ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਸ਼੍ਰੀਭਗਵਾਨੁਵਾਚ
ਪਰਂ ਭੂਯਃ ਪ੍ਰਵਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਯਾਮਿ ਜ੍ਞਾਨਾਨਾਂ ਜ੍ਞਾਨਮੁਤ੍ਤਮਮ੍ । ॥
ਯਜ੍ਜ੍ਞਾਤ੍ਵਾ ਮੁਨਯਃ ਸਰ੍ਵੇ ਪਰਾਂ ਸਿਦ੍ਧਿਮਿਤੋ ਗਤਾਃ ॥ 1 ॥
Meaning
ਸ਼੍ਰੀ-ਭਗਵਾਨ੍ ਉਵਾਚ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; ਪਰਮ੍ — transcendental; ਭੂਯਃ — again; ਪ੍ਰਵਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਯਾਮਿ — I shall speak; ਜ੍ਞਾਨਾਨਾਮ੍ — of all knowledge; ਜ੍ਞਾਨਮ੍ — knowledge; ਉਤ੍ਤਮਮ੍ — the supreme; ਯਤ੍ — which; ਜ੍ਞਾਤ੍ਵਾ — knowing; ਮੁਨਯਃ — the sages; ਸਰ੍ਵੇ — all; ਪਰਾਮ੍ — transcendental; ਸਿਦ੍ਧਿਮ੍ — perfection; ਇਤਃ — from this world; ਗਤਾਃ — attained.
Translation
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Again I shall declare to you this supreme wisdom, the best of all knowledge, knowing which all the sages have attained the supreme perfection.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਇਦਂ ਜ੍ਞਾਨਮੁਪਾਸ਼੍ਰਿਤ੍ਯ ਮਮ ਸਾਧਰ੍ਮ੍ਯਮਾਗਤਾਃ ।
ਸਰ੍ਗੇਪਿ ਨੋਪਜਾਯਂਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਲਯੇ ਨ ਵ੍ਯਥਂਤਿ ਚ ॥ 2 ॥
Meaning
ਇਦਮ੍ — this; ਜ੍ਞਾਨਮ੍ — knowledge; ਉਪਾਸ਼੍ਰਿਤ੍ਯ — taking shelter of; ਮਮ — My; ਸਾਧਰ੍ਮ੍ਯਮ੍ — same nature; ਆਗਤਾਃ — having attained; ਸਰ੍ਗੇ ਅਪਿ — even in the creation; ਨ — never; ਉਪਜਾਯਂਤੇ — are born; ਪ੍ਰਲਯੇ — in the annihilation; ਨ — nor; ਵ੍ਯਥਂਤਿ — are disturbed; ਚ — also.
Translation
By becoming fixed in this knowledge, one can attain to the transcendental nature like My own. Thus established, one is not born at the time of creation or disturbed at the time of dissolution.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਮਮ ਯੋਨਿਰ੍ਮਹਦ੍ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮ ਤਸ੍ਮਿਨ੍ਗਰ੍ਭਂ ਦਧਾਮ੍ਯਹਮ੍ ।
ਸਂਭਵਃ ਸਰ੍ਵਭੂਤਾਨਾਂ ਤਤੋ ਭਵਤਿ ਭਾਰਤ ॥ 3 ॥
Meaning
ਮਮ — My; ਯੋਨਿਃ — source of birth; ਮਹਤ੍ — the total material existence; ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮ — supreme; ਤਸ੍ਮਿਨ੍ — in that; ਗਰ੍ਭਮ੍ — pregnancy; ਦਧਾਮਿ — create; ਅਹਮ੍ — I; ਸਂਭਵਃ — the possibility; ਸਰ੍ਵ-ਭੂਤਾਨਾਮ੍ — of all living entities; ਤਤਃ — thereafter; ਭਵਤਿ — becomes; ਭਾਰਤ — O son of Bharata.
