Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 16
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16.1
अभयं सत्त्वसंशुद्धिः ज्ञानयोगव्यवस्थितिः ।
दानं दमश्च यज्ञश्च स्वाध्यायस्तप आर्जवम् ॥ १६.१ ॥
The Lord said: Fearlessness, purity of mind, steadfastness in the yoga of knowledge, charity, self-restraint, sacrifice, study of the scriptures, austerity, uprightness,
16.2
अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्यागः शान्तिरपैशुनम् ।
दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम् ॥ १६.२ ॥
non-violence, truthfulness, freedom from anger, renunciation, peace, absence of slander, compassion toward beings, freedom from greed, gentleness, modesty, absence of fickleness,
16.3
तेजः क्षमा धृतिः शौचमद्रोहो नातिमानिता ।
भवन्ति सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातस्य भारत ॥ १६.३ ॥
vigor, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, freedom from malice, and absence of excessive pride — these belong to one born to the divine endowment, Bhārata.
16.4
दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च ।
अज्ञानं चाभिजातस्य पार्थ सम्पदमासुरीम् ॥ १६.४ ॥
Hypocrisy, arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness, and ignorance, Pārtha, belong to one born to the demonic endowment.
16.5
दैवी सम्पद्विमोक्षाय निबन्धायासुरी मता ।
मा शुचः सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातोऽसि पाण्डव ॥ १६.५ ॥
The divine endowment is held to lead to liberation, the demonic to bondage. Do not grieve, Pāṇḍava; you are born to the divine endowment.
16.6
द्वौ भूतसर्गौ लोकेऽस्मिन् दैव आसुर एव च ।
दैवो विस्तरशः प्रोक्त आसुरं पार्थ मे शृणु ॥ १६.६ ॥
There are two kinds of beings created in this world, the divine and the demonic. The divine has been described at length; now hear from me about the demonic, Pārtha.
16.7
प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः ।
न शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते ॥ १६.७ ॥
People of demonic nature know neither the way of action nor the way of withdrawal. Neither purity, nor good conduct, nor truth is found in them.
16.8
असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम् ।
अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम् ॥ १६.८ ॥
They say the world is unreal, without foundation, without a Lord, brought about by mutual union, with desire as its cause—what else?
16.9
एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः ।
प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः ॥ १६.९ ॥
Holding to this view, these lost souls of small understanding and cruel deeds rise up as enemies of the world, for its destruction.
16.10
काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः ।
मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः ॥ १६.१० ॥
Clinging to insatiable desire, full of hypocrisy, pride and arrogance, seizing false notions through delusion, they act with impure resolves.
16.11
चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः ।
कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्चिताः ॥ १६.११ ॥
Beset by immeasurable anxieties that end only with death, holding the enjoyment of desires as the highest aim, they are convinced that this is all there is.
16.12
आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः ।
ईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसञ्चयान् ॥ १६.१२ ॥
Bound by hundreds of fetters of hope, given over to desire and anger, they strive to amass wealth by unjust means for the enjoyment of their desires.
16.13
इदमद्य मया लब्धमिमं प्राप्स्ये मनोरथम् ।
इदमस्तीदमपि मे भविष्यति पुनर्धनम् ॥ १६.१३ ॥
This I have gained today; this desire I shall fulfil. This wealth is mine, and this too shall be mine again.
16.14
असौ मया हतः शत्रुर्हनिष्ये चापरानपि ।
ईश्वरोऽहमहं भोगी सिद्धोऽहं बलवान्सुखी ॥ १६.१४ ॥
That enemy has been slain by me, and I shall slay others too. I am the lord, I am the enjoyer; I am successful, powerful and happy.
16.15
आढ्योऽभिजनवानस्मि कोऽन्योऽस्ति सदृशो मया ।
यक्ष्ये दास्यामि मोदिष्य इत्यज्ञानविमोहिताः ॥ १६.१५ ॥
I am wealthy and of noble birth; who else is equal to me? I shall sacrifice, I shall give, I shall rejoice. Thus are they deluded by ignorance.
16.16
अनेकचित्तविभ्रान्ता मोहजालसमावृताः ।
प्रसक्ताः कामभोगेषु पतन्ति नरकेऽशुचौ ॥ १६.१६ ॥
Bewildered by many thoughts, caught in the net of delusion, addicted to the enjoyment of desires, they fall into a foul hell.
16.17
आत्मसम्भाविताः स्तब्धा धनमानमदान्विताः ।
यजन्ते नामयज्ञैस्ते दम्भेनाविधिपूर्वकम् ॥ १६.१७ ॥
Self-conceited, stubborn, filled with the pride and intoxication of wealth, they perform sacrifices in name only, with ostentation and disregard for the prescribed rules.
16.18
अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं च संश्रिताः ।
मामात्मपरदेहेषु प्रद्विषन्तोऽभ्यसूयकाः ॥ १६.१८ ॥
Clinging to egoism, force, arrogance, desire and anger, these envious ones hate Me, who dwell in their own bodies and in the bodies of others.
16.19
तानहं द्विषतः क्रूरान्संसारेषु नराधमान् ।
क्षिपाम्यजस्रमशुभानासुरीष्वेव योनिषु ॥ १६.१९ ॥
Those hateful, cruel, inauspicious, lowest of men I continually hurl into demonic wombs within the cycles of rebirth.
16.20
असुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि ।
मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम् ॥ १६.२० ॥
Having entered demonic wombs, those deluded ones, birth after birth, never reaching Me, Kaunteya, then go to the lowest state.
16.21
त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः ।
कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत् ॥ १६.२१ ॥
Threefold is this gate of hell, destructive of the self: desire, anger, and greed. Therefore one should abandon these three.
16.22
एतैर्विमुक्तः कौन्तेय तमोद्वारैस्त्रिभिर्नरः ।
आचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयस्ततो याति परां गतिम् ॥ १६.२२ ॥
A person freed from these three gates of darkness, Kaunteya, does what is truly good for himself, and then reaches the supreme goal.
16.23
यः शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारतः ।
न स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति न सुखं न परां गतिम् ॥ १६.२३ ॥
One who casts aside the injunctions of scripture and acts on the impulse of desire attains neither perfection, nor happiness, nor the supreme goal.
16.24
तस्माच्छास्त्रं प्रमाणं ते कार्याकार्यव्यवस्थितौ ।
ज्ञात्वा शास्त्रविधानोक्तं कर्म कर्तुमिहार्हसि ॥ १६.२४ ॥
Therefore let scripture be your authority in deciding what should and should not be done. Knowing what the injunctions of scripture declare, you should act here.