अपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति । सर्वेऽप्येते यज्ञविदो यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः
Others, with regulated diet, offer the vital breaths into the vital breaths; all these are knowers of sacrifice, whose sins are consumed by sacrifice.
यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजो यान्ति ब्रह्म सनातनम् । नायं लोकोऽस्त्ययज्ञस्य कुतोऽन्यः कुरुसत्तम
Those who partake of the nectar of sacrifice, left as its residue, attain the eternal Brahman; for one who does not sacrifice, there is no world here—how then any other, O best of the Kurus?
एवं बहुविधा यज्ञा वितता ब्रह्मणो मुखे। कर्मजान्विद्धि तान्सर्वानेवं ज्ञात्वा विमोक्ष्यसे
Thus, many kinds of sacrifices are spread forth at the mouth of Brahman; know them all to be born of action. Knowing this, you shall be liberated.
श्रेयान्द्रव्यमयाद्यजाज्ज्ञानयज्ञः परंतप । सर्वं कर्माखिलं पार्थ ज्ञाने परिसमाप्यते
O scorcher of foes, the sacrifice of knowledge is superior to sacrifices with material offerings; all actions, O Pārtha, culminate in knowledge.
तद्विद्धि प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्नेन सेवया । उपदेक्ष्यन्ति ते ज्ञानं ज्ञानिनस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः
Know that by humble reverence, by inquiry, and by service, the wise who see the truth will instruct you in knowledge.
यज्ज्ञात्वा न पुनर्मोहमेवं यास्यसि पाण्डव । येन भूतान्यशेषेण द्रक्ष्यस्यात्मन्यथो मयि
Knowing this, O Pāṇḍava, you will not again fall into such delusion; by this, you will see all beings without exception in yourself and also in Me.
अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः । सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं संतरिष्यसि
Even if you are the most sinful among all sinners, you will cross over all evil by the raft of knowledge alone.
यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मासात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन । ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते यथा
Just as a blazing fire reduces fuel to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge reduce all actions to ashes.
न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते। तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति
Indeed, there is nothing here as purifying as knowledge; one perfected in yoga discovers this in oneself in due time.
श्रद्धावाँल्लभते ज्ञानं तत्परः संयतेन्द्रियः । ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा परां शान्तिमचिरेणाधिगच्छति
The one who has faith, who is devoted, and who has mastered the senses, attains knowledge; having attained knowledge, he quickly reaches supreme peace.
अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति। नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः
The ignorant, the faithless, and the doubting self perish; neither this world, nor the next, nor happiness exists for the doubting self.
योगसंन्यस्तकर्माणं ज्ञानसंछिन्नसंशयम् । आत्मवन्तं न कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनंजय
O Dhanañjaya, actions do not bind one who has renounced actions through yoga, whose doubts are cut by knowledge, and who is self-possessed.
तस्मादज्ञानसंभूतं हृत्स्थं ज्ञानासिनाऽऽत्मनः । छित्त्वैनं संशयं योगमातिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भारत
Therefore, with the sword of knowledge, cut off this doubt in your heart, born of ignorance; stand firm in yoga and arise, O Bhārata.
संन्यासं कर्मणां कृष्ण कपुनर्योगं च शंससि। यच्छ्रेय एतयोरेकं तन्मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्चितम्
You praise renunciation of actions, O Krishna, and again also yoga; of these two, tell me decisively which is better.
संन्यासः कर्मयोगश्च निःश्रेयसकरावुभौ । तयोस्तु कर्मसंन्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते
Renunciation and the yoga of action both lead to the highest good; but of the two, the yoga of action is superior to the renunciation of action.
ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति। निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते
He should be known as a perpetual renunciant who neither hates nor desires; free from dualities, O mighty-armed, he is easily released from bondage.
साङ्ख्ययोगौ पृथग्बालाः प्रवदन्ति न पण्डिताः । एकमप्यास्थितः सम्यगुभयोर्विन्दते फलम्
Only the childish speak of Sāṅkhya and Yoga as separate, not the wise; one who is properly established in either attains the fruit of both.
यत्साङ्ख्यैः प्राप्यते स्थानं तद्योगैरपि गम्यते । एकं साङ्ख्यं च योगं च यः पश्यति स पश्यति
The state reached by the Sāṅkhyas is also attained by the Yogins; he who sees Sāṅkhya and Yoga as one truly sees.
संन्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः । योगयुक्तो मुनिर्ब्रह्म नचिरेणाधिगच्छति
But renunciation, O mighty-armed, is hard to achieve without yoga; the sage who is united with yoga quickly attains Brahman.
योगयुक्तो विशुद्धात्मा विजितात्मा जितेन्द्रियः । सर्वभूतात्मभूतात्मा कुर्वन्नपि न लिप्यते
One disciplined in yoga, with purified self, self-controlled, and master of the senses, whose self is the self of all beings, though acting, is not tainted.
नैव किंचित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित् । पश्यञ्शृण्वन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्रन्गच्छन्स्वपन्श्वसन्
The knower of truth, engaged in yoga, should think, 'I do nothing at all,' even while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, going, sleeping, breathing.
प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नृन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि। इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन्
Speaking, letting go, grasping, opening and closing the eyes—even so, holding that the senses move among the objects of the senses.
ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः। लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा
He who, having abandoned attachment, performs actions dedicating them to Brahman, is not stained by sin, just as a lotus leaf is not wetted by water.
कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि । योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वात्मशुद्धये
Yogins perform actions with body, mind, intellect, or even with the senses alone, abandoning attachment, for the purification of the self.
युक्तः कर्मफलं त्यक्त्वा शान्तिमाप्नोति नैष्ठिकीम् । अयुक्तः कामकारेण फले सक्तो निबध्यते
The disciplined one, abandoning the fruit of action, attains lasting peace; the undisciplined, impelled by desire, attached to the fruit, is bound.
सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी । नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन्
Having renounced all actions by mind, the self-controlled one dwells happily in the city of nine gates, the body, neither acting nor causing action.
न कर्तृत्वं न कर्माणि लोकस्य सृजति प्रभुः । न कर्मफलसंयोगं स्वभावस्तु प्रवर्तते
The Lord does not create agency, actions, or the union with the fruits of action for the world; rather, nature acts.
नादत्ते कस्य चित्पापं न चैव सुकृतं विभुः । अज्ञानेनावृतं ज्ञानं तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्तवः
The all-pervading does not take anyone's sin or virtue; knowledge is covered by ignorance, and thus beings are deluded.
ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः । तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम्
But for those whose ignorance is destroyed by knowledge of the self, that knowledge, like the sun, reveals the supreme.
तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः । गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः
Those whose intellect is fixed on That, whose self is in That, who are steadfast and devoted to That, go to non-return, their impurities destroyed by knowledge.