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Bhagavad Geeta · Krishna

Chapter 18

मोक्षसंन्यासयोग

Yoga through the Perfection of Renunciation and Surrender

Verses

  1. Verse 1

    arjuna uvāca saṃnyāsasya mahābāho tattvamicchāmi veditum| tyāgasya ca hṛṣīkeśa pṛthakkeśiniṣūdana||18.1||

    Meaning

    Arjuna asked, "O Mighty One! I desire to know how relinquishment is distinguished from renunciation.

  2. Verse 2

    śrī bhagavānuvāca kāmyānāṃ karmaṇāṃ nyāsaṃ saṃnyāsaṃ kavayo viduḥ| sarvakarmaphalatyāgaṃ prāhustyāgaṃ vicakṣaṇāḥ||18.2||

    Meaning

    Lord Shri Krishna replied: The sages say that renunciation is forgoing an action that springs from desire, and relinquishing is the surrender of its fruit.

  3. Verse 3

    tyājyaṃ doṣavadityeke karma prāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ| yajñadānatapaḥkarma na tyājyamiti cāpare||18.3||

    Meaning

    Some philosophers say that all action is evil and should be abandoned, whereas others maintain that acts of sacrifice, benevolence, and austerity should not be given up.

  4. Verse 4

    niścayaṃ śṛṇu me tatra tyāge bharatasattama| tyāgo hi puruṣavyāghra trividhaḥ saṃprakīrtitaḥ||18.4||

    Meaning

    O best of Indians! Listen to my judgment regarding this problem. It has a threefold aspect.

  5. Verse 5

    yajñadānatapaḥkarma na tyājyaṃ kāryameva tat| yajño dānaṃ tapaścaiva pāvanāni manīṣiṇām||18.5||

    Meaning

    Acts of sacrifice, benevolence, and austerity should not be given up, but should be performed, for they purify the aspiring soul.

  6. Verse 6

    etānyapi tu karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā phalāni ca| kartavyānīti me pārtha niścitaṃ matamuttamam||18.6||

    Meaning

    But they should be done with detachment and without thought of reward. This is my final judgement.

  7. Verse 7

    niyatasya tu saṃnyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate| mohāttasya parityāgastāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ||18.7||

    Meaning

    It is not right to give up actions which are obligatory; and if they are misunderstood, it is the result of sheer ignorance.

  8. Verse 8

    duḥkhamityeva yatkarma kāyakleśabhayāttyajet| sa kṛtvā rājasaṃ tyāgaṃ naiva tyāgaphalaṃ labhet||18.8||

    Meaning

    To avoid an action out of fear of physical suffering, as it is likely to be painful, is to act out of passion, and the benefit of renunciation will not be gained.

  9. Verse 9

    kāryamityeva yatkarma niyataṃ kriyate'rjuna| saṅgaṃ tyaktvā phalaṃ caiva sa tyāgaḥ sāttviko mataḥ||18.9||

    Meaning

    He who performs an obligatory action, believing it to be a duty that ought to be done, without any personal desire to do the act or to receive any return—such renunciation is pure.

  10. Verse 10

    na dveṣṭyakuśalaṃ karma kuśale nānuṣajjate| tyāgī sattvasamāviṣṭo medhāvī chinnasaṃśayaḥ||18.10||

    Meaning

    The wise man who has attained purity, whose doubts are resolved, who is filled with the spirit of self-abnegation, does not shy away from action due to its pain, nor does he crave it due to its pleasure.

  11. Verse 11

    na hi dehabhṛtā śakyaṃ tyaktuṃ karmāṇyaśeṣataḥ| yastu karmaphalatyāgī sa tyāgītyabhidhīyate||18.11||

    Meaning

    But since those still in the body cannot entirely avoid action, in their case, the abandonment of the fruit of action is considered as complete renunciation.

  12. Verse 12

    aniṣṭamiṣṭaṃ miśraṃ ca trividhaṃ karmaṇaḥ phalam| bhavatyatyāgināṃ pretya na tu saṃnyāsināṃ kvacit||18.12||

    Meaning

    For those who cannot renounce all desires, the fruit of action hereafter is threefold—good, evil, and partly good and partly evil. But for him who has renounced, there is none.

