function sloka(number, sanskrit, translation) { this.number = number; this.sanskrit = sanskrit; this.translation = translation; } /* var gita = new Array( new Array( new sloka( "TEXT 1", new Array( "d\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Dv\u0101 tu p\u0101\u1E47\u1E0Dav\u0101n\u012Bka\u1E41", "sa\u00F1jaya uv\u0101ca", "\u0101c\u0101ryam upasa\u1E45gamya", "mmak pav caiva", "kim akurvata sanjaya" ), "\u0044\u0068\u0072\u0323\u0074\u0061\u0072\u0101\u0073\u0323\u0074\u0323\u0072\u0061\u0020\u0073\u0061\u0069\u0064\u003a\u0020\u004f\u0020\u0053\u0061\u00f1\u006a\u0061\u0079\u0061\u002c\u0020\u0061\u0066\u0074\u0065\u0072\u0020\u006d\u0079\u0020\u0073\u006f\u006e\u0073\u0020\u0061\u006e\u0064\u0020\u0074\u0068\u0065\u0020\u0073\u006f\u006e\u0073\u0020\u006f\u0066\u0020\u0050\u0101\u006e\u0323\u0064\u0323\u0075\u0020\u0061\u0073\u0073\u0065\u006d\u0062\u006c\u0065\u0064\u0020\u0069\u006e\u0020\u0074\u0068\u0065\u0020\u0070\u006c\u0061\u0063\u0065\u0020\u006f\u0066\u0020\u0070\u0069\u006c\u0067\u0072\u0069\u006d\u0061\u0067\u0065\u0020\u0061\u0074\u0020\u004b\u0075\u0072\u0075\u006b\u0073\u0323\u0065\u0074\u0072\u0061\u002c\u0020\u0064\u0065\u0073\u0069\u0072\u0069\u006e\u0067\u0020\u0074\u006f\u0020\u0066\u0069\u0067\u0068\u0074\u002c\u0020\u0077\u0068\u0061\u0074\u0020\u0064\u0069\u0064\u0020\u0074\u0068\u0065\u0079\u0020\u0064\u006f\u003f" ), new sloka("bg 4233.5",new Array( "a2", "b2", "c2"), "translation2"), new sloka("bg 4233.5",new Array( "a2", "b2", "c2"), "translation2")), new Array( new sloka( "bg 23.2", new Array( "a", "b", "c" ), "translation" ), new sloka( "bg 4233.5", new Array( "a2", "b2", "c2" ), "translation2" ) ) ); */ var gita = new Array( new Array( new sloka("1.1",new Array( "dh\u1E5Btar\u0101\u1E63\u1E6Dra uv\u0101ca", "dharma-k\u1E63etre kuru-k\u1E63etre", "samavet\u0101 yuyutsava\u1E25", "m\u0101mak\u0101\u1E25 p\u0101\u1E47\u1E0Dav\u0101\u015B caiva", "kim akurvata sa\u00F1jaya"), "Dh\u1E5Btar\u0101\u1E63\u1E6Dra said: O Sa\u00F1jaya, after my sons and the sons of P\u0101\u1E47\u1E0Du assembled in the place of pilgrimage at Kuruk\u1E63etra, desiring to fight, what did they do?"), new sloka("1.2",new Array( "sa\u00F1jaya uv\u0101ca", "d\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Dv\u0101 tu p\u0101\u1E47\u1E0Dav\u0101n\u012Bka\u1E41", "vy\u016B\u1E0Dha\u1E41 duryodhanas tad\u0101", "\u0101c\u0101ryam upasa\u1E45gamya", "r\u0101j\u0101 vacanam abrav\u012Bt"), "Sa\u00F1jaya said: O King, after looking over the army arranged in military formation by the sons of P\u0101\u1E47\u1E0Du, King Duryodhana went to his teacher and spoke the following words."), new sloka("1.3",new Array( "pa\u015Byait\u0101\u1E41 p\u0101\u1E47\u1E0Du-putr\u0101\u1E47\u0101m", "\u0101c\u0101rya mahat\u012B\u1E41 cam\u016Bm", "vy\u016B\u1E0Dh\u0101\u1E41 drupada-putre\u1E47a", "tava \u015Bi\u1E63ye\u1E47a dh\u012Bmat\u0101"), "O my teacher, behold the great army of the sons of P\u0101\u1E47\u1E0Du, so expertly arranged by your intelligent disciple the son of Drupada."), new sloka("1.4",new Array( "atra \u015B\u016Br\u0101 mahe\u1E63v-\u0101s\u0101", "bh\u012Bm\u0101rjuna-sam\u0101 yudhi", "yuyudh\u0101no vir\u0101\u1E6Da\u015B ca", "drupada\u015B ca mah\u0101-ratha\u1E25"), "Here in this army are many heroic bowmen equal in fighting to Bh\u012Bma and Arjuna: great fighters like Yuyudh\u0101na, Vir\u0101\u1E6Da and Drupada."), new sloka("1.5",new Array( "dh\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Daketu\u015B cekit\u0101na\u1E25", "k\u0101\u015Bir\u0101ja\u015B ca v\u012Bryav\u0101n", "purujit kuntibhoja\u015B ca", "\u015Baibya\u015B ca nara-pu\u1E45gava\u1E25"), "There are also great, heroic, powerful fighters like Dh\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Daketu, Cekit\u0101na, K\u0101\u015Bir\u0101ja, Purujit, Kuntibhoja and \u015Aaibya."), new sloka("1.6",new Array( "yudh\u0101manyu\u015B ca vikr\u0101nta", "uttamauj\u0101\u015B ca v\u012Bryav\u0101n", "saubhadro draupadey\u0101\u015B ca", "sarva eva mah\u0101-rath\u0101\u1E25"), "There are the mighty Yudh\u0101manyu, the very powerful Uttamauj\u0101, the son of Subhadr\u0101 and the sons of Draupad\u012B. All these warriors are great chariot fighters."), new sloka("1.7",new Array( "asm\u0101ka\u1E41 tu vi\u015Bi\u1E63\u1E6D\u0101 ye", "t\u0101n nibodha dvijottama", "n\u0101yak\u0101 mama sainyasya", "sa\u1E41j\u00F1\u0101rtha\u1E41 t\u0101n brav\u012Bmi te"), "But for your information, O best of the br\u0101hma\u1E47as, let me tell you about the captains who are especially qualified to lead my military force."), new sloka("1.8",new Array( "bhav\u0101n bh\u012B\u1E63ma\u015B ca kar\u1E47a\u015B ca", "k\u1E5Bpa\u015B ca samiti\u1E41-jaya\u1E25", "a\u015Bvatth\u0101m\u0101 vikar\u1E47a\u015B ca", "saumadattis tathaiva ca"), "There are personalities like you, Bh\u012B\u1E63ma, Kar\u1E47a, K\u1E5Bpa, A\u015Bvatth\u0101m\u0101, Vikar\u1E47a and the son of Somadatta called Bh\u016Bri\u015Brav\u0101, who are always victorious in battle."), new sloka("1.9",new Array( "anye ca bahava\u1E25 \u015B\u016Br\u0101", "mad-arthe tyakta-j\u012Bvit\u0101\u1E25", "n\u0101n\u0101-\u015Bastra-prahara\u1E47\u0101\u1E25", "sarve yuddha-vi\u015B\u0101rad\u0101\u1E25"), "There are many other heroes who are prepared to lay down their lives for my sake. All of them are well equipped with different kinds of weapons, and all are experienced in military science."), new sloka("1.10",new Array( "apary\u0101pta\u1E41 tad asm\u0101ka\u1E41", "bala\u1E41 bh\u012B\u1E63m\u0101bhirak\u1E63itam", "pary\u0101pta\u1E41 tv idam ete\u1E63\u0101\u1E41", "bala\u1E41 bh\u012Bm\u0101bhirak\u1E63itam"), "Our strength is immeasurable, and we are perfectly protected by Grandfather Bh\u012B\u1E63ma, whereas the strength of the P\u0101\u1E47\u1E0Davas, carefully protected by Bh\u012Bma, is limited."), new sloka("1.11",new Array( "ayane\u1E63u ca sarve\u1E63u", "yath\u0101-bh\u0101gam avasthit\u0101\u1E25", "bh\u012B\u1E63mam ev\u0101bhirak\u1E63antu", "bhavanta\u1E25 sarva eva hi"), "All of you must now give full support to Grandfather Bh\u012B\u1E63ma, as you stand at your respective strategic points of entrance into the phalanx of the army."), new sloka("1.12",new Array( "tasya sa\u00F1janayan har\u1E63a\u1E41", "kuru-v\u1E5Bddha\u1E25 pit\u0101maha\u1E25", "si\u1E41ha-n\u0101da\u1E41 vinadyoccai\u1E25", "\u015Ba\u1E45kha\u1E41 dadhmau prat\u0101pav\u0101n"), "Then Bh\u012B\u1E63ma, the great valiant grandsire of the Kuru dynasty, the grandfather of the fighters, blew his conchshell very loudly, making a sound like the roar of a lion, giving Duryodhana joy."), new sloka("1.13",new Array( "tata\u1E25 \u015Ba\u1E45kh\u0101\u015B ca bherya\u015B ca", "pa\u1E47av\u0101naka-gomukh\u0101\u1E25", "sahasaiv\u0101bhyahanyanta", "sa \u015Babdas tumulo 'bhavat"), "After that, the conchshells, drums, bugles, trumpets and horns were all suddenly sounded, and the combined sound was tumultuous."), new sloka("1.14",new Array( "tata\u1E25 \u015Bvetair hayair yukte", "mahati syandane sthitau", "m\u0101dhava\u1E25 p\u0101\u1E47\u1E0Dava\u015B caiva", "divyau \u015Ba\u1E45khau pradadhmatu\u1E25"), "On the other side, both Lord K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a and Arjuna, stationed on a great chariot drawn by white horses, sounded their transcendental conchshells."), new sloka("1.15",new Array( "p\u0101\u00F1cajanya\u1E41 h\u1E5B\u1E63\u012Bke\u015Bo", "devadatta\u1E41 dhana\u00F1jaya\u1E25", "pau\u1E47\u1E0Dra\u1E41 dadhmau mah\u0101-\u015Ba\u1E45kha\u1E41", "bh\u012Bma-karm\u0101 v\u1E5Bkodara\u1E25"), "Lord K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a blew His conchshell, called P\u0101\u00F1cajanya; Arjuna blew his, the Devadatta; and Bh\u012Bma, the voracious eater and performer of herculean tasks, blew his terrific conchshell, called Pau\u1E47\u1E0Dra."), new sloka("1.16-18",new Array( "anantavijaya\u1E41 r\u0101j\u0101", "kunt\u012B-putro yudhi\u1E63\u1E6Dhira\u1E25", "nakula\u1E25 sahadeva\u015B ca", "sugho\u1E63a-ma\u1E47ipu\u1E63pakau", "", "k\u0101\u015Bya\u015B ca parame\u1E63v-\u0101sa\u1E25", "\u015Bikha\u1E47\u1E0D\u012B ca mah\u0101-ratha\u1E25", "dh\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Dadyumno vir\u0101\u1E6Da\u015B ca", "s\u0101tyaki\u015B c\u0101par\u0101jita\u1E25", "", "drupado draupadey\u0101\u015B ca", "sarva\u015Ba\u1E25 p\u1E5Bthiv\u012B-pate", "saubhadra\u015B ca mah\u0101-b\u0101hu\u1E25", "\u015Ba\u1E45kh\u0101n dadhmu\u1E25 p\u1E5Bthak p\u1E5Bthak"), "King Yudhi\u1E63\u1E6Dhira, the son of Kunt\u012B, blew his conchshell, the Ananta-vijaya, and Nakula and Sahadeva blew the Sugho\u1E63a and Ma\u1E47ipu\u1E63paka. That great archer the King of K\u0101\u015B\u012B, the great fighter \u015Aikha\u1E47\u1E0D\u012B, Dh\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Dadyumna, Vir\u0101\u1E6Da, the unconquerable S\u0101tyaki, Drupada, the sons of Draupad\u012B, and the others, O King, such as the mighty-armed son of Subhadr\u0101, all blew their respective conchshells."), new sloka("1.19",new Array( "sa gho\u1E63o dh\u0101rtar\u0101\u1E63\u1E6Dr\u0101\u1E47\u0101\u1E41", "h\u1E5Bday\u0101ni vyad\u0101rayat", "nabha\u015B ca p\u1E5Bthiv\u012B\u1E41 caiva", "tumulo 'bhyanun\u0101dayan"), "The blowing of these different conchshells became uproarious. Vibrating both in the sky and on the earth, it shattered the hearts of the sons of Dh\u1E5Btar\u0101\u1E63\u1E6Dra."), new sloka("1.20",new Array( "atha vyavasthit\u0101n d\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Dv\u0101", "dh\u0101rtar\u0101\u1E63\u1E6Dr\u0101n kapi-dhvaja\u1E25", "prav\u1E5Btte \u015Bastra-samp\u0101te", "dhanur udyamya p\u0101\u1E47\u1E0Dava\u1E25", "h\u1E5B\u1E63\u012Bke\u015Ba\u1E41 tad\u0101 v\u0101kyam", "idam \u0101ha mah\u012B-pate"), "At that time Arjuna, the son of P\u0101\u1E47\u1E0Du, seated in the chariot bearing the flag marked with Hanum\u0101n, took up his bow and prepared to shoot his arrows. O King, after looking at the sons of Dh\u1E5Btar\u0101\u1E63\u1E6Dra drawn in military array, Arjuna then spoke to Lord K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a these words."), new sloka("1.21-22",new Array( "arjuna uv\u0101ca", "senayor ubhayor madhye", "ratha\u1E41 sth\u0101paya me 'cyuta", "y\u0101vad et\u0101n nir\u012Bk\u1E63e 'ha\u1E41", "yoddhu-k\u0101m\u0101n avasthit\u0101n", "", "kair may\u0101 saha yoddhavyam", "asmin ra\u1E47a-samudyame"), "Arjuna said: O infallible one, please draw my chariot between the two armies so that I may see those present here, who desire to fight, and with whom I must contend in this great trial of arms."), new sloka("1.23",new Array( "yotsyam\u0101n\u0101n avek\u1E63e 'ha\u1E41", "ya ete 'tra sam\u0101gat\u0101\u1E25", "dh\u0101rtar\u0101\u1E63\u1E6Drasya durbuddher", "yuddhe priya-cik\u012Br\u1E63ava\u1E25"), "Let me see those who have come here to fight, wishing to please the evil-minded son of Dh\u1E5Btar\u0101\u1E63\u1E6Dra."), new sloka("1.24",new Array( "sa\u00F1jaya uv\u0101ca", "evam ukto h\u1E5B\u1E63\u012Bke\u015Bo", "gu\u1E0D\u0101ke\u015Bena bh\u0101rata", "senayor ubhayor madhye", "sth\u0101payitv\u0101 rathottamam"), "Sa\u00F1jaya said: O descendant of Bharata, having thus been addressed by Arjuna, Lord K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a drew up the fine chariot in the midst of the armies of both parties."), new sloka("1.25",new Array( "bh\u012B\u1E63ma-dro\u1E47a-pramukhata\u1E25", "sarve\u1E63\u0101\u1E41 ca mah\u012B-k\u1E63it\u0101m", "uv\u0101ca p\u0101rtha pa\u015Byait\u0101n", "samavet\u0101n kur\u016Bn iti"), "In the presence of Bh\u012B\u1E63ma, Dro\u1E47a and all the other chieftains of the world, the Lord said, \"Just behold, P\u0101rtha, all the Kurus assembled here\"."), new sloka("1.26",new Array( "tatr\u0101pa\u015Byat sthit\u0101n p\u0101rtha\u1E25", "pit\u1E5Dn atha pit\u0101mah\u0101n", "\u0101c\u0101ry\u0101n m\u0101tul\u0101n bhr\u0101t\u1E5Dn", "putr\u0101n pautr\u0101n sakh\u012B\u1E41s tath\u0101", "\u015Bva\u015Bur\u0101n suh\u1E5Bda\u015B caiva", "senayor ubhayor api"), "There Arjuna could see, within the midst of the armies of both parties, his fathers, grandfathers, teachers, maternal uncles, brothers, sons, grandsons, friends, and also his fathers-in-law and well-wishers."), new sloka("1.27",new Array( "t\u0101n sam\u012Bk\u1E63ya sa kaunteya\u1E25", "sarv\u0101n bandh\u016Bn avasthit\u0101n", "k\u1E5Bpay\u0101 paray\u0101vi\u1E63\u1E6Do", "vi\u1E63\u012Bdann idam abrav\u012Bt"), "When the son of Kunt\u012B, Arjuna, saw all these different grades of friends and relatives, he became overwhelmed with compassion and spoke thus."), new sloka("1.28",new Array( "arjuna uv\u0101ca", "d\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Dvema\u1E41 sva-jana\u1E41 k\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a", "yuyutsu\u1E41 samupasthitam", "s\u012Bdanti mama g\u0101tr\u0101\u1E47i", "mukha\u1E41 ca pari\u015Bu\u1E63yati"), "Arjuna said: My dear K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, seeing my friends and relatives present before me in such a fighting spirit, I feel the limbs of my body quivering and my mouth drying up."), new sloka("1.29",new Array( "vepathu\u015B ca \u015Bar\u012Bre me", "roma-har\u1E63a\u015B ca j\u0101yate", "g\u0101\u1E47\u1E0D\u012Bva\u1E41 sra\u1E41sate hast\u0101t", "tvak caiva paridahyate"), "My whole body is trembling, my hair is standing on end, my bow G\u0101\u1E47\u1E0D\u012Bva is slipping from my hand, and my skin is burning."), new sloka("1.30",new Array( "na ca \u015Baknomy avasth\u0101tu\u1E41", "bhramat\u012Bva ca me mana\u1E25", "nimitt\u0101ni ca pa\u015By\u0101mi", "vipar\u012Bt\u0101ni ke\u015Bava"), "I am now unable to stand here any longer. I am forgetting myself, and my mind is reeling. I see only causes of misfortune, O K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, killer of the Ke\u015B\u012B demon."), new sloka("1.31",new Array( "na ca \u015Breyo 'nupa\u015By\u0101mi", "hatv\u0101 sva-janam \u0101have", "na k\u0101\u1E45k\u1E63e vijaya\u1E41 k\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a", "na ca r\u0101jya\u1E41 sukh\u0101ni ca"), "I do not see how any good can come from killing my own kinsmen in this battle, nor can I, my dear K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, desire any subsequent victory, kingdom, or happiness."), new sloka("1.32-35",new Array( "ki\u1E41 no r\u0101jyena govinda", "ki\u1E41 bhogair j\u012Bvitena v\u0101", "ye\u1E63\u0101m arthe k\u0101\u1E45k\u1E63ita\u1E41 no", "r\u0101jya\u1E41 bhog\u0101\u1E25 sukh\u0101ni ca", "", "ta ime 'vasthit\u0101 yuddhe", "pr\u0101\u1E47\u0101\u1E41s tyaktv\u0101 dhan\u0101ni ca", "\u0101c\u0101ry\u0101\u1E25 pitara\u1E25 putr\u0101s", "tathaiva ca pit\u0101mah\u0101\u1E25", "", "m\u0101tul\u0101\u1E25 \u015Bva\u015Bur\u0101\u1E25 pautr\u0101\u1E25", "\u015By\u0101l\u0101\u1E25 sambandhinas tath\u0101", "et\u0101n na hantum icch\u0101mi", "ghnato 'pi madhus\u016Bdana", "", "api trailokya-r\u0101jyasya", "heto\u1E25 ki\u1E41 nu mah\u012B-k\u1E5Bte", "nihatya dh\u0101rtar\u0101\u1E63\u1E6Dr\u0101n na\u1E25", "k\u0101 pr\u012Bti\u1E25 sy\u0101j jan\u0101rdana"), "O Govinda, of what avail to us are a kingdom, happiness or even life itself when all those for whom we may desire them are now arrayed on this battlefield? O Madhus\u016Bdana, when teachers, fathers, sons, grandfathers, maternal uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law and other relatives are ready to give up their lives and properties and are standing before me, why should I wish to kill them, even though they might otherwise kill me? O maintainer of all living entities, I am not prepared to fight with them even in exchange for the three worlds, let alone this earth. What pleasure will we derive from killing the sons of Dh\u1E5Btar\u0101\u1E63\u1E6Dra?"), new sloka("1.36",new Array( "p\u0101pam ev\u0101\u015Brayed asm\u0101n", "hatvait\u0101n \u0101tat\u0101yina\u1E25", "tasm\u0101n n\u0101rh\u0101 vaya\u1E41 hantu\u1E41", "dh\u0101rtar\u0101\u1E63\u1E6Dr\u0101n sa-b\u0101ndhav\u0101n", "sva-jana\u1E41 hi katha\u1E41 hatv\u0101", "sukhina\u1E25 sy\u0101ma m\u0101dhava"), "Sin will overcome us if we slay such aggressors. Therefore it is not proper for us to kill the sons of Dh\u1E5Btar\u0101\u1E63\u1E6Dra and our friends. What should we gain, O K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, husband of the goddess of fortune, and how could we be happy by killing our own kinsmen?"), new sloka("1.37-38",new Array( "yady apy ete na pa\u015Byanti", "lobhopahata-cetasa\u1E25", "kula-k\u1E63aya-k\u1E5Bta\u1E41 do\u1E63a\u1E41", "mitra-drohe ca p\u0101takam", "", "katha\u1E41 na j\u00F1eyam asm\u0101bhi\u1E25", "p\u0101p\u0101d asm\u0101n nivartitum", "kula-k\u1E63aya-k\u1E5Bta\u1E41 do\u1E63a\u1E41", "prapa\u015Byadbhir jan\u0101rdana"), "O Jan\u0101rdana, although these men, their hearts overtaken by greed, see no fault in killing one's family or quarreling with friends, why should we, who can see the crime in destroying a family, engage in these acts of sin?"), new sloka("1.39",new Array( "kula-k\u1E63aye pra\u1E47a\u015Byanti", "kula-dharm\u0101\u1E25 san\u0101tan\u0101\u1E25", "dharme na\u1E63\u1E6De kula\u1E41 k\u1E5Btsnam", "adharmo 'bhibhavaty uta"), "With the destruction of the dynasty, the eternal family tradition is vanquished, and thus the rest of the family becomes involved in irreligion."), new sloka("1.40",new Array( "adharm\u0101bhibhav\u0101t k\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a", "pradu\u1E63yanti kula-striya\u1E25", "str\u012B\u1E63u du\u1E63\u1E6D\u0101su v\u0101r\u1E63\u1E47eya", "j\u0101yate var\u1E47a-sa\u1E45kara\u1E25"), "When irreligion is prominent in the family, O K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, the women of the family become polluted, and from the degradation of womanhood, O descendant of V\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47i, comes unwanted progeny."), new sloka("1.41",new Array( "sa\u1E45karo narak\u0101yaiva", "kula-ghn\u0101n\u0101\u1E41 kulasya ca", "patanti pitaro hy e\u1E63\u0101\u1E41", "lupta-pi\u1E47\u1E0Dodaka-kriy\u0101\u1E25"), "An increase of unwanted population certainly causes hellish life both for the family and for those who destroy the family tradition. The ancestors of such corrupt families fall down, because the performances for offering them food and water are entirely stopped."), new sloka("1.42",new Array( "do\u1E63air etai\u1E25 kula-ghn\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "var\u1E47a-sa\u1E45kara-k\u0101rakai\u1E25", "uts\u0101dyante j\u0101ti-dharm\u0101\u1E25", "kula-dharm\u0101\u015B ca \u015B\u0101\u015Bvat\u0101\u1E25"), "By the evil deeds of those who destroy the family tradition and thus give rise to unwanted children, all kinds of community projects and family welfare activities are devastated."), new sloka("1.43",new Array( "utsanna-kula-dharm\u0101\u1E47\u0101\u1E41", "manu\u1E63y\u0101\u1E47\u0101\u1E41 jan\u0101rdana", "narake niyata\u1E41 v\u0101so", "bhavat\u012Bty anu\u015Bu\u015Bruma"), "O K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, maintainer of the people, I have heard by disciplic succession that those whose family traditions are destroyed dwell always in hell."), new sloka("1.44",new Array( "aho bata mahat p\u0101pa\u1E41", "kartu\u1E41 vyavasit\u0101 vayam", "yad r\u0101jya-sukha-lobhena", "hantu\u1E41 sva-janam udyat\u0101\u1E25"), "Alas, how strange it is that we are preparing to commit greatly sinful acts. Driven by the desire to enjoy royal happiness, we are intent on killing our own kinsmen."), new sloka("1.45",new Array( "yadi m\u0101m aprat\u012Bk\u0101ram", "a\u015Bastra\u1E41 \u015Bastra-p\u0101\u1E47aya\u1E25", "dh\u0101rtar\u0101\u1E63\u1E6Dr\u0101 ra\u1E47e hanyus", "tan me k\u1E63ematara\u1E41 bhavet"), "Better for me if the sons of Dh\u1E5Btar\u0101\u1E63\u1E6Dra, weapons in hand, were to kill me unarmed and unresisting on the battlefield."), new sloka("1.46",new Array( "sa\u00F1jaya uv\u0101ca", "evam uktv\u0101rjuna\u1E25 sa\u1E45khye", "rathopastha up\u0101vi\u015Bat", "vis\u1E5Bjya sa-\u015Bara\u1E41 c\u0101pa\u1E41", "\u015Boka-sa\u1E41vigna-m\u0101nasa\u1E25"), "Sa\u00F1jaya said: Arjuna, having thus spoken on the battlefield, cast aside his bow and arrows and sat down on the chariot, his mind overwhelmed with grief.")), new Array( new sloka("2.1",new Array( "sa\u00F1jaya uv\u0101ca", "ta\u1E41 tath\u0101 k\u1E5Bpay\u0101vi\u1E63\u1E6Dam", "a\u015Bru-p\u016Br\u1E47\u0101kulek\u1E63a\u1E47am", "vi\u1E63\u012Bdantam ida\u1E41 v\u0101kyam", "uv\u0101ca madhus\u016Bdana\u1E25"), "Sa\u00F1jaya said: Seeing Arjuna full of compassion, his mind depressed, his eyes full of tears, Madhus\u016Bdana, K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, spoke the following words."), new sloka("2.2",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "kutas tv\u0101 ka\u015Bmalam ida\u1E41", "vi\u1E63ame samupasthitam", "an\u0101rya-ju\u1E63\u1E6Dam asvargyam", "ak\u012Brti-karam arjuna"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, how have these impurities come upon you? They are not at all befitting a man who knows the value of life. They lead not to higher planets but to infamy."), new sloka("2.3",new Array( "klaibya\u1E41 m\u0101 sma gama\u1E25 p\u0101rtha", "naitat tvayy upapadyate", "k\u1E63udra\u1E41 h\u1E5Bdaya-daurbalya\u1E41", "tyaktvotti\u1E63\u1E6Dha parantapa"), "O son of P\u1E5Bth\u0101, do not yield to this degrading impotence. It does not become you. Give up such petty weakness of heart and arise, O chastiser of the enemy."), new sloka("2.4",new Array( "arjuna uv\u0101ca", "katha\u1E41 bh\u012B\u1E63mam aha\u1E41 sa\u1E45khye", "dro\u1E47a\u1E41 ca madhus\u016Bdana", "i\u1E63ubhi\u1E25 pratiyotsy\u0101mi", "p\u016Bj\u0101rh\u0101v ari-s\u016Bdana"), "Arjuna said: O killer of enemies, O killer of Madhu, how can I counterattack with arrows in battle men like Bh\u012B\u1E63ma and Dro\u1E47a, who are worthy of my worship?"), new sloka("2.5",new Array( "gur\u016Bn ahatv\u0101 hi mah\u0101nubh\u0101v\u0101n", "\u015Breyo bhoktu\u1E41 bhaik\u1E63yam ap\u012Bha loke", "hatv\u0101rtha-k\u0101m\u0101\u1E41s tu gur\u016Bn ihaiva", "bhu\u00F1j\u012Bya bhog\u0101n rudhira-pradigdh\u0101n"), "It would be better to live in this world by begging than to live at the cost of the lives of great souls who are my teachers. Even though desiring worldly gain, they are superiors. If they are killed, everything we enjoy will be tainted with blood."), new sloka("2.6",new Array( "na caitad vidma\u1E25 kataran no gar\u012Byo", "yad v\u0101 jayema yadi v\u0101 no jayeyu\u1E25", "y\u0101n eva hatv\u0101 na jij\u012Bvi\u1E63\u0101mas", "te 'vasthit\u0101\u1E25 pramukhe dh\u0101rtar\u0101\u1E63\u1E6Dr\u0101\u1E25"), "Nor do we know which is better\u2014conquering them or being conquered by them. If we killed the sons of Dh\u1E5Btar\u0101\u1E63\u1E6Dra, we should not care to live. Yet they are now standing before us on the battlefield."), new sloka("2.7",new Array( "k\u0101rpa\u1E47ya-do\u1E63opahata-svabh\u0101va\u1E25", "p\u1E5Bcch\u0101mi tv\u0101\u1E41 dharma-samm\u016B\u1E0Dha-cet\u0101\u1E25", "yac chreya\u1E25 sy\u0101n ni\u015Bcita\u1E41 br\u016Bhi tan me", "\u015Bi\u1E63yas te 'ha\u1E41 \u015B\u0101dhi m\u0101\u1E41 tv\u0101\u1E41 prapannam"), "Now I am confused about my duty and have lost all composure because of miserly weakness. In this condition I am asking You to tell me for certain what is best for me. Now I am Your disciple, and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me."), new sloka("2.8",new Array( "na hi prapa\u015By\u0101mi mam\u0101panudy\u0101d", "yac chokam uccho\u1E63a\u1E47am indriy\u0101\u1E47\u0101m", "av\u0101pya bh\u016Bm\u0101v asapatnam \u1E5Bddha\u1E41", "r\u0101jya\u1E41 sur\u0101\u1E47\u0101m api c\u0101dhipatyam"), "I can find no means to drive away this grief which is drying up my senses. I will not be able to dispel it even if I win a prosperous, unrivaled kingdom on earth with sovereignty like that of the demigods in heaven."), new sloka("2.9",new Array( "sa\u00F1jaya uv\u0101ca", "evam uktv\u0101 h\u1E5B\u1E63\u012Bke\u015Ba\u1E41", "gu\u1E0D\u0101ke\u015Ba\u1E25 parantapa\u1E25", "na yotsya iti govindam", "uktv\u0101 t\u016B\u1E63\u1E47\u012B\u1E41 babh\u016Bva ha"), "Sa\u00F1jaya said: Having spoken thus, Arjuna, chastiser of enemies, told K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, \"Govinda, I shall not fight,\" and fell silent."), new sloka("2.10",new Array( "tam uv\u0101ca h\u1E5B\u1E63\u012Bke\u015Ba\u1E25", "prahasann iva bh\u0101rata", "senayor ubhayor madhye", "vi\u1E63\u012Bdantam ida\u1E41 vaca\u1E25"), "O descendant of Bharata, at that time K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, smiling, in the midst of both the armies, spoke the following words to the grief-stricken Arjuna."), new sloka("2.11",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "a\u015Bocy\u0101n anva\u015Bocas tva\u1E41", "praj\u00F1\u0101-v\u0101d\u0101\u1E41\u015B ca bh\u0101\u1E63ase", "gat\u0101s\u016Bn agat\u0101s\u016B\u1E41\u015B ca", "n\u0101nu\u015Bocanti pa\u1E47\u1E0Dit\u0101\u1E25"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: While speaking learned words, you are mourning for what is not worthy of grief. Those who are wise lament neither for the living nor for the dead."), new sloka("2.12",new Array( "na tv ev\u0101ha\u1E41 j\u0101tu n\u0101sa\u1E41", "na tva\u1E41 neme jan\u0101dhip\u0101\u1E25", "na caiva na bhavi\u1E63y\u0101ma\u1E25", "sarve vayam ata\u1E25 param"), "Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be."), new sloka("2.13",new Array( "dehino 'smin yath\u0101 dehe", "kaum\u0101ra\u1E41 yauvana\u1E41 jar\u0101", "tath\u0101 deh\u0101ntara-pr\u0101ptir", "dh\u012Bras tatra na muhyati"), "As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change."), new sloka("2.14",new Array( "m\u0101tr\u0101-spar\u015B\u0101s tu kaunteya", "\u015B\u012Bto\u1E63\u1E47a-sukha-du\u1E25kha-d\u0101\u1E25", "\u0101gam\u0101p\u0101yino 'nity\u0101s", "t\u0101\u1E41s titik\u1E63asva bh\u0101rata"), "O son of Kunt\u012B, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed."), new sloka("2.15",new Array( "ya\u1E41 hi na vyathayanty ete", "puru\u1E63a\u1E41 puru\u1E63ar\u1E63abha", "sama-du\u1E25kha-sukha\u1E41 dh\u012Bra\u1E41", "so 'm\u1E5Btatv\u0101ya kalpate"), "O best among men [Arjuna], the person who is not disturbed by happiness and distress and is steady in both is certainly eligible for liberation."), new sloka("2.16",new Array( "n\u0101sato vidyate bh\u0101vo", "n\u0101bh\u0101vo vidyate sata\u1E25", "ubhayor api d\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Do 'ntas", "tv anayos tattva-dar\u015Bibhi\u1E25"), "Those who are seers of the truth have concluded that of the nonexistent [the material body] there is no endurance and of the eternal [the soul] there is no change. This they have concluded by studying the nature of both."), new sloka("2.17",new Array( "avin\u0101\u015Bi tu tad viddhi", "yena sarvam ida\u1E41 tatam", "vin\u0101\u015Bam avyayasy\u0101sya", "na ka\u015Bcit kartum arhati"), "That which pervades the entire body you should know to be indestructible. No one is able to destroy that imperishable soul."), new sloka("2.18",new Array( "antavanta ime deh\u0101", "nityasyokt\u0101\u1E25 \u015Bar\u012Bri\u1E47a\u1E25", "an\u0101\u015Bino 'prameyasya", "tasm\u0101d yudhyasva bh\u0101rata"), "The material body of the indestructible, immeasurable and eternal living entity is sure to come to an end; therefore, fight, O descendant of Bharata."), new sloka("2.19",new Array( "ya ena\u1E41 vetti hant\u0101ra\u1E41", "ya\u015B caina\u1E41 manyate hatam", "ubhau tau na vij\u0101n\u012Bto", "n\u0101ya\u1E41 hanti na hanyate"), "Neither he who thinks the living entity the slayer nor he who thinks it slain is in knowledge, for the self slays not nor is slain."), new sloka("2.20",new Array( "na j\u0101yate mriyate v\u0101 kad\u0101cin", "n\u0101ya\u1E41 bh\u016Btv\u0101 bhavit\u0101 v\u0101 na bh\u016Bya\u1E25", "ajo nitya\u1E25 \u015B\u0101\u015Bvato 'ya\u1E41 pur\u0101\u1E47o", "na hanyate hanyam\u0101ne \u015Bar\u012Bre"), "For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain."), new sloka("2.21",new Array( "ved\u0101vin\u0101\u015Bina\u1E41 nitya\u1E41", "ya enam ajam avyayam", "katha\u1E41 sa puru\u1E63a\u1E25 p\u0101rtha", "ka\u1E41 gh\u0101tayati hanti kam"), "O P\u0101rtha, how can a person who knows that the soul is indestructible, eternal, unborn and immutable kill anyone or cause anyone to kill?"), new sloka("2.22",new Array( "v\u0101s\u0101\u1E41si j\u012Br\u1E47\u0101ni yath\u0101 vih\u0101ya", "nav\u0101ni g\u1E5Bh\u1E47\u0101ti naro 'par\u0101\u1E47i", "tath\u0101 \u015Bar\u012Br\u0101\u1E47i vih\u0101ya j\u012Br\u1E47\u0101ny", "any\u0101ni sa\u1E41y\u0101ti nav\u0101ni deh\u012B"), "As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones."), new sloka("2.23",new Array( "naina\u1E41 chindanti \u015Bastr\u0101\u1E47i", "naina\u1E41 dahati p\u0101vaka\u1E25", "na caina\u1E41 kledayanty \u0101po", "na \u015Bo\u1E63ayati m\u0101ruta\u1E25"), "The soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon, nor burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind."), new sloka("2.24",new Array( "acchedyo 'yam ad\u0101hyo 'yam", "akledyo '\u015Bo\u1E63ya eva ca", "nitya\u1E25 sarva-gata\u1E25 sth\u0101\u1E47ur", "acalo 'ya\u1E41 san\u0101tana\u1E25"), "This individual soul is unbreakable and insoluble, and can be neither burned nor dried. He is everlasting, present everywhere, unchangeable, immovable and eternally the same."), new sloka("2.25",new Array( "avyakto 'yam acintyo 'yam", "avik\u0101ryo 'yam ucyate", "tasm\u0101d eva\u1E41 viditvaina\u1E41", "n\u0101nu\u015Bocitum arhasi"), "It is said that the soul is invisible, inconceivable and immutable. Knowing this, you should not grieve for the body."), new sloka("2.26",new Array( "atha caina\u1E41 nitya-j\u0101ta\u1E41", "nitya\u1E41 v\u0101 manyase m\u1E5Btam", "tath\u0101pi tva\u1E41 mah\u0101-b\u0101ho", "naina\u1E41 \u015Bocitum arhasi"), "If, however, you think that the soul [or the symptoms of life] is always born and dies forever, you still have no reason to lament, O mighty-armed."), new sloka("2.27",new Array( "j\u0101tasya hi dhruvo m\u1E5Btyur", "dhruva\u1E41 janma m\u1E5Btasya ca", "tasm\u0101d aparih\u0101rye 'rthe", "na tva\u1E41 \u015Bocitum arhasi"), "One who has taken his birth is sure to die, and after death one is sure to take birth again. Therefore, in the unavoidable discharge of your duty, you should not lament."), new sloka("2.28",new Array( "avyakt\u0101d\u012Bni bh\u016Bt\u0101ni", "vyakta-madhy\u0101ni bh\u0101rata", "avyakta-nidhan\u0101ny eva", "tatra k\u0101 paridevan\u0101"), "All created beings are unmanifest in their beginning, manifest in their interim state, and unmanifest again when annihilated. So what need is there for lamentation?"), new sloka("2.29",new Array( "\u0101\u015Bcarya-vat pa\u015Byati ka\u015Bcid enam", "\u0101\u015Bcarya-vad vadati tathaiva c\u0101nya\u1E25", "\u0101\u015Bcarya-vac cainam anya\u1E25 \u015B\u1E5B\u1E47oti", "\u015Brutv\u0101py ena\u1E41 veda na caiva ka\u015Bcit"), "Some look on the soul as amazing, some describe him as amazing, and some hear of him as amazing, while others, even after hearing about him, cannot understand him at all."), new sloka("2.30",new Array( "deh\u012B nityam avadhyo 'ya\u1E41", "dehe sarvasya bh\u0101rata", "tasm\u0101t sarv\u0101\u1E47i bh\u016Bt\u0101ni", "na tva\u1E41 \u015Bocitum arhasi"), "O descendant of Bharata, he who dwells in the body can never be slain. Therefore you need not grieve for any living being."), new sloka("2.31",new Array( "sva-dharmam api c\u0101vek\u1E63ya", "na vikampitum arhasi", "dharmy\u0101d dhi yuddh\u0101c chreyo 'nyat", "k\u1E63atriyasya na vidyate"), "Considering your specific duty as a k\u1E63atriya, you should know that there is no better engagement for you than fighting on religious principles; and so there is no need for hesitation."), new sloka("2.32",new Array( "yad\u1E5Bcchay\u0101 copapanna\u1E41", "svarga-dv\u0101ram ap\u0101v\u1E5Btam", "sukhina\u1E25 k\u1E63atriy\u0101\u1E25 p\u0101rtha", "labhante yuddham \u012Bd\u1E5B\u015Bam"), "O P\u0101rtha, happy are the k\u1E63atriyas to whom such fighting opportunities come unsought, opening for them the doors of the heavenly planets."), new sloka("2.33",new Array( "atha cet tvam ima\u1E41 dharmya\u1E41", "sa\u1E45gr\u0101ma\u1E41 na kari\u1E63yasi", "tata\u1E25 sva-dharma\u1E41 k\u012Brti\u1E41 ca", "hitv\u0101 p\u0101pam av\u0101psyasi"), "If, however, you do not perform your religious duty of fighting, then you will certainly incur sins for neglecting your duties and thus lose your reputation as a fighter."), new sloka("2.34",new Array( "ak\u012Brti\u1E41 c\u0101pi bh\u016Bt\u0101ni", "kathayi\u1E63yanti te 'vyay\u0101m", "sambh\u0101vitasya c\u0101k\u012Brtir", "mara\u1E47\u0101d atiricyate"), "People will always speak of your infamy, and for a respectable person, dishonor is worse than death."), new sloka("2.35",new Array( "bhay\u0101d ra\u1E47\u0101d uparata\u1E41", "ma\u1E41syante tv\u0101\u1E41 mah\u0101-rath\u0101\u1E25", "ye\u1E63\u0101\u1E41 ca tva\u1E41 bahu-mato", "bh\u016Btv\u0101 y\u0101syasi l\u0101ghavam"), "The great generals who have highly esteemed your name and fame will think that you have left the battlefield out of fear only, and thus they will consider you insignificant."), new sloka("2.36",new Array( "av\u0101cya-v\u0101d\u0101\u1E41\u015B ca bah\u016Bn", "vadi\u1E63yanti tav\u0101hit\u0101\u1E25", "nindantas tava s\u0101marthya\u1E41", "tato du\u1E25khatara\u1E41 nu kim"), "Your enemies will describe you in many unkind words and scorn your ability. What could be more painful for you?"), new sloka("2.37",new Array( "hato v\u0101 pr\u0101psyasi svarga\u1E41", "jitv\u0101 v\u0101 bhok\u1E63yase mah\u012Bm", "tasm\u0101d utti\u1E63\u1E6Dha kaunteya", "yuddh\u0101ya k\u1E5Bta-ni\u015Bcaya\u1E25"), "O son of Kunt\u012B, either you will be killed on the battlefield and attain the heavenly planets, or you will conquer and enjoy the earthly kingdom. Therefore, get up with determination and fight."), new sloka("2.38",new Array( "sukha-du\u1E25khe same k\u1E5Btv\u0101", "l\u0101bh\u0101l\u0101bhau jay\u0101jayau", "tato yuddh\u0101ya yujyasva", "naiva\u1E41 p\u0101pam av\u0101psyasi"), "Do thou fight for the sake of fighting, without considering happiness or distress, loss or gain, victory or defeat\u2014and by so doing you shall never incur sin."), new sloka("2.39",new Array( "e\u1E63\u0101 te 'bhihit\u0101 s\u0101\u1E45khye", "buddhir yoge tv im\u0101\u1E41 \u015B\u1E5B\u1E47u", "buddhy\u0101 yukto yay\u0101 p\u0101rtha", "karma-bandha\u1E41 prah\u0101syasi"), "Thus far I have described this knowledge to you through analytical study. Now listen as I explain it in terms of working without fruitive results. O son of P\u1E5Bth\u0101, when you act in such knowledge you can free yourself from the bondage of works."), new sloka("2.40",new Array( "neh\u0101bhikrama-n\u0101\u015Bo 'sti", "pratyav\u0101yo na vidyate", "sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya", "tr\u0101yate mahato bhay\u0101t"), "In this endeavor there is no