Translation
The total material substance, called Brahman, is the source of birth, and it is that Brahman that I impregnate, making possible the births of all living beings, O son of Bharata.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਸਰ੍ਵਯੋਨਿਸ਼ੁ ਕੌਂਤੇਯ ਮੂਰ੍ਤਯਃ ਸਂਭਵਂਤਿ ਯਾਃ ।
ਤਾਸਾਂ ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮ ਮਹਦ੍ਯੋਨਿਰਹਂ ਬੀਜਪ੍ਰਦਃ ਪਿਤਾ ॥ 4 ॥
Meaning
ਸਰ੍ਵ-ਯੋਨਿਸ਼ੁ — in all species of life; ਕੌਂਤੇਯ — O son of Kuntī; ਮੂਰ੍ਤਯਃ — forms; ਸਂਭਵਂਤਿ — they appear; ਯਾਃ — which; ਤਾਸਾਮ੍ — of all of them; ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮ — the supreme; ਮਹਤ੍ ਯੋਨਿਃ — source of birth in the material substance; ਅਹਮ੍ — I; ਬੀਜ-ਪ੍ਰਦਃ — the seed-giving; ਪਿਤਾ — father.
Translation
It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kuntī, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਂ ਰਜਸ੍ਤਮ ਇਤਿ ਗੁਣਾਃ ਪ੍ਰਕ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤਿਸਂਭਵਾਃ ।
ਨਿਬਧ੍ਨਂਤਿ ਮਹਾਬਾਹੋ ਦੇਹੇ ਦੇਹਿਨਮਵ੍ਯਯਮ੍ ॥ 5 ॥
Meaning
ਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਮ੍ — the mode of goodness; ਰਜਃ — the mode of passion; ਤਮਃ — the mode of ignorance; ਇਤਿ — thus; ਗੁਣਾਃ — the qualities; ਪ੍ਰਕ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤਿ — material nature; ਸਂਭਵਾਃ — produced of; ਨਿਬਧ੍ਨਂਤਿ — do condition; ਮਹਾ-ਬਾਹੋ — O mighty-armed one; ਦੇਹੇ — in this body; ਦੇਹਿਨਮ੍ — the living entity; ਅਵ੍ਯਯਮ੍ — eternal.
Translation
Material nature consists of three modes – goodness, passion and ignorance. When the eternal living entity comes in contact with nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, he becomes conditioned by these modes.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਤਤ੍ਰ ਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਂ ਨਿਰ੍ਮਲਤ੍ਵਾਤ੍ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਕਮਨਾਮਯਮ੍ ।
ਸੁਖਸਂਗੇਨ ਬਧ੍ਨਾਤਿ ਜ੍ਞਾਨਸਂਗੇਨ ਚਾਨਘ ॥ 6 ॥
Meaning
ਤਤ੍ਰ — there; ਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਮ੍ — the mode of goodness; ਨਿਰ੍ਮਲਤ੍ਵਾਤ੍ — being purest in the material world; ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਕਮ੍ — illuminating; ਅਨਾਮਯਮ੍ — without any sinful reaction; ਸੁਖ — with happiness; ਸਂਗੇਨ — by association; ਬਧ੍ਨਾਤਿ — conditions; ਜ੍ਞਾਨ — with knowledge; ਸਂਗੇਨ — by association; ਚ — also; ਅਨਘ — O sinless one.
Translation
O sinless one, the mode of goodness, being purer than the others, is illuminating, and it frees one from all sinful reactions. Those situated in that mode become conditioned by a sense of happiness and knowledge.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਰਜੋ ਰਾਗਾਤ੍ਮਕਂ ਵਿਦ੍ਧਿ ਤ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਸ਼੍ਣਾਸਂਗਸਮੁਦ੍ਭਵਮ੍ ।
ਤਨ੍ਨਿਬਧ੍ਨਾਤਿ ਕੌਂਤੇਯ ਕਰ੍ਮਸਂਗੇਨ ਦੇਹਿਨਮ੍ ॥ 7 ॥
Meaning
ਰਜਃ — the mode of passion; ਰਾਗ-ਆਤ੍ਮਕਮ੍ — born of desire or lust; ਵਿਦ੍ਧਿ — know; ਤ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਸ਼੍ਣਾ — with hankering; ਸਂਗ — association; ਸਮੁਦ੍ਭਵਮ੍ — produced of; ਤਤ੍ — that; ਨਿਬਧ੍ਨਾਤਿ — binds; ਕੌਂਤੇਯ — O son of Kuntī; ਕਰ੍ਮ-ਸਂਗੇਨ — by association with fruitive activity; ਦੇਹਿਨਮ੍ — the embodied.
