Mahabharata · Chapter 6.42

sannyāsatya mahābāho tattvamicchāmi veditum /
tyāgasya ca hṛṣīkeśa pṛthakkeśinipūdana //
śrībhagavānuvāca /

kāmyānāṃ karmaṇāṃ nyāsaṃ sannyāsaṃ kavayo viduḥ /
sarvakarmaphalatyāgaṃ prāhustyāgaṃ vicakṣaṇāḥ //

tyājyaṃ doṣavadityeke karma prāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ /
yajñadānatapaḥkarma na tyājyamiti cāpare //

niścayaṃ śrṛṇu me tatra tyāge bharatasattama /
tyāgo hi puruṣavyāghra trividhaḥ samprakīrtitaḥ //

yajñadānatapaḥkarma na tyājyaṃ kāryameva tat /
yajño dānaṃ tapaścaiva pāvanāni manīṣiṇām //

etānyapi tu karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā phalāni ca /
kartavyānīti me pārtha niścitaṃ matamuttamam //

niyatasya tu sannyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate /
mohāttasya parityāgastāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ //

duḥkhamityeva yatkarma kāyakleśabhayāttyajet /
sa kṛtvā rājasaṃ tyāgaṃ naiva tyāgaphalaṃ labhet //

kāryamityeva yatkarma niyataṃ kriyate'rjuna /
saṅgaṃ tyaktvā phalaṃ caiva sa tyāgaḥ sātviko mataḥ //

na dveṣṭyakuśalaṃ karma kuśale nānuṣajjate /
tyāgī sattvasamāviṣṭo medhāvī chinnasaṃśayaḥ //

na hi dehabhṛtā śakyaṃ tyaktuṃ karmāṇyaśeṣataḥ /
yastu karmaphalatyāgī sa tyāgītyabhidhīyate //

aniṣṭamiṣṭaṃ miśraṃ ca trividhaṃ karmaṇaḥ phalam /
bhavatyatyāginīṃ pretya na tu sannyāsināṃ kvacit //

pañcaitāni mahābāho kāraṇāni nibodha me /
sāṅkhye kṛtānte proktāni siddhaye sarvakarmaṇāṃ //

adhiṣṭhānaṃ tathā kartā karaṇaṃ ca pṛthagvidham /
vividhāśca pṛthakkeṣṭā daivaṃ caivātra pañcamam //

śarīravāṅbhanobhiryatkarma prārabhate naraḥ /
nyāyyaṃ vā viparītaṃ vā pañcaite tasya hetavaḥ //

tatraivaṃ sati kartāramātmānaṃ kevalaṃ tu yaḥ /
paśyatyakṛtabuddhitvānna sa paśyati durmatiḥ //

yasya nāhankṛto bhavo buddhiryasya na lipyate /
hatvā'pi sa imām̐llokānna hanti na nibadhyate //

jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ parijñātā trividhā karmacodanā /
karaṇaṃ karma karteti trividhaḥ karmasangrahaḥ //

jñānaṃ karma ca kartā ca tridhaiva guṇabhedataḥ /
procyate guṇasaṃkhyāne yathāvacchṛṇu tānyapi //

sarvabhūteṣu yenaikaṃ bhāvamavyayamīkṣate /
avibhaktaṃ vibhakteṣu tajjñānaṃ viddhi sātvikaṃ //

pṛthaktvena tu yajjñānaṃ nānābhāvānpṛthagvidhān /
vetti sarveṣu bhūteṣu tajjñānaṃ viddhi rājasam //

yattu kṛtsnavadekasminkārye saktamahaitukam /
atattvārthavadalpaṃ ca tattāsamamudāhṛtam //

niyataṃ saṅgarahitamarāgadveṣataḥ kṛtam /
aphalaprepsunā karma yattatsātvikamucyate //

yattu kāmepsunā karma tāhaṅkāreṇa vā punaḥ /
kriyate bahulāyāsaṃ tadrājasamudāhṛtam //

anubandhaṃ kṣayaṃ hiṃsāmanapekṣya ca pauruṣam /
mohādārabhyate karma yattattāmasamucyate //

