Chapter 4 - Renunciation of Action

Verse 31

yajñaśiṣṭāmṛtabhujaḥ
yānti brahma sanātanam
nāyaṁ loko'styayajñasya
kuto'nyaḥ kurusattama

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Verse 32

evaṁ bahuvidhā yajñāḥ
vitatā brahmaṇo mukhe
karmajānviddhi tānsarvān 
evaṁ jñātvā vimokṣyase

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Verse 33

śreyāndravyamayādyajñāt
jñānayajñaḥ parantapa
sarvaṁ karmākhilaṁ pārtha
jñāne parisamāpyate

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Verse 34

tadviddhi praṇipātena
paripraśnena sevayā
upadekṣyanti te jñānam 
jñāninastattvadarśinaḥ

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Verse 35

yajjñātvā na punarmoham 
evaṁ yāsyasi pāṇḍava
yena bhūtānyaśeṣeṇa
drakṣyasyātmanyatho mayi

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Verse 36

api cedasi pāpebhyaḥ
sarvebhyaḥ pāpakṛttamaḥ
sarvaṁ jñānaplavenaiva
vṛjinaṁ santariṣyasi

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Verse 37

yathaidhāṁsi samiddho'gniḥ 
bhasmasātkurute'rjuna
jñānāgniḥ sarvakarmāṇi 
bhasmasātkurute tathā

Note: It is recommended to chant the third quarter as jñāgnis-sarva-karmāṇi

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Verse 38

na hi jñānena sadṛśam
pavitramiha vidyate
tatsvayaṁ yogasaṁsiddhaḥ
kālenātmani vindati

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Verse 39

śraddhāvāl̐labhate jñānaṃ
tatparaḥ saṁyatendriyaḥ
jñānaṁ labdhvā parāṁ śāntim
acireṇādhigacchati

Note: The fourth quarter has to chanted as acireṇādhigacchati.

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Verse 40

ajñaścāśraddadhānaśca
saṁśayātmā vinaśyati
nāyaṁ loko'sti na paraḥ 
na sukhaṁ saṁśayātmanaḥ

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Verse 41

yogasannyastakarmāṇam 
jñānasañchinnasaṁśayam
ātmavantaṁ na karmāṇi  
nibadhnanti dhanañjaya

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Verse 42

tasmādajñānasambhūtam
hṛtsthaṁ jñānāsinātmanaḥ
chittvainaṁ saṁśayaṁ yogam
ātiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhārata

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Conclusion

om tat sat - iti
śrīmadbhagavadgītāsu upaniṣatsu
brahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre
śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁvāde
jñānakarmasannyāsayogo nāma
caturtho'dhyāyaḥ
[ śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu ]