Verse
14
Annaad bhavanti bhootaani
parjanyaad anna sambhavah;
Yajnaad bhavati parjanyo
yajnah karma samudbhavah.
From
food come forth beings, and from rain food is produced; from sacrifice arises
rain, and sacrifice is born of action.
Verse
15
Karma brahmodbhavam viddhi
brahmaakshara samudbhavam;
Tasmaat sarvagatam brahma
nityam yajne pratishthitam.
Know
thou that action comes from Brahma, and Brahma proceeds from the Imperishable.
Therefore, the all-pervading (Brahma) ever rests in sacrifice.
Verse
16
Evam pravartitam chakram
naanuvartayateeha yah;
Aghaayur indriyaaraamo
mogham paartha sa jeevati.
He
who does not follow the wheel thus set revolving, who is of sinful life,
rejoicing in the senses, he lives in vain, O Arjuna!
Verse
17
Yastwaatmaratir eva syaad
aatmatriptashcha maanavah;
Aatmanyeva cha santushtas
tasya kaaryam na vidyate.
But
for that man who rejoices only in the Self, who is satisfied in the Self, who
is content in the Self alone, verily there is nothing to do.
Verse
18
Naiva tasya kritenaartho
naakriteneha kashchana;
Na chaasya sarvabhooteshu
kashchidartha vyapaashrayah.
For
him there is no interest whatsoever in what is done or what is not done; nor
does he depend on any being for any object.
Verse
19
Tasmaad asaktah satatam
kaaryam karma samaachara;
Asakto hyaacharan karma
param aapnoti poorushah.
Therefore,
without attachment, do thou always perform action which should be done; for,
by performing action without attachment man reaches the Supreme.
Verse
20
Karmanaiva hi samsiddhim
aasthitaa janakaadayah;
Lokasangraham evaapi
sampashyan kartum arhasi.
Janaka
and others attained perfection verily by action only; even with a view to the protection
of the masses thou shouldst perform action.
Verse
21
Yadyad aacharati
shreshthas tattadevetaro janah;
Sa yat pramaanam kurute
lokas tad anuvartate.
Whatsoever
a great man does, that other men also do; whatever he sets up as the standard,
that the world follows.
Verse
22
Na me paarthaasti
kartavyam trishu lokeshu kinchana;
Naanavaaptam avaaptavyam
varta eva cha karmani.
There
is nothing in the three worlds, O Arjuna, that should be done by Me, nor is
there anything unattained that should be attained; yet I engage Myself in
action!
Verse
23
Yadi hyaham na varteyam
jaatu karmanyatandritah;
Mama vartmaanuvartante
manushyaah paartha sarvashah.
For,
should I not ever engage Myself in action, unwearied, men would in every way follow
My path, O Arjuna!
Verse
24
Utseedeyur ime lokaa na
kuryaam karma ched aham;
Sankarasya cha kartaa
syaam upahanyaam imaah prajaah.
These
worlds would perish if I did not perform action; I should be the author of confusion
of castes and destruction of these beings.
Verse
25
Saktaah karmanyavidwaamso
yathaa kurvanti bhaarata;
Kuryaad vidwaam stathaa
saktash chikeershur lokasangraham.
As
the ignorant men act from attachment to action, O Bharata (Arjuna), so should
the wise act without attachment, wishing the welfare of the world!
Verse
26
Na buddhibhedam janayed
ajnaanaam karmasanginaam;
Joshayet sarva karmaani
vidwaan yuktah samaacharan.
Let
no wise man unsettle the minds of ignorant people who are attached to action;
he should engage them in all actions, himself fulfilling them with
devotion.
Verse
27
Prakriteh kriyamaanaani
gunaih karmaani sarvashah;
Ahamkaaravimoodhaatmaa kartaaham
iti manyate.
All
actions are wrought in all cases by the qualities of Nature only. He whose mind
is deluded by egoism thinks: “I am the doer”.
Verse
28
Tattwavittu mahaabaaho
gunakarma vibhaagayoh;
Gunaa guneshu vartanta iti
matwaa na sajjate.
But
he who knows the truth, Oh mighty-armed Arjuna, about the divisions of the
qualities and their functions, knowing that the Gunas as senses move
amidst the Gunas as the sense-objects, is not attached.
Verse
29
Prakriter gunasammoodhaah
sajjante gunakarmasu;
Taan akritsnavido mandaan
kritsnavin na vichaalayet.
Those
deluded by the qualities of Nature are attached to the functions of the
qualities. A man of perfect knowledge should not unsettle the foolish one
of imperfect knowledge.
Verse
30
Mayi sarvaani karmaani
sannyasyaadhyaatma chetasaa;
Niraasheer nirmamo
bhootwaa yudhyaswa vigatajwarah.
Renouncing
all actions in Me, with the mind centered in the Self, free from hope and egoism,
and from (mental) fever, do thou fight.
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