अर्जुन उवाच
ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन
तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव
ജ്യായസീ ചേത്കര്മണസ്തേ മതാ ബുദ്ധിര്ജനാര്ദന
തത്കിം കര്മണി ഘോരേ മാം നിയോജയസി കേശവ
arjuna uvāca
jyāyasī cetkarmaṇaste matā buddhirjanārdana
tatkiṃ karmaṇi ghore māṃ niyojayasi keśava
English Translation
Arjuna said O Janardana (krsna), if it be Your opinion that wisdom is superior to action, why they do you urge me to horrible aciton, O Kesava ?
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Explanation · English
In verses 49? 50 and 51 of chapter II? Lord Krsihna has spoken very highly about Buddhi Yoga. He again asks Arjuna to fight. That is the reason why Arjuna is perplexed now.
व्यामिश्रेणेव वाक्येन बुद्धिं मोहयसीव मे
तदेकं वद निश्चित्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्नुयाम्
വ്യാമിശ്രേണേവ വാക്യേന ബുദ്ധിം മോഹയസീവ മേ
തദേകം വദ നിശ്ചിത്യ യേന ശ്രേയോഽഹമാപ്നുയാം
vyāmiśreṇeva vākyena buddhiṃ mohayasīva me
tadekaṃ vada niścitya yena śreyo.ahamāpnuyām
English Translation
You bewilder my understanding, as it were, by a seemingly conflicting statement! Tell me for certain one of these by which I may attain the highest Good.
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Explanation · English
Arjuna says to Lord Krishna? Tecah me one of the two? knowledge or action? by which I may attain to the highest good or bliss or Moksha. (Cf.V.I).
श्रीभगवानुवाच
लोकेऽस्मिन् द्विविधा निष्ठा पुरा प्रोक्ता मयानघ
ज्ञानयोगेन साङ्ख्यानां कर्मयोगेन योगिनाम्
ലോകേഽസ്മിന് ദ്വിവിധാ നിഷ്ഠാ പുരാ പ്രോക്താ മയാനഘ
ജ്ഞാനയോഗേന സാംഖ്യാനാം കര്മയോഗേന യോഗിനാം
śrībhagavānuvāca
loke.asmina dvividhā niṣṭhā purā proktā mayānagha
jñānayogena sāṅkhyānāṃ karmayogena yoginām
English Translation
The Blessed Lord said O unblemished one, two kinds of steadfastness in this world were spoken of by Me in the days of yore-through the Yoga of Knowledge for the men of realization; through the Yoga of Action for the yogis.
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Explanation · English
The path of knowledge of the Sankhyas (Jnana Yoga) was described by Lord Krishna in chapter II? verses 11 to 38 the path of action (Karma Yoga) from 40 to 53.Pura Prokta may also mean In the beginning of creation the twofold path was given by Me to this world.Those who are endowed with the four means and who have sharp? subtle intellect and bold understanding are fit for Jnana Yoga. Those who have a tendency or inclination for wok are fit for Karma Yoga. (The four means are discrimination? dispassion? sixfold virutes? and longing for liberation. The sixfold virtues are control of the mind? control of the senses? fortitude (endurance)? turning away from the objects of the world? faith and tranillity.)It is not possible for a man to practise the two Yogas simultaneously. Karma Yoga is a means to an end. It purifies the heart and prepares the aspirant for the reception of knowledge. The Karma Yogi should take up Jnana Yoga as soon as his heart is purified. Jnana Yoga takes the aspirant directly to the goal without any extraneous help. (Cf.V.5).
न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते
न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति
ന കര്മണാമനാരംഭാന്നൈഷ്കര്മ്യം പുരുഷോഽശ്നുതേ
ന ച സംന്യസനാദേവ സിദ്ധിം സമധിഗച്ഛതി
na karmaṇāmanārambhānnaiṣkarmyaṃ puruṣo.aśnute
na ca saṃnyasanādeva siddhiṃ samadhigacchati
English Translation
A person does not attain freedom from action by abstaining from action; nor does he attain fulfilment merely through renunciation.
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Explanation · English
Actionlessness (Naishkarmyam) and perfection (Siddhi) are synonymous. The sage who has attained to perfection or reached the state of actionlessness rests in his own essential nature as ExistenceKnowledgeBliss Absolute (Satchidananda Svarupa). He has neither necessity nor desire for action as a means to an end. He has perfect satisfaction in the Self.One attains to the state of actionlessness by gaining the knowledge of the Self. If a man simply sits iet by abandoning action you cannot say that he has attained to the state of actionlessness. His mind will be planning? scheming and speculating. Thought is real action. The sage who is free from affirmative thoughts? wishes? and likes and dislikes? who has the knowledge of the Self can be said to have attained to the state of actionlessness.No one can reach perfection or freedom from action or knowledge of the Self by mere renunciation or by simply giving up activities without possessing the knowledge of the Self. (Cf.XVIII.49).
न हि कश्चित्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत्
कार्यते ह्यवशः कर्म सर्वः प्रकृतिजैर्गुणैः
ന ഹി കശ്ചിത്ക്ഷണമപി ജാതു തിഷ്ഠത്യകര്മകൃത്
കാര്യതേ ഹ്യവശഃ കര്മ സര്വ്വഃ പ്രകൃതിജൈര്ഗുണൈഃ
na hi kaścitkṣaṇamapi jātu tiṣṭhatyakarmakṛt
kāryate hyavaśaḥ karma sarvaḥ prakṛtijairguṇaiḥ
English Translation
Because, no one ever remains even for a moment without doing work. For all are made to work under compulsion by the gunas born of Nature.
