Sanskrit Corpus

yo yo yāṃ yāṃ tanuṃ bhaktaḥ śraddhayārcitumicchati । tasya tasyācalāṃ śraddhāṃ tāmeva vidadhāmyaham ॥

“Whatever form a devotee longs to worship with faith — that very faith of his I make unmoving.”

sa tayā śraddhayā yuktastasyārādhanamīhate । labhate ca tataḥ kāmānmayaiva vihitānhi tān ॥

“Yoked with that faith, he strives after its worship, and wins from it his desires — ordained by Me alone indeed.”

antavattu phalaṃ teṣāṃ tadbhavatyalpamedhasām । devāndevayajo yānti madbhaktā yānti māmapi ॥

“But the fruit of those small minds is finite; god-worshippers reach the gods, and My devotees reach Me too.”

avyaktaṃ vyaktimāpannaṃ manyante māmabuddhayaḥ । paraṃ bhāvamajānanto mamāvyayamanuttamam ॥

“The witless think Me, the unmanifest, as come to manifestation, not knowing My higher state — unchanging, unsurpassed.”

nāhaṃ prakāśaḥ sarvasya yogamāyāsamāvṛtaḥ । mūḍho'yaṃ nābhijānāti loko māmajamavyayam ॥

“Veiled by the glamour of discipline, I am not manifest to all; this deluded world does not know Me, the unborn, unchanging.”

vedāhaṃ samatītāni vartamānāni cārjuna । bhaviṣyāṇi ca bhūtāni māṃ tu veda na kaścana ॥

“I know the past, the present, O Arjuna, and beings yet to be; but no one knows Me.”

icchādveṣasamutthena dvandvamohena bhārata । sarvabhūtāni saṃmohaṃ sarge yānti parantapa ॥

“By the delusion of opposites born of liking and disliking, O Bhārata, all beings fall into bewilderment at birth, O tormentor of foes.”

yeṣāṃ tvantagataṃ pāpaṃ janānāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām । te dvandvamohanirmuktā bhajante māṃ dṛḍhavratāḥ ॥

“But men of good deeds whose sin is ended, freed from the delusion of opposites, serve Me with firm vows.”

jarāmaraṇamokṣāya māmāśritya yatanti ye । te brahma tadviduḥ kṛtsnamadhyātmaṃ karma cākhilam ॥

“Those who strive for freedom from age and death, sheltered in Me — they know that Brahman in full, the self, and all deeds.”

sādhibhūtādhidaivaṃ māṃ sādhiyajñaṃ ca ye viduḥ । prayāṇakāle'pi ca māṃ te viduryuktacetasaḥ ॥

“Those who know Me with the elemental, the divine, and the sacrificial — they, with yoked minds, know Me even at the hour of passing.”

kiṃ tadbrahma kimadhyātmaṃ kiṃ karma puruṣottama । adhibhūtaṃ ca kiṃ proktamadhidaivaṃ kimucyate ॥

“What is that Brahman, what is the self, what is action, O best of men? What is called the elemental, and what is called the divine?”

adhiyajñaḥ kathaṃ ko'tra dehe'sminmadhusūdana । prayāṇakāle ca kathaṃ jñeyo'si niyatātmabhiḥ ॥

“How is the sacrificial here in this body, O Madhusūdana, and how are You to be known at the hour of passing by the self-controlled?”

akṣaraṃ brahma paramaṃ svabhāvo'dhyātmamucyate । bhūtabhāvodbhavakaro visargaḥ karmasaṃjñitaḥ ॥

“Brahman is the imperishable supreme; its own nature is called the self; the outpouring that brings beings into birth is called by the name of action.”

adhibhūtaṃ kṣaro bhāvaḥ puruṣaścādhidaivatam । adhiyajño'hamevātra dehe dehabhṛtāṃ vara ॥

“The elemental is the perishable state; the Person is the divine; and the sacrificial here in the body am I Myself, O best of embodied beings.”

antakāle ca māmeva smaranmuktvā kalevaram । yaḥ prayāti sa madbhāvaṃ yāti nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ ॥

“And whoever at the end, remembering Me alone, leaves the body and passes on — he reaches My state; there is no doubt here.”

yaṃ yaṃ vāpi smaranbhāvaṃ tyajatyante kalevaram । taṃ tamevaiti kaunteya sadā tadbhāvabhāvitaḥ ॥

“Whatever state one remembers while leaving the body at the end, to that alone one goes, O son of Kuntī, ever steeped in that state.”

tasmātsarveṣu kāleṣu māmanusmara yudhya ca । mayyarpitamanobuddhirmāmevaiṣyasyasaṃśayam ॥

