arjuna uvāca ye śāstra-vidhim utsṛjya yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ teṣāṁ niṣṭhā tu kā kṛṣṇa sattvam āho rajas tamaḥ
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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.
śrī-bhagavān uvāca tri-vidhā bhavati śraddhā dehināṁ sā svabhāva-jā sāttvikī rājasī caiva tāmasī ceti tāṁ śṛṇu
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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.
sattvānurūpā sarvasya śraddhā bhavati bhārata śraddhā-mayo ’yaṁ puruṣo yo yac-chraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ
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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.
yajante sāttvikā devān yakṣa-rakṣāṁsi rājasāḥ pretān bhūta-gaṇāṁś cānye yajante tāmasā janāḥ
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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.
aśāstra-vihitaṁ ghoraṁ tapyante ye tapo janāḥ dambhāhaṅkāra-saṁyuktāḥ kāma-rāga-balānvitāḥ
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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.
karṣayantaḥ śarīrasthaṃ bhūtagrāmamacetasaḥ . māṃ caivāntaḥśarīrasthaṃ tānviddhyāsuraniścayān ||17-6||
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17.6 Senseless, torturing all the elements in the body and Me also, Who dwell in the body, know thou these to be of demonical resolves.
āhāras tv api sarvasya tri-vidho bhavati priyaḥ yajñas tapas tathā dānaṁ teṣāṁ bhedam imaṁ śṛṇu
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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.
āyuḥ-sattva-balārogya- sukha-prīti-vivardhanāḥ rasyāḥ snigdhāḥ sthirā hṛdyā āhārāḥ sāttvika-priyāḥ
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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.
kaṭv-amla-lavaṇāty-uṣṇa- tīkṣṇa-rūkṣa-vidāhinaḥ āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā duḥkha-śokāmaya-pradāḥ
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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.
yāta-yāmaṁ gata-rasaṁ pūti paryuṣitaṁ ca yat ucchiṣṭam api cāmedhyaṁ bhojanaṁ tāmasa-priyam
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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.
aphalākāṅkṣibhir yajño vidhi-diṣṭo ya ijyate yaṣṭavyam eveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ
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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.
abhisandhāya tu phalaṁ dambhārtham api caiva yat ijyate bharata-śreṣṭha taṁ yajñaṁ viddhi rājasam
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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.
vidhi-hīnam asṛṣṭānnaṁ mantra-hīnam adakṣiṇam śraddhā-virahitaṁ yajñaṁ tāmasaṁ paricakṣate
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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.
deva-dvija-guru-prājña- pūjanaṁ śaucam ārjavam brahmacaryam ahiṁsā ca śārīraṁ tapa ucyate
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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.
anudvega-karaṁ vākyaṁ satyaṁ priya-hitaṁ ca yat svādhyāyābhyasanaṁ caiva vāṅ-mayaṁ tapa ucyate
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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.
manaḥ-prasādaḥ saumyatvaṁ maunam ātma-vinigrahaḥ bhāva-saṁśuddhir ity etat tapo mānasam ucyate
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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.
śraddhayā parayā taptaṁ tapas tat tri-vidhaṁ naraiḥ aphalākāṅkṣibhir yuktaiḥ sāttvikaṁ paricakṣate
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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.
satkāra-māna-pūjārthaṁ tapo dambhena caiva yat kriyate tad iha proktaṁ rājasaṁ calam adhruvam
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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.
mūḍha-grāheṇātmano yat pīḍayā kriyate tapaḥ parasyotsādanārthaṁ vā tat tāmasam udāhṛtam
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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.
dātavyam iti yad dānaṁ dīyate ’nupakāriṇe deśe kāle ca pātre ca tad dānaṁ sāttvikaṁ smṛtam
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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.
yat tu pratyupakārārthaṁ phalam uddiśya vā punaḥ dīyate ca parikliṣṭaṁ tad dānaṁ rājasaṁ smṛtam
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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.
adeśa-kāle yad dānam apātrebhyaś ca dīyate asat-kṛtam avajñātaṁ tat tāmasam udāhṛtam
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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.
oṁ tat sad iti nirdeśo brahmaṇas tri-vidhaḥ smṛtaḥ brāhmaṇās tena vedāś ca yajñāś ca vihitāḥ purā
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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.
tasmād oṁ ity udāhṛtya yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-kriyāḥ pravartante vidhānoktāḥ satataṁ brahma-vādinām
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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.
tad ity anabhisandhāya phalaṁ yajña-tapaḥ-kriyāḥ dāna-kriyāś ca vividhāḥ kriyante mokṣa-kāṅkṣibhiḥ
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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.
sad-bhāve sādhu-bhāve ca sad ity etat prayujyate praśaste karmaṇi tathā sac-chabdaḥ pārtha yujyate
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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.
yajñe tapasi dāne ca sthitiḥ saditi cocyate . karma caiva tadarthīyaṃ sadityevābhidhīyate ||17-27||
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17.27 Steadfastness in sacrifice, austerity and gift, is also called 'Sat' and also action in connection with these (or for the sake of the Supreme) is called 'Sat'.
aśraddhayā hutaṁ dattaṁ tapas taptaṁ kṛtaṁ ca yat asad ity ucyate pārtha na ca tat pretya no iha
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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.