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Explanation · English
The Gunas (alities of Nature) are three? viz.? Sattva? Rajas and Tamas. Sattva is harmony or light or purity Rajas is passion or motion Tamas is inertia or darkness. Sattvic actions help a man to attain to Moksha. Rajasic and Tamasic actions bind a man to Samsara.These alities cannot affect a man who has knowledge of the Self. He has crossed over these alities. He has become a Gunatita (one who has transcended the alities of Nature). The ignorant man who has no knowledge of the Self and who is swayed by Avidya or nescience is driven helplessly to action by the Gunas. (Cf.IV.16?XVIII.11).
कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन्
इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते
കര്മേന്ദ്രിയാണി സംയമ്യ യ ആസ്തേ മനസാ സ്മരന്
ഇന്ദ്രിയാര്ഥാന്വിമൂഢാത്മാ മിഥ്യാചാരഃ സ ഉച്യതേ
karmendriyāṇi saṃyamya ya āste manasā smaran
indriyārthānvimūḍhātmā mithyācāraḥ sa ucyate
English Translation
One, who after withdrawing the organs of action, sits mentally recollecting the objects of the senses, that one, of deluded mind, is called a hypocrite.
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Explanation · English
The five organs of action? Karma Indriyas? are Vak (organ of speech)? Pani (hands)? Padam (feet)? Upastha (genitals) and Guda (anus). They are born of the Rajasic portion of the five Tanmatras or subtle elements Vak from the Akasa Tanmatra (ether)? Pani from the Vayu Tanmatra (air)? Padam from the Agni Tanmatra (fire)? Upastha from the Apas Tanmatra (water)? and Guda from the Prithivi Tanmatra (earth). That man who? restraining the organs of action? sits revolving in his mind thoughts regarding the objects of the senses is a man of sinful conduct. He is selfdeluded. He is a veritable hypocrite.The organs of action must be controlled. The thoughts should also be controlled. The mind should be firmly fixed on the Lord. Only then will you become a true Yogi. Only then will you attain to Selfrealisation.
यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन
कर्मेन्द्रियैः कर्मयोगमसक्तः स विशिष्यते
യസ്ത്വിന്ദ്രിയാണി മനസാ നിയമ്യാരഭതേഽര്ജുന
കര്മേന്ദ്രിയൈഃ കര്മയോഗമസക്തഃ സ വിശിഷ്യതേ
yastvindriyāṇi manasā niyamyārabhate.arjuna
karmendriyaiḥ karmayogamasaktaḥ sa viśiṣyate
English Translation
But, O Arjuna, one who engages in Karma-yoga with the organs of action, controlling the organs with the mind and becoming unattached-that one excels.
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If anyone performs actions with his organs of action (viz.? hands? feet? organ of speech? etc.) controlling the organs of knowledge by the mind? and without expectation of the fruits of the actions and without egoism? he is certainly more worthy than the other who is a hypocrite or a man of false conduct. (Cf.II.64?68IV.21).The five organs of knowledge are the eyes? the ears? the nose? the skin and the sense of taste (tongue).
नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः
शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः
നിയതം കുരു കര്മ ത്വം കര്മ ജ്യായോ ഹ്യകര്മണഃ
ശരീരയാത്രാപി ച തേ ന പ്രസിദ്ധ്യേദകര്മണഃ
niyataṃ kuru karma tvaṃ karma jyāyo hyakarmaṇaḥ
śarīrayātrāpi ca te na prasiddhyedakarmaṇaḥ
English Translation
You perform the obligatory duties, for action is superior to inaction. And, through inaction, even the maintenance of your body will not be possible.
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Explanation · English
Niyatam Karma is an obligatory duty which one is bound to perform. Thenonperformance of the bounden duties causes demerit. The performance of the obligatory duties is not a means for the attainment of a specific result. The performance does not cause any merit.Living itself involves several natural and unavoidable actions which have to be performed by all. It is ignorance to say? I can live doing nothing.
यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः
तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसङ्गः समाचर
യജ്ഞാര്ഥാത്കര്മണോഽന്യത്ര ലോകോഽയം കര്മബന്ധനഃ
തദര്ഥം കര്മ കൌന്തേയ മുക്തസംഗഃ സമാചര
yajñārthātkarmaṇo.anyatra loko.ayaṃ karmabandhanaḥ
tadarthaṃ karma kaunteya muktasaṅgaḥ samācara
English Translation
This man becomes bound by actions other than that action meant for God. Without being attached, O son of Kunti, you perform actions for Him.
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Explanation · English
Yajna means sacrifice or religious rite or any unselfish action done with a pure motive. It means also Isvara. The Taittiriya Samhita (of the Veda) says Yajna verily is Vishnu (174). If anyone does actions for the sake of the Lord? he is not bound. His heart is purified by performing actions for the sake of the Lord. Where this spirit of unselfishness does not govern the action? it will bind one to Samsara however good or glorious it may be. (Cf.II.48).
सहयज्ञाः प्रजाः सृष्ट्वा पुरोवाच प्रजापतिः
अनेन प्रसविष्यध्वमेष वोऽस्त्विष्टकामधुक्
സഹയജ്ഞാഃ പ്രജാഃ സൃഷ്ട്വാ പുരോവാച പ്രജാപതിഃ
അനേന പ്രസവിഷ്യധ്വമേഷ വോഽസ്ത്വിഷ്ടകാമധുക്
sahayajñāḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā purovāca prajāpatiḥ
anena prasaviṣyadhvameṣa vo.astviṣṭakāmadhuk
English Translation
In the days of yore, having created the beings together with the sacrifices, Prajapati said: 'By this you multiply. Let this be your yielder of coveted objects of desire.'
