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Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 1 Verified original

श्रीभगवानुवाच इमं विवस्वते योगं प्रोक्तवानहमव्ययम् विवस्वान्मनवे प्राह मनुरिक्ष्वाकवेऽब्रवीत्

ഇമം വിവസ്വതേ യോഗം പ്രോക്തവാനഹമവ്യയം വിവസ്വാന്മനവേ പ്രാഹ മനുരിക്ഷ്വാകവേഽബ്രവീത്

śrībhagavānuvāca imaṃ vivasvate yogaṃ proktavānahamavyayam vivasvānmanave prāha manurikṣvākave.abravīt

English Translation

The Blessed Lord said I imparted this imperishable Yoga to Vivasvan, Vivasvan taught this to Manu, and Manu transmitted this to Iksavaku.

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Explanation · English

Vivasvan means the sun. Ikshvaku was the son of Manu. Ikshvaku was the reputed ancestor of the solar dynasty of Kshatriyas.This Yoga is said to be imperishable because the result or fruit? i.e.? Moksha? that can be attained through it is imperishable.If the rulers of dominions possess a knowledge of the Yoga taught by Me in the preceding two discourses? they can protect the Brahmanas and rule their kingdom with justice. So I taught this Yoga to the Sungod in the beginning of evolution.

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 2 Verified original

एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप

ഏവം പരമ്പരാപ്രാപ്തമിമം രാജര്‍ഷയോ വിദുഃ സ കാലേനേഹ മഹതാ യോഗോ നഷ്ടഃ പരന്തപ

evaṃ paramparāprāptamimaṃ rājarṣayo viduḥ sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣṭaḥ parantapa

English Translation

The king-sages knew this (yoga) which was received thus in regular succession. That Yoga, O destroyer of foes, in now lost owing to a long lapse of time.

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The royal sages Men who were kings and at the same time sages also? learnt this Yoga.Arjuna could burn or harass his foes? like the sun? by the heat of his valour and power. Hence the name Parantapa.

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 3 Verified original

स एवायं मया तेऽद्य योगः प्रोक्तः पुरातनः भक्तोऽसि मे सखा चेति रहस्यं ह्येतदुत्तमम्

സ ഏവായം മയാ തേഽദ്യ യോഗഃ പ്രോക്തഃ പുരാതനഃ ഭക്തോഽസി മേ സഖാ ചേതി രഹസ്യം ഹ്യേതദുത്തമം

sa evāyaṃ mayā te.adya yogaḥ proktaḥ purātanaḥ bhakto.asi me sakhā ceti rahasyaṃ hyetaduttamam

English Translation

That ancient Yoga itself, which is this, has been taught to you by Me today, considering that you are My devotee and friend, For, this (Yoga) is a profound secret.

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This Yoga contains profound and subtle teachings. Hence it is the supreme secret which is revealed by the Lord.

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 4 Verified original

अर्जुन उवाच अपरं भवतो जन्म परं जन्म विवस्वतः कथमेतद्विजानीयां त्वमादौ प्रोक्तवानिति

അപരം ഭവതോ ജന്മ പരം ജന്മ വിവസ്വതഃ കഥമേതദ്വിജാനീയാം ത്വമാദൌ പ്രോക്തവാനിതി

arjuna uvāca aparaṃ bhavato janma paraṃ janma vivasvataḥ kathametadvijānīyāṃ tvamādau proktavāniti

English Translation

Arjuna said Your birth was later, (whereas) the birth of Vivasvan was earlier. How am I to understand this that You instructed (him) in the beginning?

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Thy birth took place later in the hourse of Vasudeva Vivasvan or Vivasvat (the Sun) was born earlier in the beginning of evolution. How am I to believe that Thou taughtest this Yoga in the beginning to Vivasvan? and that Thou? the selfsame person? hast now taught it to me I am not able to reconcile this. Be kind enought to enlighten me? O my Lord.

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 5 Verified original

श्रीभगवानुवाच बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परन्तप

ബഹൂനി മേ വ്യതീതാനി ജന്മാനി തവ ചാര്‍ജുന താന്യഹം വേദ സര്‍വ്വാണി ന ത്വം വേത്ഥ പരന്തപ

śrībhagavānuvāca bahūni me vyatītāni janmāni tava cārjuna tānyahaṃ veda sarvāṇi na tvaṃ vettha parantapa

English Translation

The Blessed Lord said O Arjuna, many lives of Mine have passed, and so have yours. I know them all, (but) you know not, O scorcher of enemies!

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You have no intuitional knowledge. The eye of wisdom has not been opened in you on account of your past actions. So your power of vision is limited and therefore you do not know your previous births. But I know them because I am omniscient.

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 6 Verified original

अजोऽपि सन्नव्ययात्मा भूतानामीश्वरोऽपि सन् प्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय सम्भवाम्यात्ममायया

അജോഽപി സന്നവ്യയാത്മാ ഭൂതാനാമീശ്വരോഽപി സന്‍ പ്രകൃതിം സ്വാമധിഷ്ഠായ സംഭവാമ്യാത്മമായയാ

ajo.api sannavyayātmā bhūtānāmīśvaro.api san prakṛtiṃ svāmadhiṣṭhāya sambhavāmyātmamāyayā

English Translation

Though I am birthless, undecaying by nature, and the Lord of beings, (still) by subjugating My Prakriti, I take birth by means of My own Maya.

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Man is bound by Karma. So he takes birth. He is under the clutches of Nature. He,is deluded by the three alities of Nature whereas the Lord has Maya under His perfect control. He rules over Nature? and so He is not under the thraldom of the alities o Nature. He appears to be born and embodied through His own Maya or illusory power? but is not so in reality. His embodiment is ? as a matter of fact? apparent? It cannot affect in the least His true divine nature. (Cf.IX.8).

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 7 Verified original

यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम्

യദാ യദാ ഹി ധര്‍മസ്യ ഗ്ലാനിര്‍ഭവതി ഭാരത അഭ്യുത്ഥാനമധര്‍മസ്യ തദാത്മാനം സൃജാമ്യഹം

yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham

English Translation

Whenever there is a decline in righteousness and a rise in unrighteousness, O Arjuna, at that time I manifest Myself.

