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Chapter 3
Karma-yoga

arjun kahilen:
yadi buddhi-yoga śreṣṭha ohe janārdan
ghor yuddhe niyojita kara ki kāraṇ

Text 1

dvyarthak kathāy buddhi mohit ye hay
niścit yā hay kaha śreya upajay

Text 2

śrī-bhagavān kahilen:
dvibidha loker niṣṭhā balechi tomāre
sāṁkhya ār jñāna-yog yogya adhikāre

Text 3

vihita karmer niṣṭhā nā kari ārambha
naiṣkarma jñān ye carcā hay eka dambha
vihita karmer tyāge cittaśuddhi nay
keval sannyāse kārya siddhi nāhi hay

Text 4

kṣaṇek samay mātra nā kariyā karma
thākite pāre nā keha svābhāvik dharma
prakṛtir guṇ yathā sabār nirvandha
sei kārya kare yāte karamer vandha

Text 5

karmendriya rodh kari manete smaraṇa
ihā nāhi cittaśuddhi naiṣkarma kāraṇ
ataev sei vyakti vimūḍhātmā hay
indriyārtha mithyācārī śāstrete kahay

Text 6

kintu yadi nijendriya saṁyata niyame
karmer ārambha kare yathā yathā krame
vātul nā hay markaṭ vairāgya kari
antarniṣṭhā hale hay sahāy śrī-hari
sei hay karma-yog karmendriya dvārā
āsakti-rahit karma viśeṣ prakārā

Text 7

niyamita karma bhāla sei akarma apekṣā
anadhikārīra karma tyāga, para-mukhāpekṣā
śarīr nirvāha yār nahe karma vinā
karma-tyāg tār pakṣe hay viḍambanā

Text 8

yajñeśvar bhagavāner santoṣ lāgiyā
niyamita karma kara āsakti tyajiyā
ār yata karma hay bandhera kāraṇa
ataeva sei kārya kara nivāraṇa
bhagavada santoṣārtha karmera prasaṅga
yata kichu ācaraṇa saba mukta saṇga

Text 9

prajāpati sṛṣṭi kari yajñera sādhana
upadeś karechila śune prajāgaṇa
yajñera sādhana kari sukhī hao sabe
yajña-dvārā bhog pābe indriya vaibhave

Text 10

adhikārī devagaṇ yajñera prabhāve
yajña anuṣṭhān dekhi sabe prīta habe
paraspara prīti-bhāv hale sampādana
bhogera sāmagrī śreya nahe anaṭana

Text 11

yajñete santuṣṭa haye abhīṣṭa ye bhoga
devatārā dyāya sab pracura prayoga
sei datta anna yāhā devatārā dyāya
tṅāhāder nā diyā khāya cor sei hay

Text 12

yajñera sādhana kari anna yevā khāy
muktira pathete cale pāp nāhi hay
ār yebā anna pāk nija svārthe kare
pāper bojhā krame bāḍe duḥkha-bhog tare

Text 13

anna kheye jīv bāṅce anna ye jīvana
sei anna utpādane vṛṣṭi ye kāraṇa
sei vṛṣṭi hay yadi yajña kārye hay
sei yajña sādhya hay karmera kāraṇa

Text 14

karma yāhā veda-vāṇī nahe mano-dharma
veda-vāṇī bhagavadukti akṣarera kāraṇa
ataeva karma hay īśvara-sādhanā
sarva-gata brahma-nitya yajñete sthāpanā

Text 15

sei se brahmera cakra āche pravartita
se cakre ye nāhi hay viṣeśa vartita
pāpera jīvana tār ati bhayaṅkara
indriya prītaye kare pāpa paraspara

Text 16

ār ye bujhiyāche ātma-tattva-sār
kārya karma kichu nāi karibār tār
pūrṇa-jñāne bhagavāne bhakti kare yei
ātma-tṛpta ātma-jñānī tuṣṭa ātmātei

Text 17

arthānartha vicārādi ātma-tṛpta nahe
kartavyā-kartavya yāhā veda-śāstra kahe
se nahe kāhāra ṛṇī nijārtha sādhane
sarvasva hayeche pūrṇa śaraṇya śaraṇe

Text 18

ataev anāsakta haye kārya kara
yukta vairāgya sei tāte hao dṛḍha
anāsakta kārya kare parama padete
yogya hay krame krame se pada labhite

Text 19

janakādi mahājan karma sādhya kari
siddhi-lābh karechila āpani ācari
tumi-o serūp kara loka-śikṣā lāgi
lābh nāi kichumātra markaṭa vairāgī

Text 20

śreṣṭha vyakti yāhā kare lokera ādarśa
itara janatā yāhā kare hay harṣa
śreṣṭha vyakti yāhā kichu prāmāṇya svīkāre
tāhāi svīkārya hay prati ghare ghare