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Explanation · English
Prajapati is the Creator or Brahma. Kamadhuk is another name for the cow Kamadhenu. Kamadhenu is the cow of Indra from which everyone can milk whatever one desires. (Cf.VIII.4IX.2427X.25).
देवान्भावयतानेन ते देवा भावयन्तु वः
परस्परं भावयन्तः श्रेयः परमवाप्स्यथ
ദേവാന് ഭാവയതാനേന തേ ദേവാ ഭാവയന്തു വഃ
പരസ്പരം ഭാവയന്തഃ ശ്രേയഃ പരമവാപ്സ്യഥ
devānbhāvayatānena te devā bhāvayantu vaḥ
parasparaṃ bhāvayantaḥ śreyaḥ paramavāpsyatha
English Translation
'You nourish the gods with this. Let those gods nourish you. Nourishing one another, you shall attain the supreme Good.'
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Deva literally means the shining one. By this sacrifice you nourish the gods such as Indra. The gods shall nourish you with rain? etc. the highest good is the attainment of the knowledge of the Self which frees one from the round of births and deaths. The highest good may mean the attainment of heaven also. The fruit depends upon the motive of the aspirant.
इष्टान्भोगान्हि वो देवा दास्यन्ते यज्ञभाविताः
तैर्दत्तानप्रदायैभ्यो यो भुङ्क्ते स्तेन एव सः
ഇഷ്ടാന് ഭോഗാന് ഹി വോ ദേവാ ദാസ്യന്തേ യജ്ഞഭാവിതാഃ
തൈര്ദത്താനപ്രദായൈഭ്യോ യോ ഭുങ്ക്തേ സ്തേന ഏവ സഃ
iṣṭānbhogānhi vo devā dāsyante yajñabhāvitāḥ
tairdattānapradāyaibhyo yo bhuṅkte stena eva saḥ
English Translation
'Being nourished by sacrifices, the gods will indeed give you the coveted enjoyments. He is certainly a theif who enjoys what have been given by them without offering (these) to them.'
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When the gods are pleased with you sacrifices? they will bestow on you all the desired objects such as children? cattle? property? etc. He who enjoys what has been given to him by the gods? i.e.? he who gratifies the cravings of his own body and the senses without offering anything to the gods in return is a veritable thief. He is really a dacoit of the property of the gods.
यज्ञशिष्टाशिनः सन्तो मुच्यन्ते सर्वकिल्बिषैः
भुञ्जते ते त्वघं पापा ये पचन्त्यात्मकारणात्
യജ്ഞശിഷ്ടാശിനഃ സന്തോ മുച്യന്തേ സര്വ്വകില്ബിഷൈഃ
ഭുഞ്ജതേ തേ ത്വഘം പാപാ യേ പചന്ത്യാത്മകാരണാത്
yajñaśiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarvakilbiṣaiḥ
bhuñjate te tvaghaṃ pāpā ye pacantyātmakāraṇāt
English Translation
By becoming partakers of the remembers of sacrifices, they become freed from all sins. But the unholy persons who cook for themselves, they incur sin.
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Those who? after performing the five great sacrifices? eat the remnants of the food are freed from all the sins committed by these five agents of insect slaughter? viz.? (1) the pestle and mortar? (2) the grinding stone? (3) the fireplace? (4) the place where the waterpot is kept? and (5) the broom. These are the five places where injury to life is daily committed. The sins are washed away by the performance of the five MahaYajnas or great sacrifices which every Dvija(twicorn or the people belonging to the first three castes in Hindu society? especially the Brahmin) ought to perform1. DevaYajna Offering sacrifices to the gods which will satisfy them?2. BrahmaYajna or RishiYajna Teaching and reciting the scriptures which will satisfy Brahman and the Rishis?3. PitriYajna Offering libations of water to ones ancestors which will satisfy the manes?4. NriYajna The feeding of the hungry and the guests? and?5. BhutaYajna The feeding of the subhuman species? such as animals? birds? etc.
अन्नाद्भवन्ति भूतानि पर्जन्यादन्नसम्भवः
यज्ञाद्भवति पर्जन्यो यज्ञः कर्मसमुद्भवः
അന്നാദ്ഭവന്തി ഭൂതാനി പര്ജന്യാദന്നസംഭവഃ
യജ്ഞാദ്ഭവതി പര്ജന്യോ യജ്ഞഃ കര്മസമുദ്ഭവഃ
annādbhavanti bhūtāni parjanyādannasambhavaḥ
yajñādbhavati parjanyo yajñaḥ karmasamudbhavaḥ
English Translation
From food are born the creatures; the origin of food is from rainfall; rainfall originates from sacrifice; sacrifice has action as its origin.
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Explanation · English
Here Yajna means Apurva or the subtle principle or the unseen form which a sacrifice assumes between the time of its performance and the time when its fruits manifest themselves.
कर्म ब्रह्मोद्भवं विद्धि ब्रह्माक्षरसमुद्भवम्
तस्मात्सर्वगतं ब्रह्म नित्यं यज्ञे प्रतिष्ठितम्
കര്മ ബ്രഹ്മോദ്ഭവം വിദ്ധി ബ്രഹ്മാക്ഷരസമുദ്ഭവം
തസ്മാത്സര്വ്വഗതം ബ്രഹ്മ നിത്യം യജ്ഞേ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിതം
karma brahmodbhavaṃ viddhi brahmākṣarasamudbhavam
tasmātsarvagataṃ brahma nityaṃ yajñe pratiṣṭhitam
English Translation
Know that actin has the veda as its origin; the Vedas has the Immutable as its source. Hence, the all-pervading Veda is for ever based on sacrifice.
