THE BHAGAVAD GITA (Contd)
CHAPTER - 16: STANZAS 21 TO 24
IMPORTANCE OF FOLLOWING THE SCRIPTURES
The Yoga
of the Division between
the Divine and the
Demoniacal
¢æO¢vD|
nrkÞyEd|
¹ar|
naSnmaÏmn: ,
kam:
@aEDÞtTa
laEBÞtÞmadEtÏæOy|
ÏyjEt¯
,, 21 ,,
¢æO¢vDm¯
|
t£n
p#kar kE |
triple |
naSnm¯ |
naS
krnEvalE hW| |
destructive |
AaÏmn: |
AaÏma
ka |
of the self |
ÏyjEt¯ |
Ïyag
dEna ca¢hyE |
one should abandon |
kam
@aED
tTa
laEB yh
t£n
p#kar kE
nrk kE
¹ar
AaÏma ka
naS
krnEvalE
hW| issE
in
t£naE| kaE
Ïyag
dEna ca¢hyE
,
Desire, anger
and greed - this triple
gate of hell, brings about
the ruination of the soul.
Therefore, one should avoid all these
three.(21)
etW¢vIm¤³:
kaWÓtEy
tmaE¹arW¢ÞæO¢BnIr:
,
AacrÏyaÏmn:
½EyÞttaE
ya¢t
pra|
g¢tm¯ ,, 22
,,
¢vm¤³:
|
m¤³
h^Aa |
liberated |
kaWÓtEy |
hE
kaWÓtEy |
O Kaunteya |
tmaE¹arW: |
nrk
kE ¹araE|
sE |
gates to darkness |
Aacr¢t |
AacrN
krta hW |
practises |
½Ey: |
kÚyaN
ka |
what is good |
hE
kaWÓtEy
in t£naE|
nrk
kE
¹araE| sE
m¤³ h^Aa
p¤âx
ApnE
kÚyaN
ka AacrN
krta
hW issE
vh
prm g¢t
kaE jata
hW ,
Freed from
these three gates of hell,
man works his own salvation
and thereby attains the supreme
goal.
(22)
y:
SaÞæO¢v¢Dm¤Ïs¦Çy
vtItE
kamkart: ,
n
s
¢s¢ÑGmvap"aE¢t
n s¤K|
n
pra|
g¢tm¯ ,, 23
,,
SaÞæO¢v¢Dm¯
|
SaÞæO
k£ ¢v¢D
kaE |
the ordinances
of scriptures |
uÏs¦Çy
|
Ïyagkr |
having cast aside |
vtItE |
Ûyvhar
krta hW |
acts |
kamkart: |
Apn£
iÅCa sE |
under the impulse |
¢s¢ÑGm¯
|
¢s¢ÑG
kaE |
perfection |
Avap"aE¢t |
p#açO
haEta hW |
attains |
jaE
p¤âx
SaÞæO
k£
¢v¢D kaE
Ïyagkr
Apn£
iÅCa sE
Ûyvhar
krta
hW vh
n
taE ¢s¢ÑG
kaE
p#açO
haEta
hW n
prm
g¢t kaE
AaWr
n s¤K
kaE
h£ ,
Having cast
aside the injunctions of the
scripture, he who acts
in an arbitrary way according
to his own sweet will neither
attains perfection nor the
supreme goal nor even happiness.
(23)
tÞmaÅCaÞæO|
p#maN|
tE
kayaIkayIÛyv¢ÞTtaW ,
åOaÏva
SaÞæO¢vDanaE³|
kmI
kt¤I¢mhahI¢s
,, 24 ,,
p#maNm¯ |
p#maN
hW |
by authority |
kayI
AkayI Ûyv¢ÞTtaW
|
ktIÛy
AaWr AktIÛy
k£ ÛyvÞTa
mE| |
in determining what ought to be done or not
|
åOaÏva |
jankr |
having known |
SaÞæO¢vDan
u³m¯ |
SaÞæO¢v¢D
sE ¢nyt
¢kyE h^e
|
what is said in the ordinance of the Sastras
|
ih |
yha| |
here (in this world) |
issE
tErE
¢le
yha| ktIÛy
AaWr
AktIÛy
k£ ÛyvÞTa
mE|
SaÞæO
h£ p#maN
hW
eEsa
jankr SaÞæO¢v¢D
sE
¢nyt
¢kyE h^e
kmI kaE
h£
krna ca¢he
,
Therefore, the
scripture alone is your guide
in determining what should
be done and what should
not be done. Knowing this,
you ought to perform here
only such action as is ordained
by the scriptures.
(24)
i¢t
½£mìgvé£tas¥p¢nxÏs¤
b#'¢vïaya|
yaEgSaÞæOE
½£k]ÝNaj¤Ins|vadE
dWvas¤rs|p¢¹BagyaEgaE
nam
xaEfSaE{Òyay:
.
½£mìgvé£tas¤
|
½£mìgvé£tar¥p£
|
Srimad Bhagavad Gita |
up¢nxÏs¤
|
up¢nxd
mE| |
in the Upanishad of |
b#'¢vïayam¯
|
b#'¢vïa
mE| |
the Knowledge of Brahman |
yaEgSaÞæOE
|
yaEgSaÞæO
mE| |
the Science of Yoga |
½£k]ÝNaj¤In
|
½£
k]ÝN AaWr
Aj¤In |
between Sri Krishna
and Arjuna |
s|vadE |
s|vad
mE| |
dialogue |
dWvas¤rs|p¢¹BagyaEg:
|
dWvas¤rs|p¢¹BagyaEg
|
The Yoga of the division between the divine and
the Demoniacal
|
xaEfxaE{Òyay:
|
saElhva|
AÒyay |
sixteenth chapter |
i¢t
½£mìgvé£taãp£
up¢nxdq
ev|
b#'¢vïa
tTa
yaEgSaÞæO¢vxyk
½£k]ÝN
AaWr
Aj¤In
kE
s|vad
mE|
dWvas¤rs|p¢¹BagyaEg
namk
saElhva|
AÒyay
Thus in the
Upanishad of the Bhagavad
Gita, presenting
the Knowledge
of Brahman, and the Science
of Yoga, in the
form of a
dialogue between Sri Krishna
and Arjuna, runs
the Sixteenth
Chapter entitled
The Yoga of
the Division between
the Divine
and the Demoniacal
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