Devanagariश्रीभगवानुवाचअनाश्रित: कर्मफलं कार्यं कर्म करोति य: ।स सन्न्यासी च योगी च न निरग्निर्न चाक्रिय: ॥ १ ॥
TranslationThe Supreme Personality of Godhead said: One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic, not he who lights no fire and performs no duty.
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Devanagariयं सन्न्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव ।न ह्यसन्न्यस्तसङ्कल्पो योगी भवति कश्चन ॥ २ ॥
TranslationWhat is called renunciation you should know to be the same as yoga, or linking oneself with the Supreme, O son of Pāṇḍu, for one can never become a yogī unless he renounces the desire for sense gratification.
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Devanagariआरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते ।योगारूढस्यतस्यैव शम: कारणमुच्यते ॥ ३ ॥
TranslationFor one who is a neophyte in the eightfold yoga system, work is said to be the means; and for one who is already elevated in yoga, cessation of all material activities is said to be the means.
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Devanagariयदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते ।सर्वसङ्कल्पसन्न्यासी योगारूढस्तदोच्यते ॥ ४ ॥
TranslationA person is said to be elevated in yoga when, having renounced all material desires, he neither acts for sense gratification nor engages in fruitive activities.
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Devanagariउद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् ।आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मन: ॥ ५ ॥
TranslationOne must deliver himself with the help of his mind, and not degrade himself. The mind is the friend of the conditioned soul, and his enemy as well.
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Devanagariबन्धुरात्मात्मनस्तस्य येनात्मैवात्मना जित: ।अनात्मनस्तु शत्रुत्वे वर्तेतात्मैव शत्रुवत् ॥ ६ ॥
TranslationFor him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his mind will remain the greatest enemy.
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Devanagariजितात्मन: प्रशान्तस्य परमात्मा समाहित: ।शीतोष्णसुखदु:खेषु तथा मानापमानयो: ॥ ७ ॥
TranslationFor one who has conquered the mind, the Supersoul is already reached, for he has attained tranquillity. To such a man happiness and distress, heat and cold, honor and dishonor are all the same.
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Devanagariज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा कूटस्थो विजितेन्द्रिय: ।युक्त इत्युच्यते योगी समलोष्ट्राश्मकाञ्चन: ॥ ८ ॥
TranslationA person is said to be established in self-realization and is called a yogī [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.
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Devanagariसुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु ।साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते ॥ ९ ॥
TranslationA person is considered still further advanced when he regards honest well-wishers, affectionate benefactors, the neutral, mediators, the envious, friends and enemies, the pious and the sinners all with an equal mind.
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Devanagariयोगी युञ्जीत सततमात्मानं रहसि स्थित: ।एकाकी यतचित्तात्मा निराशीरपरिग्रह: ॥ १० ॥
TranslationA transcendentalist should always engage his body, mind and self in relationship with the Supreme; he should live alone in a secluded place and should always carefully control his mind. He should be free from desires and feelings of possessiveness.
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Devanagariयुञ्जन्नेवं सदात्मानं योगी नियतमानस: ।शान्तिं निर्वाणपरमां मत्संस्थामधिगच्छति ॥ १५ ॥
TranslationThus practicing constant control of the body, mind and activities, the mystic transcendentalist, his mind regulated, attains to the kingdom of God [or the abode of Kṛṣṇa] by cessation of material existence.
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Devanagariनात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नत: ।न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन ॥ १६ ॥
TranslationThere is no possibility of one’s becoming a yogī, O Arjuna, if one eats too much or eats too little, sleeps too much or does not sleep enough.
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Devanagariयुक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु ।युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दु:खहा ॥ १७ ॥
TranslationHe who is regulated in his habits of eating, sleeping, recreation and work can mitigate all material pains by practicing the yoga system.
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Devanagariयदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते ।निस्पृह: सर्वकामेभ्यो युक्त इत्युच्यते तदा ॥ १८ ॥
TranslationWhen the yogī, by practice of yoga, disciplines his mental activities and becomes situated in transcendence – devoid of all material desires – he is said to be well established in yoga.
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Devanagariयथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता ।योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मन: ॥ १९ ॥
TranslationAs a lamp in a windless place does not waver, so the transcendentalist, whose mind is controlled, remains always steady in his meditation on the transcendent Self.
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Devanagariस निश्चयेन योक्तव्यो योगोऽनिर्विण्णचेतसा ।सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषत: ।मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्तत: ॥ २४ ॥
TranslationOne should engage oneself in the practice of yoga with determination and faith and not be deviated from the path. One should abandon, without exception, all material desires born of mental speculation and thus control all the senses on all sides by the mind.
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Devanagariशनै: शनैरुपरमेद्बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया ।आत्मसंस्थं मन: कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत् ॥ २५ ॥
TranslationGradually, step by step, one should become situated in trance by means of intelligence sustained by full conviction, and thus the mind should be fixed on the Self alone and should think of nothing else.
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Devanagariयतो यतो निश्चलति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम् ।ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत् ॥ २६ ॥
TranslationFrom 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.
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Devanagariप्रशान्तमनसं ह्येनं योगिनं सुखमुत्तमम् ।उपैति शान्तरजसं ब्रह्मभूतमकल्मषम् ॥ २७ ॥
TranslationThe yogī whose mind is fixed on Me verily attains the highest perfection of transcendental happiness. He is beyond the mode of passion, he realizes his qualitative identity with the Supreme, and thus he is freed from all reactions to past deeds.
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Devanagariयुञ्जन्नेवं सदात्मानं योगी विगतकल्मष: ।सुखेन ब्रह्मसंस्पर्शमत्यन्तं सुखमश्नुते ॥ २८ ॥
TranslationThus the self-controlled yogī, constantly engaged in yoga practice, becomes free from all material contamination and achieves the highest stage of perfect happiness in transcendental loving service to the Lord.
