pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: श्रीभगवानुवाच पार्थ नैवेह नामुत्र विनाशस्तस्य विद्यते। न हि कल्याणकृत् कश्चिद् दुर्गतिं तात गच्छति॥
English: The great one said O Partha, neither in this world, nor in the next such a man is ruined, for, O dear friend, none, who performs good deeds, comes to an evil end.
Sanskrit: प्राप्य पुण्यकृतां लोकानुषित्वाशाश्वतीः समाः। शुचीनां श्रीमतां गेहे योगभ्रष्टोऽभिजायते॥
English: He, who has not been able to achieve Yoga, goes to the worlds of those who perform good acts. He lives there for many years, and is then born into a family of holy and rich men;
Sanskrit: अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्। एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम्॥
English: Or he is born into a family of intelligent devotees; for, such a birth as this is difficult to attain to this work.
Sanskrit: तत्र तं बुद्धिसंयोगं लभते पौर्वदेहिकम्। यतते च ततो भूयः संसिद्धौ कुरुनन्दन॥
English: There comes he in contact with the knowledge of Brahma, which belonged to him in his former life; and then, O descendant of Kuru, he works again for perfection.
Sanskrit: पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः। जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते॥
English: Even though unwilling, he is led to work on for perfection on account of the devotional practice practised in his former birth. Although he only wishes to learn yoga, he still rises above the fruits of action, laid down in the sacred word, the Vedas.
Sanskrit: प्रयत्नाद् यतमानस्तु योगी संशुद्धकिल्बिषः। अनेकजन्मसंसिद्धस्ततो याति परां गतिम्॥
English: The devotee, having been cleared of his sins, attains to perfection after many births, by working with great efforts, and he then reaches the supreme goal.
Sanskrit: तपस्विभ्योऽधिको योगी ज्ञानिभ्योऽपि मतोऽधिकः। कर्मिभ्यश्चाधिको योगी तस्माद् योगी भवार्जुन॥
English: The Yogi is considered to be superior to the ascetics who perform penances, superior even to a man of true knowledge, he is higher than the men of action. Therefore, ( Arjuna, become a Yogi.
Sanskrit: योगीनामपि सर्वेषां मद्गतेनान्तरात्मना। श्रद्धावाम्भजते यो मां स मे युक्ततमो मतः॥
English: Even amongst all Yogis, he who being full of faith, worships Me with his inmost self being intent on Me, is considered by Me, to be the most devout.
Sanskrit: श्रीभगवानुवाच मय्यासक्तमनाः पार्थ योगं युञ्जन् मदाश्रयः। असंशयं समग्रं मां यथा ज्ञास्यसि तच्छृणु॥
English: The great One said "Now hear, O Partha, how you can without doubt, know Me fully, by fixing your mind on Me, practicing yoga, and taking refuge in Me.
Sanskrit: ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः। यज्ज्ञान्चा नेह भूयोऽन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते॥
English: I shall now tell you exhaustively about Knowledge together with science (experience) knowing which there will remain nothing more (for you) in this world to know.
Sanskrit: मनुष्याणां सहस्रेषु कश्चिद् यतति सिद्धये। यतततामपि सिद्धानां कश्चिन्मां वेत्ति तत्त्वतः॥
English: One only among thousands of men tries to get perfection; and even among those that are assiduous and have achieved perfection, only very few know Me truly.
Sanskrit: भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च। अहंकार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा॥
English: (Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Space, Mind, Understanding, and Consciousness) thus is My Nature divided eight-fold.
Sanskrit: अपरेयमितस्त्वन्या प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम्। जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत्॥
English: But this is lower form of My Nature. Know there is another form of My Nature higher than this, which is animate and by which, O mightyarmed, the universe is upheld.
Sanskrit: एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय। अहं कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलयस्तथा॥
English: Know, that all things have these (Earth, Water &c.) for their source. I am the productive Cause and the destroying Agent of all the Universe.
Sanskrit: मत्तः परतरं नान्यत् किंचिदस्ति धनंजय। मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव।॥
English: There is, O Dhananjaya, nothing higher than Myself. All this is woven on Me like a row of pearls in a string.