Translation
The mode of passion is born of unlimited desires and longings, O son of Kuntī, and because of this the embodied living entity is bound to material fruitive actions.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਤਮਸ੍ਤ੍ਵਜ੍ਞਾਨਜਂ ਵਿਦ੍ਧਿ ਮੋਹਨਂ ਸਰ੍ਵਦੇਹਿਨਾਮ੍ ।
ਪ੍ਰਮਾਦਾਲਸ੍ਯਨਿਦ੍ਰਾਭਿਸ੍ਤਨ੍ਨਿਬਧ੍ਨਾਤਿ ਭਾਰਤ ॥ 8 ॥
Meaning
ਤਮਃ — the mode of ignorance; ਤੁ — but; ਅਜ੍ਞਾਨ-ਜਮ੍ — produced of ignorance; ਵਿਦ੍ਧਿ — know; ਮੋਹਨਮ੍ — the delusion; ਸਰ੍ਵ-ਦੇਹਿਨਾਮ੍ — of all embodied beings; ਪ੍ਰਮਾਦ — with madness; ਆਲਸ੍ਯ — indolence; ਨਿਦ੍ਰਾਭਿਃ — and sleep; ਤਤ੍ — that; ਨਿਬਧ੍ਨਾਤਿ — binds; ਭਾਰਤ — O son of Bharata.
Translation
O son of Bharata, know that the mode of darkness, born of ignorance, is the delusion of all embodied living entities. The results of this mode are madness, indolence and sleep, which bind the conditioned soul.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਂ ਸੁਖੇ ਸਂਜਯਤਿ ਰਜਃ ਕਰ੍ਮਣਿ ਭਾਰਤ ।
ਜ੍ਞਾਨਮਾਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਯ ਤੁ ਤਮਃ ਪ੍ਰਮਾਦੇ ਸਂਜਯਤ੍ਯੁਤ ॥ 9 ॥
Meaning
ਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਮ੍ — the mode of goodness; ਸੁਖੇ — in happiness; ਸਂਜਯਤਿ — binds; ਰਜਃ — the mode of passion; ਕਰ੍ਮਣਿ — in fruitive activity; ਭਾਰਤ — O son of Bharata; ਜ੍ਞਾਨਮ੍ — knowledge; ਆਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਯ — covering; ਤੁ — but; ਤਮਃ — the mode of ignorance; ਪ੍ਰਮਾਦੇ — in madness; ਸਂਜਯਤਿ — binds; ਉਤ — it is said.
Translation
O son of Bharata, the mode of goodness conditions one to happiness; passion conditions one to fruitive action; and ignorance, covering one’s knowledge, binds one to madness.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਰਜਸ੍ਤਮਸ਼੍ਚਾਭਿਭੂਯ ਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਂ ਭਵਤਿ ਭਾਰਤ ।
ਰਜਃ ਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਂ ਤਮਸ਼੍ਚੈਵ ਤਮਃ ਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਂ ਰਜਸ੍ਤਥਾ ॥ 10 ॥
Meaning
ਰਜਃ — the mode of passion; ਤਮਃ — the mode of ignorance; ਚ — also; ਅਭਿਭੂਯ — surpassing; ਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਮ੍ — the mode of goodness; ਭਵਤਿ — becomes prominent; ਭਾਰਤ — O son of Bharata; ਰਜਃ — the mode of passion; ਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਮ੍ — the mode of goodness; ਤਮਃ — the mode of ignorance; ਚ — also; ਏਵ — like that; ਤਮਃ — the mode of ignorance; ਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਮ੍ — the mode of goodness; ਰਜਃ — the mode of passion; ਤਥਾ — thus.
