{
  "name": "The Bhagavad Gita — 700 verses, Sanskrit with English and Hindi translation",
  "publisher": "Hansi Gita Bhawan Trust",
  "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/research",
  "generated": "2026-09-14",
  "counts": {
    "verses": 700,
    "chapters": 18,
    "bySpeaker": {
      "krishna": 574,
      "arjuna": 85,
      "sanjaya": 40,
      "dhritarashtra": 1
    }
  },
  "terms": [
    {
      "slug": "dharma",
      "sanskrit": "धर्म",
      "iast": "dharma",
      "english": "Dharma",
      "hindi": "धर्म",
      "gloss": "What holds things together — duty, right order, the way a thing rightly acts.",
      "verses": 27
    },
    {
      "slug": "svadharma",
      "sanskrit": "स्वधर्म",
      "iast": "svadharma",
      "english": "Svadharma",
      "hindi": "स्वधर्म",
      "gloss": "One’s own duty — the work that is actually yours, rather than another’s.",
      "verses": 4
    },
    {
      "slug": "karma",
      "sanskrit": "कर्म",
      "iast": "karma",
      "english": "Karma",
      "hindi": "कर्म",
      "gloss": "Action, and what action leaves behind.",
      "verses": 115
    },
    {
      "slug": "yoga",
      "sanskrit": "योग",
      "iast": "yoga",
      "english": "Yoga",
      "hindi": "योग",
      "gloss": "Yoking — the disciplines that join a person to the real.",
      "verses": 93
    },
    {
      "slug": "jnana",
      "sanskrit": "ज्ञान",
      "iast": "jñāna",
      "english": "Jnana",
      "hindi": "ज्ञान",
      "gloss": "Knowledge — not information, but seeing a thing as it is.",
      "verses": 74
    },
    {
      "slug": "bhakti",
      "sanskrit": "भक्ति",
      "iast": "bhakti",
      "english": "Bhakti",
      "hindi": "भक्ति",
      "gloss": "Devotion — love given to God without a price on it.",
      "verses": 39
    },
    {
      "slug": "dhyana",
      "sanskrit": "ध्यान",
      "iast": "dhyāna",
      "english": "Dhyana",
      "hindi": "ध्यान",
      "gloss": "Meditation — the mind gathered and held on one thing.",
      "verses": 5
    },
    {
      "slug": "atman",
      "sanskrit": "आत्मन्",
      "iast": "ātman",
      "english": "Atman",
      "hindi": "आत्मा",
      "gloss": "The Self — what a person is underneath the body and the mind.",
      "verses": 110
    },
    {
      "slug": "brahman",
      "sanskrit": "ब्रह्मन्",
      "iast": "brahman",
      "english": "Brahman",
      "hindi": "ब्रह्म",
      "gloss": "The Absolute — the one reality the Gita says everything rests on.",
      "verses": 44
    },
    {
      "slug": "moksha",
      "sanskrit": "मोक्ष",
      "iast": "mokṣa",
      "english": "Moksha",
      "hindi": "मोक्ष",
      "gloss": "Release — the end of being bound to birth and death.",
      "verses": 34
    },
    {
      "slug": "sthitaprajna",
      "sanskrit": "स्थितप्रज्ञ",
      "iast": "sthitaprajña",
      "english": "Sthitaprajna",
      "hindi": "स्थितप्रज्ञ",
      "gloss": "The steady mind — a person no longer moved about by wanting and fearing.",
      "verses": 4
    },
    {
      "slug": "guna",
      "sanskrit": "गुण",
      "iast": "guṇa",
      "english": "Guna",
      "hindi": "गुण",
      "gloss": "The three strands — sattva, rajas and tamas — that nature is woven from.",
      "verses": 30
    },
    {
      "slug": "sattva",
      "sanskrit": "सत्त्व",
      "iast": "sattva",
      "english": "Sattva",
      "hindi": "सत्त्व",
      "gloss": "Clarity, lightness, truthfulness.",
      "verses": 32
    },
    {
      "slug": "rajas",
      "sanskrit": "रजस्",
      "iast": "rajas",
      "english": "Rajas",
      "hindi": "रजस्",
      "gloss": "Restlessness, craving, drive.",
      "verses": 25
    },
    {
      "slug": "tamas",
      "sanskrit": "तमस्",
      "iast": "tamas",
      "english": "Tamas",
      "hindi": "तमस्",
      "gloss": "Heaviness, inertia, darkness.",
      "verses": 23
    },
    {
      "slug": "prakriti",
      "sanskrit": "प्रकृति",
      "iast": "prakṛti",
      "english": "Prakriti",
      "hindi": "प्रकृति",
      "gloss": "Nature — everything that changes.",
      "verses": 20
    },
    {
      "slug": "purusha",
      "sanskrit": "पुरुष",
      "iast": "puruṣa",
      "english": "Purusha",
      "hindi": "पुरुष",
      "gloss": "The one who witnesses — what does not change.",
      "verses": 27
    },
    {
      "slug": "yajna",
      "sanskrit": "यज्ञ",
      "iast": "yajña",
      "english": "Yajna",
      "hindi": "यज्ञ",
      "gloss": "Sacrifice — work done as an offering rather than for a return.",
      "verses": 38
    },
    {
      "slug": "tapas",
      "sanskrit": "तपस्",
      "iast": "tapas",
      "english": "Tapas",
      "hindi": "तप",
      "gloss": "Austerity — chosen difficulty that burns off what is soft.",
      "verses": 24
    },
    {
      "slug": "dana",
      "sanskrit": "दान",
      "iast": "dāna",
      "english": "Dana",
      "hindi": "दान",
      "gloss": "Giving — and the three grades the Gita sorts it into.",
      "verses": 15
    },
    {
      "slug": "daya",
      "sanskrit": "दया",
      "iast": "dayā",
      "english": "Daya",
      "hindi": "दया",
      "gloss": "Compassion, and the non-injury that goes with it.",
      "verses": 3
    },
    {
      "slug": "shraddha",
      "sanskrit": "श्रद्धा",
      "iast": "śraddhā",
      "english": "Shraddha",
      "hindi": "श्रद्धा",
      "gloss": "Faith — and the Gita’s claim that a person is made of theirs.",
      "verses": 15
    },
    {
      "slug": "sanga",
      "sanskrit": "सङ्ग",
      "iast": "saṅga",
      "english": "Attachment",
      "hindi": "आसक्ति",
      "gloss": "Clinging — and the letting-go the Gita asks for instead.",
      "verses": 39
    },
    {
      "slug": "kama",
      "sanskrit": "काम",
      "iast": "kāma",
      "english": "Desire",
      "hindi": "काम",
      "gloss": "Wanting — which the Gita names as the first of three gates.",
      "verses": 37
    },
    {
      "slug": "krodha",
      "sanskrit": "क्रोध",
      "iast": "krodha",
      "english": "Anger",
      "hindi": "क्रोध",
      "gloss": "Anger — what desire turns into when it is blocked.",
      "verses": 14
    },
    {
      "slug": "lobha",
      "sanskrit": "लोभ",
      "iast": "lobha",
      "english": "Greed",
      "hindi": "लोभ",
      "gloss": "Greed — the third of the three gates.",
      "verses": 5
    },
    {
      "slug": "ahamkara",
      "sanskrit": "अहङ्कार",
      "iast": "ahaṅkāra",
      "english": "Ego",
      "hindi": "अहंकार",
      "gloss": "The I-maker — the sense of being a separate doer.",
      "verses": 4
    },
    {
      "slug": "moha",
      "sanskrit": "मोह",
      "iast": "moha",
      "english": "Delusion",
      "hindi": "मोह",
      "gloss": "Confusion — the state Arjuna opens in and closes out of.",
      "verses": 43
    },
    {
      "slug": "bhaya",
      "sanskrit": "भय",
      "iast": "bhaya",
      "english": "Fear",
      "hindi": "भय",
      "gloss": "Fear, and the fearlessness named first among the divine qualities.",
      "verses": 18
    },
    {
      "slug": "shoka",
      "sanskrit": "शोक",
      "iast": "śoka",
      "english": "Grief",
      "hindi": "शोक",
      "gloss": "Sorrow — what Krishna tells Arjuna he is spending on the wrong object.",
      "verses": 7
    },
    {
      "slug": "duhkha",
      "sanskrit": "दुःख",
      "iast": "duḥkha",
      "english": "Suffering",
      "hindi": "दुःख",
      "gloss": "Pain — and the evenness the Gita asks for between it and pleasure.",
      "verses": 28
    },
    {
      "slug": "sukha",
      "sanskrit": "सुख",
      "iast": "sukha",
      "english": "Happiness",
      "hindi": "सुख",
      "gloss": "Pleasure and happiness, sorted by the Gita into three kinds.",
      "verses": 40
    },
    {
      "slug": "shanti",
      "sanskrit": "शान्ति",
      "iast": "śānti",
      "english": "Peace",
      "hindi": "शान्ति",
      "gloss": "Peace — what the Gita says follows the giving-up of craving.",
      "verses": 13
    },
    {
      "slug": "manas",
      "sanskrit": "मनस्",
      "iast": "manas",
      "english": "The mind",
      "hindi": "मन",
      "gloss": "The mind — restless, and the Gita’s account of mastering it.",
      "verses": 51
    },
    {
      "slug": "buddhi",
      "sanskrit": "बुद्धि",
      "iast": "buddhi",
      "english": "Discernment",
      "hindi": "बुद्धि",
      "gloss": "The faculty that decides — and what the Gita says steadies it.",
      "verses": 39
    },
    {
      "slug": "indriya",
      "sanskrit": "इन्द्रिय",
      "iast": "indriya",
      "english": "The senses",
      "hindi": "इन्द्रियाँ",
      "gloss": "The senses, and the chariot-image of holding their reins.",
      "verses": 13
    },
    {
      "slug": "mrityu",
      "sanskrit": "मृत्यु",
      "iast": "mṛtyu",
      "english": "Death and birth",
      "hindi": "मृत्यु और जन्म",
      "gloss": "Death — and the Gita’s claim that what dies was never the person.",
      "verses": 24
    },
    {
      "slug": "loka-sangraha",
      "sanskrit": "लोकसङ्ग्रह",
      "iast": "lokasaṅgraha",
      "english": "The holding-together of the world",
      "hindi": "लोकसंग्रह",
      "gloss": "Acting for the sake of the world’s order rather than one’s own account.",
      "verses": 2
    },
    {
      "slug": "maya",
      "sanskrit": "माया",
      "iast": "māyā",
      "english": "Maya",
      "hindi": "माया",
      "gloss": "The veil — what makes the changing look like the real.",
      "verses": 5
    },
    {
      "slug": "avatara",
      "sanskrit": "अवतार",
      "iast": "avatāra",
      "english": "Divine descent",
      "hindi": "अवतार",
      "gloss": "The Gita’s statement of why and when the Divine takes birth.",
      "verses": 2
    }
  ],
  "notes": {
    "sanskrit": "Public domain. Transcribed from published editions and cross-checked verse by verse against a second; a third was consulted wherever the two disagreed.",
    "iast": "Generated mechanically from the Devanagari by a deterministic transliterator, so it is consistent across every verse. Sandhi-continuous: words are not artificially split.",
    "translations": "The English and Hindi are the Trust’s own work, written for this website; the Trust holds the copyright. No third-party translation appears in this dataset. Quote, teach from and build on them freely, with attribution to Hansi Gita Bhawan Trust and a link to the page above.",
    "speaker": "Read from the attribution recorded with each verse at transcription, not inferred from where a speaker-announcement falls.",
    "terms": "A term is listed for a verse when the verse’s Devanagari contains it, including inside a compound. This is a lexical fact about the text, not an interpretation of it: the Gita discusses ideas in verses that never use the corresponding word.",
    "corrections": "Errors are wanted and are published rather than quietly fixed. info@gitabhawan.org.in"
  },
  "chapters": [
    {
      "n": 1,
      "sanskrit": "अर्जुनविषादयोग",
      "iast": "Arjuna-viṣāda-yoga",
      "english": "Arjuna’s despair",
      "hindi": "अर्जुन का विषाद",
      "verses": 47,
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1"
    },
    {
      "n": 2,
      "sanskrit": "साङ्ख्ययोग",
      "iast": "Sāṅkhya-yoga",
      "english": "Knowledge of the Self",
      "hindi": "आत्मा का ज्ञान",
      "verses": 72,
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2"
    },
    {
      "n": 3,
      "sanskrit": "कर्मयोग",
      "iast": "Karma-yoga",
      "english": "The yoga of action",
      "hindi": "कर्म का योग",
      "verses": 43,
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3"
    },
    {
      "n": 4,
      "sanskrit": "ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग",
      "iast": "Jñāna-karma-sannyāsa-yoga",
      "english": "Knowledge and the renunciation of action",
      "hindi": "ज्ञान और कर्म-संन्यास",
      "verses": 42,
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4"
    },
    {
      "n": 5,
      "sanskrit": "कर्मसंन्यासयोग",
      "iast": "Karma-sannyāsa-yoga",
      "english": "The yoga of renunciation",
      "hindi": "संन्यास का योग",
      "verses": 29,
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5"
    },
    {
      "n": 6,
      "sanskrit": "ध्यानयोग",
      "iast": "Dhyāna-yoga",
      "english": "The yoga of meditation",
      "hindi": "ध्यान का योग",
      "verses": 47,
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6"
    },
    {
      "n": 7,
      "sanskrit": "ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग",
      "iast": "Jñāna-vijñāna-yoga",
      "english": "Knowledge and realisation",
      "hindi": "ज्ञान और विज्ञान",
      "verses": 30,
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7"
    },
    {
      "n": 8,
      "sanskrit": "अक्षरब्रह्मयोग",
      "iast": "Akṣara-brahma-yoga",
      "english": "The imperishable Absolute",
      "hindi": "अक्षर ब्रह्म",
      "verses": 28,
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8"
    },
    {
      "n": 9,
      "sanskrit": "राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग",
      "iast": "Rāja-vidyā-rāja-guhya-yoga",
      "english": "The royal knowledge, the royal secret",
      "hindi": "राजविद्या, राजगुह्य",
      "verses": 34,
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9"
    },
    {
      "n": 10,
      "sanskrit": "विभूतियोग",
      "iast": "Vibhūti-yoga",
      "english": "The divine glories",
      "hindi": "दिव्य विभूतियाँ",
      "verses": 42,
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10"
    },
    {
      "n": 11,
      "sanskrit": "विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग",
      "iast": "Viśvarūpa-darśana-yoga",
      "english": "The vision of the cosmic form",
      "hindi": "विश्वरूप का दर्शन",
      "verses": 55,
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11"
    },
    {
      "n": 12,
      "sanskrit": "भक्तियोग",
      "iast": "Bhakti-yoga",
      "english": "The yoga of devotion",
      "hindi": "भक्ति का योग",
      "verses": 20,
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/12"
    },
    {
      "n": 13,
      "sanskrit": "क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग",
      "iast": "Kṣetra-kṣetrajña-vibhāga-yoga",
      "english": "The field and its knower",
      "hindi": "क्षेत्र और क्षेत्रज्ञ",
      "verses": 34,
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13"
    },
    {
      "n": 14,
      "sanskrit": "गुणत्रयविभागयोग",
      "iast": "Guṇa-traya-vibhāga-yoga",
      "english": "The three gunas",
      "hindi": "तीन गुण",
      "verses": 27,
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14"
    },
    {
      "n": 15,
      "sanskrit": "पुरुषोत्तमयोग",
      "iast": "Puruṣottama-yoga",
      "english": "The supreme Person",
      "hindi": "पुरुषोत्तम",
      "verses": 20,
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/15"
    },
    {
      "n": 16,
      "sanskrit": "दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग",
      "iast": "Daivāsura-sampad-vibhāga-yoga",
      "english": "Divine and demonic natures",
      "hindi": "दैवी और आसुरी सम्पदा",
      "verses": 24,
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16"
    },
    {
      "n": 17,
      "sanskrit": "श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग",
      "iast": "Śraddhā-traya-vibhāga-yoga",
      "english": "The three kinds of faith",
      "hindi": "तीन प्रकार की श्रद्धा",
      "verses": 28,
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17"
    },
    {
      "n": 18,
      "sanskrit": "मोक्षसंन्यासयोग",
      "iast": "Mokṣa-sannyāsa-yoga",
      "english": "Liberation through renunciation",
      "hindi": "मोक्ष और संन्यास",
      "verses": 78,
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18"
    }
  ],
  "verses": [
    {
      "ref": "1.1",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 1,
      "speaker": "dhritarashtra",
      "sanskrit": "धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः ।\nमामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय ॥",
      "iast": "dharmakṣetre kurukṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ / māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāścaiva kimakurvata sañjaya",
      "english": "Tell me, Sanjaya: gathered on the field of dharma, the field of the Kurus, eager to fight, what did my sons and the sons of Pandu do?",
      "hindi": "हे संजय, धर्मक्षेत्र कुरुक्षेत्र में युद्ध की इच्छा से एकत्र हुए मेरे पुत्रों और पांडु के पुत्रों ने क्या किया?",
      "terms": [
        "dharma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-1"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.2",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 2,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "दृष्ट्वा तु पाण्डवानीकं व्यूढं दुर्योधनस्तदा ।\nआचार्यमुपसङ्गम्य राजा वचनमब्रवीत् ॥",
      "iast": "dṛṣṭvā tu pāṇḍavānīkaṁ vyūḍhaṁ duryodhanastadā / ācāryamupasaṅgamya rājā vacanamabravīt",
      "english": "Seeing the army of the Pandavas drawn up in formation, King Duryodhana then went up to his teacher and spoke these words.",
      "hindi": "पांडवों की सेना को व्यूह में खड़ी देखकर राजा दुर्योधन अपने आचार्य के पास गया और उसने ये वचन कहे।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-2"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.3",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 3,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "पश्यैतां पाण्डुपुत्राणामाचार्य महतीं चमूम् ।\nव्यूढां द्रुपदपुत्रेण तव शिष्येण धीमता ॥",
      "iast": "paśyaitāṁ pāṇḍuputrāṇāmācārya mahatīṁ camūm / vyūḍhāṁ drupadaputreṇa tava śiṣyeṇa dhīmatā",
      "english": "Look, teacher, at this great army of the sons of Pandu, arrayed for battle by your own gifted student, the son of Drupada.",
      "hindi": "हे आचार्य, पांडु के पुत्रों की इस विशाल सेना को देखिए, जिसे आपके ही बुद्धिमान शिष्य द्रुपद-पुत्र ने व्यूह में खड़ा किया है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-3"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.4",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 4,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "अत्र शूरा महेष्वासा भीमार्जुनसमा युधि ।\nयुयुधानो विराटश्च द्रुपदश्च महारथः ॥",
      "iast": "atra śūrā maheṣvāsā bhīmārjunasamā yudhi / yuyudhāno virāṭaśca drupadaśca mahārathaḥ",
      "english": "Here are heroes and mighty archers, equal in battle to Bhima and Arjuna: Yuyudhana, Virata, and Drupada, the great chariot warrior.",
      "hindi": "यहाँ भीम और अर्जुन के समान युद्ध में शूरवीर और महान धनुर्धर हैं — युयुधान, विराट और महारथी द्रुपद।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-4"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.5",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 5,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "धृष्टकेतुश्चेकितानः काशिराजश्च वीर्यवान् ।\nपुरुजित्कुन्तिभोजश्च शैब्यश्च नरपुङ्गवः ॥",
      "iast": "dhṛṣṭaketuścekitānaḥ kāśirājaśca vīryavān / purujitkuntibhojaśca śaibyaśca narapuṅgavaḥ",
      "english": "Dhrishtaketu, Chekitana, and the valiant king of Kashi are here; so are Purujit, Kuntibhoja, and Shaibya, who is the finest among men.",
      "hindi": "धृष्टकेतु, चेकितान और पराक्रमी काशिराज; पुरुजित्, कुंतिभोज और नरश्रेष्ठ शैब्य भी यहाँ हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-5"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.6",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 6,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "युधामन्युश्च विक्रान्त उत्तमौजाश्च वीर्यवान् ।\nसौभद्रो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्व एव महारथाः ॥",
      "iast": "yudhāmanyuśca vikrānta uttamaujāśca vīryavān / saubhadro draupadeyāśca sarva eva mahārathāḥ",
      "english": "Yudhamanyu the bold and Uttamauja the valiant are here, and so are the son of Subhadra and the sons of Draupadi, every one of them a great chariot warrior.",
      "hindi": "पराक्रमी युधामन्यु और वीर उत्तमौजा, सुभद्रा का पुत्र और द्रौपदी के पुत्र — ये सब भी महारथी हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-6"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.7",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 7,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "अस्माकं तु विशिष्टा ये तान्निबोध द्विजोत्तम ।\nनायका मम सैन्यस्य संज्ञार्थं तान्ब्रवीमि ते ॥",
      "iast": "asmākaṁ tu viśiṣṭā ye tānnibodha dvijottama / nāyakā mama sainyasya saṁjñārthaṁ tānbravīmi te",
      "english": "Know also, best of the twice-born, those who are outstanding among us, the leaders of my army. I name them for you so that you may recognise them.",
      "hindi": "हे द्विजश्रेष्ठ, हमारी ओर के जो विशिष्ट योद्धा हैं, मेरी सेना के नायक हैं, उन्हें भी जान लीजिए। पहचान के लिए मैं आपको उनके नाम बताता हूँ।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-7"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.8",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 8,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "भवान्भीष्मश्च कर्णश्च कृपश्च समितिञ्जयः ।\nअश्वत्थामा विकर्णश्च सौमदत्तिस्तथैव च ॥",
      "iast": "bhavānbhīṣmaśca karṇaśca kṛpaśca samitiñjayaḥ / aśvatthāmā vikarṇaśca saumadattistathaiva ca",
      "english": "There is yourself, and Bhishma, and Karna, and Kripa who wins every battle; Ashvatthama, Vikarna, and the son of Somadatta as well.",
      "hindi": "आप स्वयं, भीष्म, कर्ण और संग्रामविजयी कृपाचार्य; अश्वत्थामा, विकर्ण और सोमदत्त का पुत्र भी हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-8"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.9",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 9,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "अन्ये च बहवः शूरा मदर्थे त्यक्तजीविताः ।\nनानाशस्त्रप्रहरणाः सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः ॥",
      "iast": "anye ca bahavaḥ śūrā madarthe tyaktajīvitāḥ / nānāśastrapraharaṇāḥ sarve yuddhaviśāradāḥ",
      "english": "Many other heroes too are ready to give up their lives for me. They carry many kinds of weapons, and all of them are skilled in war.",
      "hindi": "और भी बहुत से शूरवीर मेरे लिए अपने प्राण त्यागने को तैयार हैं। वे अनेक प्रकार के शस्त्र लिए हुए हैं और सभी युद्ध में निपुण हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-9"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.10",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 10,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "अपर्याप्तं तदस्माकं बलं भीष्माभिरक्षितम् ।\nपर्याप्तं त्विदमेतेषां बलं भीमाभिरक्षितम् ॥",
      "iast": "aparyāptaṁ tadasmākaṁ balaṁ bhīṣmābhirakṣitam / paryāptaṁ tvidameteṣāṁ balaṁ bhīmābhirakṣitam",
      "english": "Our own strength, protected by Bhishma, is without limit, while the strength of theirs, protected by Bhima, is measured and can be reckoned.",
      "hindi": "भीष्म द्वारा रक्षित हमारा यह बल अपरिमित है, जबकि भीम द्वारा रक्षित इनका बल सीमित है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-10"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.11",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 11,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "अयनेषु च सर्वेषु यथाभागमवस्थिताः ।\nभीष्ममेवाभिरक्षन्तु भवन्तः सर्व एव हि ॥",
      "iast": "ayaneṣu ca sarveṣu yathābhāgamavasthitāḥ / bhīṣmamevābhirakṣantu bhavantaḥ sarva eva hi",
      "english": "Therefore, standing in your appointed places at every point of entry, let all of you, without exception, give your protection to Bhishma.",
      "hindi": "इसलिए सब मोर्चों पर अपने-अपने नियत स्थान पर स्थित रहकर आप सब लोग निश्चय ही भीष्म की रक्षा करें।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-11"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.12",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 12,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "तस्य सञ्जनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः ।\nसिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान् ॥",
      "iast": "tasya sañjanayanharṣaṁ kuruvṛddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ / siṁhanādaṁ vinadyoccaiḥ śaṅkhaṁ dadhmau pratāpavān",
      "english": "Then the mighty grandsire, eldest of the Kurus, roared aloud like a lion and blew his conch, raising the spirits of Duryodhana.",
      "hindi": "तब कुरुवृद्ध प्रतापी पितामह भीष्म ने दुर्योधन के हृदय में हर्ष भरते हुए सिंह के समान गरजकर अपना शंख बजाया।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-12"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.13",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 13,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः ।\nसहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत् ॥",
      "iast": "tataḥ śaṅkhāśca bheryaśca paṇavānakagomukhāḥ / sahasaivābhyahanyanta sa śabdastumulo’bhavat",
      "english": "Then conches and kettledrums, tabors, drums and horns sounded all at once, and the noise of them was a tumult.",
      "hindi": "फिर शंख, नगाड़े, ढोल, मृदंग और नरसिंघे एक साथ बज उठे, और उनका वह शब्द बड़ा भयंकर हुआ।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-13"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.14",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 14,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "ततः श्वेतैर्हयैर्युक्ते महति स्यन्दने स्थितौ ।\nमाधवः पाण्डवश्चैव दिव्यौ शङ्खौ प्रदध्मतुः ॥",
      "iast": "tataḥ śvetairhayairyukte mahati syandane sthitau / mādhavaḥ pāṇḍavaścaiva divyau śaṅkhau pradadhmatuḥ",
      "english": "Then, standing in their great chariot yoked to white horses, Madhava and the son of Pandu blew their divine conches.",
      "hindi": "फिर श्वेत घोड़ों से जुते हुए विशाल रथ में बैठे माधव और पांडुपुत्र अर्जुन ने अपने दिव्य शंख बजाए।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-14"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.15",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 15,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "पाञ्चजन्यं हृषीकेशो देवदत्तं धनञ्जयः ।\nपौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशङ्खं भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः ॥",
      "iast": "pāñcajanyaṁ hṛṣīkeśo devadattaṁ dhanañjayaḥ / pauṇḍraṁ dadhmau mahāśaṅkhaṁ bhīmakarmā vṛkodaraḥ",
      "english": "Hrishikesha blew the Panchajanya and Dhananjaya the Devadatta, while Vrikodara, fearsome in his deeds, blew the great conch called Paundra.",
      "hindi": "हृषीकेश ने पांचजन्य और धनंजय ने देवदत्त बजाया, तथा भयंकर कर्म करने वाले वृकोदर भीम ने पौंड्र नामक महाशंख बजाया।",
      "terms": [
        "karma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-15"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.16",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 16,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "अनन्तविजयं राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ।\nनकुलः सहदेवश्च सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ ॥",
      "iast": "anantavijayaṁ rājā kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ / nakulaḥ sahadevaśca sughoṣamaṇipuṣpakau",
      "english": "King Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, blew the Anantavijaya, while Nakula and Sahadeva blew the conches called Sughosha and Manipushpaka.",
      "hindi": "कुंतीपुत्र राजा युधिष्ठिर ने अनंतविजय तथा नकुल और सहदेव ने सुघोष और मणिपुष्पक नामक शंख बजाए।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-16"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.17",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 17,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "काश्यश्च परमेष्वासः शिखण्डी च महारथः ।\nधृष्टद्युम्नो विराटश्च सात्यकिश्चापराजितः ॥",
      "iast": "kāśyaśca parameṣvāsaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca mahārathaḥ / dhṛṣṭadyumno virāṭaśca sātyakiścāparājitaḥ",
      "english": "The king of Kashi, a supreme archer, and Shikhandi the great chariot warrior, Dhrishtadyumna and Virata, and Satyaki who has never been defeated,",
      "hindi": "परम धनुर्धर काशिराज, महारथी शिखंडी, धृष्टद्युम्न, विराट और अजेय सात्यकि —",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-17"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.18",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 18,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "द्रुपदो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्वशः पृथिवीपते ।\nसौभद्रश्च महाबाहुः शङ्खान्दध्मुः पृथक्पृथक् ॥",
      "iast": "drupado draupadeyāśca sarvaśaḥ pṛthivīpate / saubhadraśca mahābāhuḥ śaṅkhāndadhmuḥ pṛthakpṛthak",
      "english": "Drupada and the sons of Draupadi, and the strong-armed son of Subhadra — all of them, lord of the earth, blew their conches, each one his own.",
      "hindi": "द्रुपद, द्रौपदी के पुत्र और महाबाहु सुभद्रापुत्र — हे राजन्, इन सबने अलग-अलग अपने-अपने शंख बजाए।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-18"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.19",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 19,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "स घोषो धार्तराष्ट्राणां हृदयानि व्यदारयत् ।\nनभश्च पृथिवीं चैव तुमुलोऽभ्यनुनादयन् ॥",
      "iast": "sa ghoṣo dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṁ hṛdayāni vyadārayat / nabhaśca pṛthivīṁ caiva tumulo’bhyanunādayan",
      "english": "That sound tore through the hearts of the sons of Dhritarashtra, and its tumult made both the sky and the earth resound.",
      "hindi": "उस घोष ने धृतराष्ट्र के पुत्रों के हृदय चीर दिए, और उस तुमुल नाद से आकाश और पृथ्वी दोनों गूँज उठे।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-19"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.20",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 20,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "अथ व्यवस्थितान्दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रान्कपिध्वजः ।\nप्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसम्पाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः ।\nहृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदमाह महीपते ॥",
      "iast": "atha vyavasthitāndṛṣṭvā dhārtarāṣṭrānkapidhvajaḥ / pravṛtte śastrasampāte dhanurudyamya pāṇḍavaḥ / hṛṣīkeśaṁ tadā vākyamidamāha mahīpate",
      "english": "Then, lord of the earth, seeing Dhritarashtra's men drawn up and the weapons about to fly, the son of Pandu, whose banner bears Hanuman, raised his bow and spoke these words to Hrishikesha.",
      "hindi": "हे राजन्, तब धृतराष्ट्र के पुत्रों को मोर्चे पर खड़ा देखकर और शस्त्र चलने को तैयार जानकर, कपिध्वज पांडुपुत्र अर्जुन ने धनुष उठाकर हृषीकेश से ये वचन कहे।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-20"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.21",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 21,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये रथं स्थापय मेऽच्युत ॥",
      "iast": "senayorubhayormadhye rathaṁ sthāpaya me’cyuta",
      "english": "Achyuta, bring my chariot to a halt between the two armies.",
      "hindi": "हे अच्युत, मेरे रथ को दोनों सेनाओं के बीच में खड़ा कीजिए।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-21"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.22",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 22,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "यावदेतान्निरीक्षेऽहं योद्धुकामानवस्थितान् ।\nकैर्मया सह योद्धव्यमस्मिन् रणसमुद्यमे ॥",
      "iast": "yāvadetānnirīkṣe’haṁ yoddhukāmānavasthitān / kairmayā saha yoddhavyamasmin raṇasamudyame",
      "english": "so that I may look at these men standing here, eager for battle, and see with whom I must fight in this undertaking of war.",
      "hindi": "जिससे मैं युद्ध की इच्छा से खड़े हुए इन योद्धाओं को देख सकूँ और जान सकूँ कि इस रण-उद्यम में मुझे किनके साथ लड़ना है।",
      "terms": [
        "kama"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-22"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.23",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 23,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "योत्स्यमानानवेक्षेऽहं य एतेऽत्र समागताः ।\nधार्तराष्ट्रस्य दुर्बुद्धेर्युद्धे प्रियचिकीर्षवः ॥",
      "iast": "yotsyamānānavekṣe’haṁ ya ete’tra samāgatāḥ / dhārtarāṣṭrasya durbuddheryuddhe priyacikīrṣavaḥ",
      "english": "I want to see those who have gathered here ready to fight, wishing to please in battle the evil-minded son of Dhritarashtra.",
      "hindi": "मैं उन्हें देखना चाहता हूँ जो यहाँ युद्ध के लिए एकत्र हुए हैं और दुर्बुद्धि धृतराष्ट्रपुत्र का युद्ध में प्रिय करना चाहते हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-23"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.24",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 24,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो गुडाकेशेन भारत ।\nसेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये स्थापयित्वा रथोत्तमम् ॥",
      "iast": "evamukto hṛṣīkeśo guḍākeśena bhārata / senayorubhayormadhye sthāpayitvā rathottamam",
      "english": "Spoken to in this way by Gudakesha, Bharata, Hrishikesha drew that finest of chariots to a halt between the two armies.",
      "hindi": "हे भारत, गुडाकेश अर्जुन के ऐसा कहने पर हृषीकेश ने दोनों सेनाओं के बीच में उस उत्तम रथ को खड़ा कर दिया।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-24"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.25",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 25,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "भीष्मद्रोणप्रमुखतः सर्वेषां च महीक्षिताम् ।\nउवाच पार्थ पश्यैतान्समवेतान्कुरूनिति ॥",
      "iast": "bhīṣmadroṇapramukhataḥ sarveṣāṁ ca mahīkṣitām / uvāca pārtha paśyaitānsamavetānkurūniti",
      "english": "There, before Bhishma and Drona and all the kings of the earth, he said: Partha, look at these Kurus gathered together here.",
      "hindi": "भीष्म और द्रोण के सामने तथा सब राजाओं के सामने उन्होंने कहा — हे पार्थ, यहाँ एकत्र हुए इन कौरवों को देखो।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-25"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.26",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 26,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितॄनथ पितामहान् ।\nआचार्यान्मातुलान्भ्रातॄन्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्सखींस्तथा ॥",
      "iast": "tatrāpaśyatsthitānpārthaḥ pitṝnatha pitāmahān / ācāryānmātulānbhrātṝnputrānpautrānsakhīṁstathā",
      "english": "There Partha saw them standing: fathers and grandfathers before him, and teachers, maternal uncles, brothers, sons, grandsons, and friends as well.",
      "hindi": "वहाँ पार्थ ने खड़े हुए पिताओं और पितामहों को, आचार्यों, मामाओं, भाइयों, पुत्रों, पौत्रों और मित्रों को भी देखा।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-26"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.27",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 27,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "श्वशुरान्सुहृदश्चैव सेनयोरुभयोरपि ।\nतान्समीक्ष्य स कौन्तेयः सर्वान्बन्धूनवस्थितान् ।\nकृपया परयाविष्टो विषीदन्निदमब्रवीत् ॥",
      "iast": "śvaśurānsuhṛdaścaiva senayorubhayorapi / tānsamīkṣya sa kaunteyaḥ sarvānbandhūnavasthitān / kṛpayā parayāviṣṭo viṣīdannidamabravīt",
      "english": "fathers-in-law and well-wishers too, in both armies. Seeing all these kinsmen standing there, the son of Kunti was overcome with deep pity and spoke these words in sorrow.",
      "hindi": "दोनों सेनाओं में ससुरों और सुहृदों को भी देखकर, वहाँ खड़े इन सब बंधुओं को देखकर कुंतीपुत्र अर्जुन अत्यंत करुणा से भर गया और शोक में यह बोला।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-27"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.28",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 28,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "दृष्ट्वेमं स्वजनं कृष्ण युयुत्सुं समुपस्थितम् ॥",
      "iast": "dṛṣṭvemaṁ svajanaṁ kṛṣṇa yuyutsuṁ samupasthitam",
      "english": "Krishna, I see my own people standing here, come together and eager to fight.",
      "hindi": "हे कृष्ण, युद्ध की इच्छा से यहाँ उपस्थित अपने ही स्वजनों को मैं देख रहा हूँ।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-28"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.29",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 29,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुखं च परिशुष्यति ।\nवेपथुश्च शरीरे मे रोमहर्षश्च जायते ॥",
      "iast": "sīdanti mama gātrāṇi mukhaṁ ca pariśuṣyati / vepathuśca śarīre me romaharṣaśca jāyate",
      "english": "My limbs give way beneath me and my mouth goes dry. My body trembles and the hair on it stands on end.",
      "hindi": "मेरे अंग शिथिल हो रहे हैं और मुख सूखा जा रहा है। मेरा शरीर काँप रहा है और रोंगटे खड़े हो रहे हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-29"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.30",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 30,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्चैव परिदह्यते ।\nन च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः ॥",
      "iast": "gāṇḍīvaṁ sraṁsate hastāttvakcaiva paridahyate / na ca śaknomyavasthātuṁ bhramatīva ca me manaḥ",
      "english": "The Gandiva slips from my hand and my skin burns all over. I cannot keep standing, and my mind seems to be reeling.",
      "hindi": "गांडीव हाथ से गिर रहा है और त्वचा जल रही है। मैं खड़ा भी नहीं रह पा रहा, और मेरा मन भटक-सा रहा है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-30"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.31",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 31,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "निमित्तानि च पश्यामि विपरीतानि केशव ।\nन च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे ॥",
      "iast": "nimittāni ca paśyāmi viparītāni keśava / na ca śreyo’nupaśyāmi hatvā svajanamāhave",
      "english": "Keshava, I see omens that point the wrong way, and I see nothing good that can come of killing my own people in battle.",
      "hindi": "हे केशव, मुझे विपरीत लक्षण दिखाई दे रहे हैं। युद्ध में अपने ही स्वजनों को मारकर मुझे कोई कल्याण नहीं दिखता।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-31"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.32",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 32,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च ।\nकिं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा ॥",
      "iast": "na kāṅkṣe vijayaṁ kṛṣṇa na ca rājyaṁ sukhāni ca / kiṁ no rājyena govinda kiṁ bhogairjīvitena vā",
      "english": "Krishna, I do not want victory, nor kingdom, nor pleasures. Govinda, what use is a kingdom to us, what use enjoyments, or life itself?",
      "hindi": "हे कृष्ण, मुझे न विजय चाहिए, न राज्य और न सुख। हे गोविंद, हमें राज्य से क्या, भोगों से क्या, और जीने से भी क्या?",
      "terms": [
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-32"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.33",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 33,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "येषामर्थे काङ्क्षितं नो राज्यं भोगाः सुखानि च ।\nत इमेऽवस्थिता युद्धे प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा धनानि च ॥",
      "iast": "yeṣāmarthe kāṅkṣitaṁ no rājyaṁ bhogāḥ sukhāni ca / ta ime’vasthitā yuddhe prāṇāṁstyaktvā dhanāni ca",
      "english": "Those for whose sake we wanted kingdom, enjoyments and pleasures are standing here in battle, having given up their lives and their wealth.",
      "hindi": "जिनके लिए हमें राज्य, भोग और सुख की इच्छा थी, वे ही प्राण और धन का मोह छोड़कर इस युद्ध में खड़े हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-33"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.34",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 34,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "आचार्याः पितरः पुत्रास्तथैव च पितामहाः ।\nमातुलाः श्वशुराः पौत्राः श्यालाः सम्बन्धिनस्तथा ॥",
      "iast": "ācāryāḥ pitaraḥ putrāstathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ / mātulāḥ śvaśurāḥ pautrāḥ śyālāḥ sambandhinastathā",
      "english": "Here are teachers, fathers, sons, and grandfathers too; here are maternal uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law, and other kinsmen as well.",
      "hindi": "आचार्य, पिता, पुत्र और पितामह; मामा, ससुर, पौत्र, साले और दूसरे संबंधी भी यहीं हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-34"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.35",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 35,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन ।\nअपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते ॥",
      "iast": "etānna hantumicchāmi ghnato’pi madhusūdana / api trailokyarājyasya hetoḥ kiṁ nu mahīkṛte",
      "english": "Madhusudana, I do not wish to kill them even if they kill me, not even for rule over the three worlds — how much less for the earth.",
      "hindi": "हे मधुसूदन, ये मुझे मार भी डालें तो भी मैं इन्हें मारना नहीं चाहता — तीनों लोकों के राज्य के लिए भी नहीं, फिर पृथ्वी के लिए तो क्या?",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-35"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.36",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 36,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "निहत्य धार्तराष्ट्रान्नः का प्रीतिः स्याज्जनार्दन ।\nपापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः ॥",
      "iast": "nihatya dhārtarāṣṭrānnaḥ kā prītiḥ syājjanārdana / pāpamevāśrayedasmānhatvaitānātatāyinaḥ",
      "english": "Janardana, what joy would be ours in killing the sons of Dhritarashtra? Killing these men, however wrongly they have acted, only sin would come to us.",
      "hindi": "हे जनार्दन, धृतराष्ट्र के पुत्रों को मारकर हमें क्या प्रसन्नता मिलेगी? इन आततायियों को मारकर हमें पाप ही लगेगा।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-36"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.37",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 37,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान् ।\nस्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव ॥",
      "iast": "tasmānnārhā vayaṁ hantuṁ dhārtarāṣṭrānsvabāndhavān / svajanaṁ hi kathaṁ hatvā sukhinaḥ syāma mādhava",
      "english": "So we ought not to kill the sons of Dhritarashtra, who are our own kin. Madhava, how could we be happy after killing our own people?",
      "hindi": "इसलिए हे माधव, अपने ही बांधव धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रों को मारना हमारे लिए उचित नहीं। अपने स्वजनों को मारकर हम सुखी कैसे होंगे?",
      "terms": [
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-37"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.38",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 38,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः ।\nकुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम् ॥",
      "iast": "yadyapyete na paśyanti lobhopahatacetasaḥ / kulakṣayakṛtaṁ doṣaṁ mitradrohe ca pātakam",
      "english": "Even if these men, their minds seized by greed, do not see the wrong in destroying a family, or the guilt in betraying a friend,",
      "hindi": "यद्यपि लोभ से जिनकी बुद्धि हर ली गई है, वे कुल के नाश में दोष और मित्र से द्रोह में पाप नहीं देखते —",
      "terms": [
        "lobha",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-38"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.39",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 39,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम् ।\nकुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन ॥",
      "iast": "kathaṁ na jñeyamasmābhiḥ pāpādasmānnivartitum / kulakṣayakṛtaṁ doṣaṁ prapaśyadbhirjanārdana",
      "english": "why should we not know enough to turn back from this wrong, Janardana, when we do see clearly the evil in destroying a family?",
      "hindi": "पर हे जनार्दन, कुल के नाश के दोष को स्पष्ट देखने वाले हम इस पाप से क्यों न हटें?",
      "terms": [
        "jnana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-39"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.40",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 40,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "कुलक्षये प्रणश्यन्ति कुलधर्माः सनातनाः ।\nधर्मे नष्टे कुलं कृत्स्नमधर्मोऽभिभवत्युत ॥",
      "iast": "kulakṣaye praṇaśyanti kuladharmāḥ sanātanāḥ / dharme naṣṭe kulaṁ kṛtsnamadharmo’bhibhavatyuta",
      "english": "When a family is destroyed, the ancient duties of that family perish with it; and when those duties are gone, lawlessness overtakes the whole family.",
      "hindi": "कुल के नाश से कुल के सनातन धर्म नष्ट हो जाते हैं, और धर्म के नष्ट होने पर सारे कुल को अधर्म दबा लेता है।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-40"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.41",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 41,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "अधर्माभिभवात्कृष्ण प्रदुष्यन्ति कुलस्त्रियः ।\nस्त्रीषु दुष्टासु वार्ष्णेय जायते वर्णसङ्करः ॥",
      "iast": "adharmābhibhavātkṛṣṇa praduṣyanti kulastriyaḥ / strīṣu duṣṭāsu vārṣṇeya jāyate varṇasaṅkaraḥ",
      "english": "Krishna, when lawlessness prevails, the women of the family are corrupted; and when the women are corrupted, Varshneya, the mixing of social orders follows.",
      "hindi": "हे कृष्ण, अधर्म के बढ़ने पर कुल की स्त्रियाँ दूषित हो जाती हैं; और हे वार्ष्णेय, स्त्रियों के दूषित होने पर वर्णसंकर उत्पन्न होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-41"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.42",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 42,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च ।\nपतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः ॥",
      "iast": "saṅkaro narakāyaiva kulaghnānāṁ kulasya ca / patanti pitaro hyeṣāṁ luptapiṇḍodakakriyāḥ",
      "english": "That mixing leads only to hell, for the destroyers of the family and for the family itself. Their ancestors fall, deprived of the offerings of rice and water.",
      "hindi": "वह संकर कुल के नाश करने वालों को और कुल को नरक में ही ले जाता है। पिंड और जल की क्रिया लुप्त हो जाने से उनके पितर गिर जाते हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-42"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.43",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 43,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "दोषैरेतैः कुलघ्नानां वर्णसङ्करकारकैः ।\nउत्साद्यन्ते जातिधर्माः कुलधर्माश्च शाश्वताः ॥",
      "iast": "doṣairetaiḥ kulaghnānāṁ varṇasaṅkarakārakaiḥ / utsādyante jātidharmāḥ kuladharmāśca śāśvatāḥ",
      "english": "By these wrongs of the destroyers of a family, wrongs that bring about the mixing of social orders, the lasting duties of caste and of family are wiped out.",
      "hindi": "वर्णसंकर को जन्म देने वाले कुलघातियों के इन दोषों से जाति के और कुल के शाश्वत धर्म नष्ट हो जाते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-43"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.44",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 44,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "उत्सन्नकुलधर्माणां मनुष्याणां जनार्दन ।\nनरके नियतं वासो भवतीत्यनुशुश्रुम ॥",
      "iast": "utsannakuladharmāṇāṁ manuṣyāṇāṁ janārdana / narake niyataṁ vāso bhavatītyanuśuśruma",
