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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.37
यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम् |\nतत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम् ||१८-३७||
yattadagre viṣamiva pariṇāme.amṛtopamam .\ntatsukhaṃ sāttvikaṃ proktamātmabuddhiprasādajam ||18-37||
That which seems like poison at first, but tastes like nectar in the end, is said to be happiness in the mode of goodness. It is generated by the pure intellect that is situated in self-knowledge.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.38
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम् |\nपरिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम् ||१८-३८||
viṣayendriyasaṃyogādyattadagre.amṛtopamam .\npariṇāme viṣamiva tatsukhaṃ rājasaṃ smṛtam ||18-38||
Happiness is said to be in the mode of passion when it is derived from the contact of the senses with their objects. Such happiness is like nectar at first but poison at the end.
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18.39
यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः |\nनिद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ||१८-३९||
yadagre cānubandhe ca sukhaṃ mohanamātmanaḥ .\nnidrālasyapramādotthaṃ tattāmasamudāhṛtam ||18-39||
That happiness which covers the nature of the self from beginning to end, and which is derived from sleep, indolence, and negligence, is said to be in the mode of ignorance.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.40
न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः |\nसत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्त्रिभिर्गुणैः ||१८-४०||
na tadasti pṛthivyāṃ vā divi deveṣu vā punaḥ .\nsattvaṃ prakṛtijairmuktaṃ yadebhiḥ syāttribhirguṇaiḥ ||18-40||
No living being on earth or the higher celestial abodes of this material realm is free from the influence of these three modes of nature.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.41
ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां च परन्तप |\nकर्माणि प्रविभक्तानि स्वभावप्रभवैर्गुणैः ||१८-४१||
brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ ca parantapa .\nkarmāṇi pravibhaktāni svabhāvaprabhavairguṇaiḥ ||18-41||
The duties of the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras—are distributed according to their qualities, in accordance with their guṇas (and not by birth).
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.42
शमो दमस्तपः शौचं क्षान्तिरार्जवमेव च |\nज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम् ||१८-४२||
śamo damastapaḥ śaucaṃ kṣāntirārjavameva ca .\njñānaṃ vijñānamāstikyaṃ brahmakarma svabhāvajam ||18-42||
Tranquility, restraint, austerity, purity, patience, integrity, knowledge, wisdom, and belief in a hereafter—these are the intrinsic qualities of work for Brahmins.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.43
शौर्यं तेजो धृतिर्दाक्ष्यं युद्धे चाप्यपलायनम् |\nदानमीश्वरभावश्च क्षात्रं कर्म स्वभावजम् ||१८-४३||
śauryaṃ tejo dhṛtirdākṣyaṃ yuddhe cāpyapalāyanam .\ndānamīśvarabhāvaśca kṣātraṃ karma svabhāvajam ||18-43||
Valor, strength, fortitude, skill in weaponry, resolve never to retreat from battle, large-heartedness in charity, and leadership abilities, these are the natural qualities of work for Kshatriyas.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.44
कृषिगौरक्ष्यवाणिज्यं वैश्यकर्म स्वभावजम् |\nपरिचर्यात्मकं कर्म शूद्रस्यापि स्वभावजम् ||१८-४४||
kṛṣigaurakṣyavāṇijyaṃ vaiśyakarma svabhāvajam .\nparicaryātmakaṃ karma śūdrasyāpi svabhāvajam ||18-44||
Agriculture, dairy farming, and commerce are the natural works for those with the qualities of Vaishyas. Serving through work is the natural duty for those with the qualities of Shudras.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.45
स्वे स्वे कर्मण्यभिरतः संसिद्धिं लभते नरः |\nस्वकर्मनिरतः सिद्धिं यथा विन्दति तच्छृणु ||१८-४५||
sve sve karmaṇyabhirataḥ saṃsiddhiṃ labhate naraḥ .\nsvakarmanirataḥ siddhiṃ yathā vindati tacchṛṇu ||18-45||
