Chapter 4
Ending Action In Knowledge

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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

Verse 2

evaṁ paramparāprāptam
imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ
sa kāleneha mahatā
yogo naṣṭaḥ parantapa

Verse 3

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

Verse 4

arjuna uvāca
aparaṁ bhavato janma
paraṁ janma vivasvataḥ
kathametadvijānīyām
tvamādau proktavāniti

Verse 5

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

Verse 6

ajo'pi sannavyayātmā
bhūtānāmīśvaro'pi san
prakṛtiṁ svāmadhiṣṭhāya
sambhavāmyātmamāyayā

Verse 7

yadā yadā hi dharmasya
glānirbhavati bhārata
abhyutthānamadharmasya
tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmyaham

Verse 8

paritrāṇāya sādhūnām
vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām
dharmasaṁsthāpanārthāya
sambhavāmi yuge yuge

Verse 9

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

Verse 10

vītarāgabhayakrodhāḥ
manmayā māmupāśritāḥ
bahavo jñānatapasā
pūtā madbhāvamāgatāḥ