Devanagariश्रीभगवानुवाचइदं तु ते गुह्यतमं प्रवक्ष्याम्यनसूयवे ।ज्ञानं विज्ञानसहितं यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात् ॥ १ ॥
TranslationThe Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, because you are never envious of Me, I shall impart to you this most confidential knowledge and realization, knowing which you shall be relieved of the miseries of material existence.
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Devanagariराजविद्या राजगुह्यं पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम् ।प्रत्यक्षावगमं धर्म्यं सुसुखं कर्तुमव्ययम् ॥ २ ॥
TranslationThis knowledge is the king of education, the most secret of all secrets. It is the purest knowledge, and because it gives direct perception of the self by realization, it is the perfection of religion. It is everlasting, and it is joyfully performed.
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Devanagariअश्रद्दधाना: पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परन्तप ।अप्राप्य मां निवर्तन्ते मृत्युसंसारवर्त्मनि ॥ ३ ॥
TranslationThose who are not faithful in this devotional service cannot attain Me, O conqueror of enemies. Therefore they return to the path of birth and death in this material world.
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Devanagariमया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना ।मत्स्थानि सर्वभूतानि न चाहं तेष्ववस्थित: ॥ ४ ॥
TranslationBy Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them.
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Devanagariन च मत्स्थानि भूतानि पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम् ।भूतभृन्न च भूतस्थो ममात्मा भूतभावन: ॥ ५ ॥
TranslationAnd yet everything that is created does not rest in Me. Behold My mystic opulence! Although I am the maintainer of all living entities and although I am everywhere, I am not a part of this cosmic manifestation, for My Self is the very source of creation.
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Devanagariयथाकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायु: सर्वत्रगो महान् ।तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय ॥ ६ ॥
TranslationUnderstand that as the mighty wind, blowing everywhere, rests always in the sky, all created beings rest in Me.
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Devanagariसर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम् ।कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम् ॥ ७ ॥
TranslationO son of Kuntī, at the end of the millennium all material manifestations enter into My nature, and at the beginning of another millennium, by My potency, I create them again.
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Devanagariप्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुन: पुन: ।भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात् ॥ ८ ॥
TranslationThe whole cosmic order is under Me. Under My will it is automatically manifested again and again, and under My will it is annihilated at the end.
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Devanagariन च मां तानि कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय ।उदासीनवदासीनमसक्तं तेषु कर्मसु ॥ ९ ॥
TranslationO Dhanañjaya, all this work cannot bind Me. I am ever detached from all these material activities, seated as though neutral.
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Devanagariमयाध्यक्षेण प्रकृति: सूयते सचराचरम् ।हेतुनानेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते ॥ १० ॥
TranslationThis material nature, which is one of My energies, is working under My direction, O son of Kuntī, producing all moving and nonmoving beings. Under its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.
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Devanagariअवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम् ।परं भावमजानन्तो मम भूतमहेश्वरम् ॥ ११ ॥
TranslationFools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature as the Supreme Lord of all that be.
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Devanagariमोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतस: ।राक्षसीमासुरीं चैव प्रकृतिं मोहिनीं श्रिता: ॥ १२ ॥
TranslationThose who are thus bewildered are attracted by demonic and atheistic views. In that deluded condition, their hopes for liberation, their fruitive activities, and their culture of knowledge are all defeated.
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Devanagariमहात्मानस्तु मां पार्थ दैवीं प्रकृतिमाश्रिता: ।भजन्त्यनन्यमनसो ज्ञात्वा भूतादिमव्ययम् ॥ १३ ॥
TranslationO son of Pṛthā, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible.
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Devanagariसततं कीर्तयन्तो मां यतन्तश्च दृढव्रता: ।नमस्यन्तश्च मां भक्त्या नित्ययुक्ता उपासते ॥ १४ ॥
TranslationAlways chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion.
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Devanagariज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते ।एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम् ॥ १५ ॥
TranslationOthers, who engage in sacrifice by the cultivation of knowledge, worship the Supreme Lord as the one without a second, as diverse in many, and in the universal form.
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Devanagariअहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञ: स्वधाहमहमौषधम् ।मन्त्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम् ॥ १६ ॥
TranslationBut it is I who am the ritual, I the sacrifice, the offering to the ancestors, the healing herb, the transcendental chant. I am the butter and the fire and the offering.
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Devanagariपिताहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामह: ।वेद्यं पवित्रम् ॐकार ऋक् साम यजुरेव च ॥ १७ ॥
TranslationI am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable oṁ. I am also the Ṛg, the Sāma and the Yajur Vedas.
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Devanagariगतिर्भर्ता प्रभु: साक्षी निवास: शरणं सुहृत् ।प्रभव: प्रलय: स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम् ॥ १८ ॥
TranslationI am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge and the most dear friend. I am the creation and the annihilation, the basis of everything, the resting place and the eternal seed.