By fulfilling their duties, born of their innate qualities, human beings can attain perfection. Now hear from Me how one can become perfect by discharging one’s prescribed duties.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.46
यतः प्रवृत्तिर्भूतानां येन सर्वमिदं ततम् |\nस्वकर्मणा तमभ्यर्च्य सिद्धिं विन्दति मानवः ||१८-४६||
yataḥ pravṛttirbhūtānāṃ yena sarvamidaṃ tatam .\nsvakarmaṇā tamabhyarcya siddhiṃ vindati mānavaḥ ||18-46||
By performing one’s natural occupation, one worships the Creator from whom all living entities have come into being, and by whom the whole universe is pervaded. By such performance of work, a person easily attains perfection.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.47
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् |\nस्वभावनियतं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम् ||१८-४७||
śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt .\nsvabhāvaniyataṃ karma kurvannāpnoti kilbiṣam ||18-47||
It is better to do one’s own dharma, even though imperfectly, than to do another’s dharma, even though perfectly. By doing one’s innate duties, a person does not incur sin.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.48
सहजं कर्म कौन्तेय सदोषमपि न त्यजेत् |\nसर्वारम्भा हि दोषेण धूमेनाग्निरिवावृताः ||१८-४८||
sahajaṃ karma kaunteya sadoṣamapi na tyajet .\nsarvārambhā hi doṣeṇa dhūmenāgnirivāvṛtāḥ ||18-48||
One should not abandon duties born of one’s nature, even if one sees defects in them, O son of Kunti. Indeed, all endeavors are veiled by some evil, as fire is by smoke.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.49
असक्तबुद्धिः सर्वत्र जितात्मा विगतस्पृहः |\nनैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिं परमां संन्यासेनाधिगच्छति ||१८-४९||
asaktabuddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigataspṛhaḥ .\nnaiṣkarmyasiddhiṃ paramāṃ saṃnyāsenādhigacchati ||18-49||
Those whose intellect is unattached everywhere, who have mastered the mind, and are free from desires by the practice of renunciation, attain the highest perfection of freedom from action.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.50
सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे |\nसमासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा ||१८-५०||
siddhiṃ prāpto yathā brahma tathāpnoti nibodha me .\nsamāsenaiva kaunteya niṣṭhā jñānasya yā parā ||18-50||
Hear from Me briefly, O Arjun, and I shall explain how one, who has attained perfection (of cessation of actions), can also attain Brahman by being firmly fixed in transcendental knowledge.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.51 – 18.53
बुद्ध्या विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्यात्मानं नियम्य च |\nशब्दादीन्विषयांस्त्यक्त्वा रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च ||१८-५१||\nविविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः |\nध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः ||१८-५२||\nअहंकारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं परिग्रहम् |\nविमुच्य निर्ममः शान्तो ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ||१८-५३||
buddhyā viśuddhayā yukto dhṛtyātmānaṃ niyamya ca .\nśabdādīnviṣayāṃstyaktvā rāgadveṣau vyudasya ca ||18-51||\nviviktasevī laghvāśī yatavākkāyamānasaḥ .\ndhyānayogaparo nityaṃ vairāgyaṃ samupāśritaḥ ||18-52||\nahaṃkāraṃ balaṃ darpaṃ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ parigraham .\nvimucya nirmamaḥ śānto brahmabhūyāya kalpate ||18-53||
One becomes fit to attain Brahman when he or she possesses a purified intellect and firmly restrains the senses, abandoning sound and other objects of the senses, casting aside attraction and aversion. Such a person relishes solitude, eats lightly, controls body, mind, and speech, is ever engaged in meditation, and practices dispassion. Free from egotism, violence, arrogance, desire, possessiveness of property, and selfishness, such a person, situated in tranquility, is fit for union with Brahman (i.e., realization of the Absolute Truth as Brahman).
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18.54
ब्रह्मभूतः प्रसन्नात्मा न शोचति न काङ्क्षति |\nसमः सर्वेषु भूतेषु मद्भक्तिं लभते पराम् ||१८-५४||
brahmabhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati .\nsamaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu madbhaktiṃ labhate parām ||18-54||
One situated in the transcendental Brahman realization becomes mentally serene, neither grieving nor desiring. Being equitably disposed toward all living beings, such a yogi attains supreme devotion unto Me.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.55
भक्त्या मामभिजानाति यावान्यश्चास्मि तत्त्वतः |\nततो मां तत्त्वतो ज्ञात्वा विशते तदनन्तरम् ||१८-५५||
bhaktyā māmabhijānāti yāvānyaścāsmi tattvataḥ .\ntato māṃ tattvato jñātvā viśate tadanantaram ||18-55||
Only by loving devotion to Me does one come to know who I am in Truth. Then, having come to know Me, My devotee enters into full consciousness of Me.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.56
सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः |\nमत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम् ||१८-५६||
sarvakarmāṇyapi sadā kurvāṇo madvyapāśrayaḥ .\nmatprasādādavāpnoti śāśvataṃ padamavyayam ||18-56||
My devotees, though performing all kinds of actions, take full refuge in Me. By my grace, they attain the eternal and imperishable abode.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.57
चेतसा सर्वकर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्परः |\nबुद्धियोगमुपाश्रित्य मच्चित्तः सततं भव ||१८-५७||
cetasā sarvakarmāṇi mayi saṃnyasya matparaḥ .\nbuddhiyogamupāśritya maccittaḥ satataṃ bhava ||18-57||
Dedicate your every activity to Me, making Me your supreme goal. Taking shelter of the Yog of the intellect, keep your consciousness absorbed in Me always.
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18.58
मच्चित्तः सर्वदुर्गाणि मत्प्रसादात्तरिष्यसि |\nअथ चेत्त्वमहंकारान्न श्रोष्यसि विनङ्क्ष्यसि ||१८-५८||
maccittaḥ sarvadurgāṇi matprasādāttariṣyasi .\natha cettvamahaṃkārānna śroṣyasi vinaṅkṣyasi ||18-58||
If you always remember Me, by My grace you shall overcome all obstacles and difficulties. But if, due to pride, you do not listen to My advice, you will perish.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.59
यदहंकारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे |\nमिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति ||१८-५९||
yadahaṃkāramāśritya na yotsya iti manyase .\nmithyaiṣa vyavasāyaste prakṛtistvāṃ niyokṣyati ||18-59||
If, motivated by pride, you think, “I shall not fight,” your decision will be in vain. Your own nature will compel you to fight.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.60
स्वभावजेन कौन्तेय निबद्धः स्वेन कर्मणा |\nकर्तुं नेच्छसि यन्मोहात्करिष्यस्यवशोपि तत् ||१८-६०||
svabhāvajena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā .\nkartuṃ necchasi yanmohātkariṣyasyavaśopi tat ||18-60||
O Arjun, that action which out of delusion you do not wish to do, you will be driven to do it by your own inclination, born of your own material nature.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.61
ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति |\nभ्रामयन्सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि मायया ||१८-६१||
īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ hṛddeśe.arjuna tiṣṭhati .\nbhrāmayansarvabhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā ||18-61||
The Supreme Lord dwells in the hearts of all living beings, O Arjun. According to their karmas, He directs the wanderings of the souls, who are seated on a machine made of material energy.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.62
तमेव शरणं गच्छ सर्वभावेन भारत |\nतत्प्रसादात्परां शान्तिं स्थानं प्राप्स्यसि शाश्वतम् ||१८-६२||
tameva śaraṇaṃ gaccha sarvabhāvena bhārata .\ntatprasādātparāṃ śāntiṃ sthānaṃ prāpsyasi śāśvatam ||18-62||
Surrender exclusively unto Him with your whole being, O Bharat. By His grace, you will attain perfect peace and the eternal abode.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.63
इति ते ज्ञानमाख्यातं गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं मया |\nविमृश्यैतदशेषेण यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु ||१८-६३||
iti te jñānamākhyātaṃ guhyādguhyataraṃ mayā .\nvimṛśyaitadaśeṣeṇa yathecchasi tathā kuru ||18-63||
Thus, I have explained to you this knowledge that is more secret than all secrets. Ponder over it deeply, and then do as you wish.