Translation
Sometimes the mode of goodness becomes prominent, defeating the modes of passion and ignorance, O son of Bharata. Sometimes the mode of passion defeats goodness and ignorance, and at other times ignorance defeats goodness and passion. In this way there is always competition for supremacy.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਸਰ੍ਵਦ੍ਵਾਰੇਸ਼ੁ ਦੇਹੇਸ੍ਮਿਨ੍ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਉਪਜਾਯਤੇ ।
ਜ੍ਞਾਨਂ ਯਦਾ ਤਦਾ ਵਿਦ੍ਯਾਦ੍ਵਿਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਦ੍ਧਂ ਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਮਿਤ੍ਯੁਤ ॥ 11 ॥
Meaning
ਸਰ੍ਵ-ਦ੍ਵਾਰੇਸ਼ੁ — in all the gates; ਦੇਹੇ ਅਸ੍ਮਿਨ੍ — in this body; ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਃ — the quality of illumination; ਉਪਜਾਯਤੇ — develops; ਜ੍ਞਾਨਮ੍ — knowledge; ਯਦਾ — when; ਤਦਾ — at that time; ਵਿਦ੍ਯਾਤ੍ — know; ਵਿਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਦ੍ਧਮ੍ — increased; ਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਮ੍ — the mode of goodness; ਇਤਿ ਉਤ — thus it is said.
Translation
The manifestation of the mode of goodness can be experienced when all the gates of the body are illuminated by knowledge.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਲੋਭਃ ਪ੍ਰਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਤਿਰਾਰਂਭਃ ਕਰ੍ਮਣਾਮਸ਼ਮਃ ਸ੍ਪ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਹਾ ।
ਰਜਸ੍ਯੇਤਾਨਿ ਜਾਯਂਤੇ ਵਿਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਦ੍ਧੇ ਭਰਤਰ੍ਸ਼ਭ ॥ 12 ॥
Meaning
ਲੋਭਃ — greed; ਪ੍ਰਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਤਿਃ — activity; ਆਰਂਭਃ — endeavor; ਕਰ੍ਮਣਾਮ੍ — in activities; ਅਸ਼ਮਃ — uncontrollable; ਸ੍ਪ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਹਾ — desire; ਰਜਸਿ — of the mode of passion; ਏਤਾਨਿ — all these; ਜਾਯਂਤੇ — develop; ਵਿਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਦ੍ਧੇ — when there is an excess; ਭਰਤ-ਰੁਰੁਇਸ਼ਭ — O chief of the descendants of Bharata.
Translation
O chief of the Bhāratas, when there is an increase in the mode of passion the symptoms of great attachment, fruitive activity, intense endeavor, and uncontrollable desire and hankering develop.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਅਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ੋਪ੍ਰਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਤਿਸ਼੍ਚ ਪ੍ਰਮਾਦੋ ਮੋਹ ਏਵ ਚ ।
ਤਮਸ੍ਯੇਤਾਨਿ ਜਾਯਂਤੇ ਵਿਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਦ੍ਧੇ ਕੁਰੁਨਂਦਨ ॥ 13 ॥
Meaning
ਅਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਃ — darkness; ਅਪ੍ਰਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਤਿਃ — inactivity; ਚ — and; ਪ੍ਰਮਾਦਃ — madness; ਮੋਹਃ — illusion; ਏਵ — certainly; ਚ — also; ਤਮਸਿ — the mode of ignorance; ਏਤਾਨਿ — these; ਜਾਯਂਤੇ — are manifested; ਵਿਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਦ੍ਧੇ — when developed; ਕੁਰੁ-ਨਂਦਨ — O son of Kuru.
Translation
When there is an increase in the mode of ignorance, O son of Kuru, darkness, inertia, madness and illusion are manifested.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਯਦਾ ਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵੇ ਪ੍ਰਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਦ੍ਧੇ ਤੁ ਪ੍ਰਲਯਂ ਯਾਤਿ ਦੇਹਭ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ ।
ਤਦੋਤ੍ਤਮਵਿਦਾਂ ਲੋਕਾਨਮਲਾਨ੍ਪ੍ਰਤਿਪਦ੍ਯਤੇ ॥ 14 ॥
Meaning
ਯਦਾ — when; ਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵੇ — the mode of goodness; ਪ੍ਰਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਦ੍ਧੇ — developed; ਤੁ — but; ਪ੍ਰਲਯਮ੍ — dissolution; ਯਾਤਿ — goes; ਦੇਹ-ਭ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ — the embodied; ਤਦਾ — at that time; ਉਤ੍ਤਮ-ਵਿਦਾਮ੍ — of the great sages; ਲੋਕਾਨ੍ — the planets; ਅਮਲਾਨ੍ — pure; ਪ੍ਰਤਿਪਦ੍ਯਤੇ — attains.
