अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परन्तप। अप्राप्य मां निवर्तन्ते मृत्युसंसारवर्त्मनि।।9.3।।
Those without faith in this dharma, O scorcher of foes, failing to reach me, return along the path of death and rebirth.
मया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना। मत्स्थानि सर्वभूतानि न चाहं तेष्ववस्थितः।।9.4।।
By me, this entire world is pervaded in my unmanifest form; all beings are in me, but I am not established in them.
न च मत्स्थानि भूतानि पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम्। भूतभृन्न च भूतस्थो ममात्मा भूतभावनः।।9.5।।
And yet, beings do not abide in Me—behold My divine mystery! Though I uphold all beings and am their source, My Self does not dwell in them.
यथाऽऽकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान्। तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय।।9.6।।
As the mighty wind, ever moving, rests in space and pervades everywhere, so too, understand that all beings rest in Me.
सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्। कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम्।।9.7।।
At the end of an age, O son of Kunti, all beings merge into My own nature; at the beginning of the next cycle, I send them forth again.
प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः। भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात्।।9.8।।
Holding My own nature, I send forth again and again this entire multitude of beings, powerless, under the sway of nature.
न च मां तानि कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय। उदासीनवदासीनमसक्तं तेषु कर्मसु।।9.9।।
Yet these actions do not bind Me, O Dhananjaya; I remain as one indifferent, unattached to those actions.
मयाऽध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम्। हेतुनाऽनेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते।।9.10।।
By My supervision, nature gives birth to all moving and unmoving things; by this cause, O son of Kunti, the world revolves.
अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम्। परं भावमजानन्तो मम भूतमहेश्वरम्।।9.11।।
Fools disregard Me when I take on a human form, not knowing My higher nature as the great Lord of beings.
मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः। राक्षसीमासुरीं चैव प्रकृतिं मोहिनीं श्रिताः।।9.12।।
Vain in their hopes, vain in their actions, vain in their knowledge, the bewildered take refuge in demonic and deluding natures.
महात्मानस्तु मां पार्थ दैवीं प्रकृतिमाश्रिताः। भजन्त्यनन्यमनसो ज्ञात्वा भूतादिमव्ययम्।।9.13।।
But the great-souled ones, O Partha, who take refuge in the divine nature, worship Me with undistracted minds, knowing Me as the imperishable origin of beings.
सततं कीर्तयन्तो मां यतन्तश्च दृढव्रताः। नमस्यन्तश्च मां भक्त्या नित्ययुक्ता उपासते।।9.14।।
Always glorifying Me, striving with firm resolve, bowing to Me in devotion, ever steadfast, they worship Me.
ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते। एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम्।।9.15।।
Others too, performing the sacrifice of knowledge, worship Me in many ways: as one, as distinct, and in various forms, facing everywhere.
अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाऽहमहमौषधम्। मंत्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम्।।9.16।।
I am the ritual, I am the sacrifice, I am the offering to the ancestors, I am the healing herb, I am the mantra, I am the clarified butter, I am the fire, and I am the act of offering.
पिताऽहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः। वेद्यं पवित्रमोंकार ऋक् साम यजुरेव च।।9.17।।
I am the father of this world, the mother, the supporter, the grandsire; I am the object of knowledge, the purifier, the syllable Om, and also the Rig, Sama, and Yajur Vedas.
गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत्। प्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम्।।9.18।।
I am the goal, the sustainer, the Lord, the witness, the abode, the refuge, the friend; I am the origin, the dissolution, the foundation, the treasure, and the imperishable seed.
तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च। अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन।।9.19।।
I give heat, I withhold and send forth the rain; I am immortality and also death, both being and non-being, O Arjuna.
त्रैविद्या मां सोमपाः पूतपापा यज्ञैरिष्ट्वा स्वर्गतिं प्रार्थयन्ते। ते पुण्यमासाद्य सुरेन्द्रलोक मश्नन्ति दिव्यान्दिवि देवभोगान्।।9.20।।
Those who know the three Vedas, purified from sin by drinking soma, worship Me with sacrifices and seek the path to heaven; attaining the world of Indra, they enjoy the divine pleasures of the gods.
ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालं क्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति। एव त्रयीधर्ममनुप्रपन्ना गतागतं कामकामा लभन्ते।।9.21।।
Having enjoyed that vast world of heaven, when their merit is exhausted, they enter the mortal world again; thus, following the path of the three Vedas, desiring desires, they come and go.
अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते। तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम्।।9.22।।
But those who, meditating on Me alone, worship Me with undivided devotion—to them, ever steadfast, I bring what they lack and preserve what they have.
येऽप्यन्यदेवता भक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयाऽन्विताः। तेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम्।।9.23।।
Even those who, endowed with faith, worship other deities, O son of Kunti, they too worship me alone, though not according to proper method.
अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च। न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते।।9.24।।
For I alone am the enjoyer and the Lord of all sacrifices; but they do not truly know me, therefore they fall.
यान्ति देवव्रता देवान् पितृ़न्यान्ति पितृव्रताः। भूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम्।।9.25।।
Those devoted to the gods go to the gods; those devoted to the ancestors go to the ancestors; those who worship the spirits go to the spirits; but those who worship me come to me.
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति। तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः।।9.26।।
Whoever offers me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water, I accept that offering of devotion from the pure-hearted.
यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत्। यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम्।।9.27।।
Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer or give, whatever austerity you perform, O son of Kunti, do that as an offering to me.
शुभाशुभफलैरेवं मोक्ष्यसे कर्मबन्धनैः। संन्यासयोगयुक्तात्मा विमुक्तो मामुपैष्यसि।।9.28।।
Thus you will be freed from the bonds of actions with their good and evil results; your mind joined to the yoga of renunciation, liberated, you will come to me.
समोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रियः। ये भजन्ति तु मां भक्त्या मयि ते तेषु चाप्यहम्।।9.29।।
I am the same toward all beings; there is no one hateful or dear to me. But those who worship me with devotion, they are in me, and I am in them.
अपि चेत्सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक्। साधुरेव स मन्तव्यः सम्यग्व्यवसितो हि सः।।9.30।।
Even if a person of very evil conduct worships me with undivided devotion, he must be regarded as righteous, for he is rightly resolved.
क्षिप्रं भवति धर्मात्मा शश्वच्छान्तिं निगच्छति। कौन्तेय प्रतिजानीहि न मे भक्तः प्रणश्यति।।9.31।।
Quickly he becomes a person of virtue and attains lasting peace. O son of Kunti, declare it boldly: my devotee never perishes.
मां हि पार्थ व्यपाश्रित्य येऽपि स्युः पापयोनयः। स्त्रियो वैश्यास्तथा शूद्रास्तेऽपि यान्ति परां गतिम्।।9.32।।
For those who take refuge in me, O Partha, even if they are born from sinful wombs—women, merchants, and servants—they too attain the supreme goal.