Chapter 5

Chapter 5

5

कर्म-सन्न्यास-योग

अर्जुन उवाच  Arjuna Uvacha :

1. सन्न्यासं कर्मणां कृष्ण पुनः योगं च शंससि ।

यत्‌ श्रेयः एतयोः एकं तत्‌ मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्चितम्‌ ॥

Of renunciation of actions, Krishna !

Then again of Yoga you praise;

Which is the one superior of the two,

That to me tell with certitude.

 

श्री भगवान उवाच   Sri Bhagavan Uvacha :

2.सन्न्यासः कर्मयोगः च निःश्रेयसकरौ उभौ ।

तयोः तु कर्म-सन्न्यासात्‌ कर्म्योगः विशिष्यते ॥

Renunciation and Karma Yoga,

Both lead to final happiness;

But of the two, than abdication of action,

Karma Yoga is distinctive.

 

3.ज्ञेयः स नित्य-सन्न्यासी यः न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति ।

निःद्वन्द्वः हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्‌ प्रमुच्यते ॥

Known is he as a regular saint,

who neither hates nor yearns;

Freed from duality, indeed, Arjuna,

Easily from bondage is he freed.

 

4.साङ्ख्य-योगौ पृथक बालाः प्रवदन्ति न पण्डिताः।

एकं अपि आस्थितः सम्यक्‌ उभयोः विन्दते फलम्‌ ॥

“Sankhya and Yoga are different”, so say the immature;

Not so the wise;

Even (if) in one, when established firmly,

Of the both, he begets the benefits.

 

5.यत्‌ साङ्ख्यैः प्राप्यते स्थानं तत्‌ योगैः अपि गम्यते ।

एकं साङ्ख्यं च योगं च यः पश्यति स पश्यति ॥

That state which the Sankhyas attain,

that the Yogis too reach;

As one – Sankhya and Yoga-

He that sees, he sees.

 

6.सन्न्यासः तु महाबाहो दुःखं आप्तुम्‌ अयोगतः ।

योगयुक्तः मुनिः ब्रह्म नचिरेण अधिगच्छति ॥

Renunciation, but, O Arjuna,

is hard to attain without Yoga;

Entrenched in Yoga, that Muni,

The Brahmic State soon attains.

 

7.योगयुक्तः विशुद्धात्मा विजितात्मा जित-इन्द्रियः ।

सर्व-भूतात्म भूतात्मा कुर्वन्‌ अपि न लिप्यते ॥

Entrenched in Yoga, that pure soul,

having won over the self and conquered the senses;

Regards the self of all beings as the self within,

though he acts, action does not turn into a rut.

 

8.न एव किञ्चित्‌ करोमि इति युक्तः मन्येत तत्त्ववित्‌ ।

पश्यन्‌-शृण्वन्‌-स्पृशन्‌-जिघ्रन्‌-अश्नन्‌-गच्छन्‌-स्वपन्‌-श्वस्न्‌ ॥

“Never do I do anything”

so the unified being should believe, so too the knower;

when engaged in seeing, hearing, touching or smelling,

ating, moving, dreaming or breathing, 

 

9.प्रलपन्‌-विसृजन्‌-गृह्णन्‌-उन्मिषण्‌-निमिषन्‌ अपि ।

इन्द्रियाणि इन्द्रिय-अर्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन्‌ ॥

talking, excreting or bearing,

opening wide or shutting down the eyelids;

when the senses, in the sensual, wander,

then too conduct yourself thus.

 

10.ब्रह्मणि आधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः ।

लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रं इव आम्भसा ॥

Dedicating all actions to the Brahman,

And with detachment he who performs;

Burdened not is he by sins,

As the lotus leaf by the water is not.

 

11.कायेन मनसा बुद्धया केवलैः इन्द्रियैः अपि ।

योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा आत्मशुद्धये ॥

With the body, mind, intellect as also with the senses,

Yogis merely engage in activities, shunning attachment

enabling self purification.

 

12.युक्तः कर्म-फलं त्यक्त्वा शान्तिं आप्नोति नैष्ठिकीम्‌ ।

अयुक्तः काम कारेण फले सक्तः निबध्यते ॥

The one ensconced in the Self , un-focussed on the fruits of action,

Peace he attains that ensues from God realisation.

The one not steadfast, swayed by desire,

Obsessed with the outcome, is caught up in a maze.

 

13.सर्व कर्माणि मनसा सन्न्यस्य आस्ते सुखं वशी ।

नव-द्वारे-पुरे-देहि न एव कुर्वन्‌ न कारयन्‌ ॥

Retracting an obsessive mind from all actions,

The one that is in such control exists happily.

This physical body of nine vents,

Neither performs nor causes to perform.

 

14.न कर्तृत्वं न कर्माणि लोकस्य सृजति प्रभुः ।

न कर्म-फल-संयोगं स्वभावः तु प्रवर्तते ॥

Neither authorship nor actions in this world

Are created by the Lord,

So also any association of results to action.

It is all an innate natural process.

