Jnana Vijnana Yoga

मय्यासक्तमनाः पार्थ योगं युञ्जन्मदाश्रयः | असंशयं समग्रं मां यथा ज्ञास्यसि तच्छृणु ||१||

The Supreme Lord said: Now hear, O son of Pritha, how by practicing yoga with your mind attached to Me and taking complete refuge in Me, you shall know Me fully, without any doubt.

ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः | यज्ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोऽन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते ||२||

I shall now declare to you in full this knowledge together with direct realization, knowing which nothing further remains to be known in this world.

मनुष्याणां सहस्रेषु कश्चिद्यतति सिद्धये | यततामपि सिद्धानां कश्चिन्मां वेत्ति तत्त्वतः ||३||

Among thousands of human beings, scarcely one strives for perfection; and among those who have achieved perfection, scarcely one knows Me in truth.

भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च | अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा ||४||

Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence, and false ego — altogether these eight constitute My separated material energies.

अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम् | जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत् ||५||

Besides this inferior nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, know that there is My superior energy, which comprises the living entities who are sustaining this entire material world.

एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय | अहं कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलयस्तथा ||६||

Know that all living beings have their source in these two natures. I am the origin of the entire universe as well as the dissolution into which everything merges.

मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय |

O conqueror of wealth, there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread.

रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः | प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु ||८||

O son of Kunti, I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and moon, the sacred syllable Om in the Vedas, sound in ether, and ability in human beings.

पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ | जीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चास्मि तपस्विषु ||९||

I am the original fragrance of the earth, the heat in fire, the life of all that lives, and the austerity of all ascetics.

बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां विद्धि पार्थ सनातनम् | बुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम् ||१०||

O son of Pritha, know that I am the eternal seed of all living beings. I am the intelligence of the intelligent and the splendor of the splendid.

बलं बलवतां चाहं कामरागविवर्जितम् | धर्माविरुद्धो भूतेषु कामोऽस्मि भरतर्षभ ||११||

I am the strength of the strong, devoid of passion and desire. O best of the Bharatas, I am sex life that is not contrary to dharma.

ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये | मत्त एवेति तान्विद्धि न त्वहं तेषु ते मयि ||१२||

Know that all states of being — whether in goodness, passion, or ignorance — come from Me alone. I am not in them; they are in Me.

त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत् | मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम् ||१३||

Deluded by the three modes of material nature — goodness, passion, and ignorance — the entire world does not know Me, who am transcendental to them and inexhaustible.

दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया |

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.

न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः | माययापहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः ||१५||

Those who are foolish, who are the lowest of mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the demonic nature — such miscreants do not surrender unto Me.

चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन |

O Arjuna, four kinds of pious men worship Me — the distressed, the seeker of wealth, the inquisitive, and the wise, O best of the Bharatas.

तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते |

Of these, the wise one who is constantly engaged in pure, single-pointed devotion is the best. I am very dear to him, and he is very dear to Me.

उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम् |

All these devotees are undoubtedly noble souls, but I consider the wise one to be as My very self. Being fixed in devotion, he is established in Me alone as the supreme goal.

बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते |

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.

कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः |

Those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires surrender to lesser gods, following particular rules and rites according to their own natures.

यो यो यां यां तनुं भक्तः श्रद्धयाऽर्चितुमिच्छति |

I am in everyone's heart as the Supersoul. As soon as one desires to worship some deity with faith, I make that very faith steady and unwavering.

स तया श्रद्धया युक्तस्तस्याराधनमीहते |

Endowed with that faith, he worships that particular deity and obtains his desires. But in truth, these benefits are bestowed by Me alone.

अन्तवत्तु फलं तेषां तद्भवत्यल्पमेधसाम् |

Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited and temporary. Those who worship the demigods go to them; My devotees come to Me.

अव्यक्तं व्यक्तिमापन्नं मन्यन्ते मामबुद्धयः |

Unintelligent men think I was impersonal before and have now assumed this personality. They do not know My supreme, imperishable, transcendental nature.

नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः |

I am not manifest to everyone, being veiled by My internal potency yoga-maya. This deluded world does not know Me as the unborn and imperishable.

वेदाहं समतीतानि वर्तमानानि चार्जुन |

O Arjuna, as the Supreme Lord I know everything — all that has passed, all that is happening now, and all that is yet to come. I know all living beings, but no one truly knows Me.

इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन भारत |

O Bharata, O scorcher of foes, all beings are born into delusion — overcome by the dualities of desire and hatred arising from illusion.

येषां त्वन्तगतं पापं जनानां पुण्यकर्मणाम् |

Those persons who have acted piously in previous and present lives, whose sinful reactions are completely eradicated, are freed from the delusion of dualities and worship Me with determination.

जरामरणमोक्षाय मामाश्रित्य यतन्ति ये |

Those who strive for liberation from old age and death, taking refuge in Me, know Brahman completely, along with the self in its entirety and all the principles of action.

साधिभूताधिदैवं मां साधियज्ञं च ये विदुः |

Those who know Me as the governing principle of material manifestation, of the demigods, and of all methods of sacrifice can, with steadfast mind, understand and know Me even at the time of death.