ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਅਰ੍ਜੁਨ ਉਵਾਚ
ਸਨ੍ਨ੍ਯਾਸਂ ਕਰ੍ਮਣਾਂ ਕ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਸ਼੍ਣ ਪੁਨਰ੍ਯੋਗਂ ਚ ਸ਼ਂਸਸਿ ।
ਯਚ੍ਛ੍ਰੇਯ ਏਤਯੋਰੇਕਂ ਤਨ੍ਮੇ ਬ੍ਰੂਹਿ ਸੁਨਿਸ਼੍ਚਿਤਮ੍ ॥ 1 ॥
Meaning
ਅਰ੍ਜੁਨਃ ਉਵਾਚ — Arjuna said; ਸਨ੍ਨ੍ਯਾਸਮ੍ — renunciation; ਕਰ੍ਮਣਾਮ੍ — of all activities; ਕ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਸ਼੍ਣ — O Kriṣṇa; ਪੁਨਃ — again; ਯੋਗਮ੍ — devotional service; ਚ — also; ਸ਼ਂਸਸਿ — You are praising; ਯਤ੍ — which; ਸ਼੍ਰੇਯਃ — is more beneficial; ਏਤਯੋਃ — of these two; ਏਕਮ੍ — one; ਤਤ੍ — that; ਮੇ — unto me; ਬ੍ਰੂਹਿ — please tell; ਸੁ-ਨਿਸ਼੍ਚਿਤਮ੍ — definitely.
Translation
Arjuna said: O Kriṣṇa, first of all You ask me to renounce work, and then again You recommend work with devotion. Now will You kindly tell me definitely which of the two is more beneficial?
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਸ਼੍ਰੀਭਗਵਾਨੁਵਾਚ
ਸਨ੍ਨ੍ਯਾਸਃ ਕਰ੍ਮਯੋਗਸ਼੍ਚ ਨਿਃਸ਼੍ਰੇਯਸਕਰਾਵੁਭੌ ।
ਤਯੋਸ੍ਤੁ ਕਰ੍ਮਸਨ੍ਨ੍ਯਾਸਾਤ੍ਕਰ੍ਮਯੋਗੋ ਵਿਸ਼ਿਸ਼੍ਯਤੇ ॥ 2 ॥
Meaning
ਸ਼੍ਰੀ-ਭਗਵਾਨ੍ ਉਵਾਚ — the Personality of Godhead said; ਸਨ੍ਨ੍ਯਾਸਃ — renunciation of work; ਕਰ੍ਮ-ਯੋਗਃ — work in devotion; ਚ — also; ਨਿਃਸ਼੍ਰੇਯਸ-ਕਰੌ — leading to the path of liberation; ਉਭੌ — both; ਤਯੋਃ — of the two; ਤੁ — but; ਕਰ੍ਮ-ਸਨ੍ਨ੍ਯਾਸਾਤ੍ — in comparison to the renunciation of fruitive work; ਕਰ੍ਮ-ਯੋਗਃ — work in devotion; ਵਿਸ਼ਿਸ਼੍ਯਤੇ — is better.
Translation
The Personality of Godhead replied: The renunciation of work and work in devotion are both good for liberation. But, of the two, work in devotional service is better than renunciation of work.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਜ੍ਞੇਯਃ ਸ ਨਿਤ੍ਯਸਨ੍ਨ੍ਯਾਸੀ ਯੋ ਨ ਦ੍ਵੇਸ਼੍ਟਿ ਨ ਕਾਙ੍ਕ੍ਸ਼ਤਿ ।
ਨਿਰ੍ਦ੍ਵਂਦ੍ਵੋ ਹਿ ਮਹਾਬਾਹੋ ਸੁਖਂ ਬਂਧਾਤ੍ਪ੍ਰਮੁਚ੍ਯਤੇ ॥ 3 ॥
Meaning
ਜ੍ਞੇਯਃ — should be known; ਸਃ — he; ਨਿਤ੍ਯ — always; ਸਨ੍ਨ੍ਯਾਸੀ — renouncer; ਯਃ — who; ਨ — never; ਦ੍ਵੇਸ਼੍ਟਿ — abhors; ਨ — nor; ਕਾਂਕ੍ਸ਼ਤਿ — desires; ਨਿਰ੍ਦ੍ਵਂਦ੍ਵਃ — free from all dualities; ਹਿ — certainly; ਮਹਾ-ਬਾਹੋ — O mighty-armed one; ਸੁਖਮ੍ — happily; ਬਂਧਾਤ੍ — from bondage; ਪ੍ਰਮੁਚ੍ਯਤੇ — is completely liberated.