  13. Verse 13

    pañcaitāni mahābāho kāraṇāni nibodha me| sāṃkhye kṛtānte proktāni siddhaye sarvakarmaṇām||18.13||

    Meaning

    I will now tell you, O Mighty Man, the five causes that must come together, according to the final decision of philosophy, for an action to be accomplished.

  14. Verse 14

    adhiṣṭhānaṃ tathā kartā karaṇaṃ ca pṛthagvidham| vividhāśca pṛthakceṣṭā daivaṃ caivātra pañcamam||18.14||

    Meaning

    They have a body, a personality, physical organs, and manifold activities and destinies.

  15. Verse 15

    śarīravāṅmanobhiryatkarma prārabhate naraḥ| nyāyyaṃ vā viparītaṃ vā pañcaite tasya hetavaḥ||18.15||

    Meaning

    Whatever action a person performs, whether by muscular effort, speech, or thought, and whether it be right or wrong, these five are the essential causes.

  16. Verse 16

    tatraivaṃ sati kartāramātmānaṃ kevalaṃ tu yaḥ| paśyatyakṛtabuddhitvānna sa paśyati durmatiḥ||18.16||

    Meaning

    But the fool, who, due to his immature judgment, supposes that it is his own Self alone that acts, perverts the truth and does not see rightly.

  17. Verse 17

    yasya nāhaṃkṛto bhāvo buddhiryasya na lipyate| hatvāpi sa imā~llokānna hanti na nibadhyate||18.17||

    Meaning

    He who has no pride and whose intellect is unalloyed by attachment, even though he kills these people, he does not kill them, and his act does not bind him.

  18. Verse 18

    jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ parijñātā trividhā karmacodanā| karaṇaṃ karma karteti trividhaḥ karmasaṃgrahaḥ||18.18||

    Meaning

    Knowledge, the knower, and the object of knowledge are the three incentives to action; and the act, the actor, and the instrument are the threefold constituents.

  19. Verse 19

    jñānaṃ karma ca kartā ca tridhaiva guṇabhedataḥ| procyate guṇasaṃkhyāne yathāvacchṛṇu tānyapi||18.19||

    Meaning

    The knowledge, the action, and the doer differ according to their qualities. Listen to this as well.

  20. Verse 20

    sarvabhūteṣu yenaikaṃ bhāvamavyayamīkṣate| avibhaktaṃ vibhakteṣu tajjñānaṃ viddhi sāttvikam||18.20||

    Meaning

    That knowledge which sees the One Indestructible in all beings, the One Indivisible in all separate lives, can be truly called Pure Knowledge.

  21. Verse 21

    pṛthaktvena tu yajjñānaṃ nānābhāvānpṛthagvidhān| vetti sarveṣu bhūteṣu tajjñānaṃ viddhi rājasam||18.21||

    Meaning

    The knowledge that perceives the manifold existence in all beings as separate comes from passion.

  22. Verse 22

    yattu kṛtsnavadekasminkārye saktamahaitukam| atattvārthavadalpaṃ ca tattāmasamudāhṛtam||18.22||

    Meaning

    But that which clings blindly to one idea as if it were all, without logic, truth, or insight, has its origin in darkness.

  23. Verse 23

    niyataṃ saṅgarahitamarāgadveṣataḥ kṛtam| aphalaprepsunā karma yattatsāttvikamucyate||18.23||

    Meaning

    An obligatory action done by one who is disinterested, who neither likes nor dislikes it, and gives no thought to the consequences that may follow, such an action is Pure.

  24. Verse 24

    yattu kāmepsunā karma sāhaṅkāreṇa vā punaḥ| kriyate bahulāyāsaṃ tadrājasamudāhṛtam||18.24||

    Meaning

    But even though an action involves the most strenuous endeavor, yet if the doer is seeking to gratify their desires and is filled with personal vanity, it may be assumed to originate in passion.

  25. Verse 25

    anubandhaṃ kṣayaṃ hiṃsāmanapekṣya ca pauruṣam| mohādārabhyate karma yattattāmasamucyate||18.25||

    Meaning

    An action undertaken through delusion, with no regard to the spiritual implications, the capacity of the doer, or the potential harm that may follow, is assumed to be a product of ignorance.