Sanskrit: रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभाऽस्मि शशिसूर्ययोः। प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु॥
English: I am the taste in water, I am the light in the Sun and the Moon; I am “Om” in all the Vedas, the sound in space, and manliness in man.
Sanskrit: पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ। जीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चास्मि तपस्विषु॥
English: I am the fragrance in the earth, the refulgence in the fire, I am the life in all beings, and the penance in ascetics.
Sanskrit: बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां विद्धि पार्थ सनातनम्। बुद्धिर्बुद्धितामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम्॥
English: Know Me, O Partha, to be the everlasting seed of all beings. I am the intelligence of all intelligent men, and the glory of all glorious objects.
Sanskrit: बलं बलवतां ग्राहं कामरागविवर्जितम्। धर्माविरुद्धो भूतेषु कामोऽस्मि भरतर्षभ॥
English: I am the strength of the strong who are freed from desire and thirst. And I am the love, O the best of Bharata race among all beings, unopposed to virtue.
Sanskrit: ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये। मत्त एवेति तान् विद्धि न त्वह तेषु ते मयि॥
English: And all existing things of Sattva, Raja and Tama Gunas (the qualities of goodness of passion and of darkness), are all from Me. I am, however, not in them; they are in Me.
Sanskrit: त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत्। मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम्॥
English: This whole universe, deluded by these three qualities, does not know Me, who are beyond them, and undecaying.
Sanskrit: दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया। मामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते॥
English: The Illusion of Mine, developed from the said three qualities is marvelous and difficult to transcend. Those, that resort to Me alone, cross beyond this illusion.
Sanskrit: न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः। माययाऽपहतज्ञानां आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः॥
English: Ignorant men, the doers of evil, and the worst of their species, being deprived of their knowledge by this illusion and wedded to the state of demons, do not resort to Me.
Sanskrit: चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन। आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ।॥
English: O Arjuna, four classes of doers of good acts worship me, namely he who is distressed, he who seeks after knowledge, he who wants wealth and he who is possessed of knowledge.
Sanskrit: तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते। प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः॥
English: Amongst these (four classes of men) he, who is the possessor of knowledge, being devoted, and having faith on only the one, is considered to be superior to the rest. For to a man of (true) knowledge, I am dear above every thing and he is dear to Me.
Sanskrit: उदारा: सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम्। आस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम्॥
English: All these four classes of men are noble, but a man, who is possessed of knowledge, is. considered by Me as My own self. For he, with his self devoted to abstraction, has taken Me to be the goal than which there is nothing higher.
Sanskrit: बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान् मां प्रपद्यते। वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः॥
English: The man of knowledge reaches Me at the end of many lives, believing that Vasudeva is all this, (everything and all things of the universe). But such a high souled man is exceedingly rare.
Sanskrit: कामैस्तैस्तैर्हतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः। तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया।॥
English: Those, that are deprived of knowledge by desire, reach other gods (divinities), by observing various (religious) regulations, and by being uncontrolled by their own nature.
Sanskrit: यो यो यां यां तनुं भक्तः श्रद्धयाग्रतुमिच्छति। तस्य तस्याचलां श्रद्धां तामेव विदधाम्यहम्॥
English: Whichever form (of deity) a worshiper wishes to worship with faith, I make his faith steady in that form.
Sanskrit: स तया श्रद्धया युक्तस्तस्याराधनमीहते। लभते च ततः कामान् मयैव विहितान् हि तान्॥
English: endued with this faith, such a worshiper adore the deity (in that form), and obtains from it all that he desires, though they are really given by Me.
Sanskrit: तद् भवत्यल्पमेधसाम्। देवान् देवयजो यान्ति मद्भक्ता यान्ति मामपि।॥
English: But the fruits thus obtained by men of no knowledge are perishable. Those that worship the divinities (gods) go to the divinities; while those that worship Me come to Me.
Sanskrit: अव्यक्तं व्यक्तिमापन्नं मन्यन्ते मामबुद्धयः। परं भावमजानन्तो ममाव्ययमनुत्तमम्॥
English: The undiscerning ones regard Me, who am really unmanifest to have become manifest; because they do not know my transcendent and inexhaustible state, that which there is nothing higher.