muktasaṅgonahaṃvādī dhṛtyutsāhasamanvitaḥ . 6-42-26bsiddhyasiddhyornirvikāraḥ kartā sātvika ucyate //

rāgī karmaphalaprepsurlubdho hiṃsātmako'śuciḥ /
harṣaśokānvitaḥ kartā rājasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ //

ayuktaḥ prākṛtaḥ stabdhaḥ śaṭho naikṛtiko'lasaḥ /
viṣādī dīrghasūtrī ca kartā tāmasa ucyate //

buddherbhedaṃ dhṛteścaiva guṇatastrividhaṃ śrṛṇu /
procyamānamaśeṣeṇa pṛthaktvena dhanañjaya //

pravṛttiṃ ca nivṛttiṃ ca kāryākārye bhayābhaye /
bandhaṃ mokṣaṃ ca yā vetti buddhiḥ sā pārtha sātvikī //

yayā dharmamadharmaṃ ca kāryaṃ cākāryameva ca /
ayathāvatprajānāti buddhiḥ sā pārtha rājasī //

adharmaṃ dharmamiti yā manyate tamasā'vṛtā /
sarvārthānviparītāṃśca buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī //

dhṛtyā yayā dhārayate manaḥpraṇendriyakriyāḥ /
yogenāvyabhicāriṇyā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha sātvikī //

yayā tu dharmakāmārdhāndhṛtyā dhārayate'rjuna /
prasaṅgena phalākāṅkṣī dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha rājasī //

yathā svapnaṃ bhayaṃ śokaṃ viṣādaṃ bhademeva ca /
na vimuñcati durmedhā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī //

sukhaṃ tvidānīṃ trividhaṃ śruṇu me bhāratarṣabha /
abhyāsādramate yatra duḥkhāntaṃ ca nigacchati //

yattadagre viṣamiva pariṇāme'mṛtopamam /
tatsukhaṃ sātvikaṃ proktamātmabuddhiprasādajam //

viṣayendriyasaṃyogādyattadagre'mṛtopabham /
pariṇāme viṣamiva tatsukhaṃ rājasaṃ smṛtam //

yadagre cānubandhe ca sukhaṃ mohanamātmanaḥ /
nidrālasyapramādotthaṃ tattābhasamudāhṛtam //

na tadasti pṛthivyāṃ vā divi deveṣu vā punaḥ /
sattvaṃ prakṛtijairmuktaṃ yademiḥ syātribhirguṇaiḥ //

brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ ca parantapa /
karmāṇi pravibhaktāni svabhāvaprabhavairguṇaiḥ //

śamo damastapaḥ śaucaṃ kṣāntirārjavameva ca /
jñānaṃ vijñānamāstikyaṃ brahmakarma svabhāvajam //

śauryaṃ tejo dhṛtirdākṣyaṃ yuddhe cāpyapalāyanam /
dānamīśvarabhāvaśca kṣātraṃ karma svabhāvajam //

kṛṣigorakṣyarabhāvaśca kṣātraṃ karma svabhāvajam /
paricaryātmakaṃ karma śūdrasyāpi svabhāvajam //

sve sve karmaṇyabhirataḥ saṃsiddhiṃ labhate naraḥ /
svakarmanirattaḥ siddhiṃ yathā vindati tacchṛṇu //

yataḥ pravṛttirbhūtānāṃ yona sarvamidaṃ tatam /
svakarmaṇā tamabhyarcya siddhiṃ vindati mānavaḥka //

śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt /
svabhāvaniyataṃ karma kurvannāpnoti kilviṣam //

sahajaṃ karma kaunteya sadoṣamapi na tyajet /
sarvārambhā hi doṣeṇa dhūmenāgnirivāvṛtāḥ //

asaktabuddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigataspṛhaḥ /
naiṣkarmyasiddhiṃ paramāṃ sannyāsenādhigacchati //

siddhiṃ prāpto yathā brahma tathā'pneti nibodha me /
samāsenaiva kaunteya niṣṭhā jñānasya yā parā //

buddhyā viśuddhayā yukto dhṛtyā'tmānaṃ niyamya ca /
śabdādīnviṣayāṃstyaktvā rāgadveṣau vyudasya ca //

