Mahabharata · Chapter 6.28

imaṃ vivasvate yogaṃ proktavānahamavyayam /
vivasvānmanave prāha manurikṣvākave'bravīt //

evaṃ paramparāprāptamimaṃ rājarṣayo'viduḥ /
sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣṭaḥ parantapa //

sa evāyaṃ mayā te'dya yogaḥ proktaḥ purātanaḥ /
bhakto'si me sakhā ceti rahasyaṃ hyetaduttamam //
arjuna uvāca /

aparaṃ bhavato janma paraṃ janma vivasvataḥ /
kathametadvijānīyāṃ tvamādau proktavāniti //
śrībhagavānuvāca /

bahūni me vyatītāni janmāni tava cārjuna /
tānyahaṃ veda sarvāṇi na tvaṃ vettha parantapa //

ajo'pi sannavyayātmā bhūtānāmīśvaro'pi san /
prakṛtiṃ svāmadhiṣṭhāya sambhavāmyātmamāyayā //

yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānirbhavati bhārata /
abhyutthānamadharmasya tadā'tmānaṃ sṛjāmyaham //

paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṃ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām /
dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge //

janma karma ca me divyamevaṃ yo vetti tattvataḥ /
tvaktvā dehaṃ punarjanma naiti māmeti so'rjuna //

vītarāgabhayakrodhā manmayā māmupāśritāḥ /
bahavo jñānatapasā pūtā madbhāvamāgatāḥ //

ye yathā māṃ prapadyante tāṃstathaiva bhajāmyaham /
mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ //

kāṅkṣantaḥ karmaṇāṃ siddhiṃ yajanta iha devatāḥ /
kṣipraṃ hi mānuṣe loke siddhirbhavati karmajā //

cāturvarṇyaṃ mayā sṛṣṭaṃ guṇakarmavibhāgaśaḥ /
tasya kartāramapi māṃ viddhyakartāramavyayam //

na māṃ karmāṇi limpantika na me karmaphale spṛhā /
iti māṃ yo'bhijānāti karmabhirna sa badhyate //

evaṃ jñātvā kṛtaṃ karma pūrvairapi mumukṣubhiḥ /
kuru karmaiva tasmāttvaṃ pūrvaiḥ pūrvataraṃ kṛtam //

kiṃ karma kimakarmeti kavayo'pyatra mohitāḥ /
tatte karma pravakṣyāmi yajjñātvā mokṣyase'śubhāt //

karmaṇo hyapi boddhavyaṃ boddhavyaṃ ca vikarmaṇaḥ /
akarmaṇaśca boddhavyaṃ gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ //

karmaṇyakarma yaḥ paśyedakarmaṇi ca karma yaḥ /
sa buddhimānmanuṣyeṣu sa yuktaḥ kṛtsnakarmakṛt //

yasya sarve samārambhāḥ kāmasankalpavarjitāḥ /
jñānāgnidagdhakarmāṇaṃ tamāhuḥ paṇḍitaṃ budhāḥ //

tyaktvā karmaphalāsaṅgaṃ nityatṛpto nirāśrayaḥ /
karmaṇyabhipravṛtto'pi naiva kiñcitkaroti saḥ //

nirāśīryatacittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ /
śārīraṃ kevalaṃ karma kurvannāpnoti kilbiṣam //

yadṛcchālābhasantuṣṭo dvandvātīto vimatsaraḥ /
samaḥ siddhāvasiddhau ca kṛtvāpi na nibadhyate //

gatasaṅgasya muktasya jñānāvasthitacetasaḥ /
yajñāyācarataḥ karma samagraṃ pravilīyate //

brahmārpaṇaṃ brahma havirbrahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam /
brahmaiva tena gantavyaṃ brahma karma samādhinā //

daivamevāpare yajñaṃ yoginaḥ paryupāsate /
brahmāgnāvapare yajñaṃ yajñenaivopajuhvati //

śrotrādīnīndriyāṇyanye saṃyamāgniṣu juhvati /
śabdādīnviṣayānanya indriyāgniṣu juhvati //

sarvāṇīndriyakarmāṇi prāṇakarmāṇi cāpare /
ātmasaṃyamayogāgnau juhvati jñānadīpite //

dravyayajñāstapoyajñā yogayajñāstathāpare /
svādhyāyajñānayajñāśca yatayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ //

apāne juhvati prāṇaṃ prāṇe'pānaṃ tathā'pare /
prāṇāpānagatī ruddhvā prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇāḥ //

apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇānprāṇeṣu juhvati /
sarve'pyete yajñavido yajñakṣapitakalmaṣāḥ //

yajñaśiṣṭāmṛtabhujo yānti brahma sanātanam /
nāyaṃ loko'styayajñasya kuto'nyaḥ kurusattama //

evaṃ bahuvidhā yajñā vitatā brahmaṇo mukhe /
karmajānviddhi tānsarvānevaṃ jñātvā vimokṣyase //

śreyāndravyamayādyajājjñānayajñaḥ parantapa /
sarvaṃ karmākhilaṃ pārtha jñāne parisamāpyate //

tadviddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā /
upadekṣyanti te jñānaṃ jñāninastattvadarśinaḥ //

yajjñātvā na punarmohamevaṃ yāsyasi pāṇḍava /
yena bhūtānyaśeṣeṇa drakṣyasyātmanyatho mayi //

api cedasi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpakṛttamaḥ /
sarvaṃ jñānaplavenaiva vṛjinaṃ santariṣyasi //

yathaidhāṃsi samiddho'gnirbhasmāsātkurute'rjuna /
jñānāgniḥ sarvakarmāṇi bhasmasātkurute yathā //

na hi jñānena sadṛśaṃ pavitramiha vidyate /
tatsvayaṃ yogasaṃsiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati //

śraddhāvām̐llabhate jñānaṃ tatparaḥ saṃyatendriyaḥ /
jñānaṃ labdhvā parāṃ śāntimacireṇādhigacchati //

ajñaścāśraddadhānaśca saṃśayātmā vinaśyati /
nāyaṃ loko'sti na paro na sukhaṃ saṃśayātmanaḥ //

yogasannyastakarmāṇaṃ jñānasañchinnasaṃśayam /
ātmavantaṃ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya //

tasmādajñānasambhūtaṃ hṛtsthaṃ jñānāsinā'tmanaḥ /
chittvainaṃ saṃśayaṃ yogamātiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhārata //