Srimad Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18 Lyrics In English
atha ashhtaadasho.adhyaayah ।
arjuna uvaacha ।
samnyaasasya mahaabaaho tattvamichchaami veditum ।
tyaagasya cha hrrishheekesha prrithakkeshinishhoodana ॥ 1 ॥
shreebhagavaanuvaacha ।
kaamyaanaam karmanaam nyaasam samnyaasam kavayo viduh ।
sarvakarmaphalatyaagam praahustyaagam vichakshhanaah ॥ 2 ॥
tyaajyam doshhavadityeke karma praahurmaneeshhinah ।
yajjhnadaanatapahkarma na tyaajyamiti chaapare ॥ 3 ॥
nishchayam shrrinu me tatra tyaage bharatasattama ।
tyaago hi purushhavyaaghra trividhah samprakeertitah ॥ 4 ॥
yajjhnadaanatapahkarma na tyaajyam kaaryameva tat ।
yajjhno daanam tapashchaiva paavanaani maneeshhinaam ॥ 5 ॥
etaanyapi tu karmaani sangam tyaktvaa phalaani cha ।
kartavyaaneeti me paartha nishchitam matamuttamam ॥ 6 ॥
niyatasya tu samnyaasah karmano nopapadyate ।
mohaattasya parityaagastaamasah parikeertitah ॥ 7 ॥
duhkhamityeva yatkarma kaayakleshabhayaattyajet ।
sa krritvaa raajasam tyaagam naiva tyaagaphalam labhet ॥ 8 ॥
kaaryamityeva yatkarma niyatam kriyate.arjuna ।
sangam tyaktvaa phalam chaiva sa tyaagah saattviko matah ॥ 9 ॥
na dveshhtyakushalam karma kushale naanushhajjate ।
tyaagee sattvasamaavishhto medhaavee chinnasamshayah ॥ 10 ॥
na hi dehabhrritaa shakyam tyaktum karmaanyasheshhatah ।
yastu karmaphalatyaagee sa tyaageetyabhidheeyate ॥ 11 ॥
anishhtamishhtam mishram cha trividham karmanah phalam ।
bhavatyatyaaginaam pretya na tu samnyaasinaam kvachit ॥ 12 ॥
panchaitaani mahaabaaho kaaranaani nibodha me ।
saamkhye krritaante proktaani siddhaye sarvakarmanaam ॥ 13 ॥
adhishhthaanam tathaa kartaa karanam cha prrithagvidham ।
vividhaashcha prrithakcheshhtaa daivam chaivaatra panchamam ॥ 14 ॥
shareeravaanmanobhiryatkarma praarabhate narah ।
nyaayyam vaa vipareetam vaa panchaite tasya hetavah ॥ 15 ॥
tatraivam sati kartaaramaatmaanam kevalam tu yah ।
pashyatyakrritabuddhitvaanna sa pashyati durmatih ॥ 16 ॥
yasya naahamkrrito bhaavo buddhiryasya na lipyate ।
hatvaa.api sa imaamllokaanna hanti na nibadhyate ॥ 17 ॥
jjhnaanam jjhneyam parijjhnaataa trividhaa karmachodanaa ।
karanam karma karteti trividhah karmasamgrahah ॥ 18 ॥
jjhnaanam karma cha kartaa cha tridhaiva gunabhedatah ।
prochyate gunasamkhyaane yathaavachchrrinu taanyapi ॥ 19 ॥
sarvabhooteshhu yenaikam bhaavamavyayameekshhate ।
avibhaktam vibhakteshhu tajjjhnaanam viddhi saattvikam ॥ 20 ॥
prrithaktvena tu yajjjhnaanam naanaabhaavaanprrithagvidhaan ।
vetti sarveshhu bhooteshhu tajjjhnaanam viddhi raajasam ॥ 21 ॥
yattu krritsnavadekasminkaarye saktamahaitukam ।
atattvaarthavadalpam cha tattaamasamudaahrritam ॥ 22 ॥
niyatam sangarahitamaraagadveshhatah krritam ।
aphalaprepsunaa karma yattatsaattvikamuchyate ॥ 23 ॥
yattu kaamepsunaa karma saahamkaarena vaa punah ।
kriyate bahulaayaasam tadraajasamudaahrritam ॥ 24 ॥
anubandham kshhayam himsaamanapekshhya cha paurushham ।
mohaadaarabhyate karma yattattaamasamuchyate ॥ 25 ॥
muktasango.anahamvaadee dhrrityutsaahasamanvitah ।
siddhyasiddhyornirvikaarah kartaa saattvika uchyate ॥ 26 ॥
