śhṛiṇu

एषा तेऽभिहिता सांख्ये बुद्धिर्योगे त्विमां श्रृणु

śhṛiṇu — listen

What I have told you so far is by way of analysis. Now hear it by way of practice: with this understanding you will cut the bonds of action.

मय्यासक्तमनाः पार्थ योगं युञ्जन्मदाश्रयः

śhṛiṇu — listen

With your mind attached to me, son of Pritha, practising yoga and taking refuge in me — hear how you will know me completely and without doubt.

भूय एव महाबाहो श्रृणु मे परमं वचः

śhṛiṇu — hear

Hear again my highest word, mighty-armed one, which I speak to you because you are dear to me and for your good.

तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्

śhṛiṇu — listen

What that field is, what its nature is, how it changes, and from what it comes; and who the knower is and what his power — hear this from me in brief.

द्वौ भूतसर्गौ लोकेऽस्मिन् दैव आसुर एव च

śhṛiṇu — hear

There are two kinds of beings brought forth in this world, the divine and the other. The divine I have described at length; hear now of the other.

त्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा

śhṛiṇu — hear

The faith of the embodied is of three kinds, arising from their own nature: of clarity, of restlessness and of inertia. Hear of them.

आहारस्त्वपि सर्वस्य त्रिविधो भवति प्रियः

śhṛiṇu — hear

Even the food each person likes is of three kinds — and so are offering, austerity and giving. Hear how they differ.

निश्चयं श्रृणु मे तत्र त्यागे भरतसत्तम

śhṛiṇu — hear

Hear my conclusion about letting go, best of the Bharatas.

ज्ञानं कर्म च कर्ता च त्रिधैव गुणभेदतः

śhṛiṇu — listen

Knowledge, action and the doer are each of three kinds, distinguished by the strands. Hear of them too.

बुद्धेर्भेदं धृतेश्चैव गुणतस्त्रिविधं श्रृणु

śhṛiṇu — hear

Hear now the threefold division of understanding and of steadiness, according to the strands, described one by one.

सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं श्रृणु मे भरतर्षभ

śhṛiṇu — hear

Now hear from me of the three kinds of happiness, best of the Bharatas.

स्वे स्वे कर्मण्यभिरतः संसिद्धिं लभते नरः

śhṛiṇu — hear

A person reaches perfection by devotion to their own work. Hear how one who is devoted to their own work attains it.

सर्वगुह्यतमं भूयः श्रृणु मे परमं वचः

śhṛiṇu — hear

Hear again my highest word, the deepest secret of all. You are dear to me, and so I will tell you what is for your good.