dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca dharmakṣetre kurukṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāś cai 'va kim akurvata sañjaya

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

Bhagavad Gita in 3 minutes. Including Recitation, English translation, word by word meaning and learning the sloka as a sentence.

kathaṁ na jñeyamasmābhiḥ pāpādasmānnivartitum । kulakṣayakṛtaṁ doṣaṁ prapaśyadbhirjanārdana ॥

kulakṣaye praṇaśyanti kuladharmāḥ sanātanāḥ । dharme naṣṭe kulaṃ kṛtsnamadharmo'bhibhavatyuta ॥

adharmābhibhavātkṛṣṇa praduṣyanti kulastriyaḥ । strīṣu duṣṭāsu vārṣṇeya jāyate varṇasaṁkaraḥ ॥

saṅkaro narakāyai'va kulaghnānāṃ kulasya ca । patanti pitaro hyeṣāṁ luptapiṇḍodakakriyāḥ ॥

doṣairetaiḥ kulaghnānāṁ varṇasaṁkarakārakaiḥ । utsādyante jātidharmāḥ kuladharmāśca śāśvatāḥ ॥

utsannakuladharmāṇāṁ manuṣyāṇāṁ janārdana । narakeniyataṁ vāso bhavatī'tyanuśuśruma ॥

aho bata mahatpāpaṁ kartuṁ vyavasitā vayam । yadrājyasukhalobhena hantuṁ svajanamudyatāḥ ॥

yadi māmapratīkāramaśastraṁ śastrapāṇayaḥ । dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe hanyustanme kṣemataraṁ bhavet ॥

evamuktvā'rjunaḥ saṅkhye rathopastha upāviśat । visṛjya saśaraṁ cāpaṁ śokasaṁvignamānasaḥ ॥

taṃ tathā kṛpayā'viṣṭamaśrupūrṇākulekṣaṇam । viṣīdantamidaṃ vākyamuvāca madhusūdanaḥ ॥

kutastvā kaśmalamidaṃ viṣame samupasthitam । anāryajuṣṭamasvargyamakīrtikaramarjuna ॥

klaibyaṃ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha naitattvayyupapadyate । kṣudraṃ hṛdayadaurbalyaṃ tyaktvottiṣṭha parantapa ॥

arjuna uvāca । kathaṃ bhīṣmamahaṃ saṃkhye droṇaṃ ca madhusūdana । iṣubhiḥ pratiyotsyāmi pūjārhāvarisūdana ॥

gurūnahatvā hi mahānubhāvān śreyo bhoktuṃ bhaikṣyamapīha loke । hatvārthakāmāṃstu gurūnihaiva bhuñjīya bhogān rudhirapradigdhān ॥

na caitadvidmaḥ kataranno garīyo yadvā jayema yadi vā no jayeyuḥ । yāneva hatvā na jijīviṣāma ste'vasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ ॥

kārpaṇyadoṣopahatasvabhāvaḥ pṛcchāmi tvāṃ dharmasaṃmūḍhacetāḥ । yacchreyaḥ syānniścitaṃ brūhi tanme śiṣyaste'haṃ śādhi māṃ tvāṃ prapannam ॥

na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyā yacchokamucchoṣaṇamindriyāṇām । avāpya bhūmāvasapatnamṛddham rājyaṃ surāṇāmapi cādhipatyam ।।

evamuktvā hṛṣīkeśaṃ guḍākeśaḥ parantapaḥ । na yotsya iti govindamuktvā tūṣṇīṃ babhūva ha ।।

tamuvāca hṛṣīkeśaḥ prahasanniva bhārata । senayorubhayormadhye viṣīdantamidaṃ vacaḥ ।।

aśocyānanvaśocastvaṃ prajñāvādāṃśca bhāṣase । gatāsūnagatāsūṃśca nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ ॥

na tvevāhaṃ jātu nāsaṃ na tvaṃ neme janādhipāḥ । na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ sarve vayamataḥ param ॥

dehino'sminyathā dehe kaumāraṃ yauvanaṃ jarā । tathā dehāntaraprāptirdhīrastatra na muhyati ॥

mātrāsparśāstu kaunteya śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkhadāḥ । āgamāpāyino'nityāstāṃstitikṣasva bhārata ॥