Text 21

āmāra kartavya nāi tribhuvana mājhe
pārtha tumi jāna kevā samatulya āche
prāptavya baliyā kichu kothā nāhi mor
tathāpi dekhaha āmi kartavye vibhor

Text 22

āmi yadi karma tyaji atandrita haye
mama vartma sabe anugamana karaye

Text 23

phal ei habe sabāi ucchanna yābe
āmāra darśita path dekhāra abhābe
vidhi ār kichu nāhi rabe dharātale
vinaṣṭa haibe ei prajārā sakale

Text 24

vidvāner ye kartavya avidvān sama
vāhyata āsakta haye karma samāgama
antare āsakti nāi lokera saṁgraha
vidvāner hay sei karmete āgraha

Text 25

buddhi-bhed nāhi kari mūḍha karmīder
ajñānī ye hay tārā tāi herpher
tāi se sājāte habe sarva karma mājhe
āpani ācari sab avidyāra sāje

Text 26

vidvāna mūrkhete hay ei mātra bhed
prakṛtir vaś ek anya se bicched
prakṛtir guṇe vaś kārya kari yāy
ahaṁkāre matta haye nije kartā hay
āpanār paricaya prakṛtira māne
dehe ātma-buddhi kare asatyera dhyāne

Text 27

tattvavit ye vidvān bujhe guṇa-karma
guṇ dvārā kārya hay jāne sār-marma
ataev guṇa-kārya nā kare sajjan
prakṛtir guṇa-kārya āsakta nā han

Text 28

guṇa-karme āsakti se guṇete saṁmūḍha
prākṛta nijeke māne sei kārye dṛḍha
bhava-rogī mūḍha jane nā kari bañcan
karmera yojanā hate krame jñān val

Text 29

ataev tumi pārtha chāḍa abhimān
tomār samasta śakti kara more dān
karma-phal āmā chāḍa nirmama haiyā
yuddha kara āśā tyaji mūḍhatā tyajiyā

Text 30

āmāra emata kārya anuṣṭhān kari
sarva karma kare śūdhu bhajite śrī-hari
śraddhāvān mor bhakta asūyā-bihīn
karma-phal mukta hay bhaktite bilīn

Text 31

prakṛti-sadṛśa ceṣṭā kare guṇavān
prakṛtir vaśe sarva kārya anuṣṭhān

Text 32

vahukāl hate yārā prakṛtir vaś
nigraha karite nāre haiyā vivaś

Text 33

ataev indriyārthe rāg dveṣ chāḍi
viṣayete rāg dveṣ kichu nāhi kari
tāhār vaśete nije kabhu nā rahibā
anāsakta viṣayete mādhavera sevā

Text 34

nija dharma śreya jāna para-dharmāpekṣā
bhagavad sevā lāgi karma-yoga śikṣā
svadharme nidhan bhāla nahe paradharma
bhāla kari bujha tumi ei gūḍha marma

Text 35

arjun kahilen:
he vārṣṇeya kaha tumi bujhāiyā more
ki lāgi hayeche jīva yukta pāpa ghore
anicchā-sattveo hay pāpe niyojita
avaśa haiyā kare pāpa se garhita

Text 36

śrī-bhagavān kahilen:
kām ār krodh hay rajoguṇ dvārā
abhibhūta baddha-jīv tri-jagate sārā
jñānī-jīv ei dui mahā śatru jāne
kare tāi guṇātīta kārya sāvadhāne

Text 37

tri-jagate kām mātra sarva āvaraṇ
āgunete dhūm yathā dhūsara darśan
athavā jarāyu yathā garbha āvaraṇ
alpādhik ei sab kāmera kāraṇ

Text 38

ei nitya vairī kare jñāna āvaraṇ
jīv tāhe vaddha hay nahe sādhāraṇ
kām hay duṣpūraṇ agnira samān
ataev kām lāgi hao sāvadhān

Text 39

sei kām adhiṣṭhita indriyādi mane
vuddhite vasiyā āṅke nikhila bhuvane
vaddha jīv se kāraṇ deha abhimānī
svātantryer vyavahār nāhi jāne jñānī

Text 40

ataev he bhārat! prathamete kām
niyantrita kari hao sampūrṇa niṣkām
bhaktira dhāraṇa sei kāma jaya janya
se jñān vijñan-nāśī, nāhi patha anya

Text 41

baddha-jīv jaḍa-buddhi indriya pradhān
indriyādhipati man karmera bidhān
man hate para-buddhi tārpar ātmā
ataev kara sevā sei paramātmā

Text 42

aprākṛta buddhi dvārā kara dāsya tār
ghucibe sakal moha kāma vyavahār
sei se upāy ek śatru jinibār
kāmarūpa durāsada keha nāhi ār

Text 43

bhaktivedānta kahe śrī-gītāra gān
śune yadi śuddha bhakta kṛṣṇagata-prāṇ

Thus Bhaktivedānta sings the song of Śrī Gītā, with the hope that hearing this, Kṛṣṇa conscious pure devotees will be pleased.

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