Chapter 2
Yoga of Knowledge

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English Sanskrit

Introduction

om śrīparamātmane namaḥ
atha dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ
sāṅkhyayogaḥ

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

Verse 1

sañjaya uvāca
taṁ tathā kṛpayāviṣṭam
aśrupūrṇākulekṣaṇam
viṣīdantamidaṁ vākyam
uvāca madhusūdanaḥ

Verse 2

śrībhagavānuvāca
kutastvā kaśmalamidam
viṣame samupasthitam
anāryajuṣṭamasvargyam
akīrtikaramarjuna

Verse 3

klaibyaṁ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha
naitattvayyupapadyate
kṣudraṁ hṛdayadaurbalyam
tyaktvottiṣṭha parantapa

Verse 4

arjuna uvāca
kathaṁ bhīṣmamahaṁ saṅkhye
droṇaṁ ca madhusūdana
iṣubhiḥ pratiyotsyāmi
pūjārhāvarisūdana

Verse 5

gurūnahatvā hi mahānubhāvān
śreyo bhoktuṁ bhaikṣyamapīha loke
hatvārthakāmāṁstu gurūnihaiva
bhuñjīya bhogānrudhirapradigdhān

Verse 6

na caitadvidmaḥ kataranno garīyaḥ
yadvā jayema yadi vā no jayeyuḥ
yāneva hatvā na jijīviṣāmaḥ
te'vasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ

Verse 7

kārpaṇyadoṣopahatasvabhāvaḥ
pṛcchāmi tvāṁ dharmasammūḍhacetāḥ
yacchreyaḥ syānniścitaṁ brūhi tanme
śiṣyaste'haṁ śādhi māṁ tvāṁ prapannam

Verse 8

na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyāt
yacchokamucchoṣaṇamindriyāṇām
avāpya bhūmāvasapatnamṛddham
rājyaṁ surāṇāmapi cādhipatyam

Verse 9

sañjaya uvāca
evamuktvā hṛṣīkeśam
guḍākeśaḥ parantapaḥ
na yotsya iti govindam
uktvā tūṣṇīṁ babhūva ha

Verse 10

tamuvāca hṛṣīkeśaḥ
prahasanniva bhārata
senayorubhayormadhye
viṣīdantamidaṁ vacaḥ