अर्जुन उवाच |
ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन |
तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव || 1 ||
arjuna uvācha ।
jyāyasī chētkarmaṇastē matā buddhirjanārdana ।
tatkiṃ karmaṇi ghōrē māṃ niyōjayasi kēśava ॥ 1 ॥
अर्जुन बोले– हे जनार्दन ! यदि आपको कर्मकी अपेक्षा ज्ञान श्रेष्ठ मान्य है तो फिर हे केशव ! मुझे भयंकर कर्ममें क्यों लगाते हैं ?
Arjuna asked the Good Lord : O Lord KRISHNA, if you claim that Gyan or Knowledge is better than one’s Karma or responsibility, the why do you ask me to fight this battle?
व्यामिश्रेणेव वाक्येन बुद्धिं मोहयसीव मे |
तदेकं वद निश्चित्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्नुयाम् || 2||
vyāmiśrēṇēva vākyēna buddhiṃ mōhayasīva mē ।
tadēkaṃ vada niśchitya yēna śrēyōhamāpnuyām ॥ 2 ॥
आप मिले हुए-से वचनोंसे मेरी बुद्धिको मानो मोहित कर रहे हैं इसलिये उस एक बातको निश्चित करके कहिये जिससे मैं कल्याणको प्राप्त हो जाऊँ|
I am confused dear Lord, by the advice you have given to me. You have told me to take two opposite and different courses of action at once. Please, O KRISHNA, tell me of just one wise solution and course of action that would lead out of this problem safely.
श्रीभगवानुवाच |
लोकेऽस्मिन्द्विविधा निष्ठा पुरा प्रोक्ता मयानघ |
ज्ञानयोगेन साङ्ख्यानां कर्मयोगेन योगिनाम् || 3||
śrībhagavānuvācha ।
lōkēsmindvividhā niṣṭhā purā prōktā mayānagha ।
jñānayōgēna sāṅkhyānāṃ karmayōgēna yōginām ॥ 3 ॥
श्रीभगवान् बोले– हे निष्पाप ! इस लोकमें दो प्रकारकी निष्ठा’ मेरेद्वारा पहले कही गयी है । उनमेंसे सांख्ययोगियोंकी निष्ठा तो ज्ञानयोगसे और योगियोंकी निष्ठा कर्मयोगसे होती है|
The Blessed Lord replied : O Arjuna, always remember in life that there are only two definite paths of action as I have described before. One of these is known as Sankhyayoga or the path of knowledge, and the other is Karmayoga, or the path of performing duty and action without expecting any result.
न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते |
न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति || 4||
na karmaṇāmanārambhānnaiṣkarmyaṃ puruṣōśnutē ।
na cha saṃnyasanādēva siddhiṃ samadhigachChati ॥ 4 ॥
मनुष्य न तो कर्मोंका आरम्भ किये बिना निष्कर्मताको यानी योगनिष्ठाको प्राप्त होता है और न कर्मोंके केवल त्यागमात्र सिद्धि यानी सांख्यनिष्ठाको ही प्राप्त होता है|
O Arjuna, it is not only important to understand the meanings of Sankhyayoga and Karmayoga, but it is also important to understand the aims or goals behind each of these courses of action.The aim of Karmayoga is to achieve freedom from action. One cannot achieve the goal by total inaction or by not performing any action at all. The goal of Sankhyayoga is the realization of God. When one has fully realized God, he has reached a state of perfection. Once simply cannot attain this state of perfection by giving up or retreating from the performance of one’s actions.
न हि कश्चित्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत् |
कार्यते ह्यवश: कर्म सर्व: प्रकृतिजैर्गुणै: || 5||
na hi kaśchitkṣaṇamapi jātu tiṣṭhatyakarmakṛt ।
kāryatē hyavaśaḥ karma sarvaḥ prakṛtijairguṇaiḥ ॥ 5 ॥
निःसन्देह कोई भी मनुष्य किसी भी कालमें क्षणमात्र भी बिना कर्म किये नहीं रहता; क्योंकि सारा मनुष्यसमुदाय प्रकृतिजनित गुणोंद्वारा परवश हुआ कर्म करनेके लिये बाध्य किया जाता है|
Lord Krishna continued:There is nobody who is living that does not perform an action of some sort even for a moment. Everyone is forced to perform actions by natural tendencies (human nature).