yaṃ hi na vyathayantyete puruṣaṃ puruṣarṣabha । samaduḥkhasukhaṃ dhīraṃ so'mṛtatvāya kalpate ॥

nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ । ubhayorapi dṛṣṭo'ntastvanayostattvadarśibhiḥ ॥

avināśi tu tadviddhi yena sarvamidaṃ tatam । vināśamavyayasyāsya na kaścitkartumarhati ॥

antavanta ime dehā nityasyoktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ । anāśino'prameyasya tasmādyudhyasva bhārata ॥

ya enaṃ vetti hantāraṃ yaścainaṃ manyate hatam । ubhau tau na vijānīto nāyaṃ hanti na hanyate ॥

na jāyate mriyate vā kadāci- nnāyaṃ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ । ajo nityaḥ śāśvato'yaṃ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre ॥

vedāvināśinaṃ nityaṃ ya enamajamavyayam । kathaṃ sa puruṣaḥ pārtha kaṃ ghātayati hanti kam ॥

vāsāṃsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naro'parāṇi । tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇā nyanyāni saṃyāti navāni dehī ॥

nainaṃ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṃ dahati pāvakaḥ । na cainaṃ kledayantyāpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ ॥

acchedyo'yamadāhyo'yamakledyo'śoṣya eva ca । nityaḥ sarvagataḥ sthāṇuracalo'yaṃ sanātanaḥ ॥

avyakto'yamacintyo'yamavikāryo'yamucyate । tasmādevaṃ viditvainaṃ nānuśocitumarhasi ॥

atha cainaṃ nityajātaṃ nityaṃ vā manyase mṛtam । tathāpi tvaṃ mahābāho naivaṃ śocitumarhasi ॥

jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyurdhruvaṃ janma mṛtasya ca । asmādaparihārye'rthe na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi ॥

avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyaktamadhyāni bhārata । avyaktanidhanānyeva tatra kā paridevanā ॥

āścaryavatpaśyati kaścidena- māścaryavadvadati tathaiva cānyaḥ । āścaryavaccainamanyaḥ śṛṇoti śrutvāpyenaṃ veda na caiva kaścit ॥

dehī nityamavadhyo'yaṃ dehe sarvasya bhārata । tasmātsarvāṇi bhūtāni na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi ॥

svadharmamapi cāvekṣya na vikampitumarhasi । dharmyāddhi yuddhācchreyo'nyatkṣatriyasya na vidyate ॥

yadṛcchayā copapannaṃ svargadvāramapāvṛtam । sukhinaḥ kṣatriyāḥ pārtha labhante yuddhamīdṛśam ॥

atha cettvamimaṃ dharmyaṃ saṃgrāmaṃ na kariṣyasi । tataḥ svadharmaṃ kīrtiṃ ca hitvā pāpamavāpsyasi ॥

akīrtiṃ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te'vyayām । sambhāvitasya cākīrtirmaraṇādatiricyate ॥

bhayādraṇāduparataṃ maṃsyante tvāṃ mahārathāḥ । yeṣāṃ ca tvaṃ bahumato bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam ॥

avācyavādāṃśca bahūnvadiṣyanti tavāhitāḥ । nindantastava sāmarthyaṃ tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim ॥

hato vā prāpsyasi svargaṃ jitvā vā bhokṣyase mahīm । tasmāduttiṣṭha kaunteya yuddhāya kṛtaniścayaḥ ॥

sukhaduḥkhe same kṛtvā lābhālābhau jayājayau । tato yuddhāya yujyasva naivaṃ pāpamavāpsyasi ॥

eṣā te'bhihitā sāṃkhye buddhiryoge tvimāṃ śṛṇu । buddhyā yukto yayā pārtha karmabandhaṃ prahāsyasi ॥

nehābhikramanāśo'sti pratyavāyo na vidyate । svalpamapyasya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt ॥

vyavasāyātmikā buddhirekeha kurunandana । bahuśākhā hyanantāśca buddhayo'vyavasāyinām ॥

yāmimāṃ puṣpitāṃ vācaṃ pravadantyavipaścitaḥ । vedavādaratāḥ pārtha nānyadastīti vādinaḥ ॥

kāmātmānaḥ svargaparā janmakarmaphalapradām । kriyāviśeṣabahulāṃ bhogaiśvaryagatiṃ prati ॥