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One of the most quoted verses in Hinduism. Krishna declares he incarnates whenever dharma is threatened — not on a fixed schedule but in response to cosmic need. "Yadā yadā" (whenever, whenever) emphasizes this is an eternal promise, not a one-time event.

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 8 Verified original

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे

പരിത്രാണായ സാധൂനാം വിനാശായ ച ദുഷ്കൃതാം ധര്‍മസംസ്ഥാപനാര്‍ഥായ സംഭവാമി യുഗേ യുഗേ

paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṃ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge

English Translation

For the protection of the pious, the destruction of the evil-doers, and establishing virtue, I manifest Myself in every age.

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Sadhunam The good who lead a life of righteousness? who utiles their bodies in the service of humanity? who are free from selfishness? lust and greed? and who devote their lives to divine contemplation.Dushkritam Evildoers who lead a life of unrighteousness? who break the laws of the society? who are vain and are dishonest and greedy? who injure others? who take possession of the property of others by force? and who commit atrocious crimes of various sorts.

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 9 Verified original

जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः त्यक्त्वा देहं पुनर्जन्म नैति मामेति सोऽर्जुन

ജന്മ കര്‍മ ച മേ ദിവ്യമേവം യോ വേത്തി തത്ത്വതഃ ത്യക്ത്വാ ദേഹം പുനര്‍ജന്മ നൈതി മാമേതി സോഽര്‍ജുന

janma karma ca me divyamevaṃ yo vetti tattvataḥ tyaktvā dehaṃ punarjanma naiti māmeti so.arjuna

English Translation

He who thus knows truly the divine birth and actions of Mine does not get rirth after casting off the body. He attains Me, O Arjuna.

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Explanation · English

The Lord? though apparently born? is always beyond birth and death though apparently active for firmly establishing righteousness? He is ever beyond all actions. He who knows this is never born again. He attains knowledge of the Self and becomes liberated while living.The birth of the Lord is an illusion. It is Aprakrita (beyond the pale of Nature). It is divine. It is peculiar to the Lord. Though He appears in human form? His body is Chinmaya (full of consciousness? not inert matter as are human bodies composed of the five elements).

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 10 Verified original

वीतरागभयक्रोधा मन्मया मामुपाश्रिताः बहवो ज्ञानतपसा पूता मद्भावमागताः

വീതരാഗഭയക്രോധാ മന്മയാ മാമുപാശ്രിതാഃ ബഹവോ ജ്ഞാനതപസാ പൂതാ മദ്ഭാവമാഗതാഃ

vītarāgabhayakrodhā manmayā māmupāśritāḥ bahavo jñānatapasā pūtā madbhāvamāgatāḥ

English Translation

Many who were devoid of attachment, fear and anger, who were absorbed in Me, who had taken refuge in Me, and were purified by the austerity of Knowledge, have attained My state.

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When one gets knowledge of the Self? attachment to senseobjects ceases. When he realises he is the constant? indestructible? eternal Self and that change is simply a ality of the body? then he becomes fearless. When he becomes desireless? when he is free from selfishness? when he beholds the Self only everywhere? how can anger arise in himHe who takes refuge in Brahman or the Absolute becomes firmly devoted to Him. He becomes,absorbed in Him (Brahmalina or Brahmanishtha). Jnanatapas is the fire of wisdom. Just as fire burns cotton? so also this Jnanatapas burns all the latent tendencies (Vasanas)? cravings (Trishnas)? mental impressions (Samskaras)? sins and all actions? and purifies the aspirants. (Cf.II.56IV.19to37).

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 11 Verified original

ये यथा मां प्रपद्यन्ते तांस्तथैव भजाम्यहम् मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः

യേ യഥാ മാം പ്രപദ്യന്തേ താംസ്തഥൈവ ഭജാമ്യഹം മമ വര്‍ത്മാനുവര്‍തന്തേ മനുഷ്യാഃ പാര്‍ഥ സര്‍വ്വശഃ

ye yathā māṃ prapadyante tāṃstathaiva bhajāmyaham mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ

English Translation

According to the manner in which they approach Me, I favour them in that very manner. O son of Partha, human beings follow My path in every way.

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I reward men by bestowing on them the objects they desire in accordance with their ways and the motives with which they seek Me. If anyone worships Me with selfish motives I grant him the objects he desires. If he worships Me unselfishly for attaining knowledge of the Self? I grant him Moksha or final liberation. I am not at all partial to anyone. (Cf.VII.21andIX.23).

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 12 Verified original

काङ्क्षन्तः कर्मणां सिद्धिं यजन्त इह देवताः क्षिप्रं हि मानुषे लोके सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा

കാംക്ഷന്തഃ കര്‍മണാം സിദ്ധിം യജന്ത ഇഹ ദേവതാഃ ക്ഷിപ്രം ഹി മാനുഷേ ലോകേ സിദ്ധിര്‍ഭവതി കര്‍മജാ

kāṅkṣantaḥ karmaṇāṃ siddhiṃ yajanta iha devatāḥ kṣipraṃ hi mānuṣe loke siddhirbhavati karmajā

English Translation

Longing for the fruition of actions (of their rites and duties), they worship the gods here. For, in the human world, success from action comes ickly.

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It is very difficult to attain to the knowledge of the Self or Selfrealisation. It demans perfect renunciation. The aspirnat should possess the four means and many other virtues? and practise constant and intense meditaion. But worldly success can be attained ickly and easily.

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 13 Verified original

चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः तस्य कर्तारमपि मां विद्ध्यकर्तारमव्ययम्

ചാതുര്‍വര്‍ണ്യം മയാ സൃഷ്ടം ഗുണകര്‍മവിഭാഗശഃ തസ്യ കര്‍താരമപി മാം വിദ്ധ്യകര്‍താരമവ്യയം

cāturvarṇyaṃ mayā sṛṣṭaṃ guṇakarmavibhāgaśaḥ tasya kartāramapi māṃ viddhyakartāramavyayam

English Translation

The four castes have been created by Me through a classification of the gunas and duties. Even though I am the agent of that (act of classification), still know Me to be a non-agent and changeless.