raagee karmaphalaprepsurlubdho himsaatmako.ashuchih ।
harshhashokaanvitah kartaa raajasah parikeertitah ॥ 27 ॥
ayuktah praakrritah stabdhah shatho naishhkrritiko.alasah ।
vishhaadee deerghasootree cha kartaa taamasa uchyate ॥ 28 ॥
buddherbhedam dhrriteshchaiva gunatastrividham shrrinu ।
prochyamaanamasheshhena prrithaktvena dhanamjaya ॥ 29 ॥
pravrrittim cha nivrrittim cha kaaryaakaarye bhayaabhaye ।
bandham mokshham cha yaa vetti buddhih saa paartha saattvikee ॥ 30 ॥
yayaa dharmamadharmam cha kaaryam chaakaaryameva cha ।
ayathaavatprajaanaati buddhih saa paartha raajasee ॥ 31 ॥
adharmam dharmamiti yaa manyate tamasaavrritaa ।
sarvaarthaanvipareetaamshcha buddhih saa paartha taamasee ॥ 32 ॥
dhrrityaa yayaa dhaarayate manahpraanendriyakriyaah ।
yogenaavyabhichaarinyaa dhrritih saa paartha saattvikee ॥ 33 ॥
yayaa tu dharmakaamaarthaandhrrityaa dhaarayate.arjuna ।
prasangena phalaakaankshhee dhrritih saa paartha raajasee ॥ 34 ॥
yayaa svapnam bhayam shokam vishhaadam madameva cha ।
na vimunchati durmedhaa dhrritih saa paartha taamasee ॥ 35 ॥
sukham tvidaaneem trividham shrrinu me bharatarshhabha ।
abhyaasaadramate yatra duhkhaantam cha nigachchati ॥ 36 ॥
yattadagre vishhamiva parinaame.amrritopamam ।
tatsukham saattvikam proktamaatmabuddhiprasaadajam ॥ 37 ॥
vishhayendriyasamyogaadyattadagre.amrritopamam ।
parinaame vishhamiva tatsukham raajasam smrritam ॥ 38 ॥
yadagre chaanubandhe cha sukham mohanamaatmanah ।
nidraalasyapramaadottham tattaamasamudaahrritam ॥ 39 ॥
na tadasti prrithivyaam vaa divi deveshhu vaa punah ।
sattvam prakrritijairmuktam yadebhih syaattribhirgunaih ॥ 40 ॥
braahmanakshhatriyavishaam shoodraanaam cha paramtapa ।
karmaani pravibhaktaani svabhaavaprabhavairgunaih ॥ 41 ॥
shamo damastapah shaucham kshhaantiraarjavameva cha ।
jjhnaanam vijjhnaanamaastikyam brahmakarma svabhaavajam ॥ 42 ॥
shauryam tejo dhrritirdaakshhyam yuddhe chaapyapalaayanam ।
daanameeshvarabhaavashcha kshhaatram karma svabhaavajam ॥ 43 ॥
krrishhigaurakshhyavaanijyam vaishyakarma svabhaavajam ।
paricharyaatmakam karma shoodrasyaapi svabhaavajam ॥ 44 ॥
sve sve karmanyabhiratah samsiddhim labhate narah ।
svakarmaniratah siddhim yathaa vindati tachchrrinu ॥ 45 ॥
yatah pravrrittirbhootaanaam yena sarvamidam tatam ।
svakarmanaa tamabhyarchya siddhim vindati maanavah ॥ 46 ॥
shreyaansvadharmo vigunah paradharmotsvanushhthitaat ।
svabhaavaniyatam karma kurvannaapnoti kilbishham ॥ 47 ॥
sahajam karma kaunteya sadoshhamapi na tyajet ।
sarvaarambhaa hi doshhena dhoomenaagnirivaavrritaah ॥ 48 ॥
asaktabuddhih sarvatra jitaatmaa vigatasprrihah ।
naishhkarmyasiddhim paramaam samnyaasenaadhigachchati ॥ 49 ॥
siddhim praapto yathaa brahma tathaapnoti nibodha me ।
samaasenaiva kaunteya nishhthaa jjhnaanasya yaa paraa ॥ 50 ॥
buddhyaa vishuddhayaa yukto dhrrityaatmaanam niyamya cha ।
shabdaadeenvishhayaamstyaktvaa raagadveshhau vyudasya cha ॥ 51 ॥
viviktasevee laghvaashee yatavaakkaayamaanasah ।
dhyaanayogaparo nityam vairaagyam samupaashritah ॥ 52 ॥
ahamkaaram balam darpam kaamam krodham parigraham ।
vimuchya nirmamah shaanto brahmabhooyaaya kalpate ॥ 53 ॥