Translation
One who neither hates nor desires the fruits of his activities is known to be always renounced. Such a person, free from all dualities, easily overcomes material bondage and is completely liberated, O mighty-armed Arjuna.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਸਾਂਖ੍ਯਯੋਗੌ ਪ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਥਗ੍ਬਾਲਾਃ ਪ੍ਰਵਦਂਤਿ ਨ ਪਂਡਿਤਾਃ ।
ਏਕਮਪ੍ਯਾਸ੍ਥਿਤਃ ਸਮ੍ਯਗੁਭਯੋਰ੍ਵਿਂਦਤੇ ਫਲਮ੍ ॥ 4 ॥
Meaning
ਸਾਂਖ੍ਯ — analytical study of the material world; ਯੋਗੌ — work in devotional service; ਪ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਥਕ੍ — different; ਬਾਲਾਃ — the less intelligent; ਪ੍ਰਵਦਂਤਿ — say; ਨ — never; ਪਂਡਿਤਾਃ — the learned; ਏਕਮ੍ — in one; ਅਪਿ — even; ਆਸ੍ਥਿਤਃ — being situated; ਸਮ੍ਯਕ੍ — complete; ਉਭਯੋਃ — of both; ਵਿਂਦਤੇ — enjoys; ਫਲਮ੍ — the result.
Translation
Only the ignorant speak of devotional service [karma-yoga] as being different from the analytical study of the material world [Sāṅkhya]. Those who are actually learned say that he who applies himself well to one of these paths achieves the results of both.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਯਤ੍ਸਾਂਖ੍ਯੈਃ ਪ੍ਰਾਪ੍ਯਤੇ ਸ੍ਥਾਨਂ ਤਦ੍ਯੋਗੈਰਪਿ ਗਮ੍ਯਤੇ ।
ਏਕਂ ਸਾਂਖ੍ਯਂ ਚ ਯੋਗਂ ਚ ਯਃ ਪਸ਼੍ਯਤਿ ਸ ਪਸ਼੍ਯਤਿ ॥ 5 ॥
Meaning
ਯਤ੍ — what; ਸਾਂਖ੍ਯੈਃ — by means of Sāṅkhya philosophy; ਪ੍ਰਾਪ੍ਯਤੇ — is achieved; ਸ੍ਥਾਨਮ੍ — place; ਤਤ੍ — that; ਯੋਗੈਃ — by devotional service; ਅਪਿ — also; ਗਮ੍ਯਤੇ — one can attain; ਏਕਮ੍ — one; ਸਾਂਖ੍ਯਮ੍ — analytical study; ਚ — and; ਯੋਗਮ੍ — action in devotion; ਚ — and; ਯਃ — one who; ਪਸ਼੍ਯਤਿ — sees; ਸਃ — he; ਪਸ਼੍ਯਤਿ — actually sees.
Translation
One who knows that the position reached by means of analytical study can also be attained by devotional service, and who therefore sees analytical study and devotional service to be on the same level, sees things as they are.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਸਨ੍ਨ੍ਯਾਸਸ੍ਤੁ ਮਹਾਬਾਹੋ ਦੁਃਖਮਾਪ੍ਤੁਮਯੋਗਤਃ ।
ਯੋਗਯੁਕ੍ਤੋ ਮੁਨਿਰ੍ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮ ਨ ਚਿਰੇਣਾਧਿਗਚ੍ਛਤਿ ॥ 6 ॥
Meaning
ਸਨ੍ਨ੍ਯਾਸਃ — the renounced order of life; ਤੁ — but; ਮਹਾ-ਬਾਹੋ — O mighty-armed one; ਦੁਃਖਮ੍ — distress; ਆਪ੍ਤੁਮ੍ — afflicts one with; ਅਯੋਗਤਃ — without devotional service; ਯੋਗ-ਯੁਕ੍ਤਃ — one engaged in devotional service; ਮੁਨਿਃ — a thinker; ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮ — the Supreme; ਨ ਚਿਰੇਣ — without delay; ਅਧਿਗਚ੍ਚਤਿ — attains.
Translation
Merely renouncing all activities yet not engaging in the devotional service of the Lord cannot make one happy. But a thoughtful person engaged in devotional service can achieve the Supreme without delay.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਯੋਗਯੁਕ੍ਤੋ ਵਿਸ਼ਉਦ੍ਧਾਤ੍ਮਾ ਵਿਜਿਤਾਤ੍ਮਾ ਜਿਤੇਂਦ੍ਰਿਯਃ ।
ਸਰ੍ਵਭੂਤਾਤ੍ਮਭੂਤਾਤ੍ਮਾ ਕੁਰ੍ਵਨ੍ਨਪਿ ਨ ਲਿਪ੍ਯਤੇ ॥ 7 ॥
Meaning
ਯੋਗ-ਯੁਕ੍ਤਃ — engaged in devotional service; ਵਿਸ਼ੁਦ੍ਧ-ਆਤ੍ਮਾ — a purified soul; ਵਿਜਿਤ-ਆਤ੍ਮਾ — self-controlled; ਜਿਤ-ਇਂਦ੍ਰਿਯਃ — having conquered the senses; ਸਰ੍ਵ-ਭੂਤ — to all living entities; ਆਤ੍ਮ-ਭੂਤ-ਆਤ੍ਮਾ — compassionate; ਕੁਰ੍ਵਨ੍ ਅਪਿ — although engaged in work; ਨ — never; ਲਿਪ੍ਯਤੇ — is entangled.