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The four castes (Brahmana? Kshatriya? Vaishya and Sudra) are classified according to the differentiation of Guna and Karma. In a Brahmana? Sattva predominates. He possesses selfrestraint? purity? serenity? straightforwardness? devotion? etc. In a Kshatriya? Rajs predominates. He possesses prowess? splendour? firmness? dexterity? generosity and the nature of a ruler. In a Vaishya? Rajas predominates and Tamas is subordinate to Rajas. He does the duty of ploughing? protection of cattle and trade. In a Sudra Tamas predominates and Rajas is subordinate to Tamas. He does service to the other three castes. Human temperaments and tendencies vary according to the Gunas.Though the Lord is the author of the caste system? yet He is not the author as He is the nondoer. He is not subject to Samsara. Really Maya does everything. Maya is the real author. Society can exist in a flourishing state if the four castes do their duties properly. Otherwise there will be chaos? rupture and fighting. (Cf.XVIII.41).

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 14 Verified original

न मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा इति मां योऽभिजानाति कर्मभिर्न स बध्यते

ന മാം കര്‍മാണി ലിമ്പന്തി ന മേ കര്‍മഫലേ സ്പൃഹാ ഇതി മാം യോഽഭിജാനാതി കര്‍മഭിര്‍ന സ ബധ്യതേ

na māṃ karmāṇi limpanti na me karmaphale spṛhā iti māṃ yo.abhijānāti karmabhirna sa badhyate

English Translation

Actions do not taint Me; for Me there is no hankering for the results of actions. One who knows Me thus, does not become bound by actions.

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As I have neither egoism nor desire for fruits? I am not bound by actions. Wordly people think they are the agents and they perfrom actions. They also expect fruits for their actions. So they take birth again and again. If one works without attachment? without egoism? without expectation of fruits? he too will not be bound by actions. He will be freed from birth and death. (Cf.IX.9).

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 15 Verified original

एवं ज्ञात्वा कृतं कर्म पूर्वैरपि मुमुक्षुभिः कुरु कर्मैव तस्मात्त्वं पूर्वैः पूर्वतरं कृतम्

ഏവം ജ്ഞാത്വാ കൃതം കര്‍മ പൂര്‍വൈരപി മുമുക്ഷുഭിഃ കുരു കര്‍മൈവ തസ്മാത്ത്വം പൂര്‍വൈഃ പൂര്‍വ്വതരം കൃതം

evaṃ jñātvā kṛtaṃ karma pūrvairapi mumukṣubhiḥ kuru karmaiva tasmāttvaṃ pūrvaiḥ pūrvataraṃ kṛtam

English Translation

Having known thus, duties were performed even by the ancient seekers of Liberation. Thererfore you undertake action itself as was performed earlier by the ancient ones.

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Knowing thus that the Self can have no desire for the fruits of actions and cannot be tainted by them? and knowing that no one can be tainted if he works without egoism? attachment and expectation of fruits? do thou perform your duty.If your heart is impure? perform actions for its purification. If you have attained AtmaJnana or the knowledge of the Self? work for the wellbeing of the world. The ancients such as Janaka and others performed actions in the days of yore. So do thou also perform action.

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 16 Verified original

किं कर्म किमकर्मेति कवयोऽप्यत्र मोहिताः तत्ते कर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात्

കിം കര്‍മ കിമകര്‍മേതി കവയോഽപ്യത്ര മോഹിതാഃ തത്തേ കര്‍മ പ്രവക്ഷ്യാമി യജ്ജ്ഞാത്വാ മോക്ഷ്യസേഽശുഭാത്

kiṃ karma kimakarmeti kavayo.apyatra mohitāḥ tatte karma pravakṣyāmi yajjñātvā mokṣyase.aśubhāt

English Translation

Even the intelligent are confounded as to what is action and what is inaction. I shall tell you of that action by knowing which you will become free from evil.

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Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 17 Verified original

कर्मणो ह्यपि बोद्धव्यं बोद्धव्यं च विकर्मणः अकर्मणश्च बोद्धव्यं गहना कर्मणो गतिः

കര്‍മണോ ഹ്യപി ബോദ്ധവ്യം ബോദ്ധവ്യം ച വികര്‍മണഃ അകര്‍മണശ്ച ബോദ്ധവ്യം ഗഹനാ കര്‍മണോ ഗതിഃ

karmaṇo hyapi boddhavyaṃ boddhavyaṃ ca vikarmaṇaḥ akarmaṇaśca boddhavyaṃ gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ

English Translation

For there is something to be known even about action, and something to be known about prohibited action; and something has to be known about inaction. The true nature of action is inscrutable.

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Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 18 Verified original

कर्मण्यकर्म यः पश्येदकर्मणि च कर्म यः स बुद्धिमान्मनुष्येषु स युक्तः कृत्स्नकर्मकृत्

കര്‍മണ്യകര്‍മ യഃ പശ്യേദകര്‍മണി ച കര്‍മ യഃ സ ബുദ്ധിമാന്മനുഷ്യേഷു സ യുക്തഃ കൃത്സ്നകര്‍മകൃത്

karmaṇyakarma yaḥ paśyedakarmaṇi ca karma yaḥ sa buddhimānmanuṣyeṣu sa yuktaḥ kṛtsnakarmakṛt

English Translation

He who finds inaction in action, and action in inaction, he is the wise one [Possessed of the knowledge of Brahman] among men; he is engaged in yoga and is a performer of all actions!