      "english": "Janardana, we have heard it said that men whose family duties have been destroyed are certain to dwell in hell.",
      "hindi": "हे जनार्दन, हमने सुना है कि जिनके कुलधर्म नष्ट हो जाते हैं, उन मनुष्यों का नरक में वास निश्चित होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-44"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.45",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 45,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम् ।\nयद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः ॥",
      "iast": "aho bata mahatpāpaṁ kartuṁ vyavasitā vayam / yadrājyasukhalobhena hantuṁ svajanamudyatāḥ",
      "english": "How strange it is: we have set ourselves to commit a great sin, ready to kill our own people out of greed for the pleasures of a kingdom.",
      "hindi": "अहो! कितने खेद की बात है कि हम राज्य और सुख के लोभ से अपने ही स्वजनों को मारने को तैयार होकर महान पाप करने पर उतर आए हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "lobha",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-45"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.46",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 46,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणयः ।\nधार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत् ॥",
      "iast": "yadi māmapratīkāramaśastraṁ śastrapāṇayaḥ / dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe hanyustanme kṣemataraṁ bhavet",
      "english": "It would be better for me if the sons of Dhritarashtra, weapons in hand, were to kill me in battle while I stood unarmed and offered no resistance.",
      "hindi": "यदि शस्त्रधारी धृतराष्ट्रपुत्र मुझ निहत्थे और प्रतिकार न करने वाले को रण में मार डालें, तो वह भी मेरे लिए अधिक कल्याणकारी होगा।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-46"
    },
    {
      "ref": "1.47",
      "chapter": 1,
      "verse": 47,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "एवमुक्त्वार्जुनः सङ्ख्ये रथोपस्थ उपाविशत् ।\nविसृज्य सशरं चापं शोकसंविग्नमानसः ॥",
      "iast": "evamuktvārjunaḥ saṅkhye rathopastha upāviśat / visṛjya saśaraṁ cāpaṁ śokasaṁvignamānasaḥ",
      "english": "Having spoken this way on the field of battle, Arjuna sat down on the seat of his chariot, letting go of bow and arrows, his mind shaken with grief.",
      "hindi": "रणभूमि में ऐसा कहकर अर्जुन बाण सहित धनुष त्यागकर रथ के पिछले भाग में बैठ गया; उसका मन शोक से व्याकुल था।",
      "terms": [
        "shoka"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/1#bg-1-47"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.1",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 1,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "तं तथा कृपयाविष्टमश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम् ।\nविषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदनः ॥",
      "iast": "taṁ tathā kṛpayāviṣṭamaśrupūrṇākulekṣaṇam / viṣīdantamidaṁ vākyamuvāca madhusūdanaḥ",
      "english": "To him, overcome by pity, his eyes brimming and troubled with tears, despairing, Madhusudana spoke these words.",
      "hindi": "करुणा से भरे हुए, आँसुओं से भरी व्याकुल आँखों वाले, शोक में डूबे अर्जुन से मधुसूदन ने ये वचन कहे।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-1"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.2",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 2,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "कुतस्त्वा कश्मलमिदं विषमे समुपस्थितम् ।\nअनार्यजुष्टमस्वर्ग्यमकीर्तिकरमर्जुन ॥",
      "iast": "kutastvā kaśmalamidaṁ viṣame samupasthitam / anāryajuṣṭamasvargyamakīrtikaramarjuna",
      "english": "Arjuna, where has this faintness come from, at this moment, on this ground? It does not befit a noble man. It wins no heaven and no honour.",
      "hindi": "अर्जुन, इस विषम घड़ी में यह कायरता तुम्हारे भीतर कहाँ से आई? यह किसी श्रेष्ठ पुरुष के योग्य नहीं। इससे न स्वर्ग मिलता है, न कीर्ति।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-2"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.3",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 3,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते ।\nक्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप ॥",
      "iast": "klaibyaṁ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha naitattvayyupapadyate / kṣudraṁ hṛdayadaurbalyaṁ tyaktvottiṣṭha parantapa",
      "english": "Do not give in to weakness, Partha. It does not suit you. Shake off this small faintness of heart and stand up, scorcher of foes.",
      "hindi": "पार्थ, कायरता के वश मत हो। यह तुम्हें शोभा नहीं देती। हृदय की इस तुच्छ दुर्बलता को छोड़कर खड़े हो जाओ, हे परंतप।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-3"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.4",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 4,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "कथं भीष्ममहं सङ्ख्ये द्रोणं च मधुसूदन ।\nइषुभिः प्रतियोत्स्यामि पूजार्हावरिसूदन ॥",
      "iast": "kathaṁ bhīṣmamahaṁ saṅkhye droṇaṁ ca madhusūdana / iṣubhiḥ pratiyotsyāmi pūjārhāvarisūdana",
      "english": "Madhusudana, how am I to answer Bhishma and Drona with arrows in battle? They deserve my worship, destroyer of enemies.",
      "hindi": "हे मधुसूदन, युद्ध में मैं भीष्म और द्रोण पर बाण कैसे चलाऊँ? वे तो मेरी पूजा के योग्य हैं, हे अरिसूदन।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-4"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.5",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 5,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "गुरूनहत्वा हि महानुभावान्\nश्रेयो भोक्तुं भैक्ष्यमपीह लोके ।\nहत्वार्थकामांस्तु गुरूनिहैव\nभुञ्जीय भोगान् रुधिरप्रदिग्धान् ॥",
      "iast": "gurūnahatvā hi mahānubhāvān / śreyo bhoktuṁ bhaikṣyamapīha loke / hatvārthakāmāṁstu gurūnihaiva / bhuñjīya bhogān rudhirapradigdhān",
      "english": "Better to live on alms in this world than to kill these great elders. If I killed them, desiring what they hold, every pleasure I then took would be smeared with their blood.",
      "hindi": "इन महानुभाव गुरुजनों को मारने से तो इस लोक में भिक्षा माँगकर जीना श्रेष्ठ है। अर्थ और भोग की इच्छा से इन्हें मारकर जो सुख मैं भोगूँगा, वह उनके रक्त से सना होगा।",
      "terms": [
        "kama"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-5"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.6",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 6,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "न चैतद्विद्मः कतरन्नो गरीयो\nयद्वा जयेम यदि वा नो जयेयुः ।\nयानेव हत्वा न जिजीविषाम\nस्तेऽवस्थिताः प्रमुखे धार्तराष्ट्राः ॥",
      "iast": "na caitadvidmaḥ kataranno garīyo / yadvā jayema yadi vā no jayeyuḥ / yāneva hatvā na jijīviṣāma / ste’vasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ",
      "english": "Nor do we know which is the greater thing — that we should win, or that they should. The sons of Dhritarashtra stand there before us, and if we killed them we would not wish to live.",
      "hindi": "हम यह भी नहीं जानते कि हमारे लिए क्या श्रेष्ठ है — हम जीतें या वे जीतें। जिन्हें मारकर हम जीना भी न चाहेंगे, वही धृतराष्ट्र-पुत्र सामने खड़े हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-6"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.7",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 7,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "कार्पण्यदोषोपहतस्वभावः\nपृच्छामि त्वां धर्मसम्मूढचेताः ।\nयच्छ्रेयः स्यान्निश्चितं ब्रूहि तन्मे\nशिष्यस्तेऽहं शाधि मां त्वां प्रपन्नम् ॥",
      "iast": "kārpaṇyadoṣopahatasvabhāvaḥ / pṛcchāmi tvāṁ dharmasammūḍhacetāḥ / yacchreyaḥ syānniścitaṁ brūhi tanme / śiṣyaste’haṁ śādhi māṁ tvāṁ prapannam",
      "english": "My own nature is struck down by a poverty of spirit. My mind is confused about dharma, and so I ask you: tell me plainly what is better. I am your student. I have come to you. Teach me.",
      "hindi": "कायरता के दोष से मेरा स्वभाव आहत है। धर्म के विषय में मेरी बुद्धि मोहित है, इसलिए पूछता हूँ — जो निश्चित श्रेय हो, वह मुझे कहिए। मैं आपका शिष्य हूँ, आपकी शरण में हूँ। मुझे शिक्षा दीजिए।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma",
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-7"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.8",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 8,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "न हि प्रपश्यामि ममापनुद्याद्\nयच्छोकमुच्छोषणमिन्द्रियाणाम् ।\nअवाप्य भूमावसपत्नमृद्धं\nराज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम् ॥",
      "iast": "na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyād / yacchokamucchoṣaṇamindriyāṇām / avāpya bhūmāvasapatnamṛddhaṁ / rājyaṁ surāṇāmapi cādhipatyam",
      "english": "I do not see what could drive away this grief that is drying up my senses — not unrivalled and prosperous rule over the earth, nor lordship over the gods themselves.",
      "hindi": "मेरी इंद्रियों को सुखा देने वाले इस शोक को क्या दूर करेगा, यह मुझे नहीं दिखता — न धन-धान्य से भरा निष्कंटक राज्य, और न देवताओं का आधिपत्य ही।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-8"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.9",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 9,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "एवमुक्त्वा हृषीकेशं गुडाकेशः परन्तप ।\nन योत्स्य इति गोविन्दमुक्त्वा तूष्णीं बभूव ह ॥",
      "iast": "evamuktvā hṛṣīkeśaṁ guḍākeśaḥ parantapa / na yotsya iti govindamuktvā tūṣṇīṁ babhūva ha",
      "english": "Having said this to Hrishikesha, Gudakesha the scorcher of foes said to Govinda, “I will not fight,” and fell silent.",
      "hindi": "हृषीकेश से ऐसा कहकर, गुडाकेश परंतप ने गोविंद से कहा — “मैं युद्ध नहीं करूँगा” — और चुप हो गए।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-9"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.10",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 10,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "तमुवाच हृषीकेशः प्रहसन्निव भारत ।\nसेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये विषीदन्तमिदं वचः ॥",
      "iast": "tamuvāca hṛṣīkeśaḥ prahasanniva bhārata / senayorubhayormadhye viṣīdantamidaṁ vacaḥ",
      "english": "Bharata, Hrishikesha, as though smiling, spoke these words to him as he despaired there between the two armies.",
      "hindi": "हे भारत, दोनों सेनाओं के बीच शोक करते हुए अर्जुन से हृषीकेश ने मानो मुस्कराते हुए ये वचन कहे।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-10"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.11",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 11,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अशोच्यानन्वशोचस्त्वं प्रज्ञावादांश्च भाषसे ।\nगतासूनगतासूंश्च नानुशोचन्ति पण्डिताः ॥",
      "iast": "aśocyānanvaśocastvaṁ prajñāvādāṁśca bhāṣase / gatāsūnagatāsūṁśca nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ",
      "english": "You grieve for those who need no grief, and you speak words that sound wise. The learned do not mourn — not for the living, and not for the dead.",
      "hindi": "तुम उनके लिए शोक करते हो जिनके लिए शोक करना उचित नहीं, और बातें ज्ञानियों जैसी करते हो। जो जानते हैं, वे न जीवितों के लिए शोक करते हैं, न मृतकों के लिए।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-11"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.12",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 12,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः ।\nन चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम् ॥",
      "iast": "na tvevāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ na tvaṁ neme janādhipāḥ / na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ sarve vayamataḥ param",
      "english": "There was never a time when I was not, nor you, nor these kings. Nor will any of us cease to be hereafter.",
      "hindi": "ऐसा कभी नहीं था जब मैं न रहा होऊँ, या तुम, या ये राजा। और ऐसा भी नहीं होगा कि इसके आगे हम में से कोई न रहे।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-12"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.13",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 13,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा ।\nतथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति ॥",
      "iast": "dehino’sminyathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā / tathā dehāntaraprāptirdhīrastatra na muhyati",
      "english": "As the one who dwells in this body passes through childhood, youth and age, so he passes into another body. The steady are not confused by it.",
      "hindi": "जैसे इस देह में रहने वाला बचपन, जवानी और बुढ़ापे से गुज़रता है, वैसे ही वह दूसरी देह में जाता है। धीर पुरुष इससे मोहित नहीं होता।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-13"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.14",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 14,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः ।\nआगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत ॥",
      "iast": "mātrāsparśāstu kaunteya śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkhadāḥ / āgamāpāyino’nityāstāṁstitikṣasva bhārata",
      "english": "Kaunteya, contact with things brings cold and heat, pleasure and pain. They come and they go. They do not last. Bear them, Bharata.",
      "hindi": "हे कौंतेय, विषयों का स्पर्श ही सर्दी-गर्मी और सुख-दुःख देता है। वे आते हैं और चले जाते हैं, टिकते नहीं। हे भारत, उन्हें सह लो।",
      "terms": [
        "duhkha",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-14"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.15",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 15,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ ।\nसमदुःखसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते ॥",
      "iast": "yaṁ hi na vyathayantyete puruṣaṁ puruṣarṣabha / samaduḥkhasukhaṁ dhīraṁ so’mṛtatvāya kalpate",
      "english": "Best of men, the one whom these do not trouble — steady, the same in pain and in pleasure — he is fit for what does not die.",
      "hindi": "हे पुरुषश्रेष्ठ, जिस धीर पुरुष को ये विचलित नहीं करते, जो सुख और दुःख में एक समान है, वही अमृतत्व के योग्य होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "purusha",
        "duhkha",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-15"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.16",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 16,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः ।\nउभयोरपि दृष्टोऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः ॥",
      "iast": "nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ / ubhayorapi dṛṣṭo’ntastvanayostattvadarśibhiḥ",
      "english": "What is not, never comes to be. What is, never ceases to be. Those who have seen the truth have seen the end of both.",
      "hindi": "जो असत् है, उसका अस्तित्व नहीं; जो सत् है, उसका अभाव नहीं। तत्त्वदर्शियों ने इन दोनों का अंत देख लिया है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-16"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.17",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 17,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् ।\nविनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित्कर्तुमर्हति ॥",
      "iast": "avināśi tu tadviddhi yena sarvamidaṁ tatam / vināśamavyayasyāsya na kaścitkartumarhati",
      "english": "Know that to be indestructible by which all this is spread out. No one can bring about the destruction of that which does not decay.",
      "hindi": "जिससे यह सब व्याप्त है, उसे अविनाशी जानो। इस अव्यय का नाश करने में कोई समर्थ नहीं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-17"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.18",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 18,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ताः शरीरिणः ।\nअनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत ॥",
      "iast": "antavanta ime dehā nityasyoktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ / anāśino’prameyasya tasmādyudhyasva bhārata",
      "english": "These bodies end. The one who wears them is said to be eternal, indestructible, beyond measure. Therefore fight, Bharata.",
      "hindi": "ये शरीर नाशवान हैं। इनमें रहने वाला नित्य, अविनाशी और अप्रमेय कहा गया है। इसलिए हे भारत, युद्ध करो।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-18"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.19",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 19,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम् ।\nउभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते ॥",
      "iast": "ya enaṁ vetti hantāraṁ yaścainaṁ manyate hatam / ubhau tau na vijānīto nāyaṁ hanti na hanyate",
      "english": "He who thinks this one kills, and he who thinks this one is killed — neither of them knows. It does not kill, and it is not killed.",
      "hindi": "जो इसे मारने वाला समझता है और जो इसे मरा हुआ मानता है — दोनों ही नहीं जानते। यह न मारता है, न मारा जाता है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-19"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.20",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 20,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन्\nनायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः ।\nअजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो\nन हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे ॥",
      "iast": "na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin / nāyaṁ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ / ajo nityaḥ śāśvato’yaṁ purāṇo / na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre",
      "english": "It is not born, and it never dies. Having been, it does not cease to be. Unborn, everlasting, enduring, ancient — it is not killed when the body is killed.",
      "hindi": "यह न जन्मता है, न कभी मरता है। एक बार होकर यह फिर न होने वाला नहीं। अजन्मा, नित्य, शाश्वत और पुरातन — शरीर के मारे जाने पर भी यह नहीं मारा जाता।",
      "terms": [
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-20"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.21",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 21,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम् ।\nकथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम् ॥",
      "iast": "vedāvināśinaṁ nityaṁ ya enamajamavyayam / kathaṁ sa puruṣaḥ pārtha kaṁ ghātayati hanti kam",
      "english": "Partha, the one who knows this to be indestructible, everlasting, unborn and undecaying — how does such a man kill anyone, or cause anyone to be killed?",
      "hindi": "हे पार्थ, जो इसे अविनाशी, नित्य, अजन्मा और अव्यय जानता है — वह पुरुष किसे मरवाता है और किसे मारता है?",
      "terms": [
        "purusha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-21"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.22",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 22,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय\nनवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि ।\nतथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा\nन्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही ॥",
      "iast": "vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya / navāni gṛhṇāti naro’parāṇi / tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇā / nyanyāni saṁyāti navāni dehī",
      "english": "As a man puts aside worn-out clothes and takes up new ones, so the one who dwells in the body puts aside worn-out bodies and enters others that are new.",
      "hindi": "जैसे मनुष्य पुराने वस्त्र उतारकर नए पहन लेता है, वैसे ही देही जीर्ण शरीरों को छोड़कर दूसरे नए शरीरों में चला जाता है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-22"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.23",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 23,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः ।\nन चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः ॥",
      "iast": "nainaṁ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṁ dahati pāvakaḥ / na cainaṁ kledayantyāpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ",
      "english": "Weapons do not cut it. Fire does not burn it. Water does not wet it. Wind does not dry it.",
      "hindi": "इसे शस्त्र नहीं काटते, अग्नि नहीं जलाती, जल नहीं भिगोता, और वायु नहीं सुखाती।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-23"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.24",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 24,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च ।\nनित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः ॥",
      "iast": "acchedyo’yamadāhyo’yamakledyo’śoṣya eva ca / nityaḥ sarvagataḥ sthāṇuracalo’yaṁ sanātanaḥ",
      "english": "It cannot be cut, burned, wetted or dried. It is constant, present everywhere, unmoving, fixed, without beginning.",
      "hindi": "यह अच्छेद्य है, अदाह्य है, न भीगता है और न सूखता है। यह नित्य, सर्वव्यापी, स्थिर, अचल और सनातन है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-24"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.25",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 25,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयमविकार्योऽयमुच्यते ।\nतस्मादेवं विदित्वैनं नानुशोचितुमर्हसि ॥",
      "iast": "avyakto’yamacintyo’yamavikāryo’yamucyate / tasmādevaṁ viditvainaṁ nānuśocitumarhasi",
      "english": "It is called unmanifest, unthinkable, unchanging. Knowing it to be so, you ought not to grieve.",
      "hindi": "यह अव्यक्त कहा जाता है, अचिंत्य कहा जाता है, अविकारी कहा जाता है। इसे ऐसा जानकर तुम्हें शोक नहीं करना चाहिए।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-25"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.26",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 26,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम् ।\nतथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैवं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥",
      "iast": "atha cainaṁ nityajātaṁ nityaṁ vā manyase mṛtam / tathāpi tvaṁ mahābāho naivaṁ śocitumarhasi",
      "english": "And even if you think of it as constantly born and constantly dying, even then, mighty-armed one, you ought not to grieve.",
      "hindi": "और यदि तुम इसे निरंतर जन्मता और निरंतर मरता हुआ भी मानो, तब भी हे महाबाहो, तुम्हें शोक नहीं करना चाहिए।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-26"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.27",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 27,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च ।\nतस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥",
      "iast": "jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyurdhruvaṁ janma mṛtasya ca / tasmādaparihārye’rthe na tvaṁ śocitumarhasi",
      "english": "For whatever is born will certainly die, and whatever dies will certainly be born. You should not grieve over what cannot be avoided.",
      "hindi": "जो जन्मा है उसकी मृत्यु निश्चित है, और जो मरा है उसका जन्म निश्चित है। जो टाला नहीं जा सकता, उस पर शोक करना उचित नहीं।",
      "terms": [
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-27"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.28",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 28,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि भारत ।\nअव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना ॥",
      "iast": "avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyaktamadhyāni bhārata / avyaktanidhanānyeva tatra kā paridevanā",
      "english": "Bharata, beings are unmanifest in their beginning, manifest in the middle, and unmanifest again at the end. Where is the occasion for lament in that?",
      "hindi": "हे भारत, प्राणी आरंभ में अव्यक्त हैं, बीच में व्यक्त हैं, और अंत में फिर अव्यक्त। इसमें शोक का अवसर कहाँ है?",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-28"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.29",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 29,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "आश्चर्यवत्पश्यति कश्चिदेनमाश्चर्यवद्वदति तथैव चान्यः ।\nआश्चर्यवच्चैनमन्यः शृणोति श्रुत्वाप्येनं वेद न चैव कश्चित् ॥",
      "iast": "āścaryavatpaśyati kaścidenamāścaryavadvadati tathaiva cānyaḥ / āścaryavaccainamanyaḥ śṛṇoti śrutvāpyenaṁ veda na caiva kaścit",
      "english": "One looks at it as a wonder. Another speaks of it as a wonder. Another hears of it as a wonder. And even having heard, not one of them knows it.",
      "hindi": "कोई इसे आश्चर्य की तरह देखता है, कोई इसे आश्चर्य की तरह कहता है, कोई इसे आश्चर्य की तरह सुनता है। और सुनकर भी कोई इसे जान नहीं पाता।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-29"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.30",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 30,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत ।\nतस्मात्सर्वाणि भूतानि न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥",
      "iast": "dehī nityamavadhyo’yaṁ dehe sarvasya bhārata / tasmātsarvāṇi bhūtāni na tvaṁ śocitumarhasi",
      "english": "Bharata, the one who dwells in the body of every being can never be killed. So you should not grieve for any creature.",
      "hindi": "हे भारत, सब प्राणियों की देह में रहने वाला यह देही कभी मारा नहीं जा सकता। इसलिए किसी भी प्राणी के लिए तुम्हें शोक नहीं करना चाहिए।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-30"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.31",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 31,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "स्वधर्ममपि चावेक्ष्य न विकम्पितुमर्हसि ।\nधर्म्याद्धि युद्धाच्छ्रेयोऽन्यत्क्षत्रियस्य न विद्यते ॥",
      "iast": "svadharmamapi cāvekṣya na vikampitumarhasi / dharmyāddhi yuddhācchreyo’nyatkṣatriyasya na vidyate",
      "english": "Look also to your own duty, and do not waver. For one born to protect, there is nothing better than a fight that is right.",
      "hindi": "अपने स्वधर्म को देखकर भी तुम्हें विचलित नहीं होना चाहिए। क्षत्रिय के लिए धर्मयुक्त युद्ध से बढ़कर और कुछ नहीं।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma",
        "svadharma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-31"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.32",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 32,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यदृच्छया चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम् ।\nसुखिनः क्षत्रियाः पार्थ लभन्ते युद्धमीदृशम् ॥",
      "iast": "yadṛcchayā copapannaṁ svargadvāramapāvṛtam / sukhinaḥ kṣatriyāḥ pārtha labhante yuddhamīdṛśam",
      "english": "Partha, a fight like this comes of its own accord, an open door. Fortunate are the kshatriyas who find it.",
      "hindi": "हे पार्थ, ऐसा युद्ध अपने आप आ पड़ता है, खुले द्वार की तरह। जिन क्षत्रियों को यह मिलता है, वे भाग्यशाली हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-32"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.33",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 33,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अथ चेत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं सङ्ग्रामं न करिष्यसि ।\nततः स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि ॥",
      "iast": "atha cettvamimaṁ dharmyaṁ saṅgrāmaṁ na kariṣyasi / tataḥ svadharmaṁ kīrtiṁ ca hitvā pāpamavāpsyasi",
      "english": "But if you will not fight this rightful fight, then you will have abandoned your own duty and your good name, and you will take on wrong instead.",
      "hindi": "किंतु यदि तुम यह धर्मयुक्त युद्ध नहीं करोगे, तो अपना स्वधर्म और अपनी कीर्ति दोनों छोड़कर पाप को प्राप्त होगे।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma",
        "svadharma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-33"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.34",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 34,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम् ।\nसम्भावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते ॥",
      "iast": "akīrtiṁ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te’vyayām / sambhāvitasya cākīrtirmaraṇādatiricyate",
      "english": "And people will tell of your disgrace, and it will not end. For a man who has been honoured, disgrace is worse than dying.",
      "hindi": "और लोग तुम्हारी अपकीर्ति कहते रहेंगे, जो कभी समाप्त न होगी। जिसका सम्मान रहा हो, उसके लिए अपकीर्ति मृत्यु से भी बढ़कर है।",
      "terms": [
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-34"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.35",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 35,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "भयाद्रणादुपरतं मंस्यन्ते त्वां महारथाः ।\nयेषां च त्वं बहुमतो भूत्वा यास्यसि लाघवम् ॥",
      "iast": "bhayādraṇāduparataṁ maṁsyante tvāṁ mahārathāḥ / yeṣāṁ ca tvaṁ bahumato bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam",
      "english": "The great warriors will think you left the field out of fear. Those who held you high will hold you cheap.",
      "hindi": "महारथी यही मानेंगे कि तुम भय के कारण युद्ध से हट गए। जिनकी दृष्टि में तुम ऊँचे थे, उन्हीं की दृष्टि में हल्के हो जाओगे।",
      "terms": [
        "bhaya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-35"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.36",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 36,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून्वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः ।\nनिन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ॥",
      "iast": "avācyavādāṁśca bahūnvadiṣyanti tavāhitāḥ / nindantastava sāmarthyaṁ tato duḥkhataraṁ nu kim",
      "english": "Those who wish you ill will say many things they should not, and will belittle what you can do. What is more painful than that?",
      "hindi": "तुम्हारे विरोधी बहुत-सी न कहने योग्य बातें कहेंगे और तुम्हारे सामर्थ्य की निंदा करेंगे। इससे अधिक दुःख और क्या होगा?",
      "terms": [
        "duhkha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-36"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.37",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 37,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "हतो वा प्राप्स्यसि स्वर्गं जित्वा वा भोक्ष्यसे महीम् ।\nतस्मादुत्तिष्ठ कौन्तेय युद्धाय कृतनिश्चयः ॥",
      "iast": "hato vā prāpsyasi svargaṁ jitvā vā bhokṣyase mahīm / tasmāduttiṣṭha kaunteya yuddhāya kṛtaniścayaḥ",
      "english": "Killed, you will reach heaven. Victorious, you will enjoy the earth. So stand up, Kaunteya, with your mind made up to fight.",
      "hindi": "मारे गए तो स्वर्ग पाओगे, और जीत गए तो पृथ्वी भोगोगे। इसलिए हे कौंतेय, युद्ध का निश्चय करके खड़े हो जाओ।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-37"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.38",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 38,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सुखदुःखे समे कृत्वा लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ ।\nततो युद्धाय युज्यस्व नैवं पापमवाप्स्यसि ॥",
      "iast": "sukhaduḥkhe same kṛtvā lābhālābhau jayājayau / tato yuddhāya yujyasva naivaṁ pāpamavāpsyasi",
      "english": "Treat pleasure and pain alike, gain and loss alike, victory and defeat alike, and then prepare for the fight. That way you take on no wrong.",
      "hindi": "सुख और दुःख को, लाभ और हानि को, जय और पराजय को एक समान मानकर फिर युद्ध के लिए तैयार हो जाओ। इस प्रकार तुम्हें पाप नहीं लगेगा।",
      "terms": [
        "duhkha",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-38"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.39",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 39,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "एषा तेऽभिहिता साङ्ख्ये बुद्धिर्योगे त्विमां शृणु ।\nबुद्ध्या युक्तो यया पार्थ कर्मबन्धं प्रहास्यसि ॥",
      "iast": "eṣā te’bhihitā sāṅkhye buddhiryoge tvimāṁ śṛṇu / buddhyā yukto yayā pārtha karmabandhaṁ prahāsyasi",
      "english": "This understanding I have given you is that of Sankhya. Now hear it as yoga. Partha, with this understanding you will cast off the bondage of action.",
      "hindi": "यह बुद्धि जो मैंने तुमसे कही, वह सांख्य की है। अब इसे योग के रूप में सुनो। हे पार्थ, इस बुद्धि से युक्त होकर तुम कर्म के बंधन से छूट जाओगे।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yoga",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-39"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.40",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 40,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते ।\nस्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात् ॥",
      "iast": "nehābhikramanāśo’sti pratyavāyo na vidyate / svalpamapyasya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt",
      "english": "Here no effort is wasted, and nothing goes backwards. Even a little of this dharma protects a man from great fear.",
      "hindi": "इसमें किया हुआ प्रयत्न व्यर्थ नहीं जाता, और उल्टा परिणाम भी नहीं होता। इस धर्म का थोड़ा-सा पालन भी बड़े भय से रक्षा करता है।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma",
        "bhaya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-40"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.41",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 41,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन ।\nबहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम् ॥",
      "iast": "vyavasāyātmikā buddhirekeha kurunandana / bahuśākhā hyanantāśca buddhayo’vyavasāyinām",
      "english": "Joy of the Kurus, in this the understanding is single and settled. The understanding of those who will not settle branches endlessly.",
      "hindi": "हे कुरुनंदन, इसमें बुद्धि एक ही होती है और निश्चयवाली होती है। जिनकी बुद्धि निश्चय नहीं करती, उनकी बुद्धि अनंत शाखाओं में बँट जाती है।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-41"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.42",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 42,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यामिमां पुष्पितां वाचं प्रवदन्त्यविपश्चितः ।\nवेदवादरताः पार्थ नान्यदस्तीति वादिनः ॥",
      "iast": "yāmimāṁ puṣpitāṁ vācaṁ pravadantyavipaścitaḥ / vedavādaratāḥ pārtha nānyadastīti vādinaḥ",
      "english": "Partha, the unwise speak in flowery words, delighting in the letter of the Veda and saying there is nothing else.",
      "hindi": "हे पार्थ, अज्ञानी लोग वेद के शब्दों में ही रमकर पुष्पित वाणी बोलते हैं और कहते हैं कि इसके सिवा और कुछ नहीं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-42"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.43",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 43,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "कामात्मानः स्वर्गपरा जन्मकर्मफलप्रदाम् ।\nक्रियाविशेषबहुलां भोगैश्वर्यगतिं प्रति ॥",
      "iast": "kāmātmānaḥ svargaparā janmakarmaphalapradām / kriyāviśeṣabahulāṁ bhogaiśvaryagatiṁ prati",
      "english": "Full of desires, with heaven as their goal, they speak of rites that bring birth as their reward, and of the many elaborate acts that lead to pleasure and power.",
      "hindi": "कामनाओं से भरे, स्वर्ग जिनका लक्ष्य है, वे जन्म रूपी फल देने वाले और भोग तथा ऐश्वर्य की ओर ले जाने वाले अनेक विस्तृत कर्मकांडों की बात करते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "atman",
        "kama",
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-43"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.44",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 44,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम् ।\nव्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते ॥",
      "iast": "bhogaiśvaryaprasaktānāṁ tayāpahṛtacetasām / vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ samādhau na vidhīyate",
      "english": "For those attached to pleasure and power, whose minds are carried away by such talk, the understanding does not settle in stillness.",
      "hindi": "जो भोग और ऐश्वर्य में आसक्त हैं और जिनका चित्त उस वाणी से हर लिया गया है, उनकी बुद्धि समाधि में स्थिर नहीं होती।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "sanga",
        "manas",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-44"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.45",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 45,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "त्रैगुण्यविषया वेदा निस्त्रैगुण्यो भवार्जुन ।\nनिर्द्वन्द्वो नित्यसत्त्वस्थो निर्योगक्षेम आत्मवान् ॥",
      "iast": "traiguṇyaviṣayā vedā nistraiguṇyo bhavārjuna / nirdvandvo nityasattvastho niryogakṣema ātmavān",
      "english": "Arjuna, the Vedas deal with the three gunas. Rise above the three. Be free of opposites, always settled in truth, taking neither gain nor safety as your aim, and possessed of yourself.",
      "hindi": "हे अर्जुन, वेद तीनों गुणों का विषय कहते हैं। तुम उन तीनों से ऊपर उठो। द्वंद्वों से मुक्त, सदा सत्त्व में स्थित, योग-क्षेम की चिंता से रहित और आत्मवान बनो।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "atman",
        "guna",
        "sattva"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-45"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.46",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 46,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वतः सम्प्लुतोदके ।\nतावान्सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानतः ॥",
      "iast": "yāvānartha udapāne sarvataḥ samplutodake / tāvānsarveṣu vedeṣu brāhmaṇasya vijānataḥ",
      "english": "As much use as there is in a well when water is everywhere, so much use is there in all the Vedas for the one who knows.",
      "hindi": "जब सब ओर जल भरा हो, तब कुएँ का जितना प्रयोजन रह जाता है, जानने वाले ब्राह्मण के लिए समस्त वेदों का उतना ही प्रयोजन है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-46"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.47",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 47,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन ।\nमा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ॥",
      "iast": "karmaṇyevādhikāraste mā phaleṣu kadācana / mā karmaphalaheturbhūrmā te saṅgo’stvakarmaṇi",
      "english": "Your right is to the action alone, never to its fruits. Do not let the fruit be your reason for acting, and do not be attached to inaction either.",
      "hindi": "तुम्हारा अधिकार केवल कर्म में है, उसके फलों में कभी नहीं। फल को कर्म का कारण मत बनाओ, और अकर्म में भी आसक्त मत हो।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "sanga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-47"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.48",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 48,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय ।\nसिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते ॥",
      "iast": "yogasthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā dhanañjaya / siddhyasiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṁ yoga ucyate",
      "english": "Do your work standing in yoga, Dhananjaya, letting attachment go, the same whether it succeeds or fails. That evenness is what yoga means.",
      "hindi": "हे धनंजय, योग में स्थित होकर, आसक्ति छोड़कर कर्म करो — सिद्धि और असिद्धि में समान रहकर। यही समता योग कहलाती है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yoga",
        "sanga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-48"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.49",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 49,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "दूरेण ह्यवरं कर्म बुद्धियोगाद्धनञ्जय ।\nबुद्धौ शरणमन्विच्छ कृपणाः फलहेतवः ॥",
      "iast": "dūreṇa hyavaraṁ karma buddhiyogāddhanañjaya / buddhau śaraṇamanviccha kṛpaṇāḥ phalahetavaḥ",
      "english": "Dhananjaya, action done for its reward is far inferior to action done with this understanding. Take refuge in understanding. Those who work for the fruit are to be pitied.",
      "hindi": "हे धनंजय, फल की इच्छा से किया कर्म इस बुद्धियोग से बहुत नीचा है। बुद्धि की शरण लो। जो फल के लिए ही काम करते हैं, वे दया के पात्र हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yoga",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-49"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.50",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 50,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते ।\nतस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योगः कर्मसु कौशलम् ॥",
      "iast": "buddhiyukto jahātīha ubhe sukṛtaduṣkṛte / tasmādyogāya yujyasva yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam",
      "english": "One joined to this understanding leaves behind both good deeds and bad, here in this life. So take up yoga. Yoga is skill in action.",
      "hindi": "इस बुद्धि से युक्त पुरुष इसी जीवन में पुण्य और पाप दोनों को छोड़ देता है। इसलिए योग में लगो। कर्मों में कुशलता ही योग है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yoga",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-50"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.51",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 51,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "कर्मजं बुद्धियुक्ता हि फलं त्यक्त्वा मनीषिणः ।\nजन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ताः पदं गच्छन्त्यनामयम् ॥",
      "iast": "karmajaṁ buddhiyuktā hi phalaṁ tyaktvā manīṣiṇaḥ / janmabandhavinirmuktāḥ padaṁ gacchantyanāmayam",
      "english": "The wise, joined to this understanding, give up the fruit born of action, and freed from the bondage of birth they reach the place where there is no affliction.",
      "hindi": "इस बुद्धि से युक्त मनीषी कर्म से उत्पन्न फल को छोड़ देते हैं, और जन्म के बंधन से मुक्त होकर उस पद को पाते हैं जहाँ कोई पीड़ा नहीं।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "moksha",
        "buddhi",
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-51"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.52",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 52,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यदा ते मोहकलिलं बुद्धिर्व्यतितरिष्यति ।\nतदा गन्तासि निर्वेदं श्रोतव्यस्य श्रुतस्य च ॥",
      "iast": "yadā te mohakalilaṁ buddhirvyatitariṣyati / tadā gantāsi nirvedaṁ śrotavyasya śrutasya ca",
      "english": "When your understanding has crossed beyond the thicket of confusion, you will grow indifferent to all that has been heard and all that is yet to be heard.",
      "hindi": "जब तुम्हारी बुद्धि मोह के इस दलदल को पार कर जाएगी, तब जो सुना जा चुका है और जो सुना जाना है, दोनों से तुम्हें वैराग्य हो जाएगा।",
      "terms": [
        "moha",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-52"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.53",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 53,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना ते यदा स्थास्यति निश्चला ।\nसमाधावचला बुद्धिस्तदा योगमवाप्स्यसि ॥",
      "iast": "śrutivipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niścalā / samādhāvacalā buddhistadā yogamavāpsyasi",
      "english": "When your understanding, no longer pulled about by what you have heard, stands unmoving and steady in itself, then you will have reached yoga.",
      "hindi": "जब शास्त्रों के परस्पर विरोधी वचनों से विचलित तुम्हारी बुद्धि अचल और स्थिर हो जाएगी, तब तुम योग को प्राप्त होगे।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-53"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.54",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 54,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "स्थितप्रज्ञस्य का भाषा समाधिस्थस्य केशव ।\nस्थितधीः किं प्रभाषेत किमासीत व्रजेत किम् ॥",
      "iast": "sthitaprajñasya kā bhāṣā samādhisthasya keśava / sthitadhīḥ kiṁ prabhāṣeta kimāsīta vrajeta kim",
      "english": "Keshava, how is the one of settled understanding described, the one who is fixed in stillness? How does such a person speak, how sit, how walk?",
      "hindi": "हे केशव, स्थितप्रज्ञ और समाधि में स्थित पुरुष के क्या लक्षण हैं? वह स्थिर बुद्धि वाला कैसे बोलता है, कैसे बैठता है, कैसे चलता है?",
      "terms": [
        "sthitaprajna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-54"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.55",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 55,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "प्रजहाति यदा कामान्सर्वान्पार्थ मनोगतान् ।\nआत्मन्येवात्मना तुष्टः स्थितप्रज्ञस्तदोच्यते ॥",
      "iast": "prajahāti yadā kāmānsarvānpārtha manogatān / ātmanyevātmanā tuṣṭaḥ sthitaprajñastadocyate",
      "english": "Partha, when a man lets go of every desire that has entered his mind, and is content in himself by himself, then he is called settled in understanding.",
      "hindi": "हे पार्थ, जब मनुष्य मन में आई सब कामनाओं को छोड़ देता है, और स्वयं से ही स्वयं में संतुष्ट रहता है, तब वह स्थितप्रज्ञ कहा जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "sthitaprajna",
        "kama",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-55"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.56",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 56,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः ।\nवीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते ॥",
      "iast": "duḥkheṣvanudvignamanāḥ sukheṣu vigataspṛhaḥ / vītarāgabhayakrodhaḥ sthitadhīrmunirucyate",
      "english": "Untroubled in sorrow, without craving in happiness, free of longing, fear and anger — such a person is called a sage of steady understanding.",
      "hindi": "जो दुःख में विचलित नहीं होता, सुख में जिसकी चाह नहीं रहती, और जो राग, भय और क्रोध से मुक्त है — वही स्थिर बुद्धि वाला मुनि कहा जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "sthitaprajna",
        "krodha",
        "bhaya",
        "duhkha",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-56"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.57",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 57,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यः सर्वत्रानभिस्नेहस्तत्तत्प्राप्य शुभाशुभम् ।\nनाभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥",
      "iast": "yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehastattatprāpya śubhāśubham / nābhinandati na dveṣṭi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā",
      "english": "The one who is unattached everywhere, who neither rejoices at what is pleasant nor recoils from what is not when it comes to him — his understanding is firmly set.",
      "hindi": "जो सर्वत्र आसक्ति से रहित है, जो शुभ पाकर हर्षित नहीं होता और अशुभ पाकर द्वेष नहीं करता — उसकी प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठित है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-57"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.58",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 58,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यदा संहरते चायं कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः ।\nइन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥",
      "iast": "yadā saṁharate cāyaṁ kūrmo’ṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ / indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyastasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā",
      "english": "And when he draws his senses back from the things they reach for, as a tortoise draws in its limbs from every side — his understanding is firmly set.",