Translation
One who works in devotion, who is a pure soul, and who controls his mind and senses is dear to everyone, and everyone is dear to him. Though always working, such a man is never entangled.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਨੈਵ ਕਿਂਚਿਤ੍ਕਰੋਮੀਤਿ ਯੁਕ੍ਤੋ ਮਨ੍ਯੇਤ ਤਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਵਿਤ੍ ।
ਪਸ਼੍ਯਞ੍ਸ਼ਰੁਰੁਇਣ੍ਵਨ੍ਸ੍ਪ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਸ਼ਂਜਿਘ੍ਰਨ੍ਨਸ਼੍ਨਨ੍ਗਚ੍ਛਨ੍ਸ੍ਵਪਨ੍ਸ਼੍ਵਸਨ੍ ॥ 8 ॥
ਪ੍ਰਲਪਨ੍ਵਿਸ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਜਨ੍ਗ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਹ੍ਣਨ੍ਨੁਨ੍ਮਿਸ਼ਨ੍ਨਿਮਿਸ਼ਨ੍ਨਪਿ ।
ਇਂਦ੍ਰਿਯਾਣੀਂਦ੍ਰਿਯਾਰ੍ਥੇਸ਼ੁ ਵਰ੍ਤਂਤ ਇਤਿ ਧਾਰਯਨ੍ ॥ 9 ॥
Meaning
ਨ — never; ਏਵ — certainly; ਕਿਂਚਿਤ੍ — anything; ਕਰੋਮਿ — I do; ਇਤਿ — thus; ਯੁਕ੍ਤਃ — engaged in the divine consciousness; ਮਨ੍ਯੇਤ — thinks; ਤਤ੍ਤ੍ਵ-ਵਿਤ੍ — one who knows the truth; ਪਸ਼੍ਯਨ੍ — seeing; ਸ਼੍ਰੁਰੁਇਣ੍ਵਨ੍ — hearing; ਸ੍ਪ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਸ਼ਨ੍ — touching; ਜਿਘ੍ਰਨ੍ — smelling; ਅਸ਼੍ਨਨ੍ — eating; ਗਚ੍ਚਨ੍ — going; ਸ੍ਵਪਨ੍ — dreaming; ਸ਼੍ਵਸਨ੍ — breathing; ਪ੍ਰਲਪਨ੍ — talking; ਵਿਸ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਜਨ੍ — giving up; ਗ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਹ੍ਣਨ੍ — accepting; ਉਨ੍ਮਿਸ਼ਨ੍ — opening; ਨਿਮਿਸ਼ਨ੍ — closing; ਅਪਿ — in spite of; ਇਂਦ੍ਰਿਯਾਣਿ — the senses; ਇਂਦ੍ਰਿਯ-ਅਰ੍ਥੇਸ਼ੁ — in sense gratification; ਵਰ੍ਤਂਤੇ — let them be so engaged; ਇਤਿ — thus; ਧਾਰਯਨ੍ — considering.
Translation
A person in the divine consciousness, although engaged in seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving about, sleeping and breathing, always knows within himself that he actually does nothing at all. Because while speaking, evacuating, receiving, or opening or closing his eyes, he always knows that only the material senses are engaged with their objects and that he is aloof from them.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮਣ੍ਯਾਧਾਯ ਕਰ੍ਮਾਣਿ ਸਂਗਂ ਤ੍ਯਕ੍ਤ੍ਵਾ ਕਰੋਤਿ ਯਃ ।
ਲਿਪ੍ਯਤੇ ਨ ਸ ਪਾਪੇਨ ਪਦ੍ਮਪਤ੍ਰਮਿਵਾਂਭਸਾ ॥ 10 ॥
Meaning
ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮਣਿ — unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ਆਧਾਯ — resigning; ਕਰ੍ਮਾਣਿ — all works; ਸਂਗਮ੍ — attachment; ਤ੍ਯਕ੍ਤ੍ਵਾ — giving up; ਕਰੋਤਿ — performs; ਯਃ — who; ਲਿਪ੍ਯਤੇ — is affected; ਨ — never; ਸਃ — he; ਪਾਪੇਨ — by sin; ਪਦ੍ਮ-ਪਤ੍ਰਮ੍ — a lotus leaf; ਇਵ — like; ਅਂਭਸਾ — by the water.
Translation
One who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering the results unto the Supreme Lord, is unaffected by sinful action, as the lotus leaf is untouched by water.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਕਾਯੇਨ ਮਨਸਾ ਬੁਦ੍ਧ੍ਯਾ ਕੇਵਲੈਰਿਂਦ੍ਰਿਯੈਰਪਿ ।
ਯੋਗਿਨਃ ਕਰ੍ਮ ਕੁਰ੍ਵਂਤਿ ਸਂਗਂ ਤ੍ਯਕ੍ਤ੍ਵਾਤ੍ਮਸ਼ਉਦ੍ਧਯੇ ॥ 11 ॥
Meaning
ਕਾਯੇਨ — with the body; ਮਨਸਾ — with the mind; ਬੁਦ੍ਧ੍ਯਾ — with the intelligence; ਕੇਵਲੈਃ — purified; ਇਂਦ੍ਰਿਯੈਃ — with the senses; ਅਪਿ — even; ਯੋਗਿਨਃ — Kriṣṇa conscious persons; ਕਰ੍ਮ — actions; ਕੁਰ੍ਵਂਤਿ — they perform; ਸਂਗਮ੍ — attachment; ਤ੍ਯਕ੍ਤ੍ਵਾ — giving up; ਆਤ੍ਮ — of the self; ਸ਼ੁਦ੍ਧਯੇ — for the purpose of purification.
