सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च। मूर्ध्न्याधायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणां
Restraining all the gates, confining the mind in the heart, placing the life-breath at the crown of the head, established in the discipline of yoga—
ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन् । यः प्रयाति त्यजन्दें स याति परमां गतिम्
Uttering the single syllable 'Om', which is Brahman, remembering me, whoever departs leaving the body, attains the highest destination.
अनन्यचेताः सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः । तस्याहं सुलभः पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य योगिनः
He whose mind is undistracted, who always remembers me constantly, for him I am easy to reach, O Partha, for the ever-united yogi.
मामुपेत्य पुनर्जन्म दुःखालयमशाश्वतम् । नाप्नुवन्ति महात्मानः संसिद्धिं परमां गताः
Having attained me, the great souls who have reached supreme perfection do not again undergo rebirth, which is the abode of sorrow and impermanence.
आब्रह्मभुवनाल्लोकाः पुनरावर्तिनोऽर्जुन । मामुपेत्य तु कौन्तेय पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते
All worlds up to Brahma's realm are subject to return, O Arjuna; but having attained me, O son of Kunti, there is no further rebirth.
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः । रात्रिं युगसहस्रां तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः
Those who know Brahma's day understand it as lasting a thousand ages; his night is also a thousand ages—such are the knowers of day and night.
अव्यक्ताद्व्यक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे । रात्र्यामे प्रलीयन्ते तत्रैवाव्यक्तसंज्ञके
From the unmanifest, all manifest beings arise at the coming of day; at night, they dissolve into that same unmanifest, so called.
भूतग्रामः स एवायं भूत्वा भूत्वा प्रलीयते । रात्र्यगमेऽवशः पार्थत प्रभवत्यहरागमे
This host of beings, having come into existence, dissolves again and again; helplessly, O Partha, it arises at the coming of day.
परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्यो व्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः । यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषुक नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति
But beyond that unmanifest is another existence, manifest, eternal; when all beings perish, that does not perish.
अव्यक्तोऽक्षर इत्युक्तस्तमाहुः परमां गतिम् । यं प्राप्य न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम
That unmanifest is called the imperishable; it is said to be the supreme destination. Having attained it, they do not return; that is my supreme abode.
पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया । यस्यान्तस्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्
That Supreme Person, O Partha, is attained by exclusive devotion, by whom all beings dwell within, and by whom all this is pervaded.
यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः । प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ
I will tell you, O best of the Bharatas, the time at which departing, yogis go to return or not return.
अग्निर्ज्योतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम् । तत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्ति ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो जनाः
Fire, light, daytime, the bright fortnight, and the six months of the northern course of the sun—departing then, those who know Brahman go to Brahman.
धूमो रात्रिस्तथा कृष्णः षण्मसा दक्षिणायनम् । तत्र चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिर्योगी प्राप्य निवर्तते
Smoke, night, the dark fortnight, and the six months of the southern course—departing then, the yogi attains the lunar light and returns.
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते। एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः
These two paths, bright and dark, are thought to be eternal for the world; by one, one goes without return, by the other, one returns again.
नैते सृती पार्थ जानन्योगी मुह्यति कश्चन। तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु योगयुक्तो भवार्जुन
No yogi is ever deluded, O Partha, knowing these paths; therefore, at all times, be steadfast in yoga, O Arjuna.
वेदेषु यज्ञेषु तपःसु चैव दानेषु यत्पुण्यफलं प्रदिष्टम्। अत्येति तत्सर्वमिदं विदित्वा योगी परं स्थानमुपैति चाद्यम्
Knowing all this, the yogi surpasses the merit declared for the Vedas, sacrifices, austerities, and gifts, and attains the supreme, primal state.
इदं तु ते गुह्यतमं प्रवक्ष्याम्यनसूयवे । ज्ञानं विज्ञानसहितं यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात्
Now I will declare to you, who bear no envy, this most secret knowledge, together with realization, by knowing which you shall be freed from what is inauspicious.
राजविद्या राजगुह्यं पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम् । प्रत्यक्षावगमं धर्म्यं सुसुखं कर्तुमव्ययम्
This is the king of sciences, the king of secrets, supremely pure, directly experienced, righteous, easy to practice, and imperishable.
अश्रद्दधानां पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परंतप । अप्राप्य मां निवर्तन्ते मृत्युसंसारवर्त्मनि
Men without faith in this dharma, O scorcher of foes, not attaining Me, return to the path of death and rebirth.
मया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना । मत्स्थानि सर्वभूतानि न चाहं तेष्ववस्थितःक
By Me, in My unmanifest form, this entire world is pervaded; all beings exist in Me, but I do not dwell in them.
न च मत्स्थानि भूतानि पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम् । भूतभृन्न च भूतस्थो ममात्मा भूतभावनः
And yet, beings do not exist in Me—behold My divine yoga! Sustaining beings, My Self is not situated in them, and I am the origin of beings.
यथाऽऽकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान् । तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय
As the mighty wind, always moving everywhere, abides in space, so understand that all beings abide in Me.
सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम् । कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम्
All beings, O Kaunteya, enter My nature at the end of a cycle; again, at the beginning of a cycle, I send them forth.
प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः । भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात्
Holding My own nature, I send forth again and again this entire multitude of beings, helpless, under the control of nature.
न च मां तानि कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनंजय । उदासीनवदासीनमसक्तं तेषु कर्मसु
But these actions do not bind Me, O Dhananjaya, for I remain detached from those actions, as one indifferent and unattached.
मयाऽऽध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम् । हेतुनाऽनेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते
Under My supervision, nature brings forth the moving and the unmoving; by this cause, O Kaunteya, the world revolves.
अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम् । परं भावमजानन्तो मम भूतमहेश्वरम्
Fools disregard Me, having assumed a human form, not knowing My higher nature as the great Lord of beings.
मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः । राक्षसीमासुरीं चैव प्रकृतिं मोहिनीं श्रिताः
Their hopes are in vain, their actions are in vain, their knowledge is in vain, those of confused minds who have embraced the deluding, demonic, and rakshasa nature.
महात्मानस्तु मां पार्थ दैवीं प्रकृतिमाश्रिताः । भजन्त्यनन्यमनसो ज्ञात्वा भूतादिमव्ययम्
But the great-souled ones, O Partha, taking refuge in the divine nature, worship me with undistracted minds, knowing me as the imperishable origin of beings.