“So at all times remember Me and fight; with mind and thought laid on Me, you will surely reach Me alone.”

abhyāsayogayuktena cetasā nānyagāminā । paramaṃ puruṣaṃ divyaṃ yāti pārthānucintayan ॥

“With thought yoked by practised discipline, going nowhere else, one reaches the supreme divine Person, O Pārtha, ever musing on Him.”

kaviṃ purāṇamanuśāsitāramaṇoraṇīyāṃsamanusmaredyaḥ । sarvasya dhātāramacintyarūpamādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt ॥

“Whoever muses on the seer, the ancient, the ruler, subtler than the subtle, the ordainer of all, of unthinkable form, sun-hued beyond the darkness.”

prayāṇakāle manasācalena bhaktyā yukto yogabalena caiva । bhruvormadhye prāṇamāveśya samyak sa taṃ paraṃ puruṣamupaiti divyam ॥

“At the hour of passing, with unswerving mind, yoked by devotion and by discipline's strength, setting the breath duly between the brows — he reaches that supreme divine Person.”

yadakṣaraṃ vedavido vadanti viśanti yadyatayo vītarāgāḥ । yadicchanto brahmacaryaṃ caranti tatte padaṃ saṃgraheṇa pravakṣye ॥

“What the Veda-knowers call the imperishable, into which passionless strivers enter, desiring which men live as celibate students — that goal I will briefly declare to you.”

sarvadvārāṇi saṃyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca । mūrdhnyādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇamāsthito yogadhāraṇām ॥

“Shutting all gates, damming the mind in the heart, fixing the self's breath in the head, set in discipline's concentration.”

omityekākṣaraṃ brahma vyāharanmāmanusmaran । yaḥ prayāti tyajandehaṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim ॥

“Uttering the one syllable Om, Brahman, remembering Me — whoever passes on leaving the body reaches the highest path.”

ananyacetāḥ satataṃ yo māṃ smarati nityaśaḥ । tasyāhaṃ sulabhaḥ pārtha nityayuktasya yoginaḥ ॥

“Whoever remembers Me constantly, with no thought elsewhere, at all times — for him I am easy to win, O Pārtha, for the ever-yoked seeker.”

māmupetya punarjanma duḥkhālayamaśāśvatam । nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ gatāḥ ॥

“Reaching Me, the great selves win no rebirth — the impermanent home of pain — having reached the highest perfection.”

ābrahmabhuvanāllokāḥ punarāvartino'rjuna । māmupetya tu kaunteya punarjanma na vidyate ॥

“Worlds up to Brahmā's world return again, O Arjuna; but reaching Me, O son of Kuntī, there is no rebirth.”

sahasrayugaparyantamaharyadbrahmaṇo viduḥ । rātriṃ yugasahasrāntāṃ te'horātravido janāḥ ॥

“Those men who know the day of Brahmā as ending after a thousand ages, and the night as ending after a thousand ages, know day and night.”

avyaktādvyaktayaḥ sarvāḥ prabhavantyaharāgame । rātryāgame pralīyante tatraivāvyaktasaṃjñake ॥

“From the unmanifest all manifest things come forth at day's arrival; at night's arrival they dissolve into that same called unmanifest.”

bhūtagrāmaḥ sa evāyaṃ bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate । rātryāgame'vaśaḥ pārtha prabhavatyaharāgame ॥

“This same host of beings, helpless, O Pārtha, comes forth again and again and dissolves at night's arrival, and comes forth at day's arrival.”

parastasmāttu bhāvo'nyo'vyakto'vyaktātsanātanaḥ । yaḥ sa sarveṣu bhūteṣu naśyatsu na vinaśyati ॥

“But beyond that unmanifest is another, unmanifest, everlasting state, which perishes not when all beings perish.”

avyakto'kṣara ityuktastamāhuḥ paramāṃ gatim । yaṃ prāpya na nivartante taddhāma paramaṃ mama ॥

“Called the unmanifest imperishable, they name it the highest path; winning which, men do not return — that is My highest home.”

puruṣaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyastvananyayā । yasyāntaḥsthāni bhūtāni yena sarvamidaṃ tatam ॥

“That supreme Person, O Pārtha, is to be won by single devotion — within whom beings abide, by whom all this is pervaded.”

yatra kāle tvanāvṛttimāvṛttiṃ caiva yoginaḥ । prayātā yānti taṃ kālaṃ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha ॥

“Now the time at which passing seekers reach non-return, and return too — that time I will declare, O best of Bharatas.”

agnirjyotirahaḥ śuklaḥ ṣaṇmāsā uttarāyaṇam । tatra prayātā gacchanti brahma brahmavido janāḥ ॥

“Fire, light, day, the bright fortnight, the six months of the northern course — passing there, Brahma-knowers reach Brahman.”

dhūmo rātristathā kṛṣṇaḥ ṣaṇmāsā dakṣiṇāyanam । tatra cāndramasaṃ jyotiryogī prāpya nivartate ॥

“Smoke, night, and the dark fortnight too, the six months of the southern course — there the seeker wins the lunar light and returns.”

śuklakṛṣṇe gatī hyete jagataḥ śāśvate mate । ekayā yātyanāvṛttimanyayāvartate punaḥ ॥

“For these bright and dark courses of the world are deemed everlasting; by one a man goes to non-return, by the other he turns back again.”

naite sṛtī pārtha jānanyogī muhyati kaścana । tasmātsarveṣu kāleṣu yogayukto bhavārjuna ॥

“Knowing these two courses, O Pārtha, no seeker is deluded; so at all times be yoked by discipline, O Arjuna.”

vedeṣu yajñeṣu tapaḥsu caiva dāneṣu yatpuṇyaphalaṃ pradiṣṭam । atyeti tatsarvamidaṃ viditvā yogī paraṃ sthānamupaiti cādyam ॥

“Whatever fruit of merit is ordained in Vedas, sacrifices, austerities and gifts — the seeker passes beyond all that, knowing this, and reaches the highest primal station.”

idaṃ tu te guhyatamaṃ pravakṣyāmyanasūyave । jñānaṃ vijñānasahitaṃ yajjñātvā mokṣyase'śubhāt ॥

“To you, who do not cavil, I will declare this most hidden lore — knowledge with discernment, knowing which you will be freed from ill.”

rājavidyā rājaguhyaṃ pavitramidamuttamam । pratyakṣāvagamaṃ dharmyaṃ susukhaṃ kartumavyayam ॥

“This is the king of sciences, the king of secrets, the highest cleanser — directly grasped, lawful, very easy to do, imperishable.”

aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā dharmasyāsya parantapa । aprāpya māṃ nivartante mṛtyusaṃsāravartmani ॥

“Men without faith in this law, O tormentor of foes, fail to reach Me and turn back onto the path of death and rebirth.”

mayā tatamidaṃ sarvaṃ jagadavyaktamūrtinā । matsthāni sarvabhūtāni na cāhaṃ teṣvavasthitaḥ ॥

“All this world is pervaded by Me in unmanifest form; all beings rest on Me, but I do not rest on them.”

na ca matsthāni bhūtāni paśya me yogamaiśvaram । bhūtabhṛnna ca bhūtastho mamātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ ॥

“And beings do not rest on Me — behold My lordly discipline: bearing beings yet not abiding in beings, My self brings beings forth.”

yathākāśasthito nityaṃ vāyuḥ sarvatrago mahān । tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni matsthānītyupadhāraya ॥

“As the mighty wind, moving everywhere, ever rests in space, so know all beings as resting on Me.”

sarvabhūtāni kaunteya prakṛtiṃ yānti māmikām । kalpakṣaye punastāni kalpādau visṛjāmyaham ॥

“All beings, O son of Kuntī, enter My nature at the aeon's end; and at the aeon's start I send them forth again.”

prakṛtiṃ svāmavaṣṭabhya visṛjāmi punaḥ punaḥ । bhūtagrāmamimaṃ kṛtsnamavaśaṃ prakṛtervaśāt ॥

“Taking hold of My own nature, I send forth again and again this whole helpless host of beings, by nature's force.”

na ca māṃ tāni karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanaṃjaya । udāsīnavadāsīnamasaktaṃ teṣu karmasu ॥

“And these deeds do not bind Me, O Dhanañjaya — seated as one unconcerned, unattached to those deeds.”

mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sacarācaram । hetunānena kaunteya jagadviparivartate ॥

“With Me as overseer, nature brings forth the moving and unmoving; for this reason, O son of Kuntī, the world turns round.”

avajānanti māṃ mūḍhā mānuṣīṃ tanumāśritam । paraṃ bhāvamajānanto mama bhūtamaheśvaram ॥

“Deluded men despise Me dwelling in a human body, not knowing My higher state as the great lord of beings.”

moghāśā moghakarmāṇo moghajñānā vicetasaḥ । rākṣasīmāsurīṃ caiva prakṛtiṃ mohinīṃ śritāḥ ॥

“Of vain hopes, vain deeds, vain knowledge, witless, resorting to a bewildering nature of monsters and demons.”