Translation
When one dies in the mode of goodness, he attains to the pure higher planets of the great sages.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਰਜਸਿ ਪ੍ਰਲਯਂ ਗਤ੍ਵਾ ਕਰ੍ਮਸਂਗਿਸ਼ੁ ਜਾਯਤੇ ।
ਤਥਾ ਪ੍ਰਲੀਨਸ੍ਤਮਸਿ ਮੂਢਯੋਨਿਸ਼ੁ ਜਾਯਤੇ ॥ 15 ॥
Meaning
ਰਜਸਿ — in passion; ਪ੍ਰਲਯਮ੍ — dissolution; ਗਤ੍ਵਾ — attaining; ਕਰ੍ਮ-ਸਂਗਿਸ਼ੁ — in the association of those engaged in fruitive activities; ਜਾਯਤੇ — takes birth; ਤਥਾ — similarly; ਪ੍ਰਲੀਨਃ — being dissolved; ਤਮਸਿ — in ignorance; ਮੂਢ-ਯੋਨਿਸ਼ੁ — in animal species; ਜਾਯਤੇ — takes birth.
Translation
When one dies in the mode of passion, he takes birth among those engaged in fruitive activities; and when one dies in the mode of ignorance, he takes birth in the animal kingdom.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਕਰ੍ਮਣਃ ਸੁਕ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤਸ੍ਯਾਹੁਃ ਸਾਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਿਕਂ ਨਿਰ੍ਮਲਂ ਫਲਮ੍ ।
ਰਜਸਸ੍ਤੁ ਫਲਂ ਦੁਃਖਮਜ੍ਞਾਨਂ ਤਮਸਃ ਫਲਮ੍ ॥ 16 ॥
Meaning
ਕਰ੍ਮਣਃ — of work; ਸੁ-ਕ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤਸ੍ਯ — pious; ਆਹੁਃ — is said; ਸਾਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਿਕਮ੍ — in the mode of goodness; ਨਿਰ੍ਮਲਮ੍ — purified; ਫਲਮ੍ — the result; ਰਜਸਃ — of the mode of passion; ਤੁ — but; ਫਲਮ੍ — the result; ਦੁਃਖਮ੍ — misery; ਅਜ੍ਞਾਨਮ੍ — nonsense; ਤਮਸਃ — of the mode of ignorance; ਫਲਮ੍ — the result.
Translation
The result of pious action is pure and is said to be in the mode of goodness. But action done in the mode of passion results in misery, and action performed in the mode of ignorance results in foolishness.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਾਤ੍ਸਂਜਾਯਤੇ ਜ੍ਞਾਨਂ ਰਜਸੋ ਲੋਭ ਏਵ ਚ ।
ਪ੍ਰਮਾਦਮੋਹੌ ਤਮਸੋ ਭਵਤੋਜ੍ਞਾਨਮੇਵ ਚ ॥ 17 ॥
Meaning
ਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਾਤ੍ — from the mode of goodness; ਸਂਜਾਯਤੇ — develops; ਜ੍ਞਾਨਮ੍ — knowledge; ਰਜਸਃ — from the mode of passion; ਲੋਭਃ — greed; ਏਵ — certainly; ਚ — also; ਪ੍ਰਮਾਦ — madness; ਮੋਹੌ — and illusion; ਤਮਸਃ — from the mode of ignorance; ਭਵਤਃ — develop; ਅਜ੍ਞਾਨਮ੍ — nonsense; ਏਵ — certainly; ਚ — also.
Translation
From the mode of goodness, real knowledge develops; from the mode of passion, greed develops; and from the mode of ignorance develop foolishness, madness and illusion.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਊਰ੍ਧ੍ਵਂ ਗਚ੍ਛਂਤਿ ਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵਸ੍ਥਾ ਮਧ੍ਯੇ ਤਿਸ਼੍ਠਂਤਿ ਰਾਜਸਾਃ ।
ਜਘਨ੍ਯਗੁਣਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਤਿਸ੍ਥਾ ਅਧੋ ਗਚ੍ਛਂਤਿ ਤਾਮਸਾਃ ॥ 18 ॥
Meaning
ਊਰ੍ਧ੍ਵਮ੍ — upwards; ਗਚ੍ਚਂਤਿ — go; ਸਤ੍ਤ੍ਵ-ਸ੍ਥਾਃ — those situated in the mode of goodness; ਮਧ੍ਯੇ — in the middle; ਤਿਸ਼੍ਠਂਤਿ — dwell; ਰਾਜਸਾਃ — those situated in the mode of passion; ਜਘਨ੍ਯ — of abominable; ਗੁਣ — quality; ਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਤਿ-ਸ੍ਥਾਃ — whose occupation; ਅਧਃ — down; ਗਚ੍ਚਂਤਿ — go; ਤਾਮਸਾਃ — persons in the mode of ignorance.