loss or diminution, and a little advancement on this path can protect one from the most dangerous type of fear."), new sloka("2.41",new Array( "vyavas\u0101y\u0101tmik\u0101 buddhir", "ekeha kuru-nandana", "bahu-\u015B\u0101kh\u0101 hy anant\u0101\u015B ca", "buddhayo 'vyavas\u0101yin\u0101m"), "Those who are on this path are resolute in purpose, and their aim is one. O beloved child of the Kurus, the intelligence of those who are irresolute is many-branched."), new sloka("2.42-43",new Array( "y\u0101m im\u0101\u1E41 pu\u1E63pit\u0101\u1E41 v\u0101ca\u1E41", "pravadanty avipa\u015Bcita\u1E25", "veda-v\u0101da-rat\u0101\u1E25 p\u0101rtha", "n\u0101nyad ast\u012Bti v\u0101dina\u1E25", "", "k\u0101m\u0101tm\u0101na\u1E25 svarga-par\u0101", "janma-karma-phala-prad\u0101m", "kriy\u0101-vi\u015Be\u1E63a-bahul\u0101\u1E41", "bhogai\u015Bvarya-gati\u1E41 prati"), "Men of small knowledge are very much attached to the flowery words of the Vedas, which recommend various fruitive activities for elevation to heavenly planets, resultant good birth, power, and so forth. Being desirous of sense gratification and opulent life, they say that there is nothing more than this."), new sloka("2.44",new Array( "bhogai\u015Bvarya-prasakt\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "tay\u0101pah\u1E5Bta-cetas\u0101m", "vyavas\u0101y\u0101tmik\u0101 buddhi\u1E25", "sam\u0101dhau na vidh\u012Byate"), "In the minds of those who are too attached to sense enjoyment and material opulence, and who are bewildered by such things, the resolute determination for devotional service to the Supreme Lord does not take place."), new sloka("2.45",new Array( "trai-gu\u1E47ya-vi\u1E63ay\u0101 ved\u0101", "nistrai-gu\u1E47yo bhav\u0101rjuna", "nirdvandvo nitya-sattva-stho", "niryoga-k\u1E63ema \u0101tmav\u0101n"), "The Vedas deal mainly with the subject of the three modes of material nature. O Arjuna, become transcendental to these three modes. Be free from all dualities and from all anxieties for gain and safety, and be established in the self."), new sloka("2.46",new Array( "y\u0101v\u0101n artha udap\u0101ne", "sarvata\u1E25 samplutodake", "t\u0101v\u0101n sarve\u1E63u vede\u1E63u", "br\u0101hma\u1E47asya vij\u0101nata\u1E25"), "All purposes served by a small well can at once be served by a great reservoir of water. Similarly, all the purposes of the Vedas can be served to one who knows the purpose behind them."), new sloka("2.47",new Array( "karma\u1E47y ev\u0101dhik\u0101ras te", "m\u0101 phale\u1E63u kad\u0101cana", "m\u0101 karma-phala-hetur bh\u016Br", "m\u0101 te sa\u1E45go 'stv akarma\u1E47i"), "You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty."), new sloka("2.48",new Array( "yoga-stha\u1E25 kuru karm\u0101\u1E47i", "sa\u1E45ga\u1E41 tyaktv\u0101 dhana\u00F1jaya", "siddhy-asiddhyo\u1E25 samo bh\u016Btv\u0101", "samatva\u1E41 yoga ucyate"), "Perform your duty equipoised, O Arjuna, abandoning all attachment to success or failure. Such equanimity is called yoga."), new sloka("2.49",new Array( "d\u016Bre\u1E47a hy avara\u1E41 karma", "buddhi-yog\u0101d dhana\u00F1jaya", "buddhau \u015Bara\u1E47am anviccha", "k\u1E5Bpa\u1E47\u0101\u1E25 phala-hetava\u1E25"), "O Dhana\u00F1jaya, keep all abominable activities far distant by devotional service, and in that consciousness surrender unto the Lord. Those who want to enjoy the fruits of their work are misers."), new sloka("2.50",new Array( "buddhi-yukto jah\u0101t\u012Bha", "ubhe suk\u1E5Bta-du\u1E63k\u1E5Bte", "tasm\u0101d yog\u0101ya yujyasva", "yoga\u1E25 karmasu kau\u015Balam"), "A man engaged in devotional service rids himself of both good and bad reactions even in this life. Therefore strive for yoga, which is the art of all work."), new sloka("2.51",new Array( "karma-ja\u1E41 buddhi-yukt\u0101 hi", "phala\u1E41 tyaktv\u0101 man\u012B\u1E63i\u1E47a\u1E25", "janma-bandha-vinirmukt\u0101\u1E25", "pada\u1E41 gacchanty an\u0101mayam"), "By thus engaging in devotional service to the Lord, great sages or devotees free themselves from the results of work in the material world. In this way they become free from the cycle of birth and death and attain the state beyond all miseries [by going back to Godhead]."), new sloka("2.52",new Array( "yad\u0101 te moha-kalila\u1E41", "buddhir vyatitari\u1E63yati", "tad\u0101 gant\u0101si nirveda\u1E41", "\u015Brotavyasya \u015Brutasya ca"), "When your intelligence has passed out of the dense forest of delusion, you shall become indifferent to all that has been heard and all that is to be heard."), new sloka("2.53",new Array( "\u015Bruti-vipratipann\u0101 te", "yad\u0101 sth\u0101syati ni\u015Bcal\u0101", "sam\u0101dh\u0101v acal\u0101 buddhis", "tad\u0101 yogam av\u0101psyasi"), "When your mind is no longer disturbed by the flowery language of the Vedas, and when it remains fixed in the trance of self-realization, then you will have attained the divine consciousness."), new sloka("2.54",new Array( "arjuna uv\u0101ca", "sthita-praj\u00F1asya k\u0101 bh\u0101\u1E63\u0101", "sam\u0101dhi-sthasya ke\u015Bava", "sthita-dh\u012B\u1E25 ki\u1E41 prabh\u0101\u1E63eta", "kim \u0101s\u012Bta vrajeta kim"), "Arjuna said: O K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, what are the symptoms of one whose consciousness is thus merged in transcendence? How does he speak, and what is his language? How does he sit, and how does he walk?"), new sloka("2.55",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "prajah\u0101ti yad\u0101 k\u0101m\u0101n", "sarv\u0101n p\u0101rtha mano-gat\u0101n", "\u0101tmany ev\u0101tman\u0101 tu\u1E63\u1E6Da\u1E25", "sthita-praj\u00F1as tadocyate"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O P\u0101rtha, when a man gives up all varieties of desire for sense gratification, which arise from mental concoction, and when his mind, thus purified, finds satisfaction in the self alone, then he is said to be in pure transcendental consciousness."), new sloka("2.56",new Array( "du\u1E25khe\u1E63v anudvigna-man\u0101\u1E25", "sukhe\u1E63u vigata-sp\u1E5Bha\u1E25", "v\u012Bta-r\u0101ga-bhaya-krodha\u1E25", "sthita-dh\u012Br munir ucyate"), "One who is not disturbed in mind even amidst the threefold miseries or elated when there is happiness, and who is free from attachment, fear and anger, is called a sage of steady mind."), new sloka("2.57",new Array( "ya\u1E25 sarvatr\u0101nabhisnehas", "tat tat pr\u0101pya \u015Bubh\u0101\u015Bubham", "n\u0101bhinandati na dve\u1E63\u1E6Di", "tasya praj\u00F1\u0101 prati\u1E63\u1E6Dhit\u0101"), "In the material world, one who is unaffected by whatever good or evil he may obtain, neither praising it nor despising it, is firmly fixed in perfect knowledge."), new sloka("2.58",new Array( "yad\u0101 sa\u1E41harate c\u0101ya\u1E41", "k\u016Brmo '\u1E45g\u0101n\u012Bva sarva\u015Ba\u1E25", "indriy\u0101\u1E47\u012Bndriy\u0101rthebhyas", "tasya praj\u00F1\u0101 prati\u1E63\u1E6Dhit\u0101"), "One who is able to withdraw his senses from sense objects, as the tortoise draws its limbs within the shell, is firmly fixed in perfect consciousness."), new sloka("2.59",new Array( "vi\u1E63ay\u0101 vinivartante", "nir\u0101h\u0101rasya dehina\u1E25", "rasa-varja\u1E41 raso 'py asya", "para\u1E41 d\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Dv\u0101 nivartate"), "The embodied soul may be restricted from sense enjoyment, though the taste for sense objects remains. But, ceasing such engagements by experiencing a higher taste, he is fixed in consciousness."), new sloka("2.60",new Array( "yatato hy api kaunteya", "puru\u1E63asya vipa\u015Bcita\u1E25", "indriy\u0101\u1E47i pram\u0101th\u012Bni", "haranti prasabha\u1E41 mana\u1E25"), "The senses are so strong and impetuous, O Arjuna, that they forcibly carry away the mind even of a man of discrimination who is endeavoring to control them."), new sloka("2.61",new Array( "t\u0101ni sarv\u0101\u1E47i sa\u1E41yamya", "yukta \u0101s\u012Bta mat-para\u1E25", "va\u015Be hi yasyendriy\u0101\u1E47i", "tasya praj\u00F1\u0101 prati\u1E63\u1E6Dhit\u0101"), "One who restrains his senses, keeping them under full control, and fixes his consciousness upon Me, is known as a man of steady intelligence."), new sloka("2.62",new Array( "dhy\u0101yato vi\u1E63ay\u0101n pu\u1E41sa\u1E25", "sa\u1E45gas te\u1E63\u016Bpaj\u0101yate", "sa\u1E45g\u0101t sa\u00F1j\u0101yate k\u0101ma\u1E25", "k\u0101m\u0101t krodho 'bhij\u0101yate"), "While contemplating the objects of the senses, a person develops attachment for them, and from such attachment lust develops, and from lust anger arises."), new sloka("2.63",new Array( "krodh\u0101d bhavati sammoha\u1E25", "sammoh\u0101t sm\u1E5Bti-vibhrama\u1E25", "sm\u1E5Bti-bhra\u1E41\u015B\u0101d buddhi-n\u0101\u015Bo", "buddhi-n\u0101\u015B\u0101t pra\u1E47a\u015Byati"), "From anger, complete delusion arises, and from delusion bewilderment of memory. When memory is bewildered, intelligence is lost, and when intelligence is lost one falls down again into the material pool."), new sloka("2.64",new Array( "r\u0101ga-dve\u1E63a-vimuktais tu", "vi\u1E63ay\u0101n indriyai\u015B caran", "\u0101tma-va\u015Byair vidhey\u0101tm\u0101", "pras\u0101dam adhigacchati"), "But a person free from all attachment and aversion and able to control his senses through regulative principles of freedom can obtain the complete mercy of the Lord."), new sloka("2.65",new Array( "pras\u0101de sarva-du\u1E25kh\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "h\u0101nir asyopaj\u0101yate", "prasanna-cetaso hy \u0101\u015Bu", "buddhi\u1E25 paryavati\u1E63\u1E6Dhate"), "For one thus satisfied [in K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a consciousness], the threefold miseries of material existence exist no longer; in such satisfied consciousness, one's intelligence is soon well established."), new sloka("2.66",new Array( "n\u0101sti buddhir ayuktasya", "na c\u0101yuktasya bh\u0101van\u0101", "na c\u0101bh\u0101vayata\u1E25 \u015B\u0101ntir", "a\u015B\u0101ntasya kuta\u1E25 sukham"), "One who is not connected with the Supreme [in K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a consciousness] can have neither transcendental intelligence nor a steady mind, without which there is no possibility of peace. And how can there be any happiness without peace?"), new sloka("2.67",new Array( "indriy\u0101\u1E47\u0101\u1E41 hi carat\u0101\u1E41", "yan mano 'nuvidh\u012Byate", "tad asya harati praj\u00F1\u0101\u1E41", "v\u0101yur n\u0101vam iv\u0101mbhasi"), "As a strong wind sweeps away a boat on the water, even one of the roaming senses on which the mind focuses can carry away a man's intelligence."), new sloka("2.68",new Array( "tasm\u0101d yasya mah\u0101-b\u0101ho", "nig\u1E5Bh\u012Bt\u0101ni sarva\u015Ba\u1E25", "indriy\u0101\u1E47\u012Bndriy\u0101rthebhyas", "tasya praj\u00F1\u0101 prati\u1E63\u1E6Dhit\u0101"), "Therefore, O mighty-armed, one whose senses are restrained from their objects is certainly of steady intelligence."), new sloka("2.69",new Array( "y\u0101 ni\u015B\u0101 sarva-bh\u016Bt\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "tasy\u0101\u1E41 j\u0101garti sa\u1E41yam\u012B", "yasy\u0101\u1E41 j\u0101grati bh\u016Bt\u0101ni", "s\u0101 ni\u015B\u0101 pa\u015Byato mune\u1E25"), "What is night for all beings is the time of awakening for the self-controlled; and the time of awakening for all beings is night for the introspective sage."), new sloka("2.70",new Array( "\u0101p\u016Bryam\u0101\u1E47am acala-prati\u1E63\u1E6Dha\u1E41", "samudram \u0101pa\u1E25 pravi\u015Banti yadvat", "tadvat k\u0101m\u0101 ya\u1E41 pravi\u015Banti sarve", "sa \u015B\u0101ntim \u0101pnoti na k\u0101ma-k\u0101m\u012B"), "A person who is not disturbed by the incessant flow of desires\u2014that enter like rivers into the ocean, which is ever being filled but is always still\u2014can alone achieve peace, and not the man who strives to satisfy such desires."), new sloka("2.71",new Array( "vih\u0101ya k\u0101m\u0101n ya\u1E25 sarv\u0101n", "pum\u0101\u1E41\u015B carati ni\u1E25sp\u1E5Bha\u1E25", "nirmamo niraha\u1E45k\u0101ra\u1E25", "sa \u015B\u0101ntim adhigacchati"), "A person who has given up all desires for sense gratification, who lives free from desires, who has given up all sense of proprietorship and is devoid of false ego\u2014he alone can attain real peace."), new sloka("2.72",new Array( "e\u1E63\u0101 br\u0101hm\u012B sthiti\u1E25 p\u0101rtha", "nain\u0101\u1E41 pr\u0101pya vimuhyati", "sthitv\u0101sy\u0101m anta-k\u0101le 'pi", "brahma-nirv\u0101\u1E47am \u1E5Bcchati"), "That is the way of the spiritual and godly life, after attaining which a man is not bewildered. If one is thus situated even at the hour of death, one can enter into the kingdom of God.")), new Array( new sloka("3.1",new Array( "arjuna uv\u0101ca", "jy\u0101yas\u012B cet karma\u1E47as te", "mat\u0101 buddhir jan\u0101rdana", "tat ki\u1E41 karma\u1E47i ghore m\u0101\u1E41", "niyojayasi ke\u015Bava"), "Arjuna said: O Jan\u0101rdana, O Ke\u015Bava, why do You want to engage me in this ghastly warfare, if You think that intelligence is better than fruitive work?"), new sloka("3.2",new Array( "vy\u0101mi\u015Bre\u1E47eva v\u0101kyena", "buddhi\u1E41 mohayas\u012Bva me", "tad eka\u1E41 vada ni\u015Bcitya", "yena \u015Breyo 'ham \u0101pnuy\u0101m"), "My intelligence is bewildered by Your equivocal instructions. Therefore, please tell me decisively which will be most beneficial for me."), new sloka("3.3",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "loke 'smin dvi-vidh\u0101 ni\u1E63\u1E6Dh\u0101", "pur\u0101 prokt\u0101 may\u0101nagha", "j\u00F1\u0101na-yogena s\u0101\u1E45khy\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "karma-yogena yogin\u0101m"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O sinless Arjuna, I have already explained that there are two classes of men who try to realize the self. Some are inclined to understand it by empirical, philosophical speculation, and others by devotional service."), new sloka("3.4",new Array( "na karma\u1E47\u0101m an\u0101rambh\u0101n", "nai\u1E63karmya\u1E41 puru\u1E63o '\u015Bnute", "na ca sannyasan\u0101d eva", "siddhi\u1E41 samadhigacchati"), "Not by merely abstaining from work can one achieve freedom from reaction, nor by renunciation alone can one attain perfection."), new sloka("3.5",new Array( "na hi ka\u015Bcit k\u1E63a\u1E47am api", "j\u0101tu ti\u1E63\u1E6Dhaty akarma-k\u1E5Bt", "k\u0101ryate hy ava\u015Ba\u1E25 karma", "sarva\u1E25 prak\u1E5Bti-jair gu\u1E47ai\u1E25"), "Everyone is forced to act helplessly according to the qualities he has acquired from the modes of material nature; therefore no one can refrain from doing something, not even for a moment."), new sloka("3.6",new Array( "karmendriy\u0101\u1E47i sa\u1E41yamya", "ya \u0101ste manas\u0101 smaran", "indriy\u0101rth\u0101n vim\u016B\u1E0Dh\u0101tm\u0101", "mithy\u0101c\u0101ra\u1E25 sa ucyate"), "One who restrains the senses of action but whose mind dwells on sense objects certainly deludes himself and is called a pretender."), new sloka("3.7",new Array( "yas tv indriy\u0101\u1E47i manas\u0101", "niyamy\u0101rabhate 'rjuna", "karmendriyai\u1E25 karma-yogam", "asakta\u1E25 sa vi\u015Bi\u1E63yate"), "On the other hand, if a sincere person tries to control the active senses by the mind and begins karma-yoga [in K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a consciousness] without attachment, he is by far superior."), new sloka("3.8",new Array( "niyata\u1E41 kuru karma tva\u1E41", "karma jy\u0101yo hy akarma\u1E47a\u1E25", "\u015Bar\u012Bra-y\u0101tr\u0101pi ca te", "na prasiddhyed akarma\u1E47a\u1E25"), "Perform your prescribed duty, for doing so is better than not working. One cannot even maintain one's physical body without work."), new sloka("3.9",new Array( "yaj\u00F1\u0101rth\u0101t karma\u1E47o 'nyatra", "loko 'ya\u1E41 karma-bandhana\u1E25", "tad-artha\u1E41 karma kaunteya", "mukta-sa\u1E45ga\u1E25 sam\u0101cara"), "Work done as a sacrifice for Vi\u1E63\u1E47u has to be performed; otherwise work causes bondage in this material world. Therefore, O son of Kunt\u012B, perform your prescribed duties for His satisfaction, and in that way you will always remain free from bondage."), new sloka("3.10",new Array( "saha-yaj\u00F1\u0101\u1E25 praj\u0101\u1E25 s\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Dv\u0101", "purov\u0101ca praj\u0101pati\u1E25", "anena prasavi\u1E63yadhvam", "e\u1E63a vo 'stv i\u1E63\u1E6Da-k\u0101ma-dhuk"), "In the beginning of creation, the Lord of all creatures sent forth generations of men and demigods, along with sacrifices for Vi\u1E63\u1E47u, and blessed them by saying, \"Be thou happy by this yaj\u00F1a [sacrifice] because its performance will bestow upon you everything desirable for living happily and achieving liberation\"."), new sloka("3.11",new Array( "dev\u0101n bh\u0101vayat\u0101nena", "te dev\u0101 bh\u0101vayantu va\u1E25", "paraspara\u1E41 bh\u0101vayanta\u1E25", "\u015Breya\u1E25 param av\u0101psyatha"), "The demigods, being pleased by sacrifices, will also please you, and thus, by cooperation between men and demigods, prosperity will reign for all."), new sloka("3.12",new Array( "i\u1E63\u1E6D\u0101n bhog\u0101n hi vo dev\u0101", "d\u0101syante yaj\u00F1a-bh\u0101vit\u0101\u1E25", "tair datt\u0101n aprad\u0101yaibhyo", "yo bhu\u1E45kte stena eva sa\u1E25"), "In charge of the various necessities of life, the demigods, being satisfied by the performance of yaj\u00F1a [sacrifice], will supply all necessities to you. But he who enjoys such gifts without offering them to the demigods in return is certainly a thief."), new sloka("3.13",new Array( "yaj\u00F1a-\u015Bi\u1E63\u1E6D\u0101\u015Bina\u1E25 santo", "mucyante sarva-kilbi\u1E63ai\u1E25", "bhu\u00F1jate te tv agha\u1E41 p\u0101p\u0101", "ye pacanty \u0101tma-k\u0101ra\u1E47\u0101t"), "The devotees of the Lord are released from all kinds of sins because they eat food which is offered first for sacrifice. Others, who prepare food for personal sense enjoyment, verily eat only sin."), new sloka("3.14",new Array( "ann\u0101d bhavanti bh\u016Bt\u0101ni", "parjany\u0101d anna-sambhava\u1E25", "yaj\u00F1\u0101d bhavati parjanyo", "yaj\u00F1a\u1E25 karma-samudbhava\u1E25"), "All living bodies subsist on food grains, which are produced from rains. Rains are produced by performance of yaj\u00F1a [sacrifice], and yaj\u00F1a is born of prescribed duties."), new sloka("3.15",new Array( "karma brahmodbhava\u1E41 viddhi", "brahm\u0101k\u1E63ara-samudbhavam", "tasm\u0101t sarva-gata\u1E41 brahma", "nitya\u1E41 yaj\u00F1e prati\u1E63\u1E6Dhitam"), "Regulated activities are prescribed in the Vedas, and the Vedas are directly manifested from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Consequently the all-pervading Transcendence is eternally situated in acts of sacrifice."), new sloka("3.16",new Array( "eva\u1E41 pravartita\u1E41 cakra\u1E41", "n\u0101nuvartayat\u012Bha ya\u1E25", "agh\u0101yur indriy\u0101r\u0101mo", "mogha\u1E41 p\u0101rtha sa j\u012Bvati"), "My dear Arjuna, one who does not follow in human life the cycle of sacrifice thus established by the Vedas certainly leads a life full of sin. Living only for the satisfaction of the senses, such a person lives in vain."), new sloka("3.17",new Array( "yas tv \u0101tma-ratir eva sy\u0101d", "\u0101tma-t\u1E5Bpta\u015B ca m\u0101nava\u1E25", "\u0101tmany eva ca santu\u1E63\u1E6Das", "tasya k\u0101rya\u1E41 na vidyate"), "But for one who takes pleasure in the self, whose human life is one of self-realization, and who is satisfied in the self only, fully satiated\u2014for him there is no duty."), new sloka("3.18",new Array( "naiva tasya k\u1E5Bten\u0101rtho", "n\u0101k\u1E5Bteneha ka\u015Bcana", "na c\u0101sya sarva-bh\u016Bte\u1E63u", "ka\u015Bcid artha-vyap\u0101\u015Braya\u1E25"), "A self-realized man has no purpose to fulfill in the discharge of his prescribed duties, nor has he any reason not to perform such work. Nor has he any need to depend on any other living being."), new sloka("3.19",new Array( "tasm\u0101d asakta\u1E25 satata\u1E41", "k\u0101rya\u1E41 karma sam\u0101cara", "asakto hy \u0101caran karma", "param \u0101pnoti p\u016Bru\u1E63a\u1E25"), "Therefore, without being attached to the fruits of activities, one should act as a matter of duty, for by working without attachment one attains the Supreme."), new sloka("3.20",new Array( "karma\u1E47aiva hi sa\u1E41siddhim", "\u0101sthit\u0101 janak\u0101daya\u1E25", "loka-sa\u1E45graham ev\u0101pi", "sampa\u015Byan kartum arhasi"), "Kings such as Janaka attained perfection solely by performance of prescribed duties. Therefore, just for the sake of educating the people in general, you should perform your work."), new sloka("3.21",new Array( "yad yad \u0101carati \u015Bre\u1E63\u1E6Dhas", "tat tad evetaro jana\u1E25", "sa yat pram\u0101\u1E47a\u1E41 kurute", "lokas tad anuvartate"), "Whatever action a great man performs, common men follow. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues."), new sloka("3.22",new Array( "na me p\u0101rth\u0101sti kartavya\u1E41", "tri\u1E63u loke\u1E63u ki\u00F1cana", "n\u0101nav\u0101ptam av\u0101ptavya\u1E41", "varta eva ca karma\u1E47i"), "O son of P\u1E5Bth\u0101, there is no work prescribed for Me within all the three planetary systems. Nor am I in want of anything, nor have I a need to obtain anything\u2014and yet I am engaged in prescribed duties."), new sloka("3.23",new Array( "yadi hy aha\u1E41 na varteya\u1E41", "j\u0101tu karma\u1E47y atandrita\u1E25", "mama vartm\u0101nuvartante", "manu\u1E63y\u0101\u1E25 p\u0101rtha sarva\u015Ba\u1E25"), "For if I ever failed to engage in carefully performing prescribed duties, O P\u0101rtha, certainly all men would follow My path."), new sloka("3.24",new Array( "uts\u012Bdeyur ime lok\u0101", "na kury\u0101\u1E41 karma ced aham", "sa\u1E45karasya ca kart\u0101 sy\u0101m", "upahany\u0101m im\u0101\u1E25 praj\u0101\u1E25"), "If I did not perform prescribed duties, all these worlds would be put to ruination. I would be the cause of creating unwanted population, and I would thereby destroy the peace of all living beings."), new sloka("3.25",new Array( "sakt\u0101\u1E25 karma\u1E47y avidv\u0101\u1E41so", "yath\u0101 kurvanti bh\u0101rata", "kury\u0101d vidv\u0101\u1E41s tath\u0101sakta\u015B", "cik\u012Br\u1E63ur loka-sa\u1E45graham"), "As the ignorant perform their duties with attachment to results, the learned may similarly act, but without attachment, for the sake of leading people on the right path."), new sloka("3.26",new Array( "na buddhi-bheda\u1E41 janayed", "aj\u00F1\u0101n\u0101\u1E41 karma-sa\u1E45gin\u0101m", "jo\u1E63ayet sarva-karm\u0101\u1E47i", "vidv\u0101n yukta\u1E25 sam\u0101caran"), "So as not to disrupt the minds of ignorant men attached to the fruitive results of prescribed duties, a learned person should not induce them to stop work. Rather, by working in the spirit of devotion, he should engage them in all sorts of activities [for the gradual development of K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a consciousness]."), new sloka("3.27",new Array( "prak\u1E5Bte\u1E25 kriyam\u0101\u1E47\u0101ni", "gu\u1E47ai\u1E25 karm\u0101\u1E47i sarva\u015Ba\u1E25", "aha\u1E45k\u0101ra-vim\u016B\u1E0Dh\u0101tm\u0101", "kart\u0101ham iti manyate"), "The spirit soul bewildered by the influence of false ego thinks himself the doer of activities that are in actuality carried out by the three modes of material nature."), new sloka("3.28",new Array( "tattva-vit tu mah\u0101-b\u0101ho", "gu\u1E47a-karma-vibh\u0101gayo\u1E25", "gu\u1E47\u0101 gu\u1E47e\u1E63u vartanta", "iti matv\u0101 na sajjate"), "One who is in knowledge of the Absolute Truth, O mighty-armed, does not engage himself in the senses and sense gratification, knowing well the differences between work in devotion and work for fruitive results."), new sloka("3.29",new Array( "prak\u1E5Bter gu\u1E47a-samm\u016B\u1E0Dh\u0101\u1E25", "sajjante gu\u1E47a-karmasu", "t\u0101n ak\u1E5Btsna-vido mand\u0101n", "k\u1E5Btsna-vin na vic\u0101layet"), "Bewildered by the modes of material nature, the ignorant fully engage themselves in material activities and become attached. But the wise should not unsettle them, although these duties are inferior due to the performers' lack of knowledge."), new sloka("3.30",new Array( "mayi sarv\u0101\u1E47i karm\u0101\u1E47i", "sannyasy\u0101dhy\u0101tma-cetas\u0101", "nir\u0101\u015B\u012Br nirmamo bh\u016Btv\u0101", "yudhyasva vigata-jvara\u1E25"), "Therefore, O Arjuna, surrendering all your works unto Me, with full knowledge of Me, without desires for profit, with no claims to proprietorship, and free from lethargy, fight."), new sloka("3.31",new Array( "ye me matam ida\u1E41 nityam", "anuti\u1E63\u1E6Dhanti m\u0101nav\u0101\u1E25", "\u015Braddh\u0101vanto 'nas\u016Byanto", "mucyante te 'pi karmabhi\u1E25"), "Those persons who execute their duties according to My injunctions and who follow this teaching faithfully, without envy, become free from the bondage of fruitive actions."), new sloka("3.32",new Array( "ye tv etad abhyas\u016Byanto", "n\u0101nuti\u1E63\u1E6Dhanti me matam", "sarva-j\u00F1\u0101na-vim\u016B\u1E0Dh\u0101\u1E41s t\u0101n", "viddhi na\u1E63\u1E6D\u0101n acetasa\u1E25"), "But those who, out of envy, disregard these teachings and do not follow them regularly are to be considered bereft of all knowledge, befooled, and ruined in their endeavors for perfection."), new sloka("3.33",new Array( "sad\u1E5B\u015Ba\u1E41 ce\u1E63\u1E6Date svasy\u0101\u1E25", "prak\u1E5Bter j\u00F1\u0101nav\u0101n api", "prak\u1E5Bti\u1E41 y\u0101nti bh\u016Bt\u0101ni", "nigraha\u1E25 ki\u1E41 kari\u1E63yati"), "Even a man of knowledge acts according to his own nature, for everyone follows the nature he has acquired from the three modes. What can repression accomplish?"), new sloka("3.34",new Array( "indriyasyendriyasy\u0101rthe", "r\u0101ga-dve\u1E63au vyavasthitau", "tayor na va\u015Bam \u0101gacchet", "tau hy asya paripanthinau"), "There are principles to regulate attachment and aversion pertaining to the senses and their objects. One should not come under the control of such attachment and aversion, because they are stumbling blocks on the path of self-realization."), new sloka("3.35",new Array( "\u015Brey\u0101n sva-dharmo vigu\u1E47a\u1E25", "para-dharm\u0101t sv-anu\u1E63\u1E6Dhit\u0101t", "sva-dharme nidhana\u1E41 \u015Breya\u1E25", "para-dharmo bhay\u0101vaha\u1E25"), "It is far better to discharge one's prescribed duties, even though faultily, than another's duties perfectly. Destruction in the course of performing one's own duty is better than engaging in another's duties, for to follow another's path is dangerous."), new sloka("3.36",new Array( "arjuna uv\u0101ca", "atha kena prayukto 'ya\u1E41", "p\u0101pa\u1E41 carati p\u016Bru\u1E63a\u1E25", "anicchann api v\u0101r\u1E63\u1E47eya", "bal\u0101d iva niyojita\u1E25"), "Arjuna said: O descendant of V\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47i, by what is one impelled to sinful acts, even unwillingly, as if engaged by force?"), new sloka("3.37",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "k\u0101ma e\u1E63a krodha e\u1E63a", "rajo-gu\u1E47a-samudbhava\u1E25", "mah\u0101\u015Bano mah\u0101-p\u0101pm\u0101", "viddhy enam iha vairi\u1E47am"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: It is lust only, Arjuna, which is born of contact with the material mode of passion and later transformed into wrath, and which is the all-devouring sinful enemy of this world."), new sloka("3.38",new Array( "dh\u016Bmen\u0101vriyate vahnir", "yath\u0101dar\u015Bo malena ca", "yatholben\u0101v\u1E5Bto garbhas", "tath\u0101 tenedam \u0101v\u1E5Btam"), "As fire is covered by smoke, as a mirror is covered by dust, or as the embryo is covered by the womb, the living entity is similarly covered by different degrees of this lust."), new sloka("3.39",new Array( "\u0101v\u1E5Bta\u1E41 j\u00F1\u0101nam etena", "j\u00F1\u0101nino nitya-vairi\u1E47\u0101", "k\u0101ma-r\u016Bpe\u1E47a kaunteya", "du\u1E63p\u016Bre\u1E47\u0101nalena ca"), "Thus the wise living entity's pure consciousness becomes covered by his eternal enemy in the form of lust, which is never satisfied and which burns like fire."), new sloka("3.40",new Array( "indriy\u0101\u1E47i mano buddhir", "asy\u0101dhi\u1E63\u1E6Dh\u0101nam ucyate", "etair vimohayaty e\u1E63a", "j\u00F1\u0101nam \u0101v\u1E5Btya dehinam"), "The senses, the mind and the intelligence are the sitting places of this lust. Through them lust covers the real knowledge of the living entity and bewilders him."), new sloka("3.41",new Array( "tasm\u0101t tvam indriy\u0101\u1E47y \u0101dau", "niyamya bharatar\u1E63abha", "p\u0101pm\u0101na\u1E41 prajahi hy ena\u1E41", "j\u00F1\u0101na-vij\u00F1\u0101na-n\u0101\u015Banam"), "Therefore, O Arjuna, best of the Bh\u0101ratas, in the very beginning curb this great symbol of sin [lust] by regulating the senses, and slay this destroyer of knowledge and self-realization."), new sloka("3.42",new Array( "indriy\u0101\u1E47i par\u0101\u1E47y \u0101hur", "indriyebhya\u1E25 para\u1E41 mana\u1E25", "manasas tu par\u0101 buddhir", "yo buddhe\u1E25 paratas tu sa\u1E25"), "The working senses are superior to dull matter; mind is higher than the senses; intelligence is still higher than the mind; and he [the soul] is even higher than the intelligence."), new sloka("3.43",new Array( "eva\u1E41 buddhe\u1E25 para\u1E41 buddhv\u0101", "sa\u1E41stabhy\u0101tm\u0101nam \u0101tman\u0101", "jahi \u015Batru\u1E41 mah\u0101-b\u0101ho", "k\u0101ma-r\u016Bpa\u1E41 dur\u0101sadam"), "Thus knowing oneself to be transcendental to the material senses, mind and intelligence, O mighty-armed Arjuna, one should steady the mind by deliberate spiritual intelligence [K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a consciousness] and thus\u2014by spiritual strength-conquer this insatiable enemy known as lust.")), new Array( new sloka("4.1",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "ima\u1E41 vivasvate yoga\u1E41", "proktav\u0101n aham avyayam", "vivasv\u0101n manave pr\u0101ha", "manur ik\u1E63v\u0101kave 'brav\u012Bt"), "The Personality of Godhead, Lord \u015Ar\u012B K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, said: I instructed this imperishable science of yoga to the sun-god, Vivasv\u0101n, and Vivasv\u0101n instructed it to Manu, the father of mankind, and Manu in turn instructed it to Ik\u1E63v\u0101ku."), new sloka("4.2",new Array( "eva\u1E41 parampar\u0101-pr\u0101ptam", "ima\u1E41 r\u0101jar\u1E63ayo vidu\u1E25", "sa k\u0101leneha mahat\u0101", "yogo na\u1E63\u1E6Da\u1E25 parantapa"), "This supreme science was thus received through the chain of disciplic succession, and the saintly kings understood it in that way. But in course of time the succession was broken, and therefore the science as it is appears to be lost."), new sloka("4.3",new Array( "sa ev\u0101ya\u1E41 may\u0101 te 'dya", "yoga\u1E25 prokta\u1E25 pur\u0101tana\u1E25", "bhakto 'si me sakh\u0101 ceti", "rahasya\u1E41 hy etad uttamam"), "That very ancient science of the relationship with the Supreme is today told by Me to you because you are My devotee as well as My friend and can therefore understand the transcendental mystery of this science."), new sloka("4.4",new Array( "arjuna uv\u0101ca", "apara\u1E41 bhavato janma", "para\u1E41 janma vivasvata\u1E25", "katham etad vij\u0101n\u012By\u0101\u1E41", "tvam \u0101dau proktav\u0101n iti"), "Arjuna said: The sun-god Vivasv\u0101n is senior by birth to You. How am I to understand that in the beginning You instructed this science to him?"), new sloka("4.5",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "bah\u016Bni me vyat\u012Bt\u0101ni", "janm\u0101ni tava c\u0101rjuna", "t\u0101ny aha\u1E41 veda sarv\u0101\u1E47i", "na tva\u1E41 vettha parantapa"), "The Personality of Godhead said: Many, many births both you and I have passed. I can remember all of them, but you cannot, O subduer of the enemy!"), new sloka("4.6",new Array( "ajo 'pi sann avyay\u0101tm\u0101", "bh\u016Bt\u0101n\u0101m \u012B\u015Bvaro 'pi san", "prak\u1E5Bti\u1E41 sv\u0101m adhi\u1E63\u1E6Dh\u0101ya", "sambhav\u0101my \u0101tma-m\u0101yay\u0101"), "Although I am unborn and My transcendental body never deteriorates, and although I am the Lord of all living entities, I still appear in every millennium in My original transcendental form."), new sloka("4.7",new Array( "yad\u0101 yad\u0101 hi dharmasya", "gl\u0101nir bhavati bh\u0101rata", "abhyutth\u0101nam adharmasya", "tad\u0101tm\u0101na\u1E41 s\u1E5Bj\u0101my aham"), "Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion\u2014at that time I descend Myself."), new sloka("4.8",new Array( "paritr\u0101\u1E47\u0101ya s\u0101dh\u016Bn\u0101\u1E41", "vin\u0101\u015B\u0101ya ca du\u1E63k\u1E5Bt\u0101m", "dharma-sa\u1E41sth\u0101pan\u0101rth\u0101ya", "sambhav\u0101mi yuge yuge"), "To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium."), new sloka("4.9",new Array( "janma karma ca me divyam", "eva\u1E41 yo vetti tattvata\u1E25", "tyaktv\u0101 deha\u1E41 punar janma", "naiti m\u0101m eti so 'rjuna"), "One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna."), new sloka("4.10",new Array( "v\u012Bta-r\u0101ga-bhaya-krodh\u0101", "man-may\u0101 m\u0101m up\u0101\u015Brit\u0101\u1E25", "bahavo j\u00F1\u0101na-tapas\u0101", "p\u016Bt\u0101 mad-bh\u0101vam \u0101gat\u0101\u1E25"), "Being freed from attachment, fear and anger, being fully absorbed in Me and taking refuge in Me, many, many persons in the past became purified by knowledge of Me\u2014and thus they all attained transcendental love for Me."), new sloka("4.11",new Array( "ye yath\u0101 m\u0101\u1E41 prapadyante", "t\u0101\u1E41s tathaiva bhaj\u0101my aham", "mama vartm\u0101nuvartante", "manu\u1E63y\u0101\u1E25 p\u0101rtha sarva\u015Ba\u1E25"), "As all surrender unto Me, I reward them accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of P\u1E5Bth\u0101."), new sloka("4.12",new Array( "k\u0101\u1E45k\u1E63anta\u1E25 karma\u1E47\u0101\u1E41 siddhi\u1E41", "yajanta iha devat\u0101\u1E25", "k\u1E63ipra\u1E41 hi m\u0101nu\u1E63e loke", "siddhir bhavati karma-j\u0101"), "Men in this world desire success in fruitive activities, and therefore they worship the demigods. Quickly, of course, men get results from fruitive work in this world."), new sloka("4.13",new Array( "c\u0101tur-var\u1E47ya\u1E41 may\u0101 s\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Da\u1E41", "gu\u1E47a-karma-vibh\u0101ga\u015Ba\u1E25", "tasya kart\u0101ram api m\u0101\u1E41", "viddhy akart\u0101ram avyayam"), "According to the three modes of material nature and the work associated with them, the four divisions of human society are created by Me. And although I am the creator of this system, you should know that I am yet the nondoer, being unchangeable."), new sloka("4.14",new Array( "na m\u0101\u1E41 karm\u0101\u1E47i limpanti", "na me karma-phale sp\u1E5Bh\u0101", "iti m\u0101\u1E41 yo 'bhij\u0101n\u0101ti", "karmabhir na sa badhyate"), "There is no work that affects Me; nor do I aspire for the fruits of action. One who understands this truth about Me also does not become entangled in the fruitive reactions of work."), new sloka("4.15",new Array( "eva\u1E41 j\u00F1\u0101tv\u0101 