Lord Krishna

śrīmadbhagavadgītā pārāyaṇa - dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ

(Srimad Bhagavad Gita Parayana - Chapter 2 in English (IAST))

From Mahabharata

Known as the Gita-sara or the essence of the entire Gita, the second chapter marks the beginning of Lord Krishna's divine discourse to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. It introduces the fundamental concepts of Sankhya Yoga and Karma Yoga, detailing the eternal nature of the soul and the importance of performing one's duty without attachment to results. Reciting this chapter provides immense mental clarity, strengthens inner resolve, and helps the practitioner overcome grief and confusion by aligning the intellect with divine wisdom, ultimately leading to spiritual equilibrium and peace.

oṃ śrī paramātmane namaḥ

atha dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ

sāṅkhyayogaḥ sañjaya uvāca

taṃ tathā kṛpayā''viṣṭam aśrupūrṇākulekṣaṇam |
viṣīdantamidaṃ vākyam uvācamadhusūdanaḥ ||1||

śrī bhagavānuvāca

kutastvā kaśmalamidaṃ viṣame samupasthitam |
anāryajuṣṭamasvargyam akīrtikaramarjuna ||2||
klaibyaṃ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha naitattvayyupapadyate |
kṣudraṃ hṛdayadaurbalyaṃ tyaktvottiṣṭha parantapa ||3||

arjuna uvāca

kathaṃ bhīṣmamahaṃ saṅkhye droṇaṃ ca madhusūdana |
iṣubhiḥ pratiyotsyāmi pūjārhāvarisūdana ||4||
gurūnahatvā hi mahānubhāvān śreyo bhoktuṃ bhaikṣyamapīha loke |
hatvārthakāmāṃstu gurūnihaiva bhuñjīya bhogān rudhirapradigdhān ||5||
na caitadvidmaḥ kataranno garīyaḥ yadvā jayema yadi vā no jayeyuḥ |
yāneva hatvā na jijīviṣāmaḥ te'vasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ ||6||
kārpaṇyadoṣopahatasvabhāvaḥ pṛcchāmi tvāṃ dharmasammūḍhacetāḥ |
yacchreyaḥ syānniścitaṃ brūhi tanme śiṣyaste'haṃ śādhi māṃ tvāṃ prapannam ||7||
na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyāt yacchokamucchoṣaṇamindriyāṇām |
avāpya bhūmāvasapatnamṛddhaṃ rājyaṃ surāṇāmapi cādhipatyam ||8||

sañjaya uvāca

evamuktvā hṛṣīkeśaṃ guḍākeśaḥ parantapaḥ |
na yotsya iti govindam uktvā tūṣṇīṃ babhūva ha ||9||
tamuvāca hṛṣīkeśaḥ prahasanniva bhārata |
senayorubhayormadhye viṣīdantamidaṃ vacaḥ ||10||