Translation
Those situated in the mode of goodness gradually go upward to the higher planets; those in the mode of passion live on the earthly planets; and those in the abominable mode of ignorance go down to the hellish worlds.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਨਾਨ੍ਯਂ ਗੁਣੇਭ੍ਯਃ ਕਰ੍ਤਾਰਂ ਯਦਾ ਦ੍ਰਸ਼੍ਟਾਨੁਪਸ਼੍ਯਤਿ ।
ਗੁਣੇਭ੍ਯਸ਼੍ਚ ਪਰਂ ਵੇਤ੍ਤਿ ਮਦ੍ਭਆਵਂ ਸੋਧਿਗਚ੍ਛਤਿ ॥ 19 ॥
Meaning
ਨ — no; ਅਨ੍ਯਮ੍ — other; ਗੁਣੇਭ੍ਯਃ — than the qualities; ਕਰ੍ਤਾਰਮ੍ — performer; ਯਦਾ — when; ਦ੍ਰਸ਼੍ਟਾ — a seer; ਅਨੁਪਸ਼੍ਯਤਿ — sees properly; ਗੁਣੇਭ੍ਯਃ — to the modes of nature; ਚ — and; ਪਰਮ੍ — transcendental; ਵੇਤ੍ਤਿ — knows; ਮਤ੍-ਭਾਵਮ੍ — to My spiritual nature; ਸਃ — he; ਅਧਿਗਚ੍ਚਤਿ — is promoted.
Translation
When one properly sees that in all activities no other performer is at work than these modes of nature and he knows the Supreme Lord, who is transcendental to all these modes, he attains My spiritual nature.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਗੁਣਾਨੇਤਾਨਤੀਤ੍ਯ ਤ੍ਰੀਂਦੇਹੀ ਦੇਹਸਮੁਦ੍ਭਵਾਨ੍ ।
ਜਨ੍ਮਮ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਯੁਜਰਾਦੁਃਖੈਰ੍ਵਿਮੁਕ੍ਤੋਮ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤਮਸ਼੍ਨਉਤੇ ॥ 20 ॥
Meaning
ਗੁਣਾਨ੍ — qualities; ਏਤਾਨ੍ — all these; ਅਤੀਤ੍ਯ — transcending; ਤ੍ਰੀਨ੍ — three; ਦੇਹੀ — the embodied; ਦੇਹ — the body; ਸਮੁਦ੍ਭਵਾਨ੍ — produced of; ਜਨ੍ਮ — of birth; ਮ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਯੁ — death; ਜਰਾ — and old age; ਦੁਃਖੈਃ — the distresses; ਵਿਮੁਕ੍ਤਃ — being freed from; ਅਮ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤਮ੍ — nectar; ਅਸ਼੍ਨੁਤੇ — he enjoys.
Translation
When the embodied being is able to transcend these three modes associated with the material body, he can become free from birth, death, old age and their distresses and can enjoy nectar even in this life.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਅਰ੍ਜੁਨ ਉਵਾਚ
ਕੈਰ੍ਲਿਂਗੈਸ੍ਤ੍ਰੀਨ੍ਗੁਣਾਨੇਤਾਨਤੀਤੋ ਭਵਤਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੋ ।
ਕਿਮਾਚਾਰਃ ਕਥਂ ਚੈਤਾਂਸ੍ਤ੍ਰੀਨ੍ਗੁਣਾਨਤਿਵਰ੍ਤਤੇ ॥ 21 ॥
Meaning
ਅਰ੍ਜੁਨਃ ਉਵਾਚ — Arjuna said; ਕੈਃ — by which; ਲਿਂਗੈਃ — symptoms; ਤ੍ਰੀਨ੍ — three; ਗੁਣਾਨ੍ — qualities; ਏਤਾਨ੍ — all these; ਅਤੀਤਃ — having transcended; ਭਵਤਿ — is; ਪ੍ਰਭੋ — O my Lord; ਕਿਮ੍ — what; ਆਚਾਰਃ — behavior; ਕਥਮ੍ — how; ਚ — also; ਏਤਾਨ੍ — these; ਤ੍ਰੀਨ੍ — three; ਗੁਣਾਨ੍ — qualities; ਅਤਿਵਰ੍ਤਤੇ — transcends.