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In common parlance action means movement of the body? movement of the hands and feet? and inaction means to sit iet.It is the idea of agency? the idea I am the doer that binds man to Samsara. If this idea vanishes? action is no action at all. It will not bind one to Samsara. This is inaction in action. If you stand as s spectator or silent witness of Natures activities? feeling Nature does everything I am nondoer (Akarta)? if you identify yourself with the actionless Self? no matter what work or how much of it is done? action is no action at all. This is inaction in action. By such a practice and feeling? action loses its binding nature.A man may sit ietly. He may not do anything. But if he has the idea of agency or doership? or if he thinks that he is the doer? he is every doing action? though he is sitting ietly. This is action in inaction. The restless mind will ever be doing actions even though one sits ietly. Actions of the mind are real actions. Nor can anyone even for one moment remain really actionless? for helplessly is everyone driven to action by the alities of Nature. (Chapter III.5)Inaction also induces the feeling of egoism. The inactive man says? I sit ietly I do nothing. Inaction? like action? is wrongly attributed to the Self.He is the performer of all actions who knows this truth. He has attained the end of all actions? i.e.? freedom or knowledge or perfection.When a steamer moves? the trees on the shore which are motionless? appear to move in the opposite direction to a man who is in the steamer. Moving objects that are very far away appear to be stationary or motionless. Even so in the case of the Self inaction is mistaken for action and,action for inaction.The Self is actionless (Akarta or nondoer? Nishkriya or without work). The body and the senses perform action. The actions of the body and the senses are falsely and wrongly attributed by the ignorant to the actionless Self. Therefore the ignorant man thinks? I act. He thinks that the Self is the doer or the agent of the action. This is a mistake. This is ignorance.Just as motion does not really belong to the trees on the shore which appear to move in the opposite direction to a man on board the ship? so also action does not really pertain to the Self.This ignorance which is the cause of birth and death vanishes when you attain Selfrealisaion.

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 19 Verified original

यस्य सर्वे समारम्भाः कामसङ्कल्पवर्जिताः ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणं तमाहुः पण्डितं बुधाः

യസ്യ സര്‍വ്വേ സമാരംഭാഃ കാമസങ്കല്പവര്‍ജിതാഃ ജ്ഞാനാഗ്നിദഗ്ധകര്‍മാണം തമാഹുഃ പണ്ഡിതം ബുധാഃ

yasya sarve samārambhāḥ kāmasaṅkalpavarjitāḥ jñānāgnidagdhakarmāṇaṃ tamāhuḥ paṇḍitaṃ budhāḥ

English Translation

The wise call him learned whose actions are all devoid of desires and their thougts, [Kama-sankalpa is variously translated as 'desires and purposes', 'plans and desires for results', 'hankering for desires', etc. But Sankarcarya shows sankalpa as the cause of kama. -Tr.] and whose actions have been burnt away by the fire of wisdom.

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A sage performs actions only with a view to set an example to the masses. Though he works? he does nothing as he has no selfish interests? as his actions are burnt by the fire of wisdom which consists in the realisaion of inaction in action? through the knowledge of the Self or BrahmaJnana. BrahmaJnana is a mighty spiritual fire which consumes the results of all kinds of actions (Karmas)? good and bad? and makes the enlightened sage ite free from the bonds of action. The sage who leads a life of perfect renunciation does only what is reired for the bare existence of his body. (Cf.III.19IV.10IV.37).

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 20 Verified original

त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्गं नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रयः कर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि नैव किञ्चित्करोति सः

ത്യക്ത്വാ കര്‍മഫലാസംഗം നിത്യതൃപ്തോ നിരാശ്രയഃ കര്‍മണ്യഭിപ്രവൃത്തോഽപി നൈവ കിഞ്ചിത്കരോതി സഃ

tyaktvā karmaphalāsaṅgaṃ nityatṛpto nirāśrayaḥ karmaṇyabhipravṛtto.api naiva kiñcitkaroti saḥ

English Translation

Having given up attachment to the results of action, he who is ever-contented, dependent on nothing, he really does not do anything even though engaged in action.

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The same idea of inaction in action is repeated here to produce a deep impression on the minds of the aspirants. He who works for the wellbeing of the world and he who performs actions without egoism and attachment for the fruits? to set an example to the masses? really does nothing at all though he is ever engaged in activity? as he possesses the knowledge of the Self which is beyond all activity and as he has realised his identity with It.As Brahman the Absolute is selfcontained? all the desires are gratified if one realises the Self. He is ever satisfied and does not depend on anything? just as a man who has the favour of the king does not depend on the minister or the government official for anything. (Cf.IV.41)

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 21 Verified original

निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्

നിരാശീര്യതചിത്താത്മാ ത്യക്തസര്‍വ്വപരിഗ്രഹഃ ശാരീരം കേവലം കര്‍മ കുര്‍വ്വന്നാപ്നോതി കില്ബിഷം

nirāśīryatacittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ śārīraṃ kevalaṃ karma kurvannāpnoti kilbiṣam

English Translation

One who is without solicitation, who has the mind and organs under control, (and) is totally without possessions, he incurs no sin by performing actions merely for the (maintenance of the) body.

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The liberated sage renounces all actions except what is necessary for the bare maintenance of the body. He has abandoned all possessions. He incurs no sin which will cause evil effects. For a man who thirsts for liberation (Mumukshu) even righteous activity (Dharma) is a sin as it causes bondage to Samsara. Dharma is a golden fetter for him. A golden fetter is also a fetter. A sage is liberated from both Dharma and Adharma? good and evil or virtue and vice. (Cf.III.7)

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 22 Verified original

यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते

യദൃച്ഛാലാഭസന്തുഷ്ടോ ദ്വന്ദ്വാതീതോ വിമത്സരഃ സമഃ സിദ്ധാവസിദ്ധൌ ച കൃത്വാപി ന നിബധ്യതേ

yadṛcchālābhasantuṣṭo dvandvātīto vimatsaraḥ samaḥ siddhāvasiddhau ca kṛtvāpi na nibadhyate

English Translation

Remaining satisfied with what comes unasked for, having transcended the dualities, being free from spite, and eipoised under success and failure, he is not bound even by performing actions.