Translation
The yogīs, abandoning attachment, act with body, mind, intelligence and even with the senses, only for the purpose of purification.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਯੁਕ੍ਤਃ ਕਰ੍ਮਫਲਂ ਤ੍ਯਕ੍ਤ੍ਵਾ ਸ਼ਾਂਤਿਮਾਪ੍ਨੋਤਿ ਨੈਸ਼੍ਠਿਕੀਮ੍ ।
ਅਯੁਕ੍ਤਃ ਕਾਮਕਾਰੇਣ ਫਲੇ ਸਕ੍ਤੋ ਨਿਬਧ੍ਯਤੇ ॥ 12 ॥
Meaning
ਯੁਕ੍ਤਃ — one who is engaged in devotional service; ਕਰ੍ਮ-ਫਲਮ੍ — the results of all activities; ਤ੍ਯਕ੍ਤ੍ਵਾ — giving up; ਸ਼ਾਂਤਿਮ੍ — perfect peace; ਆਪ੍ਨੋਤਿ — achieves; ਨੈਸ਼੍ਠਿਕੀਮ੍ — unflinching; ਅਯੁਕ੍ਤਃ — one who is not in Kriṣṇa consciousness; ਕਾਮ-ਕਾਰੇਣ — for enjoying the result of work; ਫਲੇ — in the result; ਸਕ੍ਤਃ — attached; ਨਿਬਧ੍ਯਤੇ — becomes entangled.
Translation
The steadily devoted soul attains unadulterated peace because he offers the result of all activities to Me; whereas a person who is not in union with the Divine, who is greedy for the fruits of his labor, becomes entangled.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਸਰ੍ਵਕਰ੍ਮਾਣਿ ਮਨਸਾ ਸਨ੍ਨ੍ਯਸ੍ਯਾਸ੍ਤੇ ਸੁਖਂ ਵਸ਼ੀ ।
ਨਵਦ੍ਵਾਰੇ ਪੁਰੇ ਦੇਹੀ ਨੈਵ ਕੁਰ੍ਵਨ੍ਨ ਕਾਰਯਨ੍ ॥ 13 ॥
Meaning
ਸਰ੍ਵ — all; ਕਰ੍ਮਾਣਿ — activities; ਮਨਸਾ — by the mind; ਸਨ੍ਨ੍ਯਸ੍ਯ — giving up; ਆਸ੍ਤੇ — remains; ਸੁਖਮ੍ — in happiness; ਵਸ਼ੀ — one who is controlled; ਨਵ-ਦ੍ਵਾਰੇ — in the place where there are nine gates; ਪੁਰੇ — in the city; ਦੇਹੀ — the embodied soul; ਨ — never; ਏਵ — certainly; ਕੁਰ੍ਵਨ੍ — doing anything; ਨ — not; ਕਾਰਯਨ੍ — causing to be done.
Translation
When the embodied living being controls his nature and mentally renounces all actions, he resides happily in the city of nine gates [the material body], neither working nor causing work to be done.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਨ ਕਰ੍ਤ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਵਂ ਨ ਕਰ੍ਮਾਣਿ ਲੋਕਸ੍ਯ ਸ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਜਤਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੁਃ ।
ਨ ਕਰ੍ਮਫਲਸਂਯੋਗਂ ਸ੍ਵਭਾਵਸ੍ਤੁ ਪ੍ਰਵਰ੍ਤਤੇ ॥ 14 ॥
Meaning
ਨ — never; ਕਰ੍ਤ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਵਮ੍ — proprietorship; ਨ — nor; ਕਰ੍ਮਾਣਿ — activities; ਲੋਕਸ੍ਯ — of the people; ਸ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਜਤਿ — creates; ਪ੍ਰਭੁਃ — the master of the city of the body; ਨ — nor; ਕਰ੍ਮ-ਫਲ — with the results of activities; ਸਂਯੋਗਮ੍ — connection; ਸ੍ਵਭਾਵਃ — the modes of material nature; ਤੁ — but; ਪ੍ਰਵਰ੍ਤਤੇ — act.