viviktasevī ladhvāśī yatakākkāyamānasaḥ /
dhyānayogaparo nityaṃ vairāgyaṃ samupāśritaḥ //

ahaṅkāraṃ balaṃ darpaṃ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ parigraham /
vimucya nirmamaḥ śānto brahmabhūyāya kalpate //

brahmabhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocatika na kāṅkṣati /
samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu madtabhaktiṃ labhate parām //

bhaktyā māmabhijānāti yāvānyaścāsmi tattvataḥ /
tato māṃ tattvato jñātvā viśate tadanantaram //

sarvakarmāṇyapi sadā kurvāṇo madvyapāśrayaḥ /
matprasādādavāpnoti śāśvataṃ padamavyayam //

cetasā sarvakarmāṇi mayi sannyasya matparaḥ /
buddhiyogamapāśritya maccittaḥ satataṃ bhava //

maccittaḥ sarvadurgāṇi matprasādāttariṣyasi /
atha cettvamahaṅkārānna śroṣyasi vinaṅkṣyasi //

yadahaṅkāramāśritya na yotsya iti manyase /
mithyaiṣa vyavasāyaste prakṛtistvāṃ niyokṣyati //

svabhāvajena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā /
kartuṃ necchasi yanmohātkariṣyasyavaśopi tat //

īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ hṛddeśe'rjuna tiṣṭhati /
bhrāmayansarvabhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā //

tameva śaraṇaṃ gaccha sarvabhāvena bhārata /
tatprasādātparāṃ śāntiṃ sthānaṃ prāpsyasi śāśvataṃ //

iti te jñānamākhyātaṃ guhyādguhyataraṃ mayā /
vimṛśyaitadaśeṣeṇa yathecchasi tathā kuru //

sarvaguhyatamaṃ bhūyaḥ śrṛṇu me paramaṃ vacaḥ /
iṣṭe'si me dṛḍhamiti tato vakṣyāmi te hitam //

manmanā bhava madbhakto madyājī māṃ namaskuru /
māmevaiṣyasi satyaṃ te pratijāne priyo'si me //

sarvadharmānparityajya māmekaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja /
ahaṃ tvā sarvapāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ //

idaṃ te nātapaskāya nābhaktāya kadācana /
na cāśuśrūṣave vācyaṃ na ca māṃ yo'bhyasūyati //

ya idaṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ madbhakteṣvabhidhāsyati /
bhaktiṃ mayi parāṃ kṛtvā māmevaiṣyatyasaṃśayaḥ //

na ca tasmānmanuṣyeṣu kaścinme priyakṛttamaḥ /
bhavitā na ca me tasmādanyaḥ priyataro bhuvi //

adhyeṣyate ca ya imaṃ dharmyaṃ saṃvādamāvayoḥ /
jñānayajñena tenāhamiṣṭaḥ syāmiti me matiḥ //

śraddhāvānanasūyaśca śrṛṇuyādapi yo naraḥ /
sopi muktaḥ śubhām̐llokānprāpnuyātpuṇyakarmaṇāṃ //

kaccidetacchrutaṃ pārtha tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā /
kaccidajñānasammohaḥ pranaṣṭaste dhanañjaya //
arjuna uvāca /

naṣṭo mohaḥ smṛtirlabdhā tvatprasādānmayā'cyuta /
sthito'smi gatasandehaḥ kariṣye vacanaṃ tava //
sañjaya uvāca /

ityahaṃ vāsudevasya pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ /
saṃvādamimamaśrauṣamadbhutaṃ romaharṣaṇam //

vyāsaprasādācchrutavānetadguhyamahaṃ param /
yogaṃ yogeśvarātkṛṣṇātsākṣātkathayataḥ svayam //

rājansaṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya saṃvādamimamadbhutam /
keśavārjuvayoḥ puṇyaṃ hṛṣyāmi ca muhurmuhuḥ //

tacca saṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya rūpamatyadbhutaṃ hareḥ /
vismayo me mahānrājanhṛṣyāmi ca punaḥ punaḥ //

yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ /
tatra śrīrvijayo bhūtirdhruvā nītirmatirmama //