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Brahma may mean Veda. Just as the breath comes out of a man? so also the Veda is the breath of the Imperishable or the Omniscient. The Veda ever rests in the sacrifice? i.e.? it deals chiefly with sacrifices and the ways of their performance. (Cf.IV.24 to 32).Karma Action? Brahmodbhavam arisen from the injunctions of the Vedas.
एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्तयतीह यः
अघायुरिन्द्रियारामो मोघं पार्थ स जीवति
ഏവം പ്രവര്തിതം ചക്രം നാനുവര്തയതീഹ യഃ
അഘായുരിന്ദ്രിയാരാമോ മോഘം പാര്ഥ സ ജീവതി
evaṃ pravartitaṃ cakraṃ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ
aghāyurindriyārāmo moghaṃ pārtha sa jīvati
English Translation
O Partha, he lives in vain who does not follow here the wheel thus set in motion, whose life is sinful, and who indulges in the senses.
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This is the wheel of action set in motion by the Creator on the basis of the Veda and sacrifice.He who does not follow the wheel by studying the Vedas and performing the sacrifices prescribed therein but who indulges only in sensual pleasures lives in vain. He is wasting his life. He is leading a worthless life indeed.One who does not live in accordance with this law and who is selfish commits sin. He violates the law of the Creator and that is the worst sin.
यस्त्वात्मरतिरेव स्यादात्मतृप्तश्च मानवः
आत्मन्येव च सन्तुष्टस्तस्य कार्यं न विद्यते
യസ്ത്വാത്മരതിരേവ സ്യാദാത്മതൃപ്തശ്ച മാനവഃ
ആത്മന്യേവ ച സന്തുഷ്ടസ്തസ്യ കാര്യം ന വിദ്യതേ
yastvātmaratireva syādātmatṛptaśca mānavaḥ
ātmanyeva ca santuṣṭastasya kāryaṃ na vidyate
English Translation
But that man who rejoices only in theSelf and is satisfied with the Self, and is contented only in the Self-for him there is no duty to perform.
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Explanation · English
The sage does not depend on external objects for his happiness. He is ite satisfied with the Self. He finds his joy? bliss and contentment within his own Self. For such a sage who has knowledge of the Self? there is nothing to do. He has already done all actions. He has satisfied all his desires. He has complete satisfaction. (Cf.II.55).
नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन
न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्चिदर्थव्यपाश्रयः
നൈവ തസ്യ കൃതേനാര്ഥോ നാകൃതേനേഹ കശ്ചന
ന ചാസ്യ സര്വ്വഭൂതേഷു കശ്ചിദര്ഥവ്യപാശ്രയഃ
naiva tasya kṛtenārtho nākṛteneha kaścana
na cāsya sarvabhūteṣu kaścidarthavyapāśrayaḥ
English Translation
For him there is no concern here at all with performing action; nor any (concern) with nonperformance. Moreover, for him there is no dependence on any object to serve any purpose.
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Explanation · English
The sage who is thus rejoicing in the Self does not gain anything by doing any action. For him really no purpose is served by an action. No evil (Pratyavaya Dosha) can touch him from inaction. He does not lose anything from inaction. He need not depend upon anybody to gain a particular object. He need not exert himself to get the favour of anybody.
तस्मादसक्तः सततं कार्यं कर्म समाचर
असक्तो ह्याचरन्कर्म परमाप्नोति पूरुषः
തസ്മാദസക്തഃ സതതം കാര്യം കര്മ സമാചര
അസക്തോ ഹ്യാചരന് കര്മ പരമാപ്നോതി പൂരുഷഃ
tasmādasaktaḥ satataṃ kāryaṃ karma samācara
asakto hyācarankarma paramāpnoti pūruṣaḥ
English Translation
Therefore, remaining unattached, always perform the obligatory duty, for, by performing (one's) duty without attachment, a person attains the Highest.
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Explanation · English
If you perform actions without attachment? for the sake of the Lord? you will attain to Selfrealisation through purity of heart. (Cf.II.64IV.19?23XVIII.49).
कर्मणैव हि संसिद्धिमास्थिता जनकादयः
लोकसंग्रहमेवापि सम्पश्यन्कर्तुमर्हसि
കര്മണൈവ ഹി സംസിദ്ധിമാസ്ഥിതാ ജനകാദയഃ
ലോകസംഗ്രഹമേവാപി സമ്പശ്യന് കര്തുമര്ഹസി
karmaṇaiva hi saṃsiddhimāsthitā janakādayaḥ
lokasaṃgrahamevāpi sampaśyankartumarhasi
English Translation
For Janaka and others strove to attain Liberation through action itself. You ought to perform (your duties) keeping also in view the prevention of mankind from going astray.
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Explanation · English
Samsiddhi is Moksha (perfection or liberation). Janaka? (Asvapati) and others had perfect knowledge of the Self? and yet they performed actions in order to set an example to the masses. They worked for the guidance of men.
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः
स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते
യദ്യദാചരതി ശ്രേഷ്ഠസ്തത്തദേവേതരോ ജനഃ
സ യത്പ്രമാണം കുരുതേ ലോകസ്തദനുവര്തതേ
yad yad ācharati śhreṣhṭhas tat tad evetaro janaḥ
sa yat pramāṇaṁ kurute lokas tad anuvartate
English Translation
Whatever action a great person performs, common people follow. Whatever standards they set, the entire world pursues.
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Explanation · English
Krishna explains leadership by example. The word "śhreṣhṭhaḥ" means not just powerful but excellent in character. Leaders don't just give orders — they set "pramāṇam" (standards) through their own conduct. Society unconsciously mirrors those it admires.