Sanskrit: नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः। मूढोऽयं नाभिजानाति लोको मामजमव्ययम्॥
English: Shrouded by the delusion of My inconceivable power, I am not manifest to all. This deluded world, knows not Me who am unborn and undecaying.
Sanskrit: अन्तवत्तु फलं तेषां वेदाहं समतीतानि वर्तमानानि चार्जुन। भविष्याणि च भूतानि मां तु वेद न कश्चन॥
English: O Arjuna, I know the things that are past; I know all things that are present and (know also) all things that will be in the future. But there is none who knows Me.
Sanskrit: इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन भारत। सर्वभूतानि सम्मोहं सर्गे यान्ति परंतप॥
English: All beings, O terror of foes, at the time of their birth, are deluded by this delusion arising, O Bharata, from the pairs of opposites, and from the results of desire and aversion.
Sanskrit: येषां त्वन्तगतं पापं जनानां पुण्यकर्मणाम्। ते द्वन्द्वमोहनिर्मुक्ता भजन्ते मां दृढव्रताः॥
English: But the men of meritorious acts whose sins have all come to an end worship Me, being freed from the pairs of opposites and firin in their faith.
Sanskrit: जरामरणमोक्षाय मामाश्रित्य यतन्ति ये। ते ब्रह्म तद् विदुः कृत्स्नमध्यात्म कर्म चाखिलम्॥
English: Those, who depending on me, tries to obtain release from decay and death know Brahma, the entire Adhyatma and all actions.
Sanskrit: साधिभूताधिदैवं मां साधियज्ञं च ये विदुः। प्रयाणकालेऽपि च मां ते विदुर्युक्तचेतसः॥
English: And they who know Me with Adhibhuta, the Adhidaiva and the Adhiyajna having their minds fixed in abstraction know Me at the time of their departure (from this world)".
Sanskrit: अर्जुन उवाच किं तद् ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम। अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते॥
English: Arjuna said “What is Brahma, what is Adhyatma and what is, O best of men, Action? And again, what is (meant by) Adhibhuta, Adhidaiva.
Sanskrit: अधियज्ञः कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन् मधुसूदन। प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभिः॥
English: And Adhiyajna, and how (they are in this body), O destroyer of Madhu? And how, too, are you to be known by those who restrain their selves, at the time of their death”.
Sanskrit: श्रीभगवानुवाच अक्षरं ब्रह्म परमं स्वभावोऽध्यात्ममुच्यते। भूतभावोद्भवकरो विसर्गः कर्मसंज्ञितः॥
English: The great one said “The Brahma is the supreme, and the indestructible. Adhyatma is called its manifestation, and offering (to the divinities) which is the cause of the production and the development of all things, is called Action.
Sanskrit: अधिभूतं क्षरो भावः पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम्। अधियज्ञोऽहमेवात्र देहे देहभृतां वर॥
English: Adhibhuta is all perishable things. Adhidaiva is the (primal) Male-Being. And O best of men, Adhiyajna is I myself in this body.
Sanskrit: अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन् मुक्त्वा कलेवरम्। यः प्रयाति स मद्भायंव याति नास्त्यत्र संशयः॥
English: He, who casts off this body and departs from this world, remembering Me in his last moments. comes to My essence. There is no doubt in it.
Sanskrit: यं यं वापि स्मरन् भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम्। तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावितः॥
English: And again, whichever from of divinity he remembers when he finally leaves this body and departs from this world, to him, O son of Kunti, he goes, having habitually meditated upon him.
Sanskrit: तस्मात् सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च। मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्मामेवैष्यस्यसंशयम्॥
English: Therefore, think and remember Me at all times, and engage in battle. Fixing your mind and understanding on Me, you will surely come to Me. There is no doubt in it.
Sanskrit: अभ्यासयोगयुक्तेन चेतसा नान्यगामिना। परमं पुरुषं दिव्यं याति पार्थानुचिन्तयन्॥
English: He, who things of the supreme Divine Being, O Partha, with a mind not running to other objects and possessing of concentration of mind in continuous meditation, goes to the Supreme Being.