 

15.न आदत्ते कस्यचित्‌ पापं न च एव सुकृतं विभुः ।

अज्ञानेन आवृतं ज्ञानं तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्तवः ॥

The Omnipresent Lord neither shares one’s sins

Nor his good deeds.

Intellect is blurred by ignorance

And therefore beings delude themselves.

 

16.ज्ञानेन तु तत्‌ अज्ञानं येषां नाशितं आत्मनः ।

तेषां आदित्यवत्‌ ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्‌-परम्‌ ॥

That ignorance through awareness of the Self is erased.

And their knowledge, like the sun, radiates Supremacy.

 

17.तत्‌-बुद्धयः तत्‌-आत्मानः तत्‌-निष्ठाः तत्‌-परायणाः ।

गच्छन्ति अपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञान-निर्धूत-कल्मषाः ॥

Those intellects, those souls, those steadfast beings, those seekers,

With their knowledge purged of confusions, reach a state of no return.

 

18.विद्या-विनय-सम्पन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि ।

शुनि च एव श्वापके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः ॥

Abounding in learning and humility, that Brahman

Perceives a cow, an elephant, a dog as also an out-cast

or a scholar just the same.

 

19.इह एव तैः जितः सर्गः येषां साम्ये स्थितं मनः ।

निर्दोषं हि समं ब्रह्म तस्मात्‌ ब्रह्मणि स्थिताः ॥

Even here in this entire world,

They are victorious whose mind is equipoised;

San defects and on par with Brahma,

They have attained a Brahmanic state.

 

20.न प्रहृष्येत्‌ प्रियं प्राप्य न उद्विजेत्‌ प्राप्य च अप्रियम्‌ ।

स्थिर-बुद्धिः असम्मूढः ब्रह्मवित्‌ ब्रह्मणि स्थितः ॥

Neither rejoicing in conducive situations,

Nor perturbed by adversities,

Of a stable disposition and undeluded,

This knower of the Brahma, is in a Brahmanic state.

 

21.बाह्य-स्पर्शेषु असक्त-आत्मा विन्दति आत्मनि यत्‌ सुखम्‌ ।

स ब्रह्म-योग-युक्त-आत्मा सुखं अक्षयं अश्नुते ॥

Detached from external sensations,

Deriving joy from within,

Through practice he, that is ensconced in Brahma,

Experiences endless joy.

 

22.ये हि संस्पर्श-जा भोगा दुःख-योनय एव ते ।

आदि-अन्त-वन्त: कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः ॥

The pleasures that emanate from sensations,

Bring forth only sorrow.

These are bound by a commencement and a conclusion,

Arujuna, the wise do not indulge in these.

 

23.शक्नोति इह एव यः सोढुं प्राक्‌ शरीर विमोक्षणात्‌ ।

काम-क्रोध-उद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखि नरः ॥

It is possible in this world, while still living in this body :

Countering the urges arising from lust and anger,

This unified being is a happy man.

 

24.यः अन्तः-सुखः अन्तः-आरामः तथा अन्त:-ज्योतिः एव यः ।

स योगी ब्रह्म-निर्वाणं ब्रह्म-भूतः अधिगच्छति ॥

He who is joyous inside,

Rejoices in himself and shines from within,

Such an Yogi attains absolute liberation

And a state of Brahma-Being.

 

25.लभन्ते ब्रह्म-निर्वाणं ऋषयः क्षीण-कल्मषाः ।

छिन्न-द्वैधा यत्‌ आत्मानः सर्व-भूत-हिते रताः ॥

Those sages attain absolute liberation

Who are devoid of delusions,

With the distinction between God and man cast off,

And rejoicing in the welfare of others.

 

26.काम-क्रोध-वियुक्तानां यतीनां यत-चेतसाम्‌ ।

अभितो ब्रह्म-निर्वाणं वर्तते विदित-आत्मनाम्‌ ॥

Free of lust and anger,

The spiritual seeker, the self controlled

The one who has experienced the self

Lives in constant liberation.

 

27.स्पर्शान्‌ कृत्वा बहिः बाह्यान्‌ चक्षुः च एव अन्तरे भ्रुवोः ।

प्राण-अपानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभि-अन्तर-चारिणौ ॥

Distancing from external sensory contacts,

Focus on the glabella and the nasal flow,

Stabilising the inhalation and exhalation….

 

28.यत-इंद्रिय-मनो-बुद्धिः मुनिः मोक्ष-परायणः ।

विगत-इच्छा-भय-क्रोधः यः सदा मुक्त एव सः ॥

…Training the senses, the mind and the intellect,

That sage, the seeker of liberation,

He that is always free from desires, fear and anger,

He indeed is free.

 

29.भोक्तारं यज्ञ-तपसां सर्व-लोक-महेश्वरम्‌ ।

सुहृदं सर्व-भूतानां ज्ञात्वा मां शान्तिं ऋच्छति ॥

Enjoyer of  the benefits of sacrifice and austerity

Cordial towards all beings,

Knowing me thus as the Lord of the entire universe,

Such a one experiences peace.

 

कर्म-सन्न्यास-योग   Yoga of action-sans-anxiety

पञ्चमः अध्यायः       Fifth Chapter