UtshovChapter 5
5.1
अर्जुन उवाच
संन्यासं कर्मणां कृष्ण पुनर्योगं च शंससि।
यच्छ्रेय एतयोरेकं तन्मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्िचतम्।।5.1।।
Arjuna uvacha
Sannyasam karmanam krishna punaryogam cha shansasi
Yachchhreya etayorekam tanme bruhi sunishichatam
Simple meaning, written by AIArjuna said: O Krishna, you praise the renunciation of actions and again yoga. Tell me definitively which of these two is better.
5.2
श्री भगवानुवाच
संन्यासः कर्मयोगश्च निःश्रेयसकरावुभौ।
तयोस्तु कर्मसंन्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते।।5.2।।
Shri bhagavanuvacha
Sannyasah karmayogashcha nihshreyasakaravubhau
Tayostu karmasannyasatkarmayogo vishishyate
Simple meaning, written by AIThe Blessed Lord said: Renunciation and karma-yoga both lead to the highest good. Of the two, karma-yoga is superior to renunciation of action.
5.3
ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति।
निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते।।5.3।।
Gyeyah sa nityasannyasi yo na dveshti na kankshati
Nirdvandvo hi mahabaho sukham bandhatpramuchyate
Simple meaning, written by AIOne who neither hates nor desires should be known as a constant renunciant. Free from pairs of opposites, such a person is easily released from bondage.
5.4
सांख्ययोगौ पृथग्बालाः प्रवदन्ति न पण्डिताः।
एकमप्यास्थितः सम्यगुभयोर्विन्दते फलम्।।5.4।।
Sankhyayogau prithagbalah pravadanti na panditah
Ekamapyasthitah samyagubhayorvindate phalam
Simple meaning, written by AIThose who are childish, not wise, say that Sankhya and yoga are different. One who properly follows even one of them gets the fruit of both.
5.5
यत्सांख्यैः प्राप्यते स्थानं तद्योगैरपि गम्यते।
एकं सांख्यं च योगं च यः पश्यति स पश्यति।।5.5।।
Yatsankhyaih prapyate sthanam tadyogairapi gamyate
Ekam sankhyam cha yogam cha yah pashyati sa pashyati
Simple meaning, written by AIThe place reached through Sankhya is also reached through yoga. One who sees Sankhya and yoga as one sees rightly.
5.6
संन्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः।
योगयुक्तो मुनिर्ब्रह्म नचिरेणाधिगच्छति।।5.6।।
Sannyasastu mahabaho duhkhamaptumayogatah
Yogayukto munirbrahma nachirenadhigachchhati
Simple meaning, written by AIRenunciation without yoga is hard to attain, O mighty-armed one. A sage united with yoga soon reaches Brahman.
5.7
योगयुक्तो विशुद्धात्मा विजितात्मा जितेन्द्रियः।
सर्वभूतात्मभूतात्मा कुर्वन्नपि न लिप्यते।।5.7।।
Yogayukto vishuddhatma vijitatma jitendriyah
Sarvabhutatmabhutatma kurvannapi na lipyate
Simple meaning, written by AIA person united in yoga, with a pure self, self-controlled, with senses conquered, and whose self is the self of all beings, is not bound even while acting.
5.8
नैव किंचित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित्।
पश्यन् श्रृणवन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्नन्गच्छन्स्वपन् श्वसन्।।5.8।।
Naiva kinchitkaromiti yukto manyeta tattvavit
Pashyan shrrinavansprishanjighrannashnangachchhansvapan shvasan
Simple meaning, written by AIThe person united in yoga, who knows the truth, thinks "I do nothing" while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving, sleeping and breathing.
5.9
प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि।
इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन्।।5.9।।
Pralapanvisrijangrihnannunmishannimishannapi
Indriyanindriyartheshu vartanta iti dharayan
Simple meaning, written by AIWhile speaking, letting go, grasping, opening and closing the eyes, one holds the view that the senses move among their objects.