Translation
The embodied spirit, master of the city of his body, does not create activities, nor does he induce people to act, nor does he create the fruits of action. All this is enacted by the modes of material nature.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਨਾਦਤ੍ਤੇ ਕਸ੍ਯਚਿਤ੍ਪਾਪਂ ਨ ਚੈਵ ਸੁਕ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤਂ ਵਿਭੁਃ ।
ਅਜ੍ਞਾਨੇਨਾਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤਂ ਜ੍ਞਾਨਂ ਤੇਨ ਮੁਹ੍ਯਂਤਿ ਜਂਤਵਃ ॥ 15 ॥
Meaning
ਨ — never; ਆਦਤ੍ਤੇ — accepts; ਕਸ੍ਯਚਿਤ੍ — anyone’s; ਪਾਪਮ੍ — sin; ਨ — nor; ਚ — also; ਏਵ — certainly; ਸੁ-ਕ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤਮ੍ — pious activities; ਵਿਭੁਃ — the Supreme Lord; ਅਜ੍ਞਾਨੇਨ — by ignorance; ਆਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤਮ੍ — covered; ਜ੍ਞਾਨਮ੍ — knowledge; ਤੇਨ — by that; ਮੁਹ੍ਯਂਤਿ — are bewildered; ਜਂਤਵਃ — the living entities.
Translation
Nor does the Supreme Lord assume anyone’s sinful or pious activities. Embodied beings, however, are bewildered because of the ignorance which covers their real knowledge.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਜ੍ਞਾਨੇਨ ਤੁ ਤਦਜ੍ਞਾਨਂ ਯੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਨਾਸ਼ਿਤਮਾਤ੍ਮਨਃ ।
ਤੇਸ਼ਾਮਾਦਿਤ੍ਯਵਜ੍ਜ੍ਞਾਨਂ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਯਤਿ ਤਤ੍ਪਰਮ੍ ॥ 16 ॥
Meaning
ਜ੍ਞਾਨੇਨ — by knowledge; ਤੁ — but; ਤਤ੍ — that; ਅਜ੍ਞਾਨਮ੍ — nescience; ਯੇਸ਼ਾਮ੍ — whose; ਨਾਸ਼ਿਤਮ੍ — is destroyed; ਆਤ੍ਮਨਃ — of the living entity; ਤੇਸ਼ਾਮ੍ — their; ਆਦਿਤ੍ਯ-ਵਤ੍ — like the rising sun; ਜ੍ਞਾਨਮ੍ — knowledge; ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਯਤਿ — discloses; ਤਤ੍ ਪਰਮ੍ — Kriṣṇa consciousness.
Translation
When, however, one is enlightened with the knowledge by which nescience is destroyed, then his knowledge reveals everything, as the sun lights up everything in the daytime.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਤਦ੍ਬੁਦ੍ਧਯਸ੍ਤਦਾਤ੍ਮਾਨਸ੍ਤਨ੍ਨਿਸ਼੍ਠਾਸ੍ਤਤ੍ਪਰਾਯਣਾਃ ।
ਗਚ੍ਛਂਤ੍ਯਪੁਨਰਾਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਤਿਂ ਜ੍ਞਾਨਨਿਰ੍ਧੂਤਕਲ੍ਮਸ਼ਾਃ ॥ 17 ॥
Meaning
ਤਤ੍-ਬੁਦ੍ਧਯਃ — those whose intelligence is always in the Supreme; ਤਤ੍-ਆਤ੍ਮਾਨਃ — those whose minds are always in the Supreme; ਤਤ੍-ਨਿਸ਼੍ਠਾਃ — those whose faith is only meant for the Supreme; ਤਤ੍-ਪਰਾਯਣਾਃ — who have completely taken shelter of Him; ਗਚ੍ਚਂਤਿ — go; ਅਪੁਨਃ-ਆਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਤਿਮ੍ — to liberation; ਜ੍ਞਾਨ — by knowledge; ਨਿਰ੍ਧੂਤ — cleansed; ਕਲ੍ਮਸ਼ਾਃ — misgivings.
Translation
When one’s intelligence, mind, faith and refuge are all fixed in the Supreme, then one becomes fully cleansed of misgivings through complete knowledge and thus proceeds straight on the path of liberation.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਵਿਦ੍ਯਾਵਿਨਯਸਂਪਨ੍ਨੇ ਬ੍ਰਾਹ੍ਮਣੇ ਗਵਿ ਹਸ੍ਤਿਨਿ ।
ਸ਼ਉਨਿ ਚੈਵ ਸ਼੍ਵਪਾਕੇ ਚ ਪਂਡਿਤਾਃ ਸਮਦਰ੍ਸ਼ਿਨਃ ॥ 18 ॥
Meaning
ਵਿਦ੍ਯਾ — with education; ਵਿਨਯ — and gentleness; ਸਂਪਨ੍ਨੇ — fully equipped; ਬ੍ਰਾਹ੍ਮਣੇ — in the brāhmaṇa; ਗਵਿ — in the cow; ਹਸ੍ਤਿਨਿ — in the elephant; ਸ਼ੁਨਿ — in the dog; ਚ — and; ਏਵ — certainly; ਸ਼੍ਵ-ਪਾਕੇ — in the dog-eater (the outcaste); ਚ — respectively; ਪਂਡਿਤਾਃ — those who are wise; ਸਮ-ਦਰ੍ਸ਼ਿਨਃ — who see with equal vision.
Translation
The humble sages, by virtue of true knowledge, see with equal vision a learned and gentle brāhmaṇa, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater [outcaste].