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Devanagariतपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च ।अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन ॥ १९ ॥
TranslationO Arjuna, I give heat, and I withhold and send forth the rain. I am immortality, and I am also death personified. Both spirit and matter are in Me.
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Devanagariत्रैविद्या मां सोमपा: पूतपापायज्ञैरिष्ट्वा स्वर्गतिं प्रार्थयन्ते ।ते पुण्यमासाद्य सुरेन्द्रलोक-मश्नन्ति दिव्यान्दिवि देवभोगान् ॥ २० ॥
TranslationThose who study the Vedas and drink the soma juice, seeking the heavenly planets, worship Me indirectly. Purified of sinful reactions, they take birth on the pious, heavenly planet of Indra, where they enjoy godly delights.
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Devanagariते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालंक्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति ।एवं त्रयीधर्ममनुप्रपन्नागतागतं कामकामा लभन्ते ॥ २१ ॥
TranslationWhen they have thus enjoyed vast heavenly sense pleasure and the results of their pious activities are exhausted, they return to this mortal planet again. Thus those who seek sense enjoyment by adhering to the principles of the three Vedas achieve only repeated birth and death.
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Devanagariअनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जना: पर्युपासते ।तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् ॥ २२ ॥
TranslationBut those who always worship Me with exclusive devotion, meditating on My transcendental form – to them I carry what they lack, and I preserve what they have.
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Devanagariयेऽप्यन्यदेवताभक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विता: ।तेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम् ॥ २३ ॥
TranslationThose who are devotees of other gods and who worship them with faith actually worship only Me, O son of Kuntī, but they do so in a wrong way.
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Devanagariअहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च ।न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते ॥ २४ ॥
TranslationI am the only enjoyer and master of all sacrifices. Therefore, those who do not recognize My true transcendental nature fall down.
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Devanagariयान्ति देवव्रता देवान्पितॄन्यान्ति पितृव्रता: ।भूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम् ॥ २५ ॥
TranslationThose who worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods; those who worship the ancestors go to the ancestors; those who worship ghosts and spirits will take birth among such beings; and those who worship Me will live with Me.
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Devanagariपत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति ।तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मन: ॥ २६ ॥
TranslationIf one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water, I will accept it.
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Devanagariयत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत् ।यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम् ॥ २७ ॥
TranslationWhatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer or give away, and whatever austerities you perform – do that, O son of Kuntī, as an offering to Me.
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Devanagariशुभाशुभफलैरेवं मोक्ष्यसे कर्मबन्धनै: ।सन्न्यासयोगयुक्तात्मा विमुक्तो मामुपैष्यसि ॥ २८ ॥
TranslationIn this way you will be freed from bondage to work and its auspicious and inauspicious results. With your mind fixed on Me in this principle of renunciation, you will be liberated and come to Me.
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Devanagariसमोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रिय: ।ये भजन्ति तु मां भक्त्या मयि ते तेषु चाप्यहम् ॥ २९ ॥
TranslationI envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all. But whoever renders service unto Me in devotion is a friend, is in Me, and I am also a friend to him.
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Devanagariअपि चेत्सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक् ।साधुरेव स मन्तव्य: सम्यग्व्यवसितो हि स: ॥ ३० ॥
TranslationEven if one commits the most abominable action, if he is engaged in devotional service he is to be considered saintly because he is properly situated in his determination.
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Devanagariक्षिप्रं भवति धर्मात्मा शश्वच्छान्तिं निगच्छति ।कौन्तेय प्रतिजानीहि न मे भक्त: प्रणश्यति ॥ ३१ ॥
TranslationHe quickly becomes righteous and attains lasting peace. O son of Kuntī, declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes.
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Devanagariमां हि पार्थ व्यपाश्रित्य येऽपि स्यु: पापयोनय: ।स्त्रियो वैश्यास्तथा शूद्रास्तेऽपि यान्ति परां गतिम् ॥ ३२ ॥
TranslationO son of Pṛthā, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth – women, vaiśyas [merchants] and śūdras [workers] – can attain the supreme destination.
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Devanagariकिं पुनर्ब्राह्मणा: पुण्या भक्ता राजर्षयस्तथा ।अनित्यमसुखं लोकमिमं प्राप्य भजस्व माम् ॥ ३३ ॥
TranslationHow much more this is so of the righteous brāhmaṇas, the devotees and the saintly kings. Therefore, having come to this temporary, miserable world, engage in loving service unto Me.
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Devanagariमन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु ।मामेवैष्यसि युक्त्वैवमात्मानं मत्परायण: ॥ ३४ ॥
TranslationEngage your mind always in thinking of Me, become My devotee, offer obeisances to Me and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me.
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