न मे पार्थास्ति कर्तव्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु किञ्चन
नानवाप्तमवाप्तव्यं वर्त एव च कर्मणि
ന മേ പാര്ഥാസ്തി കര്തവ്യം ത്രിഷു ലോകേഷു കിഞ്ചന
നാനവാപ്തമവാപ്തവ്യം വര്ത ഏവ ച കര്മണി
na me pārthāsti kartavyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu kiñcana
nānavāptamavāptavyaṃ varta eva ca karmaṇi
English Translation
In all the three worlds, O Partha, there is no duty whatsoever for Me (to fulfil); nothing remains unachieved or to be achieved. [According to S. the translation of this portion is: There is nothing unattained that should be attained.-Tr.] (Still) do I continue in action.
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Explanation · English
I am the Lord of the universe and therefore I have no personal grounds to engage. Myself in action. I have nothing to achieve as I have all divine wealth? as the wealth of the universe is Mine? and yet I engage Myself in action.Why do you not follow My example Why do you not endeavour to prevent the masses from following the wrong path by setting an example yourself If you set an example? people will follow you as you are a leader with noble alities.
यदि ह्यहं न वर्तेयं जातु कर्मण्यतन्द्रितः
मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः
യദി ഹ്യഹം ന വര്തേയം ജാതു കര്മണ്യതന്ദ്രിതഃ
മമ വര്ത്മാനുവര്തന്തേ മനുഷ്യാഃ പാര്ഥ സര്വ്വശഃ
yadi hyahaṃ na varteyaṃ jātu karmaṇyatandritaḥ
mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ
English Translation
For, O Partha, if at any time I do not continue [Ast. and A.A. read varteya instead of varteyam.-Tr.] vigilantly in action, men will follow My path in ever way.
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If I remain inactive? people also will imitate Me and keep iet. They will all become Tamasic and pass into a state of inertia.
उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम्
सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः
ഉത്സീദേയുരിമേ ലോകാ ന കുര്യാം കര്മ ചേദഹം
സങ്കരസ്യ ച കര്താ സ്യാമുപഹന്യാമിമാഃ പ്രജാഃ
utsīdeyurime lokā na kuryāṃ karma cedaham
saṅkarasya ca kartā syāmupahanyāmimāḥ prajāḥ
English Translation
These worlds will be ruined if I do not perform action. And I shall become the agent of intermingling (of castes), and shall be destroying these beings.
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If I did not engage in action? people would also be inactive. They would not do their duties according to the Varnasrama Dharma (code of morals governing their own order and stage of life). Hence confusion of castes would arise. I would have to destroy these beings.
सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत
कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्चिकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम्
സക്താഃ കര്മണ്യവിദ്വാംസോ യഥാ കുര്വ്വന്തി ഭാരത
കുര്യാദ്വിദ്വാംസ്തഥാസക്തശ്ചികീര്ഷുര്ലോകസംഗ്രഹം
saktāḥ karmaṇyavidvāṃso yathā kurvanti bhārata
kuryādvidvāṃstathāsaktaścikīrṣurlokasaṃgraham
English Translation
O scion of the Bharata dynasty, as the unelightened poeple act with attachment to work, so should the enlightened person act, without attachment, being desirous of the prevention of people from going astray.
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The ignorant man works in expectation of fruits. He says? I will do such and such work and will get such and such fruit. But the wise man who knows the Self? serves not for his own end. He should so act that the world? following his example? would attain peace? harmony? purity of heart? divine light and knowledge. A wise man is one who knows the Self. (Cf.II.64III.19XVIII.49).
न बुद्धिभेदं जनयेदज्ञानां कर्मसङ्गिनाम्
जोषयेत्सर्वकर्माणि विद्वान्युक्तः समाचरन्
ന ബുദ്ധിഭേദം ജനയേദജ്ഞാനാം കര്മസംഗിനാം
ജോഷയേത്സര്വ്വകര്മാണി വിദ്വാന്യുക്തഃ സമാചരന്
na buddhibhedaṃ janayedajñānāṃ karmasaṅginām
joṣayetsarvakarmāṇi vidvānyuktaḥ samācaran
English Translation
The enlightened man should not create disturbance in the beliefs of the ignorant, who are attached to work. Working, while himself remaining deligen [Some translate yuktah as, 'in the right manner'. S. takes it in the sense of Yoga-yuktah, merged in yoga.-Tr.], he should make them do [Another reading is yojayet, meaning the same as josayet.-Tr.] all the duties.
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An ignorant may says to himelf? I shall do this action and thery enjoy its fruit. A wise man should not unsettle his belief. On the contrary he himself should set an example by performing his duties diligently but without attachment. The wise man should also persuade the ignorant never to neglect their duties. If need be? he should place before them in vivid colours the happiness they would enjoy here and hereafter by discharging such duties. When their hearts get purified in course of time? the wise man could sow the seeds of Karma Yoga (selfless service without deire) in them.
प्रकृतेः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि सर्वशः
अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा कर्ताहमिति मन्यते
പ്രകൃതേഃ ക്രിയമാണാനി ഗുണൈഃ കര്മാണി സര്വ്വശഃ
അഹങ്കാരവിമൂഢാത്മാ കര്താഹമിതി മന്യതേ
prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ
ahaṅkāravimūḍhātmā kartāhamiti manyate
English Translation
While actions are being done in every way by the gunas (alities) of Nature, one who is deluded by egoism thinks thus: 'I am the doer.'
