Bhagavadgītābhāṣya · Chapter 2

taṃ tathā kṛpayāviṣṭam aśrupūrṇākulekṣaṇam |
viṣīdantam idaṃ vākyam uvāca madhusūdanaḥ ||

kutas tvā kaśmalam idaṃ viṣame samupasthitam |
anāryajuṣṭam asvargyam akīrtikaram arjuna ||

mā klaibyaṃ gaccha kaunteya naitat tvayy upapadyate |
kṣudraṃ hṛdayadaurbalyaṃ tyaktvottiṣṭha parantapa ||

kathaṃ bhīṣmam ahaṃ saṃkhye droṇaṃ ca madhusūdana |
iṣubhiḥ pratiyotsyāmi pūjārhāv arisūdana ||

gurūn ahatvā hi mahānubhāvān śreyaś cartuṃ bhaikṣam apīha loke |
hatvārthakāmāṃs tu gurūn ihaiva bhuñjīya bhogān rudhirapradigdhān ||

na caitad vidmaḥ kataran no garīyo yad vā jayema yadi vā no jayeyuḥ |
yān eva hatvā na jijīviṣāmas te 'vasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ ||

kārpaṇyadoṣopahatasvabhāvaḥ pṛcchāmi tvā dharmasaṃmūḍhacetāḥ |
yac chreyaḥ syān niścitaṃ brūhi tan me śiṣyas te 'haṃ śādhi māṃ tvāṃ prapannam ||

na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyād yac chokam ucchoṣaṇam indriyāṇām |
avāpya bhūmāv asapatnam ṛddhaṃ rājyaṃ surāṇām api cādhipatyam ||

evam uktvā hṛśīkeśaṃ guḍākeśaḥ parantapaḥ |
na yotsya iti govindam uktvā tūṣṇīṃ babhūva ha ||

tam uvāca hṛśīkeśaḥ prahasann iva bhārata |
senayor ubhayor madhye sīdamānam idaṃ vacaḥ ||

aśocyān anvaśocas tvaṃ prajñāvādāṃś ca bhāṣase |
gatāsūn agatāsūṃś ca nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ ||

na tv evāhaṃ jātu nāsaṃ na tvaṃ neme janādhipāḥ |
na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ sarve vayam ataḥ param ||

dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṃ yauvanaṃ jarā |
tathā dehāntaraprāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati ||

mātrāsparśās tu kaunteya śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkhadāḥ |
āgamāpāyino 'nityās tāṃs titikṣasva bhārata ||

yaṃ hi na vyathayanty ete puruṣaṃ puruṣarṣabha |
samaduḥkhasukhaṃ dhīraṃ so 'mṛtatvāya kalpate ||

nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ |
ubhayor api dṛṣṭo 'ntas tv anayos tattvadarśibhiḥ ||

avināśi tu tad viddhi yena sarvam idaṃ tatam |
vināśam avyayasyāsya na kaścit kartum arhati ||

antavanta ime dehā nityasyoktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ |
anāśino 'prameyasya tasmād yudhyasva bhārata ||

ya enaṃ vetti hantāraṃ yaś cainan manyate hatam |
ubhau tau na vijānīto nāyaṃ hanti na hanyate ||

na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin nāyaṃ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ |
ajo nityaḥ śāśvato 'yaṃ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre ||

vedāvināśinaṃ nityaṃ ya enam ajam avyayam |
kathaṃ sa puruṣaḥ pārtha kaṃ ghātayati hanti kam ||

vāsāṃsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naro 'parāṇi |
tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāny anyāni saṃyāti navāni dehī ||

nainaṃ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṃ dahati pāvakaḥ |
na cainaṃ kledayanty āpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ ||

acchedyo 'yam adāhyo 'yam akledyo 'śoṣya eva ca |
nityas sarvagataḥ sthāṇur acalo 'yaṃ sanātanaḥ ||

avyakto 'yam acintyo 'yam avikāryo 'yam ucyate |
tasmād evaṃ viditvainaṃ nānuśocitum arhasi ||

atha cainaṃ nityajātaṃ nityaṃ vā manyase mṛtam |
tathāpi tvaṃ mahābāho! naivaṃ śocitum arhasi ||

jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyur dhruvaṃ janma mṛtasya ca |
tasmād aparihārye 'rthe na tvaṃ śocitum arhasi ||

avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyaktamadhyāni bhārata |
avyaktanidhanāny eva tatra kā paridevanā ||

āścaryavat paśyati kaścid enam āścaryavad vadati tathaiva cānyaḥ |
āścaryavac cainam anyaḥ śṛṇoti śrutvāpy enaṃ veda na caiva kaścit ||

dehī nityam avadhyo 'yaṃ dehe sarvasya bhārata |
tasmāt sarvāṇi bhūtāni na tvaṃ śocitum arhasi ||

svadharmam api cāvekṣya na vikampitum arhasi |
dharmyād dhi yuddhāc chreyo 'nyat kṣatriyasya na vidyate ||

yadṛcchayā copapannaṃ svargadvāram apāvṛtam |
sukhinaḥ kṣatriyāḥ pārtha labhante yuddham īdṛśam ||

atha cet tvam imaṃ dharmyaṃ saṃgrāmaṃ na kariṣyasi |
tataḥ svadharmaṃ kīrtiṃ ca hitvā pāpam avāpsyasi ||

akīrtiṃ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te 'vyayām |
saṃbhāvitasya cākīrtiḥ maraṇād atiricyate ||

