Srimad Bhagawad Gita Chapter 18

śrīmadbhagavadgītā mūlam - aṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ

Śloka 1

oṃ śrī paramātmane namaḥ

atha aṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ |

mokṣasannyāsayogaḥ

arjuna uvāca

sannyāsasya mahābāho tattvamicchāmi veditum |

tyāgasya ca hṛṣīkeśa pṛthakkeśiniṣūdana || 1 ||

śrībhagavānuvāca

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 parityāgastāmasaḥ 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 sattvasamāviṣṭo 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 pṛthakceṣṭā daivaṃ caivātra pañcamam || 14 ||

śarīravāṅmanobhiryatkarma prārabhate naraḥ |

nyāyyaṃ vā viparītaṃ vā pañcaite tasya hetavaḥ || 15 ||

tatraivaṃ sati kartāramātmānaṃ kevalaṃ tu yaḥ |

paśyatyakṛtabuddhitvānna sa paśyati durmatiḥ || 16 ||

yasya nāhaṅkṛto bhāvo buddhiryasya na lipyate |

hatvā'pi sa imā~llokānna 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 kṛtsnavadekasminkārye saktamahaitukam |

atattvārthavadalpaṃ ca tattāmasamudāhṛtam || 22 ||

niyataṃ saṅgarahitamarāgadveṣataḥ kṛtam |

aphalaprepsunā karma yattatsāttvikamucyate || 23 ||

yattu kāmepsunā karma sāhaṅkāreṇa vā punaḥ |

kriyate bahulāyāsaṃ tadrājasamudāhṛtam || 24 ||

anubandhaṃ kṣayaṃ hiṃsāmanapekṣya ca pauruṣam |

mohādārabhyate karma yattattāmasamucyate || 25 ||

muktasaṅgo'nahaṃvādī dhṛtyutsāhasamanvitaḥ |

siddhyasiddhyornirvikāraḥ kartā sāttvika ucyate || 26 ||

rāgī karmaphalaprepsurlubdho 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 tamasāvṛtā |

sarvārthānviparītāṃśca buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī || 32 ||

dhṛtyā yayā dhārayate manaḥprāṇendriyakriyāḥ |

yogenāvyabhicāriṇyā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī || 33 ||

yayā tu dharmakāmārthāndhṛtyā dhārayate'rjuna |

prasaṅgena phalākāṅkṣī dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha rājasī || 34 ||

yayā svapnaṃ bhayaṃ śokaṃ viṣādaṃ madameva ca |

na vimuñcati durmedhā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī || 35 ||

sukhaṃ tvidānīṃ trividhaṃ śṛṇu me bharatarṣabha |

abhyāsādramate yatra duḥkhāntaṃ ca nigacchati || 36 ||

yattadagre viṣamiva pariṇāme'mṛtopamam |

tatsukhaṃ sāttvikaṃ proktamātmabuddhiprasādajam || 37 ||

viṣayendriyasaṃyogādyattadagre'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 paradharmotsvanuṣṭhitāt |

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 tathāpnoti nibodha me |

samāsenaiva kaunteya niṣṭhā jñānasya yā parā || 50 ||

buddhyā viśuddhayā yukto dhṛtyātmānaṃ niyamya ca |

śabdādīnviṣayāṃstyaktvā rāgadveṣau vyudasya ca || 51 ||

viviktasevī laghvāśī yatavākkāyamānasaḥ |

dhyānayogaparo nityaṃ vairāgyaṃ samupāśritaḥ || 52 ||

ahaṅkāraṃ balaṃ darpaṃ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ parigraham |

vimucya nirmamaḥ śānto 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 cettvamahaṅkārānna śroṣyasi vinaṅkṣyasi || 58 ||

yadahaṅkāramāśritya na yotsya iti manyase |

mithyaiṣa vyavasāyaste prakṛtistvāṃ niyokṣyati || 59 ||

svabhāvajena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā |

kartuṃ necchasi yanmohātkariṣyasyavaśo'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 madbhakto madyājī māṃ namaskuru |

māmevaiṣyasi satyaṃ te pratijāne priyo'si me || 65 ||

sarvadharmānparityajya māmekaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja |

ahaṃ tvā sarvapāpebhyo 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 tasmādanyaḥ priyataro bhuvi || 69 ||

adhyeṣyate ca ya imaṃ dharmyaṃ saṃvādamāvayoḥ |

jñānayajñena tenāhamiṣṭaḥ syāmiti me matiḥ || 70 ||

śraddhāvānanasūyaśca śṛṇuyādapi yo naraḥ |

so'pi muktaḥ śubhāఁllokānprāpnuyātpuṇyakarmaṇām || 71 ||

kaccidetacchrutaṃ pārtha tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā |

kaccidajñānasammohaḥ pranaṣṭaste dhanañjaya || 72 ||

arjuna uvāca

naṣṭo mohaḥ smṛtirlabdhā tvatprasādānmayācyuta |

sthito'smi gatasandehaḥ kariṣye vacanaṃ tava || 73 ||

sañjaya uvāca

ityahaṃ vāsudevasya pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ |

saṃvādamimamaśrauṣamadbhutaṃ romaharṣaṇam || 74 ||

vyāsaprasādācchrutavānetadguhyamahaṃ param |

yogaṃ yogeśvarātkṛṣṇātsākṣātkathayataḥ svayam || 75 ||

rājansaṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya saṃvādamimamadbhutam |

keśavārjunayoḥ puṇyaṃ hṛṣyāmi ca muhurmuhuḥ || 76 ||

tacca saṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya rūpamatyadbhutaṃ hareḥ |

vismayo me mahānrājanhṛṣyāmi ca punaḥ punaḥ || 77 ||

yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ |

tatra śrīrvijayo bhūtirdhruvā nītirmatirmama || 78 ||

oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṃ yogaśāstre

śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde mokṣasannyāsayogo nāmāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 18 ||