Bharat Verses

Chapter 4 24
The complete integration of the Holy Being

Indivisible in life as in death.
Death transcending presence, death transcending being.

Brahman is the sacrificial paraphernalia, Brahman is the offering;
Brahman is the fire on which Brahman (the offering) is poured by Brahman;
Brahman is the goal to which he proceeds by fixing his mind on
Brahman which is itself the action.

Chapter 4 33-42
Nature of knowledge, action and the path to take.

The attitudes to be adopted in the path to learning, to the acquisition of knowledge.

Better than sacrifice that consists of substance
Is the sacrifice of knowledge, scorcher of foe.
All action without remainder, son of Prtha,
Is completely ended in knowledge.

Learn to know this by obeisance (to those who can teach it),
By questioning (them) by serving(them);
They will teach thee knowledge,
Those who have knowledge, who see the truth.

Knowing which, not again to bewilderment
In this manner shalt thou go, son of Pandu;
Whereby all beings without exception,
Thou shalt see in thyself, and also in Me.

Even if thou art of sinners
The worst sinner of all,
Merely by the boat of knowledge,
(The 'sea' of evil) shalt thou cross over.

As firewood a kindled fire
Reduces to ashes, Arjuna,
The fire of knowledge all actions,
Reduces to ashes even so.

For not like unto knowledge
Is any purifier found in this world,
This the man perfected in discipline himself,
In time finds in himself.

The man of faith gets knowledge,
Intent solely upon it, restraining his senses.
Having got knowledge, to supreme peace
In no long time he goes.

The man unknowing and without faith,
His soul full of doubt, perishes.
Not is this world, nor the next,
Nor bliss, for him whose soul is full of doubt.

Him that has renounced action in discipline,
That has cut off his doubt with knowledge.
The self-possessed, no actions
Bind, O Dhananjaya.

Therefore this that springs from ignorance,
That lies in the heart, with the sword of knowledge thine own
Doubt cutting off, to discipline
Resort: arise, son of Bharata.

Chapter 6 27 - 32
Destination at time of death

For to him when his thought-organ is tranquil,
To the disciplined one, supreme bliss
Approaches, his passion stilled,
Become (one with) Brahman, stainless.

Thus ever disciplining himself,
The disciplined man, free from stain,
Easily to contact with Brahman,
To endless bliss, attains.

Himself as in all beings,
And all beings in himself,
Sees he whose self is disciplined in discipline,
Who sees the same in all things.

Who sees Me in all,
And sees all in Me,
For him I am not lost,
And he is not lost for Me.

Me as abiding in all beings whoso
Reveres, adopting (the belief in) one-ness,
Tho abiding in any possible condition,
That disciplined man abides in Me.

By comparison with himself, in all (beings)
Whoso see the same, Arjuna,
Whether it be pleasure or pain,
He is deemed the supreme discipline man.

Chapter 6 37 - 47
What happens to the unsuccessful striver

   Arjuna said:
An unsuccessful striver who is endowed with faith,
   Whose mind falls away from discipline
Without attaining perfection of discipline,
   To what goal does he go, Krishna?

Fallen from both, does he not,
Perish like a cloven cloud,
Having no (religious) foundation, great-armed one,
Gone astray on Brahman's path?

This matter, my doubt, O Krishna,
Be pleased to cleave without remainder;
Other than Thee, of this doubt
No cleaver, surely, can be found.

    The Blessed One said:
Son of Prtha, neither in this world nor in the next
   Does any destruction of him occur.
For no doer of right
   Comes to a bad end, my friend.

Attaining the heavenly worlds of the doers of right,
Dwelling there for endless years,
In the house of pure and illustrious fold
One that has fallen from discipline is born.

Or else of possessors of discipline, rather,
Enlightened folk, in their family he comes into existence;
For this is yet harder to attain,
Such a birth as that in the world.

There that association of mentality
He obtains, which was in his former body;
And he strives from that point onward
Unto perfection, son of Kuru.

For by that same former practice
He is carried on even without his with.
Even one who (merely) wishes to know discipline
Transcends the word-Brahman (the Vedic religion).