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਇਹੈਵ ਤੈਰ੍ਜਿਤਃ ਸਰ੍ਗੋ ਯੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਸਾਮ੍ਯੇ ਸ੍ਥਿਤਂ ਮਨਃ ।
ਨਿਰ੍ਦੋਸ਼ਂ ਹਿ ਸਮਂ ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮ ਤਸ੍ਮਾਦ੍ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮਣਿ ਤੇ ਸ੍ਥਿਤਾਃ ॥ 19 ॥
Meaning
ਇਹ — in this life; ਏਵ — certainly; ਤੈਃ — by them; ਜਿਤਃ — conquered; ਸਰ੍ਗਃ — birth and death; ਯੇਸ਼ਾਮ੍ — whose; ਸਾਮ੍ਯੇ — in equanimity; ਸ੍ਥਿਤਮ੍ — situated; ਮਨਃ — mind; ਨਿਰ੍ਦੋਸ਼ਮ੍ — flawless; ਹਿ — certainly; ਸਮਮ੍ — in equanimity; ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮ — like the Supreme; ਤਸ੍ਮਾਤ੍ — therefore; ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮਣਿ — in the Supreme; ਤੇ — they; ਸ੍ਥਿਤਾਃ — are situated.
Translation
Those whose minds are established in sameness and equanimity have already conquered the conditions of birth and death. They are flawless like Brahman, and thus they are already situated in Brahman.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਨ ਪ੍ਰਹ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਸ਼੍ਯੇਤ੍ਪ੍ਰਿਯਂ ਪ੍ਰਾਪ੍ਯ ਨੋਦ੍ਵਿਜੇਤ੍ਪ੍ਰਾਪ੍ਯ ਚਾਪ੍ਰਿਯਮ੍ ।
ਸ੍ਥਿਰਬੁਦ੍ਧਿਰਸਮ੍ਮੂਢੋ ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮਵਿਦ੍ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮਣਿ ਸ੍ਥਿਤਃ ॥ 20 ॥
Meaning
ਨ — never; ਪ੍ਰਹ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਸ਼੍ਯੇਤ੍ — rejoices; ਪ੍ਰਿਯਮ੍ — the pleasant; ਪ੍ਰਾਪ੍ਯ — achieving; ਨ — does not; ਉਦ੍ਵਿਜੇਤ੍ — become agitated; ਪ੍ਰਾਪ੍ਯ — obtaining; ਚ — also; ਅਪ੍ਰਿਯਮ੍ — the unpleasant; ਸ੍ਥਿਰ-ਬੁਦ੍ਧਿਃ — self-intelligent; ਅਸਮ੍ਮੂਢਃ — unbewildered; ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮ-ਵਿਤ੍ — one who knows the Supreme perfectly; ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮਣਿ — in the transcendence; ਸ੍ਥਿਤਃ — situated.
Translation
A person who neither rejoices upon achieving something pleasant nor laments upon obtaining something unpleasant, who is self-intelligent, who is unbewildered, and who knows the science of God is already situated in transcendence.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਬਾਹ੍ਯਸ੍ਪਰ੍ਸ਼ੇਸ਼੍ਵਸਕ੍ਤਾਤ੍ਮਾ ਵਿਂਦਤ੍ਯਾਤ੍ਮਨਿ ਯਤ੍ਸੁਖਮ੍ ।
ਸ ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮਯੋਗਯੁਕ੍ਤਾਤ੍ਮਾ ਸੁਖਮਕ੍ਸ਼ਯਮਸ਼੍ਨਉਤੇ ॥ 21 ॥
Meaning
ਬਾਹ੍ਯ-ਸ੍ਪਰ੍ਸ਼ੇਸ਼ੁ — in external sense pleasure; ਅਸਕ੍ਤ-ਆਤ੍ਮਾ — one who is not attached; ਵਿਂਦਤਿ — enjoys; ਆਤ੍ਮਨਿ — in the self; ਯਤ੍ — that which; ਸੁਖਮ੍ — happiness; ਸਃ — he; ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮ-ਯੋਗ — by concentration in Brahman; ਯੁਕ੍ਤ-ਆਤ੍ਮਾ — self-connected; ਸੁਖਮ੍ — happiness; ਅਕ੍ਸ਼ਯਮ੍ — unlimited; ਅਸ਼੍ਨੁਤੇ — enjoys.
Translation
Such a liberated person is not attracted to material sense pleasure but is always in trance, enjoying the pleasure within. In this way the self-realized person enjoys unlimited happiness, for he concentrates on the Supreme.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਯੇ ਹਿ ਸਂਸ੍ਪਰ੍ਸ਼ਜਾ ਭੋਗਾ ਦੁਃਖਯੋਨਯ ਏਵ ਤੇ ।
ਆਦ੍ਯਂਤਵਂਤਃ ਕੌਂਤੇਯ ਨ ਤੇਸ਼ੁ ਰਮਤੇ ਬੁਧਃ ॥ 22 ॥
Meaning
ਯੇ — those; ਹਿ — certainly; ਸਂਸ੍ਪਰ੍ਸ਼-ਜਾਃ — by contact with the material senses; ਭੋਗਾਃ — enjoyments; ਦੁਃਖ — distress; ਯੋਨਯਃ — sources of; ਏਵ — certainly; ਤੇ — they are; ਆਦਿ — beginning; ਅਂਤ — end; ਵਂਤਃ — subject to; ਕੌਂਤੇਯ — O son of Kuntī; ਨ — never; ਤੇਸ਼ੁ — in those; ਰਮਤੇ — takes delight; ਬੁਧਃ — the intelligent person.
