iha

गुरूनहत्वा हि महानुभावान् श्रेयो भोक्तुं भैक्ष्यमपीह लोके

iha loke — in this world

Better to live in this world on alms than to kill these noble elders. If I killed them for the sake of gain, the food I ate afterwards would be stained with blood.

नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते

iha — in this

On this path no effort is wasted and no step is lost. Even a little of it saves you from great fear.

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन

iha — on this path

On this path, son of Kuru, the resolute mind is single. The minds of the irresolute are many-branched and endless.

बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते

iha — in this life

One joined to understanding lets go of both good and bad deeds. So devote yourself to yoga. Yoga is skill in action.

एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्तयतीह यः

iha — in this life

Whoever does not keep this wheel turning lives wrongly, son of Pritha, delighting only in the senses, and lives in vain.

नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन

iha — here

Such a person gains nothing by acting and loses nothing by not acting, and depends on no creature for anything.

काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः

iha — in the material world

It is desire, it is anger, born of the strand of restlessness — all-devouring, deeply harmful. Know this as the enemy here.

एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः

iha — in this world

So it was received, handed from one to the next, and the royal sages knew it. But with the long passage of time, that yoga was lost in this world.

काङ्क्षन्तः कर्मणां सिद्धिं यजन्त इह देवताः

iha — in this world

Those who want their undertakings to succeed make offerings to the gods, and success in the human world comes to them quickly.

न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते

iha — in this world

Nothing in this world purifies like knowledge. One perfected in practice finds it in time, within.

पार्थ नैवेह नामुत्र विनाशस्तस्य विद्यते

iha — in this world

There is no destruction for such a person, son of Pritha, either here or beyond. No one who does good ever comes to a bad end.

ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः

iha — in this world

I will tell you this knowledge in full, together with what is realised through it, knowing which nothing further remains to be known here.

इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम्

iha — here

See here, gathered in one place, the whole world, moving and unmoving — and whatever else you wish to see, in this body of mine.

कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तः

iha — this world

I am time, the destroyer of worlds, grown mighty; I have come forth to bring their ending. Even without you, none of these warriors drawn up in the opposing ranks will remain.

न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते नान्तो न चादिर्न च संप्रतिष्ठा

iha — in this world

Its form is not perceived here as it is — neither its end, nor its beginning, nor its middle. Having cut this deep-rooted fig with the strong axe of non-attachment,

तस्माच्छास्त्रं प्रमाणं ते कार्याकार्यव्यवस्थितौ

iha — in this world

So let the scriptures be your measure in deciding what is to be done and what is not. Knowing what they teach, act.

सत्कारमानपूजार्थं तपो दम्भेन चैव यत्

iha — in this world

Austerity performed for the sake of respect, honour and reverence, and with show, is said here to be of restlessness — unsteady and impermanent.

अश्रद्धया हुतं दत्तं तपस्तप्तं कृतं च यत्

iha — in this world

But an offering made, a gift given, an austerity practised or an act done without faith is called Asat, Arjuna. It is nothing here, and nothing beyond.