Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 18
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18.1
संन्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम् ।
त्यागस्य च हृषीकेश पृथक्केशिनिषूदन ॥ १८.१ ॥
Arjuna said: O mighty-armed one, Hṛṣīkeśa, slayer of Keśī, I wish to know the true nature of saṃnyāsa and of tyāga, each separately.
18.2
काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः ।
सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः ॥ १८.२ ॥
The Lord said: The sages understand saṃnyāsa as the giving up of actions prompted by desire; the discerning call the relinquishing of the fruits of all actions tyāga.
18.3
त्याज्यं दोषवदित्येके कर्म प्राहुर्मनीषिणः ।
यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यमिति चापरे ॥ १८.३ ॥
Some thinkers say that action should be given up as being full of fault; others say that acts of sacrifice, giving and austerity should not be given up.
18.4
निश्चयं शृणु मे तत्र त्यागे भरतसत्तम ।
त्यागो हि पुरुषव्याघ्र त्रिविधः संप्रकीर्तितः ॥ १८.४ ॥
Hear my conclusion about that relinquishment, best of the Bhāratas; for relinquishment, best of men, is declared to be of three kinds.
18.5
यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यं कार्यमेव तत् ।
यज्ञो दानं तपश्चैव पावनानि मनीषिणाम् ॥ १८.५ ॥
Acts of sacrifice, giving and austerity should not be given up; they should indeed be performed. Sacrifice, giving and austerity are purifying for the wise.
18.6
एतान्यपि तु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलानि च ।
कर्तव्यानीति मे पार्थ निश्चितं मतमुत्तमम् ॥ १८.६ ॥
But even these actions should be performed giving up attachment and the fruits; this, Pārtha, is my decided and highest view.
18.7
नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते ।
मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः ॥ १८.७ ॥
Renouncing prescribed action is not proper. Abandoning it out of delusion is declared to be tāmasic.
18.8
दुःखमित्येव यत्कर्म कायक्लेशभयात्त्यजेत् ।
स कृत्वा राजसं त्यागं नैव त्यागफलं लभेत् ॥ १८.८ ॥
One who abandons an action merely because it is painful, out of fear of bodily hardship, performs a rājasic relinquishment and does not gain the fruit of relinquishment.
18.9
कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन ।
सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलं चैव स त्यागः सात्त्विको मतः ॥ १८.९ ॥
When prescribed action is done simply because it ought to be done, Arjuna, giving up attachment and also the fruit, that relinquishment is regarded as sāttvic.
18.10
न द्वेष्ट्यकुशलं कर्म कुशले नानुषज्जते ।
त्यागी सत्त्वसमाविष्टो मेधावी छिन्नसंशयः ॥ १८.१० ॥
The relinquisher, filled with sattva, wise, his doubts cut away, does not hate disagreeable action nor cling to agreeable action.
18.11
न हि देहभृता शक्यं त्यक्तुं कर्माण्यशेषतः ।
यस्तु कर्मफलत्यागी स त्यागीत्यभिधीयते ॥ १८.११ ॥
Indeed, it is not possible for an embodied being to give up actions entirely; but one who gives up the fruit of action is called a relinquisher.
18.12
अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम् ।
भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु संन्यासिनां क्वचित् ॥ १८.१२ ॥
The threefold fruit of action, undesired, desired and mixed, comes after death to those who have not relinquished, but never to renunciants.
18.13
पञ्चैतानि महाबाहो कारणानि निबोध मे ।
सांख्ये कृतान्ते प्रोक्तानि सिद्धये सर्वकर्मणाम् ॥ १८.१३ ॥
Learn from me, mighty-armed one, these five causes for the accomplishment of all actions, as declared in the Sāṃkhya doctrine.
18.14
अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम् ।
विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम् ॥ १८.१४ ॥
The seat of action, likewise the doer, the various instruments, the many distinct kinds of effort, and providence as the fifth.
18.15
शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर्यत्कर्म प्रारभते नरः ।
न्याय्यं वा विपरीतं वा पञ्चैते तस्य हेतवः ॥ १८.१५ ॥
Whatever action a person undertakes with body, speech, or mind, whether right or the opposite, these five are its causes.
18.16
तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः ।
पश्यत्यकृतबुद्धित्वान्न स पश्यति दुर्मतिः ॥ १८.१६ ॥
This being so, whoever, from an untrained understanding, sees the self alone as the doer, that dull-minded person does not truly see.