Translation
An intelligent person does not take part in the sources of misery, which are due to contact with the material senses. O son of Kuntī, such pleasures have a beginning and an end, and so the wise man does not delight in them.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਸ਼ਕ੍ਨੋਤੀਹੈਵ ਯਃ ਸੋਢੁਂ ਪ੍ਰਾਕ੍ਸ਼ਰੀਰਵਿਮੋਕ੍ਸ਼ਣਾਤ੍ ।
ਕਾਮਕ੍ਰੋਧੋਦ੍ਭਵਂ ਵੇਗਂ ਸ ਯੁਕ੍ਤਃ ਸ ਸੁਖੀ ਨਰਃ ॥ 23 ॥
Meaning
ਸ਼ਕ੍ਨੋਤਿ — is able; ਇਹ ਏਵ — in the present body; ਯਃ — one who; ਸੋਢੁਮ੍ — to tolerate; ਪ੍ਰਾਕ੍ — before; ਸ਼ਰੀਰ — the body; ਵਿਮੋਕ੍ਸ਼ਣਾਤ੍ — giving up; ਕਾਮ — desire; ਕ੍ਰੋਧ — and anger; ਉਦ੍ਭਵਮ੍ — generated from; ਵੇਗਮ੍ — urges; ਸਃ — he; ਯੁਕ੍ਤਃ — in trance; ਸਃ — he; ਸੁਖੀ — happy; ਨਰਃ — human being.
Translation
Before giving up this present body, if one is able to tolerate the urges of the material senses and check the force of desire and anger, he is well situated and is happy in this world.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਯੋਂਤਃਸੁਖੋਂਤਰਾਰਾਮਸ੍ਤਥਾਂਤਰ੍ਜ੍ਯੋਤਿਰੇਵ ਯਃ ।
ਸ ਯੋਗੀ ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮਨਿਰ੍ਵਾਣਂ ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮਭੂਤੋਧਿਗਚ੍ਛਤਿ ॥ 24 ॥
Meaning
ਯਃ — one who; ਅਂਤਃ-ਸੁਖਃ — happy from within; ਅਂਤਃ-ਆਰਾਮਃ — actively enjoying within; ਤਥਾ — as well as; ਅਂਤਃ-ਜ੍ਯੋਤਿਃ — aiming within; ਏਵ — certainly; ਯਃ — anyone; ਸਃ — he; ਯੋਗੀ — a mystic; ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮ-ਨਿਰ੍ਵਾਣਮ੍ — liberation in the Supreme; ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮ-ਭੂਤਃ — being self-realized; ਅਧਿਗਚ੍ਚਤਿ — attains.
Translation
One whose happiness is within, who is active and rejoices within, and whose aim is inward is actually the perfect mystic. He is liberated in the Supreme, and ultimately he attains the Supreme.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਲਭਂਤੇ ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮਨਿਰ੍ਵਾਣਮ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਸ਼ਯਃ ਕ੍ਸ਼ੀਣਕਲ੍ਮਸ਼ਾਃ ।
ਛਿਨ੍ਨਦ੍ਵੈਧਾ ਯਤਾਤ੍ਮਾਨਃ ਸਰ੍ਵਭੂਤਹਿਤੇ ਰਤਾਃ ॥ 25 ॥
Meaning
ਲਭਂਤੇ — achieve; ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮ-ਨਿਰ੍ਵਾਣਮ੍ — liberation in the Supreme; ਰੁਰੁਇਸ਼ਯਃ — those who are active within; ਕ੍ਸ਼ੀਣ-ਕਲ੍ਮਸ਼ਾਃ — who are devoid of all sins; ਚਿਨ੍ਨ — having torn off; ਦ੍ਵੈਧਾਃ — duality; ਯਤ-ਆਤ੍ਮਾਨਃ — engaged in self-realization; ਸਰ੍ਵ-ਭੂਤ — for all living entities; ਹਿਤੇ — in welfare work; ਰਤਾਃ — engaged.