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The sage is ite satisfied with what comes to him by chance. In verses IV. 18? 19? 20? 22? 22 and 23 there is only a reiteration of the results of the knowledge of the Self which is beyond action. The sage who identifies himself with the actionless Self is not bound as action and its cause which bind one to the round of birth and death have been burnt in the fire of the knowledge of the Self or BrahmaJnana. Just as a seed burnt in the fire cannot germinate? so also the Karmas or actions burnt by the fire of knowledge of the Self cannot produce future birth.Ordinary people think that the sage is also a doer of actions? an agent? active and therefore bound? when they see him doing actions. This is a mistake. From his own point of view and? in truth? he is not an agent at all. He really does no action at all. He feels and says? I do nothing at all. Nature does or the three alities of Nature do everything.He is not affected by heat and cold? pleasure and pain? success and failure? as he always has a balanced state of mind. He is not attached even to the things which are necessary for the bare maintenance of his body. He experiences neither pleasure nor pain? whether or not he obtains food and the other things which are reired for the maintenance of his body. The reason is that he is resting in his essential nature as ExistenceKnowledgeBliss Absolute (SatchidanandaSvarupa) he is swimming in the ocean of bliss. So he does not care for his body and its needs.

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 23 Verified original

गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते

ഗതസംഗസ്യ മുക്തസ്യ ജ്ഞാനാവസ്ഥിതചേതസഃ യജ്ഞായാചരതഃ കര്‍മ സമഗ്രം പ്രവിലീയതേ

gatasaṅgasya muktasya jñānāvasthitacetasaḥ yajñāyācarataḥ karma samagraṃ pravilīyate

English Translation

Of the liberated person who has got rid of attachment, whose mind is fixed in Knowledge, actions undertaken for a sacrifice get totally destroyed.

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One who is free from attachment? who is liberated from the bonds of Karma? whose mind is centred and rooted in wisdom? who performs actions for the sake of sacrifice? in order to please the Lord -- all his actions with their results melt away. His actions are reduced to nothing. They are? in fact? no actions at all.

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 24 Verified original

ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्म हविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम् ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना

ബ്രഹ്മാര്‍പണം ബ്രഹ്മ ഹവിര്‍ബ്രഹ്മാഗ്നൌ ബ്രഹ്മണാ ഹുതം ബ്രഹ്മൈവ തേന ഗന്തവ്യം ബ്രഹ്മകര്‍മസമാധിനാ

brahmārpaṇaṃ brahma havirbrahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam brahmaiva tena gantavyaṃ brahmakarmasamādhinā

English Translation

The ladle is Brahman [Some translate as 'Brahman is the ladle৷৷.,' etc.-Tr.], the oblations is Brahman, the offering is poured by Brahman in the fire of Brahman. Brahman alone is to be reached by him who has concentration on Brahman as the objective [As an object to be known and attained. (Some translate brahma-karma-samadhina as, 'by him who sees Brahman in action'.)

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This is JnanaYajna or wisdomsacrifice wherein the idea of Brahman is substituted for the ideas of the instrument and other accessories of action? the idea of action itself and of its results. By entertaining such an idea the whole action melts away? as stated in the previous verse (No.23).When one attains to the knowledge of the Self or Selfrealisation his whole life becomes a wisdomsacrifice in which the oblation? the melted butter or the offering? the performer of the sacrifice? the action and the goal are all Brahman. He who meditates thus wholly upon Brahman shall verily attain to Brahman.The sage who has the knowledge of the Self knows that the oblation? the fire? the instrument by which the melted butter is poured into the fire and himself have no existence apart from that of Brahman. He who has realised through direct cognitio (Anubhava) that all is Brahman? does no action even if he performs actions. (Cf.III.15)

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 25 Verified original

दैवमेवापरे यज्ञं योगिनः पर्युपासते ब्रह्माग्नावपरे यज्ञं यज्ञेनैवोपजुह्वति

ദൈവമേവാപരേ യജ്ഞം യോഗിനഃ പര്യുപാസതേ ബ്രഹ്മാഗ്നാവപരേ യജ്ഞം യജ്ഞേനൈവോപജുഹ്വതി

daivamevāpare yajñaṃ yoginaḥ paryupāsate brahmāgnāvapare yajñaṃ yajñenaivopajuhvati

English Translation

Other yogis undertake sacrifice to gods alone, Others offer the Self, as a sacrifice by the Self itself, in the fire of Brahman.

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Some Yogis who are devoted to Karma Yoga perform sacrificial rites to the shining ones or Devas (gods). The second Yajna is JnanaYajna or the wisdom sacrifice performed by those who are devoted to Jnana Yoga. The oblation in this sacrifice is the Self. Yajna here means the Self. The Upadhis or the limiting adjuncts such as the physical body? the mind? the intellect? etc.? which are superimposed on Brahman through ignorance are sublated and the identity of the individual soul with the Supreme Soul or Brahman is realised. To sacrifice the self in Brahman is to know through direct cognition (Aparoksha Anubhuti) that the individual soul is identical with Brahman. This is the highest Yajna. Those who are established in Brahman? those who have realised their oneness with the Supreme Soul or Paramatma perform this kind of sacrifice. This is superior to all other sacrifices.

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 26 Verified original

श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति

ശ്രോത്രാദീനീന്ദ്രിയാണ്യന്യേ സംയമാഗ്നിഷു ജുഹ്വതി ശബ്ദാദീന്വിഷയാനന്യ ഇന്ദ്രിയാഗ്നിഷു ജുഹ്വതി

śrotrādīnīndriyāṇyanye saṃyamāgniṣu juhvati śabdādīnviṣayānanya indriyāgniṣu juhvati

English Translation

Others offer the organs, viz ear etc., in the fires of self-control. Others offer the objects, viz sound etc., in the fires of the organs.

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Some Yogis are constantly engaged in restraining the senses. They gather their senses under the guidance of the Self and do not allow them to come in contact with the sensual objects. This is also an act of sacficie. Others direct their senses only to the pure and unforbidden objects of the senses. This is also a kind of sacrifice.