5.10
ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः।
लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा।।5.10।।
Brahmanyadhaya karmani sangam tyaktva karoti yah
Lipyate na sa papena padmapatramivambhasa
Simple meaning, written by AIOne who performs actions, offering them to Brahman and giving up attachment, is not stained by sin, just as a lotus leaf is not wetted by water.
5.11
कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि।
योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वाऽऽत्मशुद्धये।।5.11।।
Kayena manasa buddhya kevalairindriyairapi
Yoginah karma kurvanti sangam tyaktvatmashuddhaye
Simple meaning, written by AIYogis perform actions with the body, mind, intellect and even the senses alone, giving up attachment, for the purification of the self.
5.12
युक्तः कर्मफलं त्यक्त्वा शान्तिमाप्नोति नैष्ठिकीम्।
अयुक्तः कामकारेण फले सक्तो निबध्यते।।5.12।।
Yuktah karmaphalam tyaktva shantimapnoti naishthikim
Ayuktah kamakarena phale sakto nibadhyate
Simple meaning, written by AIA person established in yoga, having given up attachment to the results of action, attains peace. One who is not established and clings to desire for results remains bound.
5.13
सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी।
नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन्।।5.13।।
Sarvakarmani manasa sannyasyaste sukham vashi
Navadvare pure dehi naiva kurvanna karayan
Simple meaning, written by AIHe who renounces all actions in his mind, being master of his own happiness, remains untouched; the embodied soul neither acts nor causes action.
5.14
न कर्तृत्वं न कर्माणि लोकस्य सृजति प्रभुः।
न कर्मफलसंयोगं स्वभावस्तु प्रवर्तते।।5.14।।
Na kartritvam na karmani lokasya srijati prabhuh
Na karmaphalasanyogam svabhavastu pravartate
Simple meaning, written by AIThe Lord does not create the world, nor the doer or the deeds, and He is not attached to the results of actions; His nature is beyond all.
5.15
नादत्ते कस्यचित्पापं न चैव सुकृतं विभुः।
अज्ञानेनावृतं ज्ञानं तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्तवः।।5.15।।
Nadatte kasyachitpapam na chaiva sukritam vibhuh
Agyanenavritam gyanam tena muhyanti jantavah
Simple meaning, written by AIThe Supreme does not give anyone sin or merit; because true knowledge is covered by ignorance, beings are deluded.
5.16
ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः।
तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम्।।5.16।।
Gyanena tu tadagyanam yesham nashitamatmanah
Teshamadityavajgyanam prakashayati tatparam
Simple meaning, written by AIBy true knowledge, the ignorance that has been destroyed in the self disappears; for such persons, knowledge shines like the sun.
5.17
तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः।
गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः।।5.17।।
Tadbuddhayastadatmanastannishthastatparayanah
Gachchhantyapunaravrittim gyananirdhutakalmashah
Simple meaning, written by AIThose whose intellect is fixed on the Supreme, whose self is devoted to it, and who are fully attached to it go beyond repeated birth and are freed from sin by knowledge.
5.18
विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि।
शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः।।5.18।।
Vidyavinayasampanne brahmane gavi hastini
Shuni chaiva shvapake cha panditah samadarshinah
Simple meaning, written by AIA Brahmin endowed with knowledge and humility, a cow, an elephant, a dog, a swan, a parrot, and even a scholar regard all creatures equally.
5.19
इहैव तैर्जितः सर्गो येषां साम्ये स्थितं मनः।
निर्दोषं हि समं ब्रह्म तस्माद्ब्रह्मणि ते स्थिताः।।5.19।।
Ihaiva tairjitah sargo yesham samye sthitam manah
Nirdosham hi samam brahma tasmadbrahmani te sthitah
Simple meaning, written by AIFor those whose mind rests in equality, the world here is already conquered; the flawless Brahman is identical with equality, so they abide in Brahman.