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18.64
सर्वगुह्यतमं भूयः शृणु मे परमं वचः |\nइष्टोऽसि मे दृढमिति ततो वक्ष्यामि ते हितम् ||१८-६४||
sarvaguhyatamaṃ bhūyaḥ śṛṇu me paramaṃ vacaḥ .\niṣṭo.asi me dṛḍhamiti tato vakṣyāmi te hitam ||18-64||
Hear again My supreme instruction, the most confidential of all knowledge. I am revealing this for your benefit because you are very dear to Me.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.65
मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु |\nमामेवैष्यसि सत्यं ते प्रतिजाने प्रियोऽसि मे ||१८-६५||
manmanā bhava madbhakto madyājī māṃ namaskuru .\nmāmevaiṣyasi satyaṃ te pratijāne priyo.asi me ||18-65||
Always think of Me, be devoted to Me, worship Me, and offer obeisance to Me. Doing so, you will certainly come to Me. This is My pledge to you, for you are very dear to Me.
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18.66
सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज |\nअहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः ||१८-६६||
sarvadharmānparityajya māmekaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja .\nahaṃ tvāṃ sarvapāpebhyo mokṣyayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ ||18-66||
Abandon all varieties of dharmas and simply surrender unto Me alone. I shall liberate you from all sinful reactions; do not fear.
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18.67
इदं ते नातपस्काय नाभक्ताय कदाचन |\nन चाशुश्रूषवे वाच्यं न च मां योऽभ्यसूयति ||१८-६७||
idaṃ te nātapaskāya nābhaktāya kadācana .\nna cāśuśrūṣave vācyaṃ na ca māṃ yo.abhyasūyati ||18-67||
This instruction should never be explained to those who are not austere or to those who are not devoted. It should also not be spoken to those who are averse to listening (to spiritual topics), and especially not to those who are envious of Me.
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18.68
य इदं परमं गुह्यं मद्भक्तेष्वभिधास्यति |\nभक्तिं मयि परां कृत्वा मामेवैष्यत्यसंशयः ||१८-६८||
ya idaṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ madbhakteṣvabhidhāsyati .\nbhaktiṃ mayi parāṃ kṛtvā māmevaiṣyatyasaṃśayaḥ ||18-68||
Amongst My devotees, those who teach this most confidential knowledge perform the greatest act of love. They will come to Me, without doubt.
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18.69
न च तस्मान्मनुष्येषु कश्चिन्मे प्रियकृत्तमः |\nभविता न च मे तस्मादन्यः प्रियतरो भुवि ||१८-६९||
na ca tasmānmanuṣyeṣu kaścinme priyakṛttamaḥ .\nbhavitā na ca me tasmādanyaḥ priyataro bhuvi ||18-69||
No human being does more loving service to Me than they; nor shall there ever be anyone on this earth more dear to Me.
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18.70
अध्येष्यते च य इमं धर्म्यं संवादमावयोः |\nज्ञानयज्ञेन तेनाहमिष्टः स्यामिति मे मतिः ||१८-७०||
adhyeṣyate ca ya imaṃ dharmyaṃ saṃvādamāvayoḥ .\njñānayajñena tenāhamiṣṭaḥ syāmiti me matiḥ ||18-70||
And I proclaim that those who study this sacred dialogue of ours will worship Me (with their intellect) through the sacrifice of knowledge; such is My view.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.71
श्रद्धावाननसूयश्च शृणुयादपि यो नरः |\nसोऽपि मुक्तः शुभाँल्लोकान्प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यकर्मणाम् ||१८-७१||
śraddhāvānanasūyaśca śṛṇuyādapi yo naraḥ .\nso.api muktaḥ śubhā.Nllokānprāpnuyātpuṇyakarmaṇām ||18-71||
Even those who only listen to this knowledge with faith and without envy will be liberated from sins and attain the auspicious abodes where the pious dwell.