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 27 Verified original

सर्वाणीन्द्रियकर्माणि प्राणकर्माणि चापरे आत्मसंयमयोगाग्नौ जुह्वति ज्ञानदीपिते

സര്‍വ്വാണീന്ദ്രിയകര്‍മാണി പ്രാണകര്‍മാണി ചാപരേ ആത്മസംയമയോഗാഗ്നൌ ജുഹ്വതി ജ്ഞാനദീപിതേ

sarvāṇīndriyakarmāṇi prāṇakarmāṇi cāpare ātmasaṃyamayogāgnau juhvati jñānadīpite

English Translation

Others offer all the activities of the organs and the activities of the vital force into the fire of the yoga of sel-control which has been lighted by Knowledge.

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Just as a lamp is kindled by oil? so also the fire of the Yoga of selfcontrol is kindled by knowledge. When the Yogi concentrates or fixes his mind on Brahman or the Self? the senses and the breath cease to function. The senses and the breath are absorbed into their cause.

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 28 Verified original

द्रव्ययज्ञास्तपोयज्ञा योगयज्ञास्तथापरे स्वाध्यायज्ञानयज्ञाश्च यतयः संशितव्रताः

ദ്രവ്യയജ്ഞാസ്തപോയജ്ഞാ യോഗയജ്ഞാസ്തഥാപരേ സ്വാധ്യായജ്ഞാനയജ്ഞാശ്ച യതയഃ സംശിതവ്രതാഃ

dravyayajñāstapoyajñā yogayajñāstathāpare svādhyāyajñānayajñāśca yatayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ

English Translation

Similarly, others are performers of sacrifices through wealth, through austerity, through yoga, and through study and knowledge; others are ascetics with severe vows.

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Some do sacrifice by distributing their wealth to the deserving as charity some offer their Tapas (austerities) as sacrifice some practise the eight limbs of Raja Yoga? viz.? Yama (the five great vows)? Niyama (the canons of conduct)? Asana (posture)? Pranayama (restraint of breath)? Pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses)? Dharana (concentration)? Dhyana (meditation) and Samadhi (superconscious state)? and offer this Yoga as a sacrifice some study the scriptures and offer it as sacrifice.

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 29 Verified original

अपाने जुह्वति प्राणं प्राणेऽपानं तथापरे प्राणापानगती रुद्ध्वा प्राणायामपरायणाः

അപാനേ ജുഹ്വതി പ്രാണം പ്രാണേഽപാനം തഥാപരേ പ്രാണാപാനഗതീ രുദ്ധ്വാ പ്രാണായാമപരായണാഃ

apāne juhvati prāṇaṃ prāṇe.apānaṃ tathāpare prāṇāpānagatī ruddhvā prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇāḥ

English Translation

Constantly practising control of the vital forces by stopping the movements of the outgoing and the incoming breaths, some offer as a sacrifice the outgoing breath in the incoming breath; while still others, the incoming breath in the outgoing breath.

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Some Yogis practise Puraka (inhalation)? some Yogis practise Rechaka (exhalation)?,and some Yogis practise Kumbhaka (retention of breath).The five subPranas and the other Pranas are merged in the chief Prana (MukhyaPrana) by the practice of Pranayama. When the Prana is controlled? the mind also stops its wanderings and becomes steady the senses are also thinned out and merged in the Prana. It is through the vibration of Prana that the activities of the mind and the senses are kept up. If the Prana is controlled? the mind? the intellect and the senses cease to function.

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 30 Verified original

अपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति सर्वेऽप्येते यज्ञविदो यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः

അപരേ നിയതാഹാരാഃ പ്രാണാന്‍ പ്രാണേഷു ജുഹ്വതി സര്‍വ്വേഽപ്യേതേ യജ്ഞവിദോ യജ്ഞക്ഷപിതകല്മഷാഃ

apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇānprāṇeṣu juhvati sarve.apyete yajñavido yajñakṣapitakalmaṣāḥ

English Translation

Others, having their food regulated, offer the vital forces in the vital forces. All of them are knowers of the sacrifice and have their sins destroyed by sacrifice.

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Niyataharah means persons of regulated or limited food. They take moderate food. By rigid dieting they control the passions and appetites by weakening the functions of the organs of action.Yogis pour the lifreaths as sacrifice in the controlled lifreath. The former becomes merged in the latter.Performance of the above sacrifice leads to the purification of the mind and destruction of sins.

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 31 Verified original

यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजो यान्ति ब्रह्म सनातनम् नायं लोकोऽस्त्ययज्ञस्य कुतोऽन्यः कुरुसत्तम

യജ്ഞശിഷ്ടാമൃതഭുജോ യാന്തി ബ്രഹ്മ സനാതനം നായം ലോകോഽസ്ത്യയജ്ഞസ്യ കുതോഽന്യഃ കുരുസത്തമ

yajñaśiṣṭāmṛtabhujo yānti brahma sanātanam nāyaṃ loko.astyayajñasya kuto.anyaḥ kurusattama

English Translation

Those who partake of the nectar left over after a sacrifice, reach the eternal Brahman. This world ceases to exist for one who does not perform sacrifices. What to speak of the other (world), O best among the Kurus (Arjuna)!

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They go to the eternal Brahman in course of time after attaining the knowledge of the Self through purification of the mind by performing the above sacrifices. He who does not perform any of these is not fit even for this miserable world. How then can he hope to get a better world than this (Cf.III.13)

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 32 Verified original

एवं बहुविधा यज्ञा वितता ब्रह्मणो मुखे कर्मजान्विद्धि तान्सर्वानेवं ज्ञात्वा विमोक्ष्यसे

ഏവം ബഹുവിധാ യജ്ഞാ വിതതാ ബ്രഹ്മണോ മുഖേ കര്‍മജാന്വിദ്ധി താന്‍സര്‍വ്വാനേവം ജ്ഞാത്വാ വിമോക്ഷ്യസേ

evaṃ bahuvidhā yajñā vitatā brahmaṇo mukhe karmajānviddhi tānsarvānevaṃ jñātvā vimokṣyase

English Translation

Thus, various kinds of sacrifices lie spread at the mouth of the Vedas. Know them all to be born of action. Knowing thus, you will become liberated.