Translation
Arjuna inquired: O my dear Lord, by which symptoms is one known who is transcendental to these three modes? What is his behavior? And how does he transcend the modes of nature?
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਸ਼੍ਰੀਭਗਵਾਨੁਵਾਚ
ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਂ ਚ ਪ੍ਰਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਤਿਂ ਚ ਮੋਹਮੇਵ ਚ ਪਾਂਡਵ ।
ਨ ਦ੍ਵੇਸ਼੍ਟਿ ਸਂਪ੍ਰਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਤਾਨਿ ਨ ਨਿਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਤਾਨਿ ਕਾਙ੍ਕ੍ਸ਼ਤਿ ॥ 22 ॥
ਉਦਾਸੀਨਵਦਾਸੀਨੋ ਗੁਣੈਰ੍ਯੋ ਨ ਵਿਚਾਲ੍ਯਤੇ ।
ਗੁਣਾ ਵਰ੍ਤਂਤ ਇਤ੍ਯੇਵਂ ਯੋਵਤਿਸ਼੍ਠਤਿ ਨੇਂਗਤੇ ॥ 23 ॥
ਸਮਦੁਃਖਸੁਖਃ ਸ੍ਵਸ੍ਥਃ ਸਮਲੋਸ਼੍ਟਾਸ਼੍ਮਕਾਂਚਨਃ ।
ਤੁਲ੍ਯਪ੍ਰਿਯਾਪ੍ਰਿਯੋ ਧੀਰਸ੍ਤੁਲ੍ਯਨਿਂਦਾਤ੍ਮਸਂਸ੍ਤੁਤਿਃ ॥ 24 ॥
ਮਾਨਾਪਮਾਨਯੋਸ੍ਤੁਲ੍ਯਸ੍ਤੁਲ੍ਯੋ ਮਿਤ੍ਰਾਰਿਪਕ੍ਸ਼ਯੋਃ ।
ਸਰ੍ਵਾਰਂਭਪਰਿਤ੍ਯਾਗੀ ਗੁਣਾਤੀਤਃ ਸ ਉਚ੍ਯਤੇ ॥ 25 ॥
Meaning
ਸ਼੍ਰੀ-ਭਗਵਾਨ੍ ਉਵਾਚ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਮ੍ — illumination; ਚ — and; ਪ੍ਰਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਤਿਮ੍ — attachment; ਚ — and; ਮੋਹਮ੍ — illusion; ਏਵ ਚ — also; ਪਾਂਡਵ — O son of Pāṇḍu; ਨ ਦ੍ਵੇਸ਼੍ਟਿ — does not hate; ਸਂਪ੍ਰਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਤਾਨਿ — although developed; ਨ ਨਿਵ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤ੍ਤਾਨਿ — nor stopping development; ਕਾਂਕ੍ਸ਼ਤਿ — desires; ਉਦਾਸੀਨ-ਵਤ੍ — as if neutral; ਆਸੀਨਃ — situated; ਗੁਣੈਃ — by the qualities; ਯਃ — one who; ਨ — never; ਵਿਚਾਲ੍ਯਤੇ — is agitated; ਗੁਣਾਃ — the qualities; ਵਰ੍ਤਂਤੇ — are acting; ਇਤਿ ਏਵਮ੍ — knowing thus; ਯਃ — one who; ਅਵਤਿਸ਼੍ਠਤਿ — remains; ਨ — never; ਇਂਗਤੇ — flickers; ਸਮ — equal; ਦੁਃਖ — in distress; ਸੁਖਃ — and happiness; ਸ੍ਵ-ਸ੍ਥਃ — being situated in himself; ਸਮ — equally; ਲੋਸ਼੍ਟ — a lump of earth; ਅਸ਼੍ਮ — stone; ਕਾਂਚਨਃ — gold; ਤੁਲ੍ਯ — equally disposed; ਪ੍ਰਿਯ — to the dear; ਅਪ੍ਰਿਯਃ — and the undesirable; ਧੀਰਃ — steady; ਤੁਲ੍ਯ — equal; ਨਿਂਦਾ — in defamation; ਆਤ੍ਮ-ਸਂਸ੍ਤੁਤਿਃ — and praise of himself; ਮਾਨ — in honor; ਅਪਮਾਨਯੋਃ — and dishonor; ਤੁਲ੍ਯਃ — equal; ਤੁਲ੍ਯਃ — equal; ਮਿਤ੍ਰ — of friends; ਅਰਿ — and enemies; ਪਕ੍ਸ਼ਯੋਃ — to the parties; ਸਰ੍ਵ — of all; ਆਰਂਭ — endeavors; ਪਰਿਤ੍ਯਾਗੀ — renouncer; ਗੁਣ-ਅਤੀਤਃ — transcendental to the material modes of nature; ਸਃ — he; ਉਚ੍ਯਤੇ — is said to be.