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Devanagariसर्वभूतस्थमात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि ।ईक्षते योगयुक्तात्मा सर्वत्र समदर्शन: ॥ २९ ॥
TranslationA true yogī observes Me in all beings and also sees every being in Me. Indeed, the self-realized person sees Me, the same Supreme Lord, everywhere.
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Devanagariयो मां पश्यति सर्वत्र सर्वं च मयि पश्यति ।तस्याहं न प्रणश्यामि स च मे न प्रणश्यति ॥ ३० ॥
TranslationFor one who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, I am never lost, nor is he ever lost to Me.
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Devanagariसर्वभूतस्थितं यो मां भजत्येकत्वमास्थित: ।सर्वथा वर्तमानोऽपि स योगी मयि वर्तते ॥ ३१ ॥
TranslationSuch a yogī, who engages in the worshipful service of the Supersoul, knowing that I and the Supersoul are one, remains always in Me in all circumstances.
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Devanagariआत्मौपम्येन सर्वत्र समं पश्यति योऽर्जुन ।सुखं वा यदि वा दु:खं स योगी परमो मत: ॥ ३२ ॥
TranslationHe is a perfect yogī who, by comparison to his own self, sees the true equality of all beings, in both their happiness and their distress, O Arjuna!
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Devanagariचञ्चलं हि मन: कृष्ण प्रमाथि बलवद्दृढम् ।तस्याहं निग्रहं मन्ये वायोरिव सुदुष्करम् ॥ ३४ ॥
TranslationThe mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Kṛṣṇa, and to subdue it, I think, is more difficult than controlling the wind.
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Devanagariश्रीभगवानुवाचअसंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम् ।अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते ॥ ३५ ॥
TranslationLord Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: O mighty-armed son of Kuntī, it is undoubtedly very difficult to curb the restless mind, but it is possible by suitable practice and by detachment.
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Devanagariअसंयतात्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मति: ।वश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्योऽवाप्तुमुपायत: ॥ ३६ ॥
TranslationFor one whose mind is unbridled, self-realization is difficult work. But he whose mind is controlled and who strives by appropriate means is assured of success. That is My opinion.
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Devanagariअर्जुन उवाचअयति: श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानस: ।अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति ॥ ३७ ॥
TranslationArjuna said: O Kṛṣṇa, what is the destination of the unsuccessful transcendentalist, who in the beginning takes to the process of self-realization with faith but who later desists due to worldly-mindedness and thus does not attain perfection in mysticism?
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Devanagariकच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति ।अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मण: पथि ॥ ३८ ॥
TranslationO mighty-armed Kṛṣṇa, does not such a man, who is bewildered from the path of transcendence, fall away from both spiritual and material success and perish like a riven cloud, with no position in any sphere?
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Devanagariएतन्मे संशयं कृष्ण छेत्तुमर्हस्यशेषत: ।त्वदन्य: संशयस्यास्य छेत्ता न ह्युपपद्यते ॥ ३९ ॥
TranslationThis is my doubt, O Kṛṣṇa, and I ask You to dispel it completely. But for You, no one is to be found who can destroy this doubt.
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Devanagariश्रीभगवानुवाचपार्थ नैवेह नामुत्र विनाशस्तस्य विद्यते ।न हि कल्याणकृत्कश्चिद्दुर्गतिं तात गच्छति ॥ ४० ॥
TranslationThe Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Son of Pṛthā, 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.
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Devanagariप्राप्य पुण्यकृतां लोकानुषित्वा शाश्वती: समा: ।शुचीनां श्रीमतां गेहे योगभ्रष्टोऽभिजायते ॥ ४१ ॥
TranslationThe unsuccessful yogī, 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.
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Devanagariअथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम् ।एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम् ॥ ४२ ॥
TranslationOr [if unsuccessful after long practice of yoga] he takes his birth in a family of transcendentalists who are surely great in wisdom. Certainly, such a birth is rare in this world.
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Devanagariतत्र तं बुद्धिसंयोगं लभते पौर्वदेहिकम् ।यतते च ततो भूय: संसिद्धौ कुरुनन्दन ॥ ४३ ॥
TranslationOn taking such a birth, he revives the divine consciousness of his previous life, and he again tries to make further progress in order to achieve complete success, O son of Kuru.
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Devanagariपूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि स: ।जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते ॥ ४४ ॥
TranslationBy virtue of the divine consciousness of his previous life, he automatically becomes attracted to the yogic principles – even without seeking them. Such an inquisitive transcendentalist stands always above the ritualistic principles of the scriptures.
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Devanagariप्रयत्नाद्यतमानस्तु योगी संशुद्धकिल्बिष: ।अनेकजन्मसंसिद्धस्ततो याति परां गतिम् ॥ ४५ ॥
TranslationAnd when the yogī engages himself with sincere endeavor in making further progress, being washed of all contaminations, then ultimately, achieving perfection after many, many births of practice, he attains the supreme goal.
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Devanagariतपस्विभ्योऽधिको योगी ज्ञानिभ्योऽपि मतोऽधिक: ।कर्मिभ्यश्चाधिको योगी तस्माद्योगी भवार्जुन ॥ ४६ ॥
TranslationA yogī is greater than the ascetic, greater than the empiricist and greater than the fruitive worker. Therefore, O Arjuna, in all circumstances, be a yogī.
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Devanagariयोगिनामपि सर्वेषां मद्गतेनान्तरात्मना ।श्रद्धावान्भजते यो मां स मे युक्ततमो मत: ॥ ४७ ॥
TranslationAnd of all yogīs, the one with great faith who always abides in Me, thinks of Me within himself and renders transcendental loving service to Me – he is the most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all. That is My opinion.
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