Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 6.31
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6.31.1
मय्यासक्तमनाः पार्थ योगं युञ्जन्मदाश्रयः ।
असंशयं समग्रं मां यथा ज्ञास्यसि तच्छृणु ॥ ६.३१.१ ॥
O son of Pṛthā, with your mind attached to me, practicing yoga and taking refuge in me, listen how you will know me fully, without doubt.
6.31.2
ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः ।
यज्ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोऽन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते ॥ ६.३१.२ ॥
I will tell you this knowledge together with realization, completely; having known which, nothing else remains here to be known.
6.31.3
मनुष्याणां सहस्रेषु कश्चिद्यतति सिद्धये ।
यततामपि सिद्धानां कश्चिन्मां वेत्ति तत्त्वतः ॥ ६.३१.३ ॥
Among thousands of men, one perhaps strives for perfection; and among those who strive and are perfected, scarcely one knows me in truth.
6.31.4
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः स्वं मनो बुद्धिरेव च ।
अहंकार इती यं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा ॥ ६.३१.४ ॥
Earth, water, fire, air, mind, intellect, and self-consciousness—thus my nature is divided eightfold.
6.31.5
अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम् ।
जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत् ॥ ६.३१.५ ॥
This is my lower nature; but know, O mighty-armed one, my higher nature, different from it, which has become the living self and by which this world is sustained.
6.31.6
एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय ।
अहं कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलयस्तथा ॥ ६.३१.६ ॥
Know that all beings have these two as their source. I am the origin of the whole world, and likewise its dissolution.
6.31.7
मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किंचिदस्ति धनंजय ।
मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव ॥ ६.३१.७ ॥
Nothing exists higher than me, O Dhanaṃjaya. All this is strung in me, as clusters of gems are strung on a thread.
6.31.8
रसोऽहमंप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभाऽस्मि शशिसूर्ययोः ।
प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु ॥ ६.३१.८ ॥
I am the taste in water, O son of Kuntī; I am the radiance of the moon and the sun; I am the syllable oṃ in all the Vedas; I am sound in space, and manhood in men.
6.31.9
पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ ।
जीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चास्मि तपस्विषु ॥ ६.३१.९ ॥
I am the pure fragrance in the earth and the brilliance in fire; I am life in all beings, and austerity in ascetics.
6.31.10
बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां विद्धि पार्थ सनातनम् ।
बुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम् ॥ ६.३१.१० ॥
Know me, O Pārtha, as the eternal seed of all beings. I am the intellect of the intelligent, and the brilliance of the brilliant.
6.31.11
बलं बलवतां चाहं कामरागविवर्जितम् ।
धर्माविरुद्धो भूतेषु कामोऽस्मि भरतर्षभ ॥ ६.३१.११ ॥
I am the strength of the strong, free from desire and passion. I am the desire in beings that is not opposed to dharma, O bull of the Bharatas.
6.31.12
ये चैव सात्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये ।
मत्त एवेति तान्विद्धि न त्वहं तेषु ते मयि ॥ ६.३१.१२ ॥
Know that all the states of being—whether of goodness, passion, or darkness—arise from me alone. Yet I am not in them; they are in me.
6.31.13
त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत् ।
मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम् ॥ ६.३१.१३ ॥
Deluded by these states made of the three qualities, the whole world does not recognize Me, who am higher than these and imperishable.
6.31.14
दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया ।
मामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते ॥ ६.३१.१४ ॥
This divine illusion of Mine, made of the qualities, is hard to overcome; but those who take refuge in Me alone cross beyond this illusion.
6.31.15
न मां तुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः ।
माययाऽपहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः ॥ ६.३१.१५ ॥
Evildoers, fools, the lowest of men, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion and who take refuge in the demonic nature, do not take refuge in Me.
6.31.16
चुत्रर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन ।
आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ ॥ ६.३१.१६ ॥
Four kinds of righteous people worship Me, O Arjuna: the distressed, the seeker of knowledge, the seeker of wealth, and the wise one, O best of the Bharatas.
