श्रीभगवानुवाच |
The Blessed Lord said I taught this imperishable Yoga to Vivasvan; he told it to Manu; Ma…
4.2एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः |
This, handed down thus in regular succession, the royal sages knew. This Yoga, by long lap…
4.3स एवायं मया तेऽद्य योगः प्रोक्तः पुरातनः |
That same ancient Yoga has been today taught to thee by Me, for thou art My devotee and My…
4.4अर्जुन उवाच |
Arjuna said Later on was Thy birth, and prior to it was the birth of Vivasvan (the Sun); …
4.5श्रीभगवानुवाच |
The Blessed Lord said Many births of Mine have passed as well as of thine, O Arjuna; I kn…
4.6अजोऽपि सन्नव्ययात्मा भूतानामीश्वरोऽपि सन् |
Though I am unborn, of imperishable nature, and though I am the Lord of all beings, yet, g…
4.7यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत |
Whenever there is decline of righteousness, O Arjuna, and rise of unrighteousness, then I …
4.8परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् |
For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked and for the establishmen…
4.9जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः |
He who thus know, in their true light, My divine birth and action, having abandoned the bo…
4.10वीतरागभयक्रोधा मन्मया मामुपाश्रिताः |
Freed from attachment, fear and anger, absorbed in Me, taking refuge in Me, purified by th…
4.11ये यथा मां प्रपद्यन्ते तांस्तथैव भजाम्यहम् |
In whatever way men approach Me even so do I reward them; My path do men tread in all ways…
4.12काङ्क्षन्तः कर्मणां सिद्धिं यजन्त इह देवताः |
Those who long for success in action in this world sacrifice to the gods; because success …
4.13चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः |
The fourfold caste has been created by Me according to the differentiation of Guna and Kar…
4.14न मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा |
Actions do not taint Me, nor have I a desire for the fruit of actions. He who knows Me thu…
4.15एवं ज्ञात्वा कृतं कर्म पूर्वैरपि मुमुक्षुभिः |
Having known this, the ancient seekers after freedom also performed action; therefore do t…
4.16किं कर्म किमकर्मेति कवयोऽप्यत्र मोहिताः |
What is action?
4.17कर्मणो ह्यपि बोद्धव्यं बोद्धव्यं च विकर्मणः |
For verily (the true nature) of action (enjoined by the scriptures) should be known, also …
4.18कर्मण्यकर्म यः पश्येदकर्मणि च कर्म यः |
He who seeth inaction in action and action in inaction, he is wise among men; he is a Yogi…
4.19यस्य सर्वे समारम्भाः कामसङ्कल्पवर्जिताः |
He whose undertakings are all devoid of desires and (selfish) purposes and whose actions h…
4.20त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्गं नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रयः |
Having abandoned attachment to the fruits of the action, ever content, depending on nothin…
4.21निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः |
Without hope and with the mind and the self controlled, having abandoned all covetousness,…
4.22यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः |
Content with what comes to him without effort, free from the pairs of opposites and envy, …
4.23गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः |
To one who is devoid of attchment, who is liberated, whose mind is established in knowledg…
4.24ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्म हविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम् |
Brahman is the oblation; Brahman is the melted butter (ghee); by Brahman is the oblation p…
4.25दैवमेवापरे यज्ञं योगिनः पर्युपासते |
Some Yogies perform sacrifice to the gods alone; while others (who have realised the Self)…
4.26श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति |
Some again offer the organ of hearing and other senses as sacrifice in the fire of restrai…
4.27सर्वाणीन्द्रियकर्माणि प्राणकर्माणि चापरे |
Others again sacrifice all the functions of the senses and those of the breath (vital ener…
4.28द्रव्ययज्ञास्तपोयज्ञा योगयज्ञास्तथापरे |
Others again offer wealth, austerity and Yoga as sacrifice, while the ascetics of self-res…
4.29अपाने जुह्वति प्राणं प्राणेऽपानं तथापरे |
Others offer as sacrifice the outgoing breath in the incoming, and the incoming in the out…
4.30अपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति |
Others who regulate their diet offer life-breaths in life-breaths. All these are knowers o…
4.31यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजो यान्ति ब्रह्म सनातनम् |
Those who eat the remnants of the sacrifice, which are like nectar, go to the eternal Brah…
4.32एवं बहुविधा यज्ञा वितता ब्रह्मणो मुखे |
Thus, manifold sacrifices are spread out before Brahman (literally) at the mouth or face o…
4.33श्रेयान्द्रव्यमयाद्यज्ञाज्ज्ञानयज्ञः परन्तप |
Swami Sivananda did not comment on this sloka
4.34तद्विद्धि प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्नेन सेवया |
Know That by long prostration, by estion and by service; the wise who have realised the Tr…
4.35यज्ज्ञात्वा न पुनर्मोहमेवं यास्यसि पाण्डव |
Knowing ï1thatï1 thou shalt not, O Arjuna, again get deluded like this; and by that thou s…
4.36अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः |
Even if thou art the most sinful of all sinners, yet thou shalt verily cross all sins by t…
4.37यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन |
As the blazing fire reduces fuel to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge reduce …
4.38न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते |
Verily, there is no purifier in this world like knowledge. He who is perfected in Yoga fin…
4.39श्रद्धावाँल्लभते ज्ञानं तत्परः संयतेन्द्रियः |
The man who is full of faith, who is devoted to it, and who has subdued the senses obtains…
4.40अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति |
The ignorant the faithless, the doubting self goes to destruction; there is neither this w…
4.41योगसंन्यस्तकर्माणं ज्ञानसञ्छिन्नसंशयम् |
He who has renounced actions by Yoga, whose doubts are rent asunder by knowledge, and who …
4.42तस्मादज्ञानसम्भूतं हृत्स्थं ज्ञानासिनात्मनः |
Therefore with the sword of the knowledge (of the Self) cut asunder the doubt of the self …