18.17
यस्य नाहंकृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते ।
हत्वापि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते ॥ १८.१७ ॥
One whose being is free of the sense of ego and whose understanding is not tainted, even though he slays these people, does not slay and is not bound.
18.18
ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना ।
करणं कर्म कर्तेति त्रिविधः कर्मसंग्रहः ॥ १८.१८ ॥
Knowledge, the object of knowledge, and the knower form the threefold impulse to action; the instrument, the action, and the doer form the threefold basis of action.
18.19
ज्ञानं कर्म च कर्ता च त्रिधैव गुणभेदतः ।
प्रोच्यते गुणसंख्याने यथावच्छृणु तान्यपि ॥ १८.१९ ॥
In the teaching that enumerates the guṇas, knowledge, action and the agent are declared to be of three kinds only, according to the distinction of the guṇas. Hear about these too, as they truly are.
18.20
सर्वभूतेषु येनैकं भावमव्ययमीक्षते ।
अविभक्तं विभक्तेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि सात्त्विकम् ॥ १८.२० ॥
The knowledge by which one sees in all beings a single imperishable reality, undivided among the divided, know that knowledge to be sattvic.
18.21
पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान् ।
वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम् ॥ १८.२१ ॥
But the knowledge that, through separateness, perceives in all beings many different entities of various kinds, know that knowledge to be rajasic.
18.22
यत्तु कृत्स्नवदेकस्मिन्कार्ये सक्तमहैतुकम् ।
अतत्त्वार्थवदल्पं च तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥ १८.२२ ॥
But that which clings to a single effect as if it were the whole, without reason, without grasp of truth, and narrow, is declared tamasic.
18.23
नियतं सङ्गरहितमरागद्वेषतः कृतम् ।
अफलप्रेप्सुना कर्म यत्तत्सात्त्विकमुच्यते ॥ १८.२३ ॥
Action that is prescribed, free from attachment, done without attraction or aversion, by one who does not crave its fruit, is called sattvic.
18.24
यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहङ्कारेण वा पुनः ।
क्रियते बहुलायासं तद्राजसमुदाहृतम् ॥ १८.२४ ॥
But action done by one seeking the fulfilment of desires, or again with egoism, and with great strain, is declared rajasic.
18.25
अनुबन्धं क्षयं हिंसामनपेक्ष्य च पौरुषम् ।
मोहादारभ्यते कर्म यत्तत्तामसमुच्यते ॥ १८.२५ ॥
Action undertaken out of delusion, without regard to consequences, loss, harm, or one's own capacity, is called tāmasic.
18.26
मुक्तसङ्गोऽनहंवादी धृत्युत्साहसमन्वितः ।
सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योर्निर्विकारः कर्ता सात्त्विक उच्यते ॥ १८.२६ ॥
The doer who is free from attachment, does not speak of himself, is endowed with steadiness and zeal, and is unchanged in success and failure, is called sāttvic.
18.27
रागी कर्मफलप्रेप्सुर्लुब्धो हिंसात्मकोऽशुचिः ।
हर्षशोकान्वितः कर्ता राजसः परिकीर्तितः ॥ १८.२७ ॥
The doer who is passionate, eager for the fruits of action, greedy, harmful by nature, impure, and moved by joy and sorrow, is declared rājasic.
18.28
अयुक्तः प्राकृतः स्तब्धः शठो नैष्कृतिकोऽलसः ।
विषादी दीर्घसूत्री च कर्ता तामस उच्यते ॥ १८.२८ ॥
The doer who is undisciplined, vulgar, obstinate, deceitful, malicious, lazy, despondent, and procrastinating, is called tāmasic.
18.29
बुद्धेर्भेदं धृतेश्चैव गुणतस्त्रिविधं शृणु ।
प्रोच्यमानमशेषेण पृथक्त्वेन धनञ्जय ॥ १८.२९ ॥
Hear now, Dhanañjaya, the threefold distinction of intellect and also of steadiness according to the guṇas, as I explain it fully and one by one.
18.30
प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च कार्याकार्ये भयाभये ।
बन्धं मोक्षं च या वेत्ति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी ॥ १८.३० ॥
The intellect that knows engagement and withdrawal, what ought to be done and what ought not, fear and fearlessness, bondage and liberation — that intellect, Pārtha, is sāttvic.
18.31
यया धर्ममधर्मं च कार्यं चाकार्यमेव च ।
अयथावत्प्रजानाति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ राजसी ॥ १८.३१ ॥
That intellect, Pārtha, by which one understands wrongly dharma and adharma, what ought to be done and what ought not to be done, is rājasic.
