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.
सततं कीर्तयन्तो मां यतन्तश्च दृढव्रताः । नमस्यन्तश्च मां भक्त्या नित्ययुक्ता उपासते
Always singing my praises, striving with firm resolve, bowing to me in devotion, they constantly worship me, ever steadfast.
ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ते यजन्तो मामुपासते। एकत्वेन पृथक्त्कवेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुम्
Others too, performing the sacrifice of knowledge, worship me; some as one, others as many, in various ways, seeing me everywhere.
अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाऽहमहमौषधम्। मन्त्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम्
I am the ritual, I am the sacrifice, I am the offering to the ancestors, I am the medicinal herb, I am the mantra, I am the clarified butter, I am the fire, I am the oblation.
पिताऽहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः । वेद्यं पवित्रमोंकार ऋक् साम यजुरेव च
I am the father of this world, the mother, the sustainer, the grandsire; I am the object to be known, the purifier, the syllable Om, and also the Rig, Sama, and Yajur Vedas.
गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत्। प्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम्
I am the goal, the supporter, the lord, the witness, the abode, the refuge, the friend; I am the origin, the dissolution, the foundation, the treasure, the imperishable seed.
तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च । अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन
I give heat, I withhold and send forth the rain; I am immortality and also death, being and non-being, O Arjuna.
त्रैविद्या मां सोमपाः पूतपापा यज्ञेरिष्ट्वा स्वर्गतिं प्रार्थयन्ते। ते पुण्यमासाद्य सुरेन्द्रलोक- मश्रन्ति दिव्यान्दिवि देवभोगान्
Those who know the three Vedas, purified from sin by drinking Soma, seek heaven by worshipping me with sacrifices; attaining the world of Indra, they enjoy the divine pleasures of the gods in heaven.
ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालं क्षीणो पुण्ये पर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति। एवं त्रयीधर्ममनुप्रपन्ना गतागतं कामकामा लभन्ते
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
But those people who, thinking of me alone, worship me with exclusive devotion, to them, who are ever steadfast, I provide what they lack and protect what they have.
येऽप्यन्यदेवताभक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः। तेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम्
Even those who, devoted to other deities, worship them with faith, O son of Kunti, they too worship me, though not according to the proper method.