Devanagariअर्जुन उवाचकिं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम ।अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते ॥ १ ॥
TranslationArjuna inquired: O my Lord, O Supreme Person, what is Brahman? What is the self? What are fruitive activities? What is this material manifestation? And what are the demigods? Please explain this to me.
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Devanagariअधियज्ञ: कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन्मधुसूदन ।प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभि: ॥ २ ॥
TranslationWho is the Lord of sacrifice, and how does He live in the body, O Madhusūdana? And how can those engaged in devotional service know You at the time of death?
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Devanagariश्रीभगवानुवाचअक्षरं ब्रह्म परमं स्वभावोऽध्यात्ममुच्यते ।भूतभावोद्भवकरो विसर्ग: कर्मसंज्ञित: ॥ ३ ॥
TranslationThe Supreme Personality of Godhead said: The indestructible, transcendental living entity is called Brahman, and his eternal nature is called adhyātma, the self. Action pertaining to the development of the material bodies of the living entities is called karma, or fruitive activities.
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Devanagariअधिभूतं क्षरो भाव: पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम् ।अधियज्ञोऽहमेवात्र देहे देहभृतां वर ॥ ४ ॥
TranslationO best of the embodied beings, the physical nature, which is constantly changing, is called adhibhūta [the material manifestation]. The universal form of the Lord, which includes all the demigods, like those of the sun and moon, is called adhidaiva. And I, the Supreme Lord, represented as the Supersoul in the heart of every embodied being, am called adhiyajña [the Lord of sacrifice].
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Devanagariअन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन्मुक्त्वा कलेवरम् ।य: प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशय: ॥ ५ ॥
TranslationAnd whoever, at the end of his life, quits his body remembering Me alone at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt.
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Devanagariयं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम् ।तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावित: ॥ ६ ॥
TranslationWhatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, O son of Kuntī, that state he will attain without fail.
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Devanagariतस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च ।मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्मामेवैष्यस्यसंशय: ॥ ७ ॥
TranslationTherefore, Arjuna, you should always think of Me in the form of Kṛṣṇa 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.
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Devanagariअभ्यासयोगयुक्तेन चेतसा नान्यगामिना ।परमं पुरुषं दिव्यं याति पार्थानुचिन्तयन् ॥ ८ ॥
TranslationHe who meditates on Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, his mind constantly engaged in remembering Me, undeviated from the path, he, O Pārtha, is sure to reach Me.
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Devanagariकविं पुराणमनुशासितार-मणोरणीयांसमनुस्मरेद्य: ।सर्वस्य धातारमचिन्त्यरूप-मादित्यवर्णं तमस: परस्तात् ॥ ९ ॥
TranslationOne 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 He is transcendental, beyond this material nature.
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Devanagariप्रयाणकाले मनसाचलेनभक्त्या युक्तो योगबलेन चैव ।भ्रुवोर्मध्ये प्राणमावेश्य सम्य-क्स तं परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम् ॥ १० ॥
TranslationOne who, at the time of death, fixes his life air between the eyebrows and, by the strength of yoga, with an undeviating mind, engages himself in remembering the Supreme Lord in full devotion, will certainly attain to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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Devanagariयदक्षरं वेदविदो वदन्तिविशन्ति यद्यतयो वीतरागा: ।यदिच्छन्तो ब्रह्मचर्यं चरन्तितत्ते पदं सङ्ग्रहेण प्रवक्ष्ये ॥ ११ ॥
TranslationPersons who are learned in the Vedas, who utter oṁ-kāra, and who are great sages in the renounced order enter into Brahman. Desiring such perfection, one practices celibacy. I shall now briefly explain to you this process by which one may attain salvation.
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Devanagariसर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च ।मूध्न्र्याधायात्मन: प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम् ॥ १२ ॥
TranslationThe 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.
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Devanagariॐ इत्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन् ।य: प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम् ॥ १३ ॥
TranslationAfter being situated in this yoga practice and vibrating the sacred syllable oṁ, 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.
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Devanagariअनन्यचेता: सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यश: ।तस्याहं सुलभ: पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य योगिन: ॥ १४ ॥
TranslationFor one who always remembers Me without deviation, I am easy to obtain, O son of Pṛthā, because of his constant engagement in devotional service.
