Chapter 03

Om śrī paramātmane namaḥ

Atha tṛtīyodhyāyaḥ

Arjuna uvāca

Jyāyasī cet karmaṇas te matā buddhir janārdana
Tat kiṃ karmaṇi ghore māṃ niyojayasi keśava 3.1

Vyāmiśreṇeva vākyena buddhiṃ mohayasīva me
Tad ekaṃ vada niścitya yena śreyoham āpnuyām 3.2

Śrībhagavān uvāca

Lokesmin dvividhā niṣṭhā purā proktā mayānagha
Jñānayogena sāṅkhyānāṃ karmayogena yoginām 3.3

Na karmaṇām anārambhān naiṣkarmyaṃ puruṣośnute
Na ca saṃnyasanād eva siddhiṃ samadhigacchati 3.4

Na hi kaścit kṣaṇam api jātu tiṣṭhaty akarmakṛt
Kāryate hy avaśaḥ karma sarvaḥ prakṛtijair guṇaiḥ 3.5

Karmendriyāṇi saṃyamya ya āste manasā smaran
Indriyārthān vimūḍhātmā mithyācāraḥ sa ucyate 3.6

Yas tv indriyāṇi manasā niyamyārabhaterjuna
Karmaindriyaiḥ karmayogam asaktaḥ sa viśiṣyate 3.7

Niyataṃ kuru karma tvaṃ karma jyāyo hy akarmaṇaḥ
Śarīrayātrāpi ca te na prasidhyed akarmaṇaḥ 3.8

Yajñārthāt karmaṇonyatra lokoyaṃ karmabandhanaḥ
Tadarthaṃ karma kaunteya muktasaṅgaḥ samācara 3.9

Sahayajñāḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā purovāca prajāpatiḥ
Anena prasaviṣyadhvam eṣa vostv iṣṭakāmadhuk 3.10

Devān bhāvayatānena te devā bhāvayantu vaḥ
Parasparaṃ bhāvayantaḥ śreyaḥ param avāpsyatha 3.11

Iṣṭān bhogān hi vo devā dāsyante yajñabhāvitāḥ
Tair dattān apradāyaibhyo yo bhuṅkte stena eva saḥ 3.12

Yajñaśiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarvakilbiṣaiḥ
Bhuñjate te tv aghaṃ pāpā ye pacanty ātmakāraṇāt 3.13

Annād bhavanti bhūtāni parjanyād annasaṃbhavaḥ
Yajñād bhavati parjanyo yajñaḥ karmasamudbhavaḥ 3.14

Karma brahmodbhavaṃ viddhi brahmākṣarasamudbhavam
Tasmāt sarvagataṃ brahma nityaṃ yajñe pratiṣṭhitam 3.15

Evaṃ pravartitaṃ cakraṃ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ
Aghāyur indriyārāmo moghaṃ pārtha sa jīvati 3.16

Yas tv ātmaratir eva syād ātmatṛptaś ca mānavaḥ
Ātmany eva ca saṃtuṣṭas tasya kāryaṃ na vidyate 3.17

Naiva tasya kṛtenārtho nākṛteneha kaścana
Na cāsya sarvabhūteṣu kaścid arthavyapāśrayaḥ 3.18

Tasmād asaktaḥ satataṃ kāryaṃ karma samācara
Asakto hy ācaran karma param āpnoti pūruṣaḥ 3.19

Karmaṇaiva hi saṃsiddhim āsthitā janakādayaḥ
Lokasaṃgraham evāpi saṃpaśyan kartum arhasi 3.20

Yadyad ācarati śreṣṭhas tattad evetaro janaḥ
Sa yat pramāṇaṃ kurute lokas tad anuvartate 3.21

Na me pārthāsti kartavyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu kiṃcana
Nānavāptam avāptavyaṃ varta eva ca karmaṇi 3.22

Yadi hy ahaṃ na varteyaṃ jātu karmaṇy atandritaḥ
Mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ 3.23

Utsīdeyur ime lokā na kuryāṃ karma ced aham
Saṃkarasya ca kartā syām upahanyām imāḥ prajāḥ 3.24

Saktāḥ karmaṇy avidvāṃso yathā kurvanti bhārata
Kuryād vidvāṃs tathāsaktaś cikīrṣur lokasaṃgraham 3.25

Na buddhibhedaṃ janayed ajñānāṃ karmasaṃginām
Joṣayet sarvakarmāṇi vidvān yuktaḥ samācaran 3.26

Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ
Ahaṃkāravimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyate 3.27

Tattvavit tu mahābāho guṇakarmavibhāgayoḥ
Guṇā guṇeṣu vartanta iti matvā na sajjate 3.28

Prakṛter guṇasaṃmūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇakarmasu
Tān akṛtsnavido mandān kṛtsnavin na vicālayet 3.29

Mayi sarvāṇi karmāṇi saṃnyasyādhyātmacetasā
Nirāśīr nirmamo bhūtvā yudhyasva vigatajvaraḥ 3.30

Ye me matam idaṃ nityam anutiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ
Śraddhāvantonasūyanto mucyante tepi karmabhiḥ 3.31

Ye tv etad abhyasūyanto nānutiṣṭhanti me matam
Sarvajñānavimūḍhāṃs tān viddhi naṣṭān acetasaḥ 3.32

Sadṛśaṃ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛter jñānavān api
Prakṛtiṃ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati 3.33

Indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāgadveṣau vyavasthitau
Tayor na vaśam āgacchhet tau hy asya paripanthinau 3.34

Śreyān svadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmāt svanuṣṭhitāt
Svadharme nidhanaṃ śreyaḥ paradharmo bhayāvahaḥ 3.35

Arjuna uvāca

Atha kena prayuktoyaṃ pāpaṃ carati pūruṣaḥ
Anicchann api vārṣṇeya balād iva niyojitaḥ 3.36

Śrībhagavān uvāca

Kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajoguṇasamudbhavaḥ
Mahāśano mahāpāpmā viddhy enam iha vairiṇam 3.37

Dhūmenāvriyate vanhir yathādarśo malena ca
Yatholbenāvṛto garbhas tathā tenedam āvṛtam 3.38

Āvṛtaṃ jñānam etena jñānino nityavairiṇā
Kāmarupeṇa kaunteya duṣpūreṇānalena ca 3.39

Indriyāṇi mano buddhir asyādhiṣṭhānam ucyate
Etair vimohayaty eṣa jñānam āvṛtya dehinam 3.40

Tasmāt tvam indriyāṇy ādau niyamya bharatarṣabha
Pāpmānaṃ prajahi hy enaṃ jñānavijñānanāśanam 3.41

Indriyāṇi parāṇy āhur indriyebhyaḥ paraṃ manaḥ
Manasas tu parā buddhir yo buddheḥ paratas tu saḥ 3.42

Evaṃ buddheḥ paraṃ buddhvā saṃstabhyātmānam ātmanā
Jahi śatruṃ mahābāho kāmarūpaṃ durāsadam 3.43

Oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu
Brahmavidyāyāṃ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde
Karmayogo nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ 3

Atha caturthodhyāyaḥ

Śrībhagavān uvāca

Imaṃ vivasvate yogaṃ proktavān aham avyayam
Vivasvān manave prāha manur ikṣvākavebravīt 4.1