arjuna

कुतस्त्वा कश्मलमिदं विषमे समुपस्थितम्

arjuna — Arjun

Where has this faintness come from, Arjuna, at such an hour? It is unworthy of you, it leads nowhere good, and it brings you no honour.

त्रैगुण्यविषया वेदा निस्त्रैगुण्यो भवार्जुन

arjuna — Arjun

The scriptures deal with the three strands of nature. Rise above them, Arjuna: free of opposites, steady in what is true, without acquiring, established in yourself.

यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन

arjuna — Arjun

But one who controls the senses with the mind, Arjuna, and takes up action with the organs of action while remaining unattached — that one is better.

बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन

arjuna — Arjun

Many births of mine have passed, Arjuna, and of yours. I know them all; you do not.

जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः

arjuna — Arjun

One who truly knows my birth and my work as they are, on leaving the body is not born again, but comes to me.

यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन

arjuna — Arjun

As a blazing fire turns firewood to ash, Arjuna, so the fire of knowledge turns all action to ash.

नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः

arjuna — Arjun

Yoga is not for one who eats too much, nor for one who does not eat at all; not for one who sleeps too much, nor for one who stays awake.

आत्मौपम्येन सर्वत्र समं पश्यति योऽर्जुन

arjuna — Arjun

One who sees everywhere as they see themselves, Arjuna — in joy or in sorrow alike — that one is held to be the highest practitioner.

तपस्विभ्योऽधिको योगी ज्ञानिभ्योऽपि मतोऽधिकः

arjuna — Arjun

The practitioner is greater than the ascetic, greater than the learned, and greater than those who perform rites. So become one who practises, Arjuna.

चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन

arjuna — Arjun

Four kinds of people come to me, Arjuna, and all of them do well: the distressed, the one who wants to know, the one who wants something, and the one who knows.

वेदाहं समतीतानि वर्तमानानि चार्जुन

arjuna — Arjun

I know all beings past, present and yet to come, Arjuna — but no one knows me.

आब्रह्मभुवनाल्लोकाः पुनरावर्तिनोऽर्जुन

arjuna — Arjun

All worlds up to the world of Brahma return again, Arjuna. But having come to me, son of Kunti, there is no rebirth.

नैते सृती पार्थ जानन्योगी मुह्यति कश्चन

arjuna — Arjun

Knowing these two paths, son of Pritha, one who practises is not confused by them. So at all times be joined in yoga, Arjuna.

तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च

arjuna — Arjun

I give heat; I withhold the rain and I send it. I am deathlessness and I am death; I am what is, and what is not, Arjuna.

सर्गाणामादिरन्तश्च मध्यं चैवाहमर्जुन

arjuna — Arjun

I am the beginning, the middle and the end of creations, Arjuna. Among knowledges, the knowledge of the self; and among those who argue, the argument.

यच्चापि सर्वभूतानां बीजं तदहमर्जुन

arjuna — Arjun

And whatever is the seed of all beings, that am I, Arjuna. There is nothing that moves or does not move that exists without me.

अथवा बहुनैतेन किं ज्ञातेन तवार्जुन

arjuna — Arjun

But what need is there of all this detail, Arjuna? I stand supporting this whole world with a single part of myself.

मया प्रसन्नेन तवार्जुनेदं रूपं परं दर्शितमात्मयोगात्

arjuna — Arjun

Out of grace toward you, Arjuna, I have shown you by my own power this highest form — radiant, universal, endless, primal — which no one before you has seen.

इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा स्वकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूयः

arjunam — to Arjun

Having said this to Arjuna, Krishna showed again his own form, and consoled the frightened one, taking on once more his gentle shape.

भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्यमहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन

arjuna — Arjun

But by devotion turned nowhere else I can be known in this way, Arjuna, and seen, and entered.

कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन

arjuna — Arjun

But one who does the action that falls to them because it is to be done, having let go of attachment and of its fruit — that letting go is of clarity.

यया तु धर्मकामार्थान् धृत्या धारयतेऽर्जुन

arjuna — Arjun

But the steadiness by which one holds to duty, pleasure and gain out of attachment, craving their fruit, is of restlessness.

ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति

arjuna — Arjun

The lord dwells in the hearts of all beings, Arjuna, and by his power turns them about, as though mounted on a wheel.