Translation
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O son of Pāṇḍu, he who does not hate illumination, attachment and delusion when they are present or long for them when they disappear; who is unwavering and undisturbed through all these reactions of the material qualities, remaining neutral and transcendental, knowing that the modes alone are active; who is situated in the self and regards alike happiness and distress; who looks upon a lump of earth, a stone and a piece of gold with an equal eye; who is equal toward the desirable and the undesirable; who is steady, situated equally well in praise and blame, honor and dishonor; who treats alike both friend and enemy; and who has renounced all material activities – such a person is said to have transcended the modes of nature.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਮਾਂ ਚ ਯੋਵ੍ਯਭਿਚਾਰੇਣ ਭਕ੍ਤਿਯੋਗੇਨ ਸੇਵਤੇ ।
ਸ ਗੁਣਾਨ੍ਸਮਤੀਤ੍ਯੈਤਾਨ੍ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮਭੂਯਾਯ ਕਲ੍ਪਤੇ ॥ 26 ॥
Meaning
ਮਾਮ੍ — unto Me; ਚ — also; ਯਃ — a person who; ਅਵ੍ਯਭਿਚਾਰੇਣ — without fail; ਭਕ੍ਤਿ-ਯੋਗੇਨ — by devotional service; ਸੇਵਤੇ — renders service; ਸਃ — he; ਗੁਣਾਨ੍ — the modes of material nature; ਸਮਤੀਤ੍ਯ — transcending; ਏਤਾਨ੍ — all these; ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮ-ਭੂਯਾਯ — elevated to the Brahman platform; ਕਲ੍ਪਤੇ — becomes.
Translation
One who engages in full devotional service, unfailing in all circumstances, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman.
ਸ਼੍ਲੋਕਃ
ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮਣੋ ਹਿ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਸ਼੍ਠਾਹਮਮ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤਸ੍ਯਾਵ੍ਯਯਸ੍ਯ ਚ ।
ਸ਼ਾਸ਼੍ਵਤਸ੍ਯ ਚ ਧਰ੍ਮਸ੍ਯ ਸੁਖਸ੍ਯੈਕਾਂਤਿਕਸ੍ਯ ਚ ॥ 27 ॥
Meaning
ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮਣਃ — of the impersonal brahma-jyotir; ਹਿ — certainly; ਪ੍ਰਤਿਸ਼੍ਠਾ — the rest; ਅਹਮ੍ — I am; ਅਮ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਤਸ੍ਯ — of the immortal; ਅਵ੍ਯਯਸ੍ਯ — of the imperishable; ਚ — also; ਸ਼ਾਸ਼੍ਵਤਸ੍ਯ — of the eternal; ਚ — and; ਧਰ੍ਮਸ੍ਯ — of the constitutional position; ਸੁਖਸ੍ਯ — of happiness; ਐਕਾਂਤਿਕਸ੍ਯ — ultimate; ਚ — also.
Translation
And I am the basis of the impersonal Brahman, which is immortal, imperishable and eternal and is the constitutional position of ultimate happiness.
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