Lord Krishna

śrīmadbhagavadgītā pārāyaṇa - aṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ

(Shrimad Bhagavad Gita Parayana - Chapter 18 in English (IAST))

From The Mahabharata

The eighteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, known as Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, serves as the final synthesis of Lord Krishna's divine teachings to Arjuna. It elucidates the distinction between renunciation and selfless action, emphasizing the importance of performing duty without attachment to the results. Reciting this concluding chapter is considered highly spiritually meritorious, as it distills the essence of Vedantic wisdom. Constant study of these verses is believed to grant the seeker clarity of mind, liberation from the cycle of samsara, and profound devotion to the Supreme Being, ultimately leading toward eternal peace and self-realization.

oṃ śrī paramātmane namaḥ

atha aṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ

mokṣasannyāsayogaḥ arjuna uvāca

sannyāsasya mahābāho tattvamicchāmi veditum |
tyāgasya ca hṛṣīkeśa pṛthakkeśiniṣūdana ||1||

śrī bhagavānuvāca

kāmyānāṃ karmaṇāṃ nyāsaṃ sannyāsaṃ kavayo viduḥ |
sarvakarmaphalatyāgaṃ prāhustyāgaṃ vicakṣaṇāḥ ||2||
tyājyaṃ doṣavadityeke karma prāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ |
yajñadānatapaḥkarma na tyājyamiti cāpare ||3||
niścayaṃ śṛṇu me tatra tyāge bharatasattama |
tyāgo hi puruṣavyāghra trividhaḥ samprakīrtitaḥ ||4||
yajñadānatapaḥkarma na tyājyaṃ kāryameva tat |
yajño dānaṃ tapaścaiva pāvanāni manīṣiṇām ||5||
etānyapi tu karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā phalāni ca |
kartavyānīti me pārtha niścitaṃ matamuttamam ||6||
niyatasya tu sannyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate |
mohāttasya parityāgaḥ tāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ ||7||
duḥkhamityeva yatkarma kāyakleśabhayāttyajet |
sa kṛtvā rājasaṃ tyāgaṃ naiva tyāgaphalaṃ labhet ||8||
kāryamityeva yatkarma niyataṃ kriyate'rjuna |
saṅgaṃ tyaktvā phalaṃ caiva sa tyāgaḥ sāttviko mataḥ ||9||
na dveṣṭyakuśalaṃ karma kuśale nānuṣajjate |
tyāgī sattvasamāviṣṭaḥ medhāvī chinnasaṃśayaḥ ||10||
na hi dehabhṛtā śakyaṃ tyaktuṃ karmāṇyaśeṣataḥ |
yastu karmaphalatyāgī sa tyāgītyabhidhīyate ||11||
aniṣṭamiṣṭaṃ miśraṃ ca trividhaṃ karmaṇaḥ phalam |
bhavatyatyāgināṃ pretya na tu sannyāsināṃ kvacit ||12||
pañcaitāni mahābāho kāraṇāni nibodha me |
sāṅkhye kṛtānte proktāni siddhaye sarvakarmaṇām ||13||
adhiṣṭhānaṃ tathā kartā karaṇaṃ ca pṛthagvidham |
vividhāśca pṛthakceṣṭāḥ daivaṃ caivātra pañcamam ||14||
śarīravāṅmanobhiryat karma prārabhate naraḥ |
nyāyyaṃ vā viparītaṃ vā pañcaite tasya hetavaḥ ||15||
tatraivaṃ sati kartāram ātmānaṃ kevalaṃ tu yaḥ |
paśyatyakṛtabuddhitvāt na sa paśyati durmatiḥ ||16||
yasya nāhaṅkṛto bhāvaḥ buddhiryasya na lipyate |
hatvā'pi sa imā~llokān na hanti na nibadhyate ||17||
jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ parijñātā trividhā karmacodanā |
karaṇaṃ karma karteti trividhaḥ karmasaṅgrahaḥ ||18||
jñānaṃ karma ca kartā ca tridhaiva guṇabhedataḥ |
procyate guṇasaṅkhyāne yathāvacchṛṇu tānyapi ||19||
sarvabhūteṣu yenaikaṃ bhāvamavyayamīkṣate |
avibhaktaṃ vibhakteṣu tajjñānaṃ viddhi sāttvikam ||20||
pṛthaktvena tu yajjñānaṃ nānābhāvānpṛthagvidhān |
vetti sarveṣu bhūteṣu tajjñānaṃ viddhi rājasam ||21||
yattu kṛtsnavadekasmin kārye saktamahaitukam |
atattvārthavadalpaṃ ca tattāmasamudāhṛtam ||22||
niyataṃ saṅgarahitam arāgadveṣataḥ kṛtam |
aphalaprepsunā karma yattatsāttvikamucyate ||23||
yattu kāmepsunā karma sāhaṅkāreṇa vā punaḥ |
kriyate bahulāyāsaṃ tadrājasamudāhṛtam ||24||
anubandhaṃ kṣayaṃ hiṃsām anapekṣya ca pauruṣam |
mohādārabhyate karma yattattāmasamucyate ||25||
muktasaṅgo'nahaṃvādī dhṛtyutsāhasamanvitaḥ |
siddhyasiddhyornirvikāraḥ kartā sāttvika ucyate ||26||
rāgī karmaphalaprepsuḥ lubdho hiṃsātmako'śuciḥ |
harṣaśokānvitaḥ kartā rājasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ ||27||
ayuktaḥ prākṛtaḥ stabdhaḥ śaṭho naiṣkṛtiko'lasaḥ |
viṣādī dīrghasūtrī ca kartā tāmasa ucyate ||28||
buddherbhedaṃ dhṛteścaiva guṇatastrividhaṃ śṛṇu |
procyamānamaśeṣeṇa pṛthaktvena dhanañjaya ||29||
pravṛttiṃ ca nivṛttiṃ ca kāryākārye bhayābhaye |
bandhaṃ mokṣaṃ ca yā vetti buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī ||30||
yayā dharmamadharmaṃ ca kāryaṃ cākāryameva ca |
ayathāvatprajānāti buddhiḥ sā pārtha rājasī ||31||
adharmaṃ dharmamiti yā manyate tamasā''vṛtā |
sarvārthānviparītāṃśca buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī ||32||
dhṛtyā yayā dhārayate manaḥ prāṇendriyakriyāḥ |
yogenāvyabhicāriṇyā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī ||33||
yayā tu dharmakāmārthān dhṛtyā dhārayate'rjuna |
prasaṅgena phalākāṅkṣī dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha rājasī ||34||
yayā svapnaṃ bhayaṃ śokaṃ viṣādaṃ madameva ca |
na vimuñcati durmedhāḥ dhṛtiḥ sā tāmasī matā ||35||
sukhaṃ tvidānīṃ trividhaṃ śṛṇu me bharatarṣabha |
abhyāsādramate yatra duḥkhāntaṃ ca nigacchati ||36||
yattadagre viṣamiva pariṇāme'mṛtopamam |
tatsukhaṃ sāttvikaṃ proktam ātmabuddhiprasādajam ||37||
viṣayendriyasaṃyogāt yattadagre'mṛtopamam |
pariṇāme viṣamiva tatsukhaṃ rājasaṃ smṛtam ||38||
yadagre cānubandhe ca sukhaṃ mohanamātmanaḥ |
nidrālasyapramādotthaṃ tattāmasamudāhṛtam ||39||
na tadasti pṛthivyāṃ vā divi deveṣu vā punaḥ |
sattvaṃ prakṛtijairmuktaṃ yadebhiḥ syāttribhirguṇaiḥ ||40||
brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ ca parantapa |
karmāṇi pravibhaktāni svabhāvaprabhavairguṇaiḥ ||41||
śamo damastapaḥ śaucaṃ kṣāntirārjavameva ca |
jñānaṃ vijñānamāstikyaṃ brahmakarma svabhāvajam ||42||
śauryaṃ tejo dhṛtirdākṣyaṃ yuddhe cāpyapalāyanam |
dānamīśvarabhāvaśca kṣātraṃ karma svabhāvajam ||43||
kṛṣigaurakṣyavāṇijyaṃ vaiśyakarma svabhāvajam |
paricaryātmakaṃ karma śūdrasyāpi svabhāvajam ||44||
sve sve karmaṇyabhirataḥ saṃsiddhiṃ labhate naraḥ |
svakarmanirataḥ siddhiṃ yathā vindati tacchṛṇu ||45||
yataḥ pravṛttirbhūtānāṃ yena sarvamidaṃ tatam |
svakarmaṇā tamabhyarcya siddhiṃ vindati mānavaḥ ||46||
śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt |
svabhāvaniyataṃ karma kurvannāpnoti kilbiṣam ||47||
sahajaṃ karma kaunteya sadoṣamapi na tyajet |
sarvārambhā hi doṣeṇa dhūmenāgnirivāvṛtāḥ ||48||
asaktabuddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigataspṛhaḥ |
naiṣkarmyasiddhiṃ paramāṃ sannyāsenādhigacchati ||49||
siddhiṃ prāpto yathā brahma tathā''pnoti nibodha me |
samāsenaiva kaunteya niṣṭhā jñānasya yā parā ||50||
buddhyā viśuddhayā yuktaḥ dhṛtyā''tmānaṃ niyamya ca |
śabdādīnviṣayāṃstyaktvā rāgadveṣau vyudasya ca ||51||
viviktasevī laghvāśī yatavākkāyamānasaḥ |
dhyānayogaparo nityaṃ vairāgyaṃ samupāśritaḥ ||52||
ahaṅkāraṃ balaṃ darpaṃ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ parigraham |
vimucya nirmamaḥ śāntaḥ brahmabhūyāya kalpate ||53||
brahmabhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati |
samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu madbhaktiṃ labhate parām ||54||
bhaktyā māmabhijānāti yāvānyaścāsmi tattvataḥ |
tato māṃ tattvato jñātvā viśate tadanantaram ||55||
sarvakarmāṇyapi sadā kurvāṇo madvyapāśrayaḥ |
matprasādādavāpnoti śāśvataṃ padamavyayam ||56||
cetasā sarvakarmāṇi mayi sannyasya matparaḥ |
buddhiyogamupāśritya maccittaḥ satataṃ bhava ||57||
maccittaḥ sarvadurgāṇi matprasādāttariṣyasi |
atha cettvamahaṅkārāt na śroṣyasi vinaṅkṣyasi ||58||
yadahaṅkāramāśritya na yotsya iti manyase |
mithyaiṣa vyavasāyaste prakṛtistvāṃ niyokṣyati ||59||
svabhāvajena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā |
kartuṃ necchasi yanmohāt kariṣyasyavaśo'pi tat ||60||
īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ hṛddeśe'rjuna tiṣṭhati |
bhrāmayansarvabhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā ||61||
tameva śaraṇaṃ gaccha sarvabhāvena bhārata |
tatprasādātparāṃ śāntiṃ sthānaṃ prāpsyasi śāśvatam ||62||
iti te jñānamākhyātaṃ guhyādguhyataraṃ mayā |
vimṛśyaitadaśeṣeṇa yathecchasi tathā kuru ||63||
sarvaguhyatamaṃ bhūyaḥ śṛṇu me paramaṃ vacaḥ |
iṣṭo'si me dṛḍhamiti tato vakṣyāmi te hitam ||64||
manmanā bhava madbhaktaḥ madyājī māṃ namaskuru |
māmevaiṣyasi satyaṃ te pratijāne priyo'si me ||65||
sarvadharmānparityajya māmekaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja |
ahaṃ tvā sarvapāpebhyaḥ mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ ||66||
idaṃ te nātapaskāya nābhaktāya kadācana |
na cāśuśrūṣave vācyaṃ na ca māṃ yo'bhyasūyati ||67||
ya imaṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ madbhakteṣvabhidhāsyati |
bhaktiṃ mayi parāṃ kṛtvā māmevaiṣyatyasaṃśayaḥ ||68||
na ca tasmānmanuṣyeṣu kaścinme priyakṛttamaḥ |
bhavitā na ca me tasmāt anyaḥ priyataro bhuvi ||69||
adhyeṣyate ca ya imaṃ dharmyaṃ saṃvādamāvayoḥ |
jñānayajñena tenāham iṣṭaḥ syāmiti me matiḥ ||70||
śraddhāvānanasūyaśca śṛṇuyādapi yo naraḥ |
so'pi muktaḥ śubhāఁllokān prāpnuyātpuṇyakarmaṇām ||71||
kaccidetacchrutaṃ pārtha tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā |
kaccidajñānasammohaḥ praṇaṣṭaste dhanañjaya ||72||

arjuna uvāca

naṣṭo mohaḥ smṛtirlabdhā tvatprasādānmayā'cyuta |
sthito'smi gatasandehaḥ kariṣye vacanaṃ tava ||73||

sañjaya uvāca

ityahaṃ vāsudevasya pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ |
saṃvādamimamaśrauṣam adbhutaṃ romaharṣaṇam ||74||
vyāsaprasādācchrutavān imaṃ guhyatamaṃ param |
yogaṃ yogeśvarātkṛṣṇāt sākṣātkathayataḥ svayam ||75||
rājansaṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya saṃvādamimamadbhutam |
keśavārjunayoḥ puṇyaṃ hṛṣyāmi ca muhurmuhuḥ ||76||
tacca saṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya rūpamatyadbhutaṃ hareḥ |
vismayo me mahānrājan hṛṣyāmi ca punaḥ punaḥ ||77||
yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇaḥ yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ |
tatra śrīrvijayo bhūtiḥ dhruvā nītirmatirmama ||78||
|| oṃ tatsaditi śrīmanmahābhārate śatasāhasrikāyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāsikyāṃ śrīmadbhīṣmaparvaṇi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsu upaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṃ
yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde mokṣasannyāsayogo nāma aṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ ||

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