Srimad Bhagawad Gita Chapter 3

śrīmadbhagavadgītā mūlam - tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ

Śloka 1

oṃ śrī paramātmane namaḥ

atha tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ |

karmayogaḥ

arjuna uvāca

jyāyasī cetkarmaṇaste matā buddhirjanārdana |

tatkiṃ karmaṇi ghore māṃ niyojayasi keśava || 1 ||

vyāmiśreṇeva vākyena buddhiṃ mohayasīva me |

tadekaṃ vada niścitya yena śreyo'hamāpnuyām || 2 ||

śrībhagavānuvāca

loke'smindvividhā niṣṭhā purā proktā mayānagha |

jñānayogena sāṅkhyānāṃ karmayogena yoginām || 3 ||

na karmaṇāmanārambhānnaiṣkarmyaṃ puruṣo'śnute |

na ca sannyasanādeva siddhiṃ samadhigacchati || 4 ||

na hi kaścitkṣaṇamapi jātu tiṣṭhatyakarmakṛt |

kāryate hyavaśaḥ karma sarvaḥ prakṛtijairguṇaiḥ || 5 ||

karmendriyāṇi saṃyamya ya āste manasā smaran |

indriyārthānvimūḍhātmā mithyācāraḥ sa ucyate || 6 ||

yastvindriyāṇi manasā niyamyārabhate'rjuna |

karmendriyaiḥ karmayogamasaktaḥ sa viśiṣyate || 7 ||

niyataṃ kuru karma tvaṃ karma jyāyo hyakarmaṇaḥ |

śarīrayātrāpi ca te na prasiddhyedakarmaṇaḥ || 8 ||

yajñārthātkarmaṇo'nyatra loko'yaṃ karmabandhanaḥ |

tadarthaṃ karma kaunteya muktasaṅgaḥ samācara || 9 ||

sahayajñāḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā purovāca prajāpatiḥ |

anena prasaviṣyadhvameṣa vo'stviṣṭakāmadhuk || 10 ||

devānbhāvayatānena te devā bhāvayantu vaḥ |

parasparaṃ bhāvayantaḥ śreyaḥ paramavāpsyatha || 11 ||

iṣṭānbhogānhi vo devā dāsyante yajñabhāvitāḥ |

tairdattānapradāyaibhyo yo bhuṅkte stena eva saḥ || 12 ||

yajñaśiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarvakilbiṣaiḥ |

bhuñjate te tvaghaṃ pāpā ye pacantyātmakāraṇāt || 13 ||

annādbhavanti bhūtāni parjanyādannasambhavaḥ |

yajñādbhavati parjanyo yajñaḥ karmasamudbhavaḥ || 14 ||

karma brahmodbhavaṃ viddhi brahmākṣarasamudbhavam |

tasmātsarvagataṃ brahma nityaṃ yajñe pratiṣṭhitam || 15 ||

evaṃ pravartitaṃ cakraṃ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ |

aghāyurindriyārāmo moghaṃ pārtha sa jīvati || 16 ||

yastvātmaratireva syādātmatṛptaśca mānavaḥ |

ātmanyeva ca santuṣṭastasya kāryaṃ na vidyate || 17 ||

naiva tasya kṛtenārtho nākṛteneha kaścana |

na cāsya sarvabhūteṣu kaścidarthavyapāśrayaḥ || 18 ||

tasmādasaktaḥ satataṃ kāryaṃ karma samācara |

asakto hyācarankarma paramāpnoti pūruṣaḥ || 19 ||

karmaṇaiva hi saṃsiddhimāsthitā janakādayaḥ |

lokasaṅgrahamevāpi sampaśyankartumarhasi || 20 ||

yadyadācarati śreṣṭhastattadevetaro janaḥ |

sa yatpramāṇaṃ kurute lokastadanuvartate || 21 ||

na me pārthāsti kartavyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu kiñcana |

nānavāptamavāptavyaṃ varta eva ca karmaṇi || 22 ||

yadi hyahaṃ na varteyaṃ jātu karmaṇyatandritaḥ |

mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ || 23 ||

utsīdeyurime lokā na kuryāṃ karma cedaham |

saṅkarasya ca kartā syāmupahanyāmimāḥ prajāḥ || 24 ||

saktāḥ karmaṇyavidvāṃso yathā kurvanti bhārata |

kuryādvidvāṃstathāsaktaścikīrṣurlokasaṅgraham || 25 ||

na buddhibhedaṃ janayedajñānāṃ karmasaṅginām |

joṣayetsarvakarmāṇi vidvānyuktaḥ samācaran || 26 ||

prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ |

ahaṅkāravimūḍhātmā kartāhamiti manyate || 27 ||

tattvavittu mahābāho guṇakarmavibhāgayoḥ |

guṇā guṇeṣu vartanta iti matvā na sajjate || 28 ||

prakṛterguṇasammūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇakarmasu |

tānakṛtsnavido mandānkṛtsnavinna vicālayet || 29 ||

mayi sarvāṇi karmāṇi sannyasyādhyātmacetasā |

nirāśīrnirmamo bhūtvā yudhyasva vigatajvaraḥ || 30 ||

ye me matamidaṃ nityamanutiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ |

śraddhāvanto'nasūyanto mucyante te'pi karmabhiḥ || 31 ||

ye tvetadabhyasūyanto nānutiṣṭhanti me matam |

sarvajñānavimūḍhāṃstānviddhi naṣṭānacetasaḥ || 32 ||

sadṛśaṃ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛterjñānavānapi |

prakṛtiṃ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati || 33 ||

indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāgadveṣau vyavasthitau |

tayorna vaśamāgacchettau hyasya paripanthinau || 34 ||

śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt |

svadharme nidhanaṃ śreyaḥ paradharmo bhayāvahaḥ || 35 ||

arjuna uvāca

atha kena prayukto'yaṃ pāpaṃ carati pūruṣaḥ |

anicchannapi vārṣṇeya balādiva niyojitaḥ || 36 ||

śrībhagavānuvāca

kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajoguṇasamudbhavaḥ |

mahāśano mahāpāpmā viddhyenamiha vairiṇam || 37 ||

dhūmenāvriyate vahniryathādarśo malena ca |

yatholbenāvṛto garbhastathā tenedamāvṛtam || 38 ||

āvṛtaṃ jñānametena jñānino nityavairiṇā |

kāmarūpeṇa kaunteya duṣpūreṇānalena ca || 39 ||

indriyāṇi mano buddhirasyādhiṣṭhānamucyate |

etairvimohayatyeṣa jñānamāvṛtya dehinam || 40 ||

tasmāttvamindriyāṇyādau niyamya bharatarṣabha |

pāpmānaṃ prajahi hyenaṃ jñānavijñānanāśanam || 41 ||

indriyāṇi parāṇyāhurindriyebhyaḥ paraṃ manaḥ |

manasastu parā buddhiryo buddheḥ paratastu saḥ || 42 ||

evaṃ buddheḥ paraṃ buddhvā saṃstabhyātmānamātmanā |

jahi śatruṃ mahābāho kāmarūpaṃ durāsadam || 43 ||

oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṃ yogaśāstre

śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde karmayogo nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ ||3 ||