k\u1E5Bta\u1E41 karma", "p\u016Brvair api mumuk\u1E63ubhi\u1E25", "kuru karmaiva tasm\u0101t tva\u1E41", "p\u016Brvai\u1E25 p\u016Brvatara\u1E41 k\u1E5Btam"), "All the liberated souls in ancient times acted with this understanding of My transcendental nature. Therefore you should perform your duty, following in their footsteps."), new sloka("4.16",new Array( "ki\u1E41 karma kim akarmeti", "kavayo 'py atra mohit\u0101\u1E25", "tat te karma pravak\u1E63y\u0101mi", "yaj j\u00F1\u0101tv\u0101 mok\u1E63yase '\u015Bubh\u0101t"), "Even the intelligent are bewildered in determining what is action and what is inaction. Now I shall explain to you what action is, knowing which you shall be liberated from all misfortune."), new sloka("4.17",new Array( "karma\u1E47o hy api boddhavya\u1E41", "boddhavya\u1E41 ca vikarma\u1E47a\u1E25", "akarma\u1E47a\u015B ca boddhavya\u1E41", "gahan\u0101 karma\u1E47o gati\u1E25"), "The intricacies of action are very hard to understand. Therefore one should know properly what action is, what forbidden action is, and what inaction is."), new sloka("4.18",new Array( "karma\u1E47y akarma ya\u1E25 pa\u015Byed", "akarma\u1E47i ca karma ya\u1E25", "sa buddhim\u0101n manu\u1E63ye\u1E63u", "sa yukta\u1E25 k\u1E5Btsna-karma-k\u1E5Bt"), "One who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is intelligent among men, and he is in the transcendental position, although engaged in all sorts of activities."), new sloka("4.19",new Array( "yasya sarve sam\u0101rambh\u0101\u1E25", "k\u0101ma-sa\u1E45kalpa-varjit\u0101\u1E25", "j\u00F1\u0101n\u0101gni-dagdha-karm\u0101\u1E47a\u1E41", "tam \u0101hu\u1E25 pa\u1E47\u1E0Dita\u1E41 budh\u0101\u1E25"), "One is understood to be in full knowledge whose every endeavor is devoid of desire for sense gratification. He is said by sages to be a worker for whom the reactions of work have been burned up by the fire of perfect knowledge."), new sloka("4.20",new Array( "tyaktv\u0101 karma-phal\u0101sa\u1E45ga\u1E41", "nitya-t\u1E5Bpto nir\u0101\u015Braya\u1E25", "karma\u1E47y abhiprav\u1E5Btto 'pi", "naiva ki\u00F1cit karoti sa\u1E25"), "Abandoning all attachment to the results of his activities, ever satisfied and independent, he performs no fruitive action, although engaged in all kinds of undertakings."), new sloka("4.21",new Array( "nir\u0101\u015B\u012Br yata-citt\u0101tm\u0101", "tyakta-sarva-parigraha\u1E25", "\u015B\u0101r\u012Bra\u1E41 kevala\u1E41 karma", "kurvan n\u0101pnoti kilbi\u1E63am"), "Such a man of understanding acts with mind and intelligence perfectly controlled, gives up all sense of proprietorship over his possessions, and acts only for the bare necessities of life. Thus working, he is not affected by sinful reactions."), new sloka("4.22",new Array( "yad\u1E5Bcch\u0101-l\u0101bha-santu\u1E63\u1E6Do", "dvandv\u0101t\u012Bto vimatsara\u1E25", "sama\u1E25 siddh\u0101v asiddhau ca", "k\u1E5Btv\u0101pi na nibadhyate"), "He who is satisfied with gain which comes of its own accord, who is free from duality and does not envy, who is steady in both success and failure, is never entangled, although performing actions."), new sloka("4.23",new Array( "gata-sa\u1E45gasya muktasya", "j\u00F1\u0101n\u0101vasthita-cetasa\u1E25", "yaj\u00F1\u0101y\u0101carata\u1E25 karma", "samagra\u1E41 pravil\u012Byate"), "The work of a man who is unattached to the modes of material nature and who is fully situated in transcendental knowledge merges entirely into transcendence."), new sloka("4.24",new Array( "brahm\u0101rpa\u1E47a\u1E41 brahma havir", "brahm\u0101gnau brahma\u1E47\u0101 hutam", "brahmaiva tena gantavya\u1E41", "brahma-karma-sam\u0101dhin\u0101"), "A person who is fully absorbed in K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a consciousness is sure to attain the spiritual kingdom because of his full contribution to spiritual activities, in which the consummation is absolute and that which is offered is of the same spiritual nature."), new sloka("4.25",new Array( "daivam ev\u0101pare yaj\u00F1a\u1E41", "yogina\u1E25 paryup\u0101sate", "brahm\u0101gn\u0101v apare yaj\u00F1a\u1E41", "yaj\u00F1enaivopajuhvati"), "Some yog\u012Bs perfectly worship the demigods by offering different sacrifices to them, and some of them offer sacrifices in the fire of the Supreme Brahman."), new sloka("4.26",new Array( "\u015Brotr\u0101d\u012Bn\u012Bndriy\u0101\u1E47y anye", "sa\u1E41yam\u0101gni\u1E63u juhvati", "\u015Babd\u0101d\u012Bn vi\u1E63ay\u0101n anya", "indriy\u0101gni\u1E63u juhvati"), "Some [the unadulterated brahmac\u0101r\u012Bs] sacrifice the hearing process and the senses in the fire of mental control, and others [the regulated householders] sacrifice the objects of the senses in the fire of the senses."), new sloka("4.27",new Array( "sarv\u0101\u1E47\u012Bndriya-karm\u0101\u1E47i", "pr\u0101\u1E47a-karm\u0101\u1E47i c\u0101pare", "\u0101tma-sa\u1E41yama-yog\u0101gnau", "juhvati j\u00F1\u0101na-d\u012Bpite"), "Others, who are interested in achieving self-realization through control of the mind and senses, offer the functions of all the senses, and of the life breath, as oblations into the fire of the controlled mind."), new sloka("4.28",new Array( "dravya-yaj\u00F1\u0101s tapo-yaj\u00F1\u0101", "yoga-yaj\u00F1\u0101s tath\u0101pare", "sv\u0101dhy\u0101ya-j\u00F1\u0101na-yaj\u00F1\u0101\u015B ca", "yataya\u1E25 sa\u1E41\u015Bita-vrat\u0101\u1E25"), "Having accepted strict vows, some become enlightened by sacrificing their possessions, and others by performing severe austerities, by practicing the yoga of eightfold mysticism, or by studying the Vedas to advance in transcendental knowledge."), new sloka("4.29",new Array( "ap\u0101ne juhvati pr\u0101\u1E47a\u1E41", "pr\u0101\u1E47e 'p\u0101na\u1E41 tath\u0101pare", "pr\u0101\u1E47\u0101p\u0101na-gat\u012B ruddhv\u0101", "pr\u0101\u1E47\u0101y\u0101ma-par\u0101ya\u1E47\u0101\u1E25", "apare niyat\u0101h\u0101r\u0101\u1E25", "pr\u0101\u1E47\u0101n pr\u0101\u1E47e\u1E63u juhvati"), "Still others, who are inclined to the process of breath restraint to remain in trance, practice by offering the movement of the outgoing breath into the incoming, and the incoming breath into the outgoing, and thus at last remain in trance, stopping all breathing. Others, curtailing the eating process, offer the outgoing breath into itself as a sacrifice."), new sloka("4.30",new Array( "sarve 'py ete yaj\u00F1a-vido", "yaj\u00F1a-k\u1E63apita-kalma\u1E63\u0101\u1E25", "yaj\u00F1a-\u015Bi\u1E63\u1E6D\u0101m\u1E5Bta-bhujo", "y\u0101nti brahma san\u0101tanam"), "All these performers who know the meaning of sacrifice become cleansed of sinful reactions, and, having tasted the nectar of the results of sacrifices, they advance toward the supreme eternal atmosphere."), new sloka("4.31",new Array( "n\u0101ya\u1E41 loko 'sty ayaj\u00F1asya", "kuto 'nya\u1E25 kuru-sattama"), "O best of the Kuru dynasty, without sacrifice one can never live happily on this planet or in this life: what then of the next?"), new sloka("4.32",new Array( "eva\u1E41 bahu-vidh\u0101 yaj\u00F1\u0101", "vitat\u0101 brahma\u1E47o mukhe", "karma-j\u0101n viddhi t\u0101n sarv\u0101n", "eva\u1E41 j\u00F1\u0101tv\u0101 vimok\u1E63yase"), "All these different types of sacrifice are approved by the Vedas, and all of them are born of different types of work. Knowing them as such, you will become liberated."), new sloka("4.33",new Array( "\u015Brey\u0101n dravya-may\u0101d yaj\u00F1\u0101j", "j\u00F1\u0101na-yaj\u00F1a\u1E25 parantapa", "sarva\u1E41 karm\u0101khila\u1E41 p\u0101rtha", "j\u00F1\u0101ne parisam\u0101pyate"), "O chastiser of the enemy, the sacrifice performed in knowledge is better than the mere sacrifice of material possessions. After all, O son of P\u1E5Bth\u0101, all sacrifices of work culminate in transcendental knowledge."), new sloka("4.34",new Array( "tad viddhi pra\u1E47ip\u0101tena", "paripra\u015Bnena sevay\u0101", "upadek\u1E63yanti te j\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41", "j\u00F1\u0101ninas tattva-dar\u015Bina\u1E25"), "Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized souls can impart knowledge unto you because they have seen the truth."), new sloka("4.35",new Array( "yaj j\u00F1\u0101tv\u0101 na punar moham", "eva\u1E41 y\u0101syasi p\u0101\u1E47\u1E0Dava", "yena bh\u016Bt\u0101ny a\u015Be\u1E63\u0101\u1E47i", "drak\u1E63yasy \u0101tmany atho mayi"), "Having obtained real knowledge from a self-realized soul, you will never fall again into such illusion, for by this knowledge you will see that all living beings are but part of the Supreme, or, in other words, that they are Mine."), new sloka("4.36",new Array( "api ced asi p\u0101pebhya\u1E25", "sarvebhya\u1E25 p\u0101pa-k\u1E5Bt-tama\u1E25", "sarva\u1E41 j\u00F1\u0101na-plavenaiva", "v\u1E5Bjina\u1E41 santari\u1E63yasi"), "Even if you are considered to be the most sinful of all sinners, when you are situated in the boat of transcendental knowledge you will be able to cross over the ocean of miseries."), new sloka("4.37",new Array( "yathaidh\u0101\u1E41si samiddho 'gnir", "bhasma-s\u0101t kurute 'rjuna", "j\u00F1\u0101n\u0101gni\u1E25 sarva-karm\u0101\u1E47i", "bhasma-s\u0101t kurute tath\u0101"), "As a blazing fire turns firewood to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge burn to ashes all reactions to material activities."), new sloka("4.38",new Array( "na hi j\u00F1\u0101nena sad\u1E5B\u015Ba\u1E41", "pavitram iha vidyate", "tat svaya\u1E41 yoga-sa\u1E41siddha\u1E25", "k\u0101len\u0101tmani vindati"), "In this world, there is nothing so sublime and pure as transcendental knowledge. Such knowledge is the mature fruit of all mysticism. And one who has become accomplished in the practice of devotional service enjoys this knowledge within himself in due course of time."), new sloka("4.39",new Array( "\u015Braddh\u0101v\u0101l labhate j\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41", "tat-para\u1E25 sa\u1E41yatendriya\u1E25", "j\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41 labdhv\u0101 par\u0101\u1E41 \u015B\u0101ntim", "acire\u1E47\u0101dhigacchati"), "A faithful man who is dedicated to transcendental knowledge and who subdues his senses is eligible to achieve such knowledge, and having achieved it he quickly attains the supreme spiritual peace."), new sloka("4.40",new Array( "aj\u00F1a\u015B c\u0101\u015Braddadh\u0101na\u015B ca", "sa\u1E41\u015Bay\u0101tm\u0101 vina\u015Byati", "n\u0101ya\u1E41 loko 'sti na paro", "na sukha\u1E41 sa\u1E41\u015Bay\u0101tmana\u1E25"), "But ignorant and faithless persons who doubt the revealed scriptures do not attain God consciousness; they fall down. For the doubting soul there is happiness neither in this world nor in the next."), new sloka("4.41",new Array( "yoga-sannyasta-karm\u0101\u1E47a\u1E41", "j\u00F1\u0101na-sa\u00F1chinna-sa\u1E41\u015Bayam", "\u0101tmavanta\u1E41 na karm\u0101\u1E47i", "nibadhnanti dhana\u00F1jaya"), "One who acts in devotional service, renouncing the fruits of his actions, and whose doubts have been destroyed by transcendental knowledge, is situated factually in the self. Thus he is not bound by the reactions of work, O conqueror of riches."), new sloka("4.42",new Array( "tasm\u0101d aj\u00F1\u0101na-sambh\u016Bta\u1E41", "h\u1E5Bt-stha\u1E41 j\u00F1\u0101n\u0101sin\u0101tmana\u1E25", "chittvaina\u1E41 sa\u1E41\u015Baya\u1E41 yogam", "\u0101ti\u1E63\u1E6Dhotti\u1E63\u1E6Dha bh\u0101rata"), "Therefore the doubts which have arisen in your heart out of ignorance should be slashed by the weapon of knowledge. Armed with yoga, O Bh\u0101rata, stand and fight.")), new Array( new sloka("5.1",new Array( "arjuna uv\u0101ca", "sanny\u0101sa\u1E41 karma\u1E47\u0101\u1E41 k\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a", "punar yoga\u1E41 ca \u015Ba\u1E41sasi", "yac chreya etayor eka\u1E41", "tan me br\u016Bhi su-ni\u015Bcitam"), "Arjuna said: O K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, first of all You ask me to renounce work, and then again You recommend work with devotion. Now will You kindly tell me definitely which of the two is more beneficial?"), new sloka("5.2",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "sanny\u0101sa\u1E25 karma-yoga\u015B ca", "ni\u1E25\u015Breyasa-kar\u0101v ubhau", "tayos tu karma-sanny\u0101s\u0101t", "karma-yogo vi\u015Bi\u1E63yate"), "The Personality of Godhead replied: The renunciation of work and work in devotion are both good for liberation. But, of the two, work in devotional service is better than renunciation of work."), new sloka("5.3",new Array( "j\u00F1eya\u1E25 sa nitya-sanny\u0101s\u012B", "yo na dve\u1E63\u1E6Di na k\u0101\u1E45k\u1E63ati", "nirdvandvo hi mah\u0101-b\u0101ho", "sukha\u1E41 bandh\u0101t pramucyate"), "One who neither hates nor desires the fruits of his activities is known to be always renounced. Such a person, free from all dualities, easily overcomes material bondage and is completely liberated, O mighty-armed Arjuna."), new sloka("5.4",new Array( "s\u0101\u1E45khya-yogau p\u1E5Bthag b\u0101l\u0101\u1E25", "pravadanti na pa\u1E47\u1E0Dit\u0101\u1E25", "ekam apy \u0101sthita\u1E25 samyag", "ubhayor vindate phalam"), "Only the ignorant speak of devotional service [karma-yoga] as being different from the analytical study of the material world [S\u0101\u1E45khya]. Those who are actually learned say that he who applies himself well to one of these paths achieves the results of both."), new sloka("5.5",new Array( "yat s\u0101\u1E45khyai\u1E25 pr\u0101pyate sth\u0101na\u1E41", "tad yogair api gamyate", "eka\u1E41 s\u0101\u1E45khya\u1E41 ca yoga\u1E41 ca", "ya\u1E25 pa\u015Byati sa pa\u015Byati"), "One who knows that the position reached by means of analytical study can also be attained by devotional service, and who therefore sees analytical study and devotional service to be on the same level, sees things as they are."), new sloka("5.6",new Array( "sanny\u0101sas tu mah\u0101-b\u0101ho", "du\u1E25kham \u0101ptum ayogata\u1E25", "yoga-yukto munir brahma", "na cire\u1E47\u0101dhigacchati"), "Merely renouncing all activities yet not engaging in the devotional service of the Lord cannot make one happy. But a thoughtful person engaged in devotional service can achieve the Supreme without delay."), new sloka("5.7",new Array( "yoga-yukto vi\u015Buddh\u0101tm\u0101", "vijit\u0101tm\u0101 jitendriya\u1E25", "sarva-bh\u016Bt\u0101tma-bh\u016Bt\u0101tm\u0101", "kurvann api na lipyate"), "One who works in devotion, who is a pure soul, and who controls his mind and senses is dear to everyone, and everyone is dear to him. Though always working, such a man is never entangled."), new sloka("5.8-9",new Array( "naiva ki\u00F1cit karom\u012Bti", "yukto manyeta tattva-vit", "pa\u015Bya\u00F1 \u015B\u1E5B\u1E47van sp\u1E5B\u015Ba\u00F1 jighrann", "a\u015Bnan gacchan svapan \u015Bvasan", "", "pralapan vis\u1E5Bjan g\u1E5Bh\u1E47ann", "unmi\u1E63an nimi\u1E63ann api", "indriy\u0101\u1E47\u012Bndriy\u0101rthe\u1E63u", "vartanta iti dh\u0101rayan"), "A person in the divine consciousness, although engaged in seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving about, sleeping and breathing, always knows within himself that he actually does nothing at all. Because while speaking, evacuating, receiving, or opening or closing his eyes, he always knows that only the material senses are engaged with their objects and that he is aloof from them."), new sloka("5.10",new Array( "brahma\u1E47y \u0101dh\u0101ya karm\u0101\u1E47i", "sa\u1E45ga\u1E41 tyaktv\u0101 karoti ya\u1E25", "lipyate na sa p\u0101pena", "padma-patram iv\u0101mbhas\u0101"), "One who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering the results unto the Supreme Lord, is unaffected by sinful action, as the lotus leaf is untouched by water."), new sloka("5.11",new Array( "k\u0101yena manas\u0101 buddhy\u0101", "kevalair indriyair api", "yogina\u1E25 karma kurvanti", "sa\u1E45ga\u1E41 tyaktv\u0101tma-\u015Buddhaye"), "The yog\u012Bs, abandoning attachment, act with body, mind, intelligence and even with the senses, only for the purpose of purification."), new sloka("5.12",new Array( "yukta\u1E25 karma-phala\u1E41 tyaktv\u0101", "\u015B\u0101ntim \u0101pnoti nai\u1E63\u1E6Dhik\u012Bm", "ayukta\u1E25 k\u0101ma-k\u0101re\u1E47a", "phale sakto nibadhyate"), "The steadily devoted soul attains unadulterated peace because he offers the result of all activities to Me; whereas a person who is not in union with the Divine, who is greedy for the fruits of his labor, becomes entangled."), new sloka("5.13",new Array( "sarva-karm\u0101\u1E47i manas\u0101", "sannyasy\u0101ste sukha\u1E41 va\u015B\u012B", "nava-dv\u0101re pure deh\u012B", "naiva kurvan na k\u0101rayan"), "When the embodied living being controls his nature and mentally renounces all actions, he resides happily in the city of nine gates [the material body], neither working nor causing work to be done."), new sloka("5.14",new Array( "na kart\u1E5Btva\u1E41 na karm\u0101\u1E47i", "lokasya s\u1E5Bjati prabhu\u1E25", "na karma-phala-sa\u1E41yoga\u1E41", "svabh\u0101vas tu pravartate"), "The embodied spirit, master of the city of his body, does not create activities, nor does he induce people to act, nor does he create the fruits of action. All this is enacted by the modes of material nature."), new sloka("5.15",new Array( "n\u0101datte kasyacit p\u0101pa\u1E41", "na caiva suk\u1E5Bta\u1E41 vibhu\u1E25", "aj\u00F1\u0101nen\u0101v\u1E5Bta\u1E41 j\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41", "tena muhyanti jantava\u1E25"), "Nor does the Supreme Lord assume anyone's sinful or pious activities. Embodied beings, however, are bewildered because of the ignorance which covers their real knowledge."), new sloka("5.16",new Array( "j\u00F1\u0101nena tu tad aj\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41", "ye\u1E63\u0101\u1E41 n\u0101\u015Bitam \u0101tmana\u1E25", "te\u1E63\u0101m \u0101ditya-vaj j\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41", "prak\u0101\u015Bayati tat param"), "When, however, one is enlightened with the knowledge by which nescience is destroyed, then his knowledge reveals everything, as the sun lights up everything in the daytime."), new sloka("5.17",new Array( "tad-buddhayas tad-\u0101tm\u0101nas", "tan-ni\u1E63\u1E6Dh\u0101s tat-par\u0101ya\u1E47\u0101\u1E25", "gacchanty apunar-\u0101v\u1E5Btti\u1E41", "j\u00F1\u0101na-nirdh\u016Bta-kalma\u1E63\u0101\u1E25"), "When one's intelligence, mind, faith and refuge are all fixed in the Supreme, then one becomes fully cleansed of misgivings through complete knowledge and thus proceeds straight on the path of liberation."), new sloka("5.18",new Array( "vidy\u0101-vinaya-sampanne", "br\u0101hma\u1E47e gavi hastini", "\u015Buni caiva \u015Bva-p\u0101ke ca", "pa\u1E47\u1E0Dit\u0101\u1E25 sama-dar\u015Bina\u1E25"), "The humble sages, by virtue of true knowledge, see with equal vision a learned and gentle br\u0101hma\u1E47a, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater [outcaste]."), new sloka("5.19",new Array( "ihaiva tair jita\u1E25 sargo", "ye\u1E63\u0101\u1E41 s\u0101mye sthita\u1E41 mana\u1E25", "nirdo\u1E63a\u1E41 hi sama\u1E41 brahma", "tasm\u0101d brahma\u1E47i te sthit\u0101\u1E25"), "Those whose minds are established in sameness and equanimity have already conquered the conditions of birth and death. They are flawless like Brahman, and thus they are already situated in Brahman."), new sloka("5.20",new Array( "na prah\u1E5B\u1E63yet priya\u1E41 pr\u0101pya", "nodvijet pr\u0101pya c\u0101priyam", "sthira-buddhir asamm\u016B\u1E0Dho", "brahma-vid brahma\u1E47i sthita\u1E25"), "A person who neither rejoices upon achieving something pleasant nor laments upon obtaining something unpleasant, who is self-intelligent, who is unbewildered, and who knows the science of God, is already situated in transcendence."), new sloka("5.21",new Array( "b\u0101hya-spar\u015Be\u1E63v asakt\u0101tm\u0101", "vindaty \u0101tmani yat sukham", "sa brahma-yoga-yukt\u0101tm\u0101", "sukham ak\u1E63ayam a\u015Bnute"), "Such a liberated person is not attracted to material sense pleasure but is always in trance, enjoying the pleasure within. In this way the self-realized person enjoys unlimited happiness, for he concentrates on the Supreme."), new sloka("5.22",new Array( "ye hi sa\u1E41spar\u015Ba-j\u0101 bhog\u0101", "du\u1E25kha-yonaya eva te", "\u0101dy-antavanta\u1E25 kaunteya", "na te\u1E63u ramate budha\u1E25"), "An intelligent person does not take part in the sources of misery, which are due to contact with the material senses. O son of Kunt\u012B, such pleasures have a beginning and an end, and so the wise man does not delight in them."), new sloka("5.23",new Array( "\u015Baknot\u012Bhaiva ya\u1E25 so\u1E0Dhu\u1E41", "pr\u0101k \u015Bar\u012Bra-vimok\u1E63a\u1E47\u0101t", "k\u0101ma-krodhodbhava\u1E41 vega\u1E41", "sa yukta\u1E25 sa sukh\u012B nara\u1E25"), "Before giving up this present body, if one is able to tolerate the urges of the material senses and check the force of desire and anger, he is well situated and is happy in this world."), new sloka("5.24",new Array( "yo 'nta\u1E25-sukho 'ntar-\u0101r\u0101mas", "tath\u0101ntar-jyotir eva ya\u1E25", "sa yog\u012B brahma-nirv\u0101\u1E47a\u1E41", "brahma-bh\u016Bto 'dhigacchati"), "One whose happiness is within, who is active and rejoices within, and whose aim is inward is actually the perfect mystic. He is liberated in the Supreme, and ultimately he attains the Supreme."), new sloka("5.25",new Array( "labhante brahma-nirv\u0101\u1E47am", "\u1E5B\u1E63aya\u1E25 k\u1E63\u012B\u1E47a-kalma\u1E63\u0101\u1E25", "chinna-dvaidh\u0101 yat\u0101tm\u0101na\u1E25", "sarva-bh\u016Bta-hite rat\u0101\u1E25"), "Those who are beyond the dualities that arise from doubts, whose minds are engaged within, who are always busy working for the welfare of all living beings, and who are free from all sins achieve liberation in the Supreme."), new sloka("5.26",new Array( "k\u0101ma-krodha-vimukt\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "yat\u012Bn\u0101\u1E41 yata-cetas\u0101m", "abhito brahma-nirv\u0101\u1E47a\u1E41", "vartate vidit\u0101tman\u0101m"), "Those who are free from anger and all material desires, who are self-realized, self-disciplined and constantly endeavoring for perfection, are assured of liberation in the Supreme in the very near future."), new sloka("5.27-28",new Array( "spar\u015B\u0101n k\u1E5Btv\u0101 bahir b\u0101hy\u0101\u1E41\u015B", "cak\u1E63u\u015B caiv\u0101ntare bhruvo\u1E25", "pr\u0101\u1E47\u0101p\u0101nau samau k\u1E5Btv\u0101", "n\u0101s\u0101bhyantara-c\u0101ri\u1E47au", "", "yatendriya-mano-buddhir", "munir mok\u1E63a-par\u0101ya\u1E47a\u1E25", "vigatecch\u0101-bhaya-krodho", "ya\u1E25 sad\u0101 mukta eva sa\u1E25"), "Shutting out all external sense objects, keeping the eyes and vision concentrated between the two eyebrows, suspending the inward and outward breaths within the nostrils, and thus controlling the mind, senses and intelligence, the transcendentalist aiming at liberation becomes free from desire, fear and anger. One who is always in this state is certainly liberated."), new sloka("5.29",new Array( "bhokt\u0101ra\u1E41 yaj\u00F1a-tapas\u0101\u1E41", "sarva-loka-mahe\u015Bvaram", "suh\u1E5Bda\u1E41 sarva-bh\u016Bt\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "j\u00F1\u0101tv\u0101 m\u0101\u1E41 \u015B\u0101ntim \u1E5Bcchati"), "A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing Me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attains peace from the pangs of material miseries.")), new Array( new sloka("6.1",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "an\u0101\u015Brita\u1E25 karma-phala\u1E41", "k\u0101rya\u1E41 karma karoti ya\u1E25", "sa sanny\u0101s\u012B ca yog\u012B ca", "na niragnir na c\u0101kriya\u1E25"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic, not he who lights no fire and performs no duty."), new sloka("6.2",new Array( "ya\u1E41 sanny\u0101sam iti pr\u0101hur", "yoga\u1E41 ta\u1E41 viddhi p\u0101\u1E47\u1E0Dava", "na hy asannyasta-sa\u1E45kalpo", "yog\u012B bhavati ka\u015Bcana"), "What is called renunciation you should know to be the same as yoga, or linking oneself with the Supreme, O son of P\u0101\u1E47\u1E0Du, for one can never become a yog\u012B unless he renounces the desire for sense gratification."), new sloka("6.3",new Array( "\u0101ruruk\u1E63or muner yoga\u1E41", "karma k\u0101ra\u1E47am ucyate", "yog\u0101r\u016B\u1E0Dhasya tasyaiva", "\u015Bama\u1E25 k\u0101ra\u1E47am ucyate"), "For one who is a neophyte in the eightfold yoga system, work is said to be the means; and for one who is already elevated in yoga, cessation of all material activities is said to be the means."), new sloka("6.4",new Array( "yad\u0101 hi nendriy\u0101rthe\u1E63u", "na karmasv anu\u1E63ajjate", "sarva-sa\u1E45kalpa-sanny\u0101s\u012B", "yog\u0101r\u016B\u1E0Dhas tadocyate"), "A person is said to be elevated in yoga when, having renounced all material desires, he neither acts for sense gratification nor engages in fruitive activities."), new sloka("6.5",new Array( "uddhared \u0101tman\u0101tm\u0101na\u1E41", "n\u0101tm\u0101nam avas\u0101dayet", "\u0101tmaiva hy \u0101tmano bandhur", "\u0101tmaiva ripur \u0101tmana\u1E25"), "One must deliver himself with the help of his mind, and not degrade himself. The mind is the friend of the conditioned soul, and his enemy as well."), new sloka("6.6",new Array( "bandhur \u0101tm\u0101tmanas tasya", "yen\u0101tmaiv\u0101tman\u0101 jita\u1E25", "an\u0101tmanas tu \u015Batrutve", "vartet\u0101tmaiva \u015Batru-vat"), "For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his mind will remain the greatest enemy."), new sloka("6.7",new Array( "jit\u0101tmana\u1E25 pra\u015B\u0101ntasya", "param\u0101tm\u0101 sam\u0101hita\u1E25", "\u015B\u012Bto\u1E63\u1E47a-sukha-du\u1E25khe\u1E63u", "tath\u0101 m\u0101n\u0101pam\u0101nayo\u1E25"), "For one who has conquered the mind, the Supersoul is already reached, for he has attained tranquillity. To such a man happiness and distress, heat and cold, honor and dishonor are all the same."), new sloka("6.8",new Array( "j\u00F1\u0101na-vij\u00F1\u0101na-t\u1E5Bpt\u0101tm\u0101", "k\u016B\u1E6Da-stho vijitendriya\u1E25", "yukta ity ucyate yog\u012B", "sama-lo\u1E63\u1E6Dr\u0101\u015Bma-k\u0101\u00F1cana\u1E25"), "A person is said to be established in self-realization and is called a yog\u012B [or mystic] when he is fully satisfied by virtue of acquired knowledge and realization. Such a person is situated in transcendence and is self-controlled. He sees everything\u2014whether it be pebbles, stones or gold\u2014as the same."), new sloka("6.9",new Array( "suh\u1E5Bn-mitr\u0101ry-ud\u0101s\u012Bna-", "madhyastha-dve\u1E63ya-bandhu\u1E63u", "s\u0101dhu\u1E63v api ca p\u0101pe\u1E63u", "sama-buddhir vi\u015Bi\u1E63yate"), "A person is considered still further advanced when he regards honest well-wishers, affectionate benefactors, the neutral, mediators, the envious, friends and enemies, the pious and the sinners all with an equal mind."), new sloka("6.10",new Array( "yog\u012B yu\u00F1j\u012Bta satatam", "\u0101tm\u0101na\u1E41 rahasi sthita\u1E25", "ek\u0101k\u012B yata-citt\u0101tm\u0101", "nir\u0101\u015B\u012Br aparigraha\u1E25"), "A transcendentalist should always engage his body, mind and self in relationship with the Supreme; he should live alone in a secluded place and should always carefully control his mind. He should be free from desires and feelings of possessiveness."), new sloka("6.11-12",new Array( "\u015Bucau de\u015Be prati\u1E63\u1E6Dh\u0101pya", "sthiram \u0101sanam \u0101tmana\u1E25", "n\u0101ty-ucchrita\u1E41 n\u0101ti-n\u012Bca\u1E41", "cail\u0101jina-ku\u015Bottaram", "", "tatraik\u0101gra\u1E41 mana\u1E25 k\u1E5Btv\u0101", "yata-cittendriya-kriya\u1E25", "upavi\u015By\u0101sane yu\u00F1jy\u0101d", "yogam \u0101tma-vi\u015Buddhaye"), "To practice yoga, one should go to a secluded place and should lay ku\u015Ba grass on the ground and then cover it with a deerskin and a soft cloth. The seat should be neither too high nor too low and should be situated in a sacred place. The yog\u012B should then sit on it very firmly and practice yoga to purify the heart by controlling his mind, senses and activities and fixing the mind on one point."), new sloka("6.13-14",new Array( "sama\u1E41 k\u0101ya-\u015Biro-gr\u012Bva\u1E41", "dh\u0101rayann acala\u1E41 sthira\u1E25", "samprek\u1E63ya n\u0101sik\u0101gra\u1E41 sva\u1E41", "di\u015Ba\u015B c\u0101navalokayan", "", "pra\u015B\u0101nt\u0101tm\u0101 vigata-bh\u012Br", "brahmac\u0101ri-vrate sthita\u1E25", "mana\u1E25 sa\u1E41yamya mac-citto", "yukta \u0101s\u012Bta mat-para\u1E25"), "One should hold one's body, neck and head erect in a straight line and stare steadily at the tip of the nose. Thus, with an unagitated, subdued mind, devoid of fear, completely free from sex life, one should meditate upon Me within the heart and make Me the ultimate goal of life."), new sloka("6.15",new Array( "yu\u00F1jann eva\u1E41 sad\u0101tm\u0101na\u1E41", "yog\u012B niyata-m\u0101nasa\u1E25", "\u015B\u0101nti\u1E41 nirv\u0101\u1E47a-param\u0101\u1E41", "mat-sa\u1E41sth\u0101m adhigacchati"), "Thus practicing constant control of the body, mind and activities, the mystic transcendentalist, his mind regulated, attains to the kingdom of God [or the abode of K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a] by cessation of material existence."), new sloka("6.16",new Array( "n\u0101ty-a\u015Bnatas 'tu yogo 'sti", "na caik\u0101ntam ana\u015Bnata\u1E25", "na c\u0101ti-svapna-\u015B\u012Blasya", "j\u0101grato naiva c\u0101rjuna"), "There is no possibility of one's becoming a yog\u012B, O Arjuna, if one eats too much or eats too little, sleeps too much or does not sleep enough."), new sloka("6.17",new Array( "yukt\u0101h\u0101ra-vih\u0101rasya", "yukta-ce\u1E63\u1E6Dasya karmasu", "yukta-svapn\u0101vabodhasya", "yogo bhavati du\u1E25kha-h\u0101"), "He who is regulated in his habits of eating, sleeping, recreation and work can mitigate all material pains by practicing the yoga system."), new sloka("6.18",new Array( "yad\u0101 viniyata\u1E41 cittam", "\u0101tmany ev\u0101vati\u1E63\u1E6Dhate", "nisp\u1E5Bha\u1E25 sarva-k\u0101mebhyo", "yukta ity ucyate tad\u0101"), "When the yog\u012B, by practice of yoga, disciplines his mental activities and becomes situated in transcendence\u2014devoid of all material desires\u2014he is said to be well established in yoga."), new sloka("6.19",new Array( "yath\u0101 d\u012Bpo niv\u0101ta-stho", "ne\u1E45gate sopam\u0101 sm\u1E5Bt\u0101", "yogino yata-cittasya", "yu\u00F1jato yogam \u0101tmana\u1E25"), "As a lamp in a windless place does not waver, so the transcendentalist, whose mind is controlled, remains always steady in his meditation on the transcendent self."), new sloka("6.20-23",new Array( "yatroparamate citta\u1E41", "niruddha\u1E41 yoga-sevay\u0101", "yatra caiv\u0101tman\u0101tm\u0101na\u1E41", "pa\u015Byann \u0101tmani tu\u1E63yati", "", "sukham \u0101tyantika\u1E41 yat tad", "buddhi-gr\u0101hyam at\u012Bndriyam", "vetti yatra na caiv\u0101ya\u1E41", "sthita\u015B calati tattvata\u1E25", "", "ya\u1E41 labdhv\u0101 c\u0101para\u1E41 l\u0101bha\u1E41", "manyate n\u0101dhika\u1E41 tata\u1E25", "yasmin sthito na du\u1E25khena", "guru\u1E47\u0101pi vic\u0101lyate", "", "ta\u1E41 vidy\u0101d du\u1E25kha-sa\u1E41yoga-", "viyoga\u1E41 yoga-sa\u1E41j\u00F1itam"), "In the stage of perfection called trance, or sam\u0101dhi, one's mind is completely restrained from material mental activities by practice of yoga. This perfection is characterized by one's ability to see the self by the pure mind and to relish and rejoice in the self. In that joyous state, one is situated in boundless transcendental happiness, realized through transcendental senses. Established thus, one never departs from the truth, and upon gaining this he thinks there is no greater gain. Being situated in such a position, one is never shaken, even in the midst of greatest difficulty. This indeed is actual freedom from all miseries arising from material contact."), new sloka("6.24",new Array( "sa ni\u015Bcayena yoktavyo", "yogo 'nirvi\u1E47\u1E47a-cetas\u0101", "sa\u1E45kalpa-prabhav\u0101n k\u0101m\u0101\u1E41s", "tyaktv\u0101 sarv\u0101n a\u015Be\u1E63ata\u1E25", "manasaivendriya-gr\u0101ma\u1E41", "viniyamya samantata\u1E25"), "One should engage oneself in the practice of yoga with determination and faith and not be deviated from the path. One should abandon, without exception, all material desires born of mental speculation and thus control all the senses on all sides by the mind."), new sloka("6.25",new Array( "\u015Banai\u1E25 \u015Banair uparamed", "buddhy\u0101 dh\u1E5Bti-g\u1E5Bh\u012Btay\u0101", "\u0101tma-sa\u1E41stha\u1E41 mana\u1E25 k\u1E5Btv\u0101", "na ki\u00F1cid api cintayet"), "Gradually, step by step, one should become situated in trance by means of intelligence sustained by full conviction, and thus the mind should be fixed on the self alone and should think of nothing else."), new sloka("6.26",new Array( "yato yato ni\u015Bcalati", "mana\u015B ca\u00F1calam asthiram", "tatas tato niyamyaitad", "\u0101tmany eva va\u015Ba\u1E41 nayet"), "From wherever the mind wanders due to its flickering and unsteady nature, one must certainly withdraw it and bring it back under the control of the self."), new sloka("6.27",new Array( "pra\u015B\u0101nta-manasa\u1E41 hy ena\u1E41", "yogina\u1E41 sukham uttamam", "upaiti \u015B\u0101nta-rajasa\u1E41", "brahma-bh\u016Btam akalma\u1E63am"), "The yog\u012B whose mind is fixed on Me verily attains the highest perfection of transcendental happiness. He is beyond the mode of passion, he realizes his qualitative identity with the Supreme, and thus he is freed from all reactions to past deeds."), new sloka("6.28",new Array( "yu\u00F1jann eva\u1E41 sad\u0101tm\u0101na\u1E41", "yog\u012B vigata-kalma\u1E63a\u1E25", "sukhena brahma-sa\u1E41spar\u015Bam", "atyanta\u1E41 sukham a\u015Bnute"), "Thus the self-controlled yog\u012B, constantly engaged in yoga practice, becomes free from all material contamination and achieves the highest stage of perfect happiness in transcendental loving service to the Lord."), new sloka("6.29",new Array( "sarva-bh\u016Bta-stham \u0101tm\u0101na\u1E41", "sarva-bh\u016Bt\u0101ni c\u0101tmani", "\u012Bk\u1E63ate yoga-yukt\u0101tm\u0101", "sarvatra sama-dar\u015Bana\u1E25"), "A true yog\u012B observes Me in all beings and also sees every being in Me. Indeed, the self-realized person sees Me, the same Supreme Lord, everywhere."), new sloka("6.30",new Array( "yo m\u0101\u1E41 pa\u015Byati sarvatra", "sarva\u1E41 ca mayi pa\u015Byati", "tasy\u0101ha\u1E41 na pra\u1E47a\u015By\u0101mi", "sa ca me na pra\u1E47a\u015Byati"), "For one who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, I am never lost, nor is he ever lost to Me."), new sloka("6.31",new Array( "sarva-bh\u016Bta-sthita\u1E41 yo m\u0101\u1E41", "bhajaty ekatvam \u0101sthita\u1E25", "sarvath\u0101 vartam\u0101no 'pi", "sa yog\u012B mayi vartate"), "Such a yog\u012B, who engages in the worshipful service of the Supersoul, knowing that I and the Supersoul are one, remains always in Me in all circumstances."), new sloka("6.32",new Array( "\u0101tmaupamyena sarvatra", "sama\u1E41 