Jnana Vijnana Yoga - The Yoga of Knowledge and Wisdom

मय्यासक्तमनाः पार्थ योगं युञ्जन्मदाश्रयः। असंशयं समग्रं मां यथा ज्ञास्यसि तच्छृणु॥

O Partha, hear how, with your mind attached to Me, practicing yoga and taking refuge in Me, you shall know Me completely and without doubt.

ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः। यज्ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोऽन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते॥

I shall declare to you in full this knowledge along with realization, knowing which nothing further remains to be known in this world.

मनुष्याणां सहस्रेषु कश्चिद्यतति सिद्धये। यततामपि सिद्धानां कश्चिन्मां वेत्ति तत्त्वतः॥

Among thousands of men, scarcely one strives for perfection; and of those who strive and attain perfection, scarcely one knows Me in truth.

भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च। अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा॥

Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect, and ego — these are the eightfold divisions of My material nature (Prakriti).

अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम्। जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत्॥

This is My lower nature. But know My other, higher nature — the life-element, O mighty-armed, by which this entire world is sustained.

एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय। अहं कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलयस्तथा॥

Know that all beings have their origin in these two natures. I am the source of the entire creation and also its dissolution.

मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय। मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव॥

There is nothing whatsoever higher than Me, O Dhananjaya. All this is strung on Me, as clusters of gems on a string.

रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः। प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु॥

I am the taste in water, O son of Kunti; I am the light of the sun and the moon; the syllable Om in all the Vedas; sound in ether; and ability in men.

पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ। जीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चास्मि तपस्विषु॥

I am the pure fragrance of the earth and the brilliance in fire. I am the life in all beings, and the austerity in ascetics.

बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां विद्धि पार्थ सनातनम्। बुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम्॥

Know Me to be the eternal seed of all beings, O Partha. I am the intelligence of the intelligent and the splendor of the splendid.

बलं बलवतां चाहं कामरागविवर्जितम्। धर्माविरुद्धो भूतेषु कामोऽस्मि भरतर्षभ॥

I am the strength of the strong, devoid of desire and attachment. I am the desire in beings that is not opposed to dharma, O best of Bharatas.

ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये। मत्त एवेति तान्विद्धि न त्वहं तेषु ते मयि॥

Know that all states of being — whether of goodness (sattva), passion (rajas), or ignorance (tamas) — arise from Me alone. Yet I am not in them; they are in Me.

त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत्। मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम्॥

Deluded by these three qualities of nature (gunas), the whole world does not recognize Me, who am beyond them and imperishable.

दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया। मामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते॥

This divine Maya of Mine, consisting of the three gunas, is very difficult to overcome. But those who surrender unto Me alone cross beyond this Maya.

न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः। माययापहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः॥

The evil-doers, the deluded, the lowest among men, whose knowledge is stolen by Maya, and who partake of a demonic nature — they do not surrender unto Me.

चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन। आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ॥

Four kinds of virtuous people worship Me, O Arjuna — the distressed, the seeker of knowledge, the seeker of wealth, and the man of wisdom, O best of Bharatas.

तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते। प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः॥

Of these, the man of wisdom, ever united with Me in single-pointed devotion, excels. For I am exceedingly dear to the wise, and he is dear to Me.

उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम्। आस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम्॥

All these are noble indeed, but the wise one I regard as My very Self. For, with a steadfast mind, he is established in Me alone as the supreme goal.

बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते। वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः॥

At the end of many births, the man of wisdom surrenders unto Me, realizing 'Vasudeva is everything.' Such a great soul is very rare.

कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः। तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया॥

Those whose knowledge has been carried away by various desires surrender to other gods, following particular rules and rites, driven by their own nature.

यो यो यां यां तनुं भक्तः श्रद्धयार्चितुमिच्छति। तस्य तस्याचलां श्रद्धां तामेव विदधाम्यहम्॥

Whatever form a devotee wishes to worship with faith, I make that faith of his firm and steady.

स तया श्रद्धया युक्तस्तस्याराधनमीहते। लभते च ततः कामान्मयैव विहितान्हि तान्॥

Endowed with that faith, he engages in the worship of that deity and obtains his desires, which are in reality granted by Me alone.

अन्तवत्तु फलं तेषां तद्भवत्यल्पमेधसाम्। देवान्देवयजो यान्ति मद्भक्ता यान्ति मामपि॥

But the fruit gained by those of limited understanding is temporary. The worshippers of the gods go to the gods, but My devotees come to Me.

अव्यक्तं व्यक्तिमापन्नं मन्यन्ते मामबुद्धयः। परं भावमजानन्तो ममाव्ययमनुत्तमम्॥

The unintelligent think of Me, the unmanifest, as having come into manifestation, not knowing My supreme nature which is imperishable and unsurpassed.

नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः। मूढोऽयं नाभिजानाति लोको मामजमव्ययम्॥

I am not manifest to all, being veiled by My Yoga-Maya. This deluded world does not know Me, the unborn and imperishable.

वेदाहं समतीतानि वर्तमानानि चार्जुन। भविष्याणि च भूतानि मां तु वेद न कश्चन॥

I know all beings of the past, the present, and the future, O Arjuna; but no one knows Me.

इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन भारत। सर्वभूतानि सम्मोहं सर्गे यान्ति परन्तप॥

By the delusion of the pairs of opposites arising from desire and aversion, O Bharata, all beings fall into ignorance at birth, O scorcher of foes.

येषां त्वन्तगतं पापं जनानां पुण्यकर्मणाम्। ते द्वन्द्वमोहनिर्मुक्ता भजन्ते मां दृढव्रताः॥

But those people of virtuous deeds, whose sins have come to an end, freed from the delusion of duality, worship Me with firm resolve.

जरामरणमोक्षाय मामाश्रित्य यतन्ति ये। ते ब्रह्म तद्विदुः कृत्स्नमध्यात्मं कर्म चाखिलम्॥

Those who strive for liberation from old age and death, taking refuge in Me, come to know Brahman fully, the Self, and all about karma.

साधिभूताधिदैवं मां साधियज्ञं च ये विदुः। प्रयाणकालेऽपि च मां ते विदुर्युक्तचेतसः॥

Those who know Me along with Adhibhuta, Adhidaiva, and Adhiyajna — they, with their minds united with Me, know Me even at the time of death.