      "hindi": "और जब वह अपनी इंद्रियों को विषयों से उसी प्रकार समेट लेता है जैसे कछुआ अपने अंगों को सब ओर से समेट लेता है — तब उसकी प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठित है।",
      "terms": [
        "indriya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-58"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.59",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 59,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "विषया विनिवर्तन्ते निराहारस्य देहिनः ।\nरसवर्जं रसोऽप्यस्य परं दृष्ट्वा निवर्तते ॥",
      "iast": "viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ / rasavarjaṁ raso’pyasya paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate",
      "english": "Objects turn away from one who does not feed on them, but the taste for them remains. Even that taste turns away when he has seen the highest.",
      "hindi": "जो उनका सेवन नहीं करता, उससे विषय तो हट जाते हैं, पर उनका रस बना रहता है। परम को देख लेने पर वह रस भी हट जाता है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-59"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.60",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 60,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः ।\nइन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः ॥",
      "iast": "yatato hyapi kaunteya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ / indriyāṇi pramāthīni haranti prasabhaṁ manaḥ",
      "english": "Kaunteya, the senses are turbulent, and they carry away the mind even of a discerning man who is trying.",
      "hindi": "हे कौंतेय, इंद्रियाँ बड़ी प्रमथनशील हैं। वे प्रयत्न करते हुए विवेकी पुरुष के मन को भी बलपूर्वक हर ले जाती हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "purusha",
        "indriya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-60"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.61",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 61,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्परः ।\nवशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥",
      "iast": "tāni sarvāṇi saṁyamya yukta āsīta matparaḥ / vaśe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā",
      "english": "Holding them all in check, he should sit joined, with me as his aim. For the one whose senses are in his own control, the understanding is firmly set.",
      "hindi": "उन सबको वश में करके वह युक्त होकर बैठे, मुझे ही परम मानकर। जिसकी इंद्रियाँ अपने वश में हैं, उसी की प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठित है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-61"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.62",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 62,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते ।\nसङ्गात्सञ्जायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते ॥",
      "iast": "dhyāyato viṣayānpuṁsaḥ saṅgasteṣūpajāyate / saṅgātsañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmātkrodho’bhijāyate",
      "english": "Dwelling on things, a man grows attached to them. From attachment desire is born. From desire comes anger.",
      "hindi": "विषयों का चिंतन करते रहने से मनुष्य को उनमें आसक्ति हो जाती है। आसक्ति से कामना जन्म लेती है, और कामना से क्रोध उत्पन्न होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "dhyana",
        "sanga",
        "kama",
        "krodha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-62"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.63",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 63,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "क्रोधाद्भवति सम्मोहः सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः ।\nस्मृतिभ्रंशाद्बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति ॥",
      "iast": "krodhādbhavati sammohaḥ sammohātsmṛtivibhramaḥ / smṛtibhraṁśādbuddhināśo buddhināśātpraṇaśyati",
      "english": "From anger comes confusion. From confusion, memory fails. When memory fails, understanding is lost, and when understanding is lost, the man is lost.",
      "hindi": "क्रोध से मोह होता है, मोह से स्मृति भ्रमित हो जाती है। स्मृति के नष्ट होने पर बुद्धि नष्ट होती है, और बुद्धि के नष्ट होने पर मनुष्य नष्ट हो जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "krodha",
        "moha",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-63"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.64",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 64,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "रागद्वेषवियुक्तैस्तु विषयानिन्द्रियैश्चरन् ।\nआत्मवश्यैर्विधेयात्मा प्रसादमधिगच्छति ॥",
      "iast": "rāgadveṣaviyuktaistu viṣayānindriyaiścaran / ātmavaśyairvidheyātmā prasādamadhigacchati",
      "english": "But the one who moves among things with his senses freed from liking and disliking, governed by himself and under his own control, comes to a settled calm.",
      "hindi": "किंतु जो राग और द्वेष से मुक्त इंद्रियों द्वारा विषयों के बीच विचरता है, जो अपने वश में है और स्वयं को संभाले हुए है, वह प्रसन्नता को प्राप्त होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-64"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.65",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 65,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "प्रसादे सर्वदुःखानां हानिरस्योपजायते ।\nप्रसन्नचेतसो ह्याशु बुद्धिः पर्यवतिष्ठते ॥",
      "iast": "prasāde sarvaduḥkhānāṁ hānirasyopajāyate / prasannacetaso hyāśu buddhiḥ paryavatiṣṭhate",
      "english": "In that calm all his sorrows fall away, for the understanding of one whose mind is clear soon becomes firmly established.",
      "hindi": "उस प्रसन्नता में उसके सब दुःख मिट जाते हैं, क्योंकि प्रसन्न चित्त वाले की बुद्धि शीघ्र ही स्थिर हो जाती है।",
      "terms": [
        "duhkha",
        "manas",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-65"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.66",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 66,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य न चायुक्तस्य भावना ।\nन चाभावयतः शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम् ॥",
      "iast": "nāsti buddhirayuktasya na cāyuktasya bhāvanā / na cābhāvayataḥ śāntiraśāntasya kutaḥ sukham",
      "english": "The unjoined man has no understanding, and no power to reflect. Without reflection there is no peace, and without peace, where is happiness?",
      "hindi": "जो युक्त नहीं है, उसमें न बुद्धि होती है और न चिंतन। चिंतन के बिना शांति नहीं, और शांति के बिना सुख कहाँ?",
      "terms": [
        "sukha",
        "shanti",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-66"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.67",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 67,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोऽनुविधीयते ।\nतदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि ॥",
      "iast": "indriyāṇāṁ hi caratāṁ yanmano’nuvidhīyate / tadasya harati prajñāṁ vāyurnāvamivāmbhasi",
      "english": "For when the mind follows after the wandering senses, it carries off a man's understanding, as the wind carries off a boat on the water.",
      "hindi": "जब मन भटकती हुई इंद्रियों के पीछे चला जाता है, तो वह बुद्धि को उसी तरह हर ले जाता है जैसे जल पर वायु नाव को हर ले जाती है।",
      "terms": [
        "manas",
        "indriya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-67"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.68",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 68,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः ।\nइन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥",
      "iast": "tasmādyasya mahābāho nigṛhītāni sarvaśaḥ / indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyastasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā",
      "english": "Therefore, mighty-armed one, the one whose senses are held back from every side, away from what they reach for — his understanding is firmly set.",
      "hindi": "इसलिए हे महाबाहो, जिसकी इंद्रियाँ विषयों से सब ओर से रोक ली गई हैं, उसी की प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठित है।",
      "terms": [
        "indriya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-68"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.69",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 69,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "या निशा सर्वभूतानां तस्यां जागर्ति संयमी ।\nयस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुनेः ॥",
      "iast": "yā niśā sarvabhūtānāṁ tasyāṁ jāgarti saṁyamī / yasyāṁ jāgrati bhūtāni sā niśā paśyato muneḥ",
      "english": "What is night for all beings is waking for the one who is governed. What is waking for all beings is night for the sage who sees.",
      "hindi": "जो सब प्राणियों के लिए रात है, उसमें संयमी जागता है। जिसमें सब प्राणी जागते हैं, वह देखने वाले मुनि के लिए रात है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-69"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.70",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 70,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं\nसमुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत् ।\nतद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे\nस शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी ॥",
      "iast": "āpūryamāṇamacalapratiṣṭhaṁ / samudramāpaḥ praviśanti yadvat / tadvatkāmā yaṁ praviśanti sarve / sa śāntimāpnoti na kāmakāmī",
      "english": "As waters enter the sea, which is filled and yet unmoved, so all desires enter the one who reaches peace — not the one who goes on wanting.",
      "hindi": "जैसे भरे हुए और अचल समुद्र में सब जल आकर समा जाते हैं, वैसे ही सब कामनाएँ जिसमें समा जाती हैं, वही शांति पाता है — वह नहीं, जो कामनाएँ करता ही रहता है।",
      "terms": [
        "kama",
        "shanti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-70"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.71",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 71,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः ।\nनिर्ममो निरहङ्कारः स शान्तिमधिगच्छति ॥",
      "iast": "vihāya kāmānyaḥ sarvānpumāṁścarati niḥspṛhaḥ / nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sa śāntimadhigacchati",
      "english": "The man who moves on having given up every desire, without longing, without calling anything his own, without the sense of I — he comes to peace.",
      "hindi": "जो मनुष्य सब कामनाओं को छोड़कर, स्पृहा से रहित, ममता से रहित और अहंकार से रहित होकर विचरता है — वही शांति को प्राप्त होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "kama",
        "shanti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-71"
    },
    {
      "ref": "2.72",
      "chapter": 2,
      "verse": 72,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "एषा ब्राह्मी स्थितिः पार्थ नैनां प्राप्य विमुह्यति ।\nस्थित्वास्यामन्तकालेऽपि ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृच्छति ॥",
      "iast": "eṣā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha naināṁ prāpya vimuhyati / sthitvāsyāmantakāle’pi brahmanirvāṇamṛcchati",
      "english": "Partha, this is the state of Brahman. Having reached it, a man is not confused again. Standing in it even at the last hour, he comes to the peace of Brahman.",
      "hindi": "हे पार्थ, यही ब्राह्मी स्थिति है। इसे पाकर मनुष्य फिर मोहित नहीं होता। अंतकाल में भी इसमें स्थित होकर वह ब्रह्म-निर्वाण को प्राप्त होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "brahman",
        "moksha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/2#bg-2-72"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.1",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 1,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन ।\nतत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव ॥",
      "iast": "jyāyasī cetkarmaṇaste matā buddhirjanārdana / tatkiṁ karmaṇi ghore māṁ niyojayasi keśava",
      "english": "If you consider understanding to be better than action, Janardana, then why do you push me into this terrible work, Keshava?",
      "hindi": "यदि आप कर्म से बुद्धि को श्रेष्ठ मानते हैं, जनार्दन, तो फिर मुझे इस भयानक कर्म में क्यों लगा रहे हैं, केशव?",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-1"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.2",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 2,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "व्यामिश्रेणेव वाक्येन बुद्धिं मोहयसीव मे ।\nतदेकं वद निश्चित्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्नुयाम् ॥",
      "iast": "vyāmiśreṇeva vākyena buddhiṁ mohayasīva me / tadekaṁ vada niścitya yena śreyo’hamāpnuyām",
      "english": "Your words seem mixed, and they leave my understanding confused. Decide, and tell me the one thing by which I may reach what is best.",
      "hindi": "आपके वचन मिले-जुले से लगते हैं और मेरी बुद्धि को भ्रमित कर देते हैं। निश्चय करके मुझे वह एक बात बताइए जिससे मैं श्रेय को प्राप्त कर सकूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "moha",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-2"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.3",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 3,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "लोकेऽस्मिन्द्विविधा निष्ठा पुरा प्रोक्ता मयानघ ।\nज्ञानयोगेन साङ्ख्यानां कर्मयोगेन योगिनाम् ॥",
      "iast": "loke’smindvividhā niṣṭhā purā proktā mayānagha / jñānayogena sāṅkhyānāṁ karmayogena yoginām",
      "english": "In this world there are two paths of steady practice, Anagha, which I taught long ago: the yoga of knowledge for those of the Sankhya way, and the yoga of action for yogis.",
      "hindi": "इस संसार में दो प्रकार की निष्ठा मैंने पहले कही थी, अनघ — सांख्य वालों के लिए ज्ञानयोग और योगियों के लिए कर्मयोग।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yoga",
        "jnana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-3"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.4",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 4,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते ।\nन च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति ॥",
      "iast": "na karmaṇāmanārambhānnaiṣkarmyaṁ puruṣo’śnute / na ca saṁnyasanādeva siddhiṁ samadhigacchati",
      "english": "A person does not reach freedom from action simply by not beginning any work, and no one attains perfection merely by renouncing what he has taken up.",
      "hindi": "कर्म आरम्भ न करने मात्र से मनुष्य नैष्कर्म्य को नहीं पाता, और केवल त्याग कर देने से भी वह सिद्धि तक नहीं पहुँचता।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "purusha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-4"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.5",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 5,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "न हि कश्चित्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत् ।\nकार्यते ह्यवशः कर्म सर्वः प्रकृतिजैर्गुणैः ॥",
      "iast": "na hi kaścitkṣaṇamapi jātu tiṣṭhatyakarmakṛt / kāryate hyavaśaḥ karma sarvaḥ prakṛtijairguṇaiḥ",
      "english": "No one can stay even for a moment without doing something. Everyone is made to act, helplessly, by the gunas that arise from their own nature.",
      "hindi": "कोई भी एक क्षण के लिए भी बिना कर्म किए नहीं रह सकता। प्रकृति से उत्पन्न गुण हर किसी से विवश होकर कर्म करवाते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "guna",
        "prakriti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-5"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.6",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 6,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन् ।\nइन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते ॥",
      "iast": "karmendriyāṇi saṁyamya ya āste manasā smaran / indriyārthānvimūḍhātmā mithyācāraḥ sa ucyate",
      "english": "The man who holds his organs of action still while his mind keeps dwelling on the objects of the senses is deluded, and he is called a hypocrite.",
      "hindi": "जो अपनी कर्मेन्द्रियों को रोककर बैठ जाता है, पर मन में विषयों का स्मरण करता रहता है, वह मूढ़ है और मिथ्याचारी कहलाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "atman",
        "moha",
        "manas",
        "indriya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-6"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.7",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 7,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन ।\nकर्मेन्द्रियैः कर्मयोगमसक्तः स विशिष्यते ॥",
      "iast": "yastvindriyāṇi manasā niyamyārabhate’rjuna / karmendriyaiḥ karmayogamasaktaḥ sa viśiṣyate",
      "english": "But the one who controls the senses with the mind, Arjuna, and begins karma yoga with the organs of action, unattached, stands far above him.",
      "hindi": "पर अर्जुन, जो मन से इन्द्रियों को वश में करके, अनासक्त भाव से कर्मेन्द्रियों द्वारा कर्मयोग आरम्भ करता है, वही श्रेष्ठ है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yoga",
        "sanga",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-7"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.8",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 8,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः ।\nशरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः ॥",
      "iast": "niyataṁ kuru karma tvaṁ karma jyāyo hyakarmaṇaḥ / śarīrayātrāpi ca te na prasiddhyedakarmaṇaḥ",
      "english": "Do the work that is laid down for you, for action is better than inaction. Without action you could not even keep your own body going.",
      "hindi": "तुम अपने नियत कर्म को करो, क्योंकि कर्म अकर्म से श्रेष्ठ है। कर्म के बिना तो तुम्हारे शरीर का निर्वाह भी न हो सकेगा।",
      "terms": [
        "karma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-8"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.9",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 9,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः ।\nतदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसङ्गः समाचर ॥",
      "iast": "yajñārthātkarmaṇo’nyatra loko’yaṁ karmabandhanaḥ / tadarthaṁ karma kaunteya muktasaṅgaḥ samācara",
      "english": "Work done for the sake of yajna does not bind; all other work keeps this world in bondage. So do your work for that purpose, Kaunteya, free of attachment.",
      "hindi": "यज्ञ के लिए किए गए कर्म के अतिरिक्त बाकी सब कर्म इस संसार को बाँधते हैं। इसलिए कौन्तेय, आसक्ति छोड़कर यज्ञ के लिए ही कर्म करो।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "moksha",
        "yajna",
        "sanga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-9"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.10",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 10,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सहयज्ञाः प्रजाः सृष्ट्वा पुरोवाच प्रजापतिः ।\nअनेन प्रसविष्यध्वमेष वोऽस्त्विष्टकामधुक् ॥",
      "iast": "sahayajñāḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā purovāca prajāpatiḥ / anena prasaviṣyadhvameṣa vo’stviṣṭakāmadhuk",
      "english": "Long ago Prajapati created people together with yajna and said: by this you shall increase, and let this be the cow that yields all you wish for.",
      "hindi": "सृष्टि के आरम्भ में प्रजापति ने यज्ञ के साथ प्रजा को रचकर कहा — इसी से तुम बढ़ो, यही तुम्हारी इच्छाएँ पूरी करने वाली कामधेनु हो।",
      "terms": [
        "yajna",
        "kama"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-10"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.11",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 11,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "देवान्भावयतानेन ते देवा भावयन्तु वः ।\nपरस्परं भावयन्तः श्रेयः परमवाप्स्यथ ॥",
      "iast": "devānbhāvayatānena te devā bhāvayantu vaḥ / parasparaṁ bhāvayantaḥ śreyaḥ paramavāpsyatha",
      "english": "By this you shall sustain the gods, and let the gods sustain you. Sustaining one another in this way, you will reach the highest good.",
      "hindi": "इससे तुम देवताओं को पुष्ट करो और देवता तुम्हें पुष्ट करें। इस तरह एक-दूसरे को पुष्ट करते हुए तुम परम श्रेय को प्राप्त करोगे।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-11"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.12",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 12,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "इष्टान्भोगान्हि वो देवा दास्यन्ते यज्ञभाविताः ।\nतैर्दत्तानप्रदायैभ्यो यो भुङ्क्ते स्तेन एव सः ॥",
      "iast": "iṣṭānbhogānhi vo devā dāsyante yajñabhāvitāḥ / tairdattānapradāyaibhyo yo bhuṅkte stena eva saḥ",
      "english": "Nourished by yajna, the gods will give you the enjoyments you want. But whoever enjoys what they give without offering anything back to them is simply a thief.",
      "hindi": "यज्ञ से पुष्ट हुए देवता तुम्हें मनचाहे भोग देंगे। जो उनके दिए हुए को उन्हें दिए बिना ही भोगता है, वह चोर ही है।",
      "terms": [
        "yajna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-12"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.13",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 13,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यज्ञशिष्टाशिनः सन्तो मुच्यन्ते सर्वकिल्बिषैः ।\nभुञ्जते ते त्वघं पापा ये पचन्त्यात्मकारणात् ॥",
      "iast": "yajñaśiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarvakilbiṣaiḥ / bhuñjate te tvaghaṁ pāpā ye pacantyātmakāraṇāt",
      "english": "Good people who eat what is left over from yajna are released from every fault. Those who cook only for themselves eat, and what they eat is wrongdoing.",
      "hindi": "जो सज्जन यज्ञ से बचे हुए अन्न को खाते हैं, वे सब दोषों से मुक्त हो जाते हैं। जो केवल अपने लिए पकाते हैं, वे पाप ही खाते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "moksha",
        "yajna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-13"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.14",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 14,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अन्नाद्भवन्ति भूतानि पर्जन्यादन्नसम्भवः ।\nयज्ञाद्भवति पर्जन्यो यज्ञः कर्मसमुद्भवः ॥",
      "iast": "annādbhavanti bhūtāni parjanyādannasambhavaḥ / yajñādbhavati parjanyo yajñaḥ karmasamudbhavaḥ",
      "english": "Living beings come into being from food, and food itself comes from rain. Rain comes from yajna, and yajna arises out of action.",
      "hindi": "प्राणी अन्न से उत्पन्न होते हैं और अन्न वर्षा से होता है। वर्षा यज्ञ से होती है, और यज्ञ कर्म से उत्पन्न होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yajna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-14"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.15",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 15,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "कर्म ब्रह्मोद्भवं विद्धि ब्रह्माक्षरसमुद्भवम् ।\nतस्मात्सर्वगतं ब्रह्म नित्यं यज्ञे प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥",
      "iast": "karma brahmodbhavaṁ viddhi brahmākṣarasamudbhavam / tasmātsarvagataṁ brahma nityaṁ yajñe pratiṣṭhitam",
      "english": "Know that action arises from Brahman, and Brahman arises from the imperishable. Therefore Brahman, which is present everywhere, is always established in yajna.",
      "hindi": "जानो कि कर्म ब्रह्म से उत्पन्न होता है और ब्रह्म अक्षर से। इसीलिए सर्वव्यापी ब्रह्म सदा यज्ञ में प्रतिष्ठित रहता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "brahman",
        "yajna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-15"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.16",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 16,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्तयतीह यः ।\nअघायुरिन्द्रियारामो मोघं पार्थ स जीवति ॥",
      "iast": "evaṁ pravartitaṁ cakraṁ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ / aghāyurindriyārāmo moghaṁ pārtha sa jīvati",
      "english": "Whoever does not keep this turning wheel going lives a life of wrongdoing, delighting only in the senses. Such a man lives in vain, Partha.",
      "hindi": "जो इस चलते हुए चक्र का अनुसरण नहीं करता, वह पापमय जीवन जीता है और इन्द्रियों में ही रमा रहता है। पार्थ, उसका जीना व्यर्थ है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-16"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.17",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 17,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यस्त्वात्मरतिरेव स्यादात्मतृप्तश्च मानवः ।\nआत्मन्येव च सन्तुष्टस्तस्य कार्यं न विद्यते ॥",
      "iast": "yastvātmaratireva syādātmatṛptaśca mānavaḥ / ātmanyeva ca santuṣṭastasya kāryaṁ na vidyate",
      "english": "But for the person who delights in the self, who is satisfied by the self and content within the self alone, there is nothing left that must be done.",
      "hindi": "पर जो मनुष्य आत्मा में ही रमता है, आत्मा से ही तृप्त है और आत्मा में ही सन्तुष्ट है, उसके लिए कोई कर्तव्य शेष नहीं रहता।",
      "terms": [
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-17"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.18",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 18,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन ।\nन चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्चिदर्थव्यपाश्रयः ॥",
      "iast": "naiva tasya kṛtenārtho nākṛteneha kaścana / na cāsya sarvabhūteṣu kaścidarthavyapāśrayaḥ",
      "english": "He gains nothing here by acting and loses nothing by not acting. Nor does he depend on any being anywhere for any purpose of his own.",
      "hindi": "उसे न कुछ करने से कोई प्रयोजन रहता है, न न करने से। और न ही किसी प्राणी पर उसका कोई स्वार्थ टिका रहता है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-18"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.19",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 19,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तस्मादसक्तः सततं कार्यं कर्म समाचर ।\nअसक्तो ह्याचरन्कर्म परमाप्नोति पूरुषः ॥",
      "iast": "tasmādasaktaḥ satataṁ kāryaṁ karma samācara / asakto hyācarankarma paramāpnoti pūruṣaḥ",
      "english": "So do the work that must be done, always, without attachment. Acting without attachment, a person reaches what is highest.",
      "hindi": "इसलिए आसक्ति छोड़कर सदा वही कर्म करो जो करना चाहिए। आसक्ति के बिना कर्म करता हुआ मनुष्य परम पद को प्राप्त कर लेता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "sanga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-19"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.20",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 20,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "कर्मणैव हि संसिद्धिमास्थिता जनकादयः ।\nलोकसङ्ग्रहमेवापि सम्पश्यन्कर्तुमर्हसि ॥",
      "iast": "karmaṇaiva hi saṁsiddhimāsthitā janakādayaḥ / lokasaṅgrahamevāpi sampaśyankartumarhasi",
      "english": "Janaka and others reached perfection through action alone. You too should act, keeping lokasangraha, the holding together of the world, in view.",
      "hindi": "जनक जैसे लोगों ने कर्म से ही सिद्धि पाई थी। तुम्हें भी लोकसंग्रह को ध्यान में रखते हुए कर्म करना चाहिए।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "loka-sangraha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-20"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.21",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 21,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः ।\nस यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते ॥",
      "iast": "yadyadācarati śreṣṭhastattadevetaro janaḥ / sa yatpramāṇaṁ kurute lokastadanuvartate",
      "english": "Whatever a great man does, other people do the same. Whatever standard he sets by his own conduct, the world follows it.",
      "hindi": "श्रेष्ठ पुरुष जो-जो करता है, दूसरे लोग भी वही करते हैं। वह जिसे प्रमाण मान लेता है, संसार उसी के पीछे चलता है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-21"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.22",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 22,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "न मे पार्थास्ति कर्तव्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु किञ्चन ।\nनानवाप्तमवाप्तव्यं वर्त एव च कर्मणि ॥",
      "iast": "na me pārthāsti kartavyaṁ triṣu lokeṣu kiñcana / nānavāptamavāptavyaṁ varta eva ca karmaṇi",
      "english": "There is nothing in the three worlds that I must do, Partha, nothing unattained that I need to attain. And still I remain engaged in action.",
      "hindi": "पार्थ, तीनों लोकों में मेरे लिए कुछ भी करणीय नहीं है, न कुछ ऐसा है जो अप्राप्त हो और पाना हो। फिर भी मैं कर्म में लगा रहता हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "karma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-22"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.23",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 23,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यदि ह्यहं न वर्तेयं जातु कर्मण्यतन्द्रितः ।\nमम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः ॥",
      "iast": "yadi hyahaṁ na varteyaṁ jātu karmaṇyatandritaḥ / mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ",
      "english": "For if I did not remain engaged in action, tireless as I am, then people everywhere would follow the path I set, Partha.",
      "hindi": "पार्थ, यदि मैं कभी आलस्य छोड़कर कर्म में न लगा रहूँ, तो मनुष्य सब प्रकार से मेरे ही मार्ग का अनुसरण करने लगेंगे।",
      "terms": [
        "karma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-23"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.24",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 24,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम् ।\nसङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः ॥",
      "iast": "utsīdeyurime lokā na kuryāṁ karma cedaham / saṅkarasya ca kartā syāmupahanyāmimāḥ prajāḥ",
      "english": "If I did not act, these worlds would fall apart. I would be the cause of confusion and would destroy these people.",
      "hindi": "यदि मैं कर्म न करूँ तो ये सब लोक नष्ट हो जाएँ। मैं ही संकर का कारण बनूँगा और इन प्रजाओं का नाश कर दूँगा।",
      "terms": [
        "karma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-24"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.25",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 25,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत ।\nकुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्चिकीर्षुर्लोकसङ्ग्रहम् ॥",
      "iast": "saktāḥ karmaṇyavidvāṁso yathā kurvanti bhārata / kuryādvidvāṁstathāsaktaścikīrṣurlokasaṅgraham",
      "english": "As the ignorant act with attachment to their work, Bharata, so should the wise act without attachment, wanting only lokasangraha, the holding together of the world.",
      "hindi": "भारत, जैसे अज्ञानी लोग कर्म में आसक्त होकर काम करते हैं, वैसे ही ज्ञानी को अनासक्त रहकर, लोकसंग्रह की इच्छा से कर्म करना चाहिए।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "sanga",
        "loka-sangraha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-25"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.26",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 26,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "न बुद्धिभेदं जनयेदज्ञानां कर्मसङ्गिनाम् ।\nजोषयेत्सर्वकर्माणि विद्वान्युक्तः समाचरन् ॥",
      "iast": "na buddhibhedaṁ janayedajñānāṁ karmasaṅginām / joṣayetsarvakarmāṇi vidvānyuktaḥ samācaran",
      "english": "The wise man should not unsettle the minds of the ignorant who are attached to their work. Acting with steadiness himself, he should let them enjoy all their duties.",
      "hindi": "ज्ञानी को कर्म में आसक्त अज्ञानियों की बुद्धि में भेद नहीं डालना चाहिए। स्वयं स्थिर होकर कर्म करता हुआ वह उन्हें सब कर्मों में लगाए रखे।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "jnana",
        "sanga",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-26"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.27",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 27,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "प्रकृतेः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि सर्वशः ।\nअहङ्कारविमूढात्मा कर्ताहमिति मन्यते ॥",
      "iast": "prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ / ahaṅkāravimūḍhātmā kartāhamiti manyate",
      "english": "Actions are carried out, in every case, by the gunas of nature. But a man whose mind is clouded by ego thinks that he himself is the one doing them.",
      "hindi": "सारे कर्म प्रकृति के गुणों द्वारा ही किए जाते हैं। पर अहंकार से मोहित मनुष्य मान लेता है कि करने वाला मैं हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "atman",
        "guna",
        "ahamkara",
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-27"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.28",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 28,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तत्त्ववित्तु महाबाहो गुणकर्मविभागयोः ।\nगुणा गुणेषु वर्तन्त इति मत्वा न सज्जते ॥",
      "iast": "tattvavittu mahābāho guṇakarmavibhāgayoḥ / guṇā guṇeṣu vartanta iti matvā na sajjate",
      "english": "But the one who knows the truth about how the gunas and actions are divided, Mahabaho, understands that the gunas simply act upon the gunas, and he does not get attached.",
      "hindi": "पर महाबाहो, जो गुण और कर्म के विभाग का तत्त्व जानता है, वह समझता है कि गुण ही गुणों में बरत रहे हैं, और आसक्त नहीं होता।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "guna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-28"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.29",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 29,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "प्रकृतेर्गुणसम्मूढाः सज्जन्ते गुणकर्मसु ।\nतानकृत्स्नविदो मन्दान्कृत्स्नविन्न विचालयेत् ॥",
      "iast": "prakṛterguṇasammūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇakarmasu / tānakṛtsnavido mandānkṛtsnavinna vicālayet",
      "english": "Those confused by the gunas of nature become attached to the work the gunas do. The one who sees the whole should not unsettle these slower people who see only a part.",
      "hindi": "प्रकृति के गुणों से मोहित लोग गुणों के कर्मों में आसक्त हो जाते हैं। पूरा जानने वाला इन अधूरा जानने वाले मन्दबुद्धि लोगों को विचलित न करे।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "guna",
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-29"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.30",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 30,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मयि सर्वाणि कर्माणि संन्यस्याध्यात्मचेतसा ।\nनिराशीर्निर्ममो भूत्वा युध्यस्व विगतज्वरः ॥",
      "iast": "mayi sarvāṇi karmāṇi saṁnyasyādhyātmacetasā / nirāśīrnirmamo bhūtvā yudhyasva vigatajvaraḥ",
      "english": "Give all your actions over to me with your mind fixed on the self. Free of craving, free of the sense of mine, and without fever, fight.",
      "hindi": "अध्यात्म-बुद्धि से सारे कर्म मुझे सौंपकर, इच्छा और ममता से रहित होकर, मन का ताप छोड़कर तुम युद्ध करो।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "atman",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-30"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.31",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 31,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ये मे मतमिदं नित्यमनुतिष्ठन्ति मानवाः ।\nश्रद्धावन्तोऽनसूयन्तो मुच्यन्ते तेऽपि कर्मभिः ॥",
      "iast": "ye me matamidaṁ nityamanutiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ / śraddhāvanto’nasūyanto mucyante te’pi karmabhiḥ",
      "english": "Those who follow this teaching of mine constantly, with trust and without finding fault in it, are set free from the bondage of their actions.",
      "hindi": "जो मनुष्य श्रद्धा रखते हुए और दोष न निकालते हुए मेरे इस मत का सदा पालन करते हैं, वे भी कर्मों के बन्धन से मुक्त हो जाते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "moksha",
        "shraddha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-31"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.32",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 32,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ये त्वेतदभ्यसूयन्तो नानुतिष्ठन्ति मे मतम् ।\nसर्वज्ञानविमूढांस्तान्विद्धि नष्टानचेतसः ॥",
      "iast": "ye tvetadabhyasūyanto nānutiṣṭhanti me matam / sarvajñānavimūḍhāṁstānviddhi naṣṭānacetasaḥ",
      "english": "But those who find fault with this teaching of mine and do not follow it are confused about all knowledge. Know them to be senseless and lost.",
      "hindi": "पर जो मेरे इस मत में दोष निकालते हैं और उसका पालन नहीं करते, उन्हें सब ज्ञान से भ्रमित, अविवेकी और नष्ट हुआ ही समझो।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "moha",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-32"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.33",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 33,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्याः प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि ।\nप्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रहः किं करिष्यति ॥",
      "iast": "sadṛśaṁ ceṣṭate svasyāḥ prakṛterjñānavānapi / prakṛtiṁ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṁ kariṣyati",
      "english": "Even a man of knowledge acts in keeping with his own nature. All beings follow their nature. What will forcing them accomplish?",
      "hindi": "ज्ञानी भी अपनी प्रकृति के अनुसार ही चेष्टा करता है। सभी प्राणी अपनी प्रकृति के पीछे चलते हैं। दमन से क्या होगा?",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "prakriti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-33"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.34",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 34,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ ।\nतयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ ॥",
      "iast": "indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāgadveṣau vyavasthitau / tayorna vaśamāgacchettau hyasya paripanthinau",
      "english": "Liking and dislike are fixed in every sense with regard to its object. A person should not come under their control, for the two of them stand in his way.",
      "hindi": "हर इन्द्रिय का अपने विषय के प्रति राग और द्वेष निश्चित रहता है। मनुष्य इनके वश में न आए, क्योंकि ये दोनों उसके मार्ग के शत्रु हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "indriya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-34"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.35",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 35,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् ।\nस्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः ॥",
      "iast": "śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt / svadharme nidhanaṁ śreyaḥ paradharmo bhayāvahaḥ",
      "english": "Your own svadharma, even carried out imperfectly, is better than another's dharma done well. It is better to die in your own dharma; another's brings danger.",
      "hindi": "अपना स्वधर्म, चाहे अधूरा ही निभे, दूसरे के धर्म से श्रेष्ठ है जो भले ही अच्छी तरह निभाया गया हो। अपने धर्म में मरना भी अच्छा है; पराया धर्म भय लाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma",
        "svadharma",
        "guna",
        "bhaya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-35"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.36",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 36,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः ।\nअनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः ॥",
      "iast": "atha kena prayukto’yaṁ pāpaṁ carati pūruṣaḥ / anicchannapi vārṣṇeya balādiva niyojitaḥ",
      "english": "Then what is it, Varshneya, that drives a man to do wrong, even when he does not want to, as though he were forced into it?",
      "hindi": "तो फिर वार्ष्णेय, वह कौन है जो मनुष्य से पाप करवाता है, जबकि वह चाहता भी नहीं — मानो बलपूर्वक उसे उसमें लगा दिया गया हो?",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-36"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.37",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 37,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः ।\nमहाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम् ॥",
      "iast": "kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajoguṇasamudbhavaḥ / mahāśano mahāpāpmā viddhyenamiha vairiṇam",
      "english": "It is desire, it is anger, born of the guna of rajas. It devours everything and does great harm. Know this to be the enemy here.",
      "hindi": "यह काम है, यही क्रोध है, जो रजोगुण से उत्पन्न होता है। यह बहुत खाने वाला और बड़ा पापी है — इसी को यहाँ शत्रु जानो।",
      "terms": [
        "guna",
        "rajas",
        "kama",
        "krodha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-37"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.38",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 38,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथादर्शो मलेन च ।\nयथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतम् ॥",
      "iast": "dhūmenāvriyate vahniryathādarśo malena ca / yatholbenāvṛto garbhastathā tenedamāvṛtam",
      "english": "As fire is covered by smoke, as a mirror is covered by dust, as an embryo is covered by its membrane, so is this covered by desire.",
      "hindi": "जैसे धुएँ से आग ढँक जाती है, जैसे मैल से दर्पण, और जैसे झिल्ली से गर्भ ढँका रहता है, वैसे ही इससे यह ज्ञान ढँका हुआ है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-38"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.39",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 39,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा ।\nकामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च ॥",
      "iast": "āvṛtaṁ jñānametena jñānino nityavairiṇā / kāmarūpeṇa kaunteya duṣpūreṇānalena ca",
      "english": "Knowledge is covered over by this constant enemy of the wise, Kaunteya, which takes the form of desire and burns like a fire that can never be filled.",
      "hindi": "कौन्तेय, ज्ञानी का यह नित्य शत्रु काम के रूप में ज्ञान को ढँक लेता है — यह ऐसी आग है जो कभी तृप्त नहीं होती।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "kama"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-39"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.40",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 40,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते ।\nएतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम् ॥",
      "iast": "indriyāṇi mano buddhirasyādhiṣṭhānamucyate / etairvimohayatyeṣa jñānamāvṛtya dehinam",
      "english": "The senses, the mind and the intellect are said to be where it sits. Working through these, it covers knowledge and throws the embodied person into confusion.",
      "hindi": "इन्द्रियाँ, मन और बुद्धि — ये इसके बैठने की जगह कहे जाते हैं। इन्हीं के द्वारा यह ज्ञान को ढँककर देही को मोह में डाल देता है।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "moha",
        "manas",
        "buddhi",
        "indriya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-40"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.41",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 41,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तस्मात्त्वमिन्द्रियाण्यादौ नियम्य भरतर्षभ ।\nपाप्मानं प्रजहि ह्येनं ज्ञानविज्ञाननाशनम् ॥",
      "iast": "tasmāttvamindriyāṇyādau niyamya bharatarṣabha / pāpmānaṁ prajahi hyenaṁ jñānavijñānanāśanam",
      "english": "So bring your senses under control first, Bharatarshabha, and then strike down this evil thing, which destroys both knowledge and the deeper understanding that follows it.",
      "hindi": "इसलिए भरतर्षभ, पहले तुम अपनी इन्द्रियों को वश में करो और फिर इस पापी को नष्ट करो, जो ज्ञान और विज्ञान दोनों का नाश करता है।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-41"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.42",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 42,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "इन्द्रियाणि पराण्याहुरिन्द्रियेभ्यः परं मनः ।\nमनसस्तु परा बुद्धिर्यो बुद्धेः परतस्तु सः ॥",
      "iast": "indriyāṇi parāṇyāhurindriyebhyaḥ paraṁ manaḥ / manasastu parā buddhiryo buddheḥ paratastu saḥ",
      "english": "The senses are said to be higher than the body. Higher than the senses is the mind, higher than the mind is the intellect, and higher than the intellect is he.",
      "hindi": "कहा जाता है कि इन्द्रियाँ शरीर से ऊपर हैं। इन्द्रियों से ऊपर मन है, मन से ऊपर बुद्धि है, और जो बुद्धि से भी ऊपर है, वह आत्मा है।",
      "terms": [
        "manas",
        "buddhi",
        "indriya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-42"
    },
    {
      "ref": "3.43",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 43,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना ।\nजहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम् ॥",
      "iast": "evaṁ buddheḥ paraṁ buddhvā saṁstabhyātmānamātmanā / jahi śatruṁ mahābāho kāmarūpaṁ durāsadam",
      "english": "Knowing him who is higher than the intellect, and steadying the self by the self, strike down this enemy in the form of desire, Mahabaho, hard as it is to face.",
      "hindi": "इस प्रकार बुद्धि से परे जो है उसे जानकर, और अपने द्वारा अपने को स्थिर करके, महाबाहो, काम के रूप वाले इस दुर्जेय शत्रु को नष्ट करो।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "kama"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/3#bg-3-43"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.1",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 1,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "इमं विवस्वते योगं प्रोक्तवानहमव्ययम् ।\nविवस्वान्मनवे प्राह मनुरिक्ष्वाकवेऽब्रवीत् ॥",
      "iast": "imaṁ vivasvate yogaṁ proktavānahamavyayam / vivasvānmanave prāha manurikṣvākave’bravīt",
      "english": "I taught this imperishable yoga to Vivasvan, the sun. Vivasvan passed it on to Manu, and Manu in turn told it to Ikshvaku.",
      "hindi": "यह अविनाशी योग मैंने सूर्य विवस्वान् को सिखाया। विवस्वान् ने इसे मनु को बताया, और मनु ने इक्ष्वाकु को।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-1"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.2",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 2,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः ।\nस कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप ॥",
      "iast": "evaṁ paramparāprāptamimaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ / sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣṭaḥ parantapa",
      "english": "Passed down in this unbroken line, the royal sages knew it, but over a long stretch of time the yoga was lost in this world, Arjuna.",
      "hindi": "इसी परम्परा से प्राप्त इस योग को राजर्षि जानते थे। पर लम्बे समय के बीतने से वह योग इस लोक में लुप्त हो गया, अर्जुन।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-2"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.3",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 3,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "स एवायं मया तेऽद्य योगः प्रोक्तः पुरातनः ।\nभक्तोऽसि मे सखा चेति रहस्यं ह्येतदुत्तमम् ॥",
      "iast": "sa evāyaṁ mayā te’dya yogaḥ proktaḥ purātanaḥ / bhakto’si me sakhā ceti rahasyaṁ hyetaduttamam",
      "english": "That same ancient yoga is what I have told you today, because you are devoted to me and you are my friend. This is its highest secret.",