Translation
Those who are beyond the dualities that arise from doubts, whose minds are engaged within, who are always busy working for the welfare of all living beings and who are free from all sins achieve liberation in the Supreme.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਕਾਮਕ੍ਰੋਧਵਿਮੁਕ੍ਤਾਨਾਂ ਯਤੀਨਾਂ ਯਤਚੇਤਸਾਮ੍ ।
ਅਭਿਤੋ ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮਨਿਰ੍ਵਾਣਂ ਵਰ੍ਤਤੇ ਵਿਦਿਤਾਤ੍ਮਨਾਮ੍ ॥ 26 ॥
Meaning
ਕਾਮ — from desires; ਕ੍ਰੋਧ — and anger; ਵਿਮੁਕ੍ਤਾਨਾਮ੍ — of those who are liberated; ਯਤੀਨਾਮ੍ — of the saintly persons; ਯਤ-ਚੇਤਸਾਮ੍ — who have full control over the mind; ਅਭਿਤਃ — assured in the near future; ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮ-ਨਿਰ੍ਵਾਣਮ੍ — liberation in the Supreme; ਵਰ੍ਤਤੇ — is there; ਵਿਦਿਤ-ਆਤ੍ਮਨਾਮ੍ — of those who are self-realized.
Translation
Those who are free from anger and all material desires, who are self-realized, self-disciplined and constantly endeavoring for perfection, are assured of liberation in the Supreme in the very near future.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਸ੍ਪਰ੍ਸ਼ਾਨ੍ਕ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਵਾ ਬਹਿਰ੍ਬਾਹ੍ਯਾਂਸ਼੍ਚਕ੍ਸ਼ੁਸ਼੍ਚੈਵਾਂਤਰੇ ਭ੍ਰੁਵੋਃ ।
ਪ੍ਰਾਣਾਪਾਨੌ ਸਮੌ ਕ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਵਾ ਨਾਸਾਭ੍ਯਂਤਰਚਾਰਿਣੌ ॥ 27 ॥
ਯਤੇਂਦ੍ਰਿਯਮਨੋਬੁਦ੍ਧਿਰ੍ਮੁਨਿਰ੍ਮੋਕ੍ਸ਼ਪਰਾਯਣਃ ।
ਵਿਗਤੇਚ੍ਛਾਭਯਕ੍ਰੋਧੋ ਯਃ ਸਦਾ ਮੁਕ੍ਤ ਏਵ ਸਃ ॥ 28 ॥
Meaning
ਸ੍ਪਰ੍ਸ਼ਾਨ੍ — sense objects, such as sound; ਕ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਵਾ — keeping; ਬਹਿਃ — external; ਬਾਹ੍ਯਾਨ੍ — unnecessary; ਚਕ੍ਸ਼ੁਃ — eyes; ਚ — also; ਏਵ — certainly; ਅਂਤਰੇ — between; ਭ੍ਰੁਵੋਃ — the eyebrows; ਪ੍ਰਾਣ-ਅਪਾਨੌ — up- and down-moving air; ਸਮੌ — in suspension; ਕ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਵਾ — keeping; ਨਾਸ-ਅਭ੍ਯਂਤਰ — within the nostrils; ਚਾਰਿਣੌ — blowing; ਯਤ — controlled; ਇਂਦ੍ਰਿਯ — senses; ਮਨਃ — mind; ਬੁਦ੍ਧਿਃ — intelligence; ਮੁਨਿਃ — the transcendentalist; ਮੋਕ੍ਸ਼ — for liberation; ਪਰਾਯਣਃ — being so destined; ਵਿਗਤ — having discarded; ਇਚ੍ਚਾ — wishes; ਭਯ — fear; ਕ੍ਰੋਧਃ — anger; ਯਃ — one who; ਸਦਾ — always; ਮੁਕ੍ਤਃ — liberated; ਏਵ — certainly; ਸਃ — he is.
Translation
Shutting out all external sense objects, keeping the eyes and vision concentrated between the two eyebrows, suspending the inward and outward breaths within the nostrils, and thus controlling the mind, senses and intelligence, the transcendentalist aiming at liberation becomes free from desire, fear and anger. One who is always in this state is certainly liberated.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਭੋਕ੍ਤਾਰਂ ਯਜ੍ਞਤਪਸਾਂ ਸਰ੍ਵਲੋਕਮਹੇਸ਼੍ਵਰਮ੍ ।
ਸੁਹ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਦਂ ਸਰ੍ਵਭੂਤਾਨਾਂ ਜ੍ਞਾਤ੍ਵਾ ਮਾਂ ਸ਼ਾਂਤਿਮ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਚ੍ਛਤਿ ॥ 29 ॥
Meaning
ਭੋਕ੍ਤਾਰਮ੍ — the beneficiary; ਯਜ੍ਞ — of sacrifices; ਤਪਸਾਮ੍ — and penances and austerities; ਸਰ੍ਵ-ਲੋਕ — of all planets and the demigods thereof; ਮਹਾ-ਈਸ਼੍ਵਰਮ੍ — the Supreme Lord; ਸੁ-ਹ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਦਮ੍ — the benefactor; ਸਰ੍ਵ — of all; ਭੂਤਾਨਾਮ੍ — the living entities; ਜ੍ਞਾਤ੍ਵਾ — thus knowing; ਮਾਮ੍ — Me (Lord Kriṣṇa); ਸ਼ਾਂਤਿਮ੍ — relief from material pangs; ਰੁਰੁਇਚ੍ਚਤਿ — one achieves.
Translation
A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing Me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attains peace from the pangs of material miseries.
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