pa\u015Byati yo 'rjuna", "sukha\u1E41 v\u0101 yadi v\u0101 du\u1E25kha\u1E41", "sa yog\u012B paramo mata\u1E25"), "He is a perfect yog\u012B who, by comparison to his own self, sees the true equality of all beings, in both their happiness and their distress, O Arjuna!"), new sloka("6.33",new Array( "arjuna uv\u0101ca", "yo 'ya\u1E41 yogas tvay\u0101 prokta\u1E25", "s\u0101myena madhus\u016Bdana", "etasy\u0101ha\u1E41 na pa\u015By\u0101mi", "ca\u00F1calatv\u0101t sthiti\u1E41 sthir\u0101m"), "Arjuna said: O Madhus\u016Bdana, the system of yoga which You have summarized appears impractical and unendurable to me, for the mind is restless and unsteady."), new sloka("6.34",new Array( "ca\u00F1cala\u1E41 hi mana\u1E25 k\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a", "pram\u0101thi balavad d\u1E5B\u1E0Dham", "tasy\u0101ha\u1E41 nigraha\u1E41 manye", "v\u0101yor iva su-du\u1E63karam"), "For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, and to subdue it, I think, is more difficult than controlling the wind."), new sloka("6.35",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "asa\u1E41\u015Baya\u1E41 mah\u0101-b\u0101ho", "mano durnigraha\u1E41 calam", "abhy\u0101sena tu kaunteya", "vair\u0101gye\u1E47a ca g\u1E5Bhyate"), "Lord \u015Ar\u012B K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a said: O mighty-armed son of Kunt\u012B, it is undoubtedly very difficult to curb the restless mind, but it is possible by suitable practice and by detachment."), new sloka("6.36",new Array( "asa\u1E41yat\u0101tman\u0101 yogo", "du\u1E63pr\u0101pa iti me mati\u1E25", "va\u015By\u0101tman\u0101 tu yatat\u0101", "\u015Bakyo 'v\u0101ptum up\u0101yata\u1E25"), "For one whose mind is unbridled, self-realization is difficult work. But he whose mind is controlled and who strives by appropriate means is assured of success. That is My opinion."), new sloka("6.37",new Array( "arjuna uv\u0101ca", "ayati\u1E25 \u015Braddhayopeto", "yog\u0101c calita-m\u0101nasa\u1E25", "apr\u0101pya yoga-sa\u1E41siddhi\u1E41", "k\u0101\u1E41 gati\u1E41 k\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a gacchati"), "Arjuna said: O K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, what is the destination of the unsuccessful transcendentalist, who in the beginning takes to the process of self-realization with faith but who later desists due to worldly-mindedness and thus does not attain perfection in mysticism?"), new sloka("6.38",new Array( "kaccin nobhaya-vibhra\u1E63\u1E6Da\u015B", "chinn\u0101bhram iva na\u015Byati", "aprati\u1E63\u1E6Dho mah\u0101-b\u0101ho", "vim\u016B\u1E0Dho brahma\u1E47a\u1E25 pathi"), "O mighty-armed K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, does not such a man, who is bewildered from the path of transcendence, fall away from both spiritual and material success and perish like a riven cloud, with no position in any sphere?"), new sloka("6.39",new Array( "etan me sa\u1E41\u015Baya\u1E41 k\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a", "chettum arhasy a\u015Be\u1E63ata\u1E25", "tvad-anya\u1E25 sa\u1E41\u015Bayasy\u0101sya", "chett\u0101 na hy upapadyate"), "This is my doubt, O K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, and I ask You to dispel it completely. But for You, no one is to be found who can destroy this doubt."), new sloka("6.40",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "p\u0101rtha naiveha n\u0101mutra", "vin\u0101\u015Bas tasya vidyate", "na hi kaly\u0101\u1E47a-k\u1E5Bt ka\u015Bcid", "durgati\u1E41 t\u0101ta gacchati"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Son of P\u1E5Bth\u0101, a transcendentalist engaged in auspicious activities does not meet with destruction either in this world or in the spiritual world; one who does good, My friend, is never overcome by evil."), new sloka("6.41",new Array( "pr\u0101pya pu\u1E47ya-k\u1E5Bt\u0101\u1E41 lok\u0101n", "u\u1E63itv\u0101 \u015B\u0101\u015Bvat\u012B\u1E25 sam\u0101\u1E25", "\u015Buc\u012Bn\u0101\u1E41 \u015Br\u012Bmat\u0101\u1E41 gehe", "yoga-bhra\u1E63\u1E6Do 'bhij\u0101yate"), "The unsuccessful yog\u012B, after many, many years of enjoyment on the planets of the pious living entities, is born into a family of righteous people, or into a family of rich aristocracy."), new sloka("6.42",new Array( "atha v\u0101 yogin\u0101m eva", "kule bhavati dh\u012Bmat\u0101m", "etad dhi durlabhatara\u1E41", "loke janma yad \u012Bd\u1E5B\u015Bam"), "Or [if unsuccessful after long practice of yoga] he takes his birth in a family of transcendentalists who are surely great in wisdom. Certainly, such a birth is rare in this world."), new sloka("6.43",new Array( "tatra ta\u1E41 buddhi-sa\u1E41yoga\u1E41", "labhate paurva-dehikam", "yatate ca tato bh\u016Bya\u1E25", "sa\u1E41siddhau kuru-nandana"), "On taking such a birth, he revives the divine consciousness of his previous life, and he again tries to make further progress in order to achieve complete success, O son of Kuru."), new sloka("6.44",new Array( "p\u016Brv\u0101bhy\u0101sena tenaiva", "hriyate hy ava\u015Bo 'pi sa\u1E25", "jij\u00F1\u0101sur api yogasya", "\u015Babda-brahm\u0101tivartate"), "By virtue of the divine consciousness of his previous life, he automatically becomes attracted to the yogic principles\u2014even without seeking them. Such an inquisitive transcendentalist stands always above the ritualistic principles of the scriptures."), new sloka("6.45",new Array( "prayatn\u0101d yatam\u0101nas tu", "yog\u012B sa\u1E41\u015Buddha-kilbi\u1E63a\u1E25", "aneka-janma-sa\u1E41siddhas", "tato y\u0101ti par\u0101\u1E41 gatim"), "And when the yog\u012B engages himself with sincere endeavor in making further progress, being washed of all contaminations, then ultimately, achieving perfection after many, many births of practice, he attains the supreme goal."), new sloka("6.46",new Array( "tapasvibhyo 'dhiko yog\u012B", "j\u00F1\u0101nibhyo 'pi mato 'dhika\u1E25", "karmibhya\u015B c\u0101dhiko yog\u012B", "tasm\u0101d yog\u012B bhav\u0101rjuna"), "A yog\u012B is greater than the ascetic, greater than the empiricist and greater than the fruitive worker. Therefore, O Arjuna, in all circumstances, be a yog\u012B."), new sloka("6.47",new Array( "yogin\u0101m api sarve\u1E63\u0101\u1E41", "mad-gaten\u0101ntar-\u0101tman\u0101", "\u015Braddh\u0101v\u0101n bhajate yo m\u0101\u1E41", "sa me yuktatamo mata\u1E25"), "And of all yog\u012Bs, the one with great faith who always abides in Me, thinks of Me within himself, and renders transcendental loving service to Me\u2014he is the most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all. That is My opinion.")), new Array( new sloka("7.1",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "mayy \u0101sakta-man\u0101\u1E25 p\u0101rtha", "yoga\u1E41 yu\u00F1jan mad-\u0101\u015Braya\u1E25", "asa\u1E41\u015Baya\u1E41 samagra\u1E41 m\u0101\u1E41", "yath\u0101 j\u00F1\u0101syasi tac ch\u1E5B\u1E47u"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Now hear, O son of P\u1E5Bth\u0101, how by practicing yoga in full consciousness of Me, with mind attached to Me, you can know Me in full, free from doubt."), new sloka("7.2",new Array( "j\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41 te 'ha\u1E41 sa-vij\u00F1\u0101nam", "ida\u1E41 vak\u1E63y\u0101my a\u015Be\u1E63ata\u1E25", "yaj j\u00F1\u0101tv\u0101 neha bh\u016Byo 'nyaj", "j\u00F1\u0101tavyam ava\u015Bi\u1E63yate"), "I shall now declare unto you in full this knowledge, both phenomenal and numinous. This being known, nothing further shall remain for you to know."), new sloka("7.3",new Array( "manu\u1E63y\u0101\u1E47\u0101\u1E41 sahasre\u1E63u", "ka\u015Bcid yatati siddhaye", "yatat\u0101m api siddh\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "ka\u015Bcin m\u0101\u1E41 vetti tattvata\u1E25"), "Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth."), new sloka("7.4",new Array( "bh\u016Bmir \u0101po 'nalo v\u0101yu\u1E25", "kha\u1E41 mano buddhir eva ca", "aha\u1E45k\u0101ra it\u012Bya\u1E41 me", "bhinn\u0101 prak\u1E5Btir a\u1E63\u1E6Dadh\u0101"), "Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego\u2014all together these eight constitute My separated material energies."), new sloka("7.5",new Array( "apareyam itas tv any\u0101\u1E41", "prak\u1E5Bti\u1E41 viddhi me par\u0101m", "j\u012Bva-bh\u016Bt\u0101\u1E41 mah\u0101-b\u0101ho", "yayeda\u1E41 dh\u0101ryate jagat"), "Besides these, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is another, superior energy of Mine, which comprises the living entities who are exploiting the resources of this material, inferior nature."), new sloka("7.6",new Array( "etad-yon\u012Bni bh\u016Bt\u0101ni", "sarv\u0101\u1E47\u012Bty upadh\u0101raya", "aha\u1E41 k\u1E5Btsnasya jagata\u1E25", "prabhava\u1E25 pralayas tath\u0101"), "All created beings have their source in these two natures. Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both the origin and the dissolution."), new sloka("7.7",new Array( "matta\u1E25 paratara\u1E41 n\u0101nyat", "ki\u00F1cid asti dhana\u00F1jaya", "mayi sarvam ida\u1E41 prota\u1E41", "s\u016Btre ma\u1E47i-ga\u1E47\u0101 iva"), "O conqueror of wealth, there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread."), new sloka("7.8",new Array( "raso 'ham apsu kaunteya", "prabh\u0101smi \u015Ba\u015Bi-s\u016Bryayo\u1E25", "pra\u1E47ava\u1E25 sarva-vede\u1E63u", "\u015Babda\u1E25 khe pauru\u1E63a\u1E41 n\u1E5B\u1E63u"), "O son of Kunt\u012B, I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable o\u1E41 in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether and ability in man."), new sloka("7.9",new Array( "pu\u1E47yo gandha\u1E25 p\u1E5Bthivy\u0101\u1E41 ca", "teja\u015B c\u0101smi vibh\u0101vasau", "j\u012Bvana\u1E41 sarva-bh\u016Bte\u1E63u", "tapa\u015B c\u0101smi tapasvi\u1E63u"), "I am the original fragrance of the earth, and I am the heat in fire. I am the life of all that lives, and I am the penances of all ascetics."), new sloka("7.10",new Array( "b\u012Bja\u1E41 m\u0101\u1E41 sarva-bh\u016Bt\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "viddhi p\u0101rtha san\u0101tanam", "buddhir buddhimat\u0101m asmi", "tejas tejasvin\u0101m aham"), "O son of P\u1E5Bth\u0101, know that I am the original seed of all existences, the intelligence of the intelligent, and the prowess of all powerful men."), new sloka("7.11",new Array( "bala\u1E41 balavat\u0101\u1E41 c\u0101ha\u1E41", "k\u0101ma-r\u0101ga-vivarjitam", "dharm\u0101viruddho bh\u016Bte\u1E63u", "k\u0101mo 'smi bharatar\u1E63abha"), "I am the strength of the strong, devoid of passion and desire. I am sex life which is not contrary to religious principles, O lord of the Bh\u0101ratas [Arjuna]."), new sloka("7.12",new Array( "ye caiva s\u0101ttvik\u0101 bh\u0101v\u0101", "r\u0101jas\u0101s t\u0101mas\u0101\u015B ca ye", "matta eveti t\u0101n viddhi", "na tv aha\u1E41 te\u1E63u te mayi"), "Know that all states of being\u2014be they of goodness, passion or ignorance\u2014are manifested by My energy. I am, in one sense, everything, but I am independent. I am not under the modes of material nature, for they, on the contrary, are within Me."), new sloka("7.13",new Array( "tribhir gu\u1E47a-mayair bh\u0101vair", "ebhi\u1E25 sarvam ida\u1E41 jagat", "mohita\u1E41 n\u0101bhij\u0101n\u0101ti", "m\u0101m ebhya\u1E25 param avyayam"), "Deluded by the three modes [goodness, passion and ignorance], the whole world does not know Me, who am above the modes and inexhaustible."), new sloka("7.14",new Array( "daiv\u012B hy e\u1E63\u0101 gu\u1E47a-may\u012B", "mama m\u0101y\u0101 duratyay\u0101", "m\u0101m eva ye prapadyante", "m\u0101y\u0101m et\u0101\u1E41 taranti te"), "This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it."), new sloka("7.15",new Array( "na m\u0101\u1E41 du\u1E63k\u1E5Btino m\u016B\u1E0Dh\u0101\u1E25", "prapadyante nar\u0101dham\u0101\u1E25", "m\u0101yay\u0101pah\u1E5Bta-j\u00F1\u0101n\u0101", "\u0101sura\u1E41 bh\u0101vam \u0101\u015Brit\u0101\u1E25"), "Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, who are lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic nature of demons do not surrender unto Me."), new sloka("7.16",new Array( "catur-vidh\u0101 bhajante m\u0101\u1E41", "jan\u0101\u1E25 suk\u1E5Btino 'rjuna", "\u0101rto jij\u00F1\u0101sur arth\u0101rth\u012B", "j\u00F1\u0101n\u012B ca bharatar\u1E63abha"), "O best among the Bh\u0101ratas, four kinds of pious men begin to render devotional service unto Me\u2014the distressed, the desirer of wealth, the inquisitive, and he who is searching for knowledge of the Absolute."), new sloka("7.17",new Array( "te\u1E63\u0101\u1E41 j\u00F1\u0101n\u012B nitya-yukta", "eka-bhaktir vi\u015Bi\u1E63yate", "priyo hi j\u00F1\u0101nino 'tyartham", "aha\u1E41 sa ca mama priya\u1E25"), "Of these, the one who is in full knowledge and who is always engaged in pure devotional service is the best. For I am very dear to him, and he is dear to Me."), new sloka("7.18",new Array( "ud\u0101r\u0101\u1E25 sarva evaite", "j\u00F1\u0101n\u012B tv \u0101tmaiva me matam", "\u0101sthita\u1E25 sa hi yukt\u0101tm\u0101", "m\u0101m ev\u0101nuttam\u0101\u1E41 gatim"), "All these devotees are undoubtedly magnanimous souls, but he who is situated in knowledge of Me I consider to be just like My own self. Being engaged in My transcendental service, he is sure to attain Me, the highest and most perfect goal."), new sloka("7.19",new Array( "bah\u016Bn\u0101\u1E41 janman\u0101m ante", "j\u00F1\u0101nav\u0101n m\u0101\u1E41 prapadyate", "v\u0101sudeva\u1E25 sarvam iti", "sa mah\u0101tm\u0101 su-durlabha\u1E25"), "After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare."), new sloka("7.20",new Array( "k\u0101mais tais tair h\u1E5Bta-j\u00F1\u0101n\u0101\u1E25", "prapadyante 'nya-devat\u0101\u1E25", "ta\u1E41 ta\u1E41 niyamam \u0101sth\u0101ya", "prak\u1E5Bty\u0101 niyat\u0101\u1E25 svay\u0101"), "Those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures."), new sloka("7.21",new Array( "yo yo y\u0101\u1E41 y\u0101\u1E41 tanu\u1E41 bhakta\u1E25", "\u015Braddhay\u0101rcitum icchati", "tasya tasy\u0101cal\u0101\u1E41 \u015Braddh\u0101\u1E41", "t\u0101m eva vidadh\u0101my aham"), "I am in everyone's heart as the Supersoul. As soon as one desires to worship some demigod, I make his faith steady so that he can devote himself to that particular deity."), new sloka("7.22",new Array( "sa tay\u0101 \u015Braddhay\u0101 yuktas", "tasy\u0101r\u0101dhanam \u012Bhate", "labhate ca tata\u1E25 k\u0101m\u0101n", "mayaiva vihit\u0101n hi t\u0101n"), "Endowed with such a faith, he endeavors to worship a particular demigod and obtains his desires. But in actuality these benefits are bestowed by Me alone."), new sloka("7.23",new Array( "antavat tu phala\u1E41 te\u1E63\u0101\u1E41", "tad bhavaty alpa-medhas\u0101m", "dev\u0101n deva-yajo y\u0101nti", "mad-bhakt\u0101 y\u0101nti m\u0101m api"), "Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited and temporary. Those who worship the demigods go to the planets of the demigods, but My devotees ultimately reach My supreme planet."), new sloka("7.24",new Array( "avyakta\u1E41 vyaktim \u0101panna\u1E41", "manyante m\u0101m abuddhaya\u1E25", "para\u1E41 bh\u0101vam aj\u0101nanto", "mam\u0101vyayam anuttamam"), "Unintelligent men, who do not know Me perfectly, think that I, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, was impersonal before and have now assumed this personality. Due to their small knowledge, they do not know My higher nature, which is imperishable and supreme."), new sloka("7.25",new Array( "n\u0101ha\u1E41 prak\u0101\u015Ba\u1E25 sarvasya", "yoga-m\u0101y\u0101-sam\u0101v\u1E5Bta\u1E25", "m\u016B\u1E0Dho 'ya\u1E41 n\u0101bhij\u0101n\u0101ti", "loko m\u0101m ajam avyayam"), "I am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent. For them I am covered by My internal potency, and therefore they do not know that I am unborn and infallible."), new sloka("7.26",new Array( "ved\u0101ha\u1E41 samat\u012Bt\u0101ni", "vartam\u0101n\u0101ni c\u0101rjuna", "bhavi\u1E63y\u0101\u1E47i ca bh\u016Bt\u0101ni", "m\u0101\u1E41 tu veda na ka\u015Bcana"), "O Arjuna, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I know everything that has happened in the past, all that is happening in the present, and all things that are yet to come. I also know all living entities; but Me no one knows."), new sloka("7.27",new Array( "icch\u0101-dve\u1E63a-samutthena", "dvandva-mohena bh\u0101rata", "sarva-bh\u016Bt\u0101ni sammoha\u1E41", "sarge y\u0101nti parantapa"), "O scion of Bharata, O conqueror of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, bewildered by dualities arisen from desire and hate."), new sloka("7.28",new Array( "ye\u1E63\u0101\u1E41 tv anta-gata\u1E41 p\u0101pa\u1E41", "jan\u0101n\u0101\u1E41 pu\u1E47ya-karma\u1E47\u0101m", "te dvandva-moha-nirmukt\u0101", "bhajante m\u0101\u1E41 d\u1E5B\u1E0Dha-vrat\u0101\u1E25"), "Persons who have acted piously in previous lives and in this life and whose sinful actions are completely eradicated are freed from the dualities of delusion, and they engage themselves in My service with determination."), new sloka("7.29",new Array( "jar\u0101-mara\u1E47a-mok\u1E63\u0101ya", "m\u0101m \u0101\u015Britya yatanti ye", "te brahma tad vidu\u1E25 k\u1E5Btsnam", "adhy\u0101tma\u1E41 karma c\u0101khilam"), "Intelligent persons who are endeavoring for liberation from old age and death take refuge in Me in devotional service. They are actually Brahman because they entirely know everything about transcendental activities."), new sloka("7.30",new Array( "s\u0101dhibh\u016Bt\u0101dhidaiva\u1E41 m\u0101\u1E41", "s\u0101dhiyaj\u00F1a\u1E41 ca ye vidu\u1E25", "pray\u0101\u1E47a-k\u0101le 'pi ca m\u0101\u1E41", "te vidur yukta-cetasa\u1E25"), "Those in full consciousness of Me, who know Me, the Supreme Lord, to be the governing principle of the material manifestation, of the demigods, and of all methods of sacrifice, can understand and know Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, even at the time of death.")), new Array( new sloka("8.1",new Array( "arjuna uv\u0101ca", "ki\u1E41 tad brahma kim adhy\u0101tma\u1E41", "ki\u1E41 karma puru\u1E63ottama", "adhibh\u016Bta\u1E41 ca ki\u1E41 proktam", "adhidaiva\u1E41 kim ucyate"), "Arjuna inquired: O my Lord, O Supreme Person, what is Brahman? What is the self? What are fruitive activities? What is this material manifestation? And what are the demigods? Please explain this to me."), new sloka("8.2",new Array( "adhiyaj\u00F1a\u1E25 katha\u1E41 ko 'tra", "dehe 'smin madhus\u016Bdana", "pray\u0101\u1E47a-k\u0101le ca katha\u1E41", "j\u00F1eyo 'si niyat\u0101tmabhi\u1E25"), "Who is the Lord of sacrifice, and how does He live in the body, O Madhus\u016Bdana? And how can those engaged in devotional service know You at the time of death?"), new sloka("8.3",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "ak\u1E63ara\u1E41 brahma parama\u1E41", "svabh\u0101vo 'dhy\u0101tmam ucyate", "bh\u016Bta-bh\u0101vodbhava-karo", "visarga\u1E25 karma-sa\u1E41j\u00F1ita\u1E25"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: The indestructible, transcendental living entity is called Brahman, and his eternal nature is called adhy\u0101tma, the self. Action pertaining to the development of the material bodies of the living entities is called karma, or fruitive activities."), new sloka("8.4",new Array( "adhibh\u016Bta\u1E41 k\u1E63aro bh\u0101va\u1E25", "puru\u1E63a\u015B c\u0101dhidaivatam", "adhiyaj\u00F1o 'ham ev\u0101tra", "dehe deha-bh\u1E5Bt\u0101\u1E41 vara"), "O best of the embodied beings, the physical nature, which is constantly changing, is called adhibh\u016Bta [the material manifestation]. The universal form of the Lord, which includes all the demigods, like those of the sun and moon, is called adhidaiva. And I, the Supreme Lord, represented as the Supersoul in the heart of every embodied being, am called adhiyaj\u00F1a [the Lord of sacrifice]."), new sloka("8.5",new Array( "anta-k\u0101le ca m\u0101m eva", "smaran muktv\u0101 kalevaram", "ya\u1E25 pray\u0101ti sa mad-bh\u0101va\u1E41", "y\u0101ti n\u0101sty atra sa\u1E41\u015Baya\u1E25"), "And whoever, at the end of his life, quits his body remembering Me alone at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt."), new sloka("8.6",new Array( "ya\u1E41 ya\u1E41 v\u0101pi smaran bh\u0101va\u1E41", "tyajaty ante kalevaram", "ta\u1E41 tam evaiti kaunteya", "sad\u0101 tad-bh\u0101va-bh\u0101vita\u1E25"), "Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, O son of Kunt\u012B, that state he will attain without fail."), new sloka("8.7",new Array( "tasm\u0101t sarve\u1E63u k\u0101le\u1E63u", "m\u0101m anusmara yudhya ca", "mayy arpita-mano-buddhir", "m\u0101m evai\u1E63yasy asa\u1E41\u015Baya\u1E25"), "Therefore, Arjuna, you should always think of Me in the form of K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a and at the same time carry out your prescribed duty of fighting. With your activities dedicated to Me and your mind and intelligence fixed on Me, you will attain Me without doubt."), new sloka("8.8",new Array( "abhy\u0101sa-yoga-yuktena", "cetas\u0101 n\u0101nya-g\u0101min\u0101", "parama\u1E41 puru\u1E63a\u1E41 divya\u1E41", "y\u0101ti p\u0101rth\u0101nucintayan"), "He who meditates on Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, his mind constantly engaged in remembering Me, undeviated from the path, he, O P\u0101rtha, is sure to reach Me."), new sloka("8.9",new Array( "kavi\u1E41 pur\u0101\u1E47am anu\u015B\u0101sit\u0101ram", "a\u1E47or a\u1E47\u012By\u0101\u1E41sam anusmared ya\u1E25", "sarvasya dh\u0101t\u0101ram acintya-r\u016Bpam", "\u0101ditya-var\u1E47a\u1E41 tamasa\u1E25 parast\u0101t"), "One should meditate upon the Supreme Person as the one who knows everything, as He who is the oldest, who is the controller, who is smaller than the smallest, who is the maintainer of everything, who is beyond all material conception, who is inconceivable, and who is always a person. He is luminous like the sun, and He is transcendental, beyond this material nature."), new sloka("8.10",new Array( "pray\u0101\u1E47a-k\u0101le manas\u0101calena", "bhakty\u0101 yukto yoga-balena caiva", "bhruvor madhye pr\u0101\u1E47am \u0101ve\u015Bya samyak", "sa ta\u1E41 para\u1E41 puru\u1E63am upaiti divyam"), "One who, at the time of death, fixes his life air between the eyebrows and, by the strength of yoga, with an undeviating mind, engages himself in remembering the Supreme Lord in full devotion, will certainly attain to the Supreme Personality of Godhead."), new sloka("8.11",new Array( "yad ak\u1E63ara\u1E41 veda-vido vadanti", "vi\u015Banti yad yatayo v\u012Bta-r\u0101g\u0101\u1E25", "yad icchanto brahmacarya\u1E41 caranti", "tat te pada\u1E41 sa\u1E45grahe\u1E47a pravak\u1E63ye"), "Persons who are learned in the Vedas, who utter o\u1E41k\u0101ra and who are great sages in the renounced order enter into Brahman. Desiring such perfection, one practices celibacy. I shall now briefly explain to you this process by which one may attain salvation. "), new sloka("8.12",new Array( "sarva-dv\u0101r\u0101\u1E47i sa\u1E41yamya", "mano h\u1E5Bdi nirudhya ca", "m\u016Brdhny \u0101dh\u0101y\u0101tmana\u1E25 pr\u0101\u1E47am", "\u0101sthito yoga-dh\u0101ra\u1E47\u0101m"), "The yogic situation is that of detachment from all sensual engagements. Closing all the doors of the senses and fixing the mind on the heart and the life air at the top of the head, one establishes himself in yoga."), new sloka("8.13",new Array( "o\u1E41 ity ek\u0101k\u1E63ara\u1E41 brahma", "vy\u0101haran m\u0101m anusmaran", "ya\u1E25 pray\u0101ti tyajan deha\u1E41", "sa y\u0101ti param\u0101\u1E41 gatim"), "After being situated in this yoga practice and vibrating the sacred syllable o\u1E41, the supreme combination of letters, if one thinks of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and quits his body, he will certainly reach the spiritual planets."), new sloka("8.14",new Array( "ananya-cet\u0101\u1E25 satata\u1E41", "yo m\u0101\u1E41 smarati nitya\u015Ba\u1E25", "tasy\u0101ha\u1E41 sulabha\u1E25 p\u0101rtha", "nitya-yuktasya yogina\u1E25"), "For one who always remembers Me without deviation, I am easy to obtain, O son of P\u1E5Bth\u0101, because of his constant engagement in devotional service."), new sloka("8.15",new Array( "m\u0101m upetya punar janma", "du\u1E25kh\u0101layam a\u015B\u0101\u015Bvatam", "n\u0101pnuvanti mah\u0101tm\u0101na\u1E25", "sa\u1E41siddhi\u1E41 param\u0101\u1E41 gat\u0101\u1E25"), "After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yog\u012Bs in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection."), new sloka("8.16",new Array( "\u0101-brahma-bhuvan\u0101l lok\u0101\u1E25", "punar \u0101vartino 'rjuna", "m\u0101m upetya tu kaunteya", "punar janma na vidyate"), "From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains to My abode, O son of Kunt\u012B, never takes birth again."), new sloka("8.17",new Array( "sahasra-yuga-paryantam", "ahar yad brahma\u1E47o vidu\u1E25", "r\u0101tri\u1E41 yuga-sahasr\u0101nt\u0101\u1E41", "te 'ho-r\u0101tra-vido jan\u0101\u1E25"), "By human calculation, a thousand ages taken together form the duration of Brahm\u0101's one day. And such also is the duration of his night."), new sloka("8.18",new Array( "avyakt\u0101d vyaktaya\u1E25 sarv\u0101\u1E25", "prabhavanty ahar-\u0101game", "r\u0101try-\u0101game pral\u012Byante", "tatraiv\u0101vyakta-sa\u1E41j\u00F1ake"), "At the beginning of Brahm\u0101's day, all living entities become manifest from the unmanifest state, and thereafter, when the night falls, they are merged into the unmanifest again."), new sloka("8.19",new Array( "bh\u016Bta-gr\u0101ma\u1E25 sa ev\u0101ya\u1E41", "bh\u016Btv\u0101 bh\u016Btv\u0101 pral\u012Byate", "r\u0101try-\u0101game 'va\u015Ba\u1E25 p\u0101rtha", "prabhavaty ahar-\u0101game"), "Again and again, when Brahm\u0101's day arrives, all living entities come into being, and with the arrival of Brahm\u0101's night they are helplessly annihilated."), new sloka("8.20",new Array( "paras tasm\u0101t tu bh\u0101vo 'nyo", "'vyakto 'vyakt\u0101t san\u0101tana\u1E25", "ya\u1E25 sa sarve\u1E63u bh\u016Bte\u1E63u", "na\u015Byatsu na vina\u015Byati"), "Yet there is another unmanifest nature, which is eternal and is transcendental to this manifested and unmanifested matter. It is supreme and is never annihilated. When all in this world is annihilated, that part remains as it is."), new sloka("8.21",new Array( "avyakto 'k\u1E63ara ity uktas", "tam \u0101hu\u1E25 param\u0101\u1E41 gatim", "ya\u1E41 pr\u0101pya na nivartante", "tad dh\u0101ma parama\u1E41 mama"), "That which the Ved\u0101ntists describe as unmanifest and infallible, that which is known as the supreme destination, that place from which, having attained it, one never returns\u2014that is My supreme abode."), new sloka("8.22",new Array( "puru\u1E63a\u1E25 sa para\u1E25 p\u0101rtha", "bhakty\u0101 labhyas tv ananyay\u0101", "yasy\u0101nta\u1E25-sth\u0101ni bh\u016Bt\u0101ni", "yena sarvam ida\u1E41 tatam"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is greater than all, is attainable by unalloyed devotion. Although He is present in His abode, He is all-pervading, and everything is situated within Him."), new sloka("8.23",new Array( "yatra k\u0101le tv an\u0101v\u1E5Bttim", "\u0101v\u1E5Btti\u1E41 caiva yogina\u1E25", "pray\u0101t\u0101 y\u0101nti ta\u1E41 k\u0101la\u1E41", "vak\u1E63y\u0101mi bharatar\u1E63abha"), "O best of the Bh\u0101ratas, I shall now explain to you the different times at which, passing away from this world, the yog\u012B does or does not come back."), new sloka("8.24",new Array( "agnir jyotir aha\u1E25 \u015Bukla\u1E25", "\u1E63a\u1E47-m\u0101s\u0101 uttar\u0101ya\u1E47am", "tatra pray\u0101t\u0101 gacchanti", "brahma brahma-vido jan\u0101\u1E25"), "Those who know the Supreme Brahman attain that Supreme by passing away from the world during the influence of the fiery god, in the light, at an auspicious moment of the day, during the fortnight of the waxing moon, or during the six months when the sun travels in the north."), new sloka("8.25",new Array( "dh\u016Bmo r\u0101tris tath\u0101 k\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a\u1E25", "\u1E63a\u1E47-m\u0101s\u0101 dak\u1E63i\u1E47\u0101yanam", "tatra c\u0101ndramasa\u1E41 jyotir", "yog\u012B pr\u0101pya nivartate"), "The mystic who passes away from this world during the smoke, the night, the fortnight of the waning moon, or the six months when the sun passes to the south reaches the moon planet but again comes back."), new sloka("8.26",new Array( "\u015Bukla-k\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47e gat\u012B hy ete", "jagata\u1E25 \u015B\u0101\u015Bvate mate", "ekay\u0101 y\u0101ty an\u0101v\u1E5Bttim", "anyay\u0101vartate puna\u1E25"), "According to Vedic opinion, there are two ways of passing from this world\u2014one in light and one in darkness. When one passes in light, he does not come back; but when one passes in darkness, he returns."), new sloka("8.27",new Array( "naite s\u1E5Bt\u012B p\u0101rtha j\u0101nan", "yog\u012B muhyati ka\u015Bcana", "tasm\u0101t sarve\u1E63u k\u0101le\u1E63u", "yoga-yukto bhav\u0101rjuna"), "Although the devotees know these two paths, O Arjuna, they are never bewildered. Therefore be always fixed in devotion."), new sloka("8.28",new Array( "vede\u1E63u yaj\u00F1e\u1E63u tapa\u1E25su caiva", "d\u0101ne\u1E63u yat pu\u1E47ya-phala\u1E41 pradi\u1E63\u1E6Dam", "atyeti tat sarvam ida\u1E41 viditv\u0101", "yog\u012B para\u1E41 sth\u0101nam upaiti c\u0101dyam"), "A person who accepts the path of devotional service is not bereft of the results derived from studying the Vedas, performing sacrifices, undergoing austerities, giving charity or pursuing philosophical and fruitive activities. Simply by performing devotional service, he attains all these, and at the end he reaches the supreme eternal abode.")), new Array( new sloka("9.1",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "ida\u1E41 tu te guhyatama\u1E41", "pravak\u1E63y\u0101my anas\u016Byave", "j\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41 vij\u00F1\u0101na-sahita\u1E41", "yaj j\u00F1\u0101tv\u0101 mok\u1E63yase '\u015Bubh\u0101t"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, because you are never envious of Me, I shall impart to you this most confidential knowledge and realization, knowing which you shall be relieved of the miseries of material existence."), new sloka("9.2",new Array( "r\u0101ja-vidy\u0101 r\u0101ja-guhya\u1E41", "pavitram idam uttamam", "pratyak\u1E63\u0101vagama\u1E41 dharmya\u1E41", "su-sukha\u1E41 kartum avyayam"), "This knowledge is the king of education, the most secret of all secrets. It is the purest knowledge, and because it gives direct perception of the self by realization, it is the perfection of religion. It is everlasting, and it is joyfully performed."), new sloka("9.3",new Array( "a\u015Braddadh\u0101n\u0101\u1E25 puru\u1E63\u0101", "dharmasy\u0101sya parantapa", "apr\u0101pya m\u0101\u1E41 nivartante", "m\u1E5Btyu-sa\u1E41s\u0101ra-vartmani"), "Those who are not faithful in this devotional service cannot attain Me, O conqueror of enemies. Therefore they return to the path of birth and death in this material world."), new sloka("9.4",new Array( "may\u0101 tatam ida\u1E41 sarva\u1E41", "jagad avyakta-m\u016Brtin\u0101", "mat-sth\u0101ni sarva-bh\u016Bt\u0101ni", "na c\u0101ha\u1E41 te\u1E63v avasthita\u1E25"), "By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them.", "(Bhakti-ras\u0101m\u1E5Bta-sindhu 1.2.234)"), new sloka("9.5",new Array( "na ca mat-sth\u0101ni bh\u016Bt\u0101ni", "pa\u015Bya me yogam ai\u015Bvaram", "bh\u016Bta-bh\u1E5Bn na ca bh\u016Bta-stho", "mam\u0101tm\u0101 bh\u016Bta-bh\u0101vana\u1E25"), "And yet everything that is created does not rest in Me. Behold My mystic opulence! Although I am the maintainer of all living entities and although I am everywhere, I am not a part of this cosmic manifestation, for My Self is the very source of creation."), new sloka("9.6",new Array( "yath\u0101k\u0101\u015Ba-sthito nitya\u1E41", "v\u0101yu\u1E25 sarvatra-go mah\u0101n", "tath\u0101 sarv\u0101\u1E47i bh\u016Bt\u0101ni", "mat-sth\u0101n\u012Bty upadh\u0101raya"), "Understand that as the mighty wind, blowing everywhere, rests always in the sky, all created beings rest in Me."), new sloka("9.7",new Array( "sarva-bh\u016Bt\u0101ni kaunteya", "prak\u1E5Bti\u1E41 y\u0101nti m\u0101mik\u0101m", "kalpa-k\u1E63aye punas t\u0101ni", "kalp\u0101dau vis\u1E5Bj\u0101my aham"), "O son of Kunt\u012B, at the end of the millennium all material manifestations enter into My nature, and at the beginning of another millennium, by My potency, I create them again."), new sloka("9.8",new Array( "prak\u1E5Bti\u1E41 sv\u0101m ava\u1E63\u1E6Dabhya", "vis\u1E5Bj\u0101mi puna\u1E25 puna\u1E25", "bh\u016Bta-gr\u0101mam ima\u1E41 k\u1E5Btsnam", "ava\u015Ba\u1E41 prak\u1E5Bter va\u015B\u0101t"), "The whole cosmic order is under Me. Under My will it is automatically manifested again and again, and under My will it is annihilated at the end."), new sloka("9.9",new Array( "na ca m\u0101\u1E41 t\u0101ni karm\u0101\u1E47i", "nibadhnanti dhana\u00F1jaya", "ud\u0101s\u012Bna-vad \u0101s\u012Bnam", "asakta\u1E41 te\u1E63u karmasu"), "O Dhana\u00F1jaya, all this work cannot bind Me. I am ever detached from all these material activities, seated as though neutral."), new sloka("9.10",new Array( "may\u0101dhyak\u1E63e\u1E47a prak\u1E5Bti\u1E25", "s\u016Byate sa-car\u0101caram", "hetun\u0101nena kaunteya", "jagad viparivartate"), "This material nature, which is one of My energies, is working under My direction, O son of Kunt\u012B, producing all moving and nonmoving beings. Under its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again."), new sloka("9.11",new Array( "avaj\u0101nanti m\u0101\u1E41 m\u016B\u1E0Dh\u0101", "m\u0101nu\u1E63\u012B\u1E41 tanum \u0101\u015Britam", "para\u1E41 bh\u0101vam aj\u0101nanto", "mama bh\u016Bta-mahe\u015Bvaram"), "Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature as the Supreme Lord of all that be."), new sloka("9.12",new Array( "mogh\u0101\u015B\u0101 mogha-karm\u0101\u1E47o", "mogha-j\u00F1\u0101n\u0101 vicetasa\u1E25", "r\u0101k\u1E63as\u012Bm \u0101sur\u012B\u1E41 caiva", "prak\u1E5Bti\u1E41 mohin\u012B\u1E41 \u015Brit\u0101\u1E25"), "Those who are thus bewildered are attracted by demonic and atheistic views. In that deluded condition, their hopes for liberation, their fruitive activities, and their culture of knowledge are all defeated."), new sloka("9.13",new Array( "mah\u0101tm\u0101nas tu m\u0101\u1E41 p\u0101rtha", "daiv\u012B\u1E41 prak\u1E5Btim \u0101\u015Brit\u0101\u1E25", "bhajanty ananya-manaso", "j\u00F1\u0101tv\u0101 bh\u016Bt\u0101dim avyayam"), "O son of P\u1E5Bth\u0101, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible."), new sloka("9.14",new Array( "satata\u1E41 k\u012Brtayanto m\u0101\u1E41", "yatanta\u015B ca d\u1E5B\u1E0Dha-vrat\u0101\u1E25", "namasyanta\u015B ca m\u0101\u1E41 bhakty\u0101", "nitya-yukt\u0101 up\u0101sate"), "Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion."), new sloka("9.15",new Array( "j\u00F1\u0101na-yaj\u00F1ena c\u0101py anye", "yajanto m\u0101m up\u0101sate", "ekatvena