      "hindi": "वही प्राचीन योग आज मैंने तुमसे कहा है, क्योंकि तुम मेरे भक्त हो और मेरे मित्र भी। यही इसका सबसे बड़ा रहस्य है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "bhakti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-3"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.4",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 4,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "अपरं भवतो जन्म परं जन्म विवस्वतः ।\nकथमेतद्विजानीयां त्वमादौ प्रोक्तवानिति ॥",
      "iast": "aparaṁ bhavato janma paraṁ janma vivasvataḥ / kathametadvijānīyāṁ tvamādau proktavāniti",
      "english": "Your birth was later; the birth of Vivasvan was earlier. How am I to understand that you taught this at the beginning?",
      "hindi": "आपका जन्म बाद का है और विवस्वान् का जन्म पहले का। तो मैं यह कैसे समझूँ कि आदि में यह योग आपने ही कहा था?",
      "terms": [
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-4"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.5",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 5,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन ।\nतान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परन्तप ॥",
      "iast": "bahūni me vyatītāni janmāni tava cārjuna / tānyahaṁ veda sarvāṇi na tvaṁ vettha parantapa",
      "english": "Many births of mine have passed, Arjuna, and many of yours as well. I know them all; you do not know them.",
      "hindi": "मेरे बहुत से जन्म बीत चुके हैं, अर्जुन, और तुम्हारे भी। उन सबको मैं जानता हूँ, तुम नहीं जानते।",
      "terms": [
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-5"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.6",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 6,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अजोऽपि सन्नव्ययात्मा भूतानामीश्वरोऽपि सन् ।\nप्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय सम्भवाम्यात्ममायया ॥",
      "iast": "ajo’pi sannavyayātmā bhūtānāmīśvaro’pi san / prakṛtiṁ svāmadhiṣṭhāya sambhavāmyātmamāyayā",
      "english": "Though I am unborn and my being does not change, though I am the lord of all creatures, I take my stand on my own nature and come into being by my own maya.",
      "hindi": "यद्यपि मैं अजन्मा हूँ और मेरा स्वरूप कभी बदलता नहीं, यद्यपि मैं सब प्राणियों का ईश्वर हूँ, फिर भी अपनी प्रकृति में स्थित होकर मैं अपनी माया से प्रकट होता हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "prakriti",
        "maya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-6"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.7",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 7,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत ।\nअभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् ॥",
      "iast": "yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānirbhavati bhārata / abhyutthānamadharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmyaham",
      "english": "Whenever dharma grows weak and what stands against dharma rises up, Bharata, at that time I send myself forth into the world.",
      "hindi": "जब-जब धर्म क्षीण होता है और अधर्म सिर उठाता है, भरत, तब-तब मैं स्वयं को प्रकट करता हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma",
        "atman",
        "avatara"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-7"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.8",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 8,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् ।\nधर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥",
      "iast": "paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām / dharmasaṁsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge",
      "english": "To protect those who are good, to put an end to those who do harm, and to set dharma firmly in place again, I come into being age after age.",
      "hindi": "साधुओं की रक्षा के लिए, दुष्कर्म करने वालों के नाश के लिए, और धर्म को फिर से दृढ़ रूप से स्थापित करने के लिए मैं युग-युग में प्रकट होता हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma",
        "avatara"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-8"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.9",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 9,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः ।\nत्यक्त्वा देहं पुनर्जन्म नैति मामेति सोऽर्जुन ॥",
      "iast": "janma karma ca me divyamevaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ / tyaktvā dehaṁ punarjanma naiti māmeti so’rjuna",
      "english": "Whoever truly knows that my birth and my action are divine does not take birth again when the body is left behind. He comes to me, Arjuna.",
      "hindi": "मेरा जन्म और मेरा कर्म दिव्य है — जो इसे यथार्थ रूप से जान लेता है, वह देह छोड़ने पर फिर जन्म नहीं लेता, अर्जुन; वह मुझ तक पहुँचता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-9"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.10",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 10,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "वीतरागभयक्रोधा मन्मया मामुपाश्रिताः ।\nबहवो ज्ञानतपसा पूता मद्भावमागताः ॥",
      "iast": "vītarāgabhayakrodhā manmayā māmupāśritāḥ / bahavo jñānatapasā pūtā madbhāvamāgatāḥ",
      "english": "Free of passion, fear and anger, filled with me and taking refuge in me, many have been purified by the discipline of knowledge and have come to my own being.",
      "hindi": "राग, भय और क्रोध से मुक्त होकर, मुझमें ही रमे हुए और मेरा आश्रय लेकर, बहुत से लोग ज्ञान की तपस्या से शुद्ध होकर मेरे स्वरूप को प्राप्त हुए हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "tapas",
        "krodha",
        "bhaya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-10"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.11",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 11,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ये यथा मां प्रपद्यन्ते तांस्तथैव भजाम्यहम् ।\nमम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः ॥",
      "iast": "ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁstathaiva bhajāmyaham / mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ",
      "english": "In whatever way people come to me, in that same way I meet them. It is my path that they follow in every case, Partha.",
      "hindi": "लोग जिस भाव से मेरी शरण में आते हैं, उसी भाव से मैं उन्हें अपनाता हूँ। सब ओर से वे मेरे ही मार्ग पर चलते हैं, पार्थ।",
      "terms": [
        "bhakti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-11"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.12",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 12,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "काङ्क्षन्तः कर्मणां सिद्धिं यजन्त इह देवताः ।\nक्षिप्रं हि मानुषे लोके सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा ॥",
      "iast": "kāṅkṣantaḥ karmaṇāṁ siddhiṁ yajanta iha devatāḥ / kṣipraṁ hi mānuṣe loke siddhirbhavati karmajā",
      "english": "Wanting their actions to succeed, people here make offerings to the gods, because in the human world success born of action comes quickly.",
      "hindi": "कर्मों की सिद्धि चाहने वाले लोग इस लोक में देवताओं की पूजा करते हैं, क्योंकि मनुष्य-लोक में कर्म से उपजी सिद्धि जल्दी मिल जाती है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-12"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.13",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 13,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः ।\nतस्य कर्तारमपि मां विद्ध्यकर्तारमव्ययम् ॥",
      "iast": "cāturvarṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇakarmavibhāgaśaḥ / tasya kartāramapi māṁ viddhyakartāramavyayam",
      "english": "The fourfold order was brought forth by me, divided according to guna and action. Know me as its maker, and know also that I do not act and do not change.",
      "hindi": "चार वर्णों की रचना मैंने गुण और कर्म के विभाग के अनुसार की है। मुझे उसका कर्ता जानो, और यह भी जानो कि मैं अकर्ता हूँ और अविनाशी हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "guna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-13"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.14",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 14,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "न मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा ।\nइति मां योऽभिजानाति कर्मभिर्न स बध्यते ॥",
      "iast": "na māṁ karmāṇi limpanti na me karmaphale spṛhā / iti māṁ yo’bhijānāti karmabhirna sa badhyate",
      "english": "Actions do not stain me, and I have no longing for the fruit of action. Whoever understands me in this way is not bound by his own actions.",
      "hindi": "कर्म मुझे लिप्त नहीं करते, और कर्म के फल में मेरी कोई चाह नहीं। जो मुझे इस रूप में जान लेता है, वह अपने कर्मों से नहीं बँधता।",
      "terms": [
        "karma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-14"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.15",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 15,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "एवं ज्ञात्वा कृतं कर्म पूर्वैरपि मुमुक्षुभिः ।\nकुरु कर्मैव तस्मात्त्वं पूर्वैः पूर्वतरं कृतम् ॥",
      "iast": "evaṁ jñātvā kṛtaṁ karma pūrvairapi mumukṣubhiḥ / kuru karmaiva tasmāttvaṁ pūrvaiḥ pūrvataraṁ kṛtam",
      "english": "Knowing this, those of earlier times who sought freedom still did their work. So do your work as well, as it was done long ago by those before you.",
      "hindi": "यही जानकर पहले के मुमुक्षुओं ने भी कर्म किया था। इसलिए तुम भी कर्म करो, जैसे बहुत पहले तुमसे पूर्व के लोगों ने किया।",
      "terms": [
        "karma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-15"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.16",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 16,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "किं कर्म किमकर्मेति कवयोऽप्यत्र मोहिताः ।\nतत्ते कर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात् ॥",
      "iast": "kiṁ karma kimakarmeti kavayo’pyatra mohitāḥ / tatte karma pravakṣyāmi yajjñātvā mokṣyase’śubhāt",
      "english": "What is action and what is inaction? Even the wise are confused here. I will explain action to you, and knowing it you will be free of harm.",
      "hindi": "कर्म क्या है और अकर्म क्या है — इस विषय में बुद्धिमान भी मोह में पड़ जाते हैं। मैं तुम्हें कर्म बताऊँगा, जिसे जानकर तुम अशुभ से मुक्त हो जाओगे।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "moksha",
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-16"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.17",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 17,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "कर्मणो ह्यपि बोद्धव्यं बोद्धव्यं च विकर्मणः ।\nअकर्मणश्च बोद्धव्यं गहना कर्मणो गतिः ॥",
      "iast": "karmaṇo hyapi boddhavyaṁ boddhavyaṁ ca vikarmaṇaḥ / akarmaṇaśca boddhavyaṁ gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ",
      "english": "Action has to be understood, wrong action has to be understood, and inaction has to be understood as well. The way action works is hard to see.",
      "hindi": "कर्म को समझना ज़रूरी है, विकर्म को भी समझना ज़रूरी है, और अकर्म को भी। कर्म की गति गहन है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-17"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.18",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 18,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "कर्मण्यकर्म यः पश्येदकर्मणि च कर्म यः ।\nस बुद्धिमान्मनुष्येषु स युक्तः कृत्स्नकर्मकृत् ॥",
      "iast": "karmaṇyakarma yaḥ paśyedakarmaṇi ca karma yaḥ / sa buddhimānmanuṣyeṣu sa yuktaḥ kṛtsnakarmakṛt",
      "english": "The one who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is wise among men. He is steady in yoga, and all his work is complete.",
      "hindi": "जो कर्म में अकर्म देखता है और अकर्म में कर्म, वही मनुष्यों में बुद्धिमान है। वह योग में स्थित है और उसका सारा कर्म पूरा है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-18"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.19",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 19,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यस्य सर्वे समारम्भाः कामसङ्कल्पवर्जिताः ।\nज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणं तमाहुः पण्डितं बुधाः ॥",
      "iast": "yasya sarve samārambhāḥ kāmasaṅkalpavarjitāḥ / jñānāgnidagdhakarmāṇaṁ tamāhuḥ paṇḍitaṁ budhāḥ",
      "english": "The one whose every undertaking is free of desire and the plans that follow desire, whose actions are burnt away in the fire of knowledge, is called learned by the wise.",
      "hindi": "जिसके सारे कार्यारम्भ काम और उससे जुड़े संकल्प से रहित हैं, जिसके कर्म ज्ञान की अग्नि में जल चुके हैं, उसे ज्ञानी लोग पण्डित कहते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "jnana",
        "kama"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-19"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.20",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 20,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्गं नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रयः ।\nकर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि नैव किञ्चित्करोति सः ॥",
      "iast": "tyaktvā karmaphalāsaṅgaṁ nityatṛpto nirāśrayaḥ / karmaṇyabhipravṛtto’pi naiva kiñcitkaroti saḥ",
      "english": "Having given up attachment to the fruit of action, always content and depending on nothing, such a person does nothing at all even when fully engaged in action.",
      "hindi": "कर्म के फल की आसक्ति छोड़कर, सदा तृप्त और किसी आश्रय से मुक्त — ऐसा व्यक्ति कर्म में पूरी तरह लगा रहकर भी कुछ नहीं करता।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "sanga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-20"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.21",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 21,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः ।\nशारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम् ॥",
      "iast": "nirāśīryatacittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ / śārīraṁ kevalaṁ karma kurvannāpnoti kilbiṣam",
      "english": "With no expectation, mind and self held steady, having let go of everything he owned, he does only the work the body requires and takes on no wrong.",
      "hindi": "जिसे कोई आशा नहीं, जिसका मन और स्वयं संयत है, जिसने सब संग्रह छोड़ दिया है — वह केवल शरीर से होने वाला कर्म करता हुआ किसी पाप को प्राप्त नहीं होता।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "atman",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-21"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.22",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 22,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः ।\nसमः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते ॥",
      "iast": "yadṛcchālābhasantuṣṭo dvandvātīto vimatsaraḥ / samaḥ siddhāvasiddhau ca kṛtvāpi na nibadhyate",
      "english": "Content with whatever comes on its own, past the pairs of opposites, free of envy, and the same in success and failure, he acts and yet is not bound.",
      "hindi": "जो अपने आप मिल जाए उसी से संतुष्ट, द्वन्द्वों से परे, ईर्ष्या से रहित, और सफलता तथा असफलता में समान — वह कर्म करके भी नहीं बँधता।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-22"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.23",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 23,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः ।\nयज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते ॥",
      "iast": "gatasaṅgasya muktasya jñānāvasthitacetasaḥ / yajñāyācarataḥ karma samagraṁ pravilīyate",
      "english": "For the one who is free of attachment, liberated, whose mind rests in knowledge, and who acts for the sake of yajna, all his action dissolves completely.",
      "hindi": "जिसकी आसक्ति चली गई, जो मुक्त है, जिसका चित्त ज्ञान में स्थित है, और जो यज्ञ के लिए कर्म करता है — उसका सारा कर्म पूरी तरह विलीन हो जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "jnana",
        "moksha",
        "yajna",
        "sanga",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-23"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.24",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 24,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्म हविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम् ।\nब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना ॥",
      "iast": "brahmārpaṇaṁ brahma havirbrahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam / brahmaiva tena gantavyaṁ brahmakarmasamādhinā",
      "english": "The offering is Brahman, the oblation is Brahman, poured by Brahman into the fire of Brahman. Brahman alone is reached by the one whose action is absorbed in Brahman.",
      "hindi": "अर्पण ब्रह्म है, हवि ब्रह्म है, ब्रह्म के द्वारा ब्रह्म की अग्नि में डाली गई है। जिसका कर्म ब्रह्म में समाहित है, वह ब्रह्म को ही प्राप्त करता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "brahman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-24"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.25",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 25,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "दैवमेवापरे यज्ञं योगिनः पर्युपासते ।\nब्रह्माग्नावपरे यज्ञं यज्ञेनैवोपजुह्वति ॥",
      "iast": "daivamevāpare yajñaṁ yoginaḥ paryupāsate / brahmāgnāvapare yajñaṁ yajñenaivopajuhvati",
      "english": "Some yogis perform the yajna that is offered to the gods. Others pour the yajna itself as an offering into the fire of Brahman.",
      "hindi": "कुछ योगी देवताओं को लक्ष्य करके यज्ञ करते हैं। दूसरे ब्रह्म की अग्नि में यज्ञ को ही यज्ञ के द्वारा आहुति की तरह डालते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "brahman",
        "yajna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-25"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.26",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 26,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति ।\nशब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति ॥",
      "iast": "śrotrādīnīndriyāṇyanye saṁyamāgniṣu juhvati / śabdādīnviṣayānanya indriyāgniṣu juhvati",
      "english": "Some pour hearing and the other senses into the fires of restraint. Others pour sound and the other objects of sense into the fires of the senses.",
      "hindi": "कुछ लोग श्रोत्र आदि इन्द्रियों को संयम की अग्नियों में डालते हैं। दूसरे शब्द आदि विषयों को इन्द्रियों की अग्नियों में डालते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "indriya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-26"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.27",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 27,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सर्वाणीन्द्रियकर्माणि प्राणकर्माणि चापरे ।\nआत्मसंयमयोगाग्नौ जुह्वति ज्ञानदीपिते ॥",
      "iast": "sarvāṇīndriyakarmāṇi prāṇakarmāṇi cāpare / ātmasaṁyamayogāgnau juhvati jñānadīpite",
      "english": "Others pour all the actions of the senses and all the movements of the breath into the fire of the yoga of self-restraint, a fire lit by knowledge.",
      "hindi": "कुछ और लोग इन्द्रियों के सारे कर्म और प्राणों के कर्म को आत्मसंयम-योग की उस अग्नि में डालते हैं, जो ज्ञान से प्रज्वलित है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yoga",
        "jnana",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-27"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.28",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 28,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "द्रव्ययज्ञास्तपोयज्ञा योगयज्ञास्तथापरे ।\nस्वाध्यायज्ञानयज्ञाश्च यतयः संशितव्रताः ॥",
      "iast": "dravyayajñāstapoyajñā yogayajñāstathāpare / svādhyāyajñānayajñāśca yatayaḥ saṁśitavratāḥ",
      "english": "Some offer their possessions as yajna, some their austerity, some their yoga. Others, striving hard and holding to sharp vows, offer their study and their knowledge.",
      "hindi": "कुछ द्रव्य का यज्ञ करते हैं, कुछ तप का, कुछ योग का। और कड़े व्रत धारण करने वाले यत्नशील लोग स्वाध्याय और ज्ञान का यज्ञ करते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "jnana",
        "yajna",
        "tapas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-28"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.29",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 29,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अपाने जुह्वति प्राणं प्राणेऽपानं तथापरे ।\nप्राणापानगती रुद्ध्वा प्राणायामपरायणाः ॥",
      "iast": "apāne juhvati prāṇaṁ prāṇe’pānaṁ tathāpare / prāṇāpānagatī ruddhvā prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇāḥ",
      "english": "Some pour the in-breath into the out-breath, and others the out-breath into the in-breath, checking the movement of both, given over wholly to the practice of pranayama.",
      "hindi": "कुछ प्राण को अपान में डालते हैं, और कुछ अपान को प्राण में। प्राण और अपान की गति को रोककर वे प्राणायाम में लगे रहते हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-29"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.30",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 30,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति ।\nसर्वेऽप्येते यज्ञविदो यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः ॥",
      "iast": "apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇānprāṇeṣu juhvati / sarve’pyete yajñavido yajñakṣapitakalmaṣāḥ",
      "english": "Others, eating in measure, pour the breaths into the breaths. All of these know what yajna is, and yajna has worn away the impurities in them.",
      "hindi": "दूसरे लोग आहार को नियमित करके प्राणों को प्राणों में ही डालते हैं। ये सब यज्ञ को जानने वाले हैं, और यज्ञ ने इनके दोष क्षीण कर दिए हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "yajna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-30"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.31",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 31,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजो यान्ति ब्रह्म सनातनम् ।\nनायं लोकोऽस्त्ययज्ञस्य कुतोऽन्यः कुरुसत्तम ॥",
      "iast": "yajñaśiṣṭāmṛtabhujo yānti brahma sanātanam / nāyaṁ loko’styayajñasya kuto’nyaḥ kurusattama",
      "english": "Those who eat the nectar left over from yajna go to the eternal Brahman. For the one who performs no yajna even this world is not his, so how the next, best of the Kurus?",
      "hindi": "यज्ञ से बचे हुए अमृत को पाने वाले सनातन ब्रह्म को प्राप्त होते हैं। जो यज्ञ नहीं करता, उसके लिए यह लोक भी नहीं, फिर दूसरा कहाँ से, कुरुश्रेष्ठ?",
      "terms": [
        "brahman",
        "yajna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-31"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.32",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 32,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "एवं बहुविधा यज्ञा वितता ब्रह्मणो मुखे ।\nकर्मजान्विद्धि तान्सर्वानेवं ज्ञात्वा विमोक्ष्यसे ॥",
      "iast": "evaṁ bahuvidhā yajñā vitatā brahmaṇo mukhe / karmajānviddhi tānsarvānevaṁ jñātvā vimokṣyase",
      "english": "Yajnas of many kinds like these are spread out before Brahman. Know that all of them are born of action; knowing this, you will be free.",
      "hindi": "इस तरह अनेक प्रकार के यज्ञ ब्रह्म के मुख में फैले हुए हैं। जान लो कि ये सब कर्म से उपजे हैं; यही जानकर तुम मुक्त हो जाओगे।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "brahman",
        "moksha",
        "yajna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-32"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.33",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 33,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "श्रेयान्द्रव्यमयाद्यज्ञाज्ज्ञानयज्ञः परन्तप ।\nसर्वं कर्माखिलं पार्थ ज्ञाने परिसमाप्यते ॥",
      "iast": "śreyāndravyamayādyajñājjñānayajñaḥ parantapa / sarvaṁ karmākhilaṁ pārtha jñāne parisamāpyate",
      "english": "The yajna of knowledge is better than any yajna made of material things, Arjuna. All action, without exception, reaches its completion in knowledge, Partha.",
      "hindi": "द्रव्य से किए गए यज्ञ से ज्ञान का यज्ञ श्रेष्ठ है, अर्जुन। सारा कर्म, पूरा का पूरा, ज्ञान में जाकर पूर्ण होता है, पार्थ।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "jnana",
        "yajna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-33"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.34",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 34,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तद्विद्धि प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्नेन सेवया ।\nउपदेक्ष्यन्ति ते ज्ञानं ज्ञानिनस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः ॥",
      "iast": "tadviddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā / upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ jñāninastattvadarśinaḥ",
      "english": "Learn this by bowing down, by asking questions, and by service. Those who know, who see things as they are, will teach that knowledge to you.",
      "hindi": "इसे प्रणाम करके, प्रश्न पूछकर और सेवा के द्वारा जानो। जो ज्ञानी हैं और तत्त्व को देखते हैं, वे तुम्हें वह ज्ञान सिखाएँगे।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-34"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.35",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 35,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यज्ज्ञात्वा न पुनर्मोहमेवं यास्यसि पाण्डव ।\nयेन भूतान्यशेषेण द्रक्ष्यस्यात्मन्यथो मयि ॥",
      "iast": "yajjñātvā na punarmohamevaṁ yāsyasi pāṇḍava / yena bhūtānyaśeṣeṇa drakṣyasyātmanyatho mayi",
      "english": "Once you know it, Arjuna, you will not fall into this confusion again. Through it you will see every being without exception in yourself, and then in me.",
      "hindi": "इसे जान लेने पर, अर्जुन, तुम फिर इस मोह में नहीं पड़ोगे। इसी से तुम सारे प्राणियों को बिना किसी अपवाद के अपने में, और फिर मुझमें देखोगे।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-35"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.36",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 36,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः ।\nसर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि ॥",
      "iast": "api cedasi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpakṛttamaḥ / sarvaṁ jñānaplavenaiva vṛjinaṁ santariṣyasi",
      "english": "Even if you are the worst wrongdoer among all who do wrong, you will cross over every crooked thing by the boat of knowledge alone.",
      "hindi": "यदि तुम सब पाप करने वालों में सबसे बड़े पापी भी हो, तो भी ज्ञान की नाव से ही तुम सारी कुटिलता के पार उतर जाओगे।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-36"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.37",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 37,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन ।\nज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा ॥",
      "iast": "yathaidhāṁsi samiddho’gnirbhasmasātkurute’rjuna / jñānāgniḥ sarvakarmāṇi bhasmasātkurute tathā",
      "english": "As a fire in full blaze turns its firewood to ashes, Arjuna, so the fire of knowledge turns every action to ashes.",
      "hindi": "जैसे प्रज्वलित अग्नि लकड़ियों को राख कर देती है, अर्जुन, वैसे ही ज्ञान की अग्नि सारे कर्मों को राख कर देती है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "jnana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-37"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.38",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 38,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते ।\nतत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति ॥",
      "iast": "na hi jñānena sadṛśaṁ pavitramiha vidyate / tatsvayaṁ yogasaṁsiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati",
      "english": "There is nothing in this world as purifying as knowledge. The one who has ripened in yoga finds it within himself, in his own time.",
      "hindi": "इस लोक में ज्ञान के समान पवित्र करने वाला कुछ भी नहीं है। जो योग में सिद्ध हो चुका है, वह समय आने पर उसे अपने भीतर ही पा लेता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "jnana",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-38"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.39",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 39,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "श्रद्धावाँल्लभते ज्ञानं तत्परः संयतेन्द्रियः ।\nज्ञानं लब्ध्वा परां शान्तिमचिरेणाधिगच्छति ॥",
      "iast": "śraddhāvām̐llabhate jñānaṁ tatparaḥ saṁyatendriyaḥ / jñānaṁ labdhvā parāṁ śāntimacireṇādhigacchati",
      "english": "The one who has faith gains knowledge, the one who is intent on it and holds the senses in check. Having gained knowledge, he soon reaches the highest peace.",
      "hindi": "श्रद्धा रखने वाला ज्ञान पाता है — वह जो उसी में लगा हो और जिसकी इन्द्रियाँ संयत हों। ज्ञान पाकर वह शीघ्र ही परम शान्ति तक पहुँच जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "shraddha",
        "shanti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-39"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.40",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 40,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति ।\nनायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः ॥",
      "iast": "ajñaścāśraddadhānaśca saṁśayātmā vinaśyati / nāyaṁ loko’sti na paro na sukhaṁ saṁśayātmanaḥ",
      "english": "The one without knowledge, without faith, and full of doubt is destroyed. For the doubting person there is neither this world, nor the next, nor any happiness.",
      "hindi": "जो अज्ञानी है, जिसमें श्रद्धा नहीं, और जो संशय से भरा है, वह नष्ट हो जाता है। संशय वाले के लिए न यह लोक है, न परलोक, न कोई सुख।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-40"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.41",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 41,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "योगसंन्यस्तकर्माणं ज्ञानसञ्छिन्नसंशयम् ।\nआत्मवन्तं न कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय ॥",
      "iast": "yogasaṁnyastakarmāṇaṁ jñānasañchinnasaṁśayam / ātmavantaṁ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya",
      "english": "Actions do not bind the one who has given up action through yoga, whose doubt has been cut away by knowledge, and who is settled in himself, Dhananjaya.",
      "hindi": "जिसने योग के द्वारा कर्म का संन्यास कर दिया, जिसका संशय ज्ञान से कट चुका है, और जो अपने में स्थित है — उसे कर्म नहीं बाँधते, धनंजय।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yoga",
        "jnana",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-41"
    },
    {
      "ref": "4.42",
      "chapter": 4,
      "verse": 42,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तस्मादज्ञानसम्भूतं हृत्स्थं ज्ञानासिनात्मनः ।\nछित्त्वैनं संशयं योगमातिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भारत ॥",
      "iast": "tasmādajñānasambhūtaṁ hṛtsthaṁ jñānāsinātmanaḥ / chittvainaṁ saṁśayaṁ yogamātiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhārata",
      "english": "So cut away with the sword of knowledge this doubt of yours, born of ignorance and lodged in your heart. Take your stand in yoga. Stand up, Bharata.",
      "hindi": "इसलिए अज्ञान से उपजे और हृदय में बैठे इस अपने संशय को ज्ञान की तलवार से काट डालो। योग में स्थित हो जाओ। उठो, भरत।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "jnana",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/4#bg-4-42"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.1",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 1,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "संन्यासं कर्मणां कृष्ण पुनर्योगं च शंससि ।\nयच्छ्रेय एतयोरेकं तन्मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्चितम् ॥",
      "iast": "saṁnyāsaṁ karmaṇāṁ kṛṣṇa punaryogaṁ ca śaṁsasi / yacchreya etayorekaṁ tanme brūhi suniścitam",
      "english": "Krishna, you praise the renunciation of actions, and then you praise yoga as well. Tell me clearly, once and for all, which of these two is better.",
      "hindi": "कृष्ण, आप कर्मों के संन्यास की प्रशंसा करते हैं और फिर योग की भी। मुझे निश्चित रूप से एक ही बात बताइए कि इन दोनों में कल्याणकारी कौन-सा है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-1"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.2",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 2,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "संन्यासः कर्मयोगश्च निःश्रेयसकरावुभौ ।\nतयोस्तु कर्मसंन्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते ॥",
      "iast": "saṁnyāsaḥ karmayogaśca niḥśreyasakarāvubhau / tayostu karmasaṁnyāsātkarmayogo viśiṣyate",
      "english": "Both renunciation and the yoga of action lead to the highest good. But of the two, the yoga of action is better than the renunciation of action.",
      "hindi": "संन्यास और कर्मयोग, दोनों ही परम कल्याण करते हैं। पर इन दोनों में कर्म के संन्यास से कर्मयोग श्रेष्ठ है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-2"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.3",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 3,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति ।\nनिर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते ॥",
      "iast": "jñeyaḥ sa nityasaṁnyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāṅkṣati / nirdvandvo hi mahābāho sukhaṁ bandhātpramucyate",
      "english": "Know him to be a constant sannyasi who neither hates nor craves. Free of the pairs of opposites, Mahabaho, he is released from bondage easily.",
      "hindi": "जो न किसी से द्वेष करता है और न किसी की चाह रखता है, उसे नित्य संन्यासी जानो। महाबाहो, द्वन्द्वों से मुक्त पुरुष बन्धन से सहज ही छूट जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "moksha",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-3"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.4",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 4,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "साङ्ख्ययोगौ पृथग्बालाः प्रवदन्ति न पण्डिताः ।\nएकमप्यास्थितः सम्यगुभयोर्विन्दते फलम् ॥",
      "iast": "sāṅkhyayogau pṛthagbālāḥ pravadanti na paṇḍitāḥ / ekamapyāsthitaḥ samyagubhayorvindate phalam",
      "english": "Children speak of sankhya and yoga as different things; the wise do not. A man who is properly established in even one of them gains the fruit of both.",
      "hindi": "अज्ञानी लोग सांख्य और योग को अलग-अलग बताते हैं, पण्डित ऐसा नहीं कहते। जो इनमें से किसी एक में भी भली-भाँति स्थित हो जाता है, वह दोनों का फल पा लेता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-4"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.5",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 5,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यत्साङ्ख्यैः प्राप्यते स्थानं तद्योगैरपि गम्यते ।\nएकं साङ्ख्यं च योगं च यः पश्यति स पश्यति ॥",
      "iast": "yatsāṅkhyaiḥ prāpyate sthānaṁ tadyogairapi gamyate / ekaṁ sāṅkhyaṁ ca yogaṁ ca yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati",
      "english": "The state reached by the followers of sankhya is reached by the followers of yoga too. The man who sees sankhya and yoga as one sees truly.",
      "hindi": "सांख्य के मार्ग से जो स्थिति मिलती है, वही योग के मार्ग से भी मिलती है। जो सांख्य और योग को एक ही देखता है, वही सचमुच देखता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-5"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.6",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 6,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "संन्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः ।\nयोगयुक्तो मुनिर्ब्रह्म नचिरेणाधिगच्छति ॥",
      "iast": "saṁnyāsastu mahābāho duḥkhamāptumayogataḥ / yogayukto munirbrahma nacireṇādhigacchati",
      "english": "But renunciation is hard to attain without yoga, Mahabaho. The sage who is joined to yoga does not take long to reach brahman.",
      "hindi": "पर महाबाहो, योग के बिना संन्यास को पाना कठिन है। योग में लगा हुआ मुनि शीघ्र ही ब्रह्म को प्राप्त कर लेता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "brahman",
        "duhkha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-6"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.7",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 7,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "योगयुक्तो विशुद्धात्मा विजितात्मा जितेन्द्रियः ।\nसर्वभूतात्मभूतात्मा कुर्वन्नपि न लिप्यते ॥",
      "iast": "yogayukto viśuddhātmā vijitātmā jitendriyaḥ / sarvabhūtātmabhūtātmā kurvannapi na lipyate",
      "english": "The man joined to yoga, pure in heart, master of himself, his senses conquered, whose self is the self of all beings, is not stained though he acts.",
      "hindi": "योग में लगा हुआ, शुद्ध अन्तःकरण वाला, अपने को और अपनी इन्द्रियों को जीत चुका पुरुष, जिसकी आत्मा सब प्राणियों की आत्मा है, कर्म करते हुए भी लिप्त नहीं होता।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-7"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.8",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 8,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "नैव किञ्चित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित् ।\nपश्यञ्शृण्वन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्नन्गच्छन्स्वपञ्श्वसन् ॥",
      "iast": "naiva kiñcitkaromīti yukto manyeta tattvavit / paśyañśṛṇvanspṛśañjighrannaśnangacchansvapañśvasan",
      "english": "The man of yoga who knows the truth thinks, I do nothing at all, even while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, walking, sleeping and breathing.",
      "hindi": "तत्त्व को जानने वाला योगी यह मानता है कि मैं कुछ भी नहीं करता — देखते, सुनते, छूते, सूँघते, खाते, चलते, सोते और साँस लेते हुए भी।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-8"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.9",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 9,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि ।\nइन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन् ॥",
      "iast": "pralapanvisṛjangṛhṇannunmiṣannimiṣannapi / indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu vartanta iti dhārayan",
      "english": "Speaking, letting go, taking hold, opening his eyes and closing them, he holds firmly to this: the senses alone are moving among the objects of the senses.",
      "hindi": "बोलते, छोड़ते, ग्रहण करते, आँखें खोलते और मूँदते हुए भी वह यही धारण किए रहता है कि इन्द्रियाँ ही इन्द्रियों के विषयों में बरत रही हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "indriya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-9"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.10",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 10,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः ।\nलिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा ॥",
      "iast": "brahmaṇyādhāya karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ / lipyate na sa pāpena padmapatramivāmbhasā",
      "english": "The man who acts having given up attachment, placing his actions in brahman, is not stained by evil, as a lotus leaf is not wetted by the water.",
      "hindi": "जो आसक्ति छोड़कर अपने कर्म ब्रह्म को सौंपकर करता है, वह पाप से लिप्त नहीं होता, जैसे कमल का पत्ता जल से नहीं भीगता।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "brahman",
        "sanga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-10"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.11",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 11,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि ।\nयोगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वात्मशुद्धये ॥",
      "iast": "kāyena manasā buddhyā kevalairindriyairapi / yoginaḥ karma kurvanti saṅgaṁ tyaktvātmaśuddhaye",
      "english": "With the body, the mind, the intellect, and even with the senses alone, yogis perform action after giving up attachment, for the purification of the self.",
      "hindi": "योगी शरीर, मन, बुद्धि और केवल इन्द्रियों से भी आसक्ति छोड़कर कर्म करते हैं, अपने अन्तःकरण की शुद्धि के लिए।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yoga",
        "atman",
        "sanga",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-11"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.12",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 12,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "युक्तः कर्मफलं त्यक्त्वा शान्तिमाप्नोति नैष्ठिकीम् ।\nअयुक्तः कामकारेण फले सक्तो निबध्यते ॥",
      "iast": "yuktaḥ karmaphalaṁ tyaktvā śāntimāpnoti naiṣṭhikīm / ayuktaḥ kāmakāreṇa phale sakto nibadhyate",
      "english": "The man who is steady gives up the fruit of action and attains lasting peace. The unsteady man, driven by desire and attached to the fruit, is bound.",
      "hindi": "योगयुक्त पुरुष कर्म का फल छोड़कर स्थायी शान्ति पाता है। अयुक्त पुरुष कामना के वश फल में आसक्त होकर बँध जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "sanga",
        "kama",
        "shanti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-12"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.13",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 13,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी ।\nनवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन् ॥",
      "iast": "sarvakarmāṇi manasā saṁnyasyāste sukhaṁ vaśī / navadvāre pure dehī naiva kurvanna kārayan",
      "english": "Having renounced all actions with the mind, the embodied one who has control sits at ease in the city of nine gates, neither acting nor causing action.",
      "hindi": "मन से सब कर्मों का संन्यास करके, संयमी देही नौ द्वारों वाले नगर में सुख से रहता है — न स्वयं कुछ करता है, न कराता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "sukha",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-13"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.14",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 14,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "न कर्तृत्वं न कर्माणि लोकस्य सृजति प्रभुः ।\nन कर्मफलसंयोगं स्वभावस्तु प्रवर्तते ॥",
      "iast": "na kartṛtvaṁ na karmāṇi lokasya sṛjati prabhuḥ / na karmaphalasaṁyogaṁ svabhāvastu pravartate",
      "english": "The Lord creates neither the sense of doership nor the actions of the world, nor the joining of action to its fruit. It is nature that carries all this on.",
      "hindi": "प्रभु न लोगों के कर्तापन की रचना करते हैं, न कर्मों की, और न कर्म के फल के संयोग की। यह सब तो स्वभाव ही चलाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-14"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.15",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 15,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "नादत्ते कस्यचित्पापं न चैव सुकृतं विभुः ।\nअज्ञानेनावृतं ज्ञानं तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्तवः ॥",
      "iast": "nādatte kasyacitpāpaṁ na caiva sukṛtaṁ vibhuḥ / ajñānenāvṛtaṁ jñānaṁ tena muhyanti jantavaḥ",
      "english": "The all-pervading one takes on no one's evil and no one's good either. Knowledge is covered over by ignorance, and that is why creatures are deluded.",
      "hindi": "सर्वव्यापी प्रभु न किसी का पाप लेते हैं, न किसी का पुण्य। ज्ञान अज्ञान से ढँका हुआ है, इसी से प्राणी मोह में पड़ते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-15"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.16",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 16,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः ।\nतेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम् ॥",
      "iast": "jñānena tu tadajñānaṁ yeṣāṁ nāśitamātmanaḥ / teṣāmādityavajjñānaṁ prakāśayati tatparam",
      "english": "But for those whose ignorance has been destroyed by the knowledge of the self, that knowledge shines like the sun and reveals the highest.",
      "hindi": "पर जिनका वह अज्ञान आत्मज्ञान से नष्ट हो गया है, उनका वह ज्ञान सूर्य की तरह प्रकाशित होकर उस परम तत्त्व को दिखा देता है।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-16"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.17",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 17,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः ।\nगच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः ॥",
      "iast": "tadbuddhayastadātmānastanniṣṭhāstatparāyaṇāḥ / gacchantyapunarāvṛttiṁ jñānanirdhūtakalmaṣāḥ",
      "english": "Those whose understanding rests in that, whose self is set on that, who stand firm in that and hold it as their goal, go where there is no return, their impurities washed away by knowledge.",
      "hindi": "जिनकी बुद्धि उसी में है, जिनका मन उसी में लगा है, जो उसी में स्थित हैं और उसी को परम लक्ष्य मानते हैं, वे ज्ञान से पाप धुल जाने पर उस गति को जाते हैं जहाँ से लौटना नहीं होता।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-17"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.18",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 18,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "विद्याविनयसम्पन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि ।\nशुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः ॥",
      "iast": "vidyāvinayasampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini / śuni caiva śvapāke ca paṇḍitāḥ samadarśinaḥ",
      "english": "The wise look with an equal eye on a brahmin who has learning and humility, on a cow, on an elephant, and on a dog and a man who cooks dogs.",
      "hindi": "विद्या और विनय से सम्पन्न ब्राह्मण में, गाय में, हाथी में, तथा कुत्ते और चाण्डाल में भी, पण्डित समान दृष्टि रखते हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-18"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.19",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 19,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "इहैव तैर्जितः सर्गो येषां साम्ये स्थितं मनः ।\nनिर्दोषं हि समं ब्रह्म तस्माद् ब्रह्मणि ते स्थिताः ॥",
      "iast": "ihaiva tairjitaḥ sargo yeṣāṁ sāmye sthitaṁ manaḥ / nirdoṣaṁ hi samaṁ brahma tasmād brahmaṇi te sthitāḥ",
      "english": "Those whose mind rests in evenness have conquered birth and death here itself. Brahman is flawless and even, and so they are established in brahman.",
      "hindi": "जिनका मन समता में स्थित है, उन्होंने यहीं जन्म-मरण को जीत लिया है। ब्रह्म निर्दोष और सम है, इसलिए वे ब्रह्म में ही स्थित हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "brahman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-19"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.20",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 20,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम् ।\nस्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद् ब्रह्मणि स्थितः ॥",
      "iast": "na prahṛṣyetpriyaṁ prāpya nodvijetprāpya cāpriyam / sthirabuddhirasammūḍho brahmavid brahmaṇi sthitaḥ",
      "english": "He should not rejoice on getting what is pleasant, nor be shaken on getting what is unpleasant. Steady of mind and free of confusion, the knower of brahman rests in brahman.",
      "hindi": "प्रिय मिलने पर वह हर्षित न हो और अप्रिय मिलने पर विचलित न हो। स्थिर बुद्धि वाला, मोह से मुक्त ब्रह्मवेत्ता ब्रह्म में ही स्थित रहता है।",
      "terms": [
        "brahman",
        "sthitaprajna",
        "moha",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-20"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.21",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 21,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "बाह्यस्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्मा विन्दत्यात्मनि यत्सुखम् ।\nस ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा सुखमक्षयमश्नुते ॥",