  26. Verse 26

    muktasaṅgo'nahaṃvādī dhṛtyutsāhasamanvitaḥ| siddhyasiddhyornirvikāraḥ kartā sāttvika ucyate||18.26||

    Meaning

    But when a person has no sentiment or ego, when they possess courage and confidence, not caring whether they succeed or fail, then their action arises from purity.

  27. Verse 27

    rāgī karmaphalaprepsurlubdho hiṃsātmako'śuciḥ| harṣaśokānvitaḥ kartā rājasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ||18.27||

    Meaning

    In one who is impulsive, greedy, looking for reward, violent, impure, and torn between joy and sorrow, it may be assumed that Passion is predominant.

  28. Verse 28

    ayuktaḥ prākṛtaḥ stabdhaḥ śaṭho naiṣkṛtiko'lasaḥ| viṣādī dīrghasūtrī ca kartā tāmasa ucyate||18.28||

    Meaning

    While he whose purpose is weak, who is low-minded, stubborn, dishonest, malicious, lazy, despondent, and procrastinating—he may be assumed to be in darkness.

  29. Verse 29

    buddherbhedaṃ dhṛteścaiva guṇatastrividhaṃ śṛṇu| procyamānamaśeṣeṇa pṛthaktvena dhanañjaya||18.29||

    Meaning

    Reason and conviction are threefold, according to the quality that is dominant. I will explain them fully and separately, O Arjuna!

  30. Verse 30

    pravṛttiṃ ca nivṛttiṃ ca kāryākārye bhayābhaye| bandhaṃ mokṣaṃ ca yā vetti buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī||18.30||

    Meaning

    That intellect which understands the creation and dissolution of life, what actions should be done and what not, which discriminates between fear and fearlessness, bondage and deliverance, is Pure.

  31. Verse 31

    yayā dharmamadharmaṃ ca kāryaṃ cākāryameva ca| ayathāvatprajānāti buddhiḥ sā pārtha rājasī||18.31||

    Meaning

    The intellect that does not understand what is right and wrong, and what should be done and not done, is under the sway of Passion.

  32. Verse 32

    adharmaṃ dharmamiti yā manyate tamasā''vṛtā| sarvārthānviparītāṃśca buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī||18.32||

    Meaning

    And that which, shrouded in Ignorance, thinks wrong to be right, and sees everything perversely, O Arjuna, that intellect is ruled by Darkness.

  33. Verse 33

    dhṛtyā yayā dhārayate manaḥprāṇendriyakriyāḥ| yogenāvyabhicāriṇyā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī||18.33||

    Meaning

    The conviction and steady concentration with which the mind, the energy, and the senses are controlled—O Arjuna!—are the result of purity.

  34. Verse 34

    yayā tu dharmakāmārthān dhṛtyā dhārayate'rjuna| prasaṅgena phalākāṅkṣī dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha rājasī||18.34||

    Meaning

    The conviction that always holds fast to rituals, self-interest, and wealth for the sake of what they may bring forth comes from passion.

  35. Verse 35

    yayā svapnaṃ bhayaṃ śokaṃ viṣādaṃ madameva ca| na vimuñcati durmedhā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī||18.35||

    Meaning

    And that which clings perversely to false idealism, fear, grief, despair, and vanity is the product of ignorance.

  36. Verse 36

    sukhaṃ tvidānīṃ trividhaṃ śṛṇu me bharatarṣabha| abhyāsādramate yatra duḥkhāntaṃ ca nigacchati||18.36||

    Meaning

    Hear further the three kinds of pleasure. That which increases day by day delivers one from misery.

  37. Verse 37

    yattadagre viṣamiva pariṇāme'mṛtopamam| tatsukhaṃ sāttvikaṃ proktamātmabuddhiprasādajam||18.37||

    Meaning

    Which at first seems like poison but afterwards acts like nectar—that pleasure is pure, for it is born of wisdom.

  38. Verse 38

    viṣayendriyasaṃyogādyattadagre'mṛtopamam| pariṇāme viṣamiva tatsukhaṃ rājasaṃ smṛtam||18.38||

    Meaning

    That which, at first, is like nectar, as the senses revel in their objects, but in the end acts like poison—that pleasure arises from Passion.

  39. Verse 39

    yadagre cānubandhe ca sukhaṃ mohanamātmanaḥ| nidrālasyapramādotthaṃ tattāmasamudāhṛtam||18.39||

    Meaning

    While the pleasure that drugs the senses from start to finish, which springs from indolence, lethargy, and folly—that pleasure flows from Ignorance.

