ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः । यज्ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोऽन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते
I will declare to you this knowledge along with realization, completely; knowing this, nothing else remains to be known in this world.
मनुष्याणां सहस्रेषु कश्चिद्यतति सिद्धये। यततामपि सिद्धानां कश्चिन्मां वेत्ति तत्त्वतः
Among thousands of people, someone strives for perfection; even among those striving and perfected, someone truly knows me.
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः स्वं मनो बुद्धिरेव च । अहंकार इती यं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा
Earth, water, fire, air, space, mind, intellect, and ego—these eight are my divided nature.
अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम् । जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत्
But know this other, higher nature of mine, O mighty-armed, which is the living principle by which the world is sustained.
एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय । अहं कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलयस्तथा
Understand that all beings arise from these two natures; I am the origin and dissolution of the entire universe.
मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किंचिदस्ति धनंजय । मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव
There is nothing higher than me, O Dhananjaya; all this is woven in me, like pearls on a string.
रसोऽहमंप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभाऽस्मि शशिसूर्ययोः ।। प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु
I am the taste in water, O Kaunteya; I am the light in the moon and sun; I am the syllable Om in all the Vedas, the sound in space, and manliness in men.
पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ । जीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चास्मि तपस्विषु
I am the pure fragrance in earth and the brilliance in fire; I am life in all beings, and austerity in ascetics.
बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां विद्धि पार्थ सनातनम् । बुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम्
Know me as the eternal seed of all beings, O Partha; I am intelligence in the intelligent and splendor in the splendid.
बलं बलवतां चाहं कामरागविवर्जितम् । धर्माविरुद्धो भूतेषु कामोऽस्मि भरतर्षभ
I am strength in the strong, free from desire and attachment; I am desire in beings that is not opposed to righteousness, O best of Bharatas.
ये चैव सात्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये। मत्त एवेति तान्विद्धि न त्वहं तेषु ते मयि
Whatever states are sattvic, rajasic, or tamasic, know them as arising from me; but I am not in them, they are in me.
त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत् । मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम्
The whole world is deluded by these three qualities; it does not recognize me, who is beyond them and imperishable.
दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया । मामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते
This divine illusion of mine, composed of qualities, is difficult to overcome; but those who take refuge in me cross over this illusion.
न मां तुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः । माययाऽपहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः
The evil-doers, the deluded, the lowest of men, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion and who embrace demonic nature, do not seek me.
चुत्रर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन। आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ
O Arjuna, four kinds of virtuous people worship me: the distressed, the seeker of knowledge, the seeker of wealth, and the wise, O best of the Bharatas.
तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते । प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः
Of these, the wise one, ever united and devoted to the One, excels; for I am exceedingly dear to the wise, and he is dear to me.
उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम् । आस्थितःक स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिं
All these are noble indeed, but the wise one is considered as my very self; for, with a mind steadfast, he abides in me as the highest goal.
बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते । वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः
At the end of many births, the man of knowledge takes refuge in me, realizing that Vāsudeva is all; such a great soul is very rare.
कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः । तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया
Those whose knowledge is taken away by various desires worship other deities, following this or that rule, each constrained by their own nature.
यो यो यां यां तनुं भक्तः श्रद्धयार्चितुमिच्छति । तस्य तस्याचलां श्रद्धां तामेव विदधाम्यहम्
Whatever form any devotee seeks to worship with faith, I make that faith of his firm and unwavering.
स तया श्रद्धया युक्तस्तस्याराधनमीहते । लभते च ततः कामान्मयैव विहितान्हितान्
Endowed with that faith, he seeks to worship that form, and from it he obtains his desired objects, granted by me alone.
अन्तवत्तु फलं तेषां तद्भवत्यल्पमेधसाम् । देवान्देवयजो यान्ति मद्भक्ता यान्ति मामपि
But the fruit gained by these people of little understanding is finite; those who worship the gods go to the gods, but my devotees come to me.
अव्यक्तं व्यक्तिमापन्नं मन्यन्ते मामबुद्धयः। परं भावमजानन्तो ममाव्ययमनुत्तमम्
The undiscerning think of me, the unmanifest, as having become manifest, not knowing my higher, imperishable, and supreme nature.
नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः । मूढोऽयं नाभिजानाति लोको मामजमव्ययम्
I am not manifest to all, being veiled by my yoga-māyā; this deluded world does not recognize me, the unborn and imperishable.
वेदाहं समतीतानि वर्तमानानि चार्जुन। भविष्याणि च भूतानि मां तु वेद न कश्चन
I know all beings, past, present, and future, O Arjuna; but no one knows me.
इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन भारत । सर्वभूतानि संमोहं सर्गे यान्ति परंतप
By the delusion of duality arising from desire and aversion, O Bharata, all beings fall into confusion at birth, O scorcher of foes.
योषां त्वन्तगतं पापं जनानां पुण्यकर्मणाम् । ते द्वन्द्वमोहनिर्मुक्त भजन्ते मां दृढव्रताः
But those whose evil has come to an end, whose actions are meritorious, freed from the delusion of duality, firm in their vows, worship me.
जरामरणमोक्षाय मामाश्रित्य यतन्ति ये । ते ब्रह्म तद्विदुः कृत्स्नमध्यात्मं कर्म चाखिलम्
Those who strive for liberation from old age and death, taking refuge in me, know the whole of Brahman, the Self, and all action.
साधिभूताधिदैवं मां साधियज्ञं च ये विदुः । प्रयाणकालेऽपि च मां ते विदुर्युक्तचेतसः
Those who know me with adhibhūta, adhidaiva, and adhiyajña, with steadfast mind, know me even at the time of departure.
किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम्। अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते
What is that Brahman? What is the Self? What is action, O Supreme Person? What is called adhibhūta, and what is said to be adhidaiva?