      "iast": "bāhyasparśeṣvasaktātmā vindatyātmani yatsukham / sa brahmayogayuktātmā sukhamakṣayamaśnute",
      "english": "The man whose self is not attached to outer contacts finds the happiness that is within. His self joined to brahman through yoga, he enjoys happiness that does not run out.",
      "hindi": "जिसका मन बाहरी स्पर्शों में आसक्त नहीं है, वह भीतर ही सुख पा लेता है। ब्रह्म के योग में जुड़ा हुआ वह अक्षय सुख भोगता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "atman",
        "brahman",
        "sanga",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-21"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.22",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 22,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते ।\nआद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः ॥",
      "iast": "ye hi saṁsparśajā bhogā duḥkhayonaya eva te / ādyantavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣu ramate budhaḥ",
      "english": "The pleasures born of contact with the world are wombs of sorrow. They have a beginning and an end, Kaunteya, and the wise man does not delight in them.",
      "hindi": "इन्द्रियों के सम्पर्क से जो भोग पैदा होते हैं, वे दुःख के ही कारण हैं। कौन्तेय, उनका आदि भी है और अन्त भी; बुद्धिमान व्यक्ति उनमें रमता नहीं।",
      "terms": [
        "duhkha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-22"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.23",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 23,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात् ।\nकामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः ॥",
      "iast": "śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṁ prākśarīravimokṣaṇāt / kāmakrodhodbhavaṁ vegaṁ sa yuktaḥ sa sukhī naraḥ",
      "english": "The man who can bear the force that rises from desire and anger here itself, before he is freed from the body, is a man of yoga, and he is happy.",
      "hindi": "जो शरीर छूटने से पहले, यहीं इसी जीवन में, काम और क्रोध से उठने वाले वेग को सह लेता है, वही योगी है और वही सुखी है।",
      "terms": [
        "moksha",
        "kama",
        "krodha",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-23"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.24",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 24,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "योऽन्तःसुखोऽन्तरारामस्तथान्तर्ज्योतिरेव यः ।\nस योगी ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं ब्रह्मभूतोऽधिगच्छति ॥",
      "iast": "yo’ntaḥsukho’ntarārāmastathāntarjyotireva yaḥ / sa yogī brahmanirvāṇaṁ brahmabhūto’dhigacchati",
      "english": "The man whose happiness is within, whose delight is within, whose light too is within, is a yogi. Having become brahman, he attains the peace of brahman.",
      "hindi": "जिसका सुख भीतर है, जिसका आनन्द भीतर है और जिसका प्रकाश भी भीतर ही है, वही योगी है। ब्रह्मरूप होकर वह ब्रह्मनिर्वाण को प्राप्त होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "brahman",
        "moksha",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-24"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.25",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 25,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "लभन्ते ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृषयः क्षीणकल्मषाः ।\nछिन्नद्वैधा यतात्मानः सर्वभूतहिते रताः ॥",
      "iast": "labhante brahmanirvāṇamṛṣayaḥ kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ / chinnadvaidhā yatātmānaḥ sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ",
      "english": "The seers whose impurities are worn away attain the peace of brahman. Their doubts are cut, they hold themselves in check, and they delight in the good of all beings.",
      "hindi": "जिनके पाप क्षीण हो गए हैं, जिनके संशय कट गए हैं, जो स्वयं पर संयम रखते हैं और सब प्राणियों के हित में लगे रहते हैं, वे ऋषि ब्रह्मनिर्वाण को प्राप्त करते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "brahman",
        "moksha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-25"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.26",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 26,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम् ।\nअभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम् ॥",
      "iast": "kāmakrodhaviyuktānāṁ yatīnāṁ yatacetasām / abhito brahmanirvāṇaṁ vartate viditātmanām",
      "english": "For those who have put desire and anger aside, who strive and hold their minds in check, and who have known the self, the peace of brahman lies close on every side.",
      "hindi": "जो काम और क्रोध से मुक्त हैं, जिनका चित्त वश में है और जिन्होंने आत्मा को जान लिया है, ऐसे यतियों के लिए ब्रह्मनिर्वाण चारों ओर विद्यमान है।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "brahman",
        "moksha",
        "kama",
        "krodha",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-26"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.27",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 27,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवोः ।\nप्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ ॥",
      "iast": "sparśānkṛtvā bahirbāhyāṁścakṣuścaivāntare bhruvoḥ / prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyantaracāriṇau",
      "english": "He puts the outer contacts outside, fixes his gaze between the eyebrows, and makes the inward and the outward breath move evenly through the nostrils.",
      "hindi": "वह बाहरी विषयों को बाहर ही छोड़ देता है, दृष्टि को भौंहों के बीच टिका देता है, और नासिका में चलने वाले प्राण और अपान को सम कर लेता है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-27"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.28",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 28,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिर्मुनिर्मोक्षपरायणः ।\nविगतेच्छाभयक्रोधो यः सदा मुक्त एव सः ॥",
      "iast": "yatendriyamanobuddhirmunirmokṣaparāyaṇaḥ / vigatecchābhayakrodho yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ",
      "english": "The sage whose senses, mind and intellect are held in check, who has liberation as his one aim, and from whom desire, fear and anger have gone, is always free.",
      "hindi": "जिस मुनि की इन्द्रियाँ, मन और बुद्धि वश में हैं, जिसका एक ही लक्ष्य मोक्ष है, और जिससे इच्छा, भय और क्रोध चले गए हैं, वह सदा मुक्त ही है।",
      "terms": [
        "moksha",
        "krodha",
        "bhaya",
        "manas",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-28"
    },
    {
      "ref": "5.29",
      "chapter": 5,
      "verse": 29,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "भोक्तारं यज्ञतपसां सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम् ।\nसुहृदं सर्वभूतानां ज्ञात्वा मां शान्तिमृच्छति ॥",
      "iast": "bhoktāraṁ yajñatapasāṁ sarvalokamaheśvaram / suhṛdaṁ sarvabhūtānāṁ jñātvā māṁ śāntimṛcchati",
      "english": "Knowing me as the one who receives every yajna and every austerity, as the great lord of all the worlds, and as the friend of all beings, a man comes to peace.",
      "hindi": "मुझे सब यज्ञों और तपों का भोक्ता, सब लोकों का महेश्वर और सब प्राणियों का सुहृद् जानकर मनुष्य शान्ति को प्राप्त होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yajna",
        "tapas",
        "shanti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/5#bg-5-29"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.1",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 1,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अनाश्रितः कर्मफलं कार्यं कर्म करोति यः ।\nस संन्यासी च योगी च न निरग्निर्न चाक्रियः ॥",
      "iast": "anāśritaḥ karmaphalaṁ kāryaṁ karma karoti yaḥ / sa saṁnyāsī ca yogī ca na niragnirna cākriyaḥ",
      "english": "The one who does the work that must be done without leaning on its fruit is both a renouncer and a yogi — not the man who lights no fire and performs no rite.",
      "hindi": "जो फल का सहारा लिए बिना करने योग्य कर्म करता है, वही संन्यासी है और वही योगी। जो न अग्नि जलाता है और न कोई क्रिया करता है, वह नहीं।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-1"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.2",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 2,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यं संन्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव ।\nन ह्यसंन्यस्तसङ्कल्पो योगी भवति कश्चन ॥",
      "iast": "yaṁ saṁnyāsamiti prāhuryogaṁ taṁ viddhi pāṇḍava / na hyasaṁnyastasaṅkalpo yogī bhavati kaścana",
      "english": "Know that what men call renunciation is the same as yoga, Pandava. No one becomes a yogi who has not let go of the plans his mind keeps making.",
      "hindi": "हे पाण्डव, जिसे लोग संन्यास कहते हैं, उसी को योग जानो। जिसने अपने मन के संकल्प नहीं छोड़े, वह कभी योगी नहीं बनता।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-2"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.3",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 3,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "आरुरुक्षोर्मुनेर्योगं कर्म कारणमुच्यते ।\nयोगारूढस्य तस्यैव शमः कारणमुच्यते ॥",
      "iast": "ārurukṣormuneryogaṁ karma kāraṇamucyate / yogārūḍhasya tasyaiva śamaḥ kāraṇamucyate",
      "english": "For the sage who is still climbing towards yoga, action is called the means. For the one who has already reached it, stillness is called the means.",
      "hindi": "जो मुनि योग पर चढ़ना चाहता है, उसके लिए कर्म को साधन कहा गया है। और जो योग पर पहुँच चुका है, उसके लिए शांति को साधन कहा गया है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-3"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.4",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 4,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते ।\nसर्वसङ्कल्पसंन्यासी योगारूढस्तदोच्यते ॥",
      "iast": "yadā hi nendriyārtheṣu na karmasvanuṣajjate / sarvasaṅkalpasaṁnyāsī yogārūḍhastadocyate",
      "english": "When a man clings neither to the objects of the senses nor to his actions, and has let go of every plan he was holding, he is said to have reached yoga.",
      "hindi": "जब मनुष्य न इंद्रियों के विषयों में लगता है और न कर्मों में, और अपने सारे संकल्प छोड़ देता है, तब वह योग पर पहुँचा हुआ कहा जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-4"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.5",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 5,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् ।\nआत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ॥",
      "iast": "uddharedātmanātmānaṁ nātmānamavasādayet / ātmaiva hyātmano bandhurātmaiva ripurātmanaḥ",
      "english": "Lift yourself by your own effort; do not let yourself sink. You are your own friend, and you are your own enemy.",
      "hindi": "अपने आप को अपने ही बल से ऊपर उठाओ, अपने आप को गिरने मत दो। मनुष्य स्वयं ही अपना मित्र है और स्वयं ही अपना शत्रु।",
      "terms": [
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-5"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.6",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 6,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "बन्धुरात्मात्मनस्तस्य येनात्मैवात्मना जितः ।\nअनात्मनस्तु शत्रुत्वे वर्तेतात्मैव शत्रुवत् ॥",
      "iast": "bandhurātmātmanastasya yenātmaivātmanā jitaḥ / anātmanastu śatrutve vartetātmaiva śatruvat",
      "english": "For the man who has mastered himself by himself, he himself is his friend. For the man who has not, he stands against himself like an enemy.",
      "hindi": "जिसने अपने ही प्रयत्न से स्वयं को जीत लिया, उसके लिए वह स्वयं ही मित्र है। जिसने नहीं जीता, उसके लिए वह स्वयं ही शत्रु की तरह खड़ा रहता है।",
      "terms": [
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-6"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.7",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 7,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "जितात्मनः प्रशान्तस्य परमात्मा समाहितः ।\nशीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु तथा मानापमानयोः ॥",
      "iast": "jitātmanaḥ praśāntasya paramātmā samāhitaḥ / śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkheṣu tathā mānāpamānayoḥ",
      "english": "In one who has mastered himself and is at peace, the highest self stays settled — through cold and heat, pleasure and pain, honour and dishonour alike.",
      "hindi": "जिसने स्वयं को जीत लिया और जो शांत है, उसमें परमात्मा स्थिर रहता है — सर्दी और गर्मी में, सुख और दुख में, मान और अपमान में, सब में एक समान।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "duhkha",
        "sukha",
        "shanti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-7"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.8",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 8,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ज्ञानविज्ञानतृप्तात्मा कूटस्थो विजितेन्द्रियः ।\nयुक्त इत्युच्यते योगी समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः ॥",
      "iast": "jñānavijñānatṛptātmā kūṭastho vijitendriyaḥ / yukta ityucyate yogī samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ",
      "english": "The yogi who is content in knowledge and in what he has seen for himself, unshaken, his senses under control, is called joined. Clay, stone and gold are alike to him.",
      "hindi": "जो योगी ज्ञान और अपने अनुभव से तृप्त है, अडिग है, और जिसकी इंद्रियाँ वश में हैं, वह युक्त कहलाता है। उसके लिए मिट्टी, पत्थर और सोना एक बराबर हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "jnana",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-8"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.9",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 9,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु ।\nसाधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते ॥",
      "iast": "suhṛnmitrāryudāsīnamadhyasthadveṣyabandhuṣu / sādhuṣvapi ca pāpeṣu samabuddhirviśiṣyate",
      "english": "The man who holds the same mind towards a well-wisher, a friend, an enemy, a stranger, a neutral party, someone he dislikes, his own kin, the good and the wicked, stands higher.",
      "hindi": "जो शुभचिंतक, मित्र, शत्रु, उदासीन, बीच में खड़े व्यक्ति, अप्रिय व्यक्ति, अपने संबंधी, भले और बुरे — सबके प्रति एक जैसी बुद्धि रखता है, वह सबसे ऊपर है।",
      "terms": [
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-9"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.10",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 10,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "योगी युञ्जीत सततमात्मानं रहसि स्थितः ।\nएकाकी यतचित्तात्मा निराशीरपरिग्रहः ॥",
      "iast": "yogī yuñjīta satatamātmānaṁ rahasi sthitaḥ / ekākī yatacittātmā nirāśīraparigrahaḥ",
      "english": "The yogi should steady himself again and again, staying in a quiet place, alone, his mind and body held in check, expecting nothing and owning nothing.",
      "hindi": "योगी को चाहिए कि वह एकांत में रहकर, अकेले, मन और शरीर को वश में रखते हुए, बिना किसी आशा और बिना संग्रह के, निरंतर अपने आप को साधे।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "atman",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-10"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.11",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 11,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः ।\nनात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम् ॥",
      "iast": "śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya sthiramāsanamātmanaḥ / nātyucchritaṁ nātinīcaṁ cailājinakuśottaram",
      "english": "In a clean place he should set up a firm seat for himself, neither too high nor too low, with kusha grass, a deerskin and a cloth laid one over the other.",
      "hindi": "स्वच्छ जगह पर वह अपने लिए स्थिर आसन लगाए — न बहुत ऊँचा, न बहुत नीचा — जिस पर कुश, मृगचर्म और वस्त्र एक के ऊपर एक बिछे हों।",
      "terms": [
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-11"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.12",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 12,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तत्रैकाग्रं मनः कृत्वा यतचित्तेन्द्रियक्रियः ।\nउपविश्यासने युञ्ज्याद्योगमात्मविशुद्धये ॥",
      "iast": "tatraikāgraṁ manaḥ kṛtvā yatacittendriyakriyaḥ / upaviśyāsane yuñjyādyogamātmaviśuddhaye",
      "english": "Sitting there on that seat, he should gather his mind to a single point, hold the movement of thought and sense still, and practise yoga to make himself clean.",
      "hindi": "वहाँ आसन पर बैठकर वह मन को एक जगह टिकाए, विचार और इंद्रियों की हलचल रोके, और अपने भीतर की शुद्धि के लिए योग का अभ्यास करे।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "atman",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-12"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.13",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 13,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः ।\nसम्प्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन् ॥",
      "iast": "samaṁ kāyaśirogrīvaṁ dhārayannacalaṁ sthiraḥ / samprekṣya nāsikāgraṁ svaṁ diśaścānavalokayan",
      "english": "He holds his body, head and neck in one straight line, still and unmoving, his gaze fixed on the tip of his own nose, not looking about him.",
      "hindi": "वह शरीर, सिर और गर्दन को एक सीध में स्थिर रखे, हिले नहीं, अपनी नाक के अगले भाग पर दृष्टि टिकाए और इधर-उधर न देखे।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-13"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.14",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 14,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "प्रशान्तात्मा विगतभीर्ब्रह्मचारिव्रते स्थितः ।\nमनः संयम्य मच्चित्तो युक्त आसीत मत्परः ॥",
      "iast": "praśāntātmā vigatabhīrbrahmacārivrate sthitaḥ / manaḥ saṁyamya maccitto yukta āsīta matparaḥ",
      "english": "Calm within, free of fear, steady in the vow of celibacy, he should hold the mind in and sit with his thought on me, taking me as the highest.",
      "hindi": "भीतर से शांत, निर्भय और ब्रह्मचर्य के व्रत में स्थिर होकर वह मन को वश में करे, और मुझमें चित्त लगाकर, मुझे ही परम मानकर बैठे।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "brahman",
        "shanti",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-14"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.15",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 15,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "युञ्जन्नेवं सदात्मानं योगी नियतमानसः ।\nशान्तिं निर्वाणपरमां मत्संस्थामधिगच्छति ॥",
      "iast": "yuñjannevaṁ sadātmānaṁ yogī niyatamānasaḥ / śāntiṁ nirvāṇaparamāṁ matsaṁsthāmadhigacchati",
      "english": "Practising like this, holding himself steady again and again, the yogi with a disciplined mind reaches the peace that ends in liberation and that rests in me.",
      "hindi": "इस तरह निरंतर अभ्यास करते हुए, संयमित मन वाला योगी उस शांति को पाता है जो निर्वाण में पूरी होती है और जो मुझमें स्थित है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "atman",
        "moksha",
        "shanti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-15"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.16",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 16,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः ।\nन चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन ॥",
      "iast": "nātyaśnatastu yogo’sti na caikāntamanaśnataḥ / na cātisvapnaśīlasya jāgrato naiva cārjuna",
      "english": "Yoga is not for the man who eats too much, Arjuna, nor for the man who does not eat at all; not for one who sleeps too much, nor for one who stays awake.",
      "hindi": "अर्जुन, योग न उसका होता है जो बहुत खाता है, न उसका जो बिलकुल नहीं खाता; न उसका जो बहुत सोता है, न उसका जो जागता ही रहता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-16"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.17",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 17,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु ।\nयुक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दुःखहा ॥",
      "iast": "yuktāhāravihārasya yuktaceṣṭasya karmasu / yuktasvapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkhahā",
      "english": "For the man who is measured in eating and in rest, measured in the effort he puts into work, measured in sleep and waking, yoga becomes the end of sorrow.",
      "hindi": "जो खाने और घूमने-फिरने में संतुलित है, काम में अपना श्रम संतुलित रखता है, और सोने-जागने में संतुलित है, उसके लिए योग दुख का अंत बन जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yoga",
        "duhkha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-17"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.18",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 18,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते ।\nनिःस्पृहः सर्वकामेभ्यो युक्त इत्युच्यते तदा ॥",
      "iast": "yadā viniyataṁ cittamātmanyevāvatiṣṭhate / niḥspṛhaḥ sarvakāmebhyo yukta ityucyate tadā",
      "english": "When the disciplined mind settles in the self alone, free of longing for anything it once wanted, the man is then called joined.",
      "hindi": "जब पूरी तरह संयमित मन केवल आत्मा में ठहर जाता है और सब कामनाओं की चाह से मुक्त हो जाता है, तब मनुष्य युक्त कहलाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "kama",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-18"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.19",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 19,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता ।\nयोगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः ॥",
      "iast": "yathā dīpo nivātastho neṅgate sopamā smṛtā / yogino yatacittasya yuñjato yogamātmanaḥ",
      "english": "A lamp in a windless place does not flicker. That is the image handed down for the yogi whose mind is held steady while he practises the yoga of the self.",
      "hindi": "जैसे हवा रहित जगह में रखा दीपक नहीं काँपता, वैसी ही उपमा उस योगी के लिए कही गई है जो मन को साधे हुए आत्मा का योग करता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "atman",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-19"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.20",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 20,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यत्रोपरमते चित्तं निरुद्धं योगसेवया ।\nयत्र चैवात्मनात्मानं पश्यन्नात्मनि तुष्यति ॥",
      "iast": "yatroparamate cittaṁ niruddhaṁ yogasevayā / yatra caivātmanātmānaṁ paśyannātmani tuṣyati",
      "english": "There the mind comes to rest, held still by the practice; and there, seeing himself by himself, he is content within himself.",
      "hindi": "वहाँ योग के अभ्यास से रुका हुआ मन शांत हो जाता है, और वहीं वह अपने आप से अपने आप को देखकर अपने भीतर ही तृप्त हो जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "atman",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-20"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.21",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 21,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सुखमात्यन्तिकं यत्तद्बुद्धिग्राह्यमतीन्द्रियम् ।\nवेत्ति यत्र न चैवायं स्थितश्चलति तत्त्वतः ॥",
      "iast": "sukhamātyantikaṁ yattadbuddhigrāhyamatīndriyam / vetti yatra na caivāyaṁ sthitaścalati tattvataḥ",
      "english": "He knows there the happiness without limit, which the understanding grasps and the senses cannot reach; and standing there, he does not move from the truth.",
      "hindi": "वहाँ वह उस असीम सुख को जानता है जिसे बुद्धि पकड़ती है और इंद्रियाँ नहीं छू सकतीं; और वहाँ स्थित होकर वह सत्य से हटता नहीं।",
      "terms": [
        "sukha",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-21"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.22",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 22,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः ।\nयस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते ॥",
      "iast": "yaṁ labdhvā cāparaṁ lābhaṁ manyate nādhikaṁ tataḥ / yasminsthito na duḥkhena guruṇāpi vicālyate",
      "english": "Having gained it, he counts no other gain greater than that. Once settled in it, he is not shaken even by heavy sorrow.",
      "hindi": "उसे पाकर वह किसी और लाभ को उससे बड़ा नहीं मानता। उसमें स्थिर हो जाने पर वह भारी से भारी दुख से भी विचलित नहीं होता।",
      "terms": [
        "duhkha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-22"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.23",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 23,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तं विद्याद् दुःखसंयोगवियोगं योगसञ्ज्ञितम् ।\nस निश्चयेन योक्तव्यो योगोऽनिर्विण्णचेतसा ॥",
      "iast": "taṁ vidyād duḥkhasaṁyogaviyogaṁ yogasañjñitam / sa niścayena yoktavyo yogo’nirviṇṇacetasā",
      "english": "Know this as what is called yoga: the breaking of every link with sorrow. It is to be taken up with resolve, and with a mind that does not lose heart.",
      "hindi": "इसी को योग कहा जाता है — दुख के साथ जुड़े हर संबंध का टूट जाना। इसे निश्चय के साथ और ऐसे मन से साधना चाहिए जो हार न माने।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "duhkha",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-23"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.24",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 24,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः ।\nमनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः ॥",
      "iast": "saṅkalpaprabhavānkāmāṁstyaktvā sarvānaśeṣataḥ / manasaivendriyagrāmaṁ viniyamya samantataḥ",
      "english": "He gives up, without leaving any behind, the desires that his own plans give rise to, and holds the whole crowd of the senses in from every side, using the mind alone.",
      "hindi": "अपने ही संकल्पों से पैदा हुई सारी कामनाओं को वह बिना कुछ बचाए छोड़ दे, और केवल मन के द्वारा इंद्रियों के पूरे समूह को हर ओर से रोक ले।",
      "terms": [
        "kama",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-24"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.25",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 25,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "शनैः शनैरुपरमेद्बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया ।\nआत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत् ॥",
      "iast": "śanaiḥ śanairuparamedbuddhyā dhṛtigṛhītayā / ātmasaṁsthaṁ manaḥ kṛtvā na kiñcidapi cintayet",
      "english": "Little by little he should come to rest, his understanding held firm by steadiness; and settling the mind in the self, he should think of nothing at all.",
      "hindi": "धीरे-धीरे वह शांत होता जाए, धैर्य से थामी हुई बुद्धि के सहारे; और मन को आत्मा में स्थिर करके कुछ भी न सोचे।",
      "terms": [
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-25"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.26",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 26,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम् ।\nततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत् ॥",
      "iast": "yato yato niścarati manaścañcalamasthiram / tatastato niyamyaitadātmanyeva vaśaṁ nayet",
      "english": "Wherever the restless and unsteady mind wanders off to, from there he should draw it back and bring it under the self again.",
      "hindi": "यह चंचल और अस्थिर मन जहाँ-जहाँ भटक जाए, वहीं से उसे रोककर वह फिर से आत्मा के वश में ले आए।",
      "terms": [
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-26"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.27",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 27,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "प्रशान्तमनसं ह्येनं योगिनं सुखमुत्तमम् ।\nउपैति शान्तरजसं ब्रह्मभूतमकल्मषम् ॥",
      "iast": "praśāntamanasaṁ hyenaṁ yoginaṁ sukhamuttamam / upaiti śāntarajasaṁ brahmabhūtamakalmaṣam",
      "english": "The highest happiness comes to the yogi whose mind has grown quiet, whose restlessness has settled, who is free of stain and has become one with Brahman.",
      "hindi": "जिस योगी का मन शांत हो गया है, जिसकी बेचैनी थम गई है, जो निर्मल है और ब्रह्म से एक हो गया है, उसे परम सुख प्राप्त होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "brahman",
        "rajas",
        "sukha",
        "shanti",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-27"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.28",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 28,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "युञ्जन्नेवं सदात्मानं योगी विगतकल्मषः ।\nसुखेन ब्रह्मसंस्पर्शमत्यन्तं सुखमश्नुते ॥",
      "iast": "yuñjannevaṁ sadātmānaṁ yogī vigatakalmaṣaḥ / sukhena brahmasaṁsparśamatyantaṁ sukhamaśnute",
      "english": "Steadying himself like this again and again, the yogi who is free of stain comes easily to the touch of Brahman and to happiness without end.",
      "hindi": "इस प्रकार बार-बार अपने को साधते हुए, निर्मल हो चुका योगी सहज ही ब्रह्म के स्पर्श को और अनंत सुख को पा लेता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "atman",
        "brahman",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-28"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.29",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 29,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सर्वभूतस्थमात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि ।\nईक्षते योगयुक्तात्मा सर्वत्र समदर्शनः ॥",
      "iast": "sarvabhūtasthamātmānaṁ sarvabhūtāni cātmani / īkṣate yogayuktātmā sarvatra samadarśanaḥ",
      "english": "He sees himself standing in all beings and all beings standing in himself. Joined in yoga, he looks upon everything with the same eye.",
      "hindi": "वह अपने आप को सब प्राणियों में और सब प्राणियों को अपने में देखता है। योग में जुड़ा हुआ वह हर जगह एक ही दृष्टि से देखता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-29"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.30",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 30,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यो मां पश्यति सर्वत्र सर्वं च मयि पश्यति ।\nतस्याहं न प्रणश्यामि स च मे न प्रणश्यति ॥",
      "iast": "yo māṁ paśyati sarvatra sarvaṁ ca mayi paśyati / tasyāhaṁ na praṇaśyāmi sa ca me na praṇaśyati",
      "english": "For the one who sees me everywhere and sees everything in me, I am never lost, and he is never lost to me.",
      "hindi": "जो मुझे हर जगह देखता है और सब कुछ मुझमें देखता है, उससे मैं कभी दूर नहीं होता, और वह भी मुझसे कभी दूर नहीं होता।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-30"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.31",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 31,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सर्वभूतस्थितं यो मां भजत्येकत्वमास्थितः ।\nसर्वथा वर्तमानोऽपि स योगी मयि वर्तते ॥",
      "iast": "sarvabhūtasthitaṁ yo māṁ bhajatyekatvamāsthitaḥ / sarvathā vartamāno’pi sa yogī mayi vartate",
      "english": "The one who worships me as present in all beings, standing firm in that oneness, lives in me, whatever else he may be doing.",
      "hindi": "जो मुझे सब प्राणियों में स्थित जानकर पूजता है और उस एकता में टिका रहता है, वह योगी चाहे जैसे भी रहे, मुझमें ही रहता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "bhakti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-31"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.32",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 32,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "आत्मौपम्येन सर्वत्र समं पश्यति योऽर्जुन ।\nसुखं वा यदि वा दुःखं स योगी परमो मतः ॥",
      "iast": "ātmaupamyena sarvatra samaṁ paśyati yo’rjuna / sukhaṁ vā yadi vā duḥkhaṁ sa yogī paramo mataḥ",
      "english": "The one who measures everything by himself, Arjuna, and sees the pleasure and pain of others as he sees his own, is held to be the highest yogi.",
      "hindi": "अर्जुन, जो हर किसी को अपने ही समान मानकर देखता है, और दूसरों के सुख-दुख को अपना ही सुख-दुख समझता है, वही सबसे ऊँचा योगी माना गया है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "atman",
        "duhkha",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-32"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.33",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 33,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "योऽयं योगस्त्वया प्रोक्तः साम्येन मधुसूदन ।\nएतस्याहं न पश्यामि चञ्चलत्वात्स्थितिं स्थिराम् ॥",
      "iast": "yo’yaṁ yogastvayā proktaḥ sāmyena madhusūdana / etasyāhaṁ na paśyāmi cañcalatvātsthitiṁ sthirām",
      "english": "This yoga of evenness that you have described, Madhusudana — because the mind is so restless, I cannot see how it could ever hold steady.",
      "hindi": "मधुसूदन, समता का जो योग आपने बताया है, मन की चंचलता के कारण मुझे उसकी कोई टिकी हुई स्थिति दिखाई नहीं देती।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-33"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.34",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 34,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "चञ्चलं हि मनः कृष्ण प्रमाथि बलवद्दृढम् ।\nतस्याहं निग्रहं मन्ये वायोरिव सुदुष्करम् ॥",
      "iast": "cañcalaṁ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa pramāthi balavaddṛḍham / tasyāhaṁ nigrahaṁ manye vāyoriva suduṣkaram",
      "english": "The mind is restless, Krishna; it churns everything up, it is strong and stubborn. Holding it back seems to me as hard as holding back the wind.",
      "hindi": "कृष्ण, मन चंचल है, सब कुछ मथ डालने वाला है, बलवान है और हठी है। उसे रोकना मुझे हवा को रोकने जितना कठिन लगता है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-34"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.35",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 35,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम् ।\nअभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते ॥",
      "iast": "asaṁśayaṁ mahābāho mano durnigrahaṁ calam / abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa ca gṛhyate",
      "english": "There is no doubt, Arjuna, that the mind is restless and hard to hold. But by steady practice, Kaunteya, and by letting go of wanting, it is brought under control.",
      "hindi": "इसमें कोई संदेह नहीं, अर्जुन, कि मन चंचल है और उसे वश में करना कठिन है। पर हे कौन्तेय, अभ्यास से और वैराग्य से वह वश में आ जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "sanga",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-35"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.36",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 36,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "असंयतात्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मतिः ।\nवश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्योऽवाप्तुमुपायतः ॥",
      "iast": "asaṁyatātmanā yogo duṣprāpa iti me matiḥ / vaśyātmanā tu yatatā śakyo’vāptumupāyataḥ",
      "english": "For a man who has no hold on himself, yoga is hard to reach — that is my view. But one who has that hold and keeps trying can reach it by the right means.",
      "hindi": "मेरा मत है कि जिसका अपने ऊपर वश नहीं, उसके लिए योग कठिन है। पर जो अपने को साधे हुए है और प्रयत्न करता रहता है, वह ठीक उपाय से उसे पा सकता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-36"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.37",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 37,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानसः ।\nअप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति ॥",
      "iast": "ayatiḥ śraddhayopeto yogāccalitamānasaḥ / aprāpya yogasaṁsiddhiṁ kāṁ gatiṁ kṛṣṇa gacchati",
      "english": "The man who has faith but does not hold to the effort, whose mind slips away from yoga — he does not reach its completion. What road does he take then, Krishna?",
      "hindi": "कृष्ण, जिसके पास श्रद्धा तो है पर प्रयत्न में दृढ़ता नहीं, और जिसका मन योग से हट जाता है — वह योग की सिद्धि तक नहीं पहुँचता। तब वह किस गति को जाता है?",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "shraddha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-37"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.38",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 38,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति ।\nअप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि ॥",
      "iast": "kaccinnobhayavibhraṣṭaśchinnābhramiva naśyati / apratiṣṭho mahābāho vimūḍho brahmaṇaḥ pathi",
      "english": "Having lost both, does he not break apart like a torn cloud, Krishna, with nothing to stand on, gone astray on the road to Brahman?",
      "hindi": "क्या वह दोनों ओर से गिरकर बिखरे हुए बादल की तरह नष्ट नहीं हो जाता? हे कृष्ण, ब्रह्म के मार्ग पर भटके हुए उस मनुष्य के पास कोई आधार नहीं बचता।",
      "terms": [
        "brahman",
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-38"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.39",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 39,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "एतन्मे संशयं कृष्ण छेत्तुमर्हस्यशेषतः ।\nत्वदन्यः संशयस्यास्य छेत्ता न ह्युपपद्यते ॥",
      "iast": "etanme saṁśayaṁ kṛṣṇa chettumarhasyaśeṣataḥ / tvadanyaḥ saṁśayasyāsya chettā na hyupapadyate",
      "english": "This doubt of mine, Krishna, you should cut away entirely, leaving nothing behind. No one but you can be found who is able to cut it.",
      "hindi": "कृष्ण, मेरे इस संदेह को आप पूरी तरह काट दीजिए, कुछ भी शेष न रहे। आपके सिवा इस संदेह को काटने वाला और कोई नहीं मिलेगा।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-39"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.40",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 40,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "पार्थ नैवेह नामुत्र विनाशस्तस्य विद्यते ।\nन हि कल्याणकृत्कश्चिद्दुर्गतिं तात गच्छति ॥",
      "iast": "pārtha naiveha nāmutra vināśastasya vidyate / na hi kalyāṇakṛtkaściddurgatiṁ tāta gacchati",
      "english": "Partha, there is no ruin for him, neither in this world nor beyond it. No one who does good, my son, ever comes to a bad end.",
      "hindi": "हे पार्थ, न इस लोक में और न उसके बाद उसका नाश होता है। बेटा, भला काम करने वाला कोई भी बुरी गति को नहीं जाता।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-40"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.41",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 41,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "प्राप्य पुण्यकृतां लोकानुषित्वा शाश्वतीः समाः ।\nशुचीनां श्रीमतां गेहे योगभ्रष्टोऽभिजायते ॥",
      "iast": "prāpya puṇyakṛtāṁ lokānuṣitvā śāśvatīḥ samāḥ / śucīnāṁ śrīmatāṁ gehe yogabhraṣṭo’bhijāyate",
      "english": "He reaches the worlds of those who have done good and lives there for long ages; then the man fallen from yoga is born in the house of the honest and the prosperous.",
      "hindi": "वह पुण्य करने वालों के लोकों को पाता है और वहाँ बहुत लंबे समय तक रहता है; फिर योग से गिरा हुआ वह मनुष्य शुद्ध आचरण वाले और संपन्न घर में जन्म लेता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-41"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.42",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 42,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम् ।\nएतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम् ॥",
      "iast": "athavā yogināmeva kule bhavati dhīmatām / etaddhi durlabhataraṁ loke janma yadīdṛśam",
      "english": "Or else he is born into a family of yogis who have understanding. A birth like that is harder still to come by in this world.",
      "hindi": "या फिर वह ज्ञानी योगियों के कुल में जन्म लेता है। ऐसा जन्म इस संसार में और भी कठिनाई से मिलता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-42"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.43",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 43,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तत्र तं बुद्धिसंयोगं लभते पौर्वदेहिकम् ।\nयतते च ततो भूयः संसिद्धौ कुरुनन्दन ॥",
      "iast": "tatra taṁ buddhisaṁyogaṁ labhate paurvadehikam / yatate ca tato bhūyaḥ saṁsiddhau kurunandana",
      "english": "There he recovers the understanding he had gathered in his earlier body, and from that point, Kurunandana, he works towards completion once again.",
      "hindi": "वहाँ उसे अपने पिछले शरीर में अर्जित की हुई बुद्धि फिर से मिल जाती है, और हे कुरुनंदन, वहीं से वह सिद्धि की ओर फिर से प्रयत्न करता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-43"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.44",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 44,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः ।\nजिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते ॥",
      "iast": "pūrvābhyāsena tenaiva hriyate hyavaśo’pi saḥ / jijñāsurapi yogasya śabdabrahmātivartate",
      "english": "That earlier practice carries him along, even against his own will. Even the man who only wishes to know yoga passes beyond the word of scripture.",
      "hindi": "उसका पहले का अभ्यास ही उसे आगे खींच ले जाता है, चाहे वह न भी चाहे। जो केवल योग को जानना चाहता है, वह भी शास्त्र के शब्द से आगे निकल जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "brahman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-44"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.45",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 45,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "प्रयत्नाद्यतमानस्तु योगी संशुद्धकिल्बिषः ।\nअनेकजन्मसंसिद्धस्ततो याति परां गतिम् ॥",
      "iast": "prayatnādyatamānastu yogī saṁśuddhakilbiṣaḥ / anekajanmasaṁsiddhastato yāti parāṁ gatim",
      "english": "The yogi who keeps at it with effort, washed clean of his faults, brought to completion over many births, then reaches the highest goal.",
      "hindi": "जो योगी प्रयत्न के साथ लगा रहता है, जिसके दोष धुल चुके हैं और जो अनेक जन्मों में सिद्ध हुआ है, वह अंत में परम गति को पाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-45"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.46",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 46,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तपस्विभ्योऽधिको योगी ज्ञानिभ्योऽपि मतोऽधिकः ।\nकर्मिभ्यश्चाधिको योगी तस्माद्योगी भवार्जुन ॥",
      "iast": "tapasvibhyo’dhiko yogī jñānibhyo’pi mato’dhikaḥ / karmibhyaścādhiko yogī tasmādyogī bhavārjuna",
      "english": "The yogi stands above those who practise austerity, above those who have learning, above those who perform rites. So be a yogi, Arjuna.",
      "hindi": "योगी तपस्वियों से बढ़कर है, ज्ञानियों से भी बढ़कर, और कर्मकांड करने वालों से भी बढ़कर। इसलिए अर्जुन, तुम योगी बनो।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yoga",
        "jnana",
        "tapas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-46"
    },
    {
      "ref": "6.47",
      "chapter": 6,
      "verse": 47,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "योगिनामपि सर्वेषां मद्गतेनान्तरात्मना ।\nश्रद्धावान्भजते यो मां स मे युक्ततमो मतः ॥",
      "iast": "yogināmapi sarveṣāṁ madgatenāntarātmanā / śraddhāvānbhajate yo māṁ sa me yuktatamo mataḥ",
      "english": "And of all yogis, the one who holds his inner self in me and worships me with faith is, in my view, the most closely joined of all.",
      "hindi": "और सब योगियों में से जो अपने भीतर के मन को मुझमें लगाकर श्रद्धा के साथ मुझे भजता है, वही मेरे मत में सबसे अधिक मुझसे जुड़ा हुआ है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "bhakti",
        "atman",
        "shraddha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/6#bg-6-47"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.1",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 1,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मय्यासक्तमनाः पार्थ योगं युञ्जन्मदाश्रयः ।\nअसंशयं समग्रं मां यथा ज्ञास्यसि तच्छृणु ॥",
      "iast": "mayyāsaktamanāḥ pārtha yogaṁ yuñjanmadāśrayaḥ / asaṁśayaṁ samagraṁ māṁ yathā jñāsyasi tacchṛṇu",
      "english": "With your mind fixed on me, Partha, practising yoga and taking refuge in me, hear how you will come to know me completely and without any doubt.",
      "hindi": "हे पार्थ, मुझमें मन लगाकर, मेरा आश्रय लेकर योग का अभ्यास करते हुए सुनो कि तुम मुझे पूर्ण रूप से और बिना किसी संशय के कैसे जान सकोगे।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "sanga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-1"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.2",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 2,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः ।\nयज्ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोऽन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते ॥",
      "iast": "jñānaṁ te’haṁ savijñānamidaṁ vakṣyāmyaśeṣataḥ / yajjñātvā neha bhūyo’nyajjñātavyamavaśiṣyate",
      "english": "I will tell you this knowledge in full, together with its direct realisation. Once you know it, nothing further remains here that still needs to be known.",
      "hindi": "मैं तुम्हें यह ज्ञान उसके प्रत्यक्ष अनुभव सहित पूरी तरह बताऊँगा। इसे जान लेने पर इस संसार में जानने योग्य और कुछ शेष नहीं रहता।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-2"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.3",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 3,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मनुष्याणां सहस्रेषु कश्चिद्यतति सिद्धये ।\nयततामपि सिद्धानां कश्चिन्मां वेत्ति तत्त्वतः ॥",
      "iast": "manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu kaścidyatati siddhaye / yatatāmapi siddhānāṁ kaścinmāṁ vetti tattvataḥ",
      "english": "Among thousands of people, hardly one strives for perfection. And among those who strive and reach it, hardly one comes to know me as I truly am.",
      "hindi": "हज़ारों मनुष्यों में कोई एक सिद्धि के लिए प्रयत्न करता है, और प्रयत्न करने वाले सिद्धों में भी कोई एक ही मुझे यथार्थ रूप में जान पाता है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-3"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.4",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 4,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च ।\nअहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा ॥",
      "iast": "bhūmirāpo’nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhireva ca / ahaṅkāra itīyaṁ me bhinnā prakṛtiraṣṭadhā",
      "english": "Earth, water, fire, air, space, mind, intellect and the sense of I — this is my prakriti, divided into eight parts.",
      "hindi": "पृथ्वी, जल, अग्नि, वायु, आकाश, मन, बुद्धि और अहंकार — यही मेरी आठ भागों में विभाजित प्रकृति है।",
      "terms": [
        "prakriti",
        "ahamkara",
        "manas",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-4"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.5",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 5,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम् ।\nजीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत् ॥",
      "iast": "apareyamitastvanyāṁ prakṛtiṁ viddhi me parām / jīvabhūtāṁ mahābāho yayedaṁ dhāryate jagat",
      "english": "That prakriti is the lower one. Know that I have another, a higher prakriti, Mahabaho — the living principle by which this whole world is held together.",
