parantapa

एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः

paramparā — in a continuous tradition

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.

बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन

parantapa — Arjun, the scorcher of foes

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

श्रेयान्द्रव्यमयाद्यज्ञाज्ज्ञानयज्ञः परन्तप

parantapa — subduer of enemies, Arjun

The offering of knowledge is better than the offering of possessions, Arjuna. All action, without exception, finds its end in knowledge.

इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन भारत

parantapa — Arjun, conqueror of enemies

By the confusion of opposites, arising from wanting and not wanting, all beings are bewildered at birth.

अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परन्तप

parantapa — Arjun, conqueror the enemies

Those without faith in this way, Arjuna, do not reach me. They return again to the round of death.

नान्तोऽस्ति मम दिव्यानां विभूतीनां परंतप

parantapa — Arjun, the conqueror of the enemies

There is no end to my divine glories, Arjuna. What I have said is only a pointer to their extent.

भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्यमहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन

parantapa — scorcher of foes

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

ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां च परंतप

parantapa — Arjun, subduer of the enemies

The work of the priestly, the warrior, the merchant and the working classes is divided according to the qualities born of their own natures, Arjuna.