If you think that this (body) takes birth and dies perpetually, even then, O Arjuna, you should not grieve like this. |
If you will not fight this righteous war, then you will fail in your duty, lose your reputation, and incur sin. |
In battle, in the forest, at the precipice in the mountains, On the dark great sea, in the midst of javelins and arrows, In sleep, in confusion, in the depths of shame, The good deeds a man has done before defend him |
In Karma-yoga no effort is ever lost, and there is no harm. Even a little practice of this discipline protects one from great fear [of birth and death]. |
In My opinion, yoga is difficult for the one whose mind is not subdued. However, yoga is attainable by the person of subdued mind by striving through proper means. |
In whatever way I may have insulted You in jokes; while playing, reposing in bed, sitting, or at meals; when alone, or in front of others; O Krishna, I implore You for forgiveness. |
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 sins. |
Just as a fire is covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust, just as the embryo rests deep within the womb, wisdom is hidden by selfish desire. |
just as one sun illuminates this entire world, similarly the creator illumines [or gives life to] the entire creation. |
Karma does not bind one who has renounced work (by renouncing the fruits of work) through Karma-yoga; whose doubt is completely destroyed by knowledge; and who is Self-realized, O Arjuna. |
Karma does not bind one who has renounced work. |
Karma-yoga is a supreme secret indeed. |
Know Me to be the creator of all creation. |
Know Me to be the eternal seed of all creatures. I am the intelligence of the intelligent, and the brilliance of the brilliant. |
Know that all creatures have evolved from this twofold energy, and Brahman is the origin as well as the dissolution of the entire universe. |