śrī bhagavānuvāca

aśocyānanvaśocastvaṃ prajñāvādāṃśca bhāṣase |
gatāsūnagatāsūṃśca nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ ||11||
na tvevāhaṃ jātu nāsaṃ na tvaṃ neme janādhipāḥ |
na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ sarve vayamataḥ param ||12||
dehino'sminyathā dehe kaumāraṃ yauvanaṃ jarā |
tathā dehāntaraprāptiḥ dhīrastatra na muhyati ||13||
mātrāsparśāstu kaunteya śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkhadāḥ |
āgamāpāyino'nityāḥ tāṃstitikṣasva bhārata ||14||
yaṃ hi na vyathayantyete puruṣaṃ puruṣarṣabha |
samaduḥkhasukhaṃ dhīraṃ so'mṛtatvāya kalpate ||15||
nāsato vidyate bhāvaḥ nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ |
ubhayorapi dṛṣṭo'ntaḥ tvanayostattvadarśibhiḥ ||16||
avināśi tu tadviddhi yena sarvamidaṃ tatam |
vināśamavyayasyāsya na kaścitkartumarhati ||17||
antavanta ime dehāḥ nityasyoktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ |
anāśino'prameyasya tasmādyudhyasva bhārata ||18||
ya enaṃ vetti hantāraṃ yaścainaṃ manyate hatam |
ubhau tau na vijānītaḥ nāyaṃ hanti na hanyate ||19||
na jāyate mriyate vā kadācit nāyaṃ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ |
ajo nityaḥ śāśvato'yaṃ purāṇaḥ na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre ||20||
vedāvināśinaṃ nityaṃ ya enamajamavyayam |
kathaṃ sa puruṣaḥ pārtha kaṃ ghātayati hanti kam ||21||
vāsāṃsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naro'parāṇi |
tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāni anyāni saṃyāti navāni dehī ||22||
nainaṃ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṃ dahati pāvakaḥ |
na cainaṃ kledayantyāpaḥ na śoṣayati mārutaḥ ||23||
acchedyo'yamadāhyo'yam akledyo'śoṣya eva ca |
nityaḥ sarvagataḥ sthāṇuḥ acalo'yaṃ sanātanaḥ ||24||
avyakto'yamacintyo'yam avikāryo'yamucyate |
tasmādevaṃ viditvainaṃ nānuśocitumarhasi ||25||
atha cainaṃ nityajātaṃ nityaṃ vā manyase mṛtam |
tathā'pi tvaṃ mahābāho naivaṃ śocitumarhasi ||26||
jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyuḥ dhruvaṃ janma mṛtasya ca |
tasmādaparihārye'rthe na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi ||27||
avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyaktamadhyāni bhārata |
avyaktanidhanānyeva tatra kā paridevanā ||28||
āścaryavatpaśyati kaścidenaṃ āścaryavadvadati tathaiva cānyaḥ |
āścaryavaccainamanyaḥ śṛṇoti śrutvā'pyenaṃ veda na caiva kaścit ||29||
dehī nityamavadhyo'yaṃ dehe sarvasya bhārata |
tasmātsarvāṇi bhūtāni na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi ||30||
svadharmamapi cāvekṣya na vikampitumarhasi |
dharmyāddhi yuddhācchreyo'nyat kṣatriyasya na vidyate ||31||
yadṛcchayā copapannaṃ svargadvāramapāvṛtam |
sukhinaḥ kṣatriyāḥ pārtha labhante yuddhamīdṛśam ||32||
atha cettvamimaṃ dharmyaṃ saṅgrāmaṃ na kariṣyasi |
tataḥ svadharmaṃ kīrtiṃ ca hitvā pāpamavāpsyasi ||33||
akīrtiṃ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te'vyayām |
sambhāvitasya cākīrtiḥ maraṇādatiricyate ||34||
bhayādraṇāduparataṃ maṃsyante tvāṃ mahārathāḥ |
yeṣāṃ ca tvaṃ bahumataḥ bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam ||35||
avācyavādāṃśca bahūn vadiṣyanti tavāhitāḥ |
nindantastava sāmarthyaṃ tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim ||36||
hato vā prāpsyasi svargaṃ jitvā vā bhokṣyasemahīm |
tasmāduttiṣṭha kaunteya yuddhāya kṛtaniścayaḥ ||37||
sukhaduḥkhe same kṛtvā lābhālābhau jayājayau |
tato yuddhāya yujyasva naivaṃ pāpamavāpsyasi ||38||
eṣā te'bhihitā sāṅkhye buddhiryoge tvimāṃ śṛṇu |
buddhyā yukto yayā pārtha karmabandhaṃ prahāsyasi ||39||
nehābhikramanāśo'sti pratyavāyo na vidyate |
svalpamapyasya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt ||40||
vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ ekeha kurunandana |
bahuśākhā hyanantāśca buddhayo'vyavasāīnām ||41||
yāmimāṃ puṣpitāṃ vācaṃ pravadantyavipaścitaḥ |
vedavādaratāḥ pārtha nānyadastīti vādinaḥ ||42||
kāmātmānaḥ svargaparāḥ janmakarmaphalapradām |
kriyāviśeṣabahulāṃ bhogaiśvaryagatiṃ prati ||43||
bhogaiśvaryaprasaktānāṃ tayā'pahṛtacetasām |
vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ samādhau na vidhīyate ||44||
traiguṇyaviṣayā vedāḥ nistraiguṇyo bhavārjuna |
nirdvandvo nityasattvasthaḥ niryogakṣema ātmavān ||45||
yāvānartha udapāne sarvataḥ samplutodake |
tāvānsarveṣu vedeṣu brāhmaṇasya vijānataḥ ||46||
karmaṇyevādhikāraste mā phaleṣu kadācana |
mā karmaphalaheturbhūḥ mā te saṅgo'stvakarmaṇi ||47||
yogasthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā dhanañjaya |
siddhyasiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṃ yoga ucyate ||48||
dūreṇa hyavaraṃ karma buddhiyogāddhanañjaya |
buddhau śaraṇamanviccha kṛpaṇāḥ phalahetavaḥ ||49||
buddhiyukto jahātīha ubhe sukṛtaduṣkṛte |
tasmādyogāya yujyasva yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam ||50||
karmajaṃ buddhiyuktā hi phalaṃ tyaktvā manīṣiṇaḥ |
janmabandhavinirmuktāḥ padaṃ gacchantyanāmayam ||51||
yadā te mohakalilaṃ buddhirvyatitariṣyati |
tadā gantā'si nirvedaṃ śrotavyasya śrutasya ca ||52||
śrutivipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niścalā |
samādhāvacalā buddhiḥ tadā yogamavāpsyasi ||53||