But striving zealously,
With sins cleansed, the disciplined man,
Perfected thru many rebirths,
Then (finally) goes to the highest goal.

The man of discipline is higher than the men of austerities,
Also than men of knowledge he is held to be higher;
And the man of discipline is higher than men of ritual action,
Therefor be a man of discipline, Arjuna.

Of all men of discipline, moreover,
With inner soul gone to Me
Whoso reveres Me with faith,
Him I hold to be the most disciplined.

Chapter 8 5 - 8
Destination at time of death

And at the hour of death, on Me alone,
Meditating, leaving the body
Whoso dies, to My estate he
Goes; there is no doubt.

Whatsoever state (of being) meditating upon
He leaves the body at death,
To just that he goes, son of Kunti,
Always, being made to be in the condition of that

Therefore at all times
Think on Me, and fight;
With thought-organ and consciousness fixed on Me,
Thou shalt go just to Me without a doubt.

If disciplined in the discipline of practice
Be one's mind, straying to no other object;
To the supreme divine Spirit,
He goes, son of Prtha, meditating thereon.

Chapter 9 4 - 6
Destination at time of death

By Me is pervaded all this
Universe, by Me in the form of the unmanifest.
All beings rest in Me,
And I do not rest in them.

And (yet) beings do not rest in Me:
Behold My divine mystery (or magic)!
Supporter of beings, and not resting in beings,
Is My Self, that causes beings to be.

As constantly abides in the ether
The great wind, that penetrates everywhere,
So all beings
Abides in Me; make sure of that.

Chapter 9 verse 22 - 25
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Devotion (also to other Gods) and Offering

Thinking on Me, with no other thought,
What folk wait upon Me,
To them when they are in constant perseverance,
I bring acquisition and peaceful possession(of their aim).

Even those who are devotees of other gods,
And worship them permeated with faith,
It is only Me, son of Kunti, that even they
Worship, (tho) not in the enjoined fashion.

For I of all acts of worship,
Am both the recipient and the lord;
But they do not recognise Me,
In the true way; therefore they fall (from the 'heaven' they win)

Votaries of the gods go the gods,
Votaries of the (departed) fathers go to the fathers,
Worshipers of goblins go the goblins,
Worshipers of Me also go to Me.

Chapter 9 verse 26 - 28
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Devotion of actions - Dance for Narayana

A leaf, a flower, a fruit or water,
Who presents to Me with devotion,
That offering of devotion I,
Accept from the devout-souled(giver).

Whatever thou doest, whatever thou eatest,
Whatever thou offerst in oblation or givest,
Whatever austerity thou performest, son of Kunti,
That do as an offering to Me.

Thus from what have good and evil fruits
Thou shalt be freed, (namely) from the bonds of action;
Thy soul disciplined in the discipline of renunciation,
Freed, thou shalt go to Me.

Chapter 9 verse 29 - 34
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Krishna's impartialness, to both good and evil doers

I am the same to all beings,
No one is dear or hateful to me,
But those who revere me with devotion,
They are in me and I too am in them

Even if a very evil doer,
Reveres Me with single devotion,
He must be regarded as righteous in spite of all;
For he has the right resolution.

Quickly his soul becomes righteous,
And he goes to eternal peace.
Son of Kunti, make sure of this:
No devotee of Mine is lost.

For if they take refuge in Me, son of Prtha,
Even those who may be of base origin,
Women, men of the artisan caste, and serfs too,
Even they go to the highest goal.

How much more virtuous brahmans,
And devout royal seers, too!
A fleeting and joyless world
This; having attained it, devote thyself to Me.

Be me minded, devoted to Me;
Worshiping Me, pay homage to Me;
Just to Me shalt thou go, having thus disciplined
Thyself, fully intent on Me.

Chapter 10 verse 19 - 22
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Supernal Manifestations 1

     The Blessed One said:
Come then, I shall tell the ----
   Since My supernal-manifestations are marvelous ---
Regarding the chief ones, best of Kurus;
   There is no end to my extent.