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Prakriti or Pradhana or Nature is that state in which the three Gunas? viz.? Sattva? Rajas and Tamas exist in a state of eilibrium. When this eilibrium is disturbed? creation begins body? senses? mind? etc.? are formed. The man who is deluded by egoism identifies the Self with the body? mind? the life force and the senses and ascribes to the Self all the attributes of the body and the senses. He? therefore? thinks through ignorance? I am the doer. In reality the Gunas of Nature perform all actions. (Cf.III.29V.9IX.9?10XIII.21?24?30?32XVIII.13?14).
तत्त्ववित्तु महाबाहो गुणकर्मविभागयोः
गुणा गुणेषु वर्तन्त इति मत्वा न सज्जते
തത്ത്വവിത്തു മഹാബാഹോ ഗുണകര്മവിഭാഗയോഃ
ഗുണാ ഗുണേഷു വര്തന്ത ഇതി മത്വാ ന സജ്ജതേ
tattvavittu mahābāho guṇakarmavibhāgayoḥ
guṇā guṇeṣu vartanta iti matvā na sajjate
English Translation
But, O mighty-armed one, the one who is a knower of the facts about the varieties of the gunas (alities) and actions does not become attached, thinking thus: 'The organs rest (act) on the objects of the organs.'
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He who knows the truth that the Self is entirely distinct from the three Gunas and actions does not become attached to the actions. He who knows the truth about the classification of the Gunas and their respective functions understands that the alities as senseorgans move amidst the alities as senseobjects. Therefore he is not attached to the actions. He knows? I am Akarta -- I am not the doer. (Cf.XIV.23).
प्रकृतेर्गुणसम्मूढाः सज्जन्ते गुणकर्मसु
तानकृत्स्नविदो मन्दान्कृत्स्नविन्न विचालयेत्
പ്രകൃതേര്ഗുണസമ്മൂഢാഃ സജ്ജന്തേ ഗുണകര്മസു
താനകൃത്സ്നവിദോ മന്ദാന് കൃത്സ്നവിന്ന വിചാലയേത്
prakṛterguṇasammūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇakarmasu
tānakṛtsnavido mandānkṛtsnavinna vicālayet
English Translation
Those who are wholly deluded by the gunas of Nature become attached to the activities of the gunas. The knower of the All should not disturb those of dull intellect, who do not know the All.
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The ignorant people do action with the expectation of fruits. The wise people who have the knowledge of the Self should not distract the faith or conviction or belief of such ignorant persons. If they unsettle their minds they will give up actions and become victims of inertia. They will lead an idle life. They should be encouraged by the wise to do actions of the Sakama type (actions for the sake of their fruits) in the beginning. The wise ones should turn the minds of the ignorant by giving them gradual instructions on Karma Yoga (Yoga of selfless? desireless action) and its benefits? viz.? purification of the heart that leads to the attainment of Selfrealisation.
मयि सर्वाणि कर्माणि संन्यस्याध्यात्मचेतसा
निराशीर्निर्ममो भूत्वा युध्यस्व विगतज्वरः
മയി സര്വ്വാണി കര്മാണി സംന്യസ്യാധ്യാത്മചേതസാ
നിരാശീര്നിര്മമോ ഭൂത്വാ യുധ്യസ്വ വിഗതജ്വരഃ
mayi sarvāṇi karmāṇi saṃnyasyādhyātmacetasā
nirāśīrnirmamo bhūtvā yudhyasva vigatajvaraḥ
English Translation
Devoid of the fever of the soul, engage in battle by dedicating all actions to Me, with (your) mind intent on the Self, and becoming free from expectations and egoism.
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Surrender all the actions to Me with the thought? I perform all actions for the sake of the Lord.Fever means grief? sorrow. (Cf.V.10XVIII.66).
ये मे मतमिदं नित्यमनुतिष्ठन्ति मानवाः
श्रद्धावन्तोऽनसूयन्तो मुच्यन्ते तेऽपि कर्मभिः
യേ മേ മതമിദം നിത്യമനുതിഷ്ഠന്തി മാനവാഃ
ശ്രദ്ധാവന്തോഽനസൂയന്തോ മുച്യന്തേ തേഽപി കര്മഭിഃ
ye me matamidaṃ nityamanutiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ
śraddhāvanto.anasūyanto mucyante te.api karmabhiḥ
English Translation
Those men who ever follow this teaching of Mine with faith and without cavil, they also become freed from actions.
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Explanation · English
Sraddha is a mental attitude. It means faith. It is faith in ones own Self? in the scriptures and in the teachings of the spiritual preceptor. It is compund of the higher emotion of faith? reverence and humility.
ये त्वेतदभ्यसूयन्तो नानुतिष्ठन्ति मे मतम्
सर्वज्ञानविमूढांस्तान्विद्धि नष्टानचेतसः
യേ ത്വേതദഭ്യസൂയന്തോ നാനുതിഷ്ഠന്തി മേ മതം
സര്വ്വജ്ഞാനവിമൂഢാംസ്താന്വിദ്ധി നഷ്ടാനചേതസഃ
ye tvetadabhyasūyanto nānutiṣṭhanti me matam
sarvajñānavimūḍhāṃstānviddhi naṣṭānacetasaḥ
English Translation
But those who, decaying [Finding fault where there is none.] this, do not follow My teaching, know them-who are deluded about all knoweldge [Knowledge concerning the alified and the un-alified Brahman.] and who are devoid of discrimination-to have gone to ruin.
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The pigheaded people who are obstinate? who find fault with the teachings of the Lord and who do not practise them are certainly doomed to destruction. They are incorrigible and senseless persons indeed.
सदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्याः प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि
प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रहः किं करिष्यति
സദൃശം ചേഷ്ടതേ സ്വസ്യാഃ പ്രകൃതേര്ജ്ഞാനവാനപി
പ്രകൃതിം യാന്തി ഭൂതാനി നിഗ്രഹഃ കിം കരിഷ്യതി
sadṛśaṃ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛterjñānavānapi
prakṛtiṃ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati
English Translation
Even a man of wisdom behaves according to his own nature. Being follow (their) nature. What can restraint do?
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Explanation · English
He who reads this verse will come to the conclusion that there is no scope for mans personal exertion. It is not so. Read the following verse. It clearly indicates that man can coner Nature if he rises above the sway of RagaDvesha (love and hatred).The passionate and ignorant man only comes under the sway of his natural propensities? and his lower nature. He cannot have any restraint over the senses and the two currents of likes and dislikes. The seeker after Truth who is endowed with the four means? and who is constantly practising meditation can easily control Nature. (Cf.II.60V.14XVIII.59).
इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ
तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ
ഇന്ദ്രിയസ്യേന്ദ്രിയസ്യാര്ഥേ രാഗദ്വേഷൌ വ്യവസ്ഥിതൌ
തയോര്ന വശമാഗച്ഛേത്തൌ ഹ്യസ്യ പരിപന്ഥിനൌ
indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāgadveṣau vyavasthitau
tayorna vaśamāgacchettau hyasya paripanthinau
English Translation
Attraction and repulsion are ordained with regard to the objects of all the organs. One should not come under the sway of these two, because they are his adversaries.
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Each sense has got attraction for a pleasant object and aversion for a disagreeable object. If one can control these two currents? viz.? attachment and aversion? he will not come under the sway of these two currents. Here lies the scope for personal exertion or Purushartha. Nature which contains the sum total of ones Samskaras or the latent selfproductive impressions of the past actions of merit and demerit draws a man to its course through the two currents? attachment and aversion. If one can control these two currents? if he can rise above the sway of love and hate through discrimination and Vichara or right eniry? he can coner Nature and attain immortality and eternal bliss. He willl no longer be subject to his own nature now. One should always exert to free himself from attachment and aversion to the objects of the senses.
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्
स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः
ശ്രേയാന് സ്വധര്മോ വിഗുണഃ പരധര്മാത്സ്വനുഷ്ഠിതാത്
സ്വധര്മേ നിധനം ശ്രേയഃ പരധര്മോ ഭയാവഹഃ
śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt
svadharme nidhanaṃ śreyaḥ paradharmo bhayāvahaḥ
English Translation
One's own duty [Customary or scripturally ordained observances of different castes and sects.-Tr.], though defective, is superior to another's duty well-performed. Death is better while engaged in one's own duty; another's duty is fraught with fear.
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Explanation · English
It is indeed better for man to die discharging his own duty though destitute of merit than for him to live doing the duty of another though performed in a perfect manner. For the duty of another has its pitfalls. The duty of a Kshatriya is to fight in a righteous battle. Arjuna must fight. This is his duty. Even if he dies in the discharge of his own duty? it is better for him. He will go to heaven. He should not do the duty of another man. This will bring him peril. He should not stop from fighting and enter the path of renunciation. (Cf.XVIII.47).
अर्जुन उवाच
अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः
अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः
അഥ കേന പ്രയുക്തോഽയം പാപം ചരതി പൂരുഷഃ
അനിച്ഛന്നപി വാര്ഷ്ണേയ ബലാദിവ നിയോജിതഃ
arjuna uvāca
atha kena prayukto.ayaṃ pāpaṃ carati pūruṣaḥ
anicchannapi vārṣṇeya balādiva niyojitaḥ
English Translation
Arjuna said Now then, O scion of the Vrsni dynasty (Krsna), impelled by what does this man commit sin even against his wish, being constrained by force, as it were?
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Explanation · English
Varshneya is one born in the family of the Vrishnis? a name of Krishna.
श्रीभगवानुवाच
काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः
महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्
കാമ ഏഷ ക്രോധ ഏഷ രജോഗുണസമുദ്ഭവഃ
മഹാശനോ മഹാപാപ്മാ വിദ്ധ്യേനമിഹ വൈരിണം
śrībhagavānuvāca
kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajoguṇasamudbhavaḥ
mahāśano mahāpāpmā viddhyenamiha vairiṇam
English Translation
The Blessed Lord said This desire, this anger, born of the ality of rajas, is a great devourer, a great sinner. Know this to be the enemy here.
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Explanation · English
Bhagavan Bhaga means the six attributes? viz.? Jnana (knowledge)? Vairagya (dispassion)? Kirti (fame)? Aishvarya (divine manifestations and excellences)? Sri (wealth)? and Bala (might). He who possesses these six attributes and who has a perfect knowledge of the origin and the end of the universe is Bhagavan or the Lord.The cause of all sin and wrong action in this world is desire. Anger is desire itself. When a desire is not gratified? the man becomes angry against those who stand as obstacles on the path of fulfilment.The desire is born of the ality of Rajas. When desire arises? it generates Rajas and urges the man to work in order to possess the object. Therefore? know that this desire is mans foe on this earth. (Cf.XVI.21).
धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथादर्शो मलेन च
यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतम्
ധൂമേനാവ്രിയതേ വഹ്നിര്യഥാദര്ശോ മലേന ച
യഥോല്ബേനാവൃതോ ഗര്ഭസ്തഥാ തേനേദമാവൃതം
dhūmenāvriyate vahniryathādarśo malena ca
yatholbenāvṛto garbhastathā tenedamāvṛtam
English Translation
As fire is enveloped by smoke, as a mirror by dirt, and as a foetus remains enclosed in the womb, so in this shrouded by that.
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Explanation · English
This means the universe. This also means knowledge. That means desire.
आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा
कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च
ആവൃതം ജ്ഞാനമേതേന ജ്ഞാനിനോ നിത്യവൈരിണാ
കാമരൂപേണ കൌന്തേയ ദുഷ്പൂരേണാനലേന ച
āvṛtaṃ jñānametena jñānino nityavairiṇā
kāmarūpeṇa kaunteya duṣpūreṇānalena ca
English Translation
O son of Kunti, Knowledge is covered by this constant enemy of the wise in the form of desire, which is an insatiable fire.
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Explanation · English
Manu says? Desire can never be satiated or cooled down by the enjoyment ofobjects. But as fire blazes forth the more when fed with Ghee (melted butter) and wood? so it grows the more it feeds on the objects of enjoyment. If all the foodstuffs of the earth? all the precious metals? all the animals and all the beautiful women were to pass into the possession of one man endowed with desire? they would still fail to give him satisfaction.The ignorant man considers desire as his friend when he craves for objects. He welcomes desire for the gratification of the senses but the wise man knows from experience even before suffering the conseence that desire will bring only troubles and misery for him. So it is a constant enemy of the wise but not of the ignorant.
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते
एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम्
ഇന്ദ്രിയാണി മനോ ബുദ്ധിരസ്യാധിഷ്ഠാനമുച്യതേ
ഏതൈര്വിമോഹയത്യേഷ ജ്ഞാനമാവൃത്യ ദേഹിനം
indriyāṇi mano buddhirasyādhiṣṭhānamucyate
etairvimohayatyeṣa jñānamāvṛtya dehinam
English Translation
The organs, mind, and the intellect are said to be its abode. This one diversely deludes the embodied being by veiling Knowledge with the help of these.
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Explanation · English
If the abode of the enemy is known it is ite easy to kill him. So Lord Krishna like a wise army general points out to Arjuna the abode of desire so that he may be able to attack it and kill it ite readily.
तस्मात्त्वमिन्द्रियाण्यादौ नियम्य भरतर्षभ
पाप्मानं प्रजहि ह्येनं ज्ञानविज्ञाननाशनम्
തസ്മാത്ത്വമിന്ദ്രിയാണ്യാദൌ നിയമ്യ ഭരതര്ഷഭ
പാപ്മാനം പ്രജഹി ഹ്യേനം ജ്ഞാനവിജ്ഞാനനാശനം
tasmāttvamindriyāṇyādau niyamya bharatarṣabha
pāpmānaṃ prajahi hyenaṃ jñānavijñānanāśanam
English Translation
Therefore, O scion of the Bharata dynasty, after first controlling the organs, renounce this one [A variant reading is, 'prajahi hi-enam, completely renounce this one'.-Tr.] which is sinful and a destroyer of learning and wisdom.
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Explanation · English
Jnana is knowledge obtained through the study of scriptures. This is indirect knowledge or Paroksha Jnana. Vijnana is direct knowledge or personal experience or Anubhava through Selfrealisation or Aparoksha Jnana. Control the senses first and then kill desire.
इन्द्रियाणि पराण्याहुरिन्द्रियेभ्यः परं मनः
मनसस्तु परा बुद्धिर्यो बुद्धेः परतस्तु सः
ഇന്ദ്രിയാണി പരാണ്യാഹുരിന്ദ്രിയേഭ്യഃ പരം മനഃ
മനസസ്തു പരാ ബുദ്ധിര്യോ ബുദ്ധേഃ പരതസ്തു സഃ
indriyāṇi parāṇyāhurindriyebhyaḥ paraṃ manaḥ
manasastu parā buddhiryo buddheḥ paratastu saḥ
English Translation
They say that the organs are superior (to the gross body); the mind is superior to the organs; but the intellect is superior to the mind. However, the one who is superior to the intellect is He.
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Explanation · English
When compared with the physical body which is gross? external and limited? the senses are certainly superior as they are more subtle? internal and have a wider range of activity. The mind is superior to the senses? as the senses cannot do anything independently without the help of the mind. The mind can perform the functions of the five senses. The intellect is superior to the mind because it is endowed with the faculty of discrimination. When the mind is in a state of doubt? the intellect comes to its resuce. The Self? the Witness? is superior even to the intellect? as the intellect borrows its light from the Self.
एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना
जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम्
ഏവം ബുദ്ധേഃ പരം ബുദ്ധ്വാ സംസ്തഭ്യാത്മാനമാത്മനാ
ജഹി ശത്രും മഹാബാഹോ കാമരൂപം ദുരാസദം
evaṃ buddheḥ paraṃ buddhvā saṃstabhyātmānamātmanā
jahi śatruṃ mahābāho kāmarūpaṃ durāsadam
English Translation
[The Ast, introdcues this verse with, 'Tatah kim, what follows from that?'-Tr.] Understanding the Self thus [Understanding৷৷.thus:that desires can be conered through the knowledge of the Self.] as superior to the intellect, and completely establishing (the Self) is spiritual absorption with the (help of) the mind, O mighty-armed one, vanish the enemy in the form of desire, which is difficult to subdue.
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Restrain the lower self by the higher Self. Subdue the lower mind by the higher mind. It is difficult to coner desire because it is of a highly complex and incomprehensible nature. But a man of discrimination and dispassion who does constant and intense Sadhana can coner it ite easily. Desire is the ality of Rajas. If you increase the Sattvic ality in you? you can coner desire. Rajas cannot stand before Sattva.Even though desire is hard to coner? it is not impossible. The simple and direct method is to appeal to the Indwelling Presence (God) through prayer and Japa.Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita? the science of the Eternal? the scripture of Yoga? the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna? ends the third discourse entitledThe Yoga of Action.
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