śrī-bhagavān uvāca paraṁ bhūyaḥ pravakṣyāmi jñānānāṁ jñānam uttamam yaj jñātvā munayaḥ sarve parāṁ siddhim ito gatāḥ
Universal Translation
Fixing the mind on Me, with the self purified by yoga, perform thy actions, O Bharata, established in equanimity, abandoning all attachments.
idaṁ jñānam upāśritya mama sādharmyam āgatāḥ sarge ’pi nopajāyante pralaye na vyathanti ca
Universal Translation
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.
mama yonir mahad brahma tasmin garbhaṁ dadhāmy aham sambhavaḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ tato bhavati bhārata
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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.
sarva-yoniṣu kaunteya mūrtayaḥ sambhavanti yāḥ tāsāṁ brahma mahad yonir ahaṁ bīja-pradaḥ pitā
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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.
sattvaṁ rajas tama iti guṇāḥ prakṛti-sambhavāḥ nibadhnanti mahā-bāho dehe dehinam avyayam
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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.
tatra sattvaṁ nirmalatvāt prakāśakam anāmayam sukha-saṅgena badhnāti jñāna-saṅgena cānagha
Universal Translation
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.
rajo rāgātmakaṁ viddhi tṛṣṇā-saṅga-samudbhavam tan nibadhnāti kaunteya karma-saṅgena dehinam
Universal Translation
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.
tamas tv ajñāna-jaṁ viddhi mohanaṁ sarva-dehinām pramādālasya-nidrābhis tan nibadhnāti bhārata
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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.
sattvaṁ sukhe sañjayati rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārata jñānam āvṛtya tu tamaḥ pramāde sañjayaty uta
Universal Translation
Fixing the mind on Me, with the self purified by yoga, perform thy actions, O Bharata, established in equanimity, abandoning all attachments.
rajas tamaś cābhibhūya sattvaṁ bhavati bhārata rajaḥ sattvaṁ tamaś caiva tamaḥ sattvaṁ rajas tathā
Universal Translation
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.
sarva-dvāreṣu dehe ’smin prakāśa upajāyate jñānaṁ yadā tadā vidyād vivṛddhaṁ sattvam ity uta
Universal Translation
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.
lobhaḥ pravṛttir ārambhaḥ karmaṇām aśamaḥ spṛhā rajasy etāni jāyante vivṛddhe bharatarṣabha
Universal Translation
Fixing the mind on Me, with the self purified by yoga, perform thy actions, O Bharata, established in equanimity, abandoning all attachments.
aprakāśo ’pravṛttiś ca pramādo moha eva ca tamasy etāni jāyante vivṛddhe kuru-nandana
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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.
yadā sattve pravṛddhe tu pralayaṁ yāti deha-bhṛt tadottama-vidāṁ lokān amalān pratipadyate
Universal Translation
Therefore, at all times remember Me and fight. With mind and intellect absorbed in Me, thou shalt doubtless come to Me alone.
rajasi pralayaṁ gatvā karma-saṅgiṣu jāyate tathā pralīnas tamasi mūḍha-yoniṣu jāyate
Universal Translation
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.
karmaṇaḥ sukṛtasyāhuḥ sāttvikaṁ nirmalaṁ phalam rajasas tu phalaṁ duḥkham ajñānaṁ tamasaḥ phalam
Universal Translation
Therefore, at all times remember Me and fight. With mind and intellect absorbed in Me, thou shalt doubtless come to Me alone.
sattvāt sañjāyate jñānaṁ rajaso lobha eva ca pramāda-mohau tamaso bhavato ’jñānam eva ca
Universal Translation
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.
ūrdhvaṁ gacchanti sattva-sthā madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ jaghanya-guṇa-vṛtti-sthā adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ
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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.
nānyaṁ guṇebhyaḥ kartāraṁ yadā draṣṭānupaśyati guṇebhyaś ca paraṁ vetti mad-bhāvaṁ so ’dhigacchati
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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.
guṇān etān atītya trīn dehī deha-samudbhavān janma-mṛtyu-jarā-duḥkhair vimukto ’mṛtam aśnute
Universal Translation
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.
arjuna uvāca kair liṅgais trīn guṇān etān atīto bhavati prabho kim-ācāraḥ kathaṁ caitāṁs trīn guṇān ativartate
Universal Translation
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.
śrī-bhagavān uvāca prakāśaṁ ca pravṛttiṁ ca moham eva ca pāṇḍava na dveṣṭi sampravṛttāni na nivṛttāni kāṅkṣati
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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.
udāsīnavadāsīno guṇairyo na vicālyate . guṇā vartanta ityevaṃ yo.avatiṣṭhati neṅgate ||14-23||
Universal Translation
14.23 He who, seated like one unconcerned, is not moved by the alities, and who, knowing that the alities are active, is self-centred and moves not.
samaduḥkhasukhaḥ svasthaḥ samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ . tulyapriyāpriyo dhīrastulyanindātmasaṃstutiḥ ||14-24||
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14.24 Who is the same in pleasure and pain, who dwells in the Self, to whom a clod of earth, stone and gold are alike, who is the same to the dear and the unfriendly, who is firm, and to whom censure and praise are as one.
mānāpamānayostulyastulyo mitrāripakṣayoḥ . sarvārambhaparityāgī guṇātītaḥ sa ucyate ||14-25||
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14.25 Who is the same in honour and dishonour, the same to friend and foe, abandoning all undertakings he is said to have transcended the alities.
māṁ ca yo ’vyabhicāreṇa bhakti-yogena sevate sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate
Universal Translation
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.
brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāham amṛtasyāvyayasya ca śāśvatasya ca dharmasya sukhasyaikāntikasya ca
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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.