I am the soul, Gudakesha (Arjuna),
That abides in the heart of all beings,
I am the beginning and the middle
Of all beings, and the very end too.

Of the Adityas I am Vishnu,
Of lights the radiant sun,
Of Maruts I am (their chief) Marichi,
Of stars I am the moon.

Of Vedas I am the Sama Veda,
Of gods I am Vasava (Indra),
Of sense-organs I am the thought-organ,
Of beings I am the intellect.

Chapter 10 verse 37 - 42
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Supernal Manifestations 2

Of the Vrishni clansmen I am Vasudeva
Of the sons of Pandu, Dhananjaya (Arjuna);
Of hermits I am Vyasa,
Of sages the sage Usanas.

I am the rod (punitive force) of stern controllers,
I am statecraft of then that seek political success;
Taciturnity I am of secret things,
I am the knowledge of the knowing.

Moreover whatsoever of all beings
Is the seed, that am I, Arjuna;
There is none such as could be without
Me, no being moving or unmoving.

There is no end to My marvelous,
Supernal-manifestations, scorcher of the foe;
But I have now declared by way of examples
The extent of my supernal-manifestations.

Whatever being shows supernal-manifestations,
Or majesty of vigor,
Be thou assured that that in every case,
Is sprung from a fraction of My glory.

After all, this extensive
Instruction --- what boots it thee, Arjuna?
I support this entire
World with a single fraction (of Myself), and remain so.

Chapter 12 verse 01 - 08
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Supernal Manifestations 2

     Arjuna said:
Those who are thus constantly displined,
   And revere Thee with devotion,
And those who also (revere) the imperishable unmanifest ---
   Of these which are the best knowers of discipline?

     The Blessed One said:
Fixing the thought-organ on Me, those who Me
   Revere with constant discipline,
Pervaded with supreme faith,
   Them I hold to be the most disciplined.

But those who the imperishable, undefinable,
Unmanifest, revere,
The omnipresent and unthinkable,
The immovable, unchanging, fixed,

Restraining the throng of the senses,
With mental attitude alike to all,
They (also) reach none but Me,
Delighting in the welfare of all beings.

Greater is the toil of them,
That have their hearts fixed on the unmanifest;
For with difficulty is the unmanifest goal
Attained by embodied (souls).

But those who, all actions
Casting on Me, intent on Me,
With utterly unswerving discipline
Meditating on Me, revere Me,

For them I the Saviour
From the sea of the round of deaths
Become right soon, son of Prtha,
When they have made their thoughts enter into Me.

Fix thy thought-organ on Me alone;
Make thy consciousness enter into Me;
And thou shalt come to dwell even in Me
Hereafter; there is no doubt of this.

Chapter 13 12 - 18
Field and Field Knower

What is the object of knowledge, that I shall declare,
Knowing which one attains freedom from death
(It is) the beginningless Brahman, ruled by My;
Neither existent nor non-existent is it called.

It has hands and feet on all sides,
Eyes, heads, and faces on all sides,
Hearing on all sides in the world,
And it remains constantly enveloping all;

Having the semblance of the qualities of all the senses,
(Yet) freed from all the senses,
Unattached, and yet all-maintaining:
Free from the Strands, yet experiencing the Strands(of matter);

Outside of beings, and within them,
Unmoving, and yet moving;
Because of its subtleness it cannnot be comprehended:
Both far away and near it is.

Both undivided in beings,
And seemingly divided it remains;
Both as the supporter of beings it is to be known,
As (their) consumer and originator.

Of lights also it is the light
Beyond darkness, so 'tis declared;
Knowledge, the object of knowledge, and the goal of knowledge;
(It is) settled in the heart of all.

Thus the Field, and also knowledge,
And the object of knowledge have been declared in brief;
My devotee, understanding this,
Attains unto My estate.

Chapter 13 27 - 34
Field and Field Knower

Alike in all beings,
Abiding, the supreme Lord,
Not perishing when they perish,
Who sees him, he (truly) sees.

For seeing in all the same
Lord established
He harms not himself (in others) by himself;
Then he goes to the highest goal.