p\u1E5Bthaktvena", "bahudh\u0101 vi\u015Bvato-mukham"), "Others, who engage in sacrifice by the cultivation of knowledge, worship the Supreme Lord as the one without a second, as diverse in many, and in the universal form."), new sloka("9.16",new Array( "aha\u1E41 kratur aha\u1E41 yaj\u00F1a\u1E25", "svadh\u0101ham aham au\u1E63adham", "mantro 'ham aham ev\u0101jyam", "aham agnir aha\u1E41 hutam"), "But it is I who am the ritual, I the sacrifice, the offering to the ancestors, the healing herb, the transcendental chant. I am the butter and the fire and the offering."), new sloka("9.17",new Array( "pit\u0101ham asya jagato", "m\u0101t\u0101 dh\u0101t\u0101 pit\u0101maha\u1E25", "vedya\u1E41 pavitram o\u1E41k\u0101ra", "\u1E5Bk s\u0101ma yajur eva ca"), "I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable o\u1E41. I am also the \u1E5Ag, the S\u0101ma and the Yajur Vedas."), new sloka("9.18",new Array( "gatir bhart\u0101 prabhu\u1E25 s\u0101k\u1E63\u012B", "niv\u0101sa\u1E25 \u015Bara\u1E47a\u1E41 suh\u1E5Bt", "prabhava\u1E25 pralaya\u1E25 sth\u0101na\u1E41", "nidh\u0101na\u1E41 b\u012Bjam avyayam"), "I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge, and the most dear friend. I am the creation and the annihilation, the basis of everything, the resting place and the eternal seed."), new sloka("9.19",new Array( "tap\u0101my aham aha\u1E41 var\u1E63a\u1E41", "nig\u1E5Bh\u1E47\u0101my uts\u1E5Bj\u0101mi ca", "am\u1E5Bta\u1E41 caiva m\u1E5Btyu\u015B ca", "sad asac c\u0101ham arjuna"), "O Arjuna, I give heat, and I withhold and send forth the rain. I am immortality, and I am also death personified. Both spirit and matter are in Me."), new sloka("9.20",new Array( "trai-vidy\u0101 m\u0101\u1E41 soma-p\u0101\u1E25 p\u016Bta-p\u0101p\u0101", "yaj\u00F1air i\u1E63\u1E6Dv\u0101 svar-gati\u1E41 pr\u0101rthayante", "te pu\u1E47yam \u0101s\u0101dya surendra-lokam", "a\u015Bnanti divy\u0101n divi deva-bhog\u0101n"), "Those who study the Vedas and drink the soma juice, seeking the heavenly planets, worship Me indirectly. Purified of sinful reactions, they take birth on the pious, heavenly planet of Indra, where they enjoy godly delights."), new sloka("9.21",new Array( "te ta\u1E41 bhuktv\u0101 svarga-loka\u1E41 vi\u015B\u0101la\u1E41", "k\u1E63\u012B\u1E47e pu\u1E47ye martya-loka\u1E41 vi\u015Banti", "eva\u1E41 tray\u012B-dharmam anuprapann\u0101", "gat\u0101gata\u1E41 k\u0101ma-k\u0101m\u0101 labhante"), "When they have thus enjoyed vast heavenly sense pleasure and the results of their pious activities are exhausted, they return to this mortal planet again. Thus those who seek sense enjoyment by adhering to the principles of the three Vedas achieve only repeated birth and death."), new sloka("9.22",new Array( "anany\u0101\u015B cintayanto m\u0101\u1E41", "ye jan\u0101\u1E25 paryup\u0101sate", "te\u1E63\u0101\u1E41 nity\u0101bhiyukt\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "yoga-k\u1E63ema\u1E41 vah\u0101my aham"), "But those who always worship Me with exclusive devotion, meditating on My transcendental form\u2014to them I carry what they lack, and I preserve what they have."), new sloka("9.23",new Array( "ye 'py anya-devat\u0101-bhakt\u0101", "yajante \u015Braddhay\u0101nvit\u0101\u1E25", "te 'pi m\u0101m eva kaunteya", "yajanty avidhi-p\u016Brvakam"), "Those who are devotees of other gods and who worship them with faith actually worship only Me, O son of Kunt\u012B, but they do so in a wrong way."), new sloka("9.24",new Array( "aha\u1E41 hi sarva-yaj\u00F1\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "bhokt\u0101 ca prabhur eva ca", "na tu m\u0101m abhij\u0101nanti", "tattven\u0101ta\u015B cyavanti te"), "I am the only enjoyer and master of all sacrifices. Therefore, those who do not recognize My true transcendental nature fall down."), new sloka("9.25",new Array( "y\u0101nti deva-vrat\u0101 dev\u0101n", "pit\u1E5Dn y\u0101nti pit\u1E5B-vrat\u0101\u1E25", "bh\u016Bt\u0101ni y\u0101nti bh\u016Btejy\u0101", "y\u0101nti mad-y\u0101jino 'pi m\u0101m"), "Those who worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods; those who worship the ancestors go to the ancestors; those who worship ghosts and spirits will take birth among such beings; and those who worship Me will live with Me."), new sloka("9.26",new Array( "patra\u1E41 pu\u1E63pa\u1E41 phala\u1E41 toya\u1E41", "yo me bhakty\u0101 prayacchati", "tad aha\u1E41 bhakty-upah\u1E5Btam", "a\u015Bn\u0101mi prayat\u0101tmana\u1E25"), "If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it."), new sloka("9.27",new Array( "yat karo\u1E63i yad a\u015Bn\u0101si", "yaj juho\u1E63i dad\u0101si yat", "yat tapasyasi kaunteya", "tat kuru\u1E63va mad-arpa\u1E47am"), "Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer or give away, and whatever austerities you perform\u2014do that, O son of Kunt\u012B, as an offering to Me."), new sloka("9.28",new Array( "\u015Bubh\u0101\u015Bubha-phalair eva\u1E41", "mok\u1E63yase karma-bandhanai\u1E25", "sanny\u0101sa-yoga-yukt\u0101tm\u0101", "vimukto m\u0101m upai\u1E63yasi"), "In this way you will be freed from bondage to work and its auspicious and inauspicious results. With your mind fixed on Me in this principle of renunciation, you will be liberated and come to Me.", "an\u0101saktasya vi\u1E63ay\u0101n", "yath\u0101rham upayu\u00F1jata\u1E25", "nirbandha\u1E25 k\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a-sambandhe", "yukta\u1E41 vair\u0101gyam ucyate"), new sloka("9.29",new Array( "samo 'ha\u1E41 sarva-bh\u016Bte\u1E63u", "na me dve\u1E63yo 'sti na priya\u1E25", "ye bhajanti tu m\u0101\u1E41 bhakty\u0101", "mayi te te\u1E63u c\u0101py aham"), "I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all. But whoever renders service unto Me in devotion is a friend, is in Me, and I am also a friend to him."), new sloka("9.30",new Array( "api cet su-dur\u0101c\u0101ro", "bhajate m\u0101m ananya-bh\u0101k", "s\u0101dhur eva sa mantavya\u1E25", "samyag vyavasito hi sa\u1E25"), "Even if one commits the most abominable action, if he is engaged in devotional service he is to be considered saintly because he is properly situated in his determination."), new sloka("9.31",new Array( "k\u1E63ipra\u1E41 bhavati dharm\u0101tm\u0101", "\u015Ba\u015Bvac-ch\u0101nti\u1E41 nigacchati", "kaunteya pratij\u0101n\u012Bhi", "na me bhakta\u1E25 pra\u1E47a\u015Byati"), "He quickly becomes righteous and attains lasting peace. O son of Kunt\u012B, declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes."), new sloka("9.32",new Array( "m\u0101\u1E41 hi p\u0101rtha vyap\u0101\u015Britya", "ye 'pi syu\u1E25 p\u0101pa-yonaya\u1E25", "striyo vai\u015By\u0101s tath\u0101 \u015B\u016Bdr\u0101s", "te 'pi y\u0101nti par\u0101\u1E41 gatim"), "O son of P\u1E5Bth\u0101, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth\u2014women, vai\u015Byas [merchants] and \u015B\u016Bdras [workers]\u2014can attain the supreme destination."), new sloka("9.33",new Array( "ki\u1E41 punar br\u0101hma\u1E47\u0101\u1E25 pu\u1E47y\u0101", "bhakt\u0101 r\u0101jar\u1E63ayas tath\u0101", "anityam asukha\u1E41 lokam", "ima\u1E41 pr\u0101pya bhajasva m\u0101m"), "How much more this is so of the righteous br\u0101hma\u1E47as, the devotees and the saintly kings. Therefore, having come to this temporary, miserable world, engage in loving service unto Me."), new sloka("9.34",new Array( "man-man\u0101 bhava mad-bhakto", "mad-y\u0101j\u012B m\u0101\u1E41 namaskuru", "m\u0101m evai\u1E63yasi yuktvaivam", "\u0101tm\u0101na\u1E41 mat-par\u0101ya\u1E47a\u1E25"), "Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, become My devotee, offer obeisances to Me and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me.")), new Array( new sloka("10.1",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "bh\u016Bya eva mah\u0101-b\u0101ho", "\u015B\u1E5B\u1E47u me parama\u1E41 vaca\u1E25", "yat te 'ha\u1E41 pr\u012Byam\u0101\u1E47\u0101ya", "vak\u1E63y\u0101mi hita-k\u0101myay\u0101"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Listen again, O mighty-armed Arjuna. Because you are My dear friend, for your benefit I shall speak to you further, giving knowledge that is better than what I have already explained."), new sloka("10.2",new Array( "na me vidu\u1E25 sura-ga\u1E47\u0101\u1E25", "prabhava\u1E41 na mahar\u1E63aya\u1E25", "aham \u0101dir hi dev\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "mahar\u1E63\u012B\u1E47\u0101\u1E41 ca sarva\u015Ba\u1E25"), "Neither the hosts of demigods nor the great sages know My origin or opulences, for, in every respect, I am the source of the demigods and sages."), new sloka("10.3",new Array( "yo m\u0101m ajam an\u0101di\u1E41 ca", "vetti loka-mahe\u015Bvaram", "asamm\u016B\u1E0Dha\u1E25 sa martye\u1E63u", "sarva-p\u0101pai\u1E25 pramucyate"), "He who knows Me as the unborn, as the beginningless, as the Supreme Lord of all the worlds\u2014he only, undeluded among men, is freed from all sins."), new sloka("10.4-5",new Array( "buddhir j\u00F1\u0101nam asammoha\u1E25", "k\u1E63am\u0101 satya\u1E41 dama\u1E25 \u015Bama\u1E25", "sukha\u1E41 du\u1E25kha\u1E41 bhavo 'bh\u0101vo", "bhaya\u1E41 c\u0101bhayam eva ca", "", "ahi\u1E41s\u0101 samat\u0101 tu\u1E63\u1E6Dis", "tapo d\u0101na\u1E41 ya\u015Bo 'ya\u015Ba\u1E25", "bhavanti bh\u0101v\u0101 bh\u016Bt\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "matta eva p\u1E5Bthag-vidh\u0101\u1E25"), "Intelligence, knowledge, freedom from doubt and delusion, forgiveness, truthfulness, control of the senses, control of the mind, happiness and distress, birth, death, fear, fearlessness, nonviolence, equanimity, satisfaction, austerity, charity, fame and infamy\u2014all these various qualities of living beings are created by Me alone."), new sloka("10.6",new Array( "mahar\u1E63aya\u1E25 sapta p\u016Brve", "catv\u0101ro manavas tath\u0101", "mad-bh\u0101v\u0101 m\u0101nas\u0101 j\u0101t\u0101", "ye\u1E63\u0101\u1E41 loka im\u0101\u1E25 praj\u0101\u1E25"), "The seven great sages and before them the four other great sages and the Manus [progenitors of mankind] come from Me, born from My mind, and all the living beings populating the various planets descend from them."), new sloka("10.7",new Array( "et\u0101\u1E41 vibh\u016Bti\u1E41 yoga\u1E41 ca", "mama yo vetti tattvata\u1E25", "so 'vikalpena yogena", "yujyate n\u0101tra sa\u1E41\u015Baya\u1E25"), "One who is factually convinced of this opulence and mystic power of Mine engages in unalloyed devotional service; of this there is no doubt."), new sloka("10.8",new Array( "aha\u1E41 sarvasya prabhavo", "matta\u1E25 sarva\u1E41 pravartate", "iti matv\u0101 bhajante m\u0101\u1E41", "budh\u0101 bh\u0101va-samanvit\u0101\u1E25"), "I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts."), new sloka("10.9",new Array( "mac-citt\u0101 mad-gata-pr\u0101\u1E47\u0101", "bodhayanta\u1E25 parasparam", "kathayanta\u015B ca m\u0101\u1E41 nitya\u1E41", "tu\u1E63yanti ca ramanti ca"), "The thoughts of My pure devotees dwell in Me, their lives are fully devoted to My service, and they derive great satisfaction and bliss from always enlightening one another and conversing about Me."), new sloka("10.10",new Array( "te\u1E63\u0101\u1E41 satata-yukt\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "bhajat\u0101\u1E41 pr\u012Bti-p\u016Brvakam", "dad\u0101mi buddhi-yoga\u1E41 ta\u1E41", "yena m\u0101m upay\u0101nti te"), "To those who are constantly devoted to serving Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me."), new sloka("10.11",new Array( "te\u1E63\u0101m ev\u0101nukamp\u0101rtham", "aham aj\u00F1\u0101na-ja\u1E41 tama\u1E25", "n\u0101\u015Bay\u0101my \u0101tma-bh\u0101va-stho", "j\u00F1\u0101na-d\u012Bpena bh\u0101svat\u0101"), "To show them special mercy, I, dwelling in their hearts, destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkness born of ignorance."), new sloka("10.12-13",new Array( "arjuna uv\u0101ca", "para\u1E41 brahma para\u1E41 dh\u0101ma", "pavitra\u1E41 parama\u1E41 bhav\u0101n", "puru\u1E63a\u1E41 \u015B\u0101\u015Bvata\u1E41 divyam", "\u0101di-devam aja\u1E41 vibhum", "", "\u0101hus tv\u0101m \u1E5B\u1E63aya\u1E25 sarve", "devar\u1E63ir n\u0101radas tath\u0101", "asito devalo vy\u0101sa\u1E25", "svaya\u1E41 caiva brav\u012B\u1E63i me"), "Arjuna said: You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the ultimate abode, the purest, the Absolute Truth. You are the eternal, transcendental, original person, the unborn, the greatest. All the great sages such as N\u0101rada, Asita, Devala and Vy\u0101sa confirm this truth about You, and now You Yourself are declaring it to me."), new sloka("10.14",new Array( "sarvam etad \u1E5Bta\u1E41 manye", "yan m\u0101\u1E41 vadasi ke\u015Bava", "na hi te bhagavan vyakti\u1E41", "vidur dev\u0101 na d\u0101nav\u0101\u1E25"), "O K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, I totally accept as truth all that You have told me. Neither the demigods nor the demons, O Lord, can understand Your personality."), new sloka("10.15",new Array( "svayam ev\u0101tman\u0101tm\u0101na\u1E41", "vettha tva\u1E41 puru\u1E63ottama", "bh\u016Bta-bh\u0101vana bh\u016Bte\u015Ba", "deva-deva jagat-pate"), "Indeed, You alone know Yourself by Your own internal potency, O Supreme Person, origin of all, Lord of all beings, God of gods, Lord of the universe!"), new sloka("10.16",new Array( "vaktum arhasy a\u015Be\u1E63e\u1E47a", "divy\u0101 hy \u0101tma-vibh\u016Btaya\u1E25", "y\u0101bhir vibh\u016Btibhir lok\u0101n", "im\u0101\u1E41s tva\u1E41 vy\u0101pya ti\u1E63\u1E6Dhasi"), "Please tell me in detail of Your divine opulences by which You pervade all these worlds."), new sloka("10.17",new Array( "katha\u1E41 vidy\u0101m aha\u1E41 yogi\u1E41s", "tv\u0101\u1E41 sad\u0101 paricintayan", "ke\u1E63u ke\u1E63u ca bh\u0101ve\u1E63u", "cintyo 'si bhagavan may\u0101"), "O K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, O supreme mystic, how shall I constantly think of You, and how shall I know You? In what various forms are You to be remembered, O Supreme Personality of Godhead?"), new sloka("10.18",new Array( "vistare\u1E47\u0101tmano yoga\u1E41", "vibh\u016Bti\u1E41 ca jan\u0101rdana", "bh\u016Bya\u1E25 kathaya t\u1E5Bptir hi", "\u015B\u1E5B\u1E47vato n\u0101sti me 'm\u1E5Btam"), "O Jan\u0101rdana, again please describe in detail the mystic power of Your opulences. I am never satiated in hearing about You, for the more I hear the more I want to taste the nectar of Your words."), new sloka("10.19",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "hanta te kathayi\u1E63y\u0101mi", "divy\u0101 hy \u0101tma-vibh\u016Btaya\u1E25", "pr\u0101dh\u0101nyata\u1E25 kuru-\u015Bre\u1E63\u1E6Dha", "n\u0101sty anto vistarasya me"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Yes, I will tell you of My splendorous manifestations, but only of those which are prominent, O Arjuna, for My opulence is limitless."), new sloka("10.20",new Array( "aham \u0101tm\u0101 gu\u1E0D\u0101ke\u015Ba", "sarva-bh\u016Bt\u0101\u015Baya-sthita\u1E25", "aham \u0101di\u015B ca madhya\u1E41 ca", "bh\u016Bt\u0101n\u0101m anta eva ca"), "I am the Supersoul, O Arjuna, seated in the hearts of all living entities. I am the beginning, the middle and the end of all beings."), new sloka("10.21",new Array( "\u0101dity\u0101n\u0101m aha\u1E41 vi\u1E63\u1E47ur", "jyoti\u1E63\u0101\u1E41 ravir a\u1E41\u015Bum\u0101n", "mar\u012Bcir marut\u0101m asmi", "nak\u1E63atr\u0101\u1E47\u0101m aha\u1E41 \u015Ba\u015B\u012B"), "Of the \u0100dityas I am Vi\u1E63\u1E47u, of lights I am the radiant sun, of the Maruts I am Mar\u012Bci, and among the stars I am the moon."), new sloka("10.22",new Array( "ved\u0101n\u0101\u1E41 s\u0101ma-vedo 'smi", "dev\u0101n\u0101m asmi v\u0101sava\u1E25", "indriy\u0101\u1E47\u0101\u1E41 mana\u015B c\u0101smi", "bh\u016Bt\u0101n\u0101m asmi cetan\u0101"), "Of the Vedas I am the S\u0101ma Veda; of the demigods I am Indra, the king of heaven; of the senses I am the mind; and in living beings I am the living force [consciousness]."), new sloka("10.23",new Array( "rudr\u0101\u1E47\u0101\u1E41 \u015Ba\u1E45kara\u015B c\u0101smi", "vitte\u015Bo yak\u1E63a-rak\u1E63as\u0101m", "vas\u016Bn\u0101\u1E41 p\u0101vaka\u015B c\u0101smi", "meru\u1E25 \u015Bikhari\u1E47\u0101m aham"), "Of all the Rudras I am Lord \u015Aiva, of the Yak\u1E63as and R\u0101k\u1E63asas I am the Lord of wealth [Kuvera], of the Vasus I am fire [Agni], and of mountains I am Meru."), new sloka("10.24",new Array( "purodhas\u0101\u1E41 ca mukhya\u1E41 m\u0101\u1E41", "viddhi p\u0101rtha b\u1E5Bhaspatim", "sen\u0101n\u012Bn\u0101m aha\u1E41 skanda\u1E25", "saras\u0101m asmi s\u0101gara\u1E25"), "Of priests, O Arjuna, know Me to be the chief, B\u1E5Bhaspati. Of generals I am K\u0101rtikeya, and of bodies of water I am the ocean."), new sloka("10.25",new Array( "mahar\u1E63\u012B\u1E47\u0101\u1E41 bh\u1E5Bgur aha\u1E41", "gir\u0101m asmy ekam ak\u1E63aram", "yaj\u00F1\u0101n\u0101\u1E41 japa-yaj\u00F1o 'smi", "sth\u0101var\u0101\u1E47\u0101\u1E41 him\u0101laya\u1E25"), "Of the great sages I am Bh\u1E5Bgu; of vibrations I am the transcendental o\u1E41. Of sacrifices I am the chanting of the holy names [japa], and of immovable things I am the Him\u0101layas."), new sloka("10.26",new Array( "a\u015Bvattha\u1E25 sarva-v\u1E5Bk\u1E63\u0101\u1E47\u0101\u1E41", "devar\u1E63\u012B\u1E47\u0101\u1E41 ca n\u0101rada\u1E25", "gandharv\u0101\u1E47\u0101\u1E41 citraratha\u1E25", "siddh\u0101n\u0101\u1E41 kapilo muni\u1E25"), "Of all trees I am the banyan tree, and of the sages among the demigods I am N\u0101rada. Of the Gandharvas I am Citraratha, and among perfected beings I am the sage Kapila."), new sloka("10.27",new Array( "uccai\u1E25\u015Bravasam a\u015Bv\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "viddhi m\u0101m am\u1E5Btodbhavam", "air\u0101vata\u1E41 gajendr\u0101\u1E47\u0101\u1E41", "nar\u0101\u1E47\u0101\u1E41 ca nar\u0101dhipam"), "Of horses know Me to be Uccai\u1E25\u015Brav\u0101, produced during the churning of the ocean for nectar. Of lordly elephants I am Air\u0101vata, and among men I am the monarch."), new sloka("10.28",new Array( "\u0101yudh\u0101n\u0101m aha\u1E41 vajra\u1E41", "dhen\u016Bn\u0101m asmi k\u0101madhuk", "prajana\u015B c\u0101smi kandarpa\u1E25", "sarp\u0101\u1E47\u0101m asmi v\u0101suki\u1E25"), "Of weapons I am the thunderbolt; among cows I am the surabhi. Of causes for procreation I am Kandarpa, the god of love, and of serpents I am V\u0101suki."), new sloka("10.29",new Array( "ananta\u015B c\u0101smi n\u0101g\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "varu\u1E47o y\u0101das\u0101m aham", "pit\u1E5D\u1E47\u0101m aryam\u0101 c\u0101smi", "yama\u1E25 sa\u1E41yamat\u0101m aham"), "Of the many-hooded N\u0101gas I am Ananta, and among the aquatics I am the demigod Varu\u1E47a. Of departed ancestors I am Aryam\u0101, and among the dispensers of law I am Yama, the lord of death."), new sloka("10.30",new Array( "prahl\u0101da\u015B c\u0101smi daity\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "k\u0101la\u1E25 kalayat\u0101m aham", "m\u1E5Bg\u0101\u1E47\u0101\u1E41 ca m\u1E5Bgendro 'ha\u1E41", "vainateya\u015B ca pak\u1E63i\u1E47\u0101m"), "Among the Daitya demons I am the devoted Prahl\u0101da, among subduers I am time, among beasts I am the lion, and among birds I am Garu\u1E0Da."), new sloka("10.31",new Array( "pavana\u1E25 pavat\u0101m asmi", "r\u0101ma\u1E25 \u015Bastra-bh\u1E5Bt\u0101m aham", "jha\u1E63\u0101\u1E47\u0101\u1E41 makara\u015B c\u0101smi", "srotas\u0101m asmi j\u0101hnav\u012B"), "Of purifiers I am the wind, of the wielders of weapons I am R\u0101ma, of fishes I am the shark, and of flowing rivers I am the Ganges."), new sloka("10.32",new Array( "sarg\u0101\u1E47\u0101m \u0101dir anta\u015B ca", "madhya\u1E41 caiv\u0101ham arjuna", "adhy\u0101tma-vidy\u0101 vidy\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "v\u0101da\u1E25 pravadat\u0101m aham"), "Of all creations I am the beginning and the end and also the middle, O Arjuna. Of all sciences I am the spiritual science of the self, and among logicians I am the conclusive truth."), new sloka("10.33",new Array( "ak\u1E63ar\u0101\u1E47\u0101m a-k\u0101ro 'smi", "dvandva\u1E25 s\u0101m\u0101sikasya ca", "aham ev\u0101k\u1E63aya\u1E25 k\u0101lo", "dh\u0101t\u0101ha\u1E41 vi\u015Bvato-mukha\u1E25"), "Of letters I am the letter A, and among compound words I am the dual compound. I am also inexhaustible time, and of creators I am Brahm\u0101."), new sloka("10.34",new Array( "m\u1E5Btyu\u1E25 sarva-hara\u015B c\u0101ham", "udbhava\u015B ca bhavi\u1E63yat\u0101m", "k\u012Brti\u1E25 \u015Br\u012Br v\u0101k ca n\u0101r\u012B\u1E47\u0101\u1E41", "sm\u1E5Btir medh\u0101 dh\u1E5Bti\u1E25 k\u1E63am\u0101"), "I am all-devouring death, and I am the generating principle of all that is yet to be. Among women I am fame, fortune, fine speech, memory, intelligence, steadfastness and patience."), new sloka("10.35",new Array( "b\u1E5Bhat-s\u0101ma tath\u0101 s\u0101mn\u0101\u1E41", "g\u0101yatr\u012B chandas\u0101m aham", "m\u0101s\u0101n\u0101\u1E41 m\u0101rga-\u015B\u012Br\u1E63o 'ham", "\u1E5Bt\u016Bn\u0101\u1E41 kusum\u0101kara\u1E25"), "Of the hymns in the S\u0101ma Veda I am the B\u1E5Bhat-s\u0101ma, and of poetry I am the G\u0101yatr\u012B. Of months I am M\u0101rga\u015B\u012Br\u1E63a [November-December], and of seasons I am flower-bearing spring."), new sloka("10.36",new Array( "dy\u016Bta\u1E41 chalayat\u0101m asmi", "tejas tejasvin\u0101m aham", "jayo 'smi vyavas\u0101yo 'smi", "sattva\u1E41 sattvavat\u0101m aham"), "I am also the gambling of cheats, and of the splendid I am the splendor. I am victory, I am adventure, and I am the strength of the strong."), new sloka("10.37",new Array( "v\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47\u012Bn\u0101\u1E41 v\u0101sudevo 'smi", "p\u0101\u1E47\u1E0Dav\u0101n\u0101\u1E41 dhana\u00F1jaya\u1E25", "mun\u012Bn\u0101m apy aha\u1E41 vy\u0101sa\u1E25", "kav\u012Bn\u0101m u\u015Ban\u0101 kavi\u1E25"), "Of the descendants of V\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47i I am V\u0101sudeva, and of the P\u0101\u1E47\u1E0Davas I am Arjuna. Of the sages I am Vy\u0101sa, and among great thinkers I am U\u015Ban\u0101."), new sloka("10.38",new Array( "da\u1E47\u1E0Do damayat\u0101m asmi", "n\u012Btir asmi jig\u012B\u1E63at\u0101m", "mauna\u1E41 caiv\u0101smi guhy\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "j\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41 j\u00F1\u0101navat\u0101m aham"), "Among all means of suppressing lawlessness I am punishment, and of those who seek victory I am morality. Of secret things I am silence, and of the wise I am the wisdom."), new sloka("10.39",new Array( "yac c\u0101pi sarva-bh\u016Bt\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "b\u012Bja\u1E41 tad aham arjuna", "na tad asti vin\u0101 yat sy\u0101n", "may\u0101 bh\u016Bta\u1E41 car\u0101caram"), "Furthermore, O Arjuna, I am the generating seed of all existences. There is no being\u2014moving or nonmoving\u2014that can exist without Me."), new sloka("10.40",new Array( "n\u0101nto 'sti mama divy\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "vibh\u016Bt\u012Bn\u0101\u1E41 parantapa", "e\u1E63a t\u016Bdde\u015Bata\u1E25 prokto", "vibh\u016Bter vistaro may\u0101"), "O mighty conqueror of enemies, there is no end to My divine manifestations. What I have spoken to you is but a mere indication of My infinite opulences."), new sloka("10.41",new Array( "yad yad vibh\u016Btimat sattva\u1E41", "\u015Br\u012Bmad \u016Brjitam eva v\u0101", "tat tad ev\u0101vagaccha tva\u1E41", "mama tejo-'\u1E41\u015Ba-sambhavam"), "Know that all opulent, beautiful and glorious creations spring from but a spark of My splendor."), new sloka("10.42",new Array( "atha v\u0101 bahunaitena", "ki\u1E41 j\u00F1\u0101tena tav\u0101rjuna", "vi\u1E63\u1E6Dabhy\u0101ham ida\u1E41 k\u1E5Btsnam", "ek\u0101\u1E41\u015Bena sthito jagat"), "But what need is there, Arjuna, for all this detailed knowledge? With a single fragment of Myself I pervade and support this entire universe.")), new Array( new sloka("11.1",new Array( "arjuna uv\u0101ca", "mad-anugrah\u0101ya parama\u1E41", "guhyam adhy\u0101tma-sa\u1E41j\u00F1itam", "yat tvayokta\u1E41 vacas tena", "moho 'ya\u1E41 vigato mama"), "Arjuna said: By my hearing the instructions You have kindly given me about these most confidential spiritual subjects, my illusion has now been dispelled."), new sloka("11.2",new Array( "bhav\u0101pyayau hi bh\u016Bt\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "\u015Brutau vistara\u015Bo may\u0101", "tvatta\u1E25 kamala-patr\u0101k\u1E63a", "m\u0101h\u0101tmyam api c\u0101vyayam"), "O lotus-eyed one, I have heard from You in detail about the appearance and disappearance of every living entity and have realized Your inexhaustible glories."), new sloka("11.3",new Array( "evam etad yath\u0101ttha tvam", "\u0101tm\u0101na\u1E41 parame\u015Bvara", "dra\u1E63\u1E6Dum icch\u0101mi te r\u016Bpam", "ai\u015Bvara\u1E41 puru\u1E63ottama"), "O greatest of all personalities, O supreme form, though I see You here before me in Your actual position, as You have described Yourself, I wish to see how You have entered into this cosmic manifestation. I want to see that form of Yours."), new sloka("11.4",new Array( "manyase yadi tac chakya\u1E41", "may\u0101 dra\u1E63\u1E6Dum iti prabho", "yoge\u015Bvara tato me tva\u1E41", "dar\u015Bay\u0101tm\u0101nam avyayam"), "If You think that I am able to behold Your cosmic form, O my Lord, O master of all mystic power, then kindly show me that unlimited universal Self."), new sloka("11.5",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "pa\u015Bya me p\u0101rtha r\u016Bp\u0101\u1E47i", "\u015Bata\u015Bo 'tha sahasra\u015Ba\u1E25", "n\u0101n\u0101-vidh\u0101ni divy\u0101ni", "n\u0101n\u0101-var\u1E47\u0101k\u1E5Bt\u012Bni ca"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, O son of P\u1E5Bth\u0101, see now My opulences, hundreds of thousands of varied divine and multicolored forms."), new sloka("11.6",new Array( "pa\u015By\u0101dity\u0101n vas\u016Bn rudr\u0101n", "a\u015Bvinau marutas tath\u0101", "bah\u016Bny ad\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Da-p\u016Brv\u0101\u1E47i", "pa\u015By\u0101\u015Bcary\u0101\u1E47i bh\u0101rata"), "O best of the Bh\u0101ratas, see here the different manifestations of \u0100dityas, Vasus, Rudras, A\u015Bvin\u012B-kum\u0101ras and all the other demigods. Behold the many wonderful things which no one has ever seen or heard of before."), new sloka("11.7",new Array( "ihaika-stha\u1E41 jagat k\u1E5Btsna\u1E41", "pa\u015By\u0101dya sa-car\u0101caram", "mama dehe gu\u1E0D\u0101ke\u015Ba", "yac c\u0101nyad dra\u1E63\u1E6Dum icchasi"), "O Arjuna, whatever you wish to see, behold at once in this body of Mine! This universal form can show you whatever you now desire to see and whatever you may want to see in the future. Everything\u2014moving and nonmoving\u2014is here completely, in one place."), new sloka("11.8",new Array( "na tu m\u0101\u1E41 \u015Bakyase dra\u1E63\u1E6Dum", "anenaiva sva-cak\u1E63u\u1E63\u0101", "divya\u1E41 dad\u0101mi te cak\u1E63u\u1E25", "pa\u015Bya me yogam ai\u015Bvaram"), "But you cannot see Me with your present eyes. Therefore I give you divine eyes. Behold My mystic opulence!"), new sloka("11.9",new Array( "sa\u00F1jaya uv\u0101ca", "evam uktv\u0101 tato r\u0101jan", "mah\u0101-yoge\u015Bvaro hari\u1E25", "dar\u015Bay\u0101m \u0101sa p\u0101rth\u0101ya", "parama\u1E41 r\u016Bpam ai\u015Bvaram"), "Sa\u00F1jaya said: O King, having spoken thus, the Supreme Lord of all mystic power, the Personality of Godhead, displayed His universal form to Arjuna. "), new sloka("11.10-11",new Array( "aneka-vaktra-nayanam", "anek\u0101dbhuta-dar\u015Banam", "aneka-divy\u0101bhara\u1E47a\u1E41", "divy\u0101nekodyat\u0101yudham", "", "divya-m\u0101ly\u0101mbara-dhara\u1E41", "divya-gandh\u0101nulepanam", "sarv\u0101\u015Bcarya-maya\u1E41 devam", "ananta\u1E41 vi\u015Bvato-mukham"), "Arjuna saw in that universal form unlimited mouths, unlimited eyes, unlimited wonderful visions. The form was decorated with many celestial ornaments and bore many divine upraised weapons. He wore celestial garlands and garments, and many divine scents were smeared over His body. All was wondrous, brilliant, unlimited, all-expanding."), new sloka("11.12",new Array( "divi s\u016Brya-sahasrasya", "bhaved yugapad utthit\u0101", "yadi bh\u0101\u1E25 sad\u1E5B\u015B\u012B s\u0101 sy\u0101d", "bh\u0101sas tasya mah\u0101tmana\u1E25"), "If hundreds of thousands of suns were to rise at once into the sky, their radiance might resemble the effulgence of the Supreme Person in that universal form."), new sloka("11.13",new Array( "tatraika-stha\u1E41 jagat k\u1E5Btsna\u1E41", "pravibhaktam anekadh\u0101", "apa\u015Byad deva-devasya", "\u015Bar\u012Bre p\u0101\u1E47\u1E0Davas tad\u0101"), "At that time Arjuna could see in the universal form of the Lord the unlimited expansions of the universe situated in one place although divided into many, many thousands."), new sloka("11.14",new Array( "tata\u1E25 sa vismay\u0101vi\u1E63\u1E6Do", "h\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Da-rom\u0101 dhana\u00F1jaya\u1E25", "pra\u1E47amya \u015Biras\u0101 deva\u1E41", "k\u1E5Bt\u0101\u00F1jalir abh\u0101\u1E63ata"), "Then, bewildered and astonished, his hair standing on end, Arjuna bowed his head to offer obeisances and with folded hands began to pray to the Supreme Lord."), new sloka("11.15",new Array( "arjuna uv\u0101ca", "pa\u015By\u0101mi dev\u0101\u1E41s tava deva dehe", "sarv\u0101\u1E41s tath\u0101 bh\u016Bta-vi\u015Be\u1E63a-sa\u1E45gh\u0101n", "brahm\u0101\u1E47am \u012B\u015Ba\u1E41 kamal\u0101sana-stham", "\u1E5B\u1E63\u012B\u1E41\u015B ca sarv\u0101n urag\u0101\u1E41\u015B ca divy\u0101n"), "Arjuna said: My dear Lord K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, I see assembled in Your body all the demigods and various other living entities. I see Brahm\u0101 sitting on the lotus flower, as well as Lord \u015Aiva and all the sages and divine serpents."), new sloka("11.16",new Array( "aneka-b\u0101h\u016Bdara-vaktra-netra\u1E41", "pa\u015By\u0101mi tv\u0101\u1E41 sarvato 'nanta-r\u016Bpam", "n\u0101nta\u1E41 na madhya\u1E41 na punas tav\u0101di\u1E41", "pa\u015By\u0101mi vi\u015Bve\u015Bvara vi\u015Bva-r\u016Bpa"), "O Lord of the universe, O universal form, I see in Your body many, many arms, bellies, mouths and eyes, expanded everywhere, without limit. I see in You no end, no middle and no beginning."), new sloka("11.17",new Array( "kir\u012B\u1E6Dina\u1E41 gadina\u1E41 cakri\u1E47a\u1E41 ca", "tejo-r\u0101\u015Bi\u1E41 sarvato d\u012Bptimantam", "pa\u015By\u0101mi tv\u0101\u1E41 durnir\u012Bk\u1E63ya\u1E41 samant\u0101d", "d\u012Bpt\u0101nal\u0101rka-dyutim aprameyam"), "Your form is difficult to see because of its glaring effulgence, spreading on all sides, like blazing fire or the immeasurable radiance of the sun. Yet I see this glowing form everywhere, adorned with various crowns, clubs and discs."), new sloka("11.18",new Array( "tvam ak\u1E63ara\u1E41 parama\u1E41 veditavya\u1E41", "tvam asya vi\u015Bvasya para\u1E41 nidh\u0101nam", "tvam avyaya\u1E25 \u015B\u0101\u015Bvata-dharma-gopt\u0101", "san\u0101tanas tva\u1E41 puru\u1E63o mato me"), "You are the supreme primal objective. You are the ultimate resting place of all this universe. You are inexhaustible, and You are the oldest. You are the maintainer of the eternal religion, the Personality of Godhead. This is my opinion."), new sloka("11.19",new Array( "an\u0101di-madhy\u0101ntam ananta-v\u012Bryam", "ananta-b\u0101hu\u1E41 \u015Ba\u015Bi-s\u016Brya-netram", "pa\u015By\u0101mi tv\u0101\u1E41 d\u012Bpta-hut\u0101\u015Ba-vaktra\u1E41", "sva-tejas\u0101 vi\u015Bvam ida\u1E41 tapantam"), "You are without origin, middle or end. Your glory is unlimited. You have numberless arms, and the sun and moon are Your eyes. I see You with blazing fire coming forth from Your mouth, burning this entire universe by Your own radiance."), new sloka("11.20",new Array( "dy\u0101v \u0101-p\u1E5Bthivyor idam antara\u1E41 hi", "vy\u0101pta\u1E41 tvayaikena di\u015Ba\u015B ca sarv\u0101\u1E25", "d\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Dv\u0101dbhuta\u1E41 r\u016Bpam ugra\u1E41 taveda\u1E41", "loka-traya\u1E41 pravyathita\u1E41 mah\u0101tman"), "Although You are one, You spread throughout the sky and the planets and all space between. O great one, seeing this wondrous and terrible form, all the planetary systems are perturbed."), new sloka("11.21",new Array( "am\u012B hi tv\u0101\u1E41 sura-sa\u1E45gh\u0101 vi\u015Banti", "kecid bh\u012Bt\u0101\u1E25 pr\u0101\u00F1jalayo g\u1E5B\u1E47anti", "svast\u012Bty uktv\u0101 mahar\u1E63i-siddha-sa\u1E45gh\u0101\u1E25", "stuvanti tv\u0101\u1E41 stutibhi\u1E25 pu\u1E63kal\u0101bhi\u1E25"), "All the hosts of demigods are surrendering before You and entering into You. Some of them, very much afraid, are offering prayers with folded hands. Hosts of great sages and perfected beings, crying \"All peace!