  40. Verse 40

    na tadasti pṛthivyāṃ vā divi deveṣu vā punaḥ| sattvaṃ prakṛtijairmuktaṃ yadebhiḥ syāttribhirguṇaiḥ||18.40||

    Meaning

    There is nothing anywhere on earth or in the higher worlds that is free from the three Qualities, for they are born of Nature.

  41. Verse 41

    brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ ca paraṃtapa| karmāṇi pravibhaktāni svabhāvaprabhavairguṇaiḥ||18.41||

    Meaning

    O Arjuna! The duties of spiritual teachers, the soldiers, the traders, and the servants have all been fixed according to the dominant quality in their nature.

  42. Verse 42

    śamo damastapaḥ śaucaṃ kṣāntirārjavameva ca| jñānaṃ vijñānamāstikyaṃ brahmakarma svabhāvajam||18.42||

    Meaning

    Serenity, self-restraint, austerity, purity, forgiveness, uprightness, knowledge, wisdom, and faith in God—these constitute the duty of a spiritual teacher.

  43. Verse 43

    śauryaṃ tejo dhṛtirdākṣyaṃ yuddhe cāpyapalāyanam| dānamīśvarabhāvaśca kṣātraṃ karma svabhāvajam||18.43||

    Meaning

    Valor, glory, firmness, skill, generosity, steadiness in battle, and the ability to rule—these constitute the duty of a soldier. They flow from his own nature.

  44. Verse 44

    kṛṣigaurakṣyavāṇijyaṃ vaiśyakarma svabhāvajam| paricaryātmakaṃ karma śūdrasyāpi svabhāvajam||18.44||

    Meaning

    Agriculture, the protection of cows, and trade are the duties of a trader, in accordance with his nature. The duty of a servant is to serve, which also agrees with his nature.

  45. Verse 45

    sve sve karmaṇyabhirataḥ saṃsiddhiṃ labhate naraḥ| svakarmanirataḥ siddhiṃ yathā vindati tacchṛṇu||18.45||

    Meaning

    Perfection is attained when one diligently attends to their duty. Listen, and I will tell you how it is attained by one who always minds their own duty.

  46. Verse 46

    yataḥ pravṛttirbhūtānāṃ yena sarvamidaṃ tatam| svakarmaṇā tamabhyarcya siddhiṃ vindati mānavaḥ||18.46||

    Meaning

    One reaches perfection by dedicating their actions to God, Who is the source of all being and fills everything.

  47. Verse 47

    śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt| svabhāvaniyataṃ karma kurvannāpnoti kilbiṣam||18.47||

    Meaning

    It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never commits a sin.

  48. Verse 48

    sahajaṃ karma kaunteya sadoṣamapi na tyajet| sarvārambhā hi doṣeṇa dhūmenāgnirivāvṛtāḥ||18.48||

    Meaning

    The duty that falls to one's lot of its own accord should not be abandoned, though it may have its defects. All acts are marred by defects, just as fire is obscured by smoke.

  49. Verse 49

    asaktabuddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigataspṛhaḥ| naiṣkarmyasiddhiṃ paramāṃ saṃnyāsenādhigacchati||18.49||

    Meaning

    He whose mind is entirely detached, who has conquered himself, and whose desires have vanished, reaches that stage of perfect freedom through his renunciation, where action completes itself and leaves no seed.

  50. Verse 50

    siddhiṃ prāpto yathā brahma tathāpnoti nibodha me| samāsenaiva kaunteya niṣṭhā jñānasya yā parā||18.50||

    Meaning

    I will now state briefly how one who has reached perfection finds the Eternal Spirit, the state of Supreme Wisdom.

  51. Verse 51

    buddhyā viśuddhayā yukto dhṛtyā''tmānaṃ niyamya ca| śabdādīn viṣayāṃstyaktvā rāgadveṣau vyudasya ca||18.51||

    Meaning

    Guided always by pure reason, bravely restraining himself, renouncing the objects of sense and giving up attachment and hatred; he attains peace.