Both that by material-nature alone actions
Are performed altogether,
Who sees, and likewise that (his) self
Is not the doer, he (truly) sees.

When the various states of beings
He perceives as abiding in One,
And from that alone their expansion,
The he attains Brahman.

Because he is beginningless and free from the Strands,
This supreme self, imperishable,
Even abiding in the body, son of Kunti,
Acts not, nor is he stained (by actions).

As because of its subtleness the omnipresent
Ether is not stained (by contact with other elements),
Abiding in every body
The self is not stained likewise.

As alone illumines
This whole world the sun,
So the Field-owner the whole Field
Illumines, son of Bharata.

Thus between Field and Field knower
The difference, with the eye of knowledge,
And release from the material nature of beings,
Those who know (these), they go to the highest.

Chapter 15 12 - 20
The Supreme Spirit

The splendour that belongs to the sun,
Which illumines the whole world,
And that which is in the moon and in fire,
Know that to be my splendour.

And entering into the earth, (all) beings
I maintain by (My) power;
And nourish all plants;
Becoming the juicy soma of the moon.

I, becoming the (digestive) fire of all men,
Dwelling in the bodyof (all) living beings,
In union with the upper and nether breaths
Cook (digest) their food of all four sorts.

I am entered into the heart of every one;
From Me come memory, knowledge, and disputation;
I alone am that which is known by all the Vedas;
And I am the author of the Upanishads and the Vedas' knower.

Here in the world are two spirits,
The perishable, and the imperishable;
The perishable is all beings;
The imperishable is called the immovable.

But there is a higher spirit, other (than this),
Called the Supreme soul,
Which, entering into the three worlds,
Supports them, the undying Lord.

Since I transcend the perishable,
And am higher than the imperishable too,
Therefore in the world and the Veda I am,
Proclaimed as the highest spirit.

The man who, undeluded, thus Me
Knows as the supreme spirit,
He knows all, and devotes himself to Me
With his whole being, so of Bharata.

Thus the most secret science
Has now been declared by Me, blameless one;
Being enlightened as to this, a man would have true enlightenment,
And would have done all there is to do, son of Bharata.

Chapter 18 61 - 71
The Supreme Spirit

With thy thoughts all actions
Casting upon Me, devoted to Me,
Turning to discipline of mentality,
Keep thine mind ever fixed on Me.

If thy mind is on Me, all difficulties
Shalt thou cross over by My grace;
But if thru egotism thou
Wilt not heed, thou shalt perish.

. . . . .

If thy mind is on Me, all difficulties
Shalt thou cross over by My grace;
But if thru egotism thou
Wilt not heed, thou shalt perish.

Of all beings, the Lord
In the heart abides, Arjuna,
Causing all beings to turn around
(As if) fixed in a machine, by his magic power.

To Him alone go for refuge,
With thy whole being, son of Bharata;
By His grace, supreme peace
And the eternal station shalt thou attain.

Thus to thee has been expounded the knowledge
That is more secret than the secret, by Me;
After pondering on it fully,
Act as thou thinkest best.

Further, the highest secret of all,
My supreme message, hear.
Because thou art greatly loved of Me,
Therefore I shall tell thee what is good for thee.

Be Me-minded, devoted to Me;
Worshiping Me, revere Me;
And to Me alone shalt thou go; truly to thee
I promise it -- (because) thou art dear to Me.

Abandoning all (other) duties,
Go to Me as thy sole refuge;
From all evils I thee
Shall rescue: be not grieved!

This on thy part to no one not endowed with austerity,
Nor ever to one not devoted,
Nor to one not obedient, must be told,
Nor to one who murmurs against Me.

Whoso this supreme secret
Shall make known to My devotees,
Showing utmost devotion to Me,
Shall go just to me, without a doubt.

And not than he among men,
Is there any one who does things more pleasing to Me;
Nor shall there be than he to Me
Any other dearer on earth.

And whoso shall study this
Colloquy on duty between us two,
By him with knowledge-worship I
Would be worshiped: so I hold.

With faith, and not murmuring against it,
What man even hears it,
He too shall be released, and the fair worlds
Of men of virtuous deeds shall he attain.

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