bhogaiśvaryaprasaktānāṃ tayāpahṛtacetasām । vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ samādhau na vidhīyate ॥

traiguṇyaviṣayā vedā nistraiguṇyo bhavārjuna । nirdvandvo nityasattvastho niryogakṣema ātmavān ॥

yāvānartha udapāne sarvataḥ saṃplutodake । tāvānsarveṣu vedeṣu brāhmaṇasya vijānataḥ ॥

karmaṇyevādhikāraste mā phaleṣu kadācana । mā karmaphalaheturbhūrmā te saṅgo'stvakarmaṇi ॥

yogasthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā dhanaṃjaya । siddhyasiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṃ yoga ucyate ॥

dūreṇa hyavaraṃ karma buddhiyogāddhanaṃjaya । buddhau śaraṇamanviccha kṛpaṇāḥ phalahetavaḥ ॥

buddhiyukto jahātīha ubhe sukṛtaduṣkṛte । tasmādyogāya yujyasva yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam ॥

karmajaṃ buddhiyuktā hi phalaṃ tyaktvā manīṣiṇaḥ । janmabandhavinirmuktāḥ padaṃ gacchantyanāmayam ॥

yadā te mohakalilaṃ buddhirvyatitariṣyati । tadā gantāsi nirvedaṃ śrotavyasya śrutasya ca ॥

śrutivipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niścalā । samādhāvacalā buddhistadā yogamavāpsyasi ॥

arjuna uvāca sthitaprajñasya kā bhāṣā samādhisthasya keśava । sthitadhīḥ kiṃ prabhāṣeta kimāsīta vrajeta kim ॥

śrībhagavānuvāca prajahāti yadā kāmānsarvānpārtha manogatān । ātmanyevātmanā tuṣṭaḥ sthitaprajñastadocyate ॥

duḥkheṣvanudvignamanāḥ sukheṣu vigataspṛhaḥ । vītarāgabhayakrodhaḥ sthitadhīrmunirucyate ॥

yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehastattatprāpya śubhāśubham । nābhinandati na dveṣṭi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ॥

yadā saṃharate cāyaṃ kūrmo'ṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ । indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyastasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ॥

viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ । rasavarjaṃ raso'pyasya paraṃ dṛṣṭvā nivartate ॥

yatato hyapi kaunteya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ । indriyāṇi pramāthīni haranti prasabhaṃ manaḥ ॥

tāni sarvāṇi saṃyamya yukta āsīta matparaḥ । vaśe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ॥

dhyāyato viṣayānpuṃsaḥ saṅgasteṣūpajāyate । saṅgātsaṃjāyate kāmaḥ kāmātkrodho'bhijāyate ॥

krodhādbhavati saṃmohaḥ saṃmohātsmṛtivibhramaḥ । smṛtibhraṃśādbuddhināśo buddhināśātpraṇaśyati ॥

rāgadveṣaviyuktaistu viṣayānindriyaiścaran । ātmavaśyairvidheyātmā prasādamadhigacchati ॥

prasāde sarvaduḥkhānāṃ hānirasyopajāyate । prasannacetaso hyāśu buddhiḥ paryavatiṣṭhate ॥

nāsti buddhirayuktasya na cāyuktasya bhāvanā । na cābhāvayataḥ śāntiraśāntasya kutaḥ sukham ॥

indriyāṇāṃ hi caratāṃ yanmano'nu vidhīyate । tadasya harati prajñāṃ vāyurnāvamivāmbhasi ॥

tasmādyasya mahābāho nigṛhītāni sarvaśaḥ । indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyastasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ॥

yā niśā sarvabhūtānāṃ tasyāṃ jāgarti saṃyamī । yasyāṃ jāgrati bhūtāni sā niśā paśyato muneḥ ॥

