 Meaning
In whatever way men approach Me, even so do I reward them; My path do men tread in all ways, O Arjuna.
काङ्क्षन्तः कर्मणां सिद्धिं यजन्त इह देवताः। क्षिप्रं हि मानुषे लोके सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा
ಕಾಙ್ಕ್ಷನ್ತಃ ಕರ್ಮಣಾಂ ಸಿದ್ಧಿಂ ಯಜನ್ತ ಇಹ ದೇವತಾಃ। ಕ್ಷಿಪ್ರಂ ಹಿ ಮಾನುಷೇ ಲೋಕೇ ಸಿದ್ಧಿರ್ಭವತಿ ಕರ್ಮಜಾ
kāṅkṣhantaḥ karmaṇāṁ siddhiṁ yajanta iha devatāḥ kṣhipraṁ hi mānuṣhe loke siddhir bhavati karmajā
📖 Meaning
Those who long for success in action in this world sacrifice to the gods; for success is quickly attained by men through action.
चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः। तस्य कर्तारमपि मां विद्ध्यकर्तारमव्ययम्
ಚಾತುರ್ವರ್ಣ್ಯಂ ಮಯಾ ಸೃಷ್ಟಂ ಗುಣಕರ್ಮವಿಭಾಗಶಃ। ತಸ್ಯ ಕರ್ತಾರಮಪಿ ಮಾಂ ವಿದ್ಧ್ಯಕರ್ತಾರಮವ್ಯಯಮ್
chātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛiṣhṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśhaḥ tasya kartāram api māṁ viddhyakartāram avyayam
📖 Meaning
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.
न मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा। इति मां योऽभिजानाति कर्मभिर्न स बध्यते
ನ ಮಾಂ ಕರ್ಮಾಣಿ ಲಿಮ್ಪನ್ತಿ ನ ಮೇ ಕರ್ಮಫಲೇ ಸ್ಪೃಹಾ। ಇತಿ ಮಾಂ ಯೋಽಭಿಜಾನಾತಿ ಕರ್ಮಭಿರ್ನ ಸ ಬಧ್ಯತೇ
na māṁ karmāṇi limpanti na me karma-phale spṛihā iti māṁ yo ’bhijānāti karmabhir na sa badhyate
📖 Meaning
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.
एवं ज्ञात्वा कृतं कर्म पूर्वैरपि मुमुक्षुभिः। कुरु कर्मैव तस्मात्त्वं पूर्वैः पूर्वतरं कृतम्
ಏವಂ ಜ್ಞಾತ್ವಾ ಕೃತಂ ಕರ್ಮ ಪೂರ್ವೈರಪಿ ಮುಮುಕ್ಷುಭಿಃ। ಕುರು ಕರ್ಮೈವ ತಸ್ಮಾತ್ತ್ವಂ ಪೂರ್ವೈಃ ಪೂರ್ವತರಂ ಕೃತಮ್
evaṁ jñātvā kṛitaṁ karma pūrvair api mumukṣhubhiḥ kuru karmaiva tasmāttvaṁ pūrvaiḥ pūrvataraṁ kṛitam
📖 Meaning
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.
किं कर्म किमकर्मेति कवयोऽप्यत्र मोहिताः। तत्ते कर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात्
ಕಿಂ ಕರ್ಮ ಕಿಮಕರ್ಮೇತಿ ಕವಯೋಽಪ್ಯತ್ರ ಮೋಹಿತಾಃ। ತತ್ತೇ ಕರ್ಮ ಪ್ರವಕ್ಷ್ಯಾಮಿ ಯಜ್ಜ್ಞಾತ್ವಾ ಮೋಕ್ಷ್ಯಸೇಽಶುಭಾತ್
kiṁ karma kim akarmeti kavayo ’pyatra mohitāḥ tat te karma pravakṣhyāmi yaj jñātvā mokṣhyase ’śhubhāt
📖 Meaning
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.
कर्मणो ह्यपि बोद्धव्यं बोद्धव्यं च विकर्मणः। अकर्मणश्च बोद्धव्यं गहना कर्मणो गतिः
ಕರ್ಮಣೋ ಹ್ಯಪಿ ಬೋದ್ಧವ್ಯಂ ಬೋದ್ಧವ್ಯಂ ಚ ವಿಕರ್ಮಣಃ। ಅಕರ್ಮಣಶ್ಚ ಬೋದ್ಧವ್ಯಂ ಗಹನಾ ಕರ್ಮಣೋ ಗತಿಃ
karmaṇo hyapi boddhavyaṁ boddhavyaṁ cha vikarmaṇaḥ akarmaṇaśh cha boddhavyaṁ gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ
📖 Meaning
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.
