su-anuṣhṭhitāt

नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते

su-alpam — a little

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

श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्

su-anuṣhṭhitāt — perfectly done

Better your own work done imperfectly than another's done well. Better to die in your own work than to live in someone else's.

संन्यासं कर्मणां कृष्ण पुनर्योगं च शंससि

su-niśhchitam — conclusively

You praise the renunciation of action, Krishna, and then you praise yoga. Which of the two is better? Tell me clearly.

नादत्ते कस्यचित्पापं न चैव सुकृतं विभुः

su-kṛitam — virtuous deeds

The all-pervading takes on no one's wrongdoing and no one's good deeds. Knowledge is covered by ignorance, and by that people are deluded.

भोक्तारं यज्ञतपसां सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम्

su-hṛidam — the selfless Friend

Knowing me as the one who receives every offering and austerity, the great lord of all worlds, and the friend of all beings — one comes to peace.

सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु

su-hṛit — toward the well-wishers

One who regards alike a well-wisher, a friend, an enemy, a stranger, a mediator, someone hateful, a relative, the good and the bad — that one stands out.

चञ्चलं हि मनः कृष्ण प्रमाथि बलवद्दृढम्

su-duṣhkaram — difficult to perform

The mind is restless, Krishna, turbulent, strong and stubborn. Holding it seems to me as hard as holding the wind.

चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन

su-kṛitinaḥ — those who are pious

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.

बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते

su-durlabhaḥ — very rare

After many births, one who knows comes to me, understanding that all this is Vasudeva. Such a soul is very rare.

अनन्यचेताः सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः

su-labhaḥ — easily attainable

For the one whose mind does not turn elsewhere, who remembers me constantly and always, I am easy to reach, son of Pritha.

राजविद्या राजगुह्यं पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम्

su-sukham — easy

This is the king of knowledge, the king of secrets, the highest purifier. It can be known directly, it accords with what is right, it is easy to practise and it does not perish.

गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत्

su-hṛit — friend

I am the goal, the upholder, the lord, the witness, the dwelling, the refuge, the friend; the origin, the dissolution, the ground, the resting place, and the imperishable seed.

अपि चेत्सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक्

su-durāchāraḥ — the vilest sinners

Even one of thoroughly bad conduct, who worships me and turns nowhere else, is to be reckoned good — for that person has resolved rightly.

सुदुर्दर्शमिदं रूपं दृष्टवानसि यन्मम

su-durdarśham — exceedingly difficult to behold

The form you have seen is very hard to see. Even the gods long constantly to see it.

कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्त्विकं निर्मलं फलम्

su-kṛitasya — pure

The fruit of good action is said to be spotless and of the nature of clarity; the fruit of restlessness is pain; and the fruit of inertia is unknowing.

न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते नान्तो न चादिर्न च संप्रतिष्ठा

su-virūḍha-mūlam — deep-rooted

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,

श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्

su-anuṣhṭhitāt — perfectly done

Better your own work done imperfectly than another's done well. One who does the work born of their own nature takes on no fault.