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18.72
कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा |\nकच्चिदज्ञानसम्मोहः प्रनष्टस्ते धनञ्जय ||१८-७२||
kaccidetacchrutaṃ pārtha tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā .\nkaccidajñānasammohaḥ pranaṣṭaste dhanañjaya ||18-72||
O Arjun, have you heard Me with a concentrated mind? Have your ignorance and delusion been destroyed?
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अर्जुन उवाच |\nनष्टो मोहः स्मृतिर्लब्धा त्वत्प्रसादान्मयाच्युत |\nस्थितोऽस्मि गतसन्देहः करिष्ये वचनं तव ||१८-७३||
arjuna uvāca .\nnaṣṭo mohaḥ smṛtirlabdhā tvatprasādānmayācyuta .\nsthito.asmi gatasandehaḥ kariṣye vacanaṃ tava ||18-73||
Arjun said: O Infallible One, by your grace my illusion has been dispelled, and I am situated in knowledge. I am now free from doubts, and I shall act according to Your instructions.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.74
सञ्जय उवाच |\nइत्यहं वासुदेवस्य पार्थस्य च महात्मनः |\nसंवादमिममश्रौषमद्भुतं रोमहर्षणम् ||१८-७४||
sañjaya uvāca .\nityahaṃ vāsudevasya pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ .\nsaṃvādamimamaśrauṣamadbhutaṃ romaharṣaṇam ||18-74||
Sanjay said: Thus, have I heard this wonderful conversation between Shree Krishna, the Son of Vasudev, and Arjun, the noble-hearted son of Pritha. So thrilling is the message that my hair is standing on end.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.75
व्यासप्रसादाच्छ्रुतवानेतद्गुह्यमहं परम् |\nयोगं योगेश्वरात्कृष्णात्साक्षात्कथयतः स्वयम् ||१८-७५||
vyāsaprasādācchrutavānetadguhyamahaṃ param .\nyogaṃ yogeśvarātkṛṣṇātsākṣātkathayataḥ svayam ||18-75||
By the grace of Veda Vyas, I have heard this supreme and most secret Yog from the Lord of Yog, Shree Krishna Himself.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.76
राजन्संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य संवादमिममद्भुतम् |\nकेशवार्जुनयोः पुण्यं हृष्यामि च मुहुर्मुहुः ||१८-७६||
rājansaṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya saṃvādamimamadbhutam .\nkeśavārjunayoḥ puṇyaṃ hṛṣyāmi ca muhurmuhuḥ ||18-76||
As I repeatedly recall this astonishing and wonderful dialogue between the Supreme Lord Shree Krishna and Arjun, O King, I rejoice again and again.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.77
तच्च संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य रूपमत्यद्भुतं हरेः |\nविस्मयो मे महान् राजन्हृष्यामि च पुनः पुनः ||१८-७७||
tacca saṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya rūpamatyadbhutaṃ hareḥ .\nvismayo me mahān rājanhṛṣyāmi ca punaḥ punaḥ ||18-77||
And remembering that most astonishing and wonderful cosmic form of Lord Krishna, great is my astonishment, and I am thrilled with joy over and over again.
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Mokṣha Sanyās Yog
18.78
यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः |\nतत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम ||१८-७८||
yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ .\ntatra śrīrvijayo bhūtirdhruvā nītirmatirmama ||18-78||
Wherever there is Shree Krishna, the Lord of all Yog, and wherever there is Arjun, the supreme archer, there will also certainly be unending opulence, victory, prosperity, and righteousness. Of this, I am certain.
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