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Devanagariमामुपेत्य पुनर्जन्म दु:खालयमशाश्वतम् ।नाप्नुवन्ति महात्मान: संसिद्धिं परमां गता: ॥ १५ ॥
TranslationAfter attaining Me, the great souls, who are yogīs in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection.
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Devanagariआब्रह्मभुवनाल्लोका: पुनरावर्तिनोऽर्जुन ।मामुपेत्य तु कौन्तेय पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते ॥ १६ ॥
TranslationFrom the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains to My abode, O son of Kuntī, never takes birth again.
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Devanagariसहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदु: ।रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जना: ॥ १७ ॥
TranslationBy human calculation, a thousand ages taken together form the duration of Brahmā’s one day. And such also is the duration of his night.
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Devanagariअव्यक्ताद् व्यक्तय: सर्वा: प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे ।रात्र्यागमे प्रलीयन्ते तत्रैवाव्यक्तसंज्ञके ॥ १८ ॥
TranslationAt the beginning of Brahmā’s day, all living entities become manifest from the unmanifest state, and thereafter, when the night falls, they are merged into the unmanifest again.
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Devanagariभूतग्राम: स एवायं भूत्वा भूत्वा प्रलीयते ।रात्र्यागमेऽवश: पार्थ प्रभवत्यहरागमे ॥ १९ ॥
TranslationAgain and again, when Brahmā’s day arrives, all living entities come into being, and with the arrival of Brahmā’s night they are helplessly annihilated.
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Devanagariपरस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातन: ।य: स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति ॥ २० ॥
TranslationYet there is another unmanifest nature, which is eternal and is transcendental to this manifested and unmanifested matter. It is supreme and is never annihilated. When all in this world is annihilated, that part remains as it is.
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Devanagariअव्यक्तोऽक्षर इत्युक्तस्तमाहु: परमां गतिम् ।यं प्राप्य न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम ॥ २१ ॥
TranslationThat which the Vedāntists describe as unmanifest and infallible, that which is known as the supreme destination, that place from which, having attained it, one never returns – that is My supreme abode.
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Devanagariपुरुष: स पर: पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया ।यस्यान्त:स्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् ॥ २२ ॥
TranslationThe Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is greater than all, is attainable by unalloyed devotion. Although He is present in His abode, He is all-pervading, and everything is situated within Him.
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Devanagariयत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिन: ।प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ ॥ २३ ॥
TranslationO best of the Bhāratas, I shall now explain to you the different times at which, passing away from this world, the yogī does or does not come back.
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Devanagariअग्निर्ज्योतिरह: शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम् ।तत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्ति ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो जना: ॥ २४ ॥
TranslationThose who know the Supreme Brahman attain that Supreme by passing away from the world during the influence of the fiery god, in the light, at an auspicious moment of the day, during the fortnight of the waxing moon, or during the six months when the sun travels in the north.
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Devanagariधूमो रात्रिस्तथा कृष्ण: षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम् ।तत्र चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिर्योगी प्राप्य निवर्तते ॥ २५ ॥
TranslationThe mystic who passes away from this world during the smoke, the night, the fortnight of the waning moon, or the six months when the sun passes to the south reaches the moon planet but again comes back.
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Devanagariशुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगत: शाश्वते मते ।एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययावर्तते पुन: ॥ २६ ॥
TranslationAccording to Vedic opinion, there are two ways of passing from this world – one in light and one in darkness. When one passes in light, he does not come back; but when one passes in darkness, he returns.
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Devanagariनैते सृती पार्थ जानन्योगी मुह्यति कश्चन ।तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु योगयुक्तो भवार्जुन ॥ २७ ॥
TranslationAlthough the devotees know these two paths, O Arjuna, they are never bewildered. Therefore be always fixed in devotion.
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Devanagariवेदेषु यज्ञेषु तप:सु चैवदानेषु यत्पुण्यफलं प्रदिष्टम् ।अत्येति तत्सर्वमिदं विदित्वायोगी परं स्थानमुपैति चाद्यम् ॥ २८ ॥
TranslationA person who accepts the path of devotional service is not bereft of the results derived from studying the Vedas, performing sacrifices, undergoing austerities, giving charity or pursuing philosophical and fruitive activities. Simply by performing devotional service, he attains all these, and at the end he reaches the supreme eternal abode.
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