Mahabharata · Chapter 6.27

jyāyasī cetkarmaṇaste matā buddhirjanārdana /
tatkiṃ karmaṇi ghore māṃ niyojayasi keśava //

vyāmiśreṇeva vākyena buddhiṃ mohayasīva me /
tadekaṃ vada niścitya yena śreyo'hamāpnuyām //
śrībhagavānuvāca /

loke'smindvividhā niṣṭhā purā proptā mayā'nagha /
jñānayogena sāṅkhyānāṃ karmayogena yoginām //

na karmaṇāmanārambhānnaiṣkarmyaṃ puruṣo'śrute /
na ca sannyasanādeva siddhiṃ samadhigacchati //

na hi kaścitkṣaṇamapi jātu tiṣṭhatyakarmakṛt /
kāryate hyavaśaḥ karma sarvaḥ prakṛtijairguṇaiḥ //

karmendriyāṇi saṃyamya ya āste manasā smaran /
indriyārthānvimūḍhātmā mithyācārāḥ sa ucyate //

yastvindriyāṇi panasā niyamyāramabhate'rjuna /
karmendriyaiḥ karmayogamasaktaḥ sa viśiṣyate //

niyataṃ kuru karma tvaṃ jyāyo hyakarmaṇaḥ /
śarīrayātrāpi ca te na pratiddhyedakarmaṇaḥ //

yajñārthātkarmaṇo'nyatra loko'yaṃ karmabandhanaḥ /
tadarthaṃ karma kaunteya muktasaṅgaḥ samācara //

sahayajñāḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā purovāca prajāpatiḥ /
anena prasaviṣyadhvameṣa vo'stviṣṭakāmadhuk //

devānbhāvayatā'nena te devā bhāvayantu vaḥ /
parasparaṃ bhāvayantaḥ śreyaḥ paramavāpsyatha //

iṣṭānbhogānhi vo devā dāsyante yajñabhāvitāḥ /
tairdattānapradāyaibhyo yo bhuṅkte stena eva saḥ //

yajñaśiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarvakilbiṣaiḥ /
bhuñjate te tvaghaṃ pāpā ye pacantyātmakāraṇāt //

annādbhavanti bhūtāni parjanyādannasambhavaḥ /
yajñādbhavati parjanyo yajñaḥ karmasamudbhavaḥ //

karma brahmodbhavaṃ viddhi brahmā'kṣarasamudbhavam /
tasmātsarvagataṃ brahma nityaṃ yajñe pratiṣṭhitam //

evaṃ pravartitaṃ cakraṃ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ /
aghāyurindriyārāmo moghaṃ pārtha sa jīvati //

yastvātmaratireva syādātmatṛptaśca mānavaḥ /
ātmanyeva ca santuṣṭastasya kāryaṃ na vidyate //

naiva tasya kṛtenārtho nākṛteneha kaścana /
na cāsya sarvabhūteṣu kaścidarthavyapāśrayaḥ //

tasmādasaktaḥ satataṃ kāryaṃ karma samācara /
asakto hyācarankarma paramāpnoti purūṣaḥ //

karmaṇaiva hi saṃsiddhimāsthitā janakādayaḥ /
lokasangrahamevāpi sampaśyankartumarhasi //

yadyadācarati śreṣṭhastattadevetaro janaḥ /
sa yatpramāṇaṃ kurute lokastadanuvartate //

na me pārthāsti kartavyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu kiñcana /
nānavāptamavāptavyaṃ varta eva ca karmaṇi //

yadi hyahaṃ na varteyaṃ jātu karmaṇyatandritaḥ /
mama varnmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ //

utsīdeyurime lokā na kuryāṃ karma cedaham /
sankarasya ca kartā syāmupahanyāmimāḥ prajāḥ //

saktāḥ karmaṇyavidvāṃso yathā kurvanti bhārata /
kuryādvidvāṃstathā'saktaścikīrṣurlokasangraham //

na buddhibhedaṃ janayedajñānāṃ karmasaṅginām /
joṣayetsarvakarmāṇi vidvānyuktaḥ samācaran //

prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ /
ahaṅkāravimūḍhātmā kartāhamiti manyate //

tattvavittu mahābāho guṇakarmavibhāgayoḥ /
guṇā'nuṇeṣu vartanta iti matvā na sañjate //

prakṛterguṇasammūḍhāḥ sañjante guṇakarmasu /
tānakṛtsnavido mandānkṛtsnavinna vicālayet //

mayi sarvāṇi karmāṇi sannyasyādhyātmacetasā /
nirāśīrnirmamo bhūtvā yudhyasva vigatajvaraḥ //

ye me matamidaṃ nityamanutiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ /
śraddhāvanto'nasūyanto mucyante te'pi karmabhiḥ //

ye tvetadabhyasūyanto nānutiṣṭhanti me matam /
sarvajñānavimūḍhāṃstānviddhi naṣṭānacetasaḥ //

sadṛśaṃ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛterjñānavānapi /
prakṛtiṃ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati //

indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāgadveṣau vyavasthitau /
tayorna vaśamāgacchettau hyasya paripanthinau //

śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt /
svadharme nidhanaṃ śreyaḥ paradharmo bhayāvahaḥ //
arjuna uvāca /

atha kena prayukto'yaṃ pāpaṃ carati pūruṣaḥ /
anicchannapi vārṣṇeya balādiva niyojitaḥ //
śrībhagavānuvāca /

kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajoguṇasamudbhavaḥ /
mahāśano mahāpāpmā viddhyenamiha vairiṇam //

dhūmenāvriyate vahniryathā'darśo malena ca /
yatholbenāvṛto garbhastathā tenedamāvṛtam //

āvṛtaṃ jñānametena jñānino nityavairiṇā /
kāmarūpeṇa kaunteya duṣpūreṇānalena ca //

indriyāṇi mano buddhirasyādhiṣṭhānamucyate /
etairvimohayatyeṣa jñānamāvṛttya dehinam //

tasmāttvamindriyāṇyādau niyamya bharatarṣabha /
pāpmānaṃ prajahi hyenaṃ jñānavijñānanāśanam //

indriyāmi parāṇyāhurindriyebhyaḥ paraṃ manaḥ /
manasastu parā buddhiryo buddheḥ paratastu saḥ //

evaṃ buddheḥ paraṃ buddhāḥ saṃstabhyātmānamātmanā /
jahi śatruṃ mahābāho kāmarūpaṃ durāsadam //