      "hindi": "यह मेरी अपरा प्रकृति है। हे महाबाहो, इससे भिन्न मेरी एक परा प्रकृति भी जानो, जो जीव रूप है और जिसके द्वारा यह सारा जगत धारण किया जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "prakriti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-5"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.6",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 6,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय ।\nअहं कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलयस्तथा ॥",
      "iast": "etadyonīni bhūtāni sarvāṇītyupadhāraya / ahaṁ kṛtsnasya jagataḥ prabhavaḥ pralayastathā",
      "english": "Understand that all beings have their origin in these two. I am the source of this entire world, and I am its dissolution as well.",
      "hindi": "जान लो कि सभी प्राणी इन्हीं दोनों प्रकृतियों से उत्पन्न होते हैं। मैं ही इस सम्पूर्ण जगत का उद्भव हूँ और मैं ही इसका प्रलय हूँ।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-6"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.7",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 7,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय ।\nमयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव ॥",
      "iast": "mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyatkiñcidasti dhanañjaya / mayi sarvamidaṁ protaṁ sūtre maṇigaṇā iva",
      "english": "There is nothing at all higher than me, Dhananjaya. All this is strung on me, the way rows of beads are strung on a single thread.",
      "hindi": "हे धनंजय, मुझसे श्रेष्ठ और कुछ भी नहीं है। यह सब मुझमें उसी प्रकार पिरोया हुआ है जैसे धागे में मणियों की लड़ियाँ पिरोई जाती हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-7"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.8",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 8,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः ।\nप्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु ॥",
      "iast": "raso’hamapsu kaunteya prabhāsmi śaśisūryayoḥ / praṇavaḥ sarvavedeṣu śabdaḥ khe pauruṣaṁ nṛṣu",
      "english": "I am the taste in water, Kaunteya, and the light in the moon and the sun. I am Om in all the Vedas, sound in space, and the strength in men.",
      "hindi": "हे कौन्तेय, मैं जल में रस हूँ, चन्द्रमा और सूर्य में प्रकाश हूँ। सब वेदों में ओंकार, आकाश में शब्द और मनुष्यों में पौरुष मैं ही हूँ।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-8"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.9",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 9,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ ।\nजीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चास्मि तपस्विषु ॥",
      "iast": "puṇyo gandhaḥ pṛthivyāṁ ca tejaścāsmi vibhāvasau / jīvanaṁ sarvabhūteṣu tapaścāsmi tapasviṣu",
      "english": "I am the pure fragrance of the earth and the brightness in fire. I am the life in all beings, and the discipline of those who practise austerity.",
      "hindi": "मैं पृथ्वी की पवित्र गंध हूँ और अग्नि का तेज हूँ। समस्त प्राणियों में जीवन और तपस्वियों में तप मैं ही हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "tapas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-9"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.10",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 10,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां विद्धि पार्थ सनातनम् ।\nबुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम् ॥",
      "iast": "bījaṁ māṁ sarvabhūtānāṁ viddhi pārtha sanātanam / buddhirbuddhimatāmasmi tejastejasvināmaham",
      "english": "Know me, Partha, as the eternal seed of all beings. I am the intelligence of the intelligent and the brilliance of those who shine.",
      "hindi": "हे पार्थ, मुझे समस्त प्राणियों का सनातन बीज जानो। बुद्धिमानों की बुद्धि और तेजस्वियों का तेज मैं ही हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-10"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.11",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 11,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "बलं बलवतां चाहं कामरागविवर्जितम् ।\nधर्माविरुद्धो भूतेषु कामोऽस्मि भरतर्षभ ॥",
      "iast": "balaṁ balavatāṁ cāhaṁ kāmarāgavivarjitam / dharmāviruddho bhūteṣu kāmo’smi bharatarṣabha",
      "english": "I am the strength of the strong, free of desire and craving. In all beings I am the desire that does not run against dharma, Bharatarshabha.",
      "hindi": "मैं बलवानों का वह बल हूँ जो काम और आसक्ति से रहित है। हे भरतर्षभ, प्राणियों में जो कामना धर्म के विरुद्ध नहीं है, वह मैं हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma",
        "kama"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-11"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.12",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 12,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये ।\nमत्त एवेति तान्विद्धि न त्वहं तेषु ते मयि ॥",
      "iast": "ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasāstāmasāśca ye / matta eveti tānviddhi na tvahaṁ teṣu te mayi",
      "english": "Whatever states of being arise from sattva, rajas or tamas, know that they all come from me alone. I am not in them; they are in me.",
      "hindi": "सात्त्विक, राजसिक और तामसिक — जितने भी भाव हैं, वे सब मुझसे ही उत्पन्न होते हैं। यह जान लो कि मैं उनमें नहीं हूँ, वे मुझमें हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "sattva",
        "rajas",
        "tamas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-12"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.13",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 13,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत् ।\nमोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम् ॥",
      "iast": "tribhirguṇamayairbhāvairebhiḥ sarvamidaṁ jagat / mohitaṁ nābhijānāti māmebhyaḥ paramavyayam",
      "english": "Deluded by these three states made of the gunas, this whole world does not recognise me, who stand beyond them and never change.",
      "hindi": "इन तीन गुणों से बने भावों से मोहित होकर यह सारा जगत मुझे नहीं पहचानता, जो इनसे परे और अविनाशी हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "guna",
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-13"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.14",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 14,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया ।\nमामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते ॥",
      "iast": "daivī hyeṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā / māmeva ye prapadyante māyāmetāṁ taranti te",
      "english": "This maya of mine, made of the gunas, is divine and hard to cross. But those who take refuge in me alone cross safely beyond it.",
      "hindi": "गुणों से बनी हुई मेरी यह दैवी माया पार करना कठिन है। परन्तु जो केवल मेरी शरण लेते हैं, वे इस माया को पार कर जाते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "guna",
        "maya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-14"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.15",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 15,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः ।\nमाययापहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः ॥",
      "iast": "na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ / māyayāpahṛtajñānā āsuraṁ bhāvamāśritāḥ",
      "english": "Wrongdoers, the deluded and the lowest among men do not take refuge in me. Their understanding is carried off by maya, and they hold to a demonic nature.",
      "hindi": "दुष्कर्म करने वाले, मूढ़ और नराधम मेरी शरण नहीं लेते। माया ने उनका ज्ञान हर लिया है और वे आसुरी भाव का आश्रय लिए हुए हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "moha",
        "maya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-15"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.16",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 16,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन ।\nआर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ ॥",
      "iast": "caturvidhā bhajante māṁ janāḥ sukṛtino’rjuna / ārto jijñāsurarthārthī jñānī ca bharatarṣabha",
      "english": "Four kinds of good people worship me, Arjuna: the one in distress, the one who wants to understand, the one who seeks wealth, and the one who truly knows, Bharatarshabha.",
      "hindi": "हे अर्जुन, चार प्रकार के पुण्यशील लोग मुझे भजते हैं — दुःखी, जिज्ञासु, अर्थ की कामना रखने वाला, और ज्ञानी, हे भरतर्षभ।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "bhakti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-16"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.17",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 17,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते ।\nप्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः ॥",
      "iast": "teṣāṁ jñānī nityayukta ekabhaktirviśiṣyate / priyo hi jñānino’tyarthamahaṁ sa ca mama priyaḥ",
      "english": "Among them the one who knows stands out, always steady and devoted to me alone. I am very dear to such a person, and that person is dear to me.",
      "hindi": "इनमें ज्ञानी श्रेष्ठ है, जो सदा युक्त रहता है और केवल मेरी ही भक्ति करता है। मैं उसे अत्यन्त प्रिय हूँ और वह मुझे प्रिय है।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "bhakti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-17"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.18",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 18,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम् ।\nआस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम् ॥",
      "iast": "udārāḥ sarva evaite jñānī tvātmaiva me matam / āsthitaḥ sa hi yuktātmā māmevānuttamāṁ gatim",
      "english": "All four of them are noble, but the one who knows I consider my very self. Steady in mind, that person has settled on me as the highest goal.",
      "hindi": "ये सभी उदार हैं, परन्तु ज्ञानी को मैं अपना ही स्वरूप मानता हूँ। वह स्थिरचित्त होकर मुझ अनुत्तम गति में ही स्थित रहता है।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-18"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.19",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 19,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते ।\nवासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः ॥",
      "iast": "bahūnāṁ janmanāmante jñānavānmāṁ prapadyate / vāsudevaḥ sarvamiti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ",
      "english": "After many births, the one who has come to know takes refuge in me, seeing that Vasudeva is everything. Such a great soul is very rare.",
      "hindi": "अनेक जन्मों के अन्त में ज्ञानवान मनुष्य यह जानकर मेरी शरण आता है कि वासुदेव ही सब कुछ है। ऐसा महात्मा अत्यन्त दुर्लभ है।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "atman",
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-19"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.20",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 20,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः ।\nतं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया ॥",
      "iast": "kāmaistaistairhṛtajñānāḥ prapadyante’nyadevatāḥ / taṁ taṁ niyamamāsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā",
      "english": "Those whose understanding is carried away by one desire or another turn to other deities, taking up this observance or that, held in place by their own nature.",
      "hindi": "जिनका ज्ञान भाँति-भाँति की कामनाओं ने हर लिया है, वे अपने स्वभाव से बँधकर कोई न कोई नियम अपनाते हुए अन्य देवताओं की शरण जाते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "kama"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-20"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.21",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 21,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यो यो यां यां तनुं भक्तः श्रद्धयार्चितुमिच्छति ।\nतस्य तस्याचलां श्रद्धां तामेव विदधाम्यहम् ॥",
      "iast": "yo yo yāṁ yāṁ tanuṁ bhaktaḥ śraddhayārcitumicchati / tasya tasyācalāṁ śraddhāṁ tāmeva vidadhāmyaham",
      "english": "Whatever form a devotee wishes to worship with faith, it is I who make that person's faith in it steady and unshaken.",
      "hindi": "कोई भक्त श्रद्धा के साथ जिस-जिस रूप की पूजा करना चाहता है, उसकी उसी में श्रद्धा को मैं ही अचल कर देता हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "bhakti",
        "shraddha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-21"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.22",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 22,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "स तया श्रद्धया युक्तस्तस्याराधनमीहते ।\nलभते च ततः कामान्मयैव विहितान्हि तान् ॥",
      "iast": "sa tayā śraddhayā yuktastasyārādhanamīhate / labhate ca tataḥ kāmānmayaiva vihitānhi tān",
      "english": "Joined to that faith, the person takes up the worship of that form and obtains from it what was wanted — though it is I alone who grant those things.",
      "hindi": "उस श्रद्धा से युक्त होकर वह उसी की आराधना करता है और उससे अपनी कामनाएँ प्राप्त करता है, यद्यपि उन्हें देने वाला मैं ही हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "shraddha",
        "kama"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-22"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.23",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 23,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अन्तवत्तु फलं तेषां तद्भवत्यल्पमेधसाम् ।\nदेवान्देवयजो यान्ति मद्भक्ता यान्ति मामपि ॥",
      "iast": "antavattu phalaṁ teṣāṁ tadbhavatyalpamedhasām / devāndevayajo yānti madbhaktā yānti māmapi",
      "english": "But the fruit such people of small understanding gain comes to an end. Those who worship the deities go to the deities; my devotees come to me.",
      "hindi": "परन्तु अल्पबुद्धि वालों को मिलने वाला वह फल नाशवान है। देवताओं की पूजा करने वाले देवताओं को प्राप्त होते हैं, और मेरे भक्त मुझे प्राप्त होते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "bhakti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-23"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.24",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 24,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अव्यक्तं व्यक्तिमापन्नं मन्यन्ते मामबुद्धयः ।\nपरं भावमजानन्तो ममाव्ययमनुत्तमम् ॥",
      "iast": "avyaktaṁ vyaktimāpannaṁ manyante māmabuddhayaḥ / paraṁ bhāvamajānanto mamāvyayamanuttamam",
      "english": "The unthinking believe that I, the unmanifest, have taken on a manifest form. They do not know my higher nature, which is imperishable and beyond compare.",
      "hindi": "अल्पबुद्धि लोग मुझ अव्यक्त को व्यक्त रूप धारण किया हुआ मानते हैं। वे मेरे उस परम भाव को नहीं जानते जो अविनाशी और अनुत्तम है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-24"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.25",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 25,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः ।\nमूढोऽयं नाभिजानाति लोको मामजमव्ययम् ॥",
      "iast": "nāhaṁ prakāśaḥ sarvasya yogamāyāsamāvṛtaḥ / mūḍho’yaṁ nābhijānāti loko māmajamavyayam",
      "english": "I am not visible to everyone, for I am veiled by my yoga-maya. This deluded world does not recognise me as unborn and imperishable.",
      "hindi": "योगमाया से आवृत होने के कारण मैं सबके सामने प्रकट नहीं हूँ। यह मोहग्रस्त संसार मुझे अजन्मा और अविनाशी रूप में नहीं पहचानता।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "moha",
        "maya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-25"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.26",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 26,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "वेदाहं समतीतानि वर्तमानानि चार्जुन ।\nभविष्याणि च भूतानि मां तु वेद न कश्चन ॥",
      "iast": "vedāhaṁ samatītāni vartamānāni cārjuna / bhaviṣyāṇi ca bhūtāni māṁ tu veda na kaścana",
      "english": "I know the beings that have gone by, those that exist now, and those still to come, Arjuna. But no one at all knows me.",
      "hindi": "हे अर्जुन, जो प्राणी बीत चुके हैं, जो अभी हैं और जो आगे होंगे, उन सबको मैं जानता हूँ। परन्तु मुझे कोई नहीं जानता।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-26"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.27",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 27,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन भारत ।\nसर्वभूतानि सम्मोहं सर्गे यान्ति परन्तप ॥",
      "iast": "icchādveṣasamutthena dvandvamohena bhārata / sarvabhūtāni sammohaṁ sarge yānti parantapa",
      "english": "Bharata, through the delusion of opposites that rises out of liking and disliking, all beings fall into deep confusion from the moment of birth, Parantapa.",
      "hindi": "हे भारत, इच्छा और द्वेष से उत्पन्न द्वंद्व के मोह के कारण, हे परंतप, सभी प्राणी जन्म के समय ही गहरे मोह में पड़ जाते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-27"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.28",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 28,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "येषां त्वन्तगतं पापं जनानां पुण्यकर्मणाम् ।\nते द्वन्द्वमोहनिर्मुक्ता भजन्ते मां दृढव्रताः ॥",
      "iast": "yeṣāṁ tvantagataṁ pāpaṁ janānāṁ puṇyakarmaṇām / te dvandvamohanirmuktā bhajante māṁ dṛḍhavratāḥ",
      "english": "But those people of good deeds whose wrongdoing has come to an end are freed from the delusion of opposites. They worship me, firm in their resolve.",
      "hindi": "परन्तु जिन पुण्यकर्मी लोगों का पाप समाप्त हो चुका है, वे द्वंद्व के मोह से मुक्त होकर दृढ़ संकल्प के साथ मेरा भजन करते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "bhakti",
        "moksha",
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-28"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.29",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 29,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "जरामरणमोक्षाय मामाश्रित्य यतन्ति ये ।\nते ब्रह्म तद्विदुः कृत्स्नमध्यात्मं कर्म चाखिलम् ॥",
      "iast": "jarāmaraṇamokṣāya māmāśritya yatanti ye / te brahma tadviduḥ kṛtsnamadhyātmaṁ karma cākhilam",
      "english": "Those who take refuge in me and strive for freedom from old age and death come to know Brahman in full, the self within, and the whole of action.",
      "hindi": "जो मेरा आश्रय लेकर जरा और मृत्यु से मुक्ति के लिए प्रयत्न करते हैं, वे उस ब्रह्म को पूर्ण रूप से, अध्यात्म को और सम्पूर्ण कर्म को जान लेते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "atman",
        "brahman",
        "moksha",
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-29"
    },
    {
      "ref": "7.30",
      "chapter": 7,
      "verse": 30,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "साधिभूताधिदैवं मां साधियज्ञं च ये विदुः ।\nप्रयाणकालेऽपि च मां ते विदुर्युक्तचेतसः ॥",
      "iast": "sādhibhūtādhidaivaṁ māṁ sādhiyajñaṁ ca ye viduḥ / prayāṇakāle’pi ca māṁ te viduryuktacetasaḥ",
      "english": "Those who know me together with the material realm, the divine realm and the principle of sacrifice keep knowing me even at the hour of departure, their minds steady.",
      "hindi": "जो मुझे अधिभूत, अधिदैव और अधियज्ञ सहित जानते हैं, वे स्थिर चित्त वाले लोग प्रयाण के समय भी मुझे जानते रहते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "yajna",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/7#bg-7-30"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.1",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 1,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम ।\nअधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते ॥",
      "iast": "kiṁ tadbrahma kimadhyātmaṁ kiṁ karma puruṣottama / adhibhūtaṁ ca kiṁ proktamadhidaivaṁ kimucyate",
      "english": "What is that brahman, Purushottama? What is adhyatma, and what is karma? What is spoken of as adhibhuta, and what is called adhidaiva?",
      "hindi": "हे पुरुषोत्तम, वह ब्रह्म क्या है? अध्यात्म क्या है और कर्म क्या है? अधिभूत किसे कहा गया है, और अधिदैव किसे कहते हैं?",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "atman",
        "brahman",
        "purusha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-1"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.2",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 2,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "अधियज्ञः कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन्मधुसूदन ।\nप्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभिः ॥",
      "iast": "adhiyajñaḥ kathaṁ ko’tra dehe’sminmadhusūdana / prayāṇakāle ca kathaṁ jñeyo’si niyatātmabhiḥ",
      "english": "Who is adhiyajna here in this body, Madhusudana, and in what way? And at the hour of departure, how are those of disciplined mind to know you?",
      "hindi": "हे मधुसूदन, इस शरीर में अधियज्ञ कौन है और किस रूप में है? और प्रयाण के समय संयमित चित्त वाले साधक आपको किस प्रकार जान पाते हैं?",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "atman",
        "yajna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-2"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.3",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 3,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अक्षरं ब्रह्म परमं स्वभावोऽध्यात्ममुच्यते ।\nभूतभावोद्भवकरो विसर्गः कर्मसञ्ज्ञितः ॥",
      "iast": "akṣaraṁ brahma paramaṁ svabhāvo’dhyātmamucyate / bhūtabhāvodbhavakaro visargaḥ karmasañjñitaḥ",
      "english": "The imperishable is the supreme brahman. A being's own essential nature is called adhyatma. The creative act that brings beings into existence goes by the name of karma.",
      "hindi": "जो अक्षर है वही परम ब्रह्म है। जीव का अपना स्वभाव अध्यात्म कहलाता है, और प्राणियों के अस्तित्व को जन्म देने वाला सृजन-व्यापार कर्म नाम से जाना जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "atman",
        "brahman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-3"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.4",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 4,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अधिभूतं क्षरो भावः पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम् ।\nअधियज्ञोऽहमेवात्र देहे देहभृतां वर ॥",
      "iast": "adhibhūtaṁ kṣaro bhāvaḥ puruṣaścādhidaivatam / adhiyajño’hamevātra dehe dehabhṛtāṁ vara",
      "english": "Adhibhuta is the perishable order of things, and the cosmic Purusha is adhidaiva. I myself am adhiyajna, here within this very body, best of the embodied.",
      "hindi": "नाशवान भाव अधिभूत है, और पुरुष अधिदैव है। हे देहधारियों में श्रेष्ठ, इसी शरीर के भीतर अधियज्ञ मैं ही हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "purusha",
        "yajna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-4"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.5",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 5,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन्मुक्त्वा कलेवरम् ।\nयः प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशयः ॥",
      "iast": "antakāle ca māmeva smaranmuktvā kalevaram / yaḥ prayāti sa madbhāvaṁ yāti nāstyatra saṁśayaḥ",
      "english": "Whoever leaves the body at the end while remembering me alone, and so departs, reaches my own being. In this there is no doubt at all.",
      "hindi": "जो अन्त समय में मुझे ही स्मरण करता हुआ शरीर छोड़कर जाता है, वह मेरे ही स्वरूप को प्राप्त होता है — इसमें कोई संशय नहीं।",
      "terms": [
        "moksha",
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-5"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.6",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 6,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम् ।\nतं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावितः ॥",
      "iast": "yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaranbhāvaṁ tyajatyante kalevaram / taṁ tamevaiti kaunteya sadā tadbhāvabhāvitaḥ",
      "english": "Whatever state a person holds in mind when leaving the body at the end, that very state he reaches, Kaunteya, having been shaped by dwelling on it always.",
      "hindi": "अन्त समय में मनुष्य जिस भाव को स्मरण करते हुए शरीर त्यागता है, हे कौन्तेय, वह उसी भाव को प्राप्त होता है, क्योंकि वह सदा उसी भाव में रमा रहा है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-6"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.7",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 7,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च ।\nमय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्मामेवैष्यस्यसंशयम् ॥",
      "iast": "tasmātsarveṣu kāleṣu māmanusmara yudhya ca / mayyarpitamanobuddhirmāmevaiṣyasyasaṁśayam",
      "english": "Therefore remember me at all times, and fight. With mind and intellect given over to me, you will come to me alone, and of this you need have no doubt.",
      "hindi": "इसलिए हर समय मुझे स्मरण करो और युद्ध करो। मन और बुद्धि मुझमें अर्पित करके तुम मुझे ही प्राप्त होगे, इसमें कोई संशय मत करो।",
      "terms": [
        "manas",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-7"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.8",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 8,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अभ्यासयोगयुक्तेन चेतसा नान्यगामिना ।\nपरमं पुरुषं दिव्यं याति पार्थानुचिन्तयन् ॥",
      "iast": "abhyāsayogayuktena cetasā nānyagāminā / paramaṁ puruṣaṁ divyaṁ yāti pārthānucintayan",
      "english": "With a mind steadied by the yoga of practice and going nowhere else, the one who meditates without a break reaches the supreme divine Purusha, Partha.",
      "hindi": "हे पार्थ, अभ्यास-योग से युक्त चित्त जब कहीं और नहीं भटकता, तब निरन्तर चिन्तन करता हुआ साधक परम दिव्य पुरुष को प्राप्त होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "purusha",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-8"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.9",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 9,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "कविं पुराणमनुशासितार\nमणोरणीयांसमनुस्मरेद्यः ।\nसर्वस्य धातारमचिन्त्यरूप\nमादित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात् ॥",
      "iast": "kaviṁ purāṇamanuśāsitāra / maṇoraṇīyāṁsamanusmaredyaḥ / sarvasya dhātāramacintyarūpa / mādityavarṇaṁ tamasaḥ parastāt",
      "english": "One should remember the seer, the ancient one, the ruler, subtler than the subtlest, the sustainer of all, whose form is beyond thought, sun-coloured, and past all darkness.",
      "hindi": "जो कवि है, पुरातन है, सबका शासक है, सूक्ष्म से भी सूक्ष्म है, सबका धारण-पोषण करने वाला है, जिसका रूप चिन्तन से परे है, जो सूर्य के समान तेजस्वी और अन्धकार से परे है — उसका स्मरण करना चाहिए।",
      "terms": [
        "tamas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-9"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.10",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 10,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "प्रयाणकाले मनसाचलेन\nभक्त्या युक्तो योगबलेन चैव ।\nभ्रुवोर्मध्ये प्राणमावेश्य सम्यक्\nस तं परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम् ॥",
      "iast": "prayāṇakāle manasācalena / bhaktyā yukto yogabalena caiva / bhruvormadhye prāṇamāveśya samyak / sa taṁ paraṁ puruṣamupaiti divyam",
      "english": "At the hour of departure, with an unmoving mind, with devotion and the strength of yoga, he settles the life-breath firmly between the brows and reaches that supreme divine Purusha.",
      "hindi": "प्रयाण के समय अचल मन से, भक्ति से और योगबल से युक्त होकर जो प्राण को भौंहों के बीच भलीभाँति स्थिर कर लेता है, वह उस परम दिव्य पुरुष को प्राप्त होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "bhakti",
        "purusha",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-10"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.11",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 11,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यदक्षरं वेदविदो वदन्ति\nविशन्ति यद्यतयो वीतरागाः ।\nयदिच्छन्तो ब्रह्मचर्यं चरन्ति\nतत्ते पदं सङ्ग्रहेण प्रवक्ष्ये ॥",
      "iast": "yadakṣaraṁ vedavido vadanti / viśanti yadyatayo vītarāgāḥ / yadicchanto brahmacaryaṁ caranti / tatte padaṁ saṅgraheṇa pravakṣye",
      "english": "That state which the knowers of the Veda call imperishable, which ascetics free of passion enter, and desiring which they live in brahmacharya, I will now tell you in brief.",
      "hindi": "वेद के ज्ञाता जिसे अक्षर कहते हैं, रागरहित यत्नशील मुनि जिसमें प्रवेश करते हैं, और जिसकी इच्छा से साधक ब्रह्मचर्य का पालन करते हैं — वह पद मैं तुम्हें संक्षेप में बताता हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "brahman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-11"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.12",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 12,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च ।\nमूर्ध्न्याधायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम् ॥",
      "iast": "sarvadvārāṇi saṁyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca / mūrdhnyādhāyātmanaḥ prāṇamāsthito yogadhāraṇām",
      "english": "Closing all the gates of the body, confining the mind within the heart, and drawing his own life-breath up into the head, one becomes settled in the concentration of yoga.",
      "hindi": "शरीर के सब द्वारों को रोककर, मन को हृदय में स्थिर करके और अपने प्राण को मस्तक में धारण करके साधक योग की धारणा में स्थित हो जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "atman",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-12"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.13",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 13,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन् ।\nयः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम् ॥",
      "iast": "omityekākṣaraṁ brahma vyāharanmāmanusmaran / yaḥ prayāti tyajandehaṁ sa yāti paramāṁ gatim",
      "english": "Uttering Om, the single syllable that is brahman, and remembering me, whoever departs while leaving the body behind goes to the highest goal.",
      "hindi": "ओम् — जो एक अक्षर ब्रह्म है — उसका उच्चारण करते हुए और मुझे स्मरण करते हुए जो शरीर त्यागकर जाता है, वह परम गति को प्राप्त होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "brahman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-13"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.14",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 14,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अनन्यचेताः सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः ।\nतस्याहं सुलभः पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य योगिनः ॥",
      "iast": "ananyacetāḥ satataṁ yo māṁ smarati nityaśaḥ / tasyāhaṁ sulabhaḥ pārtha nityayuktasya yoginaḥ",
      "english": "For the one whose mind turns nowhere else and who remembers me constantly, day after day, I am easy to reach, Partha, because that yogi is always joined to me.",
      "hindi": "जो अनन्य चित्त से निरन्तर, प्रतिदिन मुझे स्मरण करता है, हे पार्थ, उस नित्ययुक्त योगी के लिए मैं सहज ही सुलभ हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-14"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.15",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 15,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मामुपेत्य पुनर्जन्म दुःखालयमशाश्वतम् ।\nनाप्नुवन्ति महात्मानः संसिद्धिं परमां गताः ॥",
      "iast": "māmupetya punarjanma duḥkhālayamaśāśvatam / nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ saṁsiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ",
      "english": "Having come to me, these great souls, who have reached the highest fulfilment, are never born again into this impermanent dwelling place of sorrow.",
      "hindi": "मुझे प्राप्त करके वे महात्मा, जो परम सिद्धि को पहुँच चुके हैं, दुःख के इस अनित्य घर में फिर जन्म नहीं लेते।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "duhkha",
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-15"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.16",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 16,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "आब्रह्मभुवनाल्लोकाः पुनरावर्तिनोऽर्जुन ।\nमामुपेत्य तु कौन्तेय पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते ॥",
      "iast": "ābrahmabhuvanāllokāḥ punarāvartino’rjuna / māmupetya tu kaunteya punarjanma na vidyate",
      "english": "All the worlds, right up to the realm of Brahma, come round again, Arjuna. But for the one who comes to me, Kaunteya, there is no further birth.",
      "hindi": "हे अर्जुन, ब्रह्मलोक तक के सभी लोक लौटकर आने वाले हैं। परन्तु हे कौन्तेय, जो मुझे प्राप्त कर लेता है, उसका पुनर्जन्म नहीं होता।",
      "terms": [
        "brahman",
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-16"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.17",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 17,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः ।\nरात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः ॥",
      "iast": "sahasrayugaparyantamaharyadbrahmaṇo viduḥ / rātriṁ yugasahasrāntāṁ te’horātravido janāḥ",
      "english": "Those who know day and night know that a day of Brahma lasts a thousand ages, and that his night too comes to an end only after a thousand ages.",
      "hindi": "जो दिन और रात का तत्त्व जानते हैं, वे जानते हैं कि ब्रह्मा का एक दिन हज़ार युगों तक चलता है और उनकी रात भी हज़ार युगों में पूरी होती है।",
      "terms": [
        "brahman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-17"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.18",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 18,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अव्यक्ताद्व्यक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे ।\nरात्र्यागमे प्रलीयन्ते तत्रैवाव्यक्तसञ्ज्ञके ॥",
      "iast": "avyaktādvyaktayaḥ sarvāḥ prabhavantyaharāgame / rātryāgame pralīyante tatraivāvyaktasañjñake",
      "english": "At the coming of day, all manifest things arise out of the unmanifest; at the coming of night they dissolve back into that same thing which is called unmanifest.",
      "hindi": "दिन के आगमन पर सारी व्यक्त वस्तुएँ अव्यक्त से प्रकट होती हैं, और रात के आगमन पर उसी अव्यक्त नाम वाले तत्त्व में विलीन हो जाती हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-18"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.19",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 19,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "भूतग्रामः स एवायं भूत्वा भूत्वा प्रलीयते ।\nरात्र्यागमेऽवशः पार्थ प्रभवत्यहरागमे ॥",
      "iast": "bhūtagrāmaḥ sa evāyaṁ bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate / rātryāgame’vaśaḥ pārtha prabhavatyaharāgame",
      "english": "This same multitude of beings comes into existence again and again. Helpless, Partha, it dissolves at the coming of night and arises once more at the coming of day.",
      "hindi": "यही प्राणिसमूह बार-बार उत्पन्न होकर विलीन होता रहता है। हे पार्थ, रात के आगमन पर वह विवश होकर लय को प्राप्त होता है और दिन के आगमन पर फिर प्रकट हो जाता है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-19"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.20",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 20,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः ।\nयः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति ॥",
      "iast": "parastasmāttu bhāvo’nyo’vyakto’vyaktātsanātanaḥ / yaḥ sa sarveṣu bhūteṣu naśyatsu na vinaśyati",
      "english": "Higher than that unmanifest there is another existence, itself unmanifest and eternal, which does not perish even when every being perishes.",
      "hindi": "उस अव्यक्त से परे एक और अव्यक्त सनातन भाव है, जो सब प्राणियों के नष्ट होने पर भी नष्ट नहीं होता।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-20"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.21",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 21,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अव्यक्तोऽक्षर इत्युक्तस्तमाहुः परमां गतिम् ।\nयं प्राप्य न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम ॥",
      "iast": "avyakto’kṣara ityuktastamāhuḥ paramāṁ gatim / yaṁ prāpya na nivartante taddhāma paramaṁ mama",
      "english": "That unmanifest is called the imperishable, and is spoken of as the highest goal. Those who reach it do not return. It is my supreme abode.",
      "hindi": "उस अव्यक्त को अक्षर कहा गया है और उसी को परम गति बताया गया है। जो उसे प्राप्त कर लेते हैं वे लौटकर नहीं आते — वही मेरा परम धाम है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-21"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.22",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 22,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया ।\nयस्यान्तःस्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् ॥",
      "iast": "puruṣaḥ sa paraḥ pārtha bhaktyā labhyastvananyayā / yasyāntaḥsthāni bhūtāni yena sarvamidaṁ tatam",
      "english": "That supreme Purusha, Partha, within whom all beings rest and by whom all this is pervaded, is reached by devotion that turns towards nothing else.",
      "hindi": "हे पार्थ, वह परम पुरुष, जिसके भीतर सब प्राणी स्थित हैं और जिससे यह सब व्याप्त है, अनन्य भक्ति से ही प्राप्त होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "bhakti",
        "purusha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-22"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.23",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 23,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः ।\nप्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ ॥",
      "iast": "yatra kāle tvanāvṛttimāvṛttiṁ caiva yoginaḥ / prayātā yānti taṁ kālaṁ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha",
      "english": "Now I will tell you, best of the Bharatas, the time at which yogis depart and do not return, and also the time at which those who depart do come back.",
      "hindi": "हे भरतश्रेष्ठ, अब मैं तुम्हें वह काल बताता हूँ जिसमें प्रयाण करने वाले योगी लौटकर नहीं आते, और वह काल भी जिसमें वे लौट आते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-23"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.24",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 24,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अग्निर्ज्योतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम् ।\nतत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्ति ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो जनाः ॥",
      "iast": "agnirjyotirahaḥ śuklaḥ ṣaṇmāsā uttarāyaṇam / tatra prayātā gacchanti brahma brahmavido janāḥ",
      "english": "Fire, light, the day, the bright fortnight, the six months of the sun's northward course: those who know brahman and depart in that time go on to brahman.",
      "hindi": "अग्नि, ज्योति, दिन, शुक्ल पक्ष और सूर्य के उत्तरायण के छह महीने — इस काल में प्रयाण करने वाले ब्रह्मवेत्ता ब्रह्म को प्राप्त होते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "brahman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-24"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.25",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 25,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "धूमो रात्रिस्तथा कृष्णः षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम् ।\nतत्र चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिर्योगी प्राप्य निवर्तते ॥",
      "iast": "dhūmo rātristathā kṛṣṇaḥ ṣaṇmāsā dakṣiṇāyanam / tatra cāndramasaṁ jyotiryogī prāpya nivartate",
      "english": "Smoke, the night, the dark fortnight, the six months of the sun's southward course: the yogi who departs in that time reaches the light of the moon and then returns.",
      "hindi": "धूम, रात्रि, कृष्ण पक्ष और सूर्य के दक्षिणायन के छह महीने — इस काल में प्रयाण करने वाला योगी चन्द्रमा की ज्योति पाकर लौट आता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-25"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.26",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 26,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते ।\nएकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययावर्तते पुनः ॥",
      "iast": "śuklakṛṣṇe gatī hyete jagataḥ śāśvate mate / ekayā yātyanāvṛttimanyayāvartate punaḥ",
      "english": "These two paths, the bright and the dark, are held to be the lasting courses of the world. By one a person goes and does not return; by the other he comes back again.",
      "hindi": "शुक्ल और कृष्ण — ये दो मार्ग जगत के सनातन मार्ग माने गए हैं। एक से जाकर मनुष्य लौटता नहीं, और दूसरे से जाकर वह फिर लौट आता है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-26"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.27",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 27,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "नैते सृती पार्थ जानन्योगी मुह्यति कश्चन ।\nतस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु योगयुक्तो भवार्जुन ॥",
      "iast": "naite sṛtī pārtha jānanyogī muhyati kaścana / tasmātsarveṣu kāleṣu yogayukto bhavārjuna",
      "english": "Knowing these two paths, Partha, no yogi is ever bewildered by them. Therefore be steady in yoga at all times, Arjuna, and keep to it.",
      "hindi": "हे पार्थ, इन दोनों मार्गों को जान लेने पर कोई भी योगी मोह में नहीं पड़ता। इसलिए हे अर्जुन, हर समय योग में स्थित रहो।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-27"
    },
    {
      "ref": "8.28",
      "chapter": 8,
      "verse": 28,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "वेदेषु यज्ञेषु तपःसु चैव\nदानेषु यत्पुण्यफलं प्रदिष्टम् ।\nअत्येति तत्सर्वमिदं विदित्वा\nयोगी परं स्थानमुपैति चाद्यम् ॥",
      "iast": "vedeṣu yajñeṣu tapaḥsu caiva / dāneṣu yatpuṇyaphalaṁ pradiṣṭam / atyeti tatsarvamidaṁ viditvā / yogī paraṁ sthānamupaiti cādyam",
      "english": "The yogi who knows all this passes beyond whatever merit is laid down for the Vedas, for sacrifices, for austerities and for gifts, and reaches the supreme and original abode.",
      "hindi": "यह सब जान लेने पर योगी वेदों, यज्ञों, तपों और दानों में जो पुण्यफल बताया गया है, उससे आगे निकल जाता है और परम आदि स्थान को प्राप्त होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "yajna",
        "tapas",
        "dana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/8#bg-8-28"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.1",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 1,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "इदं तु ते गुह्यतमं प्रवक्ष्याम्यनसूयवे ।\nज्ञानं विज्ञानसहितं यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात् ॥",
      "iast": "idaṁ tu te guhyatamaṁ pravakṣyāmyanasūyave / jñānaṁ vijñānasahitaṁ yajjñātvā mokṣyase’śubhāt",
      "english": "To you, who find no fault in me, I will now declare this deepest secret: knowledge together with the direct seeing of it. Once you know it, you will be free of all that is unwholesome.",
      "hindi": "तुम मुझमें दोष नहीं ढूँढ़ते, इसलिए यह गुह्यतम रहस्य तुम्हें बताता हूँ — ज्ञान और उसका प्रत्यक्ष अनुभव। इसे जान लेने पर तुम अशुभ से मुक्त हो जाओगे।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "moksha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-1"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.2",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 2,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "राजविद्या राजगुह्यं पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम् ।\nप्रत्यक्षावगमं धर्म्यं सुसुखं कर्तुमव्ययम् ॥",
      "iast": "rājavidyā rājaguhyaṁ pavitramidamuttamam / pratyakṣāvagamaṁ dharmyaṁ susukhaṁ kartumavyayam",
      "english": "This is the ruling knowledge, the ruling secret, the purest thing there is. It is known by direct experience, it accords with dharma, it is easy to practise, and it never runs out.",
      "hindi": "यह विद्याओं का राजा है, रहस्यों का राजा, और परम पवित्र। यह प्रत्यक्ष अनुभव से जाना जाता है, धर्म के अनुकूल है, करने में सहज है और कभी नष्ट नहीं होता।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-2"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.3",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 3,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अश्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा धर्मस्यास्य परन्तप ।\nअप्राप्य मां निवर्तन्ते मृत्युसंसारवर्त्मनि ॥",
      "iast": "aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā dharmasyāsya parantapa / aprāpya māṁ nivartante mṛtyusaṁsāravartmani",
      "english": "People who have no faith in this teaching do not reach me, Parantapa. They turn back, and keep moving along the road of death and rebirth.",
      "hindi": "जो लोग इस धर्म में श्रद्धा नहीं रखते, हे परन्तप, वे मुझ तक नहीं पहुँचते। वे लौट आते हैं और मृत्यु तथा पुनर्जन्म के मार्ग पर ही चलते रहते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma",
        "purusha",
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-3"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.4",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 4,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना ।\nमत्स्थानि सर्वभूतानि न चाहं तेष्ववस्थितः ॥",
      "iast": "mayā tatamidaṁ sarvaṁ jagadavyaktamūrtinā / matsthāni sarvabhūtāni na cāhaṁ teṣvavasthitaḥ",
      "english": "This whole world is spread through by me in my unmanifest form. All beings rest in me, but I do not rest in them.",
      "hindi": "यह सारा जगत् मेरे अव्यक्त रूप से व्याप्त है। सब प्राणी मुझमें स्थित हैं, पर मैं उनमें स्थित नहीं हूँ।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-4"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.5",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 5,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "न च मत्स्थानि भूतानि पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम् ।\nभूतभृन्न च भूतस्थो ममात्मा भूतभावनः ॥",
      "iast": "na ca matsthāni bhūtāni paśya me yogamaiśvaram / bhūtabhṛnna ca bhūtastho mamātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ",
      "english": "And yet beings do not rest in me. See my sovereign power: my self carries all beings and brings them into being, while staying lodged in none of them.",
      "hindi": "और फिर भी प्राणी मुझमें स्थित नहीं हैं। मेरी ईश्वरीय योगशक्ति को देखो — मेरा आत्मा सब प्राणियों को धारण करता और उत्पन्न करता है, फिर भी उनमें बसता नहीं।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-5"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.6",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 6,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यथाकाशस्थितो नित्यं वायुः सर्वत्रगो महान् ।\nतथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मत्स्थानीत्युपधारय ॥",
      "iast": "yathākāśasthito nityaṁ vāyuḥ sarvatrago mahān / tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni matsthānītyupadhāraya",
      "english": "As the great wind moves everywhere and yet always stays within space, understand that in the same way all beings stay within me.",
      "hindi": "जैसे सर्वत्र बहने वाली महान वायु सदा आकाश में ही स्थित रहती है, वैसे ही सब प्राणी मुझमें स्थित हैं — यह समझ लो।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-6"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.7",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 7,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम् ।\nकल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम् ॥",
      "iast": "sarvabhūtāni kaunteya prakṛtiṁ yānti māmikām / kalpakṣaye punastāni kalpādau visṛjāmyaham",
      "english": "At the end of a cosmic age all beings return into my own nature, Kaunteya, and at the beginning of the next age I send them out once more.",
      "hindi": "कल्प के अन्त में सब प्राणी मेरी ही प्रकृति में लौट जाते हैं, हे कौन्तेय, और अगले कल्प के आरम्भ में मैं उन्हें फिर उत्पन्न करता हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "prakriti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-7"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.8",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 8,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः ।\nभूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात् ॥",
      "iast": "prakṛtiṁ svāmavaṣṭabhya visṛjāmi punaḥ punaḥ / bhūtagrāmamimaṁ kṛtsnamavaśaṁ prakṛtervaśāt",
      "english": "Taking hold of my own nature, I send out this whole host of beings again and again. They have no say in it; they are carried along by the force of nature.",
      "hindi": "अपनी प्रकृति को अधीन करके मैं इस समस्त प्राणिसमूह को बार बार उत्पन्न करता हूँ। वे विवश हैं और प्रकृति के वश में चलते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "prakriti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-8"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.9",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 9,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "न च मां तानि कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय ।\nउदासीनवदासीनमसक्तं तेषु कर्मसु ॥",
      "iast": "na ca māṁ tāni karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya / udāsīnavadāsīnamasaktaṁ teṣu karmasu",
      "english": "These acts of creation do not bind me, Dhananjaya. I sit among them like one who is unconcerned, holding on to none of the work I do.",
      "hindi": "ये कर्म मुझे नहीं बाँधते, हे धनंजय। मैं उदासीन के समान बैठा रहता हूँ और अपने किसी कर्म में आसक्त नहीं होता।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "sanga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-9"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.10",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 10,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मयाध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम् ।\nहेतुनानेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते ॥",
      "iast": "mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sacarācaram / hetunānena kaunteya jagadviparivartate",
      "english": "Under my oversight nature gives birth to everything that moves and everything that does not. This is the cause, Kaunteya, by which the world turns through its cycles.",
      "hindi": "मेरी अध्यक्षता में प्रकृति चराचर जगत् को जन्म देती है। हे कौन्तेय, इसी कारण से यह संसार बार बार घूमता रहता है।",
      "terms": [
        "prakriti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-10"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.11",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 11,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम् ।\nपरं भावमजानन्तो मम भूतमहेश्वरम् ॥",
      "iast": "avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣīṁ tanumāśritam / paraṁ bhāvamajānanto mama bhūtamaheśvaram",
      "english": "Fools think little of me when I take on a human body. They do not know my higher nature, in which I am the great lord of all beings.",
      "hindi": "जब मैं मनुष्य का शरीर धारण करता हूँ तब मूढ़ लोग मुझे तुच्छ समझते हैं। वे मेरे उस परम भाव को नहीं जानते, जिसमें मैं सब प्राणियों का महेश्वर हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-11"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.12",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 12,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः ।\nराक्षसीमासुरीं चैव प्रकृतिं मोहिनीं श्रिताः ॥",
      "iast": "moghāśā moghakarmāṇo moghajñānā vicetasaḥ / rākṣasīmāsurīṁ caiva prakṛtiṁ mohinīṁ śritāḥ",
      "english": "Their hopes come to nothing, their actions come to nothing, their knowledge comes to nothing, and their judgement is gone. They have taken shelter in a deluding nature, brutal and ungodly.",
      "hindi": "उनकी आशाएँ व्यर्थ हैं, कर्म व्यर्थ हैं, ज्ञान व्यर्थ है, और उनका विवेक नष्ट हो चुका है। वे राक्षसी और आसुरी मोहिनी प्रकृति का आश्रय ले चुके हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "jnana",
        "prakriti",
        "moha",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-12"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.13",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 13,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "महात्मानस्तु मां पार्थ दैवीं प्रकृतिमाश्रिताः ।\nभजन्त्यनन्यमनसो ज्ञात्वा भूतादिमव्ययम् ॥",
      "iast": "mahātmānastu māṁ pārtha daivīṁ prakṛtimāśritāḥ / bhajantyananyamanaso jñātvā bhūtādimavyayam",
      "english": "But the great of soul, Partha, take shelter in the divine nature. They worship me with an undivided mind, knowing me as the imperishable source of all beings.",
      "hindi": "पर हे पार्थ, महान आत्माएँ दैवी प्रकृति का आश्रय लेती हैं। वे मुझे सब भूतों का अविनाशी आदि कारण जानकर अनन्य मन से भजती हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "bhakti",
        "atman",
        "prakriti",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-13"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.14",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 14,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सततं कीर्तयन्तो मां यतन्तश्च दृढव्रताः ।\nनमस्यन्तश्च मां भक्त्या नित्ययुक्ता उपासते ॥",
      "iast": "satataṁ kīrtayanto māṁ yatantaśca dṛḍhavratāḥ / namasyantaśca māṁ bhaktyā nityayuktā upāsate",
      "english": "Always singing of me, striving, firm in the vows they have taken, bowing to me with devotion, they stay joined to me and worship me without a break.",
      "hindi": "वे निरन्तर मेरा कीर्तन करते हैं, दृढ़ व्रत लेकर प्रयत्न करते हैं, भक्ति से मुझे प्रणाम करते हैं, और सदा मुझसे जुड़े रहकर मेरी उपासना करते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "bhakti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-14"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.15",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 15,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते ।\nएकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम् ॥",
      "iast": "jñānayajñena cāpyanye yajanto māmupāsate / ekatvena pṛthaktvena bahudhā viśvatomukham",
      "english": "Others worship me by offering knowledge itself as their sacrifice: some as one, some as separate, and some in many forms, as the one whose face is turned everywhere.",
      "hindi": "कुछ और लोग ज्ञान का यज्ञ करके मेरी उपासना करते हैं — कोई मुझे एक मानकर, कोई पृथक् मानकर, और कोई अनेक रूपों में, उस विश्वतोमुख के रूप में।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "yajna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-15"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.16",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 16,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाहमहमौषधम् ।\nमन्त्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम् ॥",
      "iast": "ahaṁ kraturahaṁ yajñaḥ svadhāhamahamauṣadham / mantro’hamahamevājyamahamagnirahaṁ hutam",
      "english": "I am the rite and I am the sacrifice. I am the food offered to the ancestors and the healing herb. I am the mantra, the clarified butter, the fire, and the offering itself.",
      "hindi": "मैं यज्ञ का विधान हूँ और मैं ही यज्ञ हूँ। मैं पितरों को दिया जाने वाला अन्न हूँ और औषधि भी। मैं मन्त्र हूँ, घृत हूँ, अग्नि हूँ, और आहुति भी मैं ही हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "yajna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-16"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.17",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 17,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "पिताहमस्य जगतो माता धाता पितामहः ।\nवेद्यं पवित्रमोङ्कार ऋक्साम यजुरेव च ॥",
      "iast": "pitāhamasya jagato mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥ / vedyaṁ pavitramoṅkāra ṛksāma yajureva ca",
      "english": "I am the father of this world, and the mother, the one who holds it up, and the grandfather. I am what is to be known, the purifier, the syllable Om, and the Rig, the Sama and the Yajur.",
      "hindi": "मैं इस जगत् का पिता हूँ, माता भी, धारण करने वाला और पितामह भी। मैं जानने योग्य तत्त्व हूँ, पवित्र करने वाला हूँ, ओंकार हूँ, और ऋक्, साम तथा यजुः भी मैं ही हूँ।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-17"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.18",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 18,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत् ।\nप्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम् ॥",
      "iast": "gatirbhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṁ suhṛt / prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ sthānaṁ nidhānaṁ bījamavyayam",
      "english": "I am the goal, the support, the master, the witness, the dwelling, the refuge, the friend. I am the rising and the dissolving, the ground, the resting place, the imperishable seed.",
      "hindi": "मैं गति हूँ, भरण करने वाला, स्वामी, साक्षी, निवास, शरण और सुहृद हूँ। मैं उत्पत्ति हूँ और प्रलय भी, आधार हूँ, निधान हूँ और अविनाशी बीज हूँ।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-18"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.19",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 19,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च ।\nअमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन ॥",
      "iast": "tapāmyahamahaṁ varṣaṁ nigṛhṇāmyutsṛjāmi ca / amṛtaṁ caiva mṛtyuśca sadasaccāhamarjuna",
      "english": "I give the heat, and I hold the rain back and send it down. I am deathlessness and I am death; I am what is and what is not, Arjuna.",
      "hindi": "मैं ही ताप देता हूँ, वर्षा को रोकता हूँ और बरसाता भी हूँ। मैं अमृत हूँ और मृत्यु भी; हे अर्जुन, मैं ही सत् हूँ और असत् भी।",
      "terms": [
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-19"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.20",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 20,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "त्रैविद्या मां सोमपाः पूतपापा\nयज्ञैरिष्ट्वा स्वर्गतिं प्रार्थयन्ते ।\nते पुण्यमासाद्य सुरेन्द्रलोक-\nमश्नन्ति दिव्यान्दिवि देवभोगान् ॥",
      "iast": "traividyā māṁ somapāḥ pūtapāpā / yajñairiṣṭvā svargatiṁ prārthayante / te puṇyamāsādya surendraloka- / maśnanti divyāndivi devabhogān",
      "english": "Knowers of the three Vedas, drinkers of soma, washed clean of wrong, worship me through sacrifice and ask for heaven. Reaching the world of Indra, they enjoy the pleasures of the gods.",
      "hindi": "तीनों वेदों के ज्ञाता, सोमपान करने वाले और पापों से शुद्ध हुए लोग यज्ञों से मेरी पूजा करके स्वर्ग माँगते हैं। पुण्य के बल पर इन्द्रलोक पाकर वे वहाँ दिव्य भोग भोगते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "yajna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-20"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.21",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 21,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालं\nक्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति ।\nएवं त्रयीधर्ममनुप्रपन्ना\nगतागतं कामकामा लभन्ते ॥",
      "iast": "te taṁ bhuktvā svargalokaṁ viśālaṁ / kṣīṇe puṇye martyalokaṁ viśanti / evaṁ trayīdharmamanuprapannā / gatāgataṁ kāmakāmā labhante",
      "english": "Having enjoyed that vast heaven, they enter the world of mortals again when their merit runs out. So those who follow the ritual of the three Vedas, wanting what they want, keep coming and going.",
      "hindi": "उस विशाल स्वर्ग का भोग कर लेने के बाद, पुण्य समाप्त होते ही वे मृत्युलोक में लौट आते हैं। इस प्रकार तीनों वेदों के कर्मकाण्ड का अनुसरण करने वाले, कामनाओं के पीछे चलते हुए, आते जाते रहते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma",
        "kama"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-21"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.22",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 22,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते ।\nतेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् ॥",
      "iast": "ananyāścintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate / teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yogakṣemaṁ vahāmyaham",
      "english": "For those who think of me and of no one else, who wait on me in worship, always steady in that union, I carry what they lack and guard what they hold.",
      "hindi": "जो लोग अनन्य भाव से मेरा चिन्तन करते हैं और मेरी उपासना करते हैं, उन नित्य जुड़े हुए भक्तों का योग और क्षेम मैं स्वयं वहन करता हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-22"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.23",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 23,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "येऽप्यन्यदेवता भक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः ।\nतेऽपि मामेव कौन्तेय यजन्त्यविधिपूर्वकम् ॥",
      "iast": "ye’pyanyadevatā bhaktā yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ / te’pi māmeva kaunteya yajantyavidhipūrvakam",
      "english": "Even those who are devoted to other gods and worship them with faith are in fact worshipping me, Kaunteya, though not in the way that is laid down.",
      "hindi": "हे कौन्तेय, जो भक्त अन्य देवताओं को श्रद्धा से पूजते हैं, वे भी वास्तव में मुझे ही पूजते हैं, यद्यपि विधिपूर्वक नहीं।",
      "terms": [
        "bhakti",
        "shraddha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-23"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.24",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 24,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च ।\nन तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते ॥",
      "iast": "ahaṁ hi sarvayajñānāṁ bhoktā ca prabhureva ca / na tu māmabhijānanti tattvenātaścyavanti te",
      "english": "I am the one who receives every sacrifice, and I am its master as well. But they do not know me as I really am, and so they slip back.",
      "hindi": "सब यज्ञों का भोक्ता और स्वामी मैं ही हूँ। पर वे मुझे तत्त्व से नहीं जानते, इसीलिए वे नीचे गिर जाते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "yajna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-24"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.25",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 25,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यान्ति देवव्रता देवान्पितॄन्यान्ति पितृव्रताः ।\nभूतानि यान्ति भूतेज्या यान्ति मद्याजिनोऽपि माम् ॥",
      "iast": "yānti devavratā devānpitṝnyānti pitṛvratāḥ / bhūtāni yānti bhūtejyā yānti madyājino’pi mām",
      "english": "Those who are vowed to the gods go to the gods, and those vowed to the ancestors go to the ancestors. Those who worship spirits go to them, and those who worship me come to me.",
      "hindi": "देवताओं के व्रती देवताओं के पास जाते हैं, और पितरों के व्रती पितरों के पास। भूतों को पूजने वाले भूतों के पास जाते हैं, और मेरी पूजा करने वाले मेरे पास आते हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-25"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.26",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 26,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति ।\nतदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः ॥",
      "iast": "patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati / tadahaṁ bhaktyupahṛtamaśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ",
      "english": "A leaf, a flower, a fruit, water — whoever offers me this with devotion, I accept what is brought, offered in love by someone whose heart is clean.",
      "hindi": "पत्ता, फूल, फल या जल — जो कोई भी मुझे भक्ति से अर्पित करता है, उस शुद्ध हृदय वाले का प्रेम से लाया हुआ वह अर्पण मैं स्वीकार करता हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "bhakti",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-26"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.27",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 27,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत् ।\nयत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम् ॥",
      "iast": "yatkaroṣi yadaśnāsi yajjuhoṣi dadāsi yat / yattapasyasi kaunteya tatkuruṣva madarpaṇam",
      "english": "Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in the fire, whatever you give away, whatever discipline you take on — do it, Kaunteya, as an offering to me.",
      "hindi": "तुम जो भी करते हो, जो खाते हो, जो हवन करते हो, जो दान देते हो और जो तप करते हो — हे कौन्तेय, वह सब मुझे अर्पित करके करो।",
      "terms": [
        "tapas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-27"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.28",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 28,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "शुभाशुभफलैरेवं मोक्ष्यसे कर्मबन्धनैः ।\nसंन्यासयोगयुक्तात्मा विमुक्तो मामुपैष्यसि ॥",
      "iast": "śubhāśubhaphalairevaṁ mokṣyase karmabandhanaiḥ / saṁnyāsayogayuktātmā vimukto māmupaiṣyasi",
      "english": "In this way you will be freed from the bonds of action, with their good results and their bad. Settled in the yoga of renunciation, released, you will come to me.",
      "hindi": "इस प्रकार तुम कर्म के बन्धनों से मुक्त हो जाओगे, जो शुभ और अशुभ दोनों फल देते हैं। संन्यास योग में स्थित होकर, मुक्त होकर, तुम मुझे प्राप्त करोगे।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yoga",
        "atman",
        "moksha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-28"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.29",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 29,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "समोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रियः ।\nये भजन्ति तु मां भक्त्या मयि ते तेषु चाप्यहम् ॥",
      "iast": "samo’haṁ sarvabhūteṣu na me dveṣyo’sti na priyaḥ / ye bhajanti tu māṁ bhaktyā mayi te teṣu cāpyaham",
      "english": "I am the same towards all beings; no one is hateful to me and no one is favoured. But those who worship me with devotion are in me, and I am in them.",
      "hindi": "मैं सब प्राणियों के प्रति समान हूँ; न कोई मुझे अप्रिय है, न कोई प्रिय। पर जो भक्ति से मुझे भजते हैं, वे मुझमें हैं और मैं भी उनमें हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "bhakti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-29"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.30",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 30,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अपि चेत्सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक् ।\nसाधुरेव स मन्तव्यः सम्यग्व्यवसितो हि सः ॥",
      "iast": "api cetsudurācāro bhajate māmananyabhāk / sādhureva sa mantavyaḥ samyagvyavasito hi saḥ",
      "english": "Even if someone whose conduct has been very bad worships me with undivided devotion, he is to be counted among the good, for his resolve is the right one.",
      "hindi": "यदि कोई अत्यन्त बुरा आचरण करने वाला भी अनन्य भाव से मुझे भजता है, तो उसे साधु ही मानना चाहिए, क्योंकि उसका निश्चय ठीक है।",
      "terms": [
        "bhakti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-30"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.31",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 31,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "क्षिप्रं भवति धर्मात्मा शश्वच्छान्तिं निगच्छति ।\nकौन्तेय प्रतिजानीहि न मे भक्तः प्रणश्यति ॥",
      "iast": "kṣipraṁ bhavati dharmātmā śaśvacchāntiṁ nigacchati / kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati",
      "english": "He soon becomes a person of dharma and reaches a peace that lasts. Know this for certain, Kaunteya: no devotee of mine is ever lost.",
      "hindi": "वह शीघ्र ही धर्मात्मा बन जाता है और स्थायी शान्ति पाता है। हे कौन्तेय, यह निश्चय जान लो — मेरा भक्त कभी नष्ट नहीं होता।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma",
        "bhakti",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-31"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.32",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 32,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मां हि पार्थ व्यपाश्रित्य येऽपि स्युः पापयोनयः ।\nस्त्रियो वैश्यास्तथा शूद्रास्तेऽपि यान्ति परां गतिम् ॥",
      "iast": "māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśritya ye’pi syuḥ pāpayonayaḥ / striyo vaiśyāstathā śūdrāste’pi yānti parāṁ gatim",
      "english": "Partha, all who take refuge in me reach the highest goal — even those born into circumstances the world counts as low, and women, merchants and labourers alike.",
      "hindi": "हे पार्थ, जो भी मेरा आश्रय लेते हैं वे परम गति पाते हैं — वे भी, जो नीच मानी जाने वाली योनि में जन्मे हों, और स्त्रियाँ, वैश्य तथा शूद्र भी।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-32"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.33",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 33,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "किं पुनर्ब्राह्मणाः पुण्या भक्ता राजर्षयस्तथा ।\nअनित्यमसुखं लोकमिमं प्राप्य भजस्व माम् ॥",
      "iast": "kiṁ punarbrāhmaṇāḥ puṇyā bhaktā rājarṣayastathā / anityamasukhaṁ lokamimaṁ prāpya bhajasva mām",
      "english": "How much more, then, the holy brahmins and the royal sages who are devoted to me. Having come into this passing world, where happiness does not hold, worship me.",
      "hindi": "फिर पवित्र ब्राह्मणों और भक्त राजर्षियों की तो बात ही क्या। इस अनित्य और सुखरहित लोक में आकर तुम मेरा भजन करो।",
      "terms": [
        "bhakti",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-33"
    },
    {
      "ref": "9.34",
      "chapter": 9,
      "verse": 34,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु ।\nमामेवैष्यसि युक्त्वैवमात्मानं मत्परायणः ॥",
      "iast": "manmanā bhava madbhakto madyājī māṁ namaskuru / māmevaiṣyasi yuktvaivamātmānaṁ matparāyaṇaḥ",
      "english": "Fix your mind on me, be devoted to me, make your offerings to me, bow to me. Joining yourself in this way, with me as your highest aim, you will come to me.",
      "hindi": "अपना मन मुझमें लगाओ, मेरे भक्त बनो, मुझे अर्पित करो, मुझे प्रणाम करो। इस प्रकार स्वयं को जोड़कर, मुझे ही परम लक्ष्य बनाकर, तुम मुझे ही प्राप्त करोगे।",
      "terms": [
        "bhakti",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/9#bg-9-34"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.1",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 1,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "भूय एव महाबाहो शृणु मे परमं वचः ।\nयत्तेऽहं प्रीयमाणाय वक्ष्यामि हितकाम्यया ॥",
      "iast": "bhūya eva mahābāho śṛṇu me paramaṁ vacaḥ / yatte’haṁ prīyamāṇāya vakṣyāmi hitakāmyayā",
      "english": "Hear again, mighty-armed one, my supreme word, which I speak to you because you are dear to me and because I want what is good for you.",
      "hindi": "हे महाबाहु, फिर से मेरा परम वचन सुनो, जिसे मैं तुम्हें इसलिए कहता हूँ कि तुम मुझे प्रिय हो और मैं तुम्हारा हित चाहता हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "kama"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-1"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.2",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 2,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "न मे विदुः सुरगणाः प्रभवं न महर्षयः ।\nअहमादिर्हि देवानां महर्षीणां च सर्वशः ॥",
      "iast": "na me viduḥ suragaṇāḥ prabhavaṁ na maharṣayaḥ / ahamādirhi devānāṁ maharṣīṇāṁ ca sarvaśaḥ",
      "english": "Neither the hosts of the gods nor the great sages know my origin, for I am in every way the source of the gods and of the great sages themselves.",
      "hindi": "न देवताओं के समूह मेरे प्रभव को जानते हैं और न महर्षि, क्योंकि मैं ही हर प्रकार से देवताओं और महर्षियों का आदि कारण हूँ।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-2"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.3",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 3,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यो मामजमनादिं च वेत्ति लोकमहेश्वरम् ।\nअसम्मूढः स मर्त्येषु सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥",
      "iast": "yo māmajamanādiṁ ca vetti lokamaheśvaram / asammūḍhaḥ sa martyeṣu sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate",
      "english": "Whoever knows me as unborn, without beginning, and the great lord of the worlds stands free of delusion among mortals, and is released from all sins.",
      "hindi": "जो मुझे अजन्मा, अनादि और लोकों का महान ईश्वर जानता है, वह मनुष्यों में मोहरहित होता है और सब पापों से मुक्त हो जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "moksha",
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-3"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.4",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 4,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसम्मोहः क्षमा सत्यं दमः शमः ।\nसुखं दुःखं भवोऽभावो भयं चाभयमेव च ॥",
      "iast": "buddhirjñānamasammohaḥ kṣamā satyaṁ damaḥ śamaḥ / sukhaṁ duḥkhaṁ bhavo’bhāvo bhayaṁ cābhayameva ca",
      "english": "Intelligence, knowledge, clarity free of delusion, forbearance, truth, restraint of the senses, calm of mind, pleasure and pain, coming to be and ceasing to be, fear and also fearlessness —",
      "hindi": "बुद्धि, ज्ञान, मोह का न होना, क्षमा, सत्य, इंद्रियों का संयम, मन की शांति, सुख और दुःख, उत्पत्ति और विनाश, भय और अभय भी —",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "moha",
        "bhaya",
        "duhkha",
        "sukha",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-4"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.5",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 5,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अहिंसा समता तुष्टिस्तपो दानं यशोऽयशः ।\nभवन्ति भावा भूतानां मत्त एव पृथग्विधाः ॥",
      "iast": "ahiṁsā samatā tuṣṭistapo dānaṁ yaśo’yaśaḥ / bhavanti bhāvā bhūtānāṁ matta eva pṛthagvidhāḥ",
      "english": "Non-violence, evenness of mind, contentment, austerity, giving, fame and disgrace: these many different states of living beings arise from me alone.",
      "hindi": "अहिंसा, समता, संतोष, तप, दान, यश और अपयश — प्राणियों के ये अलग-अलग भाव मुझसे ही उत्पन्न होते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "tapas",
        "dana",
        "daya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-5"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.6",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 6,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "महर्षयः सप्त पूर्वे चत्वारो मनवस्तथा ।\nमद्भावा मानसा जाता येषां लोक इमाः प्रजाः ॥",
      "iast": "maharṣayaḥ sapta pūrve catvāro manavastathā / madbhāvā mānasā jātā yeṣāṁ loka imāḥ prajāḥ",
      "english": "The seven great sages of old, and the four Manus as well, share my nature and were born of my mind; all the creatures in this world descend from them.",
      "hindi": "प्राचीन सात महर्षि और उसी प्रकार चार मनु मेरे ही भाव वाले हैं और मेरे मन से उत्पन्न हुए; संसार की ये सारी प्रजा उन्हीं से आई है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-6"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.7",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 7,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "एतां विभूतिं योगं च मम यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः ।\nसोऽविकम्पेन योगेन युज्यते नात्र संशयः ॥",
      "iast": "etāṁ vibhūtiṁ yogaṁ ca mama yo vetti tattvataḥ / so’vikampena yogena yujyate nātra saṁśayaḥ",
      "english": "Whoever knows in truth this glory of mine and this power of union becomes joined to me by a yoga that does not waver. Of this there is no doubt.",
      "hindi": "जो मेरी इस विभूति और योग को तत्त्व से जानता है, वह अविचल योग से मुझसे जुड़ जाता है — इसमें कोई संदेह नहीं।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-7"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.8",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 8,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्तः सर्वं प्रवर्तते ।\nइति मत्वा भजन्ते मां बुधा भावसमन्विताः ॥",
      "iast": "ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate / iti matvā bhajante māṁ budhā bhāvasamanvitāḥ",
      "english": "I am the source of everything, and from me the whole world sets out. Understanding this, the wise worship me, and their worship is filled with feeling.",
      "hindi": "मैं ही सबका उद्गम हूँ, मुझसे ही सब कुछ प्रवृत्त होता है। यह जानकर बुद्धिमान लोग श्रद्धा से भरकर मेरा भजन करते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "bhakti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-8"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.9",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 9,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मच्चित्ता मद्गतप्राणा बोधयन्तः परस्परम् ।\nकथयन्तश्च मां नित्यं तुष्यन्ति च रमन्ति च ॥",
      "iast": "maccittā madgataprāṇā bodhayantaḥ parasparam / kathayantaśca māṁ nityaṁ tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca",
      "english": "With their thoughts fixed on me and their lives given over to me, they enlighten one another and speak of me constantly, and in this they find contentment and delight.",
      "hindi": "उनका चित्त मुझमें लगा रहता है और प्राण मुझे अर्पित; वे एक-दूसरे को समझाते और निरंतर मेरी चर्चा करते हैं, और इसी में संतोष तथा आनंद पाते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-9"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.10",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 10,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तेषां सततयुक्तानां भजतां प्रीतिपूर्वकम् ।\nददामि बुद्धियोगं तं येन मामुपयान्ति ते ॥",
      "iast": "teṣāṁ satatayuktānāṁ bhajatāṁ prītipūrvakam / dadāmi buddhiyogaṁ taṁ yena māmupayānti te",
      "english": "To those who stay constantly joined to me and worship me with love, I give that yoga of understanding by which they come to me.",
      "hindi": "जो निरंतर मुझसे जुड़े रहकर प्रेमपूर्वक मेरा भजन करते हैं, उन्हें मैं वह बुद्धियोग देता हूँ जिससे वे मुझ तक पहुँचते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "bhakti",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-10"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.11",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 11,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तेषामेवानुकम्पार्थमहमज्ञानजं तमः ।\nनाशयाम्यात्मभावस्थो ज्ञानदीपेन भास्वता ॥",
      "iast": "teṣāmevānukampārthamahamajñānajaṁ tamaḥ / nāśayāmyātmabhāvastho jñānadīpena bhāsvatā",
      "english": "Out of compassion for them alone, I take my place within their own being and destroy the darkness born of ignorance with the shining lamp of knowledge.",
      "hindi": "केवल उन पर कृपा करने के लिए मैं उनके अपने भीतर स्थित होकर ज्ञान के प्रकाशमान दीपक से अज्ञान से उत्पन्न अंधकार को नष्ट कर देता हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-11"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.12",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 12,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान् ।\nपुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम् ॥",
      "iast": "paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān / puruṣaṁ śāśvataṁ divyamādidevamajaṁ vibhum",
      "english": "You are the supreme Brahman, the supreme abode, the supreme purifier. You are the eternal divine Person, the first of the gods, unborn and present everywhere.",
      "hindi": "आप परम ब्रह्म हैं, परम धाम हैं, परम पवित्र हैं; आप शाश्वत दिव्य पुरुष, आदिदेव, अजन्मा और सर्वव्यापी हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "brahman",
        "purusha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-12"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.13",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 13,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "आहुस्त्वामृषयः सर्वे देवर्षिर्नारदस्तथा ।\nअसितो देवलो व्यासः स्वयं चैव ब्रवीषि मे ॥",
      "iast": "āhustvāmṛṣayaḥ sarve devarṣirnāradastathā / asito devalo vyāsaḥ svayaṁ caiva bravīṣi me",
      "english": "All the sages say this of you — Narada the sage of the gods, and Asita, Devala and Vyasa as well — and now you yourself are telling me the same.",
      "hindi": "आपके विषय में सभी ऋषि यही कहते हैं — देवर्षि नारद, तथा असित, देवल और व्यास भी — और अब स्वयं आप मुझसे यही कह रहे हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-13"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.14",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 14,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "सर्वमेतदृतं मन्ये यन्मां वदसि केशव ।\nन हि ते भगवन्व्यक्तिं विदुर्देवा न दानवाः ॥",
      "iast": "sarvametadṛtaṁ manye yanmāṁ vadasi keśava / na hi te bhagavanvyaktiṁ vidurdevā na dānavāḥ",
      "english": "I hold everything you tell me to be true, Keshava. Neither the gods nor the danavas know how you become manifest, Bhagavan.",
      "hindi": "हे केशव, आप मुझसे जो कुछ कहते हैं, उस सबको मैं सत्य मानता हूँ। हे भगवन्, आपके प्रकट रूप को न देवता जानते हैं और न दानव।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-14"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.15",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 15,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "स्वयमेवात्मनात्मानं वेत्थ त्वं पुरुषोत्तम ।\nभूतभावन भूतेश देवदेव जगत्पते ॥",
      "iast": "svayamevātmanātmānaṁ vettha tvaṁ puruṣottama / bhūtabhāvana bhūteśa devadeva jagatpate",
      "english": "You alone know yourself, by yourself, Purushottama. You who bring beings into being, lord of beings, god of gods, master of the world.",
      "hindi": "हे पुरुषोत्तम, आप स्वयं ही अपने द्वारा अपने को जानते हैं। हे भूतभावन, हे भूतेश, हे देवों के देव, हे जगत्पति।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "purusha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-15"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.16",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 16,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "वक्तुमर्हस्यशेषेण दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः ।\nयाभिर्विभूतिभिर्लोकानिमांस्त्वं व्याप्य तिष्ठसि ॥",
      "iast": "vaktumarhasyaśeṣeṇa divyā hyātmavibhūtayaḥ / yābhirvibhūtibhirlokānimāṁstvaṁ vyāpya tiṣṭhasi",
      "english": "You alone are able to speak fully of your own divine glories, the very glories by which you pervade these worlds and remain standing within them.",
      "hindi": "अपनी उन दिव्य विभूतियों को पूरी तरह कहने में आप ही समर्थ हैं, जिन विभूतियों से आप इन लोकों में व्याप्त होकर स्थित हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-16"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.17",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 17,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन् ।\nकेषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन्मया ॥",
      "iast": "kathaṁ vidyāmahaṁ yogiṁstvāṁ sadā paricintayan / keṣu keṣu ca bhāveṣu cintyo’si bhagavanmayā",
      "english": "How am I to know you, master of yoga, by meditating on you constantly? In which forms and in which aspects, Bhagavan, should I hold you in thought?",
      "hindi": "हे योगिन्, निरंतर चिंतन करते हुए मैं आपको कैसे जानूँ? हे भगवन्, किन-किन भावों में मुझे आपका ध्यान करना चाहिए?",
      "terms": [
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-17"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.18",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 18,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "विस्तरेणात्मनो योगं विभूतिं च जनार्दन ।\nभूयः कथय तृप्तिर्हि शृण्वतो नास्ति मेऽमृतम् ॥",
      "iast": "vistareṇātmano yogaṁ vibhūtiṁ ca janārdana / bhūyaḥ kathaya tṛptirhi śṛṇvato nāsti me’mṛtam",
      "english": "Tell me again, Janardana, and in full detail, of your power and your glory. I never have my fill of listening, for your words are nectar to me.",
      "hindi": "हे जनार्दन, अपने योग और विभूति को विस्तार से फिर कहिए। सुनते हुए मेरी तृप्ति ही नहीं होती, आपके ये वचन मेरे लिए अमृत हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-18"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.19",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 19,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि दिव्या ह्यात्मविभूतयः ।\nप्राधान्यतः कुरुश्रेष्ठ नास्त्यन्तो विस्तरस्य मे ॥",
      "iast": "hanta te kathayiṣyāmi divyā hyātmavibhūtayaḥ / prādhānyataḥ kuruśreṣṭha nāstyanto vistarasya me",
      "english": "Very well, I will tell you of my divine glories, but only the principal ones, best of the Kurus, because there is no end to the extent of them.",
      "hindi": "अच्छा, हे कुरुश्रेष्ठ, मैं तुम्हें अपनी दिव्य विभूतियाँ बताऊँगा, पर केवल मुख्य-मुख्य, क्योंकि मेरे विस्तार का कोई अंत नहीं है।",
      "terms": [
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-19"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.20",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 20,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः ।\nअहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च ॥",
      "iast": "ahamātmā guḍākeśa sarvabhūtāśayasthitaḥ / ahamādiśca madhyaṁ ca bhūtānāmanta eva ca",
      "english": "I am the self, Gudakesha, seated in the heart of every being. I am the beginning of all beings, their middle, and their end as well.",
      "hindi": "हे गुडाकेश, मैं सब प्राणियों के हृदय में स्थित आत्मा हूँ। मैं ही सब भूतों का आदि हूँ, मध्य हूँ और अंत भी हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-20"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.21",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 21,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "आदित्यानामहं विष्णुर्ज्योतिषां रविरंशुमान् ।\nमरीचिर्मरुतामस्मि नक्षत्राणामहं शशी ॥",
      "iast": "ādityānāmahaṁ viṣṇurjyotiṣāṁ raviraṁśumān / marīcirmarutāmasmi nakṣatrāṇāmahaṁ śaśī",
      "english": "Of the Adityas I am Vishnu; of lights, the sun with its rays. Of the Maruts I am Marichi, and among the stars I am the moon.",
      "hindi": "आदित्यों में मैं विष्णु हूँ, ज्योतियों में किरणों वाला सूर्य। मरुतों में मैं मरीचि हूँ और नक्षत्रों में चंद्रमा।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-21"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.22",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 22,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "वेदानां सामवेदोऽस्मि देवानामस्मि वासवः ।\nइन्द्रियाणां मनश्चास्मि भूतानामस्मि चेतना ॥",
      "iast": "vedānāṁ sāmavedo’smi devānāmasmi vāsavaḥ / indriyāṇāṁ manaścāsmi bhūtānāmasmi cetanā",
      "english": "Of the Vedas I am the Sama Veda; of the gods, Indra. Of the senses I am the mind, and in living beings I am consciousness.",
      "hindi": "वेदों में मैं सामवेद हूँ, देवताओं में इंद्र। इंद्रियों में मैं मन हूँ और प्राणियों में चेतना हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "indriya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-22"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.23",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 23,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "रुद्राणां शङ्करश्चास्मि वित्तेशो यक्षरक्षसाम् ।\nवसूनां पावकश्चास्मि मेरुः शिखरिणामहम् ॥",
      "iast": "rudrāṇāṁ śaṅkaraścāsmi vitteśo yakṣarakṣasām / vasūnāṁ pāvakaścāsmi meruḥ śikhariṇāmaham",
      "english": "Of the Rudras I am Shankara; of the Yakshas and Rakshasas, Kubera the lord of wealth. Of the Vasus I am fire, and of peaks I am Meru.",
      "hindi": "रुद्रों में मैं शंकर हूँ, यक्षों और राक्षसों में धन के स्वामी कुबेर। वसुओं में मैं अग्नि हूँ और शिखरों में मेरु।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-23"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.24",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 24,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "पुरोधसां च मुख्यं मां विद्धि पार्थ बृहस्पतिम् ।\nसेनानीनामहं स्कन्दः सरसामस्मि सागरः ॥",
      "iast": "purodhasāṁ ca mukhyaṁ māṁ viddhi pārtha bṛhaspatim / senānīnāmahaṁ skandaḥ sarasāmasmi sāgaraḥ",
      "english": "Of household priests know me, Partha, as their chief, Brihaspati. Of army commanders I am Skanda, and of bodies of water I am the ocean.",
      "hindi": "हे पार्थ, पुरोहितों में मुझे उनका प्रमुख बृहस्पति जानो। सेनापतियों में मैं स्कंद हूँ और जलाशयों में समुद्र।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-24"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.25",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 25,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "महर्षीणां भृगुरहं गिरामस्म्येकमक्षरम् ।\nयज्ञानां जपयज्ञोऽस्मि स्थावराणां हिमालयः ॥",
      "iast": "maharṣīṇāṁ bhṛgurahaṁ girāmasmyekamakṣaram / yajñānāṁ japayajño’smi sthāvarāṇāṁ himālayaḥ",
      "english": "Of the great sages I am Bhrigu; of words, the single syllable Om. Of sacrifices I am the sacrifice of repetition, and of things that do not move, the Himalaya.",
      "hindi": "महर्षियों में मैं भृगु हूँ, वाणी में एक अक्षर ओंकार। यज्ञों में मैं जपयज्ञ हूँ और स्थिर रहने वालों में हिमालय।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "yajna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-25"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.26",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 26,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अश्वत्थः सर्ववृक्षाणां देवर्षीणां च नारदः ।\nगन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथः सिद्धानां कपिलो मुनिः ॥",
      "iast": "aśvatthaḥ sarvavṛkṣāṇāṁ devarṣīṇāṁ ca nāradaḥ / gandharvāṇāṁ citrarathaḥ siddhānāṁ kapilo muniḥ",
      "english": "Of all trees I am the ashvattha; of the divine sages, Narada. Of the Gandharvas I am Chitraratha, and among the perfected ones, the sage Kapila.",
      "hindi": "सब वृक्षों में मैं अश्वत्थ हूँ, देवर्षियों में नारद। गंधर्वों में मैं चित्ररथ हूँ और सिद्धों में कपिल मुनि।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-26"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.27",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 27,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "उच्चैःश्रवसमश्वानां विद्धि माममृतोद्भवम् ।\nऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणां नराणां च नराधिपम् ॥",
      "iast": "uccaiḥśravasamaśvānāṁ viddhi māmamṛtodbhavam / airāvataṁ gajendrāṇāṁ narāṇāṁ ca narādhipam",
      "english": "Of horses know me as Uchchaihshravas, who rose from the nectar; of lordly elephants, Airavata; and among men I am the ruler of men.",
      "hindi": "घोड़ों में मुझे अमृत से उत्पन्न उच्चैःश्रवा जानो, श्रेष्ठ हाथियों में ऐरावत, और मनुष्यों में राजा।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-27"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.28",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 28,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "आयुधानामहं वज्रं धेनूनामस्मि कामधुक् ।\nप्रजनश्चास्मि कन्दर्पः सर्पाणामस्मि वासुकिः ॥",
      "iast": "āyudhānāmahaṁ vajraṁ dhenūnāmasmi kāmadhuk / prajanaścāsmi kandarpaḥ sarpāṇāmasmi vāsukiḥ",
      "english": "Of weapons I am the thunderbolt; of cows, Kamadhuk who yields every wish. I am Kandarpa, who brings offspring into being, and of serpents I am Vasuki.",
      "hindi": "शस्त्रों में मैं वज्र हूँ, गायों में सब इच्छाएँ पूरी करने वाली कामधेनु। संतान उत्पन्न करने वाला कंदर्प मैं हूँ, और सर्पों में वासुकि।",
      "terms": [
        "kama"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-28"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.29",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 29,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अनन्तश्चास्मि नागानां वरुणो यादसामहम् ।\nपितॄणामर्यमा चास्मि यमः संयमतामहम् ॥",
      "iast": "anantaścāsmi nāgānāṁ varuṇo yādasāmaham / pitṝṇāmaryamā cāsmi yamaḥ saṁyamatāmaham",
      "english": "Of the Nagas I am Ananta; of the creatures of the water, Varuna. Of the ancestors I am Aryaman, and of those who keep order I am Yama.",
      "hindi": "नागों में मैं अनंत हूँ, जलचरों में वरुण। पितरों में मैं अर्यमा हूँ और संयम रखने वालों में यम।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-29"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.30",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 30,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "प्रह्लादश्चास्मि दैत्यानां कालः कलयतामहम् ।\nमृगाणां च मृगेन्द्रोऽहं वैनतेयश्च पक्षिणाम् ॥",
      "iast": "prahlādaścāsmi daityānāṁ kālaḥ kalayatāmaham / mṛgāṇāṁ ca mṛgendro’haṁ vainateyaśca pakṣiṇām",
      "english": "Of the Daityas I am Prahlada; of those who reckon, time itself. Of beasts I am the lion, and of birds I am Garuda, the son of Vinata.",
      "hindi": "दैत्यों में मैं प्रह्लाद हूँ, गणना करने वालों में स्वयं काल। पशुओं में मैं सिंह हूँ और पक्षियों में विनता-पुत्र गरुड़।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-30"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.31",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 31,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "पवनः पवतामस्मि रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम् ।\nझषाणां मकरश्चास्मि स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी ॥",
      "iast": "pavanaḥ pavatāmasmi rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāmaham / jhaṣāṇāṁ makaraścāsmi srotasāmasmi jāhnavī",
      "english": "Of things that purify I am the wind; of those who bear weapons, Rama. Of fishes I am the makara, and of flowing rivers I am Jahnavi, the Ganga.",
      "hindi": "पवित्र करने वालों में मैं वायु हूँ, शस्त्रधारियों में राम। मछलियों में मैं मकर हूँ और बहती नदियों में जाह्नवी गंगा।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-31"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.32",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 32,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सर्गाणामादिरन्तश्च मध्यं चैवाहमर्जुन ।\nअध्यात्मविद्या विद्यानां वादः प्रवदतामहम् ॥",
      "iast": "sargāṇāmādirantaśca madhyaṁ caivāhamarjuna / adhyātmavidyā vidyānāṁ vādaḥ pravadatāmaham",
      "english": "Of all creations I am the beginning, the end and the middle too, Arjuna. Of the branches of learning I am the knowledge of the self, and of those who dispute, the reasoned argument.",
      "hindi": "हे अर्जुन, सृष्टियों का आदि, अंत और मध्य भी मैं ही हूँ। विद्याओं में मैं अध्यात्मविद्या हूँ और वाद-विवाद करने वालों में वाद।",
      "terms": [
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-32"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.33",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 33,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अक्षराणामकारोऽस्मि द्वन्द्वः सामासिकस्य च ।\nअहमेवाक्षयः कालो धाताहं विश्वतोमुखः ॥",
      "iast": "akṣarāṇāmakāro’smi dvandvaḥ sāmāsikasya ca / ahamevākṣayaḥ kālo dhātāhaṁ viśvatomukhaḥ",
      "english": "Of letters I am the letter A; of compound words, the dvandva. I alone am time that never runs out, and I am the ordainer whose faces turn every way.",
      "hindi": "अक्षरों में मैं अकार हूँ, समासों में द्वंद्व। मैं ही अक्षय काल हूँ और सब ओर मुख वाला विधाता भी मैं हूँ।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-33"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.34",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 34,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मृत्युः सर्वहरश्चाहमुद्भवश्च भविष्यताम् ।\nकीर्तिः श्रीर्वाक्च नारीणां स्मृतिर्मेधा धृतिः क्षमा ॥",