bhayād raṇād uparataṃ maṃsyante tvāṃ mahārathāḥ |
yeṣāṃ ca tvaṃ bahumato bhūtvā yāsyasi laughavam ||

avācyavādāṃś ca bahūn vadiṣyanti tavāhitāḥ |
nindantas tava sāmarthyaṃ tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim ||

hato vā prāpsyase svargaṃ jitvā vā bhokṣyase mahīm |
tasmād uttiṣṭha kaunteya yuddhāya kṛtaniścayaḥ ||

sukhaduḥkhe same kṛtvā lābhālābhau jayājayau |
tato yuddhāya yujyasva naivaṃ pāpam avāpsyasi ||

eṣā te 'bhihitā sāṅkhye buddhir yoge tv imāṃ śṛṇu |
buddhyā yukto yayā pārtha karmabandhaṃ prahāsyasi ||

nehābhikramanāśo 'sti pratyavāyo na vidyate |
svalpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt ||

vyavasāyātmikā buddhir ekeha kurunandana |
bahuśākhā hy anantāś ca buddhayo 'vyavasāyinām ||

yām imām puṣpitāṃ vācaṃ pravadanty avipaścitaḥ |
vedavādaratāḥ pārtha nānyad astīti vādinaḥ ||

kāmātmānaḥ svargaparāḥ janmakarmaphalapradām |
kriyāviśeṣabahulāṃ bhogāiśvaryagatiṃ prati ||

bhogāiśvaryaprasaktānāṃ tayāpahṛtacetasām |
vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ samādhau na vidhīyate ||

traiguṇyaviṣayā vedā nistraiguṇyo bhavārjuna |
nirdvandvo nityasattvastho niryogakṣema ātmavān ||

yāvān artha udapāne sarvataḥ saṃplutodake |
tāvān sarveṣu vedeṣu brāhmaṇasya vijānataḥ ||

karmaṇy evādhikāras te mā phaleṣu kadācana |
mā karmaphalahetur bhūḥ mā te saṅgo 'stv akarmaṇi ||

yogasthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā dhanañjaya |
siddhyasiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṃ yoga ucyate ||

dūreṇa hy avaraṃ karma buddhiyogād dhanañjaya |
buddhau śaraṇam anviccha kṛpaṇāḥ phalahetavaḥ ||

buddhiyukto jahātīha ubhe sukṛtaduṣkṛte |
tasmād yogāya yujyasva yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam ||

karmajaṃ buddhiyuktā hi phalaṃ tyaktvā manīṣiṇaḥ |
janmabandhavinirmuktāḥ padaṃ gacchanty anāmayam ||

yadā te mohakalilaṃ buddhir vyatitariṣyati |
tadā gantāsi nirvedaṃ śrotavyasya śrutasya ca ||

śrutivipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niścalā |
samādhāv acalā buddhis tadā yogam avāpsyasi ||

sthitaprajñasya kā bhāṣā samādhisthasya keśava |
sthitadhīḥ kiṃ prabhāṣate kim āsīta vrajeta kim ||

prajahāti yadā kāmān sarvān pārtha manogatān |
ātmany evātmanā tuṣṭaḥ sthitaprajñas tadocyate ||

duḥkheṣv anudvignamanāḥ sukheṣu vigataspṛhaḥ |
vītarāgabhayakrodhaḥ sthitadhīr munir ucyate ||

yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehas tat tat prāpya śubhāśubham |
nābhinandati na dveṣṭi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ||

yadā saṃharate cāyaṃ kūrmo 'ṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ |
indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyas tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ||

viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ |
rasavarjaṃ raso 'py asya paraṃ dṛṣṭvā nivartate ||

yatato hy api kaunteya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ |
indriyāṇi pramāthīni haranti prasabhaṃ manaḥ ||

tāni sarvāṇi saṃyamya yukta āsīta matparaḥ |
vaśe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ||

dhyāyato viṣayān puṃsaḥ saṅgas teṣūpajāyate |
saṅgāt saṃjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho 'bhijāyate ||

krodhād bhavati saṃmohaḥ saṃmohāt smṛtivibhramaḥ |
smṛtibhraṃśād buddhināśo buddhināśāt praṇaśyati ||

rāgadveṣaviyuktais tu viṣayān indriyaiś caran |
ātmavaśyair vidheyātmā prasādam adhigacchati ||

prasāde sarvaduḥkhānāṃ hānir asyopajāyate |
prasannacetaso hy āśu buddhiḥ paryavatiṣṭhate ||

nāsti buddhir ayuktasya na cāyuktasya bhāvanā |
na cābhāvayataḥ śāntir aśāntasya kutaḥ sukham ||

indriyāṇāṃ hi caratāṃ yan mano 'nuvidhīyate |
tad asya harati prajñāṃ vāyur nāvam ivāmbhasi ||

tasmād yasya mahābāho nigṛhītāni sarvaśaḥ |
indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyas tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ||

yā niśā sarvabhūtānāṃ tasyāṃ jāgarti saṃyamī |
yasyāṃ jāgarti bhūtāni sā niśā paśyato muneḥ ||

āpūryamāṇam acalapratiṣṭhaṃ samudram āpaḥ praviśanti yadvat |
tadvat kāmā yaṃ praviśanti sarve sa śāntim āpnoti na kāmakāmī ||

vihāya kāmān yaḥ sarvān pumāṃś carati nisspṛhaḥ |
nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sa śāntim adhigacchati ||

eṣā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha naināṃ prāpya vimuhyati |
sthitvāsyām antakāle 'pi brahmanirvāṇam ṛcchati ||