\" are praying to You by singing the Vedic hymns."), new sloka("11.22",new Array( "rudr\u0101dity\u0101 vasavo ye ca s\u0101dhy\u0101", "vi\u015Bve '\u015Bvinau maruta\u015B co\u1E63map\u0101\u015B ca", "gandharva-yak\u1E63\u0101sura-siddha-sa\u1E45gh\u0101", "v\u012Bk\u1E63ante tv\u0101\u1E41 vismit\u0101\u015B caiva sarve"), "All the various manifestations of Lord \u015Aiva, the \u0100dityas, the Vasus, the S\u0101dhyas, the Vi\u015Bvedevas, the two A\u015Bv\u012Bs, the Maruts, the forefathers, the Gandharvas, the Yak\u1E63as, the Asuras and the perfected demigods are beholding You in wonder."), new sloka("11.23",new Array( "r\u016Bpa\u1E41 mahat te bahu-vaktra-netra\u1E41", "mah\u0101-b\u0101ho bahu-b\u0101h\u016Bru-p\u0101dam", "bah\u016Bdara\u1E41 bahu-da\u1E41\u1E63\u1E6Dr\u0101-kar\u0101la\u1E41", "d\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Dv\u0101 lok\u0101\u1E25 pravyathit\u0101s tath\u0101ham"), "O mighty-armed one, all the planets with their demigods are disturbed at seeing Your great form, with its many faces, eyes, arms, thighs, legs, and bellies and Your many terrible teeth; and as they are disturbed, so am I. "), new sloka("11.24",new Array( "nabha\u1E25-sp\u1E5B\u015Ba\u1E41 d\u012Bptam aneka-var\u1E47a\u1E41", "vy\u0101tt\u0101nana\u1E41 d\u012Bpta-vi\u015B\u0101la-netram", "d\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Dv\u0101 hi tv\u0101\u1E41 pravyathit\u0101ntar-\u0101tm\u0101", "dh\u1E5Bti\u1E41 na vind\u0101mi \u015Bama\u1E41 ca vi\u1E63\u1E47o"), "O all-pervading Vi\u1E63\u1E47u, seeing You with Your many radiant colors touching the sky, Your gaping mouths, and Your great glowing eyes, my mind is perturbed by fear. I can no longer maintain my steadiness or equilibrium of mind."), new sloka("11.25",new Array( "da\u1E41\u1E63\u1E6Dr\u0101-kar\u0101l\u0101ni ca te mukh\u0101ni", "d\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Dvaiva k\u0101l\u0101nala-sannibh\u0101ni", "di\u015Bo na j\u0101ne na labhe ca \u015Barma", "pras\u012Bda deve\u015Ba jagan-niv\u0101sa"), "O Lord of lords, O refuge of the worlds, please be gracious to me. I cannot keep my balance seeing thus Your blazing deathlike faces and awful teeth. In all directions I am bewildered."), new sloka("11.26-27",new Array( "am\u012B ca tv\u0101\u1E41 dh\u1E5Btar\u0101\u1E63\u1E6Drasya putr\u0101\u1E25", "sarve sahaiv\u0101vani-p\u0101la-sa\u1E45ghai\u1E25", "bh\u012B\u1E63mo dro\u1E47a\u1E25 s\u016Bta-putras tath\u0101sau", "sah\u0101smad\u012Byair api yodha-mukhyai\u1E25", "", "vaktr\u0101\u1E47i te tvaram\u0101\u1E47\u0101 vi\u015Banti", "da\u1E41\u1E63\u1E6Dr\u0101-kar\u0101l\u0101ni bhay\u0101nak\u0101ni", "kecid vilagn\u0101 da\u015Ban\u0101ntare\u1E63u", "sand\u1E5B\u015Byante c\u016Br\u1E47itair uttam\u0101\u1E45gai\u1E25"), "All the sons of Dh\u1E5Btar\u0101\u1E63\u1E6Dra, along with their allied kings, and Bh\u012B\u1E63ma, Dro\u1E47a, Kar\u1E47a\u2014and our chief soldiers also\u2014are rushing into Your fearful mouths. And some I see trapped with heads smashed between Your teeth."), new sloka("11.28",new Array( "yath\u0101 nad\u012Bn\u0101\u1E41 bahavo 'mbu-veg\u0101\u1E25", "samudram ev\u0101bhimukh\u0101 dravanti", "tath\u0101 tav\u0101m\u012B nara-loka-v\u012Br\u0101", "vi\u015Banti vaktr\u0101\u1E47y abhivijvalanti"), "As the many waves of the rivers flow into the ocean, so do all these great warriors enter blazing into Your mouths."), new sloka("11.29",new Array( "yath\u0101 prad\u012Bpta\u1E41 jvalana\u1E41 pata\u1E45g\u0101", "vi\u015Banti n\u0101\u015B\u0101ya sam\u1E5Bddha-veg\u0101\u1E25", "tathaiva n\u0101\u015B\u0101ya vi\u015Banti lok\u0101s", "tav\u0101pi vaktr\u0101\u1E47i sam\u1E5Bddha-veg\u0101\u1E25"), "I see all people rushing full speed into Your mouths, as moths dash to destruction in a blazing fire."), new sloka("11.30",new Array( "lelihyase grasam\u0101na\u1E25 samant\u0101l", "lok\u0101n samagr\u0101n vadanair jvaladbhi\u1E25", "tejobhir \u0101p\u016Brya jagat samagra\u1E41", "bh\u0101sas tavogr\u0101\u1E25 pratapanti vi\u1E63\u1E47o"), "O Vi\u1E63\u1E47u, I see You devouring all people from all sides with Your flaming mouths. Covering all the universe with Your effulgence, You are manifest with terrible, scorching rays."), new sloka("11.31",new Array( "\u0101khy\u0101hi me ko bhav\u0101n ugra-r\u016Bpo", "namo 'stu te deva-vara pras\u012Bda", "vij\u00F1\u0101tum icch\u0101mi bhavantam \u0101dya\u1E41", "na hi praj\u0101n\u0101mi tava prav\u1E5Bttim"), "O Lord of lords, so fierce of form, please tell me who You are. I offer my obeisances unto You; please be gracious to me. You are the primal Lord. I want to know about You, for I do not know what Your mission is."), new sloka("11.32",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "k\u0101lo 'smi loka-k\u1E63aya-k\u1E5Bt prav\u1E5Bddho", "lok\u0101n sam\u0101hartum iha prav\u1E5Btta\u1E25", "\u1E5Bte 'pi tv\u0101\u1E41 na bhavi\u1E63yanti sarve", "ye 'vasthit\u0101\u1E25 pratyan\u012Bke\u1E63u yodh\u0101\u1E25"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Time I am, the great destroyer of the worlds, and I have come here to destroy all people. With the exception of you [the P\u0101\u1E47\u1E0Davas], all the soldiers here on both sides will be slain."), new sloka("11.33",new Array( "tasm\u0101t tvam utti\u1E63\u1E6Dha ya\u015Bo labhasva", "jitv\u0101 \u015Batr\u016Bn bhu\u1E45k\u1E63va r\u0101jya\u1E41 sam\u1E5Bddham", "mayaivaite nihat\u0101\u1E25 p\u016Brvam eva", "nimitta-m\u0101tra\u1E41 bhava savya-s\u0101cin"), "Therefore get up. Prepare to fight and win glory. Conquer your enemies and enjoy a flourishing kingdom. They are already put to death by My arrangement, and you, O Savyas\u0101c\u012B, can be but an instrument in the fight."), new sloka("11.34",new Array( "dro\u1E47a\u1E41 ca bh\u012B\u1E63ma\u1E41 ca jayadratha\u1E41 ca", "kar\u1E47a\u1E41 tath\u0101ny\u0101n api yodha-v\u012Br\u0101n", "may\u0101 hat\u0101m\u0307s tva\u1E41 jahi m\u0101 vyathi\u1E63\u1E6Dh\u0101", "yudhyasva jet\u0101si ra\u1E47e sapatn\u0101n"), "Dro\u1E47a, Bh\u012B\u1E63ma, Jayadratha, Kar\u1E47a and the other great warriors have already been destroyed by Me. Therefore, kill them and do not be disturbed. Simply fight, and you will vanquish your enemies in battle."), new sloka("11.35",new Array( "sa\u00F1jaya uv\u0101ca", "etac chrutv\u0101 vacana\u1E41 ke\u015Bavasya", "k\u1E5Bt\u0101\u00F1jalir vepam\u0101na\u1E25 kir\u012Bt\u012B", "namask\u1E5Btv\u0101 bh\u016Bya ev\u0101ha k\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a\u1E41", "sa-gadgada\u1E41 bh\u012Bta-bh\u012Bta\u1E25 pra\u1E47amya"), "Sa\u00F1jaya said to Dh\u1E5Btar\u0101\u1E63\u1E6Dra: O King, after hearing these words from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the trembling Arjuna offered obeisances with folded hands again and again. He fearfully spoke to Lord K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a in a faltering voice, as follows."), new sloka("11.36",new Array( "arjuna uv\u0101ca", "sth\u0101ne h\u1E5B\u1E63\u012Bke\u015Ba tava prak\u012Brty\u0101", "jagat prah\u1E5B\u1E63yaty anurajyate ca", "rak\u1E63\u0101\u1E41si bh\u012Bt\u0101ni di\u015Bo dravanti", "sarve namasyanti ca siddha-sa\u1E45gh\u0101\u1E25"), "Arjuna said: O master of the senses, the world becomes joyful upon hearing Your name, and thus everyone becomes attached to You. Although the perfected beings offer You their respectful homage, the demons are afraid, and they flee here and there. All this is rightly done."), new sloka("11.37",new Array( "kasm\u0101c ca te na nameran mah\u0101tman", "gar\u012Byase brahma\u1E47o 'py \u0101di-kartre", "ananta deve\u015Ba jagan-niv\u0101sa", "tvam ak\u1E63ara\u1E41 sad-asat tat para\u1E41 yat"), "O great one, greater even than Brahm\u0101, You are the original creator. Why then should they not offer their respectful obeisances unto You? O limitless one, God of gods, refuge of the universe! You are the invincible source, the cause of all causes, transcendental to this material manifestation."), new sloka("11.38",new Array( "tvam \u0101di-deva\u1E25 puru\u1E63a\u1E25 pur\u0101\u1E47as", "tvam asya vi\u015Bvasya para\u1E41 nidh\u0101nam", "vett\u0101si vedya\u1E41 ca para\u1E41 ca dh\u0101ma", "tvay\u0101 tata\u1E41 vi\u015Bvam ananta-r\u016Bpa"), "You are the original Personality of Godhead, the oldest, the ultimate sanctuary of this manifested cosmic world. You are the knower of everything, and You are all that is knowable. You are the supreme refuge, above the material modes. O limitless form! This whole cosmic manifestation is pervaded by You!"), new sloka("11.39",new Array( "v\u0101yur yamo 'gnir varu\u1E47a\u1E25 \u015Ba\u015B\u0101\u1E45ka\u1E25", "praj\u0101patis tva\u1E41 prapit\u0101maha\u015B ca", "namo namas te 'stu sahasra-k\u1E5Btva\u1E25", "puna\u015B ca bh\u016Byo 'pi namo namas te"), "You are air, and You are the supreme controller! You are fire, You are water, and You are the moon! You are Brahm\u0101, the first living creature, and You are the great-grandfather. I therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto You a thousand times, and again and yet again!"), new sloka("11.40",new Array( "nama\u1E25 purast\u0101d atha p\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Dhatas te", "namo 'stu te sarvata eva sarva", "ananta-v\u012Bry\u0101mita-vikramas tva\u1E41", "sarva\u1E41 sam\u0101pno\u1E63i tato 'si sarva\u1E25"), "Obeisances to You from the front, from behind and from all sides! O unbounded power, You are the master of limitless might! You are all-pervading, and thus You are everything!"), new sloka("11.41-42",new Array( "sakheti matv\u0101 prasabha\u1E41 yad ukta\u1E41", "he k\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a he y\u0101dava he sakheti", "aj\u0101nat\u0101 mahim\u0101na\u1E41 taveda\u1E41", "may\u0101 pram\u0101d\u0101t pra\u1E47ayena v\u0101pi", "", "yac c\u0101vah\u0101s\u0101rtham asat-k\u1E5Bto 'si", "vih\u0101ra-\u015Bayy\u0101sana-bhojane\u1E63u", "eko 'tha v\u0101py acyuta tat-samak\u1E63a\u1E41", "tat k\u1E63\u0101maye tv\u0101m aham aprameyam"), "Thinking of You as my friend, I have rashly addressed You \"O K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a,\" \"O Y\u0101dava,\" \"O my friend,\" not knowing Your glories. Please forgive whatever I may have done in madness or in love. I have dishonored You many times, jesting as we relaxed, lay on the same bed, or sat or ate together, sometimes alone and sometimes in front of many friends. O infallible one, please excuse me for all those offenses."), new sloka("11.43",new Array( "pit\u0101si lokasya car\u0101carasya", "tvam asya p\u016Bjya\u015B ca gurur gar\u012By\u0101n", "na tvat-samo 'sty abhyadhika\u1E25 kuto 'nyo", "loka-traye 'py apratima-prabh\u0101va"), "You are the father of this complete cosmic manifestation, of the moving and the nonmoving. You are its worshipable chief, the supreme spiritual master. No one is greater than You, nor can anyone be one with You. How then could there be anyone greater than You within the three worlds, O Lord of immeasurable power?"), new sloka("11.44",new Array( "tasm\u0101t pra\u1E47amya pra\u1E47idh\u0101ya k\u0101ya\u1E41", "pras\u0101daye tv\u0101m aham \u012B\u015Bam \u012B\u1E0Dyam", "piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyu\u1E25", "priya\u1E25 priy\u0101y\u0101rhasi deva so\u1E0Dhum"), "You are the Supreme Lord, to be worshiped by every living being. Thus I fall down to offer You my respectful obeisances and ask Your mercy. As a father tolerates the impudence of his son, a friend the impertinence of a friend, or a husband the familiarity of his wife, please tolerate the wrongs I may have done You."), new sloka("11.45",new Array( "ad\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Da-p\u016Brva\u1E41 h\u1E5B\u1E63ito 'smi d\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Dv\u0101", "bhayena ca pravyathita\u1E41 mano me", "tad eva me dar\u015Baya deva r\u016Bpa\u1E41", "pras\u012Bda deve\u015Ba jagan-niv\u0101sa"), "After seeing this universal form, which I have never seen before, I am gladdened, but at the same time my mind is disturbed with fear. Therefore please bestow Your grace upon me and reveal again Your form as the Personality of Godhead, O Lord of lords, O abode of the universe."), new sloka("11.46",new Array( "kir\u012B\u1E6Dina\u1E41 gadina\u1E41 cakra-hastam", "icch\u0101mi tv\u0101\u1E41 dra\u1E63\u1E6Dum aha\u1E41 tathaiva", "tenaiva r\u016Bpe\u1E47a catur-bhujena", "sahasra-b\u0101ho bhava vi\u015Bva-m\u016Brte"), "O universal form, O thousand-armed Lord, I wish to see You in Your four-armed form, with helmeted head and with club, wheel, conch and lotus flower in Your hands. I long to see You in that form."), new sloka("11.47",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "may\u0101 prasannena tav\u0101rjuneda\u1E41", "r\u016Bpa\u1E41 para\u1E41 dar\u015Bitam \u0101tma-yog\u0101t", "tejo-maya\u1E41 vi\u015Bvam anantam \u0101dya\u1E41", "yan me tvad anyena na d\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Da-p\u016Brvam"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, happily have I shown you, by My internal potency, this supreme universal form within the material world. No one before you has ever seen this primal form, unlimited and full of glaring effulgence."), new sloka("11.48",new Array( "na veda-yaj\u00F1\u0101dhyayanair na d\u0101nair", "na ca kriy\u0101bhir na tapobhir ugrai\u1E25", "eva\u1E41-r\u016Bpa\u1E25 \u015Bakya aha\u1E41 n\u1E5B-loke", "dra\u1E63\u1E6Du\u1E41 tvad anyena kuru-prav\u012Bra"), "O best of the Kuru warriors, no one before you has ever seen this universal form of Mine, for neither by studying the Vedas, nor by performing sacrifices, nor by charity, nor by pious activities, nor by severe penances can I be seen in this form in the material world."), new sloka("11.49",new Array( "m\u0101 te vyath\u0101 m\u0101 ca vim\u016B\u1E0Dha-bh\u0101vo", "d\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Dv\u0101 r\u016Bpa\u1E41 ghoram \u012Bd\u1E5B\u1E45 mamedam", "vyapeta-bh\u012B\u1E25 pr\u012Bta-man\u0101\u1E25 punas tva\u1E41", "tad eva me r\u016Bpam ida\u1E41 prapa\u015Bya"), "You have been perturbed and bewildered by seeing this horrible feature of Mine. Now let it be finished. My devotee, be free again from all disturbances. With a peaceful mind you can now see the form you desire."), new sloka("11.50",new Array( "sa\u00F1jaya uv\u0101ca", "ity arjuna\u1E41 v\u0101sudevas tathoktv\u0101", "svaka\u1E41 r\u016Bpa\u1E41 dar\u015Bay\u0101m \u0101sa bh\u016Bya\u1E25", "\u0101\u015Bv\u0101say\u0101m \u0101sa ca bh\u012Btam ena\u1E41", "bh\u016Btv\u0101 puna\u1E25 saumya-vapur mah\u0101tm\u0101"), "Sa\u00F1jaya said to Dh\u1E5Btar\u0101\u1E63\u1E6Dra: The Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, having spoken thus to Arjuna, displayed His real four-armed form and at last showed His two-armed form, thus encouraging the fearful Arjuna."), new sloka("11.51",new Array( "arjuna uv\u0101ca", "d\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Dveda\u1E41 m\u0101nu\u1E63a\u1E41 r\u016Bpa\u1E41", "tava saumya\u1E41 jan\u0101rdana", "id\u0101n\u012Bm asmi sa\u1E41v\u1E5Btta\u1E25", "sa-cet\u0101\u1E25 prak\u1E5Bti\u1E41 gata\u1E25"), "When Arjuna thus saw K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a in His original form, he said: O Jan\u0101rdana, seeing this humanlike form, so very beautiful, I am now composed in mind, and I am restored to my original nature."), new sloka("11.52",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "su-durdar\u015Bam ida\u1E41 r\u016Bpa\u1E41", "d\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Dav\u0101n asi yan mama", "dev\u0101 apy asya r\u016Bpasya", "nitya\u1E41 dar\u015Bana-k\u0101\u1E45k\u1E63i\u1E47a\u1E25"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, this form of Mine you are now seeing is very difficult to behold. Even the demigods are ever seeking the opportunity to see this form, which is so dear."), new sloka("11.53",new Array( "n\u0101ha\u1E41 vedair na tapas\u0101", "na d\u0101nena na cejyay\u0101", "\u015Bakya eva\u1E41-vidho dra\u1E63\u1E6Du\u1E41", "d\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Dav\u0101n asi m\u0101\u1E41 yath\u0101"), "The form you are seeing with your transcendental eyes cannot be understood simply by studying the Vedas, nor by undergoing serious penances, nor by charity, nor by worship. It is not by these means that one can see Me as I am."), new sloka("11.54",new Array( "bhakty\u0101 tv ananyay\u0101 \u015Bakya", "aham eva\u1E41-vidho 'rjuna", "j\u00F1\u0101tu\u1E41 dra\u1E63\u1E6Du\u1E41 ca tattvena", "prave\u1E63\u1E6Du\u1E41 ca parantapa"), "My dear Arjuna, only by undivided devotional service can I be understood as I am, standing before you, and can thus be seen directly. Only in this way can you enter into the mysteries of My understanding."), new sloka("11.55",new Array( "mat-karma-k\u1E5Bn mat-paramo", "mad-bhakta\u1E25 sa\u1E45ga-varjita\u1E25", "nirvaira\u1E25 sarva-bh\u016Bte\u1E63u", "ya\u1E25 sa m\u0101m eti p\u0101\u1E47\u1E0Dava"), "My dear Arjuna, he who engages in My pure devotional service, free from the contaminations of fruitive activities and mental speculation, he who works for Me, who makes Me the supreme goal of his life, and who is friendly to every living being\u2014he certainly comes to Me.")), new Array( new sloka("12.1",new Array( "arjuna uv\u0101ca", "eva\u1E41 satata-yukt\u0101 ye", "bhakt\u0101s tv\u0101\u1E41 paryup\u0101sate", "ye c\u0101py ak\u1E63aram avyakta\u1E41", "te\u1E63\u0101\u1E41 ke yoga-vittam\u0101\u1E25"), "Arjuna inquired: Which are considered to be more perfect, those who are always properly engaged in Your devotional service or those who worship the impersonal Brahman, the unmanifested?"), new sloka("12.2",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "mayy \u0101ve\u015Bya mano ye m\u0101\u1E41", "nitya-yukt\u0101 up\u0101sate", "\u015Braddhay\u0101 parayopet\u0101s", "te me yuktatam\u0101 mat\u0101\u1E25"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Those who fix their minds on My personal form and are always engaged in worshiping Me with great and transcendental faith are considered by Me to be most perfect."), new sloka("12.3-4",new Array( "ye tv ak\u1E63aram anirde\u015Byam", "avyakta\u1E41 paryup\u0101sate", "sarvatra-gam acintya\u1E41 ca", "k\u016B\u1E6Da-stham acala\u1E41 dhruvam", "", "sanniyamyendriya-gr\u0101ma\u1E41", "sarvatra sama-buddhaya\u1E25", "te pr\u0101pnuvanti m\u0101m eva", "sarva-bh\u016Bta-hite rat\u0101\u1E25"), "But those who fully worship the unmanifested, that which lies beyond the perception of the senses, the all-pervading, inconceivable, unchanging, fixed and immovable\u2014the impersonal conception of the Absolute Truth\u2014by controlling the various senses and being equally disposed to everyone, such persons, engaged in the welfare of all, at last achieve Me."), new sloka("12.5",new Array( "kle\u015Bo 'dhikataras te\u1E63\u0101m", "avyakt\u0101sakta-cetas\u0101m", "avyakt\u0101 hi gatir du\u1E25kha\u1E41", "dehavadbhir av\u0101pyate"), "For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifested, impersonal feature of the Supreme, advancement is very troublesome. To make progress in that discipline is always difficult for those who are embodied."), new sloka("12.6-7",new Array( "ye tu sarv\u0101\u1E47i karm\u0101\u1E47i", "mayi sannyasya mat-par\u0101\u1E25", "ananyenaiva yogena", "m\u0101\u1E41 dhy\u0101yanta up\u0101sate", "", "te\u1E63\u0101m aha\u1E41 samuddhart\u0101", "m\u1E5Btyu-sa\u1E41s\u0101ra-s\u0101gar\u0101t", "bhav\u0101mi na cir\u0101t p\u0101rtha", "mayy \u0101ve\u015Bita-cetas\u0101m"), "But those who worship Me, giving up all their activities unto Me and being devoted to Me without deviation, engaged in devotional service and always meditating upon Me, having fixed their minds upon Me, O son of P\u1E5Bth\u0101\u2014for them I am the swift deliverer from the ocean of birth and death."), new sloka("12.8",new Array( "mayy eva mana \u0101dhatsva", "mayi buddhi\u1E41 nive\u015Baya", "nivasi\u1E63yasi mayy eva", "ata \u016Brdhva\u1E41 na sa\u1E41\u015Baya\u1E25"), "Just fix your mind upon Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and engage all your intelligence in Me. Thus you will live in Me always, without a doubt."), new sloka("12.9",new Array( "atha citta\u1E41 sam\u0101dh\u0101tu\u1E41", "na \u015Bakno\u1E63i mayi sthiram", "abhy\u0101sa-yogena tato", "m\u0101m icch\u0101ptu\u1E41 dhana\u00F1jaya"), "My dear Arjuna, O winner of wealth, if you cannot fix your mind upon Me without deviation, then follow the regulative principles of bhakti-yoga. In this way develop a desire to attain Me."), new sloka("12.10",new Array( "abhy\u0101se 'py asamartho 'si", "mat-karma-paramo bhava", "mad-artham api karm\u0101\u1E47i", "kurvan siddhim av\u0101psyasi"), "If you cannot practice the regulations of bhakti-yoga, then just try to work for Me, because by working for Me you will come to the perfect stage."), new sloka("12.11",new Array( "athaitad apy a\u015Bakto 'si", "kartu\u1E41 mad-yogam \u0101\u015Brita\u1E25", "sarva-karma-phala-ty\u0101ga\u1E41", "tata\u1E25 kuru yat\u0101tmav\u0101n"), "If, however, you are unable to work in this consciousness of Me, then try to act giving up all results of your work and try to be self-situated."), new sloka("12.12",new Array( "\u015Breyo hi j\u00F1\u0101nam abhy\u0101s\u0101j", "j\u00F1\u0101n\u0101d dhy\u0101na\u1E41 vi\u015Bi\u1E63yate", "dhy\u0101n\u0101t karma-phala-ty\u0101gas", "ty\u0101g\u0101c ch\u0101ntir anantaram"), "If you cannot take to this practice, then engage yourself in the cultivation of knowledge. Better than knowledge, however, is meditation, and better than meditation is renunciation of the fruits of action, for by such renunciation one can attain peace of mind."), new sloka("12.13-14",new Array( "adve\u1E63\u1E6D\u0101 sarva-bh\u016Bt\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "maitra\u1E25 karu\u1E47a eva ca", "nirmamo niraha\u1E45k\u0101ra\u1E25", "sama-du\u1E25kha-sukha\u1E25 k\u1E63am\u012B", "", "santu\u1E63\u1E6Da\u1E25 satata\u1E41 yog\u012B", "yat\u0101tm\u0101 d\u1E5B\u1E0Dha-ni\u015Bcaya\u1E25", "mayy arpita-mano-buddhir", "yo mad-bhakta\u1E25 sa me priya\u1E25"), "One who is not envious but is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor and is free from false ego, who is equal in both happiness and distress, who is tolerant, always satisfied, self-controlled, and engaged in devotional service with determination, his mind and intelligence fixed on Me\u2014such a devotee of Mine is very dear to Me."), new sloka("12.15",new Array( "yasm\u0101n nodvijate loko", "lok\u0101n nodvijate ca ya\u1E25", "har\u1E63\u0101mar\u1E63a-bhayodvegair", "mukto ya\u1E25 sa ca me priya\u1E25"), "He by whom no one is put into difficulty and who is not disturbed by anyone, who is equipoised in happiness and distress, fear and anxiety, is very dear to Me."), new sloka("12.16",new Array( "anapek\u1E63a\u1E25 \u015Bucir dak\u1E63a", "ud\u0101s\u012Bno gata-vyatha\u1E25", "sarv\u0101rambha-parity\u0101g\u012B", "yo mad-bhakta\u1E25 sa me priya\u1E25"), "My devotee who is not dependent on the ordinary course of activities, who is pure, expert, without cares, free from all pains, and not striving for some result, is very dear to Me."), new sloka("12.17",new Array( "yo na h\u1E5B\u1E63yati na dve\u1E63\u1E6Di", "na \u015Bocati na k\u0101\u1E45k\u1E63ati", "\u015Bubh\u0101\u015Bubha-parity\u0101g\u012B", "bhaktim\u0101n ya\u1E25 sa me priya\u1E25"), "One who neither rejoices nor grieves, who neither laments nor desires, and who renounces both auspicious and inauspicious things\u2014such a devotee is very dear to Me."), new sloka("12.18-19",new Array( "sama\u1E25 \u015Batrau ca mitre ca", "tath\u0101 m\u0101n\u0101pam\u0101nayo\u1E25", "\u015B\u012Bto\u1E63\u1E47a-sukha-du\u1E25khe\u1E63u", "sama\u1E25 sa\u1E45ga-vivarjita\u1E25", "", "tulya-nind\u0101-stutir maun\u012B", "santu\u1E63\u1E6Do yena kenacit", "aniketa\u1E25 sthira-matir", "bhaktim\u0101n me priyo nara\u1E25"), "One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equipoised in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy, who is always free from contaminating association, always silent and satisfied with anything, who doesn't care for any residence, who is fixed in knowledge and who is engaged in devotional service\u2014such a person is very dear to Me."), new sloka("12.20",new Array( "ye tu dharm\u0101m\u1E5Btam ida\u1E41", "yathokta\u1E41 paryup\u0101sate", "\u015Braddadh\u0101n\u0101 mat-param\u0101", "bhakt\u0101s te 't\u012Bva me priy\u0101\u1E25"), "Those who follow this imperishable path of devotional service and who completely engage themselves with faith, making Me the supreme goal, are very, very dear to Me.")), new Array( new sloka("13.1-2",new Array( "arjuna uv\u0101ca", "prak\u1E5Bti\u1E41 puru\u1E63a\u1E41 caiva", "k\u1E63etra\u1E41 k\u1E63etra-j\u00F1am eva ca", "etad veditum icch\u0101mi", "j\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41 j\u00F1eya\u1E41 ca ke\u015Bava", "", "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "ida\u1E41 \u015Bar\u012Bra\u1E41 kaunteya", "k\u1E63etram ity abhidh\u012Byate", "etad yo vetti ta\u1E41 pr\u0101hu\u1E25", "k\u1E63etra-j\u00F1a iti tad-vida\u1E25"), "Arjuna said: O my dear K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, I wish to know about prak\u1E5Bti [nature], puru\u1E63a [the enjoyer], and the field and the knower of the field, and of knowledge and the object of knowledge. The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: This body, O son of Kunt\u012B, is called the field, and one who knows this body is called the knower of the field."), new sloka("13.3",new Array( "k\u1E63etra-j\u00F1a\u1E41 c\u0101pi m\u0101\u1E41 viddhi", "sarva-k\u1E63etre\u1E63u bh\u0101rata", "k\u1E63etra-k\u1E63etraj\u00F1ayor j\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41", "yat taj j\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41 mata\u1E41 mama"), "O scion of Bharata, you should understand that I am also the knower in all bodies, and to understand this body and its knower is called knowledge. That is My opinion."), new sloka("13.4",new Array( "tat k\u1E63etra\u1E41 yac ca y\u0101d\u1E5Bk ca", "yad-vik\u0101ri yata\u015B ca yat", "sa ca yo yat-prabh\u0101va\u015B ca", "tat sam\u0101sena me \u015B\u1E5B\u1E47u"), "Now please hear My brief description of this field of activity and how it is constituted, what its changes are, whence it is produced, who that knower of the field of activities is, and what his influences are."), new sloka("13.5",new Array( "\u1E5B\u1E63ibhir bahudh\u0101 g\u012Bta\u1E41", "chandobhir vividhai\u1E25 p\u1E5Bthak", "brahma-s\u016Btra-padai\u015B caiva", "hetumadbhir vini\u015Bcitai\u1E25"), "That knowledge of the field of activities and of the knower of activities is described by various sages in various Vedic writings. It is especially presented in Ved\u0101nta-s\u016Btra with all reasoning as to cause and effect."), new sloka("13.6-7",new Array( "mah\u0101-bh\u016Bt\u0101ny aha\u1E45k\u0101ro", "buddhir avyaktam eva ca", "indriy\u0101\u1E47i da\u015Baika\u1E41 ca", "pa\u00F1ca cendriya-gocar\u0101\u1E25", "", "icch\u0101 dve\u1E63a\u1E25 sukha\u1E41 du\u1E25kha\u1E41", "sa\u1E45gh\u0101ta\u015B cetan\u0101 dh\u1E5Bti\u1E25", "etat k\u1E63etra\u1E41 sam\u0101sena", "sa-vik\u0101ram ud\u0101h\u1E5Btam"), "The five great elements, false ego, intelligence, the unmanifested, the ten senses and the mind, the five sense objects, desire, hatred, happiness, distress, the aggregate, the life symptoms, and convictions\u2014all these are considered, in summary, to be the field of activities and its interactions."), new sloka("13.8-12",new Array( "am\u0101nitvam adambhitvam", "ahi\u1E41s\u0101 k\u1E63\u0101ntir \u0101rjavam", "\u0101c\u0101ryop\u0101sana\u1E41 \u015Bauca\u1E41", "sthairyam \u0101tma-vinigraha\u1E25", "", "indriy\u0101rthe\u1E63u vair\u0101gyam", "anaha\u1E45k\u0101ra eva ca", "janma-m\u1E5Btyu-jar\u0101-vy\u0101dhi-", "du\u1E25kha-do\u1E63\u0101nudar\u015Banam", "", "asaktir anabhi\u1E63va\u1E45ga\u1E25", "putra-d\u0101ra-g\u1E5Bh\u0101di\u1E63u", "nitya\u1E41 ca sama-cittatvam", "i\u1E63\u1E6D\u0101ni\u1E63\u1E6Dopapatti\u1E63u", "", "mayi c\u0101nanya-yogena", "bhaktir avyabhic\u0101ri\u1E47\u012B", "vivikta-de\u015Ba-sevitvam", "aratir jana-sa\u1E41sadi", "", "adhy\u0101tma-j\u00F1\u0101na-nityatva\u1E41", "tattva-j\u00F1\u0101n\u0101rtha-dar\u015Banam", "etaj j\u00F1\u0101nam iti proktam", "aj\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41 yad ato 'nyath\u0101"), "Humility; pridelessness; nonviolence; tolerance; simplicity; approaching a bona fide spiritual master; cleanliness; steadiness; self-control; renunciation of the objects of sense gratification; absence of false ego; the perception of the evil of birth, death, old age and disease; detachment; freedom from entanglement with children, wife, home and the rest; even-mindedness amid pleasant and unpleasant events; constant and unalloyed devotion to Me; aspiring to live in a solitary place; detachment from the general mass of people; accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth\u2014all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance."), new sloka("13.13",new Array( "j\u00F1eya\u1E41 yat tat pravak\u1E63y\u0101mi", "yaj j\u00F1\u0101tv\u0101m\u1E5Btam a\u015Bnute", "an\u0101di mat-para\u1E41 brahma", "na sat tan n\u0101sad ucyate"), "I shall now explain the knowable, knowing which you will taste the eternal. Brahman, the spirit, beginningless and subordinate to Me, lies beyond the cause and effect of this material world."), new sloka("13.14",new Array( "sarvata\u1E25 p\u0101\u1E47i-p\u0101da\u1E41 tat", "sarvato 'k\u1E63i-\u015Biro-mukham", "sarvata\u1E25 \u015Brutimal loke", "sarvam \u0101v\u1E5Btya ti\u1E63\u1E6Dhati"), "Everywhere are His hands and legs, His eyes, heads and faces, and He has ears everywhere. In this way the Supersoul exists, pervading everything."), new sloka("13.15",new Array( "sarvendriya-gu\u1E47\u0101bh\u0101sa\u1E41", "sarvendriya-vivarjitam", "asakta\u1E41 sarva-bh\u1E5Bc caiva", "nirgu\u1E47a\u1E41 gu\u1E47a-bhokt\u1E5B ca"), "The Supersoul is the original source of all senses, yet He is without senses. He is unattached, although He is the maintainer of all living beings. He transcends the modes of nature, and at the same time He is the master of all the modes of material nature."), new sloka("13.16",new Array( "bahir anta\u015B ca bh\u016Bt\u0101n\u0101m", "acara\u1E41 caram eva ca", "s\u016Bk\u1E63matv\u0101t tad avij\u00F1eya\u1E41", "d\u016Bra-stha\u1E41 c\u0101ntike ca tat"), "The Supreme Truth exists outside and inside of all living beings, the moving and the nonmoving. Because He is subtle, He is beyond the power of the material senses to see or to know. Although far, far away, He is also near to all."), new sloka("13.17",new Array( "avibhakta\u1E41 ca bh\u016Bte\u1E63u", "vibhaktam iva ca sthitam", "bh\u016Bta-bhart\u1E5B ca taj j\u00F1eya\u1E41", "grasi\u1E63\u1E47u prabhavi\u1E63\u1E47u ca"), "Although the Supersoul appears to be divided among all beings, He is never divided. He is situated as one. Although He is the maintainer of every living entity, it is to be understood that He devours and develops all."), new sloka("13.18",new Array( "jyoti\u1E63\u0101m api taj jyotis", "tamasa\u1E25 param ucyate", "j\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41 j\u00F1eya\u1E41 j\u00F1\u0101na-gamya\u1E41", "h\u1E5Bdi sarvasya vi\u1E63\u1E6Dhitam"), "He is the source of light in all luminous objects. He is beyond the darkness of matter and is unmanifested. He is knowledge, He is the object of knowledge, and He is the goal of knowledge. He is situated in everyone's heart."), new sloka("13.19",new Array( "iti k\u1E63etra\u1E41 tath\u0101 j\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41", "j\u00F1eya\u1E41 cokta\u1E41 sam\u0101sata\u1E25", "mad-bhakta etad vij\u00F1\u0101ya", "mad-bh\u0101v\u0101yopapadyate"), "Thus the field of activities [the body], knowledge and the knowable have been summarily described by Me. Only My devotees can understand this thoroughly and thus attain to My nature."), new sloka("13.20",new Array( "prak\u1E5Bti\u1E41 puru\u1E63a\u1E41 caiva", "viddhy an\u0101d\u012B ubh\u0101v api", "vik\u0101r\u0101\u1E41\u015B ca gu\u1E47\u0101\u1E41\u015B caiva", "viddhi prak\u1E5Bti-sambhav\u0101n"), "Material nature and the living entities should be understood to be beginningless. Their transformations and the modes of matter are products of material nature."), new sloka("13.21",new Array( "k\u0101rya-k\u0101ra\u1E47a-kart\u1E5Btve", "hetu\u1E25 prak\u1E5Btir ucyate", "puru\u1E63a\u1E25 sukha-du\u1E25kh\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "bhokt\u1E5Btve hetur ucyate"), "Nature is said to be the cause of all material causes and effects, whereas the living entity is the cause of the various sufferings and enjoyments in this world."), new sloka("13.22",new Array( "puru\u1E63a\u1E25 prak\u1E5Bti-stho hi", "bhu\u1E45kte prak\u1E5Bti-j\u0101n gu\u1E47\u0101n", "k\u0101ra\u1E47a\u1E41 gu\u1E47a-sa\u1E45go 'sya", "sad-asad-yoni-janmasu"), "The living entity in material nature thus follows the ways of life, enjoying the three modes of nature. This is due to his association with that material nature. Thus he meets with good and evil among various species."), new sloka("13.23",new Array( "upadra\u1E63\u1E6D\u0101numant\u0101 ca", "bhart\u0101 bhokt\u0101 mahe\u015Bvara\u1E25", "param\u0101tmeti c\u0101py ukto", "dehe 'smin puru\u1E63a\u1E25 para\u1E25"), "Yet in this body there is another, a transcendental enjoyer, who is the Lord, the supreme proprietor, who exists as the overseer and permitter, and who is known as the Supersoul."), new sloka("13.24",new Array( "ya eva\u1E41 vetti puru\u1E63a\u1E41", "prak\u1E5Bti\u1E41 ca gu\u1E47ai\u1E25 saha", "sarvath\u0101 vartam\u0101no 'pi", "na sa bh\u016Byo 'bhij\u0101yate"), "One who understands this philosophy concerning material nature, the living entity and the interaction of the modes of nature is sure to attain liberation. He will not take birth here again, regardless of his present position."), new sloka("13.25",new Array( "dhy\u0101nen\u0101tmani pa\u015Byanti", "kecid \u0101tm\u0101nam \u0101tman\u0101", "anye s\u0101\u1E45khyena yogena", "karma-yogena c\u0101pare"), "Some perceive the Supersoul within themselves through meditation, others through the cultivation of knowledge, and still others through working without fruitive desires."), new sloka("13.26",new Array( "anye tv evam aj\u0101nanta\u1E25", "\u015Brutv\u0101nyebhya up\u0101sate", "te 'pi c\u0101titaranty eva", "m\u1E5Btyu\u1E41 \u015Bruti-par\u0101ya\u1E47\u0101\u1E25"), "Again there are those who, although not conversant in spiritual knowledge, begin to worship the Supreme Person upon hearing about Him from others. Because of their tendency to hear from authorities, they also transcend the path of birth and death."), new sloka("13.27",new Array( "y\u0101vat sa\u00F1j\u0101yate ki\u00F1cit", "sattva\u1E41 sth\u0101vara-ja\u1E45gamam", "k\u1E63etra-k\u1E63etraj\u00F1a-sa\u1E41yog\u0101t", "tad viddhi bharatar\u1E63abha"), "O chief of the Bh\u0101ratas, know that whatever you see in existence, both the moving and the nonmoving, is only a combination of the field of activities and the knower of the field."), new sloka("13.28",new Array( "sama\u1E41 sarve\u1E63u bh\u016Bte\u1E63u", "ti\u1E63\u1E6Dhanta\u1E41 parame\u015Bvaram", "vina\u015Byatsv avina\u015Byanta\u1E41", "ya\u1E25 pa\u015Byati sa pa\u015Byati"), "One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies, and who understands that neither the soul nor the Supersoul within the destructible body is ever destroyed, actually sees."), new sloka("13.29",new Array( "sama\u1E41 pa\u015Byan hi sarvatra", "samavasthitam \u012B\u015Bvaram", "na hinasty \u0101tman\u0101tm\u0101na\u1E41", "tato y\u0101ti par\u0101\u1E41 gatim"), "One who sees the Supersoul equally present everywhere, in every living being, does not degrade himself by his mind. Thus he approaches the transcendental destination."), new sloka("13.30",new Array( "prak\u1E5Btyaiva ca karm\u0101\u1E47i", "kriyam\u0101\u1E47\u0101ni sarva\u015Ba\u1E25", "ya\u1E25 pa\u015Byati tath\u0101tm\u0101nam", "akart\u0101ra\u1E41 sa pa\u015Byati"), "One who can see that all activities are performed by the body, which is created of material nature, and sees that the self does nothing, actually sees."), new sloka("13.31",new Array( "yad\u0101 bh\u016Bta-p\u1E5Bthag-bh\u0101vam", "eka-stham anupa\u015Byati", "tata eva ca vist\u0101ra\u1E41", "brahma sampadyate tad\u0101"), "When a sensible man ceases to see different identities due to different material bodies and he sees how beings are expanded everywhere, he attains to the Brahman conception."), new sloka("13.32",new Array( "an\u0101ditv\u0101n nirgu\u1E47atv\u0101t", "param\u0101tm\u0101yam avyaya\u1E25", "\u015Bar\u012Bra-stho 'pi kaunteya", "na karoti na lipyate"), "Those with the vision of eternity can see that the imperishable soul is transcendental, eternal, and beyond the modes of nature. Despite contact with the material body, O Arjuna, the soul neither does anything nor is entangled."), new sloka("13.33",new Array( "yath\u0101 sarva-gata\u1E41 sauk\u1E63my\u0101d", "\u0101k\u0101\u015Ba\u1E41 nopalipyate", "sarvatr\u0101vasthito