  52. Verse 52

    viviktasevī laghvāśī yatavākkāyamānasaḥ| dhyānayogaparo nityaṃ vairāgyaṃ samupāśritaḥ||18.52||

    Meaning

    Enjoying solitude, being abstemious, having his body, mind, and speech under perfect control, and being absorbed in meditation, he becomes free—always filled with the spirit of renunciation.

  53. Verse 53

    ahaṅkāraṃ balaṃ darpaṃ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ parigraham| vimucya nirmamaḥ śānto brahmabhūyāya kalpate||18.53||

    Meaning

    Having abandoned selfishness, power, arrogance, anger, and desire, possessing nothing of his own, and having attained peace, he is fit to join the Eternal Spirit.

  54. Verse 54

    brahmabhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati| samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu madbhaktiṃ labhate parām||18.54||

    Meaning

    When he unites with the Eternal and his soul knows the bliss of the Self, he feels no desire or regret, he regards all beings equally, and enjoys the blessing of supreme devotion to Me.

  55. Verse 55

    bhaktyā māmabhijānāti yāvānyaścāsmi tattvataḥ| tato māṃ tattvato jñātvā viśate tadanantaram||18.55||

    Meaning

    By such devotion, he sees Me, who I am and what I am; and thus realizing the truth, he enters into My kingdom.

  56. Verse 56

    sarvakarmāṇyapi sadā kurvāṇo madvyapāśrayaḥ| matprasādādavāpnoti śāśvataṃ padamavyayam||18.56||

    Meaning

    Relying on Me in all his actions and doing them for My sake, he attains, by My grace, eternal and unchangeable life.

  57. Verse 57

    cetasā sarvakarmāṇi mayi saṃnyasya matparaḥ| buddhiyogamupāśritya maccittaḥ satataṃ bhava||18.57||

    Meaning

    Surrender your actions to Me, live in Me, focus your intellect on Me, and always think of Me.

  58. Verse 58

    maccittaḥ sarvadurgāṇi matprasādāttariṣyasi| atha cettvamahaṅkārānna śroṣyasi vinaṅkṣyasi||18.58||

    Meaning

    Fix your mind on Me, and by My grace you will overcome the obstacles in your path. But if, misled by pride, you do not listen, then you will indeed be lost.

  59. Verse 59

    yadahaṅkāramāśritya na yotsya iti manyase| mithyaiṣa vyavasāyaste prakṛtistvāṃ niyokṣyati||18.59||

    Meaning

    If you in your vanity think of avoiding this fight, your will shall not be fulfilled, for Nature herself will compel you.

  60. Verse 60

    svabhāvajena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā| kartuṃ necchasi yanmohātkariṣyasyavaśo'pi tat||18.60||

    Meaning

    O Arjuna! Your duty binds you. It has arisen from your own nature, and that which you do not desire to do in your delusion, you will do that very thing. You are helpless.

  61. Verse 61

    īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ hṛddeśe'rjuna tiṣṭhati| bhrāmayansarvabhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā||18.61||

    Meaning

    God dwells in the hearts of all beings, O Arjuna! He causes them to revolve, as it were, on a wheel, by His mystic power.

  62. Verse 62

    tameva śaraṇaṃ gaccha sarvabhāvena bhārata| tatprasādātparāṃ śāntiṃ sthānaṃ prāpsyasi śāśvatam||18.62||

    Meaning

    With all your strength, fly to Him and surrender yourself, and by His grace you will attain Supreme Peace and reach the Eternal Home.

  63. Verse 63

    iti te jñānamākhyātaṃ guhyādguhyataraṃ mayā| vimṛśyaitadaśeṣeṇa yathecchasi tathā kuru||18.63||

    Meaning

    Thus, I have revealed to you the truth, the mystery of mysteries. Having thought it over, you are free to act as you wish.

  64. Verse 64

    sarvaguhyatamaṃ bhūyaḥ śṛṇu me paramaṃ vacaḥ| iṣṭo'si me dṛḍhamiti tato vakṣyāmi te hitam||18.64||

    Meaning

    Listen to My last word once more, the deepest secret of all; you are My beloved, you are My friend, and I speak for your welfare.

  65. Verse 65

    manmanā bhava madbhakto madyājī māṃ namaskuru| māmevaiṣyasi satyaṃ te pratijāne priyo'si me||18.65||

    Meaning

    Dedicate yourself to Me, worship Me, sacrifice all for Me, prostrate yourself before Me, and you will surely come to Me. I truly pledge to you; you are My beloved.