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The word Brahmanah has also been interpreted to mean In the Vedas.Various kinds of sacrifices are spread out at the mouth of Brahman? i.e.? they are known from the Vedas. Know that they are born of action? because the Self is beyond action. If you realise that these actions do not concern me? they are not my actin? and I am actionless? you will surely be liberated from the bondage of Samsara by this right knowledge. (Cf.IX.27XIII.15)

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 33 Verified original

श्रेयान्द्रव्यमयाद्यज्ञाज्ज्ञानयज्ञः परन्तप सर्वं कर्माखिलं पार्थ ज्ञाने परिसमाप्यते

ശ്രേയാന്ദ്രവ്യമയാദ്യജ്ഞാജ്ജ്ഞാനയജ്ഞഃ പരന്തപ സര്‍വ്വം കര്‍മാഖിലം പാര്‍ഥ ജ്ഞാനേ പരിസമാപ്യതേ

śreyāndravyamayādyajñājjñānayajñaḥ parantapa sarvaṃ karmākhilaṃ pārtha jñāne parisamāpyate

English Translation

Swami Gambirananda did not comment on this sloka

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Sacrifices with material objects cause material effects and bring the sacrificer to this world for the enjoyment of the fruits? while wisdomsacrifice leads to Moksha. Therefore wisdomsacrifice is superior to the sacrifice performed with material objects. Just as rivers join the ocean? so do all actions join knowledge? i.e.? they culminate in knowledge. All actions purify the heart and lead to the dawn of knowledge of the Self.All actions that are performed as offerings unto the Lord with their fruits are contained in the knowledge of Brahman. (Cf.IX.15X.25XVIII.70)

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 34 Verified original

तद्विद्धि प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्नेन सेवया उपदेक्ष्यन्ति ते ज्ञानं ज्ञानिनस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः

തദ്വിദ്ധി പ്രണിപാതേന പരിപ്രശ്നേന സേവയാ ഉപദേക്ഷ്യന്തി തേ ജ്ഞാനം ജ്ഞാനിനസ്തത്ത്വദര്‍ശിനഃ

tadviddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā upadekṣyanti te jñānaṃ jñāninastattvadarśinaḥ

English Translation

Know that through prostration, iniry and service. The wise ones who have realized the Truth will impart the Knowledge to you.

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Go to the teachers (those who are well versed in the scriptures dealing with Brahman or Brahmasrotris? and who are established in Brahman or Brahmanishthas). Prostrate yourself before them with profound humility and perfect devotion. Ask them estions? O venerable Guru What is the cause of bondage How can I get liberation What is the nature of ignorance What is the nature of knowledge What is the AntarangaSadhana (inward spiritual practice) for attaining Selfrealisation Serve the Guru wholeheartedly. A teacher who is versed in the scriptures (Sastras) but who has no direct Selfrealisaiton will not be able to help you in the attainment of the knowledge of the Self. He who has knowledge of the scriptures and who is also established in Brahman will be able to instruct thee in that knowledge and help thee in the attainment of Selfrealisation. Mere prostrations alone will not do. They may be tinged with hypocrisy. You must have perfect faith in your Guru and his teaching. You must serve him wholeheartedly with great devotion. Now hypocrisy is not possible.

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 35 Verified original

यज्ज्ञात्वा न पुनर्मोहमेवं यास्यसि पाण्डव येन भूतान्यशेषेण द्रक्ष्यस्यात्मन्यथो मयि (var अशेषाणि)

യജ്ജ്ഞാത്വാ ന പുനര്‍മോഹമേവം യാസ്യസി പാണ്ഡവ യേന ഭൂതാന്യശേഷേണ ദ്രക്ഷ്യസ്യാത്മന്യഥോ മയി

yajjñātvā na punarmohamevaṃ yāsyasi pāṇḍava yena bhūtānyaśeṣāṇi drakṣyasyātmanyatho mayi

English Translation

Knowing which, O Pandava (Arjuna), you will not come under delusion again in this way, and through which you will see all beings without exception in the Self and also in Me.

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That? the knowledge of the Self mentioned in the previous verse? that is to be learnt from the Brahmanishtha Guru through prostration? estioning and service. When you acire this knowledge you will not be again subject to confusion or error. You will behold that underlying basic unity. You will behold or directly cognise through internal experience or intuition that all beings from the Creator down to a blade of grass exist in your own Self and also in Me. (Cf.IX.15XVIII.20)

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 36 Verified original

अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि

അപി ചേദസി പാപേഭ്യഃ സര്‍വ്വേഭ്യഃ പാപകൃത്തമഃ സര്‍വ്വം ജ്ഞാനപ്ലവേനൈവ വൃജിനം സന്തരിഷ്യസി

api cedasi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpakṛttamaḥ sarvaṃ jñānaplavenaiva vṛjinaṃ santariṣyasi

English Translation

Even if you be the worst sinner among all sinners, still you will cross over all the wickedness with the raft of Knowledge alone.

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You can cross the ocean of sin with the boat of the knowledge of the Self. (Cf.IX.30)

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 37 Verified original

यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा

യഥൈധാംസി സമിദ്ധോഽഗ്നിര്‍ഭസ്മസാത്കുരുതേഽര്‍ജുന ജ്ഞാനാഗ്നിഃ സര്‍വ്വകര്‍മാണി ഭസ്മസാത്കുരുതേ തഥാ

yathaidhāṃsi samiddho.agnirbhasmasātkurute.arjuna jñānāgniḥ sarvakarmāṇi bhasmasātkurute tathā

English Translation

O Arjuna, as a blazing fire reduces pieces of wood to ashes, similarly the fire of Knowledge reduces all actions to ashes.

