Chapter 4 - Renunciation of Action

Introduction

[ om śrīparamātmane namaḥ ]
atha caturtho'dhyāyaḥ.
[ jñānakarmasannyāsayogaḥ ]

Note: It is recommended to include the salutation and the chapter name, when an individual chapter is being chanted.

Verse 1

śrībhagavānuvāca
imaṁ vivasvate yogam
proktavānahamavyayam
vivasvānmanave prāha  
manurikṣvākave'bravīt

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Verse 2

evaṁ paramparāprāptam
imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ
sa kāleneha mahatā
yogo naṣṭaḥ parantapa

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Verse 3

sa evāyaṁ mayā te'dya
yogaḥ proktaḥ purātanaḥ
bhakto'si me sakhā ceti
rahasyaṁ hyetaduttamam

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Verse 4

arjuna uvāca
aparaṁ bhavato janma
paraṁ janma vivasvataḥ
kathametadvijānīyām
tvamādau proktavāniti

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Verse 5

śrībhagavānuvāca
bahūni me vyatītāni
janmāni tava cārjuna
tānyahaṁ veda sarvāṇi
na tvaṁ vettha parantapa

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Verse 6

ajo'pi sannavyayātmā
bhūtānāmīśvaro'pi san
prakṛtiṁ svāmadhiṣṭhāya
sambhavāmyātmamāyayā

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Verse 7

yadā yadā hi dharmasya
glānirbhavati bhārata
abhyutthānamadharmasya
tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmyaham

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Verse 8

paritrāṇāya sādhūnām
vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām
dharmasaṁsthāpanārthāya
sambhavāmi yuge yuge

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Verse 9

janma karma ca me divyam
evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ
tyaktvā dehaṁ punarjanma
naiti māmeti so'rjuna

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Verse 10

vītarāgabhayakrodhāḥ
manmayā māmupāśritāḥ
bahavo jñānatapasā
pūtā madbhāvamāgatāḥ

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