arjuna uvāca

sthitaprajñasya kā bhāṣā samādhisthasya keśava |
sthitadhīḥ kiṃ prabhāṣeta kimāsīta vrajeta kim ||54||

śrī bhagavānuvāca

prajahāti yadā kāmān sarvānpārtha manogatān |
ātmanyevātmanā tuṣṭaḥ sthitaprajñastadocyate ||55||
duḥkheṣvanudvignamanāḥ sukheṣu vigataspṛhaḥ |
vītarāgabhayakrodhaḥ sthitadhīrmunirucyate ||56||
yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehaḥ tattatprāpya śubhāśubham |
nābhinandati na dveṣṭi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ||57||
yadā saṃharate cāyaṃ kūrmo'ṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ |
indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyaḥ tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ||58||
viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ |
rasavarjaṃ raso'pyasya paraṃ dṛṣṭvā nivartate ||59||
yatato hyapi kaunteya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ |
indriyāṇi pramāthīni haranti prasabhaṃ manaḥ ||60||
tāni sarvāṇi saṃyamya yukta āsīta matparaḥ |
vaśe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ||61||
dhyāyato viṣayānpuṃsaḥ saṅgasteṣūpajāyate |
saṅgātsañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmātkrodho'bhijāyate ||62||
krodhādbhavati sammohaḥ sammohātsmṛtivibhramaḥ |
smṛtibhraṃśāt buddhināśaḥ buddhināśātpraṇaśyati ||63||
rāgadveṣaviyuktaistu viṣayānindriyaiścaran |
ātmavaśyairvidheyātmā prasādamadhigacchati ||64||
prasāde sarvaduḥkhānāṃ hānirasyopajāyate |
prasannacetaso hyāśu buddhiḥ paryavatiṣṭhate ||65||
nā'sti buddhirayuktasya na cāyuktasya bhāvanā |
na cābhāvayataḥ śāntiḥ aśāntasya kutaḥ sukham ||66||
indriyāṇāṃ hi caratāṃ yanmano'nuvidhīyate |
tadasya harati prajñāṃ vāyurnāvamivāmbhasi ||67||
tasmādyasya mahābāho nigṛhītāni sarvaśaḥ |
indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyaḥ tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ||68||
yā niśā sarvabhūtānāṃ tasyāṃ jāgarti saṃyamī |
yasyāṃ jāgrati bhūtāni sā niśā paśyato muneḥ ||69||
āpūryamāṇamacalapratiṣṭhaṃ samudramāpaḥ praviśanti yadvat |
tadvatkāmā yaṃ praviśanti sarve sa śāntimāpnoti na kāmakāmī ||70||
vihāya kāmānyaḥ sarvān pumāṃścarati nisspṛhaḥ |
nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sa śāntimadhigacchati ||71||
eṣā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha naināṃ prāpya vimuhyati |
sthitvā'syāmantakāle'pi brahmanirvāṇamṛcchati ||72||
|| oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsu upaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṃ
yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde sāṅkhyayogo nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ ||

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