janāḥ

यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः

janaḥ — people

Whatever the best of people do, the rest will do. Whatever standard they set, the world follows.

चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन

janāḥ — people

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.

येषां त्वन्तगतं पापं जनानां पुण्यकर्मणाम्

janānām — of persons

But those whose wrongdoing has come to an end, whose actions are good, freed from the confusion of opposites, worship me with resolve.

सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः

janāḥ — people

Those who know that a thousand ages make one day of Brahma, and a thousand ages his night, know day and night.

अग्निर्ज्योतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम्

janāḥ — persons

Fire, light, day, the bright fortnight, the six months of the sun's northern course: departing then, those who know Brahman go to Brahman.

अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते

janāḥ — persons

Those who think of nothing else and worship me constantly — for them, always steady, I carry what they need.

प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः

janāḥ — persons

Those of the other nature do not understand what should be done and what should not. In them there is no purity, no right conduct, no truth.

यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान्यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः

janāḥ — persons

Those of clarity worship the gods; those of restlessness, the powers of wealth and force; and those of inertia worship ghosts and the hosts of spirits.

अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः

janāḥ — people

Those who practise severe austerity not enjoined by the scriptures, out of pretence and self-regard, driven by desire and attachment and force,