6.31.17
तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते ।
प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः ॥ ६.३१.१७ ॥
Among them, the wise one, always steadfast and devoted to the One alone, is the best. For the wise I am exceedingly dear, and he is dear to Me.
6.31.18
उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम् ।
आस्थितःक स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिं ॥ ६.३१.१८ ॥
All these are indeed noble, but the wise one I hold to be my very self; for he, with his self steadied, abides in Me alone and attains the highest goal.
6.31.19
बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते ।
वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः ॥ ६.३१.१९ ॥
At the end of many births the man of knowledge takes refuge in Me, knowing that Vāsudeva is all; such a great soul is very rare.
6.31.20
कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः ।
तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया ॥ ६.३१.२० ॥
Those whose knowledge has been carried away by various desires take refuge in other gods, adopting this or that rule, restrained by their own nature.
6.31.21
यो यो यां यां तनुं भक्तः श्रद्धयार्चितुमिच्छति ।
तस्य तस्याचलां श्रद्धां तामेव विदधाम्यहम् ॥ ६.३१.२१ ॥
Whatever devotee wishes to worship whatever form with faith, I establish that same unwavering faith in him.
6.31.22
स तया श्रद्धया युक्तस्तस्याराधनमीहते ।
लभते च ततः कामान्मयैव विहितान्हितान् ॥ ६.३१.२२ ॥
Endowed with that faith, he seeks to worship it, and from it obtains the beneficial desires actually ordained by Me.
6.31.23
अन्तवत्तु फलं तेषां तद्भवत्यल्पमेधसाम् ।
देवान्देवयजो यान्ति मद्भक्ता यान्ति मामपि ॥ ६.३१.२३ ॥
But the fruit of the weak-minded is perishable; worshippers of the gods go to the gods, and My devotees come to Me as well.
6.31.24
अव्यक्तं व्यक्तिमापन्नं मन्यन्ते मामबुद्धयः ।
परं भावमजानन्तो ममाव्ययमनुत्तमम् ॥ ६.३१.२४ ॥
The unwise think of Me, the unmanifest, as having come to manifestation, not knowing My supreme, imperishable and unsurpassed nature.
6.31.25
नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः ।
मूढोऽयं नाभिजानाति लोको मामजमव्ययम् ॥ ६.३१.२५ ॥
I am not manifest to all, veiled by the illusion of my yoga-power. This deluded world does not know me, unborn and imperishable.
6.31.26
वेदाहं समतीतानि वर्तमानानि चार्जुन ।
भविष्याणि च भूतानि मां तु वेद न कश्चन ॥ ६.३१.२६ ॥
O Arjuna, I know beings of the past, the present and the future, but no one knows me.
6.31.27
इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन भारत ।
सर्वभूतानि संमोहं सर्गे यान्ति परंतप ॥ ६.३१.२७ ॥
O Bharata, by the delusion of pairs of opposites born of desire and aversion, all beings fall into bewilderment at creation, O scorcher of foes.
6.31.28
योषां त्वन्तगतं पापं जनानां पुण्यकर्मणाम् ।
ते द्वन्द्वमोहनिर्मुक्त भजन्ते मां दृढव्रताः ॥ ६.३१.२८ ॥
Those people of meritorious deeds whose sin has come to an end, freed from the delusion of pairs of opposites, worship me, firm in their vows.
6.31.29
जरामरणमोक्षाय मामाश्रित्य यतन्ति ये ।
ते ब्रह्म तद्विदुः कृत्स्नमध्यात्मं कर्म चाखिलम् ॥ ६.३१.२९ ॥
Those who, taking refuge in me, strive for liberation from old age and death, know that Brahman, the whole of the self-nature, and all action.
6.31.30
साधिभूताधिदैवं मां साधियज्ञं च ये विदुः ।
प्रयाणकालेऽपि च मां ते विदुर्युक्तचेतसः ॥ ६.३१.३० ॥
Those who know me together with the elements, the gods and sacrifice, whose minds are steadied in yoga, know me even at the time of departure.