dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca dharma-kṣetre kuru-kṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva kim akurvata sañjaya
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Dhritarashtra said: O Sanjaya, assembled on the holy field of Kurukshetra, desirous of battle, what did my sons and the sons of Pandu do?
sañjaya uvāca dṛṣṭvā tu pāṇḍavānīkaṁ vyūḍhaṁ duryodhanas tadā ācāryam upasaṅgamya rājā vacanam abravīt
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Fixing the mind on Me, with the self purified by yoga, perform thy actions, O Bharata, established in equanimity, abandoning all attachments.
paśyaitāṁ pāṇḍu-putrāṇām ācārya mahatīṁ camūm vyūḍhāṁ drupada-putreṇa tava śiṣyeṇa dhīmatā
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He who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, he is wise among men, he is a Yogi and a doer of all actions.
atra śūrā maheṣv-āsā bhīmārjuna-samā yudhi yuyudhāno virāṭaś ca drupadaś ca mahā-rathaḥ
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Endowed with pure understanding, firmly controlling the self, turning away from sound and other objects of the senses, and casting aside attraction and aversion, he is fit for becoming one with Brahman.
dhṛṣṭaketuś cekitānaḥ kāśirājaś ca vīryavān purujit kuntibhojaś ca śaibyaś ca nara-puṅgavaḥ
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Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.
yudhāmanyuś ca vikrānta uttamaujāś ca vīryavān saubhadro draupadeyāś ca sarva eva mahā-rathāḥ
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Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.
asmākaṁ tu viśiṣṭā ye tān nibodha dvijottama nāyakā mama sainyasya saṁjñārthaṁ tān bravīmi te
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Fixing the mind on Me, with the self purified by yoga, perform thy actions, O Bharata, established in equanimity, abandoning all attachments.
bhavān bhīṣmaś ca karṇaś ca kṛpaś ca samitiṁ-jayaḥ aśvatthāmā vikarṇaś ca saumadattis tathaiva ca
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Endowed with pure understanding, firmly controlling the self, turning away from sound and other objects of the senses, and casting aside attraction and aversion, he is fit for becoming one with Brahman.
anye ca bahavaḥ śūrā mad-arthe tyakta-jīvitāḥ nānā-śastra-praharaṇāḥ sarve yuddha-viśāradāḥ
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Therefore, at all times remember Me and fight. With mind and intellect absorbed in Me, thou shalt doubtless come to Me alone.
aparyāptaṁ tad asmākaṁ balaṁ bhīṣmābhirakṣitam paryāptaṁ tv idam eteṣāṁ balaṁ bhīmābhirakṣitam
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Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.
ayaneṣu ca sarveṣu yathā-bhāgam avasthitāḥ bhīṣmam evābhirakṣantu bhavantaḥ sarva eva hi
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Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.
tasya sañjanayan harṣaṁ kuru-vṛddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ siṁha-nādaṁ vinadyoccaiḥ śaṅkhaṁ dadhmau pratāpavān
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Therefore, at all times remember Me and fight. With mind and intellect absorbed in Me, thou shalt doubtless come to Me alone.
tataḥ śaṅkhāś ca bheryaś ca paṇavānaka-gomukhāḥ sahasaivābhyahanyanta sa śabdas tumulo ’bhavat
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Fixing the mind on Me, with the self purified by yoga, perform thy actions, O Bharata, established in equanimity, abandoning all attachments.
tataḥ śvetair hayair yukte mahati syandane sthitau mādhavaḥ pāṇḍavaś caiva divyau śaṅkhau pradadhmatuḥ
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The Blessed Lord said: Renunciation of action and selfless performance of action both lead to the highest bliss; but of the two, selfless performance of action is superior to renunciation of action.
pāñcajanyaṁ hṛṣīkeśo devadattaṁ dhanañ-jayaḥ pauṇḍraṁ dadhmau mahā-śaṅkhaṁ bhīma-karmā vṛkodaraḥ
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Fixing the mind on Me, with the self purified by yoga, perform thy actions, O Bharata, established in equanimity, abandoning all attachments.
anantavijayaṁ rājā kuntī-putro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca sughoṣa-maṇipuṣpakau
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Endowed with pure understanding, firmly controlling the self, turning away from sound and other objects of the senses, and casting aside attraction and aversion, he is fit for becoming one with Brahman.
kāśyaśca parameṣvāsaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca mahārathaḥ . dhṛṣṭadyumno virāṭaśca sātyakiścāparājitaḥ ||1-17||
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1.17. The king of Kasi, an exellent archer, Sikhandi, the mighty car-warrior, Dhrishtadyumna and Virata and Satyaki, the unconered.