Sanskrit: रमणोरणीयांसमनुस्मरेद् यः। मादित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात्॥ प्रयाणकाले मनसाऽचलेन भक्त्या युक्तो योगबलेन चैव। भूवोर्मध्ये प्राणमावेश्य सम्यक् स तं परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम्॥
English: He attains to that transcendent and Divine being, who possessed of reverence for Him, with a steady mind and power of devotion, properly concentrating the life breath between the brows, meditates on that ancient Seer, the ruler of all the minutes of the minute, the supporter of all, whose form is inconceivable, whose brilliance is that of the sun and who is beyond all darkness.
Sanskrit: यदक्षरं वेदविदो वदन्ति विशन्ति यद्यतयो वीतरागाः। यदिच्छन्तो ब्रह्मचर्यं चरन्ति तत्ते पदं संग्रहेण प्रवक्ष्ये॥
English: I shall tell you briefly about the seat which the persons, learned in the Vedas, say indestructible, which is entered by ascetics, who are freed from all desires, and which wishing to obtain, men follow the path of Brahmacharis.
Sanskrit: सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च। मूर्ध्याधायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम्॥ ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन् मामनुस्मरन्। यः प्रयाति त्यजन् देहं स याति परमां गतिम्॥
English: He reaches the highest goal who casts off his body and departs, by stopping all passages (senses), confining the mind within itself, placing his own life-breath between the eyebrows, adhering to uninterrupted meditation, uttering the one syllable Om which is Brahma, and thinking Me.
Sanskrit: अनन्यचेताः सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः। तस्याहं सुलभः पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य योगिनः॥
English: To that Yogi, O Partha, I am easy of access who always meditate on Me, by withdrawing his mind from all other objects, and who constantly practices abstraction.
Sanskrit: मामुपेत्य पुनर्जन्म दुःखालयमशाश्वतम्। नाप्नुवन्ति महात्मानः संसिद्धिं परमां गताः॥
English: Those high-souled men, who achieve the highest perfection, attaining to Me, do not again take birth, which is the abode of sorrow, and transient.
Sanskrit: आब्रह्मभुवनाल्लोकाः पुनरावर्तिनोऽर्जुन। मामुपेत्य तु कौन्तेय पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते॥
English: All (beings of all) the worlds, O Arjuna, from the world of Brahma, have to take rebirth, But, O son of Kunti, after attaining to Me, there is no rebirth,
Sanskrit: सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद् ब्रह्मणो विदुः। रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः॥
English: Those who know the day of Brahma, as being of one thousand ages, and a night of his, as being of one thousand ages (Yuga) know Day and Night.
Sanskrit: अव्यक्ताद् व्यक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे। रात्र्यागमे प्रलीयन्ते तत्रैवाव्यक्तसंज्ञके॥
English: On the advent of Day, all things that are manifest are produced from the unmanifest and on the advent of Night, all things dissolve into that which is called unmanifest.
Sanskrit: भूतग्रामः स एवायं भूत्वा भूत्वा प्रलीयते। रात्र्यागमेऽवशः पार्थ प्रभवत्यहरागमे॥
English: The same assemblage of beings, being manifest (born), again and again, dissolves on the advent of Night, and O Partha, on the advent of Day, they spring forth again, being constrained by the force of actions,
Sanskrit: परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात् सनातनः। यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति॥
English: But there is another entity, unmanifested and eternal, which is beyond the unmanifested beings, and which is not destroyed when all entities are destroyed.
Sanskrit: अव्यक्तोऽक्षर इत्युक्तस्तमाहुः परमां गतिम्। यं प्राप्य न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम॥
English: It is called unmanifested and indestructible; they call it the highest goal. Attaining to it, none has to come back,
Sanskrit: पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया। यस्यान्तः स्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्॥
English: The Supreme Being, O Partha, in which all beings dwell, and by whom an beings are permeated, is to be attained by faith, undirected to any other objects.
Sanskrit: यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृतिं चैव योगिनः। प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ॥
English: I will state the times, O best of the Bharata race, at which Yogis, departing from this world, go never to return, or, to return.
Sanskrit: अग्निोतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम्। तत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्ति ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो जनाः॥
English: Departing from the world in the Fire, the flame, the Day, the Bright-Fortnight, the Six months of the northern Solstice, one, if he knows Him, goes to Brahma, (never to return again).
Sanskrit: धूमो रात्रिस्तथा कृष्णः षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम्। तत्र चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिर्योगी प्राप्य निवर्तते॥
English: Departing from this world in Smoke, Night, the Dark-Fortnight, the six months of the southern Solstice, one goes to the Lunar Light and returns to the world again.
Sanskrit: शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते। एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः॥
English: The Bright and the Dark, these two paths are considered to be eternal paths in this world. By the one, one goes never to return, by the other, one goes to come back.
Sanskrit: नैते सृती पार्थ जानन् योगी मुह्यति कश्चन। तस्मात् सर्वेषु कालेषु योगयुक्तो भवार्जुन॥
English: Knowing these two paths, O Partha, no Yogi is deluded, and therefore, O Arjuna, at all times, be possessed of a Yoga.
Sanskrit: वेदेषु यज्ञेषु तपःसु चैव दानेषु यत् पुण्यफलं प्रदिष्टम्। अत्येति तत्सर्वमिदं विदित्वा योगी परं स्थानमुपैति चाद्यम्॥
English: The meritorious fruits, prescribed in the Vedas, for sacrifices, for penances, for gifts, knowing all this, a Yogi attains to it, the highest and primeval seat.
Sanskrit: श्रीभगवानुवाच इदं तु ते गुह्यतमं प्रवक्ष्याम्यनसूयवे। ज्ञानविज्ञानसहितं यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात्॥
English: The great one said I shall now speak to you, O evilless one. all that mysterious knowledge, along with experience, by knowing which you will be freed from evil.
Sanskrit: राजविद्या राजगुह्यं पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम्। प्रत्यक्षावगमं धर्म्यं सुसुखं कर्तुमव्ययम्॥
English: It is the chief science and the chief mystery; it is the chief means of purification. It is consistent with the sacred laws, easy to practice, directly apprehensible, and imperishable.
Sanskrit: अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परंतप। अप्राप्य मां निवर्तन्ते मृत्युसंसारवर्त्मनि॥
English: Those men, O terror of foes, who have no faith in this sacred doctrine, return to this mortal world without attaining to Me.
Sanskrit: मया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना। मत्स्थानि सर्वभूतानि न ग्राहं तेष्ववस्थितः॥
English: This whole universe is pervaded by Me in My unmanifested form. All things live in it.
Sanskrit: न च मत्स्थानि भूतानि पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम्। भूतभृन्न च भूतस्थो ममात्मा भूतभावनः॥
English: And again all things are not in Me. See my divine power. Supporting all entities and producing all entities, My Self does not live in those entities.
Sanskrit: यथाऽऽकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान्। तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय॥
English: As the great and ubiquitous atmosphere (without tainting) live, occupying space, so similarly all things live in Me.
Sanskrit: सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्। कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम्॥
English: All entities, O son of Kunti,, attain to My nature at the end of a Kalpa. And again at the beginning of a Kalpa I bring them forth.
Sanskrit: प्रकृति स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः। भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात्॥
English: Controlling My Nature Myself, I bring forth again, and again this whole assemblage of entities, which has no will of its own.
Sanskrit: न च मां तानि कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनंजय। उदासीनवदासीनमसक्तं तेषु कर्मसु॥
English: But, Arjuna, these acts of mine do not fetter me, I sit like one unconcerned and unattached to those actions.
Sanskrit: मयाध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम्। हेतुनानेन कौन्तेय जगद् विपरिवर्तते॥
English: Through Me, the supervisor, primal Nature produces all movable and unmovable. Thus, O son of Kunti, the universe revolves.
Sanskrit: अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम्। परं भावमजानन्तो मम भूतमहेश्वरम्॥ मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः। राक्षसीमासुरीं चैव प्रकृति मोहिनीं श्रिताः॥
English: Not knowing My supreme Nature, the deluded people of vain hopes, vain acts, vain knowledge, of confounded minds, of the delusive nature of Asuris and Rakshasas, disregard Me as I have assumed a human body.