dehe", "tath\u0101tm\u0101 nopalipyate"), "The sky, due to its subtle nature, does not mix with anything, although it is all-pervading. Similarly, the soul situated in Brahman vision does not mix with the body, though situated in that body."), new sloka("13.34",new Array( "yath\u0101 prak\u0101\u015Bayaty eka\u1E25", "k\u1E5Btsna\u1E41 lokam ima\u1E41 ravi\u1E25", "k\u1E63etra\u1E41 k\u1E63etr\u012B tath\u0101 k\u1E5Btsna\u1E41", "prak\u0101\u015Bayati bh\u0101rata"), "O son of Bharata, as the sun alone illuminates all this universe, so does the living entity, one within the body, illuminate the entire body by consciousness."), new sloka("13.35",new Array( "k\u1E63etra-k\u1E63etraj\u00F1ayor evam", "antara\u1E41 j\u00F1\u0101na-cak\u1E63u\u1E63\u0101", "bh\u016Bta-prak\u1E5Bti-mok\u1E63a\u1E41 ca", "ye vidur y\u0101nti te param"), "Those who see with eyes of knowledge the difference between the body and the knower of the body, and can also understand the process of liberation from bondage in material nature, attain to the supreme goal.")), new Array( new sloka("14.1",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "para\u1E41 bh\u016Bya\u1E25 pravak\u1E63y\u0101mi", "j\u00F1\u0101n\u0101n\u0101\u1E41 j\u00F1\u0101nam uttamam", "yaj j\u00F1\u0101tv\u0101 munaya\u1E25 sarve", "par\u0101\u1E41 siddhim ito gat\u0101\u1E25"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Again I shall declare to you this supreme wisdom, the best of all knowledge, knowing which all the sages have attained the supreme perfection."), new sloka("14.2",new Array( "ida\u1E41 j\u00F1\u0101nam up\u0101\u015Britya", "mama s\u0101dharmyam \u0101gat\u0101\u1E25", "sarge 'pi nopaj\u0101yante", "pralaye na vyathanti ca"), "By becoming fixed in this knowledge, one can attain to the transcendental nature like My own. Thus established, one is not born at the time of creation or disturbed at the time of dissolution."), new sloka("14.3",new Array( "mama yonir mahad brahma", "tasmin garbha\u1E41 dadh\u0101my aham", "sambhava\u1E25 sarva-bh\u016Bt\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "tato bhavati bh\u0101rata"), "The total material substance, called Brahman, is the source of birth, and it is that Brahman that I impregnate, making possible the births of all living beings, O son of Bharata."), new sloka("14.4",new Array( "sarva-yoni\u1E63u kaunteya", "m\u016Brtaya\u1E25 sambhavanti y\u0101\u1E25", "t\u0101s\u0101\u1E41 brahma mahad yonir", "aha\u1E41 b\u012Bja-prada\u1E25 pit\u0101"), "It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kunt\u012B, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father."), new sloka("14.5",new Array( "sattva\u1E41 rajas tama iti", "gu\u1E47\u0101\u1E25 prak\u1E5Bti-sambhav\u0101\u1E25", "nibadhnanti mah\u0101-b\u0101ho", "dehe dehinam avyayam"), "Material nature consists of three modes\u2014goodness, passion and ignorance. When the eternal living entity comes in contact with nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, he becomes conditioned by these modes."), new sloka("14.6",new Array( "tatra sattva\u1E41 nirmalatv\u0101t", "prak\u0101\u015Bakam an\u0101mayam", "sukha-sa\u1E45gena badhn\u0101ti", "j\u00F1\u0101na-sa\u1E45gena c\u0101nagha"), "O sinless one, the mode of goodness, being purer than the others, is illuminating, and it frees one from all sinful reactions. Those situated in that mode become conditioned by a sense of happiness and knowledge."), new sloka("14.7",new Array( "rajo r\u0101g\u0101tmaka\u1E41 viddhi", "t\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47\u0101-sa\u1E45ga-samudbhavam", "tan nibadhn\u0101ti kaunteya", "karma-sa\u1E45gena dehinam"), "The mode of passion is born of unlimited desires and longings, O son of Kunt\u012B, and because of this the embodied living entity is bound to material fruitive actions."), new sloka("14.8",new Array( "tamas tv aj\u00F1\u0101na-ja\u1E41 viddhi", "mohana\u1E41 sarva-dehin\u0101m", "pram\u0101d\u0101lasya-nidr\u0101bhis", "tan nibadhn\u0101ti bh\u0101rata"), "O son of Bharata, know that the mode of darkness, born of ignorance, is the delusion of all embodied living entities. The results of this mode are madness, indolence and sleep, which bind the conditioned soul."), new sloka("14.9",new Array( "sattva\u1E41 sukhe sa\u00F1jayati", "raja\u1E25 karma\u1E47i bh\u0101rata", "j\u00F1\u0101nam \u0101v\u1E5Btya tu tama\u1E25", "pram\u0101de sa\u00F1jayaty uta"), "O son of Bharata, the mode of goodness conditions one to happiness; passion conditions one to fruitive action; and ignorance, covering one's knowledge, binds one to madness."), new sloka("14.10",new Array( "rajas tama\u015B c\u0101bhibh\u016Bya", "sattva\u1E41 bhavati bh\u0101rata", "raja\u1E25 sattva\u1E41 tama\u015B caiva", "tama\u1E25 sattva\u1E41 rajas tath\u0101"), "Sometimes the mode of goodness becomes prominent, defeating the modes of passion and ignorance, O son of Bharata. Sometimes the mode of passion defeats goodness and ignorance, and at other times ignorance defeats goodness and passion. In this way there is always competition for supremacy."), new sloka("14.11",new Array( "sarva-dv\u0101re\u1E63u dehe 'smin", "prak\u0101\u015Ba upaj\u0101yate", "j\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41 yad\u0101 tad\u0101 vidy\u0101d", "viv\u1E5Bddha\u1E41 sattvam ity uta"), "The manifestation of the mode of goodness can be experienced when all the gates of the body are illuminated by knowledge."), new sloka("14.12",new Array( "lobha\u1E25 prav\u1E5Bttir \u0101rambha\u1E25", "karma\u1E47\u0101m a\u015Bama\u1E25 sp\u1E5Bh\u0101", "rajasy et\u0101ni j\u0101yante", "viv\u1E5Bddhe bharatar\u1E63abha"), "O chief of the Bh\u0101ratas, when there is an increase in the mode of passion the symptoms of great attachment, fruitive activity, intense endeavor, and uncontrollable desire and hankering develop."), new sloka("14.13",new Array( "aprak\u0101\u015Bo 'prav\u1E5Btti\u015B ca", "pram\u0101do moha eva ca", "tamasy et\u0101ni j\u0101yante", "viv\u1E5Bddhe kuru-nandana"), "When there is an increase in the mode of ignorance, O son of Kuru, darkness, inertia, madness and illusion are manifested."), new sloka("14.14",new Array( "yad\u0101 sattve prav\u1E5Bddhe tu", "pralaya\u1E41 y\u0101ti deha-bh\u1E5Bt", "tadottama-vid\u0101\u1E41 lok\u0101n", "amal\u0101n pratipadyate"), "When one dies in the mode of goodness, he attains to the pure higher planets of the great sages."), new sloka("14.15",new Array( "rajasi pralaya\u1E41 gatv\u0101", "karma-sa\u1E45gi\u1E63u j\u0101yate", "tath\u0101 pral\u012Bnas tamasi", "m\u016B\u1E0Dha-yoni\u1E63u j\u0101yate"), "When one dies in the mode of passion, he takes birth among those engaged in fruitive activities; and when one dies in the mode of ignorance, he takes birth in the animal kingdom."), new sloka("14.16",new Array( "karma\u1E47a\u1E25 suk\u1E5Btasy\u0101hu\u1E25", "s\u0101ttvika\u1E41 nirmala\u1E41 phalam", "rajasas tu phala\u1E41 du\u1E25kham", "aj\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41 tamasa\u1E25 phalam"), "The result of pious action is pure and is said to be in the mode of goodness. But action done in the mode of passion results in misery, and action performed in the mode of ignorance results in foolishness."), new sloka("14.17",new Array( "sattv\u0101t sa\u00F1j\u0101yate j\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41", "rajaso lobha eva ca", "pram\u0101da-mohau tamaso", "bhavato 'j\u00F1\u0101nam eva ca"), "From the mode of goodness, real knowledge develops; from the mode of passion, greed develops; and from the mode of ignorance develop foolishness, madness and illusion."), new sloka("14.18",new Array( "\u016Brdhva\u1E41 gacchanti sattva-sth\u0101", "madhye ti\u1E63\u1E6Dhanti r\u0101jas\u0101\u1E25", "jaghanya-gu\u1E47a-v\u1E5Btti-sth\u0101", "adho gacchanti t\u0101mas\u0101\u1E25"), "Those situated in the mode of goodness gradually go upward to the higher planets; those in the mode of passion live on the earthly planets; and those in the abominable mode of ignorance go down to the hellish worlds."), new sloka("14.19",new Array( "n\u0101nya\u1E41 gu\u1E47ebhya\u1E25 kart\u0101ra\u1E41", "yad\u0101 dra\u1E63\u1E6D\u0101nupa\u015Byati", "gu\u1E47ebhya\u015B ca para\u1E41 vetti", "mad-bh\u0101va\u1E41 so 'dhigacchati"), "When one properly sees that in all activities no other performer is at work than these modes of nature and he knows the Supreme Lord, who is transcendental to all these modes, he attains My spiritual nature."), new sloka("14.20",new Array( "gu\u1E47\u0101n et\u0101n at\u012Btya tr\u012Bn", "deh\u012B deha-samudbhav\u0101n", "janma-m\u1E5Btyu-jar\u0101-du\u1E25khair", "vimukto 'm\u1E5Btam a\u015Bnute"), "When the embodied being is able to transcend these three modes associated with the material body, he can become free from birth, death, old age and their distresses and can enjoy nectar even in this life."), new sloka("14.21",new Array( "arjuna uv\u0101ca", "kair li\u1E45gais tr\u012Bn gu\u1E47\u0101n et\u0101n", "at\u012Bto bhavati prabho", "kim \u0101c\u0101ra\u1E25 katha\u1E41 cait\u0101\u1E41s", "tr\u012Bn gu\u1E47\u0101n ativartate"), "Arjuna inquired: O my dear Lord, by which symptoms is one known who is transcendental to these three modes? What is his behavior? And how does he transcend the modes of nature?"), new sloka("14.22-25",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "prak\u0101\u015Ba\u1E41 ca prav\u1E5Btti\u1E41 ca", "moham eva ca p\u0101\u1E47\u1E0Dava", "na dve\u1E63\u1E6Di samprav\u1E5Btt\u0101ni", "na niv\u1E5Btt\u0101ni k\u0101\u1E45k\u1E63ati", "", "ud\u0101s\u012Bna-vad \u0101s\u012Bno", "gu\u1E47air yo na vic\u0101lyate", "gu\u1E47\u0101 vartanta ity eva\u1E41", "yo 'vati\u1E63\u1E6Dhati ne\u1E45gate", "", "sama-du\u1E25kha-sukha\u1E25 sva-stha\u1E25", "sama-lo\u1E63\u1E6D\u0101\u015Bma-k\u0101\u00F1cana\u1E25", "tulya-priy\u0101priyo dh\u012Bras", "tulya-nind\u0101tma-sa\u1E41stuti\u1E25", "", "m\u0101n\u0101pam\u0101nayos tulyas", "tulyo mitr\u0101ri-pak\u1E63ayo\u1E25", "sarv\u0101rambha-parity\u0101g\u012B", "gu\u1E47\u0101t\u012Bta\u1E25 sa ucyate"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O son of P\u0101\u1E47\u1E0Du, he who does not hate illumination, attachment and delusion when they are present or long for them when they disappear; who is unwavering and undisturbed through all these reactions of the material qualities, remaining neutral and transcendental, knowing that the modes alone are active; who is situated in the self and regards alike happiness and distress; who looks upon a lump of earth, a stone and a piece of gold with an equal eye; who is equal toward the desirable and the undesirable; who is steady, situated equally well in praise and blame, honor and dishonor; who treats alike both friend and enemy; and who has renounced all material activities\u2014such a person is said to have transcended the modes of nature."), new sloka("14.26",new Array( "m\u0101\u1E41 ca yo 'vyabhic\u0101re\u1E47a", "bhakti-yogena sevate", "sa gu\u1E47\u0101n samat\u012Btyait\u0101n", "brahma-bh\u016By\u0101ya kalpate"), "One who engages in full devotional service, unfailing in all circumstances, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman."), new sloka("14.27",new Array( "brahma\u1E47o hi prati\u1E63\u1E6Dh\u0101ham", "am\u1E5Btasy\u0101vyayasya ca", "\u015B\u0101\u015Bvatasya ca dharmasya", "sukhasyaik\u0101ntikasya ca"), "And I am the basis of the impersonal Brahman, which is immortal, imperishable and eternal and is the constitutional position of ultimate happiness.")), new Array( new sloka("15.1",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "\u016Brdhva-m\u016Blam adha\u1E25-\u015B\u0101kham", "a\u015Bvattha\u1E41 pr\u0101hur avyayam", "chand\u0101\u1E41si yasya par\u1E47\u0101ni", "yas ta\u1E41 veda sa veda-vit"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: It is said that there is an imperishable banyan tree that has its roots upward and its branches down and whose leaves are the Vedic hymns. One who knows this tree is the knower of the Vedas."), new sloka("15.2",new Array( "adha\u015B cordhva\u1E41 pras\u1E5Bt\u0101s tasya \u015B\u0101kh\u0101", "gu\u1E47a-prav\u1E5Bddh\u0101 vi\u1E63aya-prav\u0101l\u0101\u1E25", "adha\u015B ca m\u016Bl\u0101ny anusantat\u0101ni", "karm\u0101nubandh\u012Bni manu\u1E63ya-loke"), "The branches of this tree extend downward and upward, nourished by the three modes of material nature. The twigs are the objects of the senses. This tree also has roots going down, and these are bound to the fruitive actions of human society."), new sloka("15.3-4",new Array( "na r\u016Bpam asyeha tathopalabhyate", "n\u0101nto na c\u0101dir na ca samprati\u1E63\u1E6Dh\u0101", "a\u015Bvattham ena\u1E41 su-vir\u016B\u1E0Dha-m\u016Blam", "asa\u1E45ga-\u015Bastre\u1E47a d\u1E5B\u1E0Dhena chittv\u0101", "", "tata\u1E25 pada\u1E41 tat parim\u0101rgitavya\u1E41", "yasmin gat\u0101 na nivartanti bh\u016Bya\u1E25", "tam eva c\u0101dya\u1E41 puru\u1E63a\u1E41 prapadye", "yata\u1E25 prav\u1E5Btti\u1E25 pras\u1E5Bt\u0101 pur\u0101\u1E47\u012B"), "The real form of this tree cannot be perceived in this world. No one can understand where it ends, where it begins, or where its foundation is. But with determination one must cut down this strongly rooted tree with the weapon of detachment. Thereafter, one must seek that place from which, having gone, one never returns, and there surrender to that Supreme Personality of Godhead from whom everything began and from whom everything has extended since time immemorial."), new sloka("15.5",new Array( "nirm\u0101na-moh\u0101 jita-sa\u1E45ga-do\u1E63\u0101", "adhy\u0101tma-nity\u0101 viniv\u1E5Btta-k\u0101m\u0101\u1E25", "dvandvair vimukt\u0101\u1E25 sukha-du\u1E25kha-sa\u1E41j\u00F1air", "gacchanty am\u016B\u1E0Dh\u0101\u1E25 padam avyaya\u1E41 tat"), "Those who are free from false prestige, illusion and false association, who understand the eternal, who are done with material lust, who are freed from the dualities of happiness and distress, and who, unbewildered, know how to surrender unto the Supreme Person attain to that eternal kingdom."), new sloka("15.6",new Array( "na tad bh\u0101sayate s\u016Bryo", "na \u015Ba\u015B\u0101\u1E45ko na p\u0101vaka\u1E25", "yad gatv\u0101 na nivartante", "tad dh\u0101ma parama\u1E41 mama"), "That supreme abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by fire or electricity. Those who reach it never return to this material world."), new sloka("15.7",new Array( "mamaiv\u0101\u1E41\u015Bo j\u012Bva-loke", "j\u012Bva-bh\u016Bta\u1E25 san\u0101tana\u1E25", "mana\u1E25-\u1E63a\u1E63\u1E6Dh\u0101n\u012Bndriy\u0101\u1E47i", "prak\u1E5Bti-sth\u0101ni kar\u1E63ati"), "The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind."), new sloka("15.8",new Array( "\u015Bar\u012Bra\u1E41 yad av\u0101pnoti", "yac c\u0101py utkr\u0101mat\u012B\u015Bvara\u1E25", "g\u1E5Bh\u012Btvait\u0101ni sa\u1E41y\u0101ti", "v\u0101yur gandh\u0101n iv\u0101\u015Bay\u0101t"), "The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions of life from one body to another as the air carries aromas. Thus he takes one kind of body and again quits it to take another."), new sloka("15.9",new Array( "\u015Brotra\u1E41 cak\u1E63u\u1E25 spar\u015Bana\u1E41 ca", "rasana\u1E41 ghr\u0101\u1E47am eva ca", "adhi\u1E63\u1E6Dh\u0101ya mana\u015B c\u0101ya\u1E41", "vi\u1E63ay\u0101n upasevate"), "The living entity, thus taking another gross body, obtains a certain type of ear, eye, tongue, nose and sense of touch, which are grouped about the mind. He thus enjoys a particular set of sense objects.", " 15.10",new Array( "utkr\u0101manta\u1E41 sthita\u1E41 v\u0101pi", "bhu\u00F1j\u0101na\u1E41 v\u0101 gu\u1E47\u0101nvitam", "vim\u016B\u1E0Dh\u0101 n\u0101nupa\u015Byanti", "pa\u015Byanti j\u00F1\u0101na-cak\u1E63u\u1E63a\u1E25"), "The foolish cannot understand how a living entity can quit his body, nor can they understand what sort of body he enjoys under the spell of the modes of nature. But one whose eyes are trained in knowledge can see all this."), new sloka("15.11",new Array( "yatanto yogina\u015B caina\u1E41", "pa\u015Byanty \u0101tmany avasthitam", "yatanto 'py ak\u1E5Bt\u0101tm\u0101no", "naina\u1E41 pa\u015Byanty acetasa\u1E25"), "The endeavoring transcendentalists who are situated in self-realization can see all this clearly. But those whose minds are not developed and who are not situated in self-realization cannot see what is taking place, though they may try to."), new sloka("15.12",new Array( "yad \u0101ditya-gata\u1E41 tejo", "jagad bh\u0101sayate 'khilam", "yac candramasi yac c\u0101gnau", "tat tejo viddhi m\u0101makam"), "The splendor of the sun, which dissipates the darkness of this whole world, comes from Me. And the splendor of the moon and the splendor of fire are also from Me."), new sloka("15.13",new Array( "g\u0101m \u0101vi\u015Bya ca bh\u016Bt\u0101ni", "dh\u0101ray\u0101my aham ojas\u0101", "pu\u1E63\u1E47\u0101mi cau\u1E63adh\u012B\u1E25 sarv\u0101\u1E25", "somo bh\u016Btv\u0101 ras\u0101tmaka\u1E25"), "I enter into each planet, and by My energy they stay in orbit. I become the moon and thereby supply the juice of life to all vegetables."), new sloka("15.14",new Array( "aha\u1E41 vai\u015Bv\u0101naro bh\u016Btv\u0101", "pr\u0101\u1E47in\u0101\u1E41 deham \u0101\u015Brita\u1E25", "pr\u0101\u1E47\u0101p\u0101na-sam\u0101yukta\u1E25", "pac\u0101my anna\u1E41 catur-vidham"), "I am the fire of digestion in the bodies of all living entities, and I join with the air of life, outgoing and incoming, to digest the four kinds of foodstuff."), new sloka("15.15",new Array( "sarvasya c\u0101ha\u1E41 h\u1E5Bdi sannivi\u1E63\u1E6Do", "matta\u1E25 sm\u1E5Btir j\u00F1\u0101nam apohana\u1E41 ca", "vedai\u015B ca sarvair aham eva vedyo", "ved\u0101nta-k\u1E5Bd veda-vid eva c\u0101ham"), "I am seated in everyone's heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. By all the Vedas, I am to be known. Indeed, I am the compiler of Ved\u0101nta, and I am the knower of the Vedas."), new sloka("15.16",new Array( "dv\u0101v imau puru\u1E63au loke", "k\u1E63ara\u015B c\u0101k\u1E63ara eva ca", "k\u1E63ara\u1E25 sarv\u0101\u1E47i bh\u016Bt\u0101ni", "k\u016B\u1E6Da-stho 'k\u1E63ara ucyate"), "There are two classes of beings, the fallible and the infallible. In the material world every living entity is fallible, and in the spiritual world every living entity is called infallible."), new sloka("15.17",new Array( "uttama\u1E25 puru\u1E63as tv anya\u1E25", "param\u0101tmety ud\u0101h\u1E5Bta\u1E25", "yo loka-trayam \u0101vi\u015Bya", "bibharty avyaya \u012B\u015Bvara\u1E25"), "Besides these two, there is the greatest living personality, the Supreme Soul, the imperishable Lord Himself, who has entered the three worlds and is maintaining them."), new sloka("15.18",new Array( "yasm\u0101t k\u1E63aram at\u012Bto 'ham", "ak\u1E63ar\u0101d api cottama\u1E25", "ato 'smi loke vede ca", "prathita\u1E25 puru\u1E63ottama\u1E25"), "Because I am transcendental, beyond both the fallible and the infallible, and because I am the greatest, I am celebrated both in the world and in the Vedas as that Supreme Person."), new sloka("15.19",new Array( "yo m\u0101m evam asamm\u016B\u1E0Dho", "j\u0101n\u0101ti puru\u1E63ottamam", "sa sarva-vid bhajati m\u0101\u1E41", "sarva-bh\u0101vena bh\u0101rata"), "Whoever knows Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, without doubting, is the knower of everything. He therefore engages himself in full devotional service to Me, O son of Bharata."), new sloka("15.20",new Array( "iti guhyatama\u1E41 \u015B\u0101stram", "idam ukta\u1E41 may\u0101nagha", "etad buddhv\u0101 buddhim\u0101n sy\u0101t", "k\u1E5Bta-k\u1E5Btya\u015B ca bh\u0101rata"), "This is the most confidential part of the Vedic scriptures, O sinless one, and it is disclosed now by Me. Whoever understands this will become wise, and his endeavors will know perfection.")), new Array( new sloka("16.1-3",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "abhaya\u1E41 sattva-sa\u1E41\u015Buddhir", "j\u00F1\u0101na-yoga-vyavasthiti\u1E25", "d\u0101na\u1E41 dama\u015B ca yaj\u00F1a\u015B ca", "sv\u0101dhy\u0101yas tapa \u0101rjavam", "", "ahi\u1E41s\u0101 satyam akrodhas", "ty\u0101ga\u1E25 \u015B\u0101ntir apai\u015Bunam", "day\u0101 bh\u016Bte\u1E63v aloluptva\u1E41", "m\u0101rdava\u1E41 hr\u012Br ac\u0101palam", "", "teja\u1E25 k\u1E63am\u0101 dh\u1E5Bti\u1E25 \u015Baucam", "adroho n\u0101ti-m\u0101nit\u0101", "bhavanti sampada\u1E41 daiv\u012Bm", "abhij\u0101tasya bh\u0101rata"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Fearlessness; purification of one's existence; cultivation of spiritual knowledge; charity; self-control; performance of sacrifice; study of the Vedas; austerity; simplicity; nonviolence; truthfulness; freedom from anger; renunciation; tranquillity; aversion to faultfinding; compassion for all living entities; freedom from covetousness; gentleness; modesty; steady determination; vigor; forgiveness; fortitude; cleanliness; and freedom from envy and from the passion for honor\u2014these transcendental qualities, O son of Bharata, belong to godly men endowed with divine nature."), new sloka("16.4",new Array( "dambho darpo 'bhim\u0101na\u015B ca", "krodha\u1E25 p\u0101ru\u1E63yam eva ca", "aj\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41 c\u0101bhij\u0101tasya", "p\u0101rtha sampadam \u0101sur\u012Bm"), "Pride, arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness and ignorance\u2014these qualities belong to those of demoniac nature, O son of P\u1E5Bth\u0101."), new sloka("16.5",new Array( "daiv\u012B sampad vimok\u1E63\u0101ya", "nibandh\u0101y\u0101sur\u012B mat\u0101", "m\u0101 \u015Buca\u1E25 sampada\u1E41 daiv\u012Bm", "abhij\u0101to 'si p\u0101\u1E47\u1E0Dava"), "The transcendental qualities are conducive to liberation, whereas the demoniac qualities make for bondage. Do not worry, O son of P\u0101\u1E47\u1E0Du, for you are born with the divine qualities."), new sloka("16.6",new Array( "dvau bh\u016Bta-sargau loke 'smin", "daiva \u0101sura eva ca", "daivo vistara\u015Ba\u1E25 prokta", "\u0101sura\u1E41 p\u0101rtha me \u015B\u1E5B\u1E47u"), "O son of P\u1E5Bth\u0101, in this world there are two kinds of created beings. One is called the divine and the other demoniac. I have already explained to you at length the divine qualities. Now hear from Me of the demoniac."), new sloka("16.7",new Array( "prav\u1E5Btti\u1E41 ca niv\u1E5Btti\u1E41 ca", "jan\u0101 na vidur \u0101sur\u0101\u1E25", "na \u015Bauca\u1E41 n\u0101pi c\u0101c\u0101ro", "na satya\u1E41 te\u1E63u vidyate"), "Those who are demoniac do not know what is to be done and what is not to be done. Neither cleanliness nor proper behavior nor truth is found in them."), new sloka("16.8",new Array( "asatyam aprati\u1E63\u1E6Dha\u1E41 te", "jagad \u0101hur an\u012B\u015Bvaram", "aparaspara-sambh\u016Bta\u1E41", "kim anyat k\u0101ma-haitukam"), "They say that this world is unreal, with no foundation, no God in control. They say it is produced of sex desire and has no cause other than lust."), new sloka("16.9",new Array( "et\u0101\u1E41 d\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6Dim ava\u1E63\u1E6Dabhya", "na\u1E63\u1E6D\u0101tm\u0101no 'lpa-buddhaya\u1E25", "prabhavanty ugra-karm\u0101\u1E47a\u1E25", "k\u1E63ay\u0101ya jagato 'hit\u0101\u1E25"), "Following such conclusions, the demoniac, who are lost to themselves and who have no intelligence, engage in unbeneficial, horrible works meant to destroy the world."), new sloka("16.10",new Array( "k\u0101mam \u0101\u015Britya du\u1E63p\u016Bra\u1E41", "dambha-m\u0101na-mad\u0101nvit\u0101\u1E25", "moh\u0101d g\u1E5Bh\u012Btv\u0101sad-gr\u0101h\u0101n", "pravartante '\u015Buci-vrat\u0101\u1E25"), "Taking shelter of insatiable lust and absorbed in the conceit of pride and false prestige, the demoniac, thus illusioned, are always sworn to unclean work, attracted by the impermanent."), new sloka("16.11-12",new Array( "cint\u0101m aparimey\u0101\u1E41 ca", "pralay\u0101nt\u0101m up\u0101\u015Brit\u0101\u1E25", "k\u0101mopabhoga-param\u0101", "et\u0101vad iti ni\u015Bcit\u0101\u1E25", "", "\u0101\u015B\u0101-p\u0101\u015Ba-\u015Batair baddh\u0101\u1E25", "k\u0101ma-krodha-par\u0101ya\u1E47\u0101\u1E25", "\u012Bhante k\u0101ma-bhog\u0101rtham", "any\u0101yen\u0101rtha-sa\u00F1cay\u0101n"), "They believe that to gratify the senses is the prime necessity of human civilization. Thus until the end of life their anxiety is immeasurable. Bound by a network of hundreds of thousands of desires and absorbed in lust and anger, they secure money by illegal means for sense gratification."), new sloka("16.13-15",new Array( "idam adya may\u0101 labdham", "ima\u1E41 pr\u0101psye manoratham", "idam ast\u012Bdam api me", "bhavi\u1E63yati punar dhanam", "", "asau may\u0101 hata\u1E25 \u015Batrur", "hani\u1E63ye c\u0101par\u0101n api", "\u012B\u015Bvaro 'ham aha\u1E41 bhog\u012B", "siddho 'ha\u1E41 balav\u0101n sukh\u012B", "", "\u0101\u1E0Dhyo 'bhijanav\u0101n asmi", "ko 'nyo 'sti sad\u1E5B\u015Bo may\u0101", "yak\u1E63ye d\u0101sy\u0101mi modi\u1E63ya", "ity aj\u00F1\u0101na-vimohit\u0101\u1E25"), "The demoniac person thinks: \"So much wealth do I have today, and I will gain more according to my schemes. So much is mine now, and it will increase in the future, more and more. He is my enemy, and I have killed him, and my other enemies will also be killed. I am the lord of everything. I am the enjoyer. I am perfect, powerful and happy. I am the richest man, surrounded by aristocratic relatives. There is none so powerful and happy as I am. I shall perform sacrifices, I shall give some charity, and thus I shall rejoice.\" In this way, such persons are deluded by ignorance."), new sloka("16.16",new Array( "aneka-citta-vibhr\u0101nt\u0101", "moha-j\u0101la-sam\u0101v\u1E5Bt\u0101\u1E25", "prasakt\u0101\u1E25 k\u0101ma-bhoge\u1E63u", "patanti narake '\u015Bucau"), "Thus perplexed by various anxieties and bound by a network of illusions, they become too strongly attached to sense enjoyment and fall down into hell."), new sloka("16.17",new Array( "\u0101tma-sambh\u0101vit\u0101\u1E25 stabdh\u0101", "dhana-m\u0101na-mad\u0101nvit\u0101\u1E25", "yajante n\u0101ma-yaj\u00F1ais te", "dambhen\u0101vidhi-p\u016Brvakam"), "Self-complacent and always impudent, deluded by wealth and false prestige, they sometimes proudly perform sacrifices in name only, without following any rules or regulations."), new sloka("16.18",new Array( "aha\u1E45k\u0101ra\u1E41 bala\u1E41 darpa\u1E41", "k\u0101ma\u1E41 krodha\u1E41 ca sa\u1E41\u015Brit\u0101\u1E25", "m\u0101m \u0101tma-para-dehe\u1E63u", "pradvi\u1E63anto 'bhyas\u016Byak\u0101\u1E25"), "Bewildered by false ego, strength, pride, lust and anger, the demons become envious of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is situated in their own bodies and in the bodies of others, and blaspheme against the real religion."), new sloka("16.19",new Array( "t\u0101n aha\u1E41 dvi\u1E63ata\u1E25 kr\u016Br\u0101n", "sa\u1E41s\u0101re\u1E63u nar\u0101dham\u0101n", "k\u1E63ip\u0101my ajasram a\u015Bubh\u0101n", "\u0101sur\u012B\u1E63v eva yoni\u1E63u"), "Those who are envious and mischievous, who are the lowest among men, I perpetually cast into the ocean of material existence, into various demoniac species of life."), new sloka("16.20",new Array( "\u0101sur\u012B\u1E41 yonim \u0101pann\u0101", "m\u016B\u1E0Dh\u0101 janmani janmani", "m\u0101m apr\u0101pyaiva kaunteya", "tato y\u0101nty adham\u0101\u1E41 gatim"), "Attaining repeated birth amongst the species of demoniac life, O son of Kunt\u012B, such persons can never approach Me. Gradually they sink down to the most abominable type of existence."), new sloka("16.21",new Array( "tri-vidha\u1E41 narakasyeda\u1E41", "dv\u0101ra\u1E41 n\u0101\u015Banam \u0101tmana\u1E25", "k\u0101ma\u1E25 krodhas tath\u0101 lobhas", "tasm\u0101d etat traya\u1E41 tyajet"), "There are three gates leading to this hell\u2014lust, anger and greed. Every sane man should give these up, for they lead to the degradation of the soul."), new sloka("16.22",new Array( "etair vimukta\u1E25 kaunteya", "tamo-dv\u0101rais tribhir nara\u1E25", "\u0101caraty \u0101tmana\u1E25 \u015Breyas", "tato y\u0101ti par\u0101\u1E41 gatim"), "The man who has escaped these three gates of hell, O son of Kunt\u012B, performs acts conducive to self-realization and thus gradually attains the supreme destination."), new sloka("16.23",new Array( "ya\u1E25 \u015B\u0101stra-vidhim uts\u1E5Bjya", "vartate k\u0101ma-k\u0101rata\u1E25", "na sa siddhim av\u0101pnoti", "na sukha\u1E41 na par\u0101\u1E41 gatim"), "He who discards scriptural injunctions and acts according to his own whims attains neither perfection, nor happiness, nor the supreme destination."), new sloka("16.24",new Array( "tasm\u0101c ch\u0101stra\u1E41 pram\u0101\u1E47a\u1E41 te", "k\u0101ry\u0101k\u0101rya-vyavasthitau", "j\u00F1\u0101tv\u0101 \u015B\u0101stra-vidh\u0101nokta\u1E41", "karma kartum ih\u0101rhasi"), "One should therefore understand what is duty and what is not duty by the regulations of the scriptures. Knowing such rules and regulations, one should act so that he may gradually be elevated.")), new Array( new sloka("17.1",new Array( "arjuna uv\u0101ca", "ye \u015B\u0101stra-vidhim uts\u1E5Bjya", "yajante \u015Braddhay\u0101nvit\u0101\u1E25", "te\u1E63\u0101\u1E41 ni\u1E63\u1E6Dh\u0101 tu k\u0101 k\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a", "sattvam \u0101ho rajas tama\u1E25"), "Arjuna inquired: O K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, what is the situation of those who do not follow the principles of scripture but worship according to their own imagination? Are they in goodness, in passion or in ignorance?"), new sloka("17.2",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "tri-vidh\u0101 bhavati \u015Braddh\u0101", "dehin\u0101\u1E41 s\u0101 svabh\u0101va-j\u0101", "s\u0101ttvik\u012B r\u0101jas\u012B caiva", "t\u0101mas\u012B ceti t\u0101\u1E41 \u015B\u1E5B\u1E47u"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: According to the modes of nature acquired by the embodied soul, one's faith can be of three kinds\u2014in goodness, in passion or in ignorance. Now hear about this."), new sloka("17.3",new Array( "sattv\u0101nur\u016Bp\u0101 sarvasya", "\u015Braddh\u0101 bhavati bh\u0101rata", "\u015Braddh\u0101-mayo 'ya\u1E41 puru\u1E63o", "yo yac-chraddha\u1E25 sa eva sa\u1E25"), "O son of Bharata, according to one's existence under the various modes of nature, one evolves a particular kind of faith. The living being is said to be of a particular faith according to the modes he has acquired."), new sloka("17.4",new Array( "yajante s\u0101ttvik\u0101 dev\u0101n", "yak\u1E63a-rak\u1E63\u0101\u1E41si r\u0101jas\u0101\u1E25", "pret\u0101n bh\u016Bta-ga\u1E47\u0101\u1E41\u015B c\u0101nye", "yajante t\u0101mas\u0101 jan\u0101\u1E25"), "Men in the mode of goodness worship the demigods; those in the mode of passion worship the demons; and those in the mode of ignorance worship ghosts and spirits."), new sloka("17.5-6",new Array( "a\u015B\u0101stra-vihita\u1E41 ghora\u1E41", "tapyante ye tapo jan\u0101\u1E25", "dambh\u0101ha\u1E45k\u0101ra-sa\u1E41yukt\u0101\u1E25", " k\u0101ma-r\u0101ga-bal\u0101nvit\u0101\u1E25 ", "", "kar\u1E63ayanta\u1E25 \u015Bar\u012Bra-stha\u1E41", "bh\u016Bta-gr\u0101mam acetasa\u1E25", "m\u0101\u1E41 caiv\u0101nta\u1E25 \u015Bar\u012Bra-stha\u1E41", "t\u0101n viddhy \u0101sura-ni\u015Bcay\u0101n"), "Those who undergo severe austerities and penances not recommended in the scriptures, performing them out of pride and egoism, who are impelled by lust and attachment, who are foolish and who torture the material elements of the body as well as the Supersoul dwelling within, are to be known as demons."), new sloka("17.7",new Array( "\u0101h\u0101ras tv api sarvasya", "tri-vidho bhavati priya\u1E25", "yaj\u00F1as tapas tath\u0101 d\u0101na\u1E41", "te\u1E63\u0101\u1E41 bhedam ima\u1E41 \u015B\u1E5B\u1E47u"), "Even the food each person prefers is of three kinds, according to the three modes of material nature. The same is true of sacrifices, austerities and charity. Now hear of the distinctions between them."), new sloka("17.8",new Array( "\u0101yu\u1E25-sattva-bal\u0101rogya-", "sukha-pr\u012Bti-vivardhan\u0101\u1E25", "rasy\u0101\u1E25 snigdh\u0101\u1E25 sthir\u0101 h\u1E5Bdy\u0101", "\u0101h\u0101r\u0101\u1E25 s\u0101ttvika-priy\u0101\u1E25"), "Foods dear to those in the mode of goodness increase the duration of life, purify one's existence and give strength, health, happiness and satisfaction. Such foods are juicy, fatty, wholesome, and pleasing to the heart."), new sloka("17.9",new Array( "ka\u1E6Dv-amla-lava\u1E47\u0101ty-u\u1E63\u1E47a-", "t\u012Bk\u1E63\u1E47a-r\u016Bk\u1E63a-vid\u0101hina\u1E25", "\u0101h\u0101r\u0101 r\u0101jasasye\u1E63\u1E6D\u0101", "du\u1E25kha-\u015Bok\u0101maya-prad\u0101\u1E25"), "Foods that are too bitter, too sour, salty, hot, pungent, dry and burning are dear to those in the mode of passion. Such foods cause distress, misery and disease."), new sloka("17.10",new Array( "y\u0101ta-y\u0101ma\u1E41 gata-rasa\u1E41", "p\u016Bti paryu\u1E63ita\u1E41 ca yat", "ucchi\u1E63\u1E6Dam api c\u0101medhya\u1E41", "bhojana\u1E41 t\u0101masa-priyam"), "Food prepared more than three hours before being eaten, food that is tasteless, decomposed and putrid, and food consisting of remnants and untouchable things is dear to those in the mode of darkness."), new sloka("17.11",new Array( "aphal\u0101k\u0101\u1E45k\u1E63ibhir yaj\u00F1o", "vidhi-di\u1E63\u1E6Do ya ijyate", "ya\u1E63\u1E6Davyam eveti mana\u1E25", "sam\u0101dh\u0101ya sa s\u0101ttvika\u1E25"), "Of sacrifices, the sacrifice performed according to the directions of scripture, as a matter of duty, by those who desire no reward, is of the nature of goodness."), new sloka("17.12",new Array( "abhisandh\u0101ya tu phala\u1E41", "dambh\u0101rtham api caiva yat", "ijyate bharata-\u015Bre\u1E63\u1E6Dha", "ta\u1E41 yaj\u00F1a\u1E41 viddhi r\u0101jasam"), "But the sacrifice performed for some material benefit, or for the sake of pride, O chief of the Bh\u0101ratas, you should know to be in the mode of passion."), new sloka("17.13",new Array( "vidhi-h\u012Bnam as\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E6D\u0101nna\u1E41", "mantra-h\u012Bnam adak\u1E63i\u1E47am", "\u015Braddh\u0101-virahita\u1E41 yaj\u00F1a\u1E41", "t\u0101masa\u1E41 paricak\u1E63ate"), "Any sacrifice performed without regard for the directions of scripture, without distribution of pras\u0101dam [spiritual food], without chanting of Vedic hymns and remunerations to the priests, and without faith is considered to be in the mode of ignorance."), new sloka("17.14",new Array( "deva-dvija-guru-pr\u0101j\u00F1a-", "p\u016Bjana\u1E41 \u015Baucam \u0101rjavam", "brahmacaryam ahi\u1E41s\u0101 ca", "\u015B\u0101r\u012Bra\u1E41 tapa ucyate"), "Austerity of the body consists in worship of the Supreme Lord, the br\u0101hma\u1E47as, the spiritual master, and superiors like the father and mother, and in cleanliness, simplicity, celibacy and nonviolence."), new sloka("17.15",new Array( "anudvega-kara\u1E41 v\u0101kya\u1E41", "satya\u1E41 priya-hita\u1E41 ca yat", "sv\u0101dhy\u0101y\u0101bhyasana\u1E41 