āpūryamāṇamacalapratiṣṭhaṃ samudramāpaḥ praviśanti yadvat । tadvatkāmā yaṃ praviśanti sarve sa śāntimāpnoti na kāmakāmī ॥

vihāya kāmānyaḥ sarvān pumāṃścarati niḥspṛhaḥ । nirmamo nirahaṃkāraḥ sa śāntimadhigacchati ॥

eṣā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha naināṃ prāpya vimuhyati । sthitvāsyāmantakāle'pi brahmanirvāṇamṛcchati ॥

jyāyasī cetkarmaṇaste matā buddhirjanārdana । tatkiṃ karmaṇi ghore māṃ niyojayasi keśava ॥

vyāmiśreṇeva vākyena buddhiṃ mohayasīva me । tadekaṃ vada niścitya yena śreyo'hamāpnuyām ॥

loke'smindvividhā niṣṭhā purā proktā mayānagha । jñānayogena sāṃkhyānāṃ karmayogena yoginām ॥

na karmaṇāmanārambhānnaiṣkarmyaṃ puruṣo'śnute । na ca saṃnyasanādeva siddhiṃ samadhigacchati ॥

na hi kaścitkṣaṇamapi jātu tiṣṭhatyakarmakṛt । kāryate hyavaśaḥ karma sarvaḥ prakṛtijairguṇaiḥ ॥

karmendriyāṇi saṃyamya ya āste manasā smaran । indriyārthānvimūḍhātmā mithyācāraḥ sa ucyate ॥

yastvindriyāṇi manasā niyamyārabhate'rjuna । karmendriyaiḥ karmayogamasaktaḥ sa viśiṣyate ॥

niyataṃ kuru karma tvaṃ karma jyāyo hyakarmaṇaḥ । śarīrayātrāpi ca te na prasiddhyedakarmaṇaḥ ॥

yajñārthātkarmaṇo'nyatra loko'yaṃ karmabandhanaḥ । tadarthaṃ karma kaunteya muktasaṅgaḥ samācara ॥

sahayajñāḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā purovāca prajāpatiḥ । anena prasaviṣyadhvameṣa vo'stviṣṭakāmadhuk ॥

devānbhāvayatānena te devā bhāvayantu vaḥ । parasparaṃ bhāvayantaḥ śreyaḥ paramavāpsyatha ॥

iṣṭānbhogānhi vo devā dāsyante yajñabhāvitāḥ । tairdattānapradāyaibhyo yo bhuṅkte stena eva saḥ ॥

yajñaśiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarvakilbiṣaiḥ । bhuñjate te tvaghaṃ pāpā ye pacantyātmakāraṇāt ॥

annādbhavanti bhūtāni parjanyādannasambhavaḥ । yajñādbhavati parjanyo yajñaḥ karmasamudbhavaḥ ॥

karma brahmodbhavaṃ viddhi brahmākṣarasamudbhavam ।tasmātsarvagataṃ brahma nityaṃ yajñe pratiṣṭhitam ॥

evaṃ pravartitaṃ cakraṃ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ । aghāyurindriyārāmo moghaṃ pārtha sa jīvati ॥

yastvātmaratireva syādātmatṛptaśca mānavaḥ । ātmanyeva ca santuṣṭastasya kāryaṃ na vidyate ॥

naiva tasya kṛtenārtho nākṛteneha kaścana । na cāsya sarvabhūteṣu kaścidarthavyapāśrayaḥ ॥

tasmādasaktaḥ satataṃ kāryaṃ karma samācara । asakto hyācarankarma paramāpnoti pūruṣaḥ ॥

karmaṇaiva hi saṃsiddhimāsthitā janakādayaḥ । lokasaṃgrahamevāpi saṃpaśyankartumarhasi ॥

yadyadācarati śreṣṭhastattadevetaro janaḥ । sa yatpramāṇaṃ kurute lokastadanuvartate ॥

na me pārthāsti kartavyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu kiñcana । nānavāptamavāptavyaṃ varta eva ca karmaṇi ॥

yadi hyahaṃ na varteyaṃ jātu karmaṇyatandritaḥ । mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ ॥

utsīdeyurime lokā na kuryāṃ karma cedaham । saṅkarasya ca kartā syāmupahanyāmimāḥ prajāḥ ॥

saktāḥ karmaṇyavidvāṃso yathā kurvanti bhārata । kuryādvidvāṃstathāsaktaścikīrṣurlokasaṅgraham ॥

na buddhibhedaṃ janayedajñānāṃ karmasaṅginām । joṣayetsarvakarmāṇi vidvānyuktaḥ samācaran ॥

prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ । ahaṅkāravimūḍhātmā kartāhamiti manyate ॥

tattvavittu mahābāho guṇakarmavibhāgayoḥ । guṇā guṇeṣu vartanta iti matvā na sajjate ॥