18.32
अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसाऽऽवृता ।
सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी ॥ १८.३२ ॥
That intellect, Pārtha, which, enveloped in darkness, takes adharma to be dharma and sees all things in reverse, is tāmasic.
18.33
धृत्या यया धारयते मनःप्राणेन्द्रियक्रियाः ।
योगेनाव्यभिचारिण्या धृतिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी ॥ १८.३३ ॥
The unwavering firmness, Pārtha, by which one holds steady the functions of the mind, the breath and the senses through yoga, is sāttvic.
18.34
यया तु धर्मकामार्थान् धृत्या धारयतेऽर्जुन ।
प्रसङ्गेन फलाकाङ्क्षी धृतिः सा पार्थ राजसी ॥ १८.३४ ॥
But the firmness, Arjuna, by which one holds on to dharma, pleasure and wealth, craving their fruits out of attachment, is rājasic, Pārtha.
18.35
यया स्वप्नं भयं शोकं विषादं मदमेव च ।
न विमुञ्चति दुर्मेधा धृतिः सा पार्थ तामसी ॥ १८.३५ ॥
The firmness, Pārtha, by which a foolish person does not give up sleep, fear, grief, despondency and arrogance, is tāmasic.
18.36
सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं शृणु मे भरतर्षभ ।
अभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति ॥ १८.३६ ॥
And now hear from me, Bharatarṣabha, of the threefold happiness, in which one comes to delight through practice and reaches the end of sorrow.
18.37
यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम् ।
तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम् ॥ १८.३७ ॥
That which is like poison at first but like nectar in the end, born of the clarity of one's own understanding, that happiness is declared sāttvika.
18.38
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम् ।
परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम् ॥ १८.३८ ॥
That which arises from the contact of the senses with their objects, like nectar at first but like poison in the end, that happiness is considered rājasa.
18.39
यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः ।
निद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥ १८.३९ ॥
That happiness which deludes the self both at the beginning and in its consequence, arising from sleep, sloth and negligence, is declared tāmasa.
18.40
न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः ।
सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्ति्रभिर्गुणैः ॥ १८.४० ॥
There is no being on earth, or again in heaven among the gods, that is free from these three guṇas born of nature.
18.41
ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां च परंतप ।
कर्माणि प्रविभक्तानि स्वभावप्रभवैर्गुणैः ॥ १८.४१ ॥
The duties of Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas and Vaiśyas, and of Śūdras, Paraṃtapa, are distinguished according to the qualities arising from their own nature.
18.42
शमो दमस्तपः शौचं क्षान्तिरार्जवमेव च ।
ज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम् ॥ १८.४२ ॥
Calmness, self-restraint, austerity, purity, forbearance and uprightness, knowledge, realized wisdom and faith are the duties of a Brāhmaṇa, born of his nature.
18.43
शौर्यं तेजो धृतिर्दाक्ष्यं युद्धे चाप्यपलायनम् ।
दानमीश्वरभावश्च क्षात्रं कर्म स्वभावजम् ॥ १८.४३ ॥
Heroism, vigor, steadfastness, skill, not fleeing in battle, generosity, and lordliness are the duties of the kṣatriya, born of his nature.
18.44
कृषिगौरक्ष्यवाणिज्यं वैश्यकर्म स्वभावजम् ।
परिचर्यात्मकं कर्म शूद्रस्यापि स्वभावजम् ॥ १८.४४ ॥
Agriculture, cattle-keeping, and trade are the duties of the vaiśya, born of his nature; and work consisting of service is likewise the duty of the śūdra, born of his nature.
18.45
स्वे स्वे कर्मण्यभिरतः संसिद्धिं लभते नरः ।
स्वकर्मनिरतः सिद्धिं यथा विन्दति तच्छृणु ॥ १८.४५ ॥
Devoted each to his own duty, a person attains perfection. Hear how one devoted to one's own duty finds perfection.
18.46
यतः प्रवृत्तिर्भूतानां येन सर्वमिदं ततम् ।
स्वकर्मणा तमभ्यर्च्य सिद्धिं विन्दति मानवः ॥ १८.४६ ॥
By worshipping, through his own duty, Him from whom all beings arise and by whom all this is pervaded, a human being attains perfection.
18.47
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् ।
स्वभावनियतं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम् ॥ १८.४७ ॥
Better is one's own dharma, though imperfect, than the dharma of another well performed. Doing the work ordained by one's own nature, one incurs no sin.
18.48
सहजं कर्म कौन्तेय सदोषमपि न त्यजेत् ।
सर्वारम्भा हि दोषेण धूमेनाग्निरिवावृताः ॥ १८.४८ ॥
One should not abandon the work one is born to, Kaunteya, even if it is flawed; for all undertakings are veiled by flaw, as fire is by smoke.
18.49
असक्तबुद्धिः सर्वत्र जितात्मा विगतस्पृहः ।
नैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिं परमां संन्यासेनाधिगच्छति ॥ १८.४९ ॥
One whose understanding is unattached everywhere, who has mastered himself and is free from craving, attains through renunciation the supreme perfection of freedom from action.
18.50
सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे ।
समासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा ॥ १८.५० ॥
Learn from me briefly, Kaunteya, how one who has attained perfection attains Brahman, which is the supreme culmination of knowledge.
18.51
बुद्ध्या विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्याऽऽत्मानं नियम्य च ।
शब्दादीन् विषयांस्त्यक्त्वा रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च ॥ १८.५१ ॥
Endowed with a purified understanding, restraining himself with steadfastness, turning away from sound and the other objects of the senses, and casting off attraction and aversion,
18.52
विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः ।
ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः ॥ १८.५२ ॥
dwelling in solitude, eating lightly, with speech, body and mind restrained, ever intent on the yoga of meditation, and taking refuge in dispassion,
18.53
अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं परिग्रहम् ।
विमुच्य निर्ममः शान्तो ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥ १८.५३ ॥
having let go of ego, force, arrogance, desire, anger and possessiveness, free from the sense of "mine" and at peace, he becomes fit to become Brahman.
18.54
ब्रह्मभूतः प्रसन्नात्मा न शोचति न काङ्क्षति ।
समः सर्वेषु भूतेषु मद्भक्तिं लभते पराम् ॥ १८.५४ ॥
Having become Brahman, serene within, he neither grieves nor craves; equal toward all beings, he attains supreme devotion to me.
18.55
भक्त्या मामभिजानाति यावान्यश्चास्मि तत्त्वतः ।
ततो मां तत्त्वतो ज्ञात्वा विशते तदनन्तरम् ॥ १८.५५ ॥
Through devotion he comes to know me in truth, how great I am and who I am; then, having known me in truth, he enters into me forthwith.
18.56
सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः ।
मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम् ॥ १८.५६ ॥
Even while always performing all actions, taking refuge in me, he attains by my grace the eternal, imperishable abode.
18.57
चेतसा सर्वकर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्परः ।
बुद्धियोगमुपाश्रित्य मच्चित्तः सततं भव ॥ १८.५७ ॥
Mentally renouncing all actions in me, holding me as the highest, resorting to the yoga of understanding, keep your mind ever fixed on me.
18.58
मच्चित्तः सर्वदुर्गाणि मत्प्रसादात्तरिष्यसि ।
अथ चेत्त्वमहङ्कारान्न श्रोष्यसि विनङ्क्ष्यसि ॥ १८.५८ ॥
With your mind fixed on me, you will cross over all difficulties by my grace; but if out of ego you will not listen, you will perish.
18.59
यदहङ्कारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे ।
मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति ॥ १८.५९ ॥
If, relying on ego, you think “I will not fight,” this resolve of yours is in vain; your own nature will compel you.
18.60
स्वभावजेन कौन्तेय निबद्धः स्वेन कर्मणा ।
कर्तुं नेच्छसि यन्मोहात्करिष्यस्यवशोऽपि तत् ॥ १८.६० ॥
Bound by your own action born of your nature, Kaunteya, what you do not wish to do out of delusion, you will do even against your will.
18.61
ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति ।
भ्रामयन्सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि मायया ॥ १८.६१ ॥
The Lord dwells in the heart of all beings, Arjuna, causing all beings to revolve by his māyā, as though mounted on a machine.
18.62
तमेव शरणं गच्छ सर्वभावेन भारत ।
तत्प्रसादात्परां शान्तिं स्थानं प्राप्स्यसि शाश्वतम् ॥ १८.६२ ॥
Take refuge in him alone with your whole being, Bhārata. By his grace you will attain supreme peace and the eternal abode.
18.63
इति ते ज्ञानमाख्यातं गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं मया ।
विमृश्यैतदशेषेण यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु ॥ १८.६३ ॥
Thus I have declared to you knowledge more secret than any secret. Reflect on it fully, then do as you wish.