5.20
न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम्।
स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः।।5.20।।
Na prahrishyetpriyam prapya nodvijetprapya chapriyam
Sthirabuddhirasammudho brahmavidbrahmani sthitah
Simple meaning, written by AIOne should not rejoice upon getting what is pleasant nor be dejected when the unpleasant is not obtained; a person of steady mind, free from delusion, who knows Brahman stays in Brahman.
5.21
बाह्यस्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्मा विन्दत्यात्मनि यत्सुखम्।
स ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा सुखमक्षयमश्नुते।।5.21।।
Bahyasparsheshvasaktatma vindatyatmani yatsukham
Sa brahmayogayuktatma sukhamakshayamashnute
Simple meaning, written by AIA soul attached to external contacts seeks happiness in the self; the one united with Brahma‑yoga experiences endless, imperishable bliss.
5.22
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते।
आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः।।5.22।।
Ye hi sansparshaja bhoga duhkhayonaya eva te
Adyantavantah kaunteya na teshu ramate budhah
Simple meaning, written by AIThe pleasures that arise from sense contact are sources of sorrow; they have a beginning and an end, O Arjuna, and a wise person does not delight in them.
5.23
शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात्।
कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः।।5.23।।
Shaknotihaiva yah sodhum prakshariravimokshanat
Kamakrodhodbhavam vegam sa yuktah sa sukhi narah
Simple meaning, written by AIOne who can, even in this life, free himself from the body, and whose mind is attached to the desire‑ and anger‑driven impulse, is a happy person.
5.24
योऽन्तःसुखोऽन्तरारामस्तथान्तर्ज्योतिरेव यः।
स योगी ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं ब्रह्मभूतोऽधिगच्छति।।5.24।।
Yontahsukhontararamastathantarjyotireva yah
Sa yogi brahmanirvanam brahmabhutodhigachchhati
Simple meaning, written by AIHe who feels inner happiness, inner delight, and inner light, that yogi attains Brahma‑nirvana and becomes one with Brahman.
5.25
लभन्ते ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृषयः क्षीणकल्मषाः।
छिन्नद्वैधा यतात्मानः सर्वभूतहिते रताः।।5.25।।
Labhante brahmanirvanamrishayah kshinakalmashah
Chhinnadvaidha yatatmanah sarvabhutahite ratah
Simple meaning, written by AISages whose sins have faded, who have cut off all dualities, and whose self is devoted to the welfare of all beings, attain Brahma‑nirvana.
5.26
कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम्।
अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम्।।5.26।।
Kamakrodhaviyuktanam yatinam yatachetasam
Abhito brahmanirvanam vartate viditatmanam
Simple meaning, written by AIFor those whose minds are free from desire and anger, whose consciousness is steady, Brahma‑nirvana is attained; such self‑realized souls abide there.
5.27
स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवोः।
प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ।।5.27।।
Sparshankritva bahirbahyanshchakshushchaivantare bhruvoh
Pranapanau samau kritva nasabhyantaracharinau
Simple meaning, written by AIOne should control the senses by touching the outer and inner parts of the body, the eyes and eyebrows, regulating inhalation and exhalation, and the nostrils moving inward and outward.
5.28
यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिर्मुनिर्मोक्षपरायणः।
विगतेच्छाभयक्रोधो यः सदा मुक्त एव सः।।5.28।।
Yatendriyamanobuddhirmunirmokshaparayanah
Vigatechchhabhayakrodho yah sada mukta eva sah
Simple meaning, written by AIOne who has control over the senses, mind and intellect, who is a sage devoted to liberation and is free from desire, fear and anger, is always free.
5.29
भोक्तारं यज्ञतपसां सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम्।
सुहृदं सर्वभूतानां ज्ञात्वा मां शान्तिमृच्छति।।5.29।।
Bhoktaram yagyatapasam sarvalokamaheshvaram
Suhridam sarvabhutanam gyatva mam shantimrichchhati
Simple meaning, written by AIKnowing that I am the enjoyer of sacrifice, the supreme lord of all worlds, and the friend of all beings, one attains peace.