  66. Verse 66

    sarvadharmānparityajya māmekaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja| ahaṃ tvā sarvapāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ||18.66||

    Meaning

    Give up your earthly duties, surrender yourself to Me alone. Do not be anxious; I will absolve you from all your sins.

  67. Verse 67

    idaṃ te nātapaskāya nābhaktāya kadācana| na cāśuśrūṣave vācyaṃ na ca māṃ yo'bhyasūyati||18.67||

    Meaning

    Do not speak this to one who has not practiced austerities, or to one who does not love, or who will not listen, or who mocks.

  68. Verse 68

    ya imaṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ madbhakteṣvabhidhāsyati| bhaktiṃ mayi parāṃ kṛtvā māmevaiṣyatyasaṃśayaḥ||18.68||

    Meaning

    But he who teaches this great secret to My devotees, his is the highest devotion, and he shall surely come to Me.

  69. Verse 69

    na ca tasmānmanuṣyeṣu kaścinme priyakṛttamaḥ| bhavitā na ca me tasmādanyaḥ priyataro bhuvi||18.69||

    Meaning

    There is no one among men who can perform a service dearer to Me than this, nor is there any man on earth more beloved by Me than him.

  70. Verse 70

    adhyeṣyate ca ya imaṃ dharmyaṃ saṃvādamāvayoḥ| jñānayajñena tenāhamiṣṭaḥ syāmiti me matiḥ||18.70||

    Meaning

    He who will study this spiritual discourse of ours, I assure you, they shall thereby worship Me at the altar of Wisdom.

  71. Verse 71

    śraddhāvānanasūyaśca śṛṇuyādapi yo naraḥ| so'pi muktaḥ śubhā~llokānprāpnuyātpuṇyakarmaṇām||18.71||

    Meaning

    Yes, he who listens to it with faith and without doubt, even he, freed from evil, will rise to the worlds which the virtuous attain through righteous deeds.

  72. Verse 72

    kaccidetacchrutaṃ pārtha tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā| kaccidajñānasaṃmohaḥ pranaṣṭaste dhanañjaya||18.72||

    Meaning

    O Arjuna, have you listened attentively to My words? Has your ignorance and delusion gone?

  73. Verse 73

    arjuna uvāca naṣṭo mohaḥ smṛtirlabdhā tvatprasādānmayācyuta| sthito'smi gatasandehaḥ kariṣye vacanaṃ tava||18.73||

    Meaning

    Arjuna replied: "My Lord! O Immutable One! My delusion has fled. By Your Grace, O Changeless One, the light has dawned. My doubts have been dispelled, and I stand before You ready to do Your will."

  74. Verse 74

    sañjaya uvāca ityahaṃ vāsudevasya pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ| saṃvādamimamaśrauṣamadbhutaṃ romaharṣaṇam||18.74||

    Meaning

    Sanjaya said: "I heard this rare, wonderful, and soul-stirring discourse between Lord Shri Krishna and the great-souled Arjuna.

  75. Verse 75

    vyāsaprasādācchrutavānetadguhyamahaṃ param| yogaṃ yogeśvarātkṛṣṇātsākṣātkathayataḥ svayam||18.75||

    Meaning

    Through the blessing of the sage Vyasa, I heard this secret and noble science from the lips of its Master, Lord Shri Krishna.

  76. Verse 76

    rājansaṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya saṃvādamimamadbhutam| keśavārjunayoḥ puṇyaṃ hṛṣyāmi ca muhurmuhuḥ||18.76||

    Meaning

    O King! The more I think of that marvelous and holy discourse, the more I lose myself in joy.

  77. Verse 77

    tacca saṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya rūpamatyadbhutaṃ hareḥ| vismayo me mahān rājan hṛṣyāmi ca punaḥ punaḥ||18.77||

    Meaning

    As I recall again and again the exceeding beauty of the Lord, I am filled with amazement and joy.

  78. Verse 78

    yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ| tatra śrīrvijayo bhūtirdhruvā nītirmatirmama||18.78|

    Meaning

    Wherever Lord Shri Krishna, the Prince of Wisdom, and Arjuna, the Great Archer, are, I am certain that good fortune, victory, happiness, and righteousness will follow.

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