      "iast": "mṛtyuḥ sarvaharaścāhamudbhavaśca bhaviṣyatām / kīrtiḥ śrīrvākca nārīṇāṁ smṛtirmedhā dhṛtiḥ kṣamā",
      "english": "I am death, who carries all away, and I am the coming into being of all that is yet to be. Among the feminine powers I am fame, fortune, speech, memory, insight, firmness and patience.",
      "hindi": "मैं सबको हर ले जाने वाली मृत्यु हूँ और आगे होने वालों की उत्पत्ति भी। स्त्रीरूप शक्तियों में मैं कीर्ति, श्री, वाणी, स्मृति, मेधा, धृति और क्षमा हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-34"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.35",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 35,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "बृहत्साम तथा साम्नां गायत्री छन्दसामहम् ।\nमासानां मार्गशीर्षोऽहमृतूनां कुसुमाकरः ॥",
      "iast": "bṛhatsāma tathā sāmnāṁ gāyatrī chandasāmaham / māsānāṁ mārgaśīrṣo’hamṛtūnāṁ kusumākaraḥ",
      "english": "Of the Sama chants I am the Brihat-saman; of metres, the Gayatri. Of the months I am Margashirsha, and of the seasons I am the flowering spring.",
      "hindi": "सामों में मैं बृहत्साम हूँ, छंदों में गायत्री। महीनों में मैं मार्गशीर्ष हूँ और ऋतुओं में फूलों वाला वसंत।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-35"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.36",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 36,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "द्यूतं छलयतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम् ।\nजयोऽस्मि व्यवसायोऽस्मि सत्त्वं सत्त्ववतामहम् ॥",
      "iast": "dyūtaṁ chalayatāmasmi tejastejasvināmaham / jayo’smi vyavasāyo’smi sattvaṁ sattvavatāmaham",
      "english": "Of the ways of deceivers I am the game of dice; of the brilliant, their brilliance. I am victory, I am resolve, and I am the goodness of the good.",
      "hindi": "छल करने वालों में मैं जुआ हूँ, तेजस्वियों का तेज। मैं जय हूँ, मैं व्यवसाय हूँ, और सात्त्विक पुरुषों का सत्त्व भी मैं हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "sattva"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-36"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.37",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 37,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "वृष्णीनां वासुदेवोऽस्मि पाण्डवानां धनञ्जयः ।\nमुनीनामप्यहं व्यासः कवीनामुशना कविः ॥",
      "iast": "vṛṣṇīnāṁ vāsudevo’smi pāṇḍavānāṁ dhanañjayaḥ / munīnāmapyahaṁ vyāsaḥ kavīnāmuśanā kaviḥ",
      "english": "Of the Vrishnis I am Vasudeva; of the Pandavas, Dhananjaya. Of the sages I too am Vyasa, and of the seers I am Ushana the seer.",
      "hindi": "वृष्णियों में मैं वासुदेव हूँ, पांडवों में धनंजय। मुनियों में मैं व्यास हूँ और कवियों में उशना कवि।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-37"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.38",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 38,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "दण्डो दमयतामस्मि नीतिरस्मि जिगीषताम् ।\nमौनं चैवास्मि गुह्यानां ज्ञानं ज्ञानवतामहम् ॥",
      "iast": "daṇḍo damayatāmasmi nītirasmi jigīṣatām / maunaṁ caivāsmi guhyānāṁ jñānaṁ jñānavatāmaham",
      "english": "Of those who restrain I am the rod of authority; of those who seek to win, sound policy. Of things kept secret I am silence, and of the wise I am their wisdom.",
      "hindi": "दमन करने वालों में मैं दंड हूँ, जीतने की इच्छा रखने वालों में नीति। गोपनीय बातों में मैं मौन हूँ और ज्ञानियों का ज्ञान भी मैं हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-38"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.39",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 39,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यच्चापि सर्वभूतानां बीजं तदहमर्जुन ।\nन तदस्ति विना यत्स्यान्मया भूतं चराचरम् ॥",
      "iast": "yaccāpi sarvabhūtānāṁ bījaṁ tadahamarjuna / na tadasti vinā yatsyānmayā bhūtaṁ carācaram",
      "english": "And whatever is the seed of all beings, that too am I, Arjuna. There is nothing that moves or stands still that could exist without me.",
      "hindi": "और हे अर्जुन, जो सब प्राणियों का बीज है, वह भी मैं ही हूँ। चर या अचर ऐसा कुछ नहीं जो मेरे बिना रह सके।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-39"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.40",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 40,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "नान्तोऽस्ति मम दिव्यानां विभूतीनां परन्तप ।\nएष तूद्देशतः प्रोक्तो विभूतेर्विस्तरो मया ॥",
      "iast": "nānto’sti mama divyānāṁ vibhūtīnāṁ parantapa / eṣa tūddeśataḥ prokto vibhūtervistaro mayā",
      "english": "There is no end to my divine glories, Parantapa. What I have said about how far they extend is only an indication, given by way of example.",
      "hindi": "हे परंतप, मेरी दिव्य विभूतियों का कोई अंत नहीं है। उनके विस्तार के विषय में मैंने जो कहा, वह केवल संकेत मात्र है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-40"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.41",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 41,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यद्यद्विभूतिमत्सत्त्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा ।\nतत्तदेवावगच्छ त्वं मम तेजोंऽशसम्भवम् ॥",
      "iast": "yadyadvibhūtimatsattvaṁ śrīmadūrjitameva vā / tattadevāvagaccha tvaṁ mama tejoṁ’śasambhavam",
      "english": "Whatever being holds glory, beauty or strength, understand that it has arisen from no more than a fragment of my own splendour.",
      "hindi": "जिस किसी प्राणी में विभूति, श्री या शक्ति दिखाई दे, उसे तुम मेरे तेज के एक अंश से उत्पन्न हुआ समझो।",
      "terms": [
        "sattva"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-41"
    },
    {
      "ref": "10.42",
      "chapter": 10,
      "verse": 42,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अथवा बहुनैतेन किं ज्ञातेन तवार्जुन ।\nविष्टभ्याहमिदं कृत्स्नमेकांशेन स्थितो जगत् ॥",
      "iast": "athavā bahunaitena kiṁ jñātena tavārjuna / viṣṭabhyāhamidaṁ kṛtsnamekāṁśena sthito jagat",
      "english": "But what need have you, Arjuna, of knowing all this in such detail? I hold up this entire world with a single fragment of myself, and so I stand.",
      "hindi": "पर हे अर्जुन, इतना विस्तार से जानने की तुम्हें क्या आवश्यकता है? मैं अपने एक ही अंश से इस सारे जगत् को थामकर स्थित हूँ।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/10#bg-10-42"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.1",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 1,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "मदनुग्रहाय परमं गुह्यमध्यात्मसञ्ज्ञितम् ।\nयत्त्वयोक्तं वचस्तेन मोहोऽयं विगतो मम ॥",
      "iast": "madanugrahāya paramaṁ guhyamadhyātmasañjñitam / yattvayoktaṁ vacastena moho’yaṁ vigato mama",
      "english": "Out of kindness to me you have spoken the supreme secret, the word that concerns the self; and with that, this confusion of mine is gone.",
      "hindi": "मुझ पर कृपा करके तुमने वह परम गुप्त बात कही है जो आत्मा से जुड़ी है, और उसी से मेरा यह मोह दूर हो गया है।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-1"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.2",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 2,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "भवाप्ययौ हि भूतानां श्रुतौ विस्तरशो मया ।\nत्वत्तः कमलपत्राक्ष माहात्म्यमपि चाव्ययम् ॥",
      "iast": "bhavāpyayau hi bhūtānāṁ śrutau vistaraśo mayā / tvattaḥ kamalapatrākṣa māhātmyamapi cāvyayam",
      "english": "I have heard from you in full detail how beings come into being and pass away, lotus-eyed one, and I have heard too of your greatness, which never wears away.",
      "hindi": "कमलनयन, प्राणियों की उत्पत्ति और विनाश मैंने तुमसे विस्तार से सुना है, और तुम्हारी वह महिमा भी सुनी है जो कभी क्षीण नहीं होती।",
      "terms": [
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-2"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.3",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 3,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर ।\nद्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम ॥",
      "iast": "evametadyathāttha tvamātmānaṁ parameśvara / draṣṭumicchāmi te rūpamaiśvaraṁ puruṣottama",
      "english": "It is exactly as you describe yourself, supreme Lord. Even so, I want to see with my own eyes that sovereign form of yours, Purushottama.",
      "hindi": "परमेश्वर, जैसा तुम अपने विषय में कहते हो, वैसा ही है। फिर भी पुरुषोत्तम, मैं तुम्हारे उस ऐश्वर्यमय रूप को अपनी आँखों से देखना चाहता हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "purusha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-3"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.4",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 4,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "मन्यसे यदि तच्छक्यं मया द्रष्टुमिति प्रभो ।\nयोगेश्वर ततो मे त्वं दर्शयात्मानमव्ययम् ॥",
      "iast": "manyase yadi tacchakyaṁ mayā draṣṭumiti prabho / yogeśvara tato me tvaṁ darśayātmānamavyayam",
      "english": "If you think that form is something my sight can bear, Lord, then master of yoga, show me your own imperishable self.",
      "hindi": "प्रभु, यदि तुम्हें लगता है कि मैं उसे देख सकता हूँ, तो हे योगेश्वर, मुझे अपना वह अविनाशी स्वरूप दिखा दो।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-4"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.5",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 5,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ।\nनानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च ॥",
      "iast": "paśya me pārtha rūpāṇi śataśo’tha sahasraśaḥ / nānāvidhāni divyāni nānāvarṇākṛtīni ca",
      "english": "Look at my forms, Partha, by the hundred and by the thousand, of many kinds and all of them divine, in many colours and many shapes.",
      "hindi": "पार्थ, मेरे रूपों को देखो — सैकड़ों और हज़ारों, तरह-तरह के और सभी दिव्य, अनेक रंगों और अनेक आकृतियों वाले।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-5"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.6",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 6,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "पश्यादित्यान्वसून्रुद्रानश्विनौ मरुतस्तथा ।\nबहून्यदृष्टपूर्वाणि पश्याश्चर्याणि भारत ॥",
      "iast": "paśyādityānvasūnrudrānaśvinau marutastathā / bahūnyadṛṣṭapūrvāṇi paśyāścaryāṇi bhārata",
      "english": "Look at the Adityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the two Ashvins and the Maruts. Look at the many wonders that no one has ever seen before, Bharata.",
      "hindi": "आदित्यों को देखो, वसुओं को, रुद्रों को, दोनों अश्विनों को और मरुतों को। हे भारत, ऐसे अनेक आश्चर्य देखो जो पहले कभी किसी ने नहीं देखे।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-6"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.7",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 7,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम् ।\nमम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद् द्रष्टुमिच्छसि ॥",
      "iast": "ihaikasthaṁ jagatkṛtsnaṁ paśyādya sacarācaram / mama dehe guḍākeśa yaccānyad draṣṭumicchasi",
      "english": "See the whole world standing here in one place, everything that moves and everything that does not, here in my body, Gudakesha, and whatever else you want to see.",
      "hindi": "गुडाकेश, आज यहीं एक ही जगह पूरा जगत देखो — चर और अचर सब — मेरे इसी शरीर में, और जो कुछ और तुम देखना चाहो वह भी।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-7"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.8",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 8,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "न तु मां शक्यसे द्रष्टुमनेनैव स्वचक्षुषा ।\nदिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षुः पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम् ॥",
      "iast": "na tu māṁ śakyase draṣṭumanenaiva svacakṣuṣā / divyaṁ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ paśya me yogamaiśvaram",
      "english": "But you cannot see me with the eyes you already have. I am giving you divine sight. Now look at the sovereign power by which I hold all this together.",
      "hindi": "पर इन अपनी आँखों से तुम मुझे नहीं देख सकते। मैं तुम्हें दिव्य दृष्टि देता हूँ — अब मेरे उस ऐश्वर्यमय योग को देखो जिससे यह सब टिका है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-8"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.9",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 9,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः ।\nदर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम् ॥",
      "iast": "evamuktvā tato rājanmahāyogeśvaro hariḥ / darśayāmāsa pārthāya paramaṁ rūpamaiśvaram",
      "english": "Having spoken in this way, O king, Hari, the great master of yoga, then showed to Partha that supreme form in which he rules over everything.",
      "hindi": "राजन्, ऐसा कहकर महायोगेश्वर हरि ने पार्थ को अपना वह परम ऐश्वर्यमय रूप दिखाया।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-9"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.10",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 10,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "अनेकवक्त्रनयनमनेकाद्भुतदर्शनम् ।\nअनेकदिव्याभरणं दिव्यानेकोद्यतायुधम् ॥",
      "iast": "anekavaktranayanamanekādbhutadarśanam / anekadivyābharaṇaṁ divyānekodyatāyudham",
      "english": "It had many mouths and many eyes, many astonishing things to look at, many divine ornaments, and many divine weapons raised and ready to strike.",
      "hindi": "उसके अनेक मुख और अनेक आँखें थीं, देखने को अनेक अद्भुत दृश्य थे, अनेक दिव्य आभूषण थे और अनेक दिव्य हथियार उठे हुए थे।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-10"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.11",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 11,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरं दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनम् ।\nसर्वाश्चर्यमयं देवमनन्तं विश्वतोमुखम् ॥",
      "iast": "divyamālyāmbaradharaṁ divyagandhānulepanam / sarvāścaryamayaṁ devamanantaṁ viśvatomukham",
      "english": "He wore divine garlands and divine robes and was smeared with divine fragrances: a god made of every wonder, without limit, with faces turned in every direction.",
      "hindi": "उसने दिव्य मालाएँ और दिव्य वस्त्र धारण किए थे, दिव्य सुगंधों का लेप लगाया था — हर आश्चर्य से भरा, अनंत, हर दिशा में मुख किए हुए वह देव।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-11"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.12",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 12,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता ।\nयदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः ॥",
      "iast": "divi sūryasahasrasya bhavedyugapadutthitā / yadi bhāḥ sadṛśī sā syādbhāsastasya mahātmanaḥ",
      "english": "If a thousand suns were to rise in the sky at the same instant, that blaze might come somewhere close to the light of that great being.",
      "hindi": "यदि आकाश में एक साथ हज़ार सूर्य उदय हो जाएँ, तो उनका प्रकाश शायद उस महान स्वरूप की आभा के कुछ पास पहुँचे।",
      "terms": [
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-12"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.13",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 13,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "तत्रैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं प्रविभक्तमनेकधा ।\nअपश्यद्देवदेवस्य शरीरे पाण्डवस्तदा ॥",
      "iast": "tatraikasthaṁ jagatkṛtsnaṁ pravibhaktamanekadhā / apaśyaddevadevasya śarīre pāṇḍavastadā",
      "english": "There the Pandava saw the whole world standing together in one place, split into its countless parts, inside the body of the god of gods.",
      "hindi": "वहाँ पांडव ने देवों के देव के शरीर में पूरे जगत को एक ही जगह ठहरा हुआ देखा, जो अनेक भागों में बँटा हुआ था।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-13"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.14",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 14,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "ततः स विस्मयाविष्टो हृष्टरोमा धनञ्जयः ।\nप्रणम्य शिरसा देवं कृताञ्जलिरभाषत ॥",
      "iast": "tataḥ sa vismayāviṣṭo hṛṣṭaromā dhanañjayaḥ / praṇamya śirasā devaṁ kṛtāñjalirabhāṣata",
      "english": "Then Dhananjaya, seized by astonishment, the hair on his body standing up, bowed his head to the god, folded his hands, and spoke.",
      "hindi": "तब विस्मय से भरे धनंजय के रोएँ खड़े हो गए; उसने सिर झुकाकर उस देव को प्रणाम किया और हाथ जोड़कर कहा।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-14"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.15",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 15,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "पश्यामि देवांस्तव देव देहे\nसर्वांस्तथा भूतविशेषसङ्घान् ।\nब्रह्माणमीशं कमलासनस्थ\nमृषींश्च सर्वानुरगांश्च दिव्यान् ॥",
      "iast": "paśyāmi devāṁstava deva dehe / sarvāṁstathā bhūtaviśeṣasaṅghān / brahmāṇamīśaṁ kamalāsanastha / mṛṣīṁśca sarvānuragāṁśca divyān",
      "english": "I see the gods in your body, God, and all the different orders of living beings; Brahma the lord seated on his lotus, the sages, and all the divine serpents.",
      "hindi": "देव, मैं तुम्हारे शरीर में सब देवताओं को देख रहा हूँ, और प्राणियों के सभी अलग-अलग समूहों को; कमल पर बैठे ब्रह्मा को, ऋषियों को और सारे दिव्य नागों को।",
      "terms": [
        "brahman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-15"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.16",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 16,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "अनेकबाहूदरवक्त्रनेत्रं\nपश्यामि त्वां सर्वतोऽनन्तरूपम् ।\nनान्तं न मध्यं न पुनस्तवादिं\nपश्यामि विश्वेश्वर विश्वरूप ॥",
      "iast": "anekabāhūdaravaktranetraṁ / paśyāmi tvāṁ sarvato’nantarūpam / nāntaṁ na madhyaṁ na punastavādiṁ / paśyāmi viśveśvara viśvarūpa",
      "english": "I see you with countless arms, bellies, mouths and eyes, endless in form on every side. I see no end in you, no middle, and no beginning either, lord of the universe, universal form.",
      "hindi": "मैं तुम्हें अनेक भुजाओं, पेटों, मुखों और आँखों वाला देख रहा हूँ, हर ओर से अनंत रूप। हे विश्वेश्वर, हे विश्वरूप, मुझे तुम्हारा न अंत दिखता है, न मध्य, न आदि।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-16"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.17",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 17,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रिणं च\nतेजोराशिं सर्वतो दीप्तिमन्तम् ।\nपश्यामि त्वां दुर्निरीक्ष्यं समन्ताद्\nदीप्तानलार्कद्युतिमप्रमेयम् ॥",
      "iast": "kirīṭinaṁ gadinaṁ cakriṇaṁ ca / tejorāśiṁ sarvato dīptimantam / paśyāmi tvāṁ durnirīkṣyaṁ samantād / dīptānalārkadyutimaprameyam",
      "english": "I see you crowned, holding mace and discus, a heaped mass of light blazing on every side, hard to look at from any direction, shining like burning fire and sun, past all measure.",
      "hindi": "मैं तुम्हें मुकुट पहने, गदा और चक्र लिए देख रहा हूँ — तेज का एक ढेर, हर ओर से दहकता हुआ, जिसे किसी भी दिशा से देख पाना कठिन है, जलती आग और सूर्य जैसी कांति वाला, अपरिमेय।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-17"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.18",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 18,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "त्वमक्षरं परमं वेदितव्यं\nत्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम् ।\nत्वमव्ययः शाश्वतधर्मगोप्ता\nसनातनस्त्वं पुरुषो मतो मे ॥",
      "iast": "tvamakṣaraṁ paramaṁ veditavyaṁ / tvamasya viśvasya paraṁ nidhānam / tvamavyayaḥ śāśvatadharmagoptā / sanātanastvaṁ puruṣo mato me",
      "english": "You are the imperishable, the highest thing there is to know. You are the final resting place of all this. You never wear away; you guard the lasting order. I hold you to be the eternal Person.",
      "hindi": "तुम अक्षर हो, जानने योग्य सर्वोच्च तत्व। तुम इस सारे विश्व का परम आश्रय हो। तुम कभी क्षीण नहीं होते, सनातन धर्म के रक्षक हो। मेरे मत में तुम्हीं शाश्वत पुरुष हो।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma",
        "purusha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-18"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.19",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 19,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "अनादिमध्यान्तमनन्तवीर्य\nमनन्तबाहुं शशिसूर्यनेत्रम् ।\nपश्यामि त्वां दीप्तहुताशवक्त्रं\nस्वतेजसा विश्वमिदं तपन्तम् ॥",
      "iast": "anādimadhyāntamanantavīrya / manantabāhuṁ śaśisūryanetram / paśyāmi tvāṁ dīptahutāśavaktraṁ / svatejasā viśvamidaṁ tapantam",
      "english": "I see you without beginning, middle or end, endless in strength, with countless arms, the moon and the sun for eyes, your mouth a blazing fire, burning this whole world with your own heat.",
      "hindi": "मैं तुम्हें बिना आदि, मध्य और अंत के देख रहा हूँ — अनंत पराक्रम वाले, अनगिनत भुजाओं वाले, चंद्र और सूर्य जिनकी आँखें हैं, जिनका मुख धधकती आग है, जो अपने ही तेज से इस सारे जगत को तपा रहे हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-19"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.20",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 20,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "द्यावापृथिव्योरिदमन्तरं हि\nव्याप्तं त्वयैकेन दिशश्च सर्वाः ।\nदृष्ट्वाद्भुतं रूपमुग्रं तवेदं\nलोकत्रयं प्रव्यथितं महात्मन् ॥",
      "iast": "dyāvāpṛthivyoridamantaraṁ hi / vyāptaṁ tvayaikena diśaśca sarvāḥ / dṛṣṭvādbhutaṁ rūpamugraṁ tavedaṁ / lokatrayaṁ pravyathitaṁ mahātman",
      "english": "The whole space between earth and sky, and all the directions, are filled by you alone. Seeing this astonishing and savage form of yours, the three worlds shake with fear, great one.",
      "hindi": "पृथ्वी और आकाश के बीच का यह सारा अवकाश और सारी दिशाएँ अकेले तुमसे भरी हुई हैं। तुम्हारा यह अद्भुत और उग्र रूप देखकर तीनों लोक काँप उठे हैं, महात्मन्।",
      "terms": [
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-20"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.21",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 21,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "अमी हि त्वां सुरसङ्घा विशन्ति\nकेचिद्भीताः प्राञ्जलयो गृणन्ति ।\nस्वस्तीत्युक्त्वा महर्षिसिद्धसङ्घाः\nस्तुवन्ति त्वां स्तुतिभिः पुष्कलाभिः ॥",
      "iast": "amī hi tvāṁ surasaṅghā viśanti / kecidbhītāḥ prāñjalayo gṛṇanti / svastītyuktvā maharṣisiddhasaṅghāḥ / stuvanti tvāṁ stutibhiḥ puṣkalābhiḥ",
      "english": "These crowds of gods are entering you. Some of them, terrified, praise you with folded hands. Crowds of great sages and perfected ones call out for safety and sing your praise in full hymns.",
      "hindi": "ये देवताओं के समूह तुम्हारे भीतर समाते जा रहे हैं। कुछ डरे हुए हाथ जोड़कर तुम्हारा गुणगान कर रहे हैं। महर्षियों और सिद्धों के समूह 'कल्याण हो' कहकर भरपूर स्तुतियों से तुम्हें सराह रहे हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "bhaya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-21"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.22",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 22,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "रुद्रादित्या वसवो ये च साध्या\nविश्वेऽश्विनौ मरुतश्चोष्मपाश्च ।\nगन्धर्वयक्षासुरसिद्धसङ्घा\nवीक्षन्ते त्वां विस्मिताश्चैव सर्वे ॥",
      "iast": "rudrādityā vasavo ye ca sādhyā / viśve’śvinau marutaścoṣmapāśca / gandharvayakṣāsurasiddhasaṅghā / vīkṣante tvāṁ vismitāścaiva sarve",
      "english": "The Rudras and Adityas, the Vasus and Sadhyas, the Vishvedevas, the two Ashvins, the Maruts and the ancestors who feed on steam, the crowds of Gandharvas, Yakshas, Asuras and Siddhas, all stare at you in amazement.",
      "hindi": "रुद्र और आदित्य, वसु और साध्य, विश्वेदेव, दोनों अश्विन, मरुत और उष्मपा पितर, गंधर्वों, यक्षों, असुरों और सिद्धों के समूह — सब चकित होकर तुम्हें देख रहे हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-22"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.23",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 23,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं\nमहाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम् ।\nबहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं\nदृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाहम् ॥",
      "iast": "rūpaṁ mahatte bahuvaktranetraṁ / mahābāho bahubāhūrupādam / bahūdaraṁ bahudaṁṣṭrākarālaṁ / dṛṣṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitāstathāham",
      "english": "Your huge form has many mouths and eyes, many arms, thighs and feet, many bellies, and many jutting fangs that make it horrible to look at, mighty-armed one. Seeing it, the worlds are terrified, and so am I.",
      "hindi": "महाबाहु, तुम्हारे इस विशाल रूप में अनेक मुख और आँखें हैं, अनेक भुजाएँ, जाँघें और पैर हैं, अनेक पेट हैं, और अनेक बाहर निकली दाढ़ें हैं जो उसे भयानक बना देती हैं। इसे देखकर सब लोक काँप रहे हैं, और मैं भी।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-23"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.24",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 24,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "नभःस्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं\nव्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम् ।\nदृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा\nधृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो ॥",
      "iast": "nabhaḥspṛśaṁ dīptamanekavarṇaṁ / vyāttānanaṁ dīptaviśālanetram / dṛṣṭvā hi tvāṁ pravyathitāntarātmā / dhṛtiṁ na vindāmi śamaṁ ca viṣṇo",
      "english": "You touch the sky, blazing, many-coloured, your mouths gaping open, your huge eyes burning. Seeing you, Vishnu, I am shaken to the core; I can find neither courage nor calm.",
      "hindi": "तुम आकाश को छू रहे हो, दहकते हुए, अनेक रंगों वाले, मुँह फाड़े हुए, विशाल आँखें जलती हुईं। विष्णु, तुम्हें देखकर मैं भीतर तक काँप गया हूँ; मुझे न धीरज मिलता है, न शांति।",
      "terms": [
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-24"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.25",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 25,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "दंष्ट्राकरालानि च ते मुखानि\nदृष्ट्वैव कालानलसन्निभानि ।\nदिशो न जाने न लभे च शर्म\nप्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ॥",
      "iast": "daṁṣṭrākarālāni ca te mukhāni / dṛṣṭvaiva kālānalasannibhāni / diśo na jāne na labhe ca śarma / prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa",
      "english": "Your mouths, made terrible by their fangs, look like the fires that burn at the end of time. Just seeing them, I lose all sense of direction and find no relief. Have mercy, lord of gods, home of the world.",
      "hindi": "दाढ़ों से भयानक तुम्हारे मुख प्रलय की आग जैसे दिखते हैं। उन्हें देखते ही मुझे दिशाओं का भान नहीं रहता और कहीं चैन नहीं मिलता। प्रसन्न हो जाओ, देवेश, जगन्निवास।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-25"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.26",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 26,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "अमी च त्वां धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राः\nसर्वे सहैवावनिपालसङ्घैः ।\nभीष्मो द्रोणः सूतपुत्रस्तथासौ\nसहास्मदीयैरपि योधमुख्यैः ॥",
      "iast": "amī ca tvāṁ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāḥ / sarve sahaivāvanipālasaṅghaiḥ / bhīṣmo droṇaḥ sūtaputrastathāsau / sahāsmadīyairapi yodhamukhyaiḥ",
      "english": "And these sons of Dhritarashtra, every one of them, along with their crowds of allied kings, and Bhishma, Drona and that son of a charioteer, together with our own chief warriors as well —",
      "hindi": "और ये धृतराष्ट्र के पुत्र, सब के सब, अपने साथ के राजाओं के समूहों सहित, और भीष्म, द्रोण तथा वह सूतपुत्र, हमारे अपने प्रमुख योद्धाओं के साथ भी —",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-26"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.27",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 27,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति\nदंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि ।\nकेचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु\nसन्दृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः ॥",
      "iast": "vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti / daṁṣṭrākarālāni bhayānakāni / kecidvilagnā daśanāntareṣu / sandṛśyante cūrṇitairuttamāṅgaiḥ",
      "english": "— they are rushing headlong into your mouths, which are fanged and horrifying. Some can be seen caught between your teeth, their heads already ground to powder.",
      "hindi": "— वे सब भागते हुए तुम्हारे उन मुखों में घुस रहे हैं, जो दाढ़ों से भयानक हैं। कुछ तो दाँतों के बीच फँसे दिखाई देते हैं, उनके सिर चूर-चूर हो चुके हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "bhaya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-27"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.28",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 28,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगाः\nसमुद्रमेवाभिमुखा द्रवन्ति ।\nतथा तवामी नरलोकवीरा\nविशन्ति वक्त्राण्यभिविज्वलन्ति ॥",
      "iast": "yathā nadīnāṁ bahavo’mbuvegāḥ / samudramevābhimukhā dravanti / tathā tavāmī naralokavīrā / viśanti vaktrāṇyabhivijvalanti",
      "english": "As the many rushing currents of rivers run straight for the sea, so these heroes of the human world pour into your mouths, which blaze as they come.",
      "hindi": "जैसे नदियों की अनेक तेज़ धाराएँ सीधी समुद्र की ओर दौड़ती हैं, वैसे ही मनुष्य लोक के ये वीर तुम्हारे धधकते मुखों में समाते जा रहे हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-28"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.29",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 29,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "यथा प्रदीप्तं ज्वलनं पतङ्गा\nविशन्ति नाशाय समृद्धवेगाः ।\nतथैव नाशाय विशन्ति लोका\nस्तवापि वक्त्राणि समृद्धवेगाः ॥",
      "iast": "yathā pradīptaṁ jvalanaṁ pataṅgā / viśanti nāśāya samṛddhavegāḥ / tathaiva nāśāya viśanti lokā / stavāpi vaktrāṇi samṛddhavegāḥ",
      "english": "As moths fly at full speed into a burning flame and are destroyed, so these worlds rush at full speed into your mouths and are destroyed.",
      "hindi": "जैसे पतंगे पूरी गति से जलती लौ में घुसकर नष्ट हो जाते हैं, वैसे ही ये लोक पूरी गति से तुम्हारे मुखों में घुसकर नष्ट हो रहे हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-29"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.30",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 30,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "लेलिह्यसे ग्रसमानः समन्ता\nल्लोकान्समग्रान्वदनैर्ज्वलद्भिः ।\nतेजोभिरापूर्य जगत्समग्रं\nभासस्तवोग्राः प्रतपन्ति विष्णो ॥",
      "iast": "lelihyase grasamānaḥ samantā / llokānsamagrānvadanairjvaladbhiḥ / tejobhirāpūrya jagatsamagraṁ / bhāsastavogrāḥ pratapanti viṣṇo",
      "english": "You are licking them up, swallowing whole worlds from every side with your flaming mouths. Your fierce rays fill the entire universe and scorch it, Vishnu.",
      "hindi": "तुम उन्हें चाट रहे हो, अपने जलते मुखों से चारों ओर से पूरे लोकों को निगल रहे हो। विष्णु, तुम्हारी उग्र किरणें सारे जगत को तेज से भरकर तपा रही हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-30"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.31",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 31,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो\nनमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद ।\nविज्ञातुमिच्छामि भवन्तमाद्यं\nन हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम् ॥",
      "iast": "ākhyāhi me ko bhavānugrarūpo / namo’stu te devavara prasīda / vijñātumicchāmi bhavantamādyaṁ / na hi prajānāmi tava pravṛttim",
      "english": "Tell me who you are, you of this savage form. I bow to you; be kind to me, best of gods. I want to understand you, the first of all, because I cannot grasp what you are doing.",
      "hindi": "मुझे बताओ, इस उग्र रूप वाले तुम कौन हो। तुम्हें नमस्कार है; प्रसन्न हो जाओ, देवों में श्रेष्ठ। मैं तुम्हें, आदिपुरुष को, जानना चाहता हूँ, क्योंकि तुम्हारी यह प्रवृत्ति मेरी समझ में नहीं आती।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-31"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.32",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 32,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो\nलोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तः ।\nऋतेऽपि त्वां न भविष्यन्ति सर्वे\nयेऽवस्थिताः प्रत्यनीकेषु योधाः ॥",
      "iast": "kālo’smi lokakṣayakṛtpravṛddho / lokānsamāhartumiha pravṛttaḥ / ṛte’pi tvāṁ na bhaviṣyanti sarve / ye’vasthitāḥ pratyanīkeṣu yodhāḥ",
      "english": "I am Time, grown full, the destroyer of worlds, and I have come out here to gather the worlds in. Even without you, all these warriors drawn up in the opposing ranks will cease to exist.",
      "hindi": "मैं काल हूँ, पूरी तरह बढ़ा हुआ, लोकों का नाश करने वाला, और यहाँ लोकों को समेटने निकला हूँ। तुम्हारे बिना भी, सामने की पंक्तियों में खड़े ये सारे योद्धा नहीं बचेंगे।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-32"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.33",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 33,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तस्मात्त्वमुत्तिष्ठ यशो लभस्व\nजित्वा शत्रून् भुङ्क्ष्व राज्यं समृद्धम् ।\nमयैवैते निहताः पूर्वमेव\nनिमित्तमात्रं भव सव्यसाचिन् ॥",
      "iast": "tasmāttvamuttiṣṭha yaśo labhasva / jitvā śatrūn bhuṅkṣva rājyaṁ samṛddham / mayaivaite nihatāḥ pūrvameva / nimittamātraṁ bhava savyasācin",
      "english": "So stand up and win renown. Defeat your enemies and enjoy a kingdom that prospers. These men have already been killed by me. Be nothing more than the instrument, Savyasachin.",
      "hindi": "इसलिए उठो और यश पाओ। शत्रुओं को जीतकर समृद्ध राज्य भोगो। ये सब तो पहले ही मेरे हाथों मारे जा चुके हैं। सव्यसाचिन्, तुम केवल निमित्त बन जाओ।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-33"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.34",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 34,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "द्रोणं च भीष्मं च जयद्रथं च\nकर्णं तथान्यानपि योधवीरान् ।\nमया हतांस्त्वं जहि मा व्यथिष्ठा\nयुध्यस्व जेतासि रणे सपत्नान् ॥",
      "iast": "droṇaṁ ca bhīṣmaṁ ca jayadrathaṁ ca / karṇaṁ tathānyānapi yodhavīrān / mayā hatāṁstvaṁ jahi mā vyathiṣṭhā / yudhyasva jetāsi raṇe sapatnān",
      "english": "Drona, Bhishma, Jayadratha, Karna and the other warrior heroes as well have already been killed by me. Strike them down; do not falter. Fight, and you will beat your rivals in the battle.",
      "hindi": "द्रोण, भीष्म, जयद्रथ, कर्ण और दूसरे वीर योद्धा भी मेरे हाथों पहले ही मारे जा चुके हैं। तुम उन्हें मारो, घबराओ मत। लड़ो, और युद्ध में अपने प्रतिद्वंद्वियों को जीत लोगे।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-34"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.35",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 35,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं केशवस्य\nकृताञ्जलिर्वेपमानः किरीटी ।\nनमस्कृत्वा भूय एवाह कृष्णं\nसगद्गदं भीतभीतः प्रणम्य ॥",
      "iast": "etacchrutvā vacanaṁ keśavasya / kṛtāñjalirvepamānaḥ kirīṭī / namaskṛtvā bhūya evāha kṛṣṇaṁ / sagadgadaṁ bhītabhītaḥ praṇamya",
      "english": "Hearing these words of Keshava, the crowned one folded his hands and trembled. He bowed again, and badly frightened, he spoke to Krishna once more in a choked voice.",
      "hindi": "केशव के ये वचन सुनकर किरीटी हाथ जोड़े काँपने लगा। उसने फिर प्रणाम किया और बुरी तरह डरे हुए, रुँधे गले से कृष्ण से कहा।",
      "terms": [
        "bhaya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-35"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.36",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 36,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "स्थाने हृषीकेश तव प्रकीर्त्या\nजगत्प्रहृष्यत्यनुरज्यते च ।\nरक्षांसि भीतानि दिशो द्रवन्ति\nसर्वे नमस्यन्ति च सिद्धसङ्घाः ॥",
      "iast": "sthāne hṛṣīkeśa tava prakīrtyā / jagatprahṛṣyatyanurajyate ca / rakṣāṁsi bhītāni diśo dravanti / sarve namasyanti ca siddhasaṅghāḥ",
      "english": "It is right, Hrishikesha, that the world rejoices at your fame and is drawn to you. The demons scatter in fear to every direction, and all the crowds of perfected ones bow to you.",
      "hindi": "हृषीकेश, यह उचित ही है कि तुम्हारी कीर्ति से जगत हर्षित होता है और तुमसे प्रेम करता है। राक्षस डरकर सब दिशाओं में भाग रहे हैं, और सिद्धों के सारे समूह तुम्हें प्रणाम कर रहे हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "bhaya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-36"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.37",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 37,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "कस्माच्च ते न नमेरन्महात्मन्\nगरीयसे ब्रह्मणोऽप्यादिकर्त्रे ।\nअनन्त देवेश जगन्निवास\nत्वमक्षरं सदसत्तत्परं यत् ॥",
      "iast": "kasmācca te na nameranmahātman / garīyase brahmaṇo’pyādikartre / ananta deveśa jagannivāsa / tvamakṣaraṁ sadasattatparaṁ yat",
      "english": "And why should they not bow to you, great one, weightier even than Brahma, the first maker? Endless one, lord of gods, home of the world, you are the imperishable: what is, what is not, and what lies beyond both.",
      "hindi": "और वे तुम्हें प्रणाम क्यों न करें, महात्मन्, जो ब्रह्मा से भी बड़े और आदि रचयिता हो? हे अनंत, हे देवेश, हे जगन्निवास, तुम्हीं अक्षर हो — सत् भी, असत् भी, और उन दोनों से परे जो है वह भी।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "brahman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-37"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.38",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 38,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "त्वमादिदेवः पुरुषः पुराणस्\nत्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम् ।\nवेत्तासि वेद्यं च परं च धाम\nत्वया ततं विश्वमनन्तरूप ॥",
      "iast": "tvamādidevaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇas / tvamasya viśvasya paraṁ nidhānam / vettāsi vedyaṁ ca paraṁ ca dhāma / tvayā tataṁ viśvamanantarūpa",
      "english": "You are the first god, the ancient Person. You are the final resting place of all this. You are the knower, the thing to be known, and the highest dwelling. The universe is spread out by you, endless in form.",
      "hindi": "तुम आदिदेव हो, पुरातन पुरुष। तुम इस सारे विश्व का परम आश्रय हो। तुम्हीं जानने वाले हो, तुम्हीं जानने योग्य, और तुम्हीं परम धाम। हे अनंतरूप, यह सारा विश्व तुमसे ही फैला हुआ है।",
      "terms": [
        "purusha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-38"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.39",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 39,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "वायुर्यमोऽग्निर्वरुणः शशाङ्कः\nप्रजापतिस्त्वं प्रपितामहश्च ।\nनमो नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्रकृत्वः\nपुनश्च भूयोऽपि नमो नमस्ते ॥",
      "iast": "vāyuryamo’gnirvaruṇaḥ śaśāṅkaḥ / prajāpatistvaṁ prapitāmahaśca / namo namaste’stu sahasrakṛtvaḥ / punaśca bhūyo’pi namo namaste",
      "english": "You are Vayu and Yama, Agni and Varuna, the moon, Prajapati, and the great-grandfather of all. Salutation to you a thousand times over, and then again and again, salutation, salutation to you.",
      "hindi": "तुम वायु हो, यम हो, अग्नि, वरुण और चंद्रमा हो; तुम प्रजापति हो और सबके प्रपितामह हो। तुम्हें हज़ार बार नमस्कार, और फिर-फिर नमस्कार, नमस्कार।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-39"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.40",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 40,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "नमः पुरस्तादथ पृष्ठतस्ते\nनमोऽस्तु ते सर्वत एव सर्व ।\nअनन्तवीर्यामितविक्रमस्त्वं\nसर्वं समाप्नोषि ततोऽसि सर्वः ॥",
      "iast": "namaḥ purastādatha pṛṣṭhataste / namo’stu te sarvata eva sarva / anantavīryāmitavikramastvaṁ / sarvaṁ samāpnoṣi tato’si sarvaḥ",
      "english": "Salutation to you from in front and from behind; salutation to you from every side, you who are everything. Your strength has no end and your stride no measure. You reach into all things, and so you are all things.",
      "hindi": "तुम्हें आगे से नमस्कार और पीछे से भी नमस्कार; हर ओर से तुम्हें नमस्कार, क्योंकि सब कुछ तुम्हीं हो। तुम्हारा पराक्रम अनंत है और शक्ति अपार। तुम सबमें व्याप्त हो, इसीलिए तुम्हीं सब कुछ हो।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-40"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.41",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 41,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "सखेति मत्वा प्रसभं यदुक्तं\nहे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेति ।\nअजानता महिमानं तवेदं\nमया प्रमादात्प्रणयेन वापि ॥",
      "iast": "sakheti matvā prasabhaṁ yaduktaṁ / he kṛṣṇa he yādava he sakheti / ajānatā mahimānaṁ tavedaṁ / mayā pramādātpraṇayena vāpi",
      "english": "Whatever I blurted out, taking you for a friend — 'Hey Krishna, hey Yadava, hey friend' — not knowing this greatness of yours, whether out of carelessness or out of affection,",
      "hindi": "तुम्हें केवल मित्र मानकर मैंने जो कुछ बेधड़क कह दिया — 'अरे कृष्ण, अरे यादव, अरे मित्र' — तुम्हारी इस महिमा को जाने बिना, लापरवाही से या प्रेम से भी,",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-41"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.42",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 42,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "यच्चावहासार्थमसत्कृतोऽसि\nविहारशय्यासनभोजनेषु ।\nएकोऽथवाप्यच्युत तत्समक्षं\nतत्क्षामये त्वामहमप्रमेयम् ॥",
      "iast": "yaccāvahāsārthamasatkṛto’si / vihāraśayyāsanabhojaneṣu / eko’thavāpyacyuta tatsamakṣaṁ / tatkṣāmaye tvāmahamaprameyam",
      "english": "and however I slighted you to raise a laugh, at play, at rest, sitting or eating, alone or in front of others, Achyuta — for all of that I ask your pardon, immeasurable one.",
      "hindi": "और हँसी-मज़ाक में जो मैंने तुम्हारा अनादर किया — खेलते हुए, लेटे हुए, बैठे हुए या खाते समय, अकेले में या दूसरों के सामने — अच्युत, उस सबके लिए मैं तुमसे, अप्रमेय से, क्षमा माँगता हूँ।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-42"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.43",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 43,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "पितासि लोकस्य चराचरस्य\nत्वमस्य पूज्यश्च गुरुर्गरीयान् ।\nन त्वत्समोऽस्त्यभ्यधिकः कुतोऽन्यो\nलोकत्रयेऽप्यप्रतिमप्रभाव ॥",
      "iast": "pitāsi lokasya carācarasya / tvamasya pūjyaśca gururgarīyān / na tvatsamo’styabhyadhikaḥ kuto’nyo / lokatraye’pyapratimaprabhāva",
      "english": "You are the father of this world, of all that moves and all that does not, its object of worship, its teacher, weightier than any. Matchless in power, no one equals you; who in the three worlds could surpass you?",
      "hindi": "तुम इस जगत के पिता हो — चर और अचर, सबके। तुम्हीं इसके पूज्य हो, गुरु हो, सबसे बड़े हो। हे अप्रतिम प्रभाव वाले, तीनों लोकों में भी तुम्हारे समान कोई नहीं, फिर तुमसे बढ़कर कोई कैसे होगा?",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-43"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.44",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 44,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "तस्मात्प्रणम्य प्रणिधाय कायं\nप्रसादये त्वामहमीशमीड्यम् ।\nपितेव पुत्रस्य सखेव सख्युः\nप्रियः प्रियायार्हसि देव सोढुम् ॥",
      "iast": "tasmātpraṇamya praṇidhāya kāyaṁ / prasādaye tvāmahamīśamīḍyam / piteva putrasya sakheva sakhyuḥ / priyaḥ priyāyārhasi deva soḍhum",
      "english": "So I bow down, laying my body flat on the ground, and ask your favour, lord worthy of praise. As a father bears with a son, a friend with a friend, a lover with the beloved, bear with me, God.",
      "hindi": "इसलिए मैं प्रणाम करके, शरीर को ज़मीन पर टिकाकर, तुम स्तुति-योग्य ईश्वर से कृपा माँगता हूँ। जैसे पिता पुत्र को, मित्र मित्र को, प्रेमी अपने प्रिय को सह लेता है, वैसे ही देव, तुम मुझे सह लो।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-44"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.45",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 45,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "अदृष्टपूर्वं हृषितोऽस्मि दृष्ट्वा\nभयेन च प्रव्यथितं मनो मे ।\nतदेव मे दर्शय देव रूपं\nप्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास ॥",
      "iast": "adṛṣṭapūrvaṁ hṛṣito’smi dṛṣṭvā / bhayena ca pravyathitaṁ mano me / tadeva me darśaya deva rūpaṁ / prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa",
      "english": "I am thrilled to have seen what no one had seen before, and at the same time my mind is shaking with fear. Show me that earlier form of yours, God. Be kind, lord of gods, home of the world.",
      "hindi": "जो पहले कभी किसी ने नहीं देखा, उसे देखकर मैं रोमांचित हूँ, और साथ ही मेरा मन डर से काँप रहा है। देव, मुझे वही पहला रूप दिखा दो। प्रसन्न हो जाओ, देवेश, जगन्निवास।",
      "terms": [
        "bhaya",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-45"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.46",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 46,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रहस्त\nमिच्छामि त्वां द्रष्टुमहं तथैव ।\nतेनैव रूपेण चतुर्भुजेन\nसहस्रबाहो भव विश्वमूर्ते ॥",
      "iast": "kirīṭinaṁ gadinaṁ cakrahasta / micchāmi tvāṁ draṣṭumahaṁ tathaiva / tenaiva rūpeṇa caturbhujena / sahasrabāho bhava viśvamūrte",
      "english": "I want to see you exactly as you were: crowned, carrying the mace, the discus in your hand. Take on that four-armed form again, you of the thousand arms, you whose body is the universe.",
      "hindi": "मैं तुम्हें वैसा ही देखना चाहता हूँ — मुकुट पहने, गदा लिए, हाथ में चक्र लिए। हे सहस्रबाहु, हे विश्वमूर्ते, फिर उसी चतुर्भुज रूप में आ जाओ।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-46"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.47",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 47,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मया प्रसन्नेन तवार्जुनेदं\nरूपं परं दर्शितमात्मयोगात् ।\nतेजोमयं विश्वमनन्तमाद्यं\nयन्मे त्वदन्येन न दृष्टपूर्वम् ॥",
      "iast": "mayā prasannena tavārjunedaṁ / rūpaṁ paraṁ darśitamātmayogāt / tejomayaṁ viśvamanantamādyaṁ / yanme tvadanyena na dṛṣṭapūrvam",
      "english": "Pleased with you, Arjuna, I have shown you by my own power this supreme form of mine: made of light, universal, endless, the first of all — which no one but you has ever seen.",
      "hindi": "अर्जुन, तुमसे प्रसन्न होकर मैंने अपनी ही योगशक्ति से तुम्हें अपना यह परम रूप दिखाया है — तेज से बना, विश्वव्यापी, अनंत, आदि — जिसे तुम्हारे सिवा किसी ने पहले नहीं देखा।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-47"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.48",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 48,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "न वेदयज्ञाध्ययनैर्न दानै\nर्न च क्रियाभिर्न तपोभिरुग्रैः ।\nएवंरूपः शक्य अहं नृलोके\nद्रष्टुं त्वदन्येन कुरुप्रवीर ॥",
      "iast": "na vedayajñādhyayanairna dānai / rna ca kriyābhirna tapobhirugraiḥ / evaṁrūpaḥ śakya ahaṁ nṛloke / draṣṭuṁ tvadanyena kurupravīra",
      "english": "Not by study of the Vedas or by sacrifice, not by gifts, not by rituals, not by harsh austerities can I