brahmabhootah prasannaatmaa na shochati na kaankshhati ।
samah sarveshhu bhooteshhu madbhaktim labhate paraam ॥ 54 ॥
bhaktyaa maamabhijaanaati yaavaanyashchaasmi tattvatah ।
tato maam tattvato jjhnaatvaa vishate tadanantaram ॥ 55 ॥
sarvakarmaanyapi sadaa kurvaano madvyapaashrayah ।
matprasaadaadavaapnoti shaashvatam padamavyayam ॥ 56 ॥
chetasaa sarvakarmaani mayi samnyasya matparah ।
buddhiyogamupaashritya machchittah satatam bhava ॥ 57 ॥
machchittah sarvadurgaani matprasaadaattarishhyasi ।
atha chettvamahamkaaraanna shroshhyasi vinankshhyasi ॥ 58 ॥
yadahamkaaramaashritya na yotsya iti manyase ।
mithyaishha vyavasaayaste prakrritistvaam niyokshhyati ॥ 59 ॥
svabhaavajena kaunteya nibaddhah svena karmanaa ।
kartum nechchasi yanmohaatkarishhyasyavasho.api tat ॥ 60 ॥
eeshvarah sarvabhootaanaam hrriddeshe.arjuna tishhthati ।
bhraamayansarvabhootaani yantraarooDhaani maayayaa ॥ 61 ॥
tameva sharanam gachcha sarvabhaavena bhaarata ।
tatprasaadaatparaam shaantim sthaanam praapsyasi shaashvatam ॥ 62 ॥
iti te jjhnaanamaakhyaatam guhyaadguhyataram mayaa ।
vimrrishyaitadasheshhena yathechchasi tathaa kuru ॥ 63 ॥
sarvaguhyatamam bhooyah shrrinu me paramam vachah ।
ishhto.asi me drriDhamiti tato vakshhyaami te hitam ॥ 64 ॥
manmanaa bhava madbhakto madyaajee maam namaskuru ।
maamevaishhyasi satyam te pratijaane priyo.asi me ॥ 65 ॥
sarvadharmaanparityajya maamekam sharanam vraja ।
aham tvaa sarvapaapebhyo mokshhayishhyaami maa shuchah ॥ 66 ॥
idam te naatapaskaaya naabhaktaaya kadaachana ।
na chaashushrooshhave vaachyam na cha maam yo.abhyasooyati ॥ 67 ॥
ya imam paramam guhyam madbhakteshhvabhidhaasyati ।
bhaktim mayi paraam krritvaa maamevaishhyatyasamshayah ॥ 68 ॥
na cha tasmaanmanushhyeshhu kashchinme priyakrrittamah ।
bhavitaa na cha me tasmaadanyah priyataro bhuvi ॥ 69 ॥
adhyeshhyate cha ya imam dharmyam samvaadamaavayoh ।
jjhnaanayajjhnena tenaahamishhtah syaamiti me matih ॥ 70 ॥
shraddhaavaananasooyashcha shrrinuyaadapi yo narah ।
so.api muktah shubhaamllokaanpraapnuyaatpunyakarmanaam ॥ 71 ॥
kachchidetachchrutam paartha tvayaikaagrena chetasaa ।
kachchidajjhnaanasammohah pranashhtaste dhanamjaya ॥ 72 ॥
arjuna uvaacha ।
nashhto mohah smrritirlabdhaa tvatprasaadaanmayaachyuta ।
sthito.asmi gatasamdehah karishhye vachanam tava ॥ 73 ॥
samjaya uvaacha ।
ityaham vaasudevasya paarthasya cha mahaatmanah ।
samvaadamimamashraushhamadbhutam romaharshhanam ॥ 74 ॥
vyaasaprasaadaachchrutavaanetadguhyamaham param ।
yogam yogeshvaraatkrrishhnaatsaakshhaatkathayatah svayam ॥ 75 ॥
raajansamsmrritya samsmrritya samvaadamimamadbhutam ।
keshavaarjunayoh punyam hrrishhyaami cha muhurmuhuh ॥ 76 ॥
tachcha samsmrritya samsmrritya roopamatyadbhutam hareh ।
vismayo me mahaanraajanhrrishhyaami cha punah punah ॥ 77 ॥
yatra yogeshvarah krrishhno yatra paartho dhanurdharah ।
tatra shreervijayo bhootirdhruvaa neetirmatirmama ॥ 78 ॥
om tatsaditi shreemadbhagavadgeetaasoopanishhatsu brahmavidyaayaam yogashaastre shreekrrishhnaarjunasamvaade
mokshhasamnyaasayogo naamaashhtaadasho.adhyaayah ॥ 18 ॥
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