Shloka 47
sreyan sva-dharmo vigunah
para-dharmat svanusthitat
svabhava-niyatam karma
kurvan napnoti kilbisam
Superior (is performing) one's own dharma even if performed imperfectly, (than) performing another's dharma perfectly; (for) innate nature controlled (prompted) action when performed does not incur guilt (evil).
Shloka 48
saha-jam karma kaunteya
sa-dosam api na tyajet
sarvarambha hi dosena
dhumenagnir ivavrtah
Inborn action, O Kaunteya, although deficient (faulty) should not be given up; (for) all undertakings (actions) are (covered with) deficiency, (just as) smoke envelopes fire.
Shloka 49
asakta-buddhih sarvatra
jitatma vigata-sprhah
naiskarmya-siddhim paramam
sannyasenadhigacchati
(With) unattached intelligence everywhere (every moment); (having) conquered oneself, free from desires; supreme perfection of non-action, is attained through yoga of sanyasa.
Shloka 50
siddhim prapto yatha brahma
tathapnoti nibodha me
samasenaiva kaunteya
nistha jnanasya ya para
Having attained perfection, how brahman can be attained, learn from me briefly Kaunteya, state of wisdom supreme (i.e., Brahman).
Shloka 51
buddhya visuddhaya yukto
dhrtyatmanam niyamya ca
sabdadin visayams tyaktva
raga-dvesau vyudasya ca
Yoked by purity and/of Intelligence, steadfast in self-control, discarding objects of sense starting with sound, casting aside passion and hatred.
Shloka 52
vivikta-sevi laghv-asi
yata-vak-kaya-manasah
dhyana-yoga-paro nityam
vairagyam samupasritah
Dwelling solitarily eating little, controlled speech, body and mind, devoted (dedicated to) dhyana-yoga, taking refuge in dispassion
Shloka 53
ahankaram balam darpam
kamam krodham parigraham
vimucya nirmamah santo
brahma-bhuyaya kalpate
Egoism, strength (bodily), arrogance, desire, anger and possessiveness (of property), discarding these (aforementioned) self-less, tranquil; (such a person earns) fitness for oneness with Brahman.
Shloka 54
brahma-bhutah prasannatma
na socati na kanksati
samah sarvesu bhutesu
mad-bhaktim labhate param
Absorbed in Brahman, serene, (he) neither mourns nor desires, impartial (equal) among all beings, attains supreme devotion to me.
Shloka 55
bhaktya mam abhijanati
yavan yas casmi tattvatah
tato mam tattvato jnatva
visate tad-anantaram
With devotion to me he knows how much (great) and who I am in essence; then my essence having known (experienced), enters me immediately.
Shloka 56
sarva-karmany api sada
kurvano mad-vyapasrayah
mat-prasadad avapnoti
sasvatam padam avyayam
Performing all actions always relying on me, by my grace he attains the eternal, imperishable abode.
Shloka 57
cetasa sarva-karmani
mayi sannyasya mat-parah
buddhi-yogam upasritya
mac-cittah satatam bhava
By thought, relinquish all actions, be devoted to me as Supreme, taking refuge in buddi-yoga (determination of intelligent discrimination), be always conscious of me.
Shloka 58
mac-cittah sarva-durgani
mat-prasadat tarisyasi
atha cet tvam ahankaran
na srosyasi vinanksyasi
Being conscious of me, all obstacles by my grace you'll transcend; else, if through egoism, you'll not listen, you'll perish (be lost).
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