caiva", "v\u0101\u1E45-maya\u1E41 tapa ucyate"), "Austerity of speech consists in speaking words that are truthful, pleasing, beneficial, and not agitating to others, and also in regularly reciting Vedic literature."), new sloka("17.16",new Array( "mana\u1E25-pras\u0101da\u1E25 saumyatva\u1E41", "maunam \u0101tma-vinigraha\u1E25", "bh\u0101va-sa\u1E41\u015Buddhir ity etat", "tapo m\u0101nasam ucyate"), "And satisfaction, simplicity, gravity, self-control and purification of one's existence are the austerities of the mind."), new sloka("17.17",new Array( "\u015Braddhay\u0101 paray\u0101 tapta\u1E41", "tapas tat tri-vidha\u1E41 narai\u1E25", "aphal\u0101k\u0101\u1E45k\u1E63ibhir yuktai\u1E25", "s\u0101ttvika\u1E41 paricak\u1E63ate"), "This threefold austerity, performed with transcendental faith by men not expecting material benefits but engaged only for the sake of the Supreme, is called austerity in goodness."), new sloka("17.18",new Array( "satk\u0101ra-m\u0101na-p\u016Bj\u0101rtha\u1E41", "tapo dambhena caiva yat", "kriyate tad iha prokta\u1E41", "r\u0101jasa\u1E41 calam adhruvam"), "Penance performed out of pride and for the sake of gaining respect, honor and worship is said to be in the mode of passion. It is neither stable nor permanent."), new sloka("17.19",new Array( "m\u016B\u1E0Dha-gr\u0101he\u1E47\u0101tmano yat", "p\u012B\u1E0Day\u0101 kriyate tapa\u1E25", "parasyots\u0101dan\u0101rtha\u1E41 v\u0101", "tat t\u0101masam ud\u0101h\u1E5Btam"), "Penance performed out of foolishness, with self-torture or to destroy or injure others, is said to be in the mode of ignorance."), new sloka("17.20",new Array( "d\u0101tavyam iti yad d\u0101na\u1E41", "d\u012Byate 'nupak\u0101ri\u1E47e", "de\u015Be k\u0101le ca p\u0101tre ca", "tad d\u0101na\u1E41 s\u0101ttvika\u1E41 sm\u1E5Btam"), "Charity given out of duty, without expectation of return, at the proper time and place, and to a worthy person is considered to be in the mode of goodness."), new sloka("17.21",new Array( "yat tu pratyupak\u0101r\u0101rtha\u1E41", "phalam uddi\u015Bya v\u0101 puna\u1E25", "d\u012Byate ca parikli\u1E63\u1E6Da\u1E41", "tad d\u0101na\u1E41 r\u0101jasa\u1E41 sm\u1E5Btam"), "But charity performed with the expectation of some return, or with a desire for fruitive results, or in a grudging mood, is said to be charity in the mode of passion."), new sloka("17.22",new Array( "ade\u015Ba-k\u0101le yad d\u0101nam", "ap\u0101trebhya\u015B ca d\u012Byate", "asat-k\u1E5Btam avaj\u00F1\u0101ta\u1E41", "tat t\u0101masam ud\u0101h\u1E5Btam"), "And charity performed at an impure place, at an improper time, to unworthy persons, or without proper attention and respect is said to be in the mode of ignorance."), new sloka("17.23",new Array( "o\u1E41 tat sad iti nirde\u015Bo", "brahma\u1E47as tri-vidha\u1E25 sm\u1E5Bta\u1E25", "br\u0101hma\u1E47\u0101s tena ved\u0101\u015B ca", "yaj\u00F1\u0101\u015B ca vihit\u0101\u1E25 pur\u0101"), "From the beginning of creation, the three words o\u1E41 tat sat were used to indicate the Supreme Absolute Truth. These three symbolic representations were used by br\u0101hma\u1E47as while chanting the hymns of the Vedas and during sacrifices for the satisfaction of the Supreme."), new sloka("17.24",new Array( "tasm\u0101d o\u1E41 ity ud\u0101h\u1E5Btya", "yaj\u00F1a-d\u0101na-tapa\u1E25-kriy\u0101\u1E25", "pravartante vidh\u0101nokt\u0101\u1E25", "satata\u1E41 brahma-v\u0101din\u0101m"), "Therefore, transcendentalists undertaking performances of sacrifice, charity and penance in accordance with scriptural regulations begin always with o\u1E41, to attain the Supreme."), new sloka("17.25",new Array( "tad ity anabhisandh\u0101ya", "phala\u1E41 yaj\u00F1a-tapa\u1E25-kriy\u0101\u1E25", "d\u0101na-kriy\u0101\u015B ca vividh\u0101\u1E25", "kriyante mok\u1E63a-k\u0101\u1E45k\u1E63ibhi\u1E25"), "Without desiring fruitive results, one should perform various kinds of sacrifice, penance and charity with the word tat. The purpose of such transcendental activities is to get free from material entanglement."), new sloka("17.26-27",new Array( "sad-bh\u0101ve s\u0101dhu-bh\u0101ve ca", "sad ity etat prayujyate", "pra\u015Baste karma\u1E47i tath\u0101", "sac-chabda\u1E25 p\u0101rtha yujyate", "", "yaj\u00F1e tapasi d\u0101ne ca", "sthiti\u1E25 sad iti cocyate", "karma caiva tad-arth\u012Bya\u1E41", "sad ity ev\u0101bhidh\u012Byate"), "The Absolute Truth is the objective of devotional sacrifice, and it is indicated by the word sat. The performer of such sacrifice is also called sat, as are all works of sacrifice, penance and charity which, true to the absolute nature, are performed to please the Supreme Person, O son of P\u1E5Bth\u0101."), new sloka("17.28",new Array( "a\u015Braddhay\u0101 huta\u1E41 datta\u1E41", "tapas tapta\u1E41 k\u1E5Bta\u1E41 ca yat", "asad ity ucyate p\u0101rtha", "na ca tat pretya no iha"), "Anything done as sacrifice, charity or penance without faith in the Supreme, O son of P\u1E5Bth\u0101, is impermanent. It is called asat and is useless both in this life and the next.")), new Array( new sloka("18.1",new Array( "arjuna uv\u0101ca", "sanny\u0101sasya mah\u0101-b\u0101ho", "tattvam icch\u0101mi veditum", "ty\u0101gasya ca h\u1E5B\u1E63\u012Bke\u015Ba", "p\u1E5Bthak ke\u015Bi-ni\u1E63\u016Bdana"), "Arjuna said: O mighty-armed one, I wish to understand the purpose of renunciation [ty\u0101ga] and of the renounced order of life [sanny\u0101sa], O killer of the Ke\u015Bi demon, master of the senses."), new sloka("18.2",new Array( "\u015Br\u012B-bhagav\u0101n uv\u0101ca", "k\u0101my\u0101n\u0101\u1E41 karma\u1E47\u0101\u1E41 ny\u0101sa\u1E41", "sanny\u0101sa\u1E41 kavayo vidu\u1E25", "sarva-karma-phala-ty\u0101ga\u1E41", "pr\u0101hus ty\u0101ga\u1E41 vicak\u1E63a\u1E47\u0101\u1E25"), "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: The giving up of activities that are based on material desire is what great learned men call the renounced order of life [sanny\u0101sa]. And giving up the results of all activities is what the wise call renunciation [ty\u0101ga]."), new sloka("18.3",new Array( "ty\u0101jya\u1E41 do\u1E63a-vad ity eke", "karma pr\u0101hur man\u012B\u1E63i\u1E47a\u1E25", "yaj\u00F1a-d\u0101na-tapa\u1E25-karma", "na ty\u0101jyam iti c\u0101pare"), "Some learned men declare that all kinds of fruitive activities should be given up as faulty, yet other sages maintain that acts of sacrifice, charity and penance should never be abandoned."), new sloka("18.4",new Array( "ni\u015Bcaya\u1E41 \u015B\u1E5B\u1E47u me tatra", "ty\u0101ge bharata-sattama", "ty\u0101go hi puru\u1E63a-vy\u0101ghra", "tri-vidha\u1E25 samprak\u012Brtita\u1E25"), "O best of the Bh\u0101ratas, now hear My judgment about renunciation. O tiger among men, renunciation is declared in the scriptures to be of three kinds."), new sloka("18.5",new Array( "yaj\u00F1a-d\u0101na-tapa\u1E25-karma", "na ty\u0101jya\u1E41 k\u0101ryam eva tat", "yaj\u00F1o d\u0101na\u1E41 tapa\u015B caiva", "p\u0101van\u0101ni man\u012B\u1E63i\u1E47\u0101m"), "Acts of sacrifice, charity and penance are not to be given up; they must be performed. Indeed, sacrifice, charity and penance purify even the great souls."), new sloka("18.6",new Array( "et\u0101ny api tu karm\u0101\u1E47i", "sa\u1E45ga\u1E41 tyaktv\u0101 phal\u0101ni ca", "kartavy\u0101n\u012Bti me p\u0101rtha", "ni\u015Bcita\u1E41 matam uttamam"), "All these activities should be performed without attachment or any expectation of result. They should be performed as a matter of duty, O son of P\u1E5Bth\u0101. That is My final opinion."), new sloka("18.7",new Array( "niyatasya tu sanny\u0101sa\u1E25", "karma\u1E47o nopapadyate", "moh\u0101t tasya parity\u0101gas", "t\u0101masa\u1E25 parik\u012Brtita\u1E25"), "Prescribed duties should never be renounced. If one gives up his prescribed duties because of illusion, such renunciation is said to be in the mode of ignorance."), new sloka("18.8",new Array( "du\u1E25kham ity eva yat karma", "k\u0101ya-kle\u015Ba-bhay\u0101t tyajet", "sa k\u1E5Btv\u0101 r\u0101jasa\u1E41 ty\u0101ga\u1E41", "naiva ty\u0101ga-phala\u1E41 labhet"), "Anyone who gives up prescribed duties as troublesome or out of fear of bodily discomfort is said to have renounced in the mode of passion. Such action never leads to the elevation of renunciation."), new sloka("18.9",new Array( "k\u0101ryam ity eva yat karma", "niyata\u1E41 kriyate 'rjuna", "sa\u1E45ga\u1E41 tyaktv\u0101 phala\u1E41 caiva", "sa ty\u0101ga\u1E25 s\u0101ttviko mata\u1E25"), "O Arjuna, when one performs his prescribed duty only because it ought to be done, and renounces all material association and all attachment to the fruit, his renunciation is said to be in the mode of goodness."), new sloka("18.10",new Array( "na dve\u1E63\u1E6Dy aku\u015Bala\u1E41 karma", "ku\u015Bale n\u0101nu\u1E63ajjate", "ty\u0101g\u012B sattva-sam\u0101vi\u1E63\u1E6Do", "medh\u0101v\u012B chinna-sa\u1E41\u015Baya\u1E25"), "The intelligent renouncer situated in the mode of goodness, neither hateful of inauspicious work nor attached to auspicious work, has no doubts about work."), new sloka("18.11",new Array( "na hi deha-bh\u1E5Bt\u0101 \u015Bakya\u1E41", "tyaktu\u1E41 karm\u0101\u1E47y a\u015Be\u1E63ata\u1E25", "yas tu karma-phala-ty\u0101g\u012B", "sa ty\u0101g\u012Bty abhidh\u012Byate"), "It is indeed impossible for an embodied being to give up all activities. But he who renounces the fruits of action is called one who has truly renounced."), new sloka("18.12",new Array( "ani\u1E63\u1E6Dam i\u1E63\u1E6Da\u1E41 mi\u015Bra\u1E41 ca", "tri-vidha\u1E41 karma\u1E47a\u1E25 phalam", "bhavaty aty\u0101gin\u0101\u1E41 pretya", "na tu sanny\u0101sin\u0101\u1E41 kvacit"), "For one who is not renounced, the threefold fruits of action\u2014desirable, undesirable and mixed\u2014accrue after death. But those who are in the renounced order of life have no such result to suffer or enjoy."), new sloka("18.13",new Array( "pa\u00F1cait\u0101ni mah\u0101-b\u0101ho", "k\u0101ra\u1E47\u0101ni nibodha me", "s\u0101\u1E45khye k\u1E5Bt\u0101nte prokt\u0101ni", "siddhaye sarva-karma\u1E47\u0101m"), "O mighty-armed Arjuna, according to the Ved\u0101nta there are five causes for the accomplishment of all action. Now learn of these from Me."), new sloka("18.14",new Array( "adhi\u1E63\u1E6Dh\u0101na\u1E41 tath\u0101 kart\u0101", "kara\u1E47a\u1E41 ca p\u1E5Bthag-vidham", "vividh\u0101\u015B ca p\u1E5Bthak ce\u1E63\u1E6D\u0101", "daiva\u1E41 caiv\u0101tra pa\u00F1camam"), "The place of action [the body], the performer, the various senses, the many different kinds of endeavor, and ultimately the Supersoul\u2014these are the five factors of action."), new sloka("18.15",new Array( "\u015Bar\u012Bra-v\u0101\u1E45-manobhir yat", "karma pr\u0101rabhate nara\u1E25", "ny\u0101yya\u1E41 v\u0101 vipar\u012Bta\u1E41 v\u0101", "pa\u00F1caite tasya hetava\u1E25"), "Whatever right or wrong action a man performs by body, mind or speech is caused by these five factors."), new sloka("18.16",new Array( "tatraiva\u1E41 sati kart\u0101ram", "\u0101tm\u0101na\u1E41 kevala\u1E41 tu ya\u1E25", "pa\u015Byaty ak\u1E5Bta-buddhitv\u0101n", "na sa pa\u015Byati durmati\u1E25"), "Therefore one who thinks himself the only doer, not considering the five factors, is certainly not very intelligent and cannot see things as they are."), new sloka("18.17",new Array( "yasya n\u0101ha\u1E45k\u1E5Bto bh\u0101vo", "buddhir yasya na lipyate", "hatv\u0101pi sa im\u0101l\u0310 lok\u0101n", "na hanti na nibadhyate"), "One who is not motivated by false ego, whose intelligence is not entangled, though he kills men in this world, does not kill. Nor is he bound by his actions."), new sloka("18.18",new Array( "j\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41 j\u00F1eya\u1E41 parij\u00F1\u0101t\u0101", "tri-vidh\u0101 karma-codan\u0101", "kara\u1E47a\u1E41 karma karteti", "tri-vidha\u1E25 karma-sa\u1E45graha\u1E25"), "Knowledge, the object of knowledge, and the knower are the three factors that motivate action; the senses, the work and the doer are the three constituents of action."), new sloka("18.19",new Array( "j\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41 karma ca kart\u0101 ca", "tridhaiva gu\u1E47a-bhedata\u1E25", "procyate gu\u1E47a-sa\u1E45khy\u0101ne", "yath\u0101vac ch\u1E5B\u1E47u t\u0101ny api"), "According to the three different modes of material nature, there are three kinds of knowledge, action and performer of action. Now hear of them from Me."), new sloka("18.20",new Array( "sarva-bh\u016Bte\u1E63u yenaika\u1E41", "bh\u0101vam avyayam \u012Bk\u1E63ate", "avibhakta\u1E41 vibhakte\u1E63u", "taj j\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41 viddhi s\u0101ttvikam"), "That knowledge by which one undivided spiritual nature is seen in all living entities, though they are divided into innumerable forms, you should understand to be in the mode of goodness."), new sloka("18.21",new Array( "p\u1E5Bthaktvena tu yaj j\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41", "n\u0101n\u0101-bh\u0101v\u0101n p\u1E5Bthag-vidh\u0101n", "vetti sarve\u1E63u bh\u016Bte\u1E63u", "taj j\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41 viddhi r\u0101jasam"), "That knowledge by which one sees that in every different body there is a different type of living entity you should understand to be in the mode of passion."), new sloka("18.22",new Array( "yat tu k\u1E5Btsna-vad ekasmin", "k\u0101rye saktam ahaitukam", "atattv\u0101rtha-vad alpa\u1E41 ca", "tat t\u0101masam ud\u0101h\u1E5Btam"), "And that knowledge by which one is attached to one kind of work as the all in all, without knowledge of the truth, and which is very meager, is said to be in the mode of darkness."), new sloka("18.23",new Array( "niyata\u1E41 sa\u1E45ga-rahitam", "ar\u0101ga-dve\u1E63ata\u1E25 k\u1E5Btam", "aphala-prepsun\u0101 karma", "yat tat s\u0101ttvikam ucyate"), "That action which is regulated and which is performed without attachment, without love or hatred, and without desire for fruitive results is said to be in the mode of goodness."), new sloka("18.24",new Array( "yat tu k\u0101mepsun\u0101 karma", "s\u0101ha\u1E45k\u0101re\u1E47a v\u0101 puna\u1E25", "kriyate bahul\u0101y\u0101sa\u1E41", "tad r\u0101jasam ud\u0101h\u1E5Btam"), "But action performed with great effort by one seeking to gratify his desires, and enacted from a sense of false ego, is called action in the mode of passion."), new sloka("18.25",new Array( "anubandha\u1E41 k\u1E63aya\u1E41 hi\u1E41s\u0101m", "anapek\u1E63ya ca pauru\u1E63am", "moh\u0101d \u0101rabhyate karma", "yat tat t\u0101masam ucyate"), "That action performed in illusion, in disregard of scriptural injunctions, and without concern for future bondage or for violence or distress caused to others is said to be in the mode of ignorance."), new sloka("18.26",new Array( "mukta-sa\u1E45go 'naha\u1E41-v\u0101d\u012B", "dh\u1E5Bty-uts\u0101ha-samanvita\u1E25", "siddhy-asiddhyor nirvik\u0101ra\u1E25", "kart\u0101 s\u0101ttvika ucyate"), "One who performs his duty without association with the modes of material nature, without false ego, with great determination and enthusiasm, and without wavering in success or failure is said to be a worker in the mode of goodness."), new sloka("18.27",new Array( "r\u0101g\u012B karma-phala-prepsur", "lubdho hi\u1E41s\u0101tmako '\u015Buci\u1E25", "har\u1E63a-\u015Bok\u0101nvita\u1E25 kart\u0101", "r\u0101jasa\u1E25 parik\u012Brtita\u1E25"), "The worker who is attached to work and the fruits of work, desiring to enjoy those fruits, and who is greedy, always envious, impure, and moved by joy and sorrow, is said to be in the mode of passion."), new sloka("18.28",new Array( "ayukta\u1E25 pr\u0101k\u1E5Bta\u1E25 stabdha\u1E25", "\u015Ba\u1E6Dho nai\u1E63k\u1E5Btiko 'lasa\u1E25", "vi\u1E63\u0101d\u012B d\u012Brgha-s\u016Btr\u012B ca", "kart\u0101 t\u0101masa ucyate"), "The worker who is always engaged in work against the injunctions of the scripture, who is materialistic, obstinate, cheating and expert in insulting others, and who is lazy, always morose and procrastinating is said to be a worker in the mode of ignorance."), new sloka("18.29",new Array( "buddher bheda\u1E41 dh\u1E5Bte\u015B caiva", "gu\u1E47atas tri-vidha\u1E41 \u015B\u1E5B\u1E47u", "procyam\u0101nam a\u015Be\u1E63e\u1E47a", "p\u1E5Bthaktvena dhana\u00F1jaya"), "O winner of wealth, now please listen as I tell you in detail of the different kinds of understanding and determination, according to the three modes of material nature."), new sloka("18.30",new Array( "prav\u1E5Btti\u1E41 ca niv\u1E5Btti\u1E41 ca", "k\u0101ry\u0101k\u0101rye bhay\u0101bhaye", "bandha\u1E41 mok\u1E63a\u1E41 ca y\u0101 vetti", "buddhi\u1E25 s\u0101 p\u0101rtha s\u0101ttvik\u012B"), "O son of P\u1E5Bth\u0101, that understanding by which one knows what ought to be done and what ought not to be done, what is to be feared and what is not to be feared, what is binding and what is liberating, is in the mode of goodness."), new sloka("18.31",new Array( "yay\u0101 dharmam adharma\u1E41 ca", "k\u0101rya\u1E41 c\u0101k\u0101ryam eva ca", "ayath\u0101vat praj\u0101n\u0101ti", "buddhi\u1E25 s\u0101 p\u0101rtha r\u0101jas\u012B"), "O son of P\u1E5Bth\u0101, that understanding which cannot distinguish between religion and irreligion, between action that should be done and action that should not be done, is in the mode of passion."), new sloka("18.32",new Array( "adharma\u1E41 dharmam iti y\u0101", "manyate tamas\u0101v\u1E5Bt\u0101", "sarv\u0101rth\u0101n vipar\u012Bt\u0101\u1E41\u015B ca", "buddhi\u1E25 s\u0101 p\u0101rtha t\u0101mas\u012B"), "That understanding which considers irreligion to be religion and religion to be irreligion, under the spell of illusion and darkness, and strives always in the wrong direction, O P\u0101rtha, is in the mode of ignorance."), new sloka("18.33",new Array( "dh\u1E5Bty\u0101 yay\u0101 dh\u0101rayate", "mana\u1E25-pr\u0101\u1E47endriya-kriy\u0101\u1E25", "yogen\u0101vyabhic\u0101ri\u1E47y\u0101", "dh\u1E5Bti\u1E25 s\u0101 p\u0101rtha s\u0101ttvik\u012B"), "O son of P\u1E5Bth\u0101, that determination which is unbreakable, which is sustained with steadfastness by yoga practice, and which thus controls the activities of the mind, life and senses is determination in the mode of goodness."), new sloka("18.34",new Array( "yay\u0101 tu dharma-k\u0101m\u0101rth\u0101n", "dh\u1E5Bty\u0101 dh\u0101rayate 'rjuna", "prasa\u1E45gena phal\u0101k\u0101\u1E45k\u1E63\u012B", "dh\u1E5Bti\u1E25 s\u0101 p\u0101rtha r\u0101jas\u012B"), "But that determination by which one holds fast to fruitive results in religion, economic development and sense gratification is of the nature of passion, O Arjuna."), new sloka("18.35",new Array( "yay\u0101 svapna\u1E41 bhaya\u1E41 \u015Boka\u1E41", "vi\u1E63\u0101da\u1E41 madam eva ca", "na vimu\u00F1cati durmedh\u0101", "dh\u1E5Bti\u1E25 s\u0101 p\u0101rtha t\u0101mas\u012B"), "And that determination which cannot go beyond dreaming, fearfulness, lamentation, moroseness and illusion\u2014such unintelligent determination, O son of P\u1E5Bth\u0101, is in the mode of darkness."), new sloka("18.36",new Array( "sukha\u1E41 tv id\u0101n\u012B\u1E41 tri-vidha\u1E41", "\u015B\u1E5B\u1E47u me bharatar\u1E63abha", "abhy\u0101s\u0101d ramate yatra", "du\u1E25kh\u0101nta\u1E41 ca nigacchati"), "O best of the Bh\u0101ratas, now please hear from Me about the three kinds of happiness by which the conditioned soul enjoys, and by which he sometimes comes to the end of all distress."), new sloka("18.37",new Array( "yat tad agre vi\u1E63am iva", "pari\u1E47\u0101me 'm\u1E5Btopamam", "tat sukha\u1E41 s\u0101ttvika\u1E41 proktam", "\u0101tma-buddhi-pras\u0101da-jam"), "That which in the beginning may be just like poison but at the end is just like nectar and which awakens one to self-realization is said to be happiness in the mode of goodness."), new sloka("18.38",new Array( "vi\u1E63ayendriya-sa\u1E41yog\u0101d", "yat tad agre 'm\u1E5Btopamam", "pari\u1E47\u0101me vi\u1E63am iva", "tat sukha\u1E41 r\u0101jasa\u1E41 sm\u1E5Btam"), "That happiness which is derived from contact of the senses with their objects and which appears like nectar at first but poison at the end is said to be of the nature of passion."), new sloka("18.39",new Array( "yad agre c\u0101nubandhe ca", "sukha\u1E41 mohanam \u0101tmana\u1E25", "nidr\u0101lasya-pram\u0101dottha\u1E41", "tat t\u0101masam ud\u0101h\u1E5Btam"), "And that happiness which is blind to self-realization, which is delusion from beginning to end and which arises from sleep, laziness and illusion is said to be of the nature of ignorance."), new sloka("18.40",new Array( "na tad asti p\u1E5Bthivy\u0101\u1E41 v\u0101", "divi deve\u1E63u v\u0101 puna\u1E25", "sattva\u1E41 prak\u1E5Bti-jair mukta\u1E41", "yad ebhi\u1E25 sy\u0101t tribhir gu\u1E47ai\u1E25"), "There is no being existing, either here or among the demigods in the higher planetary systems, which is freed from these three modes born of material nature."), new sloka("18.41",new Array( "br\u0101hma\u1E47a-k\u1E63atriya-vi\u015B\u0101\u1E41", "\u015B\u016Bdr\u0101\u1E47\u0101\u1E41 ca parantapa", "karm\u0101\u1E47i pravibhakt\u0101ni", "svabh\u0101va-prabhavair gu\u1E47ai\u1E25"), "Br\u0101hma\u1E47as, k\u1E63atriyas, vai\u015Byas and \u015B\u016Bdras are distinguished by the qualities born of their own natures in accordance with the material modes, O chastiser of the enemy."), new sloka("18.42",new Array( "\u015Bamo damas tapa\u1E25 \u015Bauca\u1E41", "k\u1E63\u0101ntir \u0101rjavam eva ca", "j\u00F1\u0101na\u1E41 vij\u00F1\u0101nam \u0101stikya\u1E41", "brahma-karma svabh\u0101va-jam"), "Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, knowledge, wisdom and religiousness\u2014these are the natural qualities by which the br\u0101hma\u1E47as work."), new sloka("18.43",new Array( "\u015Baurya\u1E41 tejo dh\u1E5Btir d\u0101k\u1E63ya\u1E41", "yuddhe c\u0101py apal\u0101yanam", "d\u0101nam \u012B\u015Bvara-bh\u0101va\u015B ca", "k\u1E63\u0101tra\u1E41 karma svabh\u0101va-jam"), "Heroism, power, determination, resourcefulness, courage in battle, generosity and leadership are the natural qualities of work for the k\u1E63atriyas."), new sloka("18.44",new Array( "k\u1E5B\u1E63i-go-rak\u1E63ya-v\u0101\u1E47ijya\u1E41", "vai\u015Bya-karma svabh\u0101va-jam", "paricary\u0101tmaka\u1E41 karma", "\u015B\u016Bdrasy\u0101pi svabh\u0101va-jam"), "Farming, cow protection and business are the natural work for the vai\u015Byas, and for the \u015B\u016Bdras there is labor and service to others."), new sloka("18.45",new Array( "sve sve karma\u1E47y abhirata\u1E25", "sa\u1E41siddhi\u1E41 labhate nara\u1E25", "sva-karma-nirata\u1E25 siddhi\u1E41", "yath\u0101 vindati tac ch\u1E5B\u1E47u"), "By following his qualities of work, every man can become perfect. Now please hear from Me how this can be done."), new sloka("18.46",new Array( "yata\u1E25 prav\u1E5Bttir bh\u016Bt\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "yena sarvam ida\u1E41 tatam", "sva-karma\u1E47\u0101 tam abhyarcya", "siddhi\u1E41 vindati m\u0101nava\u1E25"), "By worship of the Lord, who is the source of all beings and who is all-pervading, a man can attain perfection through performing his own work."), new sloka("18.47",new Array( "\u015Brey\u0101n sva-dharmo vigu\u1E47a\u1E25", "para-dharm\u0101t sv-anu\u1E63\u1E6Dhit\u0101t", "svabh\u0101va-niyata\u1E41 karma", "kurvan n\u0101pnoti kilbi\u1E63am"), "It is better to engage in one's own occupation, even though one may perform it imperfectly, than to accept another's occupation and perform it perfectly. Duties prescribed according to one's nature are never affected by sinful reactions."), new sloka("18.48",new Array( "saha-ja\u1E41 karma kaunteya", "sa-do\u1E63am api na tyajet", "sarv\u0101rambh\u0101 hi do\u1E63e\u1E47a", "dh\u016Bmen\u0101gnir iv\u0101v\u1E5Bt\u0101\u1E25"), "Every endeavor is covered by some fault, just as fire is covered by smoke. Therefore one should not give up the work born of his nature, O son of Kunt\u012B, even if such work is full of fault."), new sloka("18.49",new Array( "asakta-buddhi\u1E25 sarvatra", "jit\u0101tm\u0101 vigata-sp\u1E5Bha\u1E25", "nai\u1E63karmya-siddhi\u1E41 param\u0101\u1E41", "sanny\u0101sen\u0101dhigacchati"), "One who is self-controlled and unattached and who disregards all material enjoyments can obtain, by practice of renunciation, the highest perfect stage of freedom from reaction."), new sloka("18.50",new Array( "siddhi\u1E41 pr\u0101pto yath\u0101 brahma", "tath\u0101pnoti nibodha me", "sam\u0101senaiva kaunteya", "ni\u1E63\u1E6Dh\u0101 j\u00F1\u0101nasya y\u0101 par\u0101"), "O son of Kunt\u012B, learn from Me how one who has achieved this perfection can attain to the supreme perfectional stage, Brahman, the stage of highest knowledge, by acting in the way I shall now summarize."), new sloka("18.51-53",new Array( "buddhy\u0101 vi\u015Buddhay\u0101 yukto", "dh\u1E5Bty\u0101tm\u0101na\u1E41 niyamya ca", "\u015Babd\u0101d\u012Bn vi\u1E63ay\u0101\u1E41s tyaktv\u0101", "r\u0101ga-dve\u1E63au vyudasya ca", "", "vivikta-sev\u012B laghv-\u0101\u015B\u012B", "yata-v\u0101k-k\u0101ya-m\u0101nasa\u1E25", "dhy\u0101na-yoga-paro nitya\u1E41", "vair\u0101gya\u1E41 samup\u0101\u015Brita\u1E25", "", "aha\u1E45k\u0101ra\u1E41 bala\u1E41 darpa\u1E41", "k\u0101ma\u1E41 krodha\u1E41 parigraham", "vimucya nirmama\u1E25 \u015B\u0101nto", "brahma-bh\u016By\u0101ya kalpate"), "Being purified by his intelligence and controlling the mind with determination, giving up the objects of sense gratification, being freed from attachment and hatred, one who lives in a secluded place, who eats little, who controls his body, mind and power of speech, who is always in trance and who is detached, free from false ego, false strength, false pride, lust, anger, and acceptance of material things, free from false proprietorship, and peaceful\u2014such a person is certainly elevated to the position of self-realization."), new sloka("18.54",new Array( "brahma-bh\u016Bta\u1E25 prasann\u0101tm\u0101", "na \u015Bocati na k\u0101\u1E45k\u1E63ati", "sama\u1E25 sarve\u1E63u bh\u016Bte\u1E63u", "mad-bhakti\u1E41 labhate par\u0101m"), "One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman and becomes fully joyful. He never laments or desires to have anything. He is equally disposed toward every living entity. In that state he attains pure devotional service unto Me."), new sloka("18.55",new Array( "bhakty\u0101 m\u0101m abhij\u0101n\u0101ti", "y\u0101v\u0101n ya\u015B c\u0101smi tattvata\u1E25", "tato m\u0101\u1E41 tattvato j\u00F1\u0101tv\u0101", "vi\u015Bate tad-anantaram"), "One can understand Me as I am, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, only by devotional service. And when one is in full consciousness of Me by such devotion, he can enter into the kingdom of God."), new sloka("18.56",new Array( "sarva-karm\u0101\u1E47y api sad\u0101", "kurv\u0101\u1E47o mad-vyap\u0101\u015Braya\u1E25", "mat-pras\u0101d\u0101d av\u0101pnoti", "\u015B\u0101\u015Bvata\u1E41 padam avyayam"), "Though engaged in all kinds of activities, My pure devotee, under My protection, reaches the eternal and imperishable abode by My grace."), new sloka("18.57",new Array( "cetas\u0101 sarva-karm\u0101\u1E47i", "mayi sannyasya mat-para\u1E25", "buddhi-yogam up\u0101\u015Britya", "mac-citta\u1E25 satata\u1E41 bhava"), "In all activities just depend upon Me and work always under My protection. In such devotional service, be fully conscious of Me."), new sloka("18.58",new Array( "mac-citta\u1E25 sarva-durg\u0101\u1E47i", "mat-pras\u0101d\u0101t tari\u1E63yasi", "atha cet tvam aha\u1E45k\u0101r\u0101n", "na \u015Bro\u1E63yasi vina\u1E45k\u1E63yasi"), "If you become conscious of Me, you will pass over all the obstacles of conditioned life by My grace. If, however, you do not work in such consciousness but act through false ego, not hearing Me, you will be lost."), new sloka("18.59",new Array( "yad aha\u1E45k\u0101ram \u0101\u015Britya", "na yotsya iti manyase", "mithyai\u1E63a vyavas\u0101yas te", "prak\u1E5Btis tv\u0101\u1E41 niyok\u1E63yati"), "If you do not act according to My direction and do not fight, then you will be falsely directed. By your nature, you will have to be engaged in warfare."), new sloka("18.60",new Array( "svabh\u0101va-jena kaunteya", "nibaddha\u1E25 svena karma\u1E47\u0101", "kartu\u1E41 necchasi yan moh\u0101t", "kari\u1E63yasy ava\u015Bo 'pi tat"), "Under illusion you are now declining to act according to My direction. But, compelled by the work born of your own nature, you will act all the same, O son of Kunt\u012B."), new sloka("18.61",new Array( "\u012B\u015Bvara\u1E25 sarva-bh\u016Bt\u0101n\u0101\u1E41", "h\u1E5Bd-de\u015Be 'rjuna ti\u1E63\u1E6Dhati", "bhr\u0101mayan sarva-bh\u016Bt\u0101ni", "yantr\u0101r\u016B\u1E0Dh\u0101ni m\u0101yay\u0101"), "The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone's heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the material energy."), new sloka("18.62",new Array( "tam eva \u015Bara\u1E47a\u1E41 gaccha", "sarva-bh\u0101vena bh\u0101rata", "tat-pras\u0101d\u0101t par\u0101\u1E41 \u015B\u0101nti\u1E41", "sth\u0101na\u1E41 pr\u0101psyasi \u015B\u0101\u015Bvatam"), "O scion of Bharata, surrender unto Him utterly. By His grace you will attain transcendental peace and the supreme and eternal abode."), new sloka("18.63",new Array( "iti te j\u00F1\u0101nam \u0101khy\u0101ta\u1E41", "guhy\u0101d guhyatara\u1E41 may\u0101", "vim\u1E5B\u015Byaitad a\u015Be\u1E63e\u1E47a", "yathecchasi tath\u0101 kuru"), "Thus I have explained to you knowledge still more confidential. Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you wish to do."), new sloka("18.64",new Array( "sarva-guhyatama\u1E41 bh\u016Bya\u1E25", "\u015B\u1E5B\u1E47u me parama\u1E41 vaca\u1E25", "i\u1E63\u1E6Do 'si me d\u1E5B\u1E0Dham iti", "tato vak\u1E63y\u0101mi te hitam"), "Because you are My very dear friend, I am speaking to you My supreme instruction, the most confidential knowledge of all. Hear this from Me, for it is for your benefit."), new sloka("18.65",new Array( "man-man\u0101 bhava mad-bhakto", "mad-y\u0101j\u012B m\u0101\u1E41 namaskuru", "m\u0101m evai\u1E63yasi satya\u1E41 te", "pratij\u0101ne priyo 'si me"), "Always think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend."), new sloka("18.66",new Array( "sarva-dharm\u0101n parityajya", "m\u0101m eka\u1E41 \u015Bara\u1E47a\u1E41 vraja", "aha\u1E41 tv\u0101\u1E41 sarva-p\u0101pebhyo", "mok\u1E63ayi\u1E63y\u0101mi m\u0101 \u015Buca\u1E25"), "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear."), new sloka("18.67",new Array( "ida\u1E41 te n\u0101tapask\u0101ya", "n\u0101bhakt\u0101ya kad\u0101cana", "na c\u0101\u015Bu\u015Br\u016B\u1E63ave v\u0101cya\u1E41", "na ca m\u0101\u1E41 yo 'bhyas\u016Byati"), "This confidential knowledge may never be explained to those who are not austere, or devoted, or engaged in devotional service, nor to one who is envious of Me."), new sloka("18.68",new Array( "ya ida\u1E41 parama\u1E41 guhya\u1E41", "mad-bhakte\u1E63v abhidh\u0101syati", "bhakti\u1E41 mayi par\u0101\u1E41 k\u1E5Btv\u0101", "m\u0101m evai\u1E63yaty asa\u1E41\u015Baya\u1E25"), "For one who explains this supreme secret to the devotees, pure devotional service is guaranteed, and at the end he will come back to Me."), new sloka("18.69",new Array( "na ca tasm\u0101n manu\u1E63ye\u1E63u", "ka\u015Bcin me priya-k\u1E5Bttama\u1E25", "bhavit\u0101 na ca me tasm\u0101d", "anya\u1E25 priyataro bhuvi"), "There is no servant in this world more dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one more dear."), new sloka("18.70",new Array( "adhye\u1E63yate ca ya ima\u1E41", "dharmya\u1E41 sa\u1E41v\u0101dam \u0101vayo\u1E25", "j\u00F1\u0101na-yaj\u00F1ena ten\u0101ham", "i\u1E63\u1E6Da\u1E25 sy\u0101m iti me mati\u1E25"), "And I declare that he who studies this sacred conversation of ours worships Me by his intelligence."), new sloka("18.71",new Array( "\u015Braddh\u0101v\u0101n anas\u016Bya\u015B ca", "\u015B\u1E5B\u1E47uy\u0101d api yo nara\u1E25", "so 'pi mukta\u1E25 \u015Bubh\u0101l lok\u0101n", "pr\u0101pnuy\u0101t pu\u1E47ya-karma\u1E47\u0101m"), "And one who listens with faith and without envy becomes free from sinful reactions and attains to the auspicious planets where the pious dwell."), new sloka("18.72",new Array( "kaccid etac chruta\u1E41 p\u0101rtha", "tvayaik\u0101gre\u1E47a cetas\u0101", "kaccid aj\u00F1\u0101na-sammoha\u1E25", "pra\u1E47a\u1E63\u1E6Das te dhana\u00F1jaya"), "O son of P\u1E5Bth\u0101, O conqueror of wealth, have you heard this with an attentive mind? And are your ignorance and illusions now dispelled?"), new sloka("18.73",new Array( "arjuna uv\u0101ca", "na\u1E63\u1E6Do moha\u1E25 sm\u1E5Btir labdh\u0101", "tvat-pras\u0101d\u0101n may\u0101cyuta", "sthito 'smi gata-sandeha\u1E25", "kari\u1E63ye vacana\u1E41 tava"), "Arjuna said: My dear K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, O infallible one, my illusion is now gone. I have regained my memory by Your mercy. I am now firm and free from doubt and am prepared to act according to Your instructions."), new sloka("18.74",new Array( "sa\u00F1jaya uv\u0101ca", "ity aha\u1E41 v\u0101sudevasya", "p\u0101rthasya ca mah\u0101tmana\u1E25", "sa\u1E41v\u0101dam imam a\u015Brau\u1E63am", "adbhuta\u1E41 roma-har\u1E63a\u1E47am"), "Sa\u00F1jaya said: Thus have I heard the conversation of two great souls, K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a and Arjuna. And so wonderful is that message that my hair is standing on end."), new sloka("18.75",new Array( "vy\u0101sa-pras\u0101d\u0101c chrutav\u0101n", "etad guhyam aha\u1E41 param", "yoga\u1E41 yoge\u015Bvar\u0101t k\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47\u0101t", "s\u0101k\u1E63\u0101t kathayata\u1E25 svayam"), "By the mercy of Vy\u0101sa, I have heard these most confidential talks directly from the master of all mysticism, K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, who was speaking personally to Arjuna."), new sloka("18.76",new Array( "r\u0101jan sa\u1E41sm\u1E5Btya sa\u1E41sm\u1E5Btya", "sa\u1E41v\u0101dam imam adbhutam", "ke\u015Bav\u0101rjunayo\u1E25 pu\u1E47ya\u1E41", "h\u1E5B\u1E63y\u0101mi ca muhur muhu\u1E25"), "O King, as I repeatedly recall this wondrous and holy dialogue between K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a and Arjuna, I take pleasure, being thrilled at every moment."), new sloka("18.77",new Array( "tac ca sa\u1E41sm\u1E5Btya sa\u1E41sm\u1E5Btya", "r\u016Bpam aty-adbhuta\u1E41 hare\u1E25", "vismayo me mah\u0101n r\u0101jan", "h\u1E5B\u1E63y\u0101mi ca puna\u1E25 puna\u1E25"), "O King, as I remember the wonderful form of Lord K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, I am struck with wonder more and more, and I rejoice again and again."), new sloka("18.78",new Array( "yatra yoge\u015Bvara\u1E25 k\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47o", "yatra p\u0101rtho dhanur-dhara\u1E25", "tatra \u015Br\u012Br vijayo bh\u016Btir", "dhruv\u0101 n\u012Btir matir mama"), "Wherever there is K\u1E5B\u1E63\u1E47a, the master of all mystics, and wherever there is Arjuna, the supreme archer, there will also certainly be opulence, victory, extraordinary power, and morality. That is my opinion.")));