18.64
सर्वगुह्यतमं भूयः शृणु मे परमं वचः ।
इष्टोऽसि मे दृढमिति ततो वक्ष्यामि ते हितम् ॥ १८.६४ ॥
Hear again my supreme word, the most secret of all. You are dearly loved by me; therefore I will tell you what is for your good.
18.65
मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु ।
मामेवैष्यसि सत्यं ते प्रतिजाने प्रियोऽसि मे ॥ १८.६५ ॥
Fix your mind on me, be devoted to me, worship me, bow down to me. You will come to me alone; I truly promise you this, for you are dear to me.
18.66
सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज ।
अहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः ॥ १८.६६ ॥
Abandoning all dharmas, take refuge in me alone. I will free you from all sins; do not grieve.
18.67
इदं ते नातपस्काय नाभक्ताय कदाचन ।
न चाशुश्रूषवे वाच्यं न च मां योऽभ्यसूयति ॥ १८.६७ ॥
This should never be spoken by you to one without austerity, nor to one without devotion, nor to one who does not wish to listen, nor to one who finds fault with me.
18.68
य इमं परमं गुह्यं मद्भक्तेष्वभिधास्यति ।
भक्तिं मयि परां कृत्वा मामेवैष्यत्यसंशयः ॥ १८.६८ ॥
Whoever declares this supreme secret among my devotees, having shown the highest devotion to me, will come to me alone; of this there is no doubt.
18.69
न च तस्मान्मनुष्येषु कश्चिन्मे प्रियकृत्तमः ।
भविता न च मे तस्मादन्यः प्रियतरो भुवि ॥ १८.६९ ॥
Among human beings there is no one who does more to please me than he, nor will there be anyone on earth dearer to me than he.
18.70
अध्येष्यते च य इमं धर्म्यं संवादमावयोः ।
ज्ञानयज्ञेन तेनाहमिष्टः स्यामिति मे मतिः ॥ १८.७० ॥
And whoever studies this sacred dialogue of ours, by him I shall have been worshipped through the sacrifice of knowledge; such is my conviction.
18.71
श्रद्धावाननसूयश्च शृणुयादपि यो नरः ।
सोऽपि मुक्तः शुभाँल्लोकान्प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यकर्मणाम् ॥ १८.७१ ॥
Even the person who simply listens to it with faith and without scorn, he too, freed, will attain the auspicious worlds of those whose deeds are virtuous.
18.72
कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा ।
कच्चिदज्ञानसंमोहः प्रनष्टस्ते धनञ्जय ॥ १८.७२ ॥
Have you heard this, Pārtha, with a one-pointed mind? Has your delusion born of ignorance been dispelled, Dhanañjaya?
18.73
नष्टो मोहः स्मृतिर्लब्धा त्वत्प्रसादान्मयाच्युत ।
स्थितोऽस्मि गतसन्देहः करिष्ये वचनं तव ॥ १८.७३ ॥
Arjuna said: My delusion is destroyed, and by your grace I have regained memory, Acyuta. I stand firm, my doubts gone; I will do as you say.
18.74
इत्यहं वासुदेवस्य पार्थस्य च महात्मनः ।
संवादमिममश्रौषमद्भुतं रोमहर्षणम् ॥ १८.७४ ॥
Sañjaya said: Thus I heard this wondrous, hair-raising dialogue between Vāsudeva and the great-souled Pārtha.
18.75
व्यासप्रसादाच्छ्रुतवानेतद्गुह्यमहं परम् ।
योगं योगेश्वरात्कृष्णात्साक्षात्कथयतः स्वयम् ॥ १८.७५ ॥
By the grace of Vyāsa I heard this supreme secret, this yoga, from Kṛṣṇa, the lord of yoga, as he himself declared it directly.
18.76
राजन्संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य संवादमिममद्भुतम् ।
केशवार्जुनयोः पुण्यं हृष्यामि च मुहुर्मुहुः ॥ १८.७६ ॥
O King, recalling again and again this wondrous and holy dialogue of Keśava and Arjuna, I rejoice over and over.
18.77
तच्च संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य रूपमत्यद्भुतं हरेः ।
विस्मयो मे महान् राजन् हृष्यामि च पुनः पुनः ॥ १८.७७ ॥
And recalling again and again that most wondrous form of Hari, great is my amazement, O King, and I rejoice again and again.
18.78
यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः ।
तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम।।18.78 ॥ १८.७८ ॥
Wherever there is Kṛṣṇa, the lord of yoga, and wherever there is Pārtha, the archer, there are fortune, victory, prosperity and sound conduct; this is my conviction.