कर्मण्यकर्म यः पश्येदकर्मणि च कर्म यः। स बुद्धिमान् मनुष्येषु स युक्तः कृत्स्नकर्मकृत्
ಕರ್ಮಣ್ಯಕರ್ಮ ಯಃ ಪಶ್ಯೇದಕರ್ಮಣಿ ಚ ಕರ್ಮ ಯಃ। ಸ ಬುದ್ಧಿಮಾನ್ ಮನುಷ್ಯೇಷು ಸ ಯುಕ್ತಃ ಕೃತ್ಸ್ನಕರ್ಮಕೃತ್
karmaṇyakarma yaḥ paśhyed akarmaṇi cha karma yaḥ sa buddhimān manuṣhyeṣhu sa yuktaḥ kṛitsna-karma-kṛit
📖 Meaning
He who sees inaction in action and action in inaction, he is wise among men; he is a yogi and performer of all actions.
यस्य सर्वे समारम्भाः कामसङ्कल्पवर्जिताः। ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणं तमाहुः पण्डितं बुधाः
ಯಸ್ಯ ಸರ್ವೇ ಸಮಾರಮ್ಭಾಃ ಕಾಮಸಙ್ಕಲ್ಪವರ್ಜಿತಾಃ। ಜ್ಞಾನಾಗ್ನಿದಗ್ಧಕರ್ಮಾಣಂ ತಮಾಹುಃ ಪಣ್ಡಿತಂ ಬುಧಾಃ
yasya sarve samārambhāḥ kāma-saṅkalpa-varjitāḥ jñānāgni-dagdha-karmāṇaṁ tam āhuḥ paṇḍitaṁ budhāḥ
📖 Meaning
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.
त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्गं नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रयः। कर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि नैव किञ्चित्करोति सः
ತ್ಯಕ್ತ್ವಾ ಕರ್ಮಫಲಾಸಙ್ಗಂ ನಿತ್ಯತೃಪ್ತೋ ನಿರಾಶ್ರಯಃ। ಕರ್ಮಣ್ಯಭಿಪ್ರವೃತ್ತೋಽಪಿ ನೈವ ಕಿಞ್ಚಿತ್ಕರೋತಿ ಸಃ
tyaktvā karma-phalāsaṅgaṁ nitya-tṛipto nirāśhrayaḥ karmaṇyabhipravṛitto ’pi naiva kiñchit karoti saḥ
📖 Meaning
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.
निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः। शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्
ನಿರಾಶೀರ್ಯತಚಿತ್ತಾತ್ಮಾ ತ್ಯಕ್ತಸರ್ವಪರಿಗ್ರಹಃ। ಶಾರೀರಂ ಕೇವಲಂ ಕರ್ಮ ಕುರ್ವನ್ನಾಪ್ನೋತಿ ಕಿಲ್ಬಿಷಮ್
nirāśhīr yata-chittātmā tyakta-sarva-parigrahaḥ śhārīraṁ kevalaṁ karma kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣham
📖 Meaning
Without hope, controlling the mind and the self, having abandoned all covetousness, and performing only bodily actions, one incurs no sin.
यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः। समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते
ಯದೃಚ್ಛಾಲಾಭಸನ್ತುಷ್ಟೋ ದ್ವನ್ದ್ವಾತೀತೋ ವಿಮತ್ಸರಃ। ಸಮಃ ಸಿದ್ಧಾವಸಿದ್ಧೌ ಚ ಕೃತ್ವಾಪಿ ನ ನಿಬಧ್ಯತೇ
yadṛichchhā-lābha-santuṣhṭo dvandvātīto vimatsaraḥ samaḥ siddhāvasiddhau cha kṛitvāpi na nibadhyate
📖 Meaning
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.
गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः। यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते
ಗತಸಙ್ಗಸ್ಯ ಮುಕ್ತಸ್ಯ ಜ್ಞಾನಾವಸ್ಥಿತಚೇತಸಃ। ಯಜ್ಞಾಯಾಚರತಃ ಕರ್ಮ ಸಮಗ್ರಂ ಪ್ರವಿಲೀಯತೇ
gata-saṅgasya muktasya jñānāvasthita-chetasaḥ yajñāyācharataḥ karma samagraṁ pravilīyate
📖 Meaning
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.
ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्महविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम्। ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना
ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾರ್ಪಣಂ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಹವಿರ್ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಗ್ನೌ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣಾ ಹುತಮ್। ಬ್ರಹ್ಮೈವ ತೇನ ಗನ್ತವ್ಯಂ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಕರ್ಮಸಮಾಧಿನಾ
brahmārpaṇaṁ brahma havir brahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam brahmaiva tena gantavyaṁ brahma-karma-samādhinā
📖 Meaning
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.
दैवमेवापरे यज्ञं योगिनः पर्युपासते। ब्रह्माग्नावपरे यज्ञं यज्ञेनैवोपजुह्वति
ದೈವಮೇವಾಪರೇ ಯಜ್ಞಂ ಯೋಗಿನಃ ಪರ್ಯುಪಾಸತೇ। ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಗ್ನಾವಪರೇ ಯಜ್ಞಂ ಯಜ್ಞೇನೈವೋಪಜುಹ್ವತಿ
daivam evāpare yajñaṁ yoginaḥ paryupāsate brahmāgnāvapare yajñaṁ yajñenaivopajuhvati
📖 Meaning
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.
श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति। शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति
ಶ್ರೋತ್ರಾದೀನೀನ್ದ್ರಿಯಾಣ್ಯನ್ಯೇ ಸಂಯಮಾಗ್ನಿಷು ಜುಹ್ವತಿ। ಶಬ್ದಾದೀನ್ವಿಷಯಾನನ್ಯ ಇನ್ದ್ರಿಯಾಗ್ನಿಷು ಜುಹ್ವತಿ
śhrotrādīnīndriyāṇyanye sanyamāgniṣhu juhvati śhabdādīn viṣhayānanya indriyāgniṣhu juhvati
📖 Meaning
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.
सर्वाणीन्द्रियकर्माणि प्राणकर्माणि चापरे। आत्मसंयमयोगाग्नौ जुह्वति ज्ञानदीपिते
ಸರ್ವಾಣೀನ್ದ್ರಿಯಕರ್ಮಾಣಿ ಪ್ರಾಣಕರ್ಮಾಣಿ ಚಾಪರೇ। ಆತ್ಮಸಂಯಮಯೋಗಾಗ್ನೌ ಜುಹ್ವತಿ ಜ್ಞಾನದೀಪಿತೇ
sarvāṇīndriya-karmāṇi prāṇa-karmāṇi chāpare ātma-sanyama-yogāgnau juhvati jñāna-dīpite
📖 Meaning
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.
द्रव्ययज्ञास्तपोयज्ञा योगयज्ञास्तथापरे। स्वाध्यायज्ञानयज्ञाश्च यतयः संशितव्रताः
ದ್ರವ್ಯಯಜ್ಞಾಸ್ತಪೋಯಜ್ಞಾ ಯೋಗಯಜ್ಞಾಸ್ತಥಾಪರೇ। ಸ್ವಾಧ್ಯಾಯಜ್ಞಾನಯಜ್ಞಾಶ್ಚ ಯತಯಃ ಸಂಶಿತವ್ರತಾಃ
dravya-yajñās tapo-yajñā yoga-yajñās tathāpare swādhyāya-jñāna-yajñāśh cha yatayaḥ sanśhita-vratāḥ
📖 Meaning
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.
अपाने जुह्वति प्राण प्राणेऽपानं तथाऽपरे। प्राणापानगती रुद्ध्वा प्राणायामपरायणाः
ಅಪಾನೇ ಜುಹ್ವತಿ ಪ್ರಾಣ ಪ್ರಾಣೇಽಪಾನಂ ತಥಾಽಪರೇ। ಪ್ರಾಣಾಪಾನಗತೀ ರುದ್ಧ್ವಾ ಪ್ರಾಣಾಯಾಮಪರಾಯಣಾಃ
apāne juhvati prāṇaṁ prāṇe ’pānaṁ tathāpare prāṇāpāna-gatī ruddhvā prāṇāyāma-parāyaṇāḥ apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇān prāṇeṣhu juhvati sarve ’pyete yajña-vido yajña-kṣhapita-kalmaṣhāḥ
📖 Meaning
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.
अपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति। सर्वेऽप्येते यज्ञविदो यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः
ಅಪರೇ ನಿಯತಾಹಾರಾಃ ಪ್ರಾಣಾನ್ಪ್ರಾಣೇಷು ಜುಹ್ವತಿ। ಸರ್ವೇಽಪ್ಯೇತೇ ಯಜ್ಞವಿದೋ ಯಜ್ಞಕ್ಷಪಿತಕಲ್ಮಷಾಃ
apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇān prāṇeṣu juhvati sarve py 'ete yajña-vido yajña-kṣapita-kalmaṣāḥ
📖 Meaning
Others who regulate their diet offer life-breaths in each life-breath. All these are knowers of sacrifice, whose sins are destroyed through sacrifice.
यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजो यान्ति ब्रह्म सनातनम्। नायं लोकोऽस्त्ययज्ञस्य कुतो़ऽन्यः कुरुसत्तम
ಯಜ್ಞಶಿಷ್ಟಾಮೃತಭುಜೋ ಯಾನ್ತಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ ಸನಾತನಮ್। ನಾಯಂ ಲೋಕೋಽಸ್ತ್ಯಯಜ್ಞಸ್ಯ ಕುತೋ಼ಽನ್ಯಃ ಕುರುಸತ್ತಮ
yajña-śhiṣhṭāmṛita-bhujo yānti brahma sanātanam nāyaṁ loko ’styayajñasya kuto ’nyaḥ kuru-sattama
📖 Meaning
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?
एवं बहुविधा यज्ञा वितता ब्रह्मणो मुखे। कर्मजान्विद्धि तान्सर्वानेवं ज्ञात्वा विमोक्ष्यसे
ಏವಂ ಬಹುವಿಧಾ ಯಜ್ಞಾ ವಿತತಾ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣೋ ಮುಖೇ। ಕರ್ಮಜಾನ್ವಿದ್ಧಿ ತಾನ್ಸರ್ವಾನೇವಂ ಜ್ಞಾತ್ವಾ ವಿಮೋಕ್ಷ್ಯಸೇ
evaṁ bahu-vidhā yajñā vitatā brahmaṇo mukhe karma-jān viddhi tān sarvān evaṁ jñātvā vimokṣhyase
📖 Meaning
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.
श्रेयान्द्रव्यमयाद्यज्ञाज्ज्ञानयज्ञः परन्तप। सर्वं कर्माखिलं पार्थ ज्ञाने परिसमाप्यते
ಶ್ರೇಯಾನ್ದ್ರವ್ಯಮಯಾದ್ಯಜ್ಞಾಜ್ಜ್ಞಾನಯಜ್ಞಃ ಪರನ್ತಪ। ಸರ್ವಂ ಕರ್ಮಾಖಿಲಂ ಪಾರ್ಥ ಜ್ಞಾನೇ ಪರಿಸಮಾಪ್ಯತೇ
śhreyān dravya-mayād yajñāj jñāna-yajñaḥ parantapa sarvaṁ karmākhilaṁ pārtha jñāne parisamāpyate
📖 Meaning
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.
तद्विद्धि प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्नेन सेवया। उपदेक्ष्यन्ति ते ज्ञानं ज्ञानिनस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः
ತದ್ವಿದ್ಧಿ ಪ್ರಣಿಪಾತೇನ ಪರಿಪ್ರಶ್ನೇನ ಸೇವಯಾ। ಉಪದೇಕ್ಷ್ಯನ್ತಿ ತೇ ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ಜ್ಞಾನಿನಸ್ತತ್ತ್ವದರ್ಶಿನಃ
tad viddhi praṇipātena paripraśhnena sevayā upadekṣhyanti te jñānaṁ jñāninas tattva-darśhinaḥ
📖 Meaning
Know that the wise who have realized the truth will instruct thee in that knowledge through long prostration, supplication, and service.
यज्ज्ञात्वा न पुनर्मोहमेवं यास्यसि पाण्डव। येन भूतान्यशेषेण द्रक्ष्यस्यात्मन्यथो मयि
ಯಜ್ಜ್ಞಾತ್ವಾ ನ ಪುನರ್ಮೋಹಮೇವಂ ಯಾಸ್ಯಸಿ ಪಾಣ್ಡವ। ಯೇನ ಭೂತಾನ್ಯಶೇಷೇಣ ದ್ರಕ್ಷ್ಯಸ್ಯಾತ್ಮನ್ಯಥೋ ಮಯಿ
yaj jñātvā na punar moham evaṁ yāsyasi pāṇḍava yena bhūtānyaśheṣheṇa drakṣhyasyātmanyatho mayi
📖 Meaning
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.
अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः। सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि
ಅಪಿ ಚೇದಸಿ ಪಾಪೇಭ್ಯಃ ಸರ್ವೇಭ್ಯಃ ಪಾಪಕೃತ್ತಮಃ। ಸರ್ವಂ ಜ್ಞಾನಪ್ಲವೇನೈವ ವೃಜಿನಂ ಸನ್ತರಿಷ್ಯಸಿ
api ched asi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpa-kṛit-tamaḥ sarvaṁ jñāna-plavenaiva vṛijinaṁ santariṣhyasi
📖 Meaning
Even if thou art the most sinful of all sinners, yet thou shalt surely cross over all sins by the raft of knowledge.
यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन। ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा
ಯಥೈಧಾಂಸಿ ಸಮಿದ್ಧೋಽಗ್ನಿರ್ಭಸ್ಮಸಾತ್ಕುರುತೇಽರ್ಜುನ। ಜ್ಞಾನಾಗ್ನಿಃ ಸರ್ವಕರ್ಮಾಣಿ ಭಸ್ಮಸಾತ್ಕುರುತೇ ತಥಾ
yathaidhānsi samiddho ’gnir bhasma-sāt kurute ’rjuna jñānāgniḥ sarva-karmāṇi bhasma-sāt kurute tathā
📖 Meaning
As the blazing fire reduces fuel to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge reduce all actions to ash.
न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते। तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति
ನ ಹಿ ಜ್ಞಾನೇನ ಸದೃಶಂ ಪವಿತ್ರಮಿಹ ವಿದ್ಯತೇ। ತತ್ಸ್ವಯಂ ಯೋಗಸಂಸಿದ್ಧಃ ಕಾಲೇನಾತ್ಮನಿ ವಿನ್ದತಿ
na hi jñānena sadṛiśhaṁ pavitramiha vidyate tatsvayaṁ yogasansiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati
📖 Meaning
Verily, there is no purifier in this world like knowledge. He who is perfected in Yoga finds it within the Self in due time.
श्रद्धावाँल्लभते ज्ञानं तत्परः संयतेन्द्रियः। ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा परां शान्तिमचिरेणाधिगच्छति
ಶ್ರದ್ಧಾವಾಁಲ್ಲಭತೇ ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ತತ್ಪರಃ ಸಂಯತೇನ್ದ್ರಿಯಃ। ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ಲಬ್ಧ್ವಾ ಪರಾಂ ಶಾನ್ತಿಮಚಿರೇಣಾಧಿಗಚ್ಛತಿ
śhraddhāvān labhate jñānaṁ tat-paraḥ sanyatendriyaḥ jñānaṁ labdhvā parāṁ śhāntim achireṇādhigachchhati
📖 Meaning
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.
अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति। नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः
ಅಜ್ಞಶ್ಚಾಶ್ರದ್ದಧಾನಶ್ಚ ಸಂಶಯಾತ್ಮಾ ವಿನಶ್ಯತಿ। ನಾಯಂ ಲೋಕೋಽಸ್ತಿ ನ ಪರೋ ನ ಸುಖಂ ಸಂಶಯಾತ್ಮನಃ
ajñaśh chāśhraddadhānaśh cha sanśhayātmā vinaśhyati nāyaṁ loko ’sti na paro na sukhaṁ sanśhayātmanaḥ
📖 Meaning
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.
योगसंन्यस्तकर्माणं ज्ञानसंछिन्नसंशयम्। आत्मवन्तं न कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय
ಯೋಗಸಂನ್ಯಸ್ತಕರ್ಮಾಣಂ ಜ್ಞಾನಸಂಛಿನ್ನಸಂಶಯಮ್। ಆತ್ಮವನ್ತಂ ನ ಕರ್ಮಾಣಿ ನಿಬಧ್ನನ್ತಿ ಧನಞ್ಜಯ
yoga-sannyasta-karmāṇaṁ jñāna-sañchhinna-sanśhayam ātmavantaṁ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya
📖 Meaning
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.
तस्मादज्ञानसंभूतं हृत्स्थं ज्ञानासिनाऽऽत्मनः। छित्त्वैनं संशयं योगमातिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भारत
ತಸ್ಮಾದಜ್ಞಾನಸಂಭೂತಂ ಹೃತ್ಸ್ಥಂ ಜ್ಞಾನಾಸಿನಾಽಽತ್ಮನಃ। ಛಿತ್ತ್ವೈನಂ ಸಂಶಯಂ ಯೋಗಮಾತಿಷ್ಠೋತ್ತಿಷ್ಠ ಭಾರತ
tasmād ajñāna-sambhūtaṁ hṛit-sthaṁ jñānāsinātmanaḥ chhittvainaṁ sanśhayaṁ yogam ātiṣhṭhottiṣhṭha bhārata
📖 Meaning
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!
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