uchyate

अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयमविकार्योऽयमुच्यते

uchyate — is said

It is called unmanifest, unthinkable, unalterable. Knowing this, you should not grieve.

योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय

uchyate — is called

Steady in yoga, do your work — letting go of attachment, even in success and failure alike. That evenness is what yoga means.

प्रजहाति यदा कामान् सर्वान् पार्थ मनोगतान्

uchyate — is said

When a person lets go of every desire that has entered the mind, and is content within the self by the self — then that one is called steady in wisdom.

दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः

uchyate — is called

Unshaken in sorrow, without craving in pleasure, free of attachment, fear and anger — such a one is called a sage, steady in wisdom.

कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन्

uchyate — are called

Whoever restrains the organs of action while the mind still dwells on their objects is deluded, and is called a hypocrite.

इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते

uchyate — are said to be

The senses, the mind and the understanding are said to be its dwelling place. Through these it deludes the embodied one, clouding knowledge.

आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते

uchyate — is said

For the sage climbing toward yoga, action is said to be the means. For one already established in it, stillness is.

यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते

uchyate — is said

When a person is attached neither to the objects of sense nor to actions, having renounced every intention — that one is said to be established in yoga.

ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा कूटस्थो विजितेन्द्रियः

uchyate — is said

Content in knowledge and in what has been realised, unmoved, senses conquered — such a one is said to be joined.

यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते

uchyate — is said

When the disciplined mind rests in the self alone, free of craving for anything wanted — then one is said to be joined.

किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम

uchyate — is called

What is that Brahman? What is the self? What is action? What is called the ground of matter, and what the ground of the gods?

अक्षरं ब्रह्म परमं स्वभावोऽध्यात्ममुच्यते

uchyate — is called

The imperishable is the highest Brahman. One's own nature is called the self. The bringing forth of beings and their states is called action.

ज्ञेयं यत्तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वाऽमृतमश्नुते

uchyate — is called

I will tell you what is to be known, by knowing which one reaches the deathless: the beginningless highest Brahman, which is said to be neither existent nor non-existent.

ज्योतिषामपि तज्ज्योतिस्तमसः परमुच्यते

uchyate — is said (to be)

The light of lights, said to be beyond the dark; it is knowledge, what is to be known, and what knowledge reaches — seated in the heart of all.

कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते

uchyate — is said to be

Nature is said to be the ground of cause and effect and of doing; the person is said to be the ground of the experience of pleasure and pain.

मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः

uchyate — are said to have

the same in honour and dishonour, the same toward friend and enemy, having given up every grasping undertaking — that one is said to have gone beyond the strands.

द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च

uchyate — is said

There are two beings in this world: the perishable and the imperishable. All creatures are the perishable; the unchanging is called the imperishable.

देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनं शौचमार्जवम्

uchyate — is declared as

Honouring the gods, the twice-born, teachers and the wise; cleanliness, straightness, continence and harmlessness — this is austerity of the body.

अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत्

uchyate — are declared as

Speech that causes no distress, that is true, kindly and beneficial, and the practice of study, is austerity of speech.

मनःप्रसादः सौम्यत्वं मौनमात्मविनिग्रहः

uchyate — are declared as

Serenity of mind, gentleness, silence, self-restraint and purity of intent — this is called austerity of the mind.

यज्ञे तपसि दाने च स्थितिः सदिति चोच्यते

uchyate — is pronounced

Steadiness in offering, in austerity and in giving is also called Sat; and any action for the sake of that is called Sat.

अश्रद्धया हुतं दत्तं तपस्तप्तं कृतं च यत्

uchyate — are termed as

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.

नियतं सङ्गरहितमरागद्वेषतः कृतम्

uchyate — is called

Action that is required, done without attachment, without craving or aversion, by one who does not seek its fruit, is said to be of clarity.

अनुबन्धं क्षयं हिंसामनपेक्ष्य च पौरुषम्

uchyate — is declared to be

Action undertaken in delusion, without regard for consequences, for loss, for harm, or for one's own capacity, is said to be of inertia.

मुक्तसङ्गोऽनहंवादी धृत्युत्साहसमन्वितः

uchyate — is said to be

A doer free of attachment, who does not speak of themselves, filled with resolve and vigour, unmoved in success and failure, is said to be of clarity.

अयुक्तः प्राकृतः स्तब्धः शठो नैष्कृतिकोऽलसः

uchyate — is said to be

A doer who is undisciplined, coarse, stubborn, deceitful, dishonest, lazy, despondent and dilatory is said to be of inertia.