श्रीभगवानुवाच |
The Blessed Lord said Fearlessness, purity of heart, steadfastness in knowledge and Yoga,…
16.2अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्यागः शान्तिरपैशुनम् |
Harmlessness, truth, absence of anger, renunciation, peacefulness, absence of crookedness,…
16.3तेजः क्षमा धृतिः शौचमद्रोहो नातिमानिता |
Vigour, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, absence of hatred, absence of pride these belong …
16.4दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च |
Hypocrisy, arrogance and self-conceit, anger and also harshness and ignorance, belong to o…
16.5दैवी सम्पद्विमोक्षाय निबन्धायासुरी मता |
The divine nature is deemed conducive to liberation, and the demoniacal to bondage. Grieve…
16.6द्वौ भूतसर्गौ लोकेऽस्मिन्दैव आसुर एव च |
There are two types of beings in this world, the divine and the demoniacal; the divine has…
16.7प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः |
The demoniacal know not what to do and what to refrain from; neither purity, nor right con…
16.8असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम् |
They say, "This universe is without truth, without (moral) basis, without a God, brought a…
16.9एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः |
Holding this view, these ruined souls of small intellect and fierce deeds, come forth as t…
16.10काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः |
Filled with insatiable desires, full of hypocrisy, pride and arrogance, holding evil ideas…
16.11चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः |
Giving themselves over to immeasurable cares ending only with death, regarding gratificati…
16.12आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः |
Bound by a hundred ties of hope, given over to lust and anger, they strive to obtain by un…
16.13इदमद्य मया लब्धमिमं प्राप्स्ये मनोरथम् |
"This has been gained by me today; this desire of mine I shall fuffil; this is mine and th…
16.14असौ मया हतः शत्रुर्हनिष्ये चापरानपि |
"That enemy has been slain by me; and others also I shall slay. I am the lord. I enjoy. I …
16.15आढ्योऽभिजनवानस्मि कोऽन्योऽस्ति सदृशो मया |
"I am rich and born in a noble family. Who else is equal to me?
16.16अनेकचित्तविभ्रान्ता मोहजालसमावृताः |
Bewildered by many a fancy, entangled in the snare of delusion, addicted to the gratificat…
16.17आत्मसम्भाविताः स्तब्धा धनमानमदान्विताः |
Self-conceited, stubborn, filled with the pride and intoxication of wealth, they perform s…
16.18अहंकारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं च संश्रिताः |
Given over to egoism, power, haughtiness, lust and anger, these malicious people hate Me i…
16.19तानहं द्विषतः क्रुरान्संसारेषु नराधमान् |
Those cruel haters, worst among men in the world, I hurl those evil-doers into the wombs o…
16.20आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि |
Entering into demoniacal wombs and deluded, birth after birth, not attaining Me, they thus…
16.21त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः |
Triple is the gate of this hell, destructive of the self lust, anger and greed; therefore…
16.22एतैर्विमुक्तः कौन्तेय तमोद्वारैस्त्रिभिर्नरः |
A man who is liberated from these three gates to darkness, O Arjuna, practises what is goo…
16.23यः शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारतः |
He who, having cast aside the ordinances of the scriptures, acts under the impulse of desi…
16.24तस्माच्छास्त्रं प्रमाणं ते कार्याकार्यव्यवस्थितौ |
Therefore, let the scripture be thy authority in determining what ought to be done and wha…