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Just as the sees that are roasted cannot germinate? so also the actions that are burnt by the fire of knowledge cannot bear fruits? i.e.? cannot bring man to this world again for the enjoyment of the fruits of his actions. This is reducing actions to ashes. The actions lose their potency as they are burnt by the fire of knowledge. When the knowledge of the Self dawns? all actions with their results are burnt by the fire of that knowledge just as fuel is burnt by the fire. When there is no agencymentality (the idea I do this)? when there is no desire for the fruits? action is no action at all. It has lost its potency. The fire of knowledge can burn all actions except the Prarabdha Karma? or the result of the past action which has brought this body into existence and which has thus already begun to bear fruits or produce effects.According to some philosophers even the Prarabdha Karma is destroyed by the fire of knowledge. Sri Sankara says in his AparokshanubhutiIn the passage his actions are destroyed when the Supreme is realised the Veda expressly speaks of actions (Karmas) in the plural? in order to signify the destruction of even the Prarabdha.There are three kinds of Karmas or reaction to or fructification of past actions (1) Prarabdha? so much of the past actions as has given rise to the present birth? (2) Sanchita? the balance of the past actions that will give rise to future births -- the storehouse of accumulated actions? and (3) Agami or Kriyamana? acts being done in the present life. If by the knowledge of the Self only the Sanchita and Agami were destroyed and not Prarabdha? the dual number would have been used and not the plural. (Sanskrit grammar has singular? dual and plural numbers). (Cf.IV.1019)

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 38 Verified original

न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति

ന ഹി ജ്ഞാനേന സദൃശം പവിത്രമിഹ വിദ്യതേ തത്സ്വയം യോഗസംസിദ്ധഃ കാലേനാത്മനി വിന്ദതി

na hi jñānena sadṛśaṃ pavitramiha vidyate tatsvayaṃ yogasaṃsiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati

English Translation

Indeed, there is nothing purifying here comparable to Knowledge. One who has become perfected after a (long) time through yoga, realizes That by himself in his own heart.

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There exists no purifier eal to knowledge of the Self. He who has attained perfection by the constant practice of Karma Yoga and Dhyana Yoga (the Yoga of meditation) will? after a time? find the knowledge of the Self in himself.

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 39 Verified original

श्रद्धावाँल्लभते ज्ञानं तत्परः संयतेन्द्रियः ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा परां शान्तिमचिरेणाधिगच्छति

ശ്രദ്ധാവാംല്ലഭതേ ജ്ഞാനം തത്പരഃ സംയതേന്ദ്രിയഃ ജ്ഞാനം ലബ്ധ്വാ പരാം ശാന്തിമചിരേണാധിഗച്ഛതി

śraddhāvā.Nllabhate jñānaṃ tatparaḥ saṃyatendriyaḥ jñānaṃ labdhvā parāṃ śāntimacireṇādhigacchati

English Translation

The man who has faith, is diligent and has control over the organs, attains Knowledge. Achieving Knowledge, one soon attains supreme Peace.

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He who is full of faith? who constantly serves his Guru and hears his teachings? who has subdued the senses surely gets the knowledge and ickly attains the supreme peace or salvation (Moksha). All the above three alifications are indispensable for an aspirant if he wants to attain to the supreme peace of the Eternal ickly. One alifiaction alone will not suffice. (Cf.X.10?11)

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 40 Verified original

अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः

അജ്ഞശ്ചാശ്രദ്ദധാനശ്ച സംശയാത്മാ വിനശ്യതി നായം ലോകോഽസ്തി ന പരോ ന സുഖം സംശയാത്മനഃ

ajñaścāśraddadhānaśca saṃśayātmā vinaśyati nāyaṃ loko.asti na paro na sukhaṃ saṃśayātmanaḥ

English Translation

One who is ignorant and faithless, and has a doubting mind perishes. Neither this world nor the next nor happiness exists for one who has a doubting mind.

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The ignorant one who has no knowledge of the Self. The man without faith one who has no faith in his own self? in the scriptures and the teachings of his Guru.A man of doubting mind is the most sinful of all. His condition is very deplorable. He is full of doubts as regards the next world. He does not rejoice in this world also? as he is very suspicious. He has no happiness.

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 41 Verified original

योगसंन्यस्तकर्माणं ज्ञानसञ्छिन्नसंशयम् आत्मवन्तं न कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय

യോഗസംന്യസ്തകര്‍മാണം ജ്ഞാനസഞ്ഛിന്നസംശയം ആത്മവന്തം ന കര്‍മാണി നിബധ്നന്തി ധനഞ്ജയ

yogasaṃnyastakarmāṇaṃ jñānasañchinnasaṃśayam ātmavantaṃ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya

English Translation

O Dhananjaya (Arjuna), actions do not bind one who has renounced actions through yoga, whose doubt has been fully dispelled by Knowledge, and who is not inadvertent.

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Sri Madhusudana Sarasvati explains Atmavantam as always watchful.He who has attained to Selfrealisation renounces all actions by means of Yoga or the knowledge of Brahman. As he is established in the knowledge of the identity of the individual soul with the,Supreme Soul? all his doubts are cut asunder. Actions do not bind him as they are burnt in the fire of wisdom and as he is always watchful over himself. (Cf.II.48III.9IV.20)

Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga 4 · Verse 42 Verified original

तस्मादज्ञानसम्भूतं हृत्स्थं ज्ञानासिनात्मनः छित्त्वैनं संशयं योगमातिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भारत

തസ്മാദജ്ഞാനസംഭൂതം ഹൃത്സ്ഥം ജ്ഞാനാസിനാത്മനഃ ഛിത്ത്വൈനം സംശയം യോഗമാതിഷ്ഠോത്തിഷ്ഠ ഭാരത

tasmādajñānasambhūtaṃ hṛtsthaṃ jñānāsinātmanaḥ chittvainaṃ saṃśayaṃ yogamātiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhārata

English Translation

Therefore, O scion of the Bharata dyasty, take recourse to yoga and rise up, cutting asunder with the sword of Knowledge this doubt of your own in the heart, arising from ignorance.

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Doubt causes a great deal of mental torment. It is most sinful. It is born of ignorance. Kill it ruthlessly with the knowledge of the Self. Now stand up and fight? O Arjuna.(This chapter is known by the names Jnana Yoga? Abhyasa Yoga and jnanakarmasannyasa Yoga also.)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 fourth discourse entitledThe Yoga of the Division of Wisdom. ,