Sanskrit: महात्मानस्तु मां पार्थ दैवी प्रकृतिमाश्रिताः। भजन्त्यनन्यमनसो ज्ञात्वा भूतादिमव्ययम्॥
English: but high-souled and divine-natured devotees,, O Partha, knowing Me as the origin of all things, worship Me with minds directed to nothingelse.
Sanskrit: सततं कीर्तयन्तो मां यतन्तश्च दृढव्रताः। नमस्यन्तश्च मां भक्त्या नित्ययुक्ता उपासते॥
English: Always glorifying Me, exerting themselves with firm vows, bowing down to Me with reverence, being always devoted to Me they worship Me.
Sanskrit: ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते। एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम्॥
English: Others again, performing the Sacrifice of knowledge, worship Me as one, as distinct, as pervading the universe in many forms
Sanskrit: अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाऽहमहमौषधम्। मन्त्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम्॥
English: I am the Vedic Sacrifice, I am the Sacrifice laid down in the Smriti, I am the Sabda (mantra) I am the sacrificial libation; I am the fire; I am the offering.
Sanskrit: पिताहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः। वेद्यं पवित्रमोंकार ऋक् साम यजुरेव च॥
English: I am the Father of the universe, its Mother, its Creator, its Grandsire. I am the Thing to be known, and the Means by which every thing is purified. I am the Om, the Rik, Saman and Yajus (Vedas).
Sanskrit: गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत्। प्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम्॥
English: I am the goal, the supporter, the lord, the on-looker, the asylum, the friend, the source, the support, the receptacle and the imperishable। seed.
Sanskrit: तपाम्यहमहं वर्ष निगृह्णम्युत्सृजामि च। अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन॥
English: I produce heat; I produce and stop showers. I am immortality, and I am also death. I am, O Arjuna, that which exists and which does not exist.
Sanskrit: ते विद्या मां सोमपाः पूतपापा यज्ञैरिष्ट्वा स्वर्गतिं प्रार्थयन्ते। मश्नन्ति दिव्यान् दिवि देवभोगान्॥२०
English: Those, who know the three knowledge, who drink the Soma juice, who offer sacrifices, and whose sins are washed away, seek admission into . heaven. Reaching the holy world of the lord of the celestial, they enjoy the celestial pleasures of the gods in the celestial world.
Sanskrit: ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालं क्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति। एवं त्रयीधर्ममनुप्रपन्ना गतागतं कामकामा लभन्ते॥
English: And having enjoyed the pleasures of the extensive heaven, when their merit is exhausted, they again enter into the mortal world. Those that wish for the objects of desire, and act according to the doctrines of these Vedas, obtain going and coming (births and deaths).
Sanskrit: अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते। तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम्॥
English: I give new gifts to those men, and preserve those that have been already acquired, who worship Me, mediating on Me and who are constantly devoted to Me.
Sanskrit: येऽप्यन्यदेवता भक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयाऽन्विता। तेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम्॥
English: Even those, O son of Kunti, who endued with faith, worship other gods, worship Me thought not in the regular way.
Sanskrit: अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च। न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते॥
English: For I am the enjoyer, as well as the giver of fruits of all sacrifices. But they do not know Me truly, and therefore they fall from heaven,.
Sanskrit: यान्ति देवव्रता देवान् पितॄन् यान्ति पितृव्रताः। भूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम्॥
English: Those who worship the Pitris, go to the Pitris, those who worship the Bhutas, go to the Bhutas, but those who worship Me, come to Me.
Sanskrit: पत्र पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति। तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः॥
English: I accept leaf, flowers, fruits, water, from him who is pure, and who with faith offers them to Me, if they are presented with devotion.
Sanskrit: यत् करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत्। यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत् कुरुष्वं मदर्पणम्॥
English: Whatever you do, O son of Kunti, whatever you eat, whatever you sacrifice, whatever you give, whatever penance you perform, do it in a way which may be an offering to Me.