drupado draupadeyāśca sarvaśaḥ pṛthivīpate . saubhadraśca mahābāhuḥ śaṅkhāndadhmuḥ pṛthakpṛthak ||1-18||
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1.18. Drupada and the sons of Draupadi, O Lord of the earth, and the son of Subhadra, the mighty-armed, blew their conches separately.
sa ghoṣo dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṁ hṛdayāni vyadārayat nabhaś ca pṛthivīṁ caiva tumulo ’bhyanunādayan
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The Blessed Lord said: Renunciation of action and selfless performance of action both lead to the highest bliss; but of the two, selfless performance of action is superior to renunciation of action.
atha vyavasthitān dṛṣṭvā dhārtarāṣṭrān kapi-dhvajaḥ pravṛtte śastra-sampāte dhanur udyamya pāṇḍavaḥ hṛṣīkeśaṁ tadā vākyam idam āha mahī-pate
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He who is self-controlled, who has subdued his senses, and who perceives the one Self in all beings, is not bound by his actions, even while acting.
arjuna uvāca senayor ubhayor madhye rathaṁ sthāpaya me ’cyuta yāvad etān nirīkṣe ’haṁ yoddhu-kāmān avasthitān
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Endowed with pure understanding, firmly controlling the self, turning away from sound and other objects of the senses, and casting aside attraction and aversion, he is fit for becoming one with Brahman.
yāvadetānnirikṣe.ahaṃ yoddhukāmānavasthitān . kairmayā saha yoddhavyamasmin raṇasamudyame ||1-22||
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1.22. Arjuna said In the middle between the two armies, place my chariot, O krishna, so that I may behold those who stand here desirous to fight, and know with whom I must fight, when the battle is about to commence.
yotsyamānān avekṣe ’haṁ ya ete ’tra samāgatāḥ dhārtarāṣṭrasya durbuddher yuddhe priya-cikīrṣavaḥ
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He who is self-controlled, who has subdued his senses, and who perceives the one Self in all beings, is not bound by his actions, even while acting.
sañjaya uvāca evam ukto hṛṣīkeśo guḍākeśena bhārata senayor ubhayor madhye sthāpayitvā rathottamam
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Therefore, at all times remember Me and fight. With mind and intellect absorbed in Me, thou shalt doubtless come to Me alone.
bhīṣma-droṇa-pramukhataḥ sarveṣāṁ ca mahī-kṣitām uvāca pārtha paśyaitān samavetān kurūn iti
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Fixing the mind on Me, with the self purified by yoga, perform thy actions, O Bharata, established in equanimity, abandoning all attachments.
tatrāpaśyat sthitān pārthaḥ pitṝn atha pitāmahān ācāryān mātulān bhrātṝn putrān pautrān sakhīṁs tathā śvaśurān suhṛdaś caiva senayor ubhayor api
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Therefore, at all times remember Me and fight. With mind and intellect absorbed in Me, thou shalt doubtless come to Me alone.
tān samīkṣya sa kaunteyaḥ sarvān bandhūn avasthitān kṛpayā parayāviṣṭo viṣīdann idam abravīt
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Endowed with pure understanding, firmly controlling the self, turning away from sound and other objects of the senses, and casting aside attraction and aversion, he is fit for becoming one with Brahman.
arjuna uvāca dṛṣṭvemaṁ sva-janaṁ kṛṣṇa yuyutsuṁ samupasthitam sīdanti mama gātrāṇi mukhaṁ ca pariśuṣyati
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He who is self-controlled, who has subdued his senses, and who perceives the one Self in all beings, is not bound by his actions, even while acting.
vepathuś ca śarīre me roma-harṣaś ca jāyate gāṇḍīvaṁ sraṁsate hastāt tvak caiva paridahyate
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He who is self-controlled, who has subdued his senses, and who perceives the one Self in all beings, is not bound by his actions, even while acting.
na ca śaknomy avasthātuṁ bhramatīva ca me manaḥ nimittāni ca paśyāmi viparītāni keśava
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Fixing the mind on Me, with the self purified by yoga, perform thy actions, O Bharata, established in equanimity, abandoning all attachments.
na ca śreyo ’nupaśyāmi hatvā sva-janam āhave na kāṅkṣe vijayaṁ kṛṣṇa na ca rājyaṁ sukhāni ca
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The Blessed Lord said: Renunciation of action and selfless performance of action both lead to the highest bliss; but of the two, selfless performance of action is superior to renunciation of action.
kiṁ no rājyena govinda kiṁ bhogair jīvitena vā yeṣām arthe kāṅkṣitaṁ no rājyaṁ bhogāḥ sukhāni ca
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He who is self-controlled, who has subdued his senses, and who perceives the one Self in all beings, is not bound by his actions, even while acting.
yeṣāmarthe kāṅkṣitaṃ no rājyaṃ bhogāḥ sukhāni ca . ta ime.avasthitā yuddhe prāṇāṃstyaktvā dhanāni ca ||1-33||
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1.33. Those for whose sake we desire kingdom, enjoyments and pleasures, stand here in battle, having renounced life and wealth.
ācāryāḥ pitaraḥ putrāstathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ . mātulāḥ śvaśurāḥ pautrāḥ śyālāḥ sambandhinastathā ||1-34||
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1.34. Teachers, fathers, sons and also grandfathers, maternal uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law and other relatives,-
etānna hantumicchāmi ghnato.api madhusūdana . api trailokyarājyasya hetoḥ kiṃ nu mahīkṛte ||1-35||
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1.35. These I do not wish to kill, though they kill me, O Krishna, even for the sake of dominion over the three worlds; leave alone killing them for the sake of the earth.
pāpam evāśrayed asmān hatvaitān ātatāyinaḥ tasmān nārhā vayaṁ hantuṁ dhārtarāṣṭrān sa-bāndhavān sva-janaṁ hi kathaṁ hatvā sukhinaḥ syāma mādhava
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Fixing the mind on Me, with the self purified by yoga, perform thy actions, O Bharata, established in equanimity, abandoning all attachments.
yady apy ete na paśyanti lobhopahata-cetasaḥ kula-kṣaya-kṛtaṁ doṣaṁ mitra-drohe ca pātakam
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He who is self-controlled, who has subdued his senses, and who perceives the one Self in all beings, is not bound by his actions, even while acting.
yadyapyete na paśyanti lobhopahatacetasaḥ . kulakṣayakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ mitradrohe ca pātakam ||1-38||
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1.38. Though they, with intelligence overpowered by greed, see no evil in the destruction of families, and no sin in hostility to friends,
kula-kṣaye praṇaśyanti kula-dharmāḥ sanātanāḥ dharme naṣṭe kulaṁ kṛtsnam adharmo ’bhibhavaty uta
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Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.
adharmābhibhavāt kṛṣṇa praduṣyanti kula-striyaḥ strīṣu duṣṭāsu vārṣṇeya jāyate varṇa-saṅkaraḥ
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He who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, he is wise among men, he is a Yogi and a doer of all actions.
saṅkaro narakāyaiva kula-ghnānāṁ kulasya ca patanti pitaro hy eṣāṁ lupta-piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ
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He who is self-controlled, who has subdued his senses, and who perceives the one Self in all beings, is not bound by his actions, even while acting.
doṣair etaiḥ kula-ghnānāṁ varṇa-saṅkara-kārakaiḥ utsādyante jāti-dharmāḥ kula-dharmāś ca śāśvatāḥ
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The Blessed Lord said: Renunciation of action and selfless performance of action both lead to the highest bliss; but of the two, selfless performance of action is superior to renunciation of action.
utsanna-kula-dharmāṇāṁ manuṣyāṇāṁ janārdana narake niyataṁ vāso bhavatīty anuśuśruma
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Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.
aho bata mahat pāpaṁ kartuṁ vyavasitā vayam yad rājya-sukha-lobhena hantuṁ sva-janam udyatāḥ
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Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.
yadi mām apratīkāram aśastraṁ śastra-pāṇayaḥ dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe hanyus tan me kṣema-taraṁ bhavet
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Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.
sañjaya uvāca evam uktvārjunaḥ saṅkhye rathopastha upāviśat visṛjya sa-śaraṁ cāpaṁ śoka-saṁvigna-mānasaḥ
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Fixing the mind on Me, with the self purified by yoga, perform thy actions, O Bharata, established in equanimity, abandoning all attachments.
sañjaya uvāca . evamuktvārjunaḥ saṅkhye rathopastha upāviśat . visṛjya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ śokasaṃvignamānasaḥ ||1-47||
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1.47. Sanjaya said Having thus spoken in the midst of the battlefield, Arjuna, casting away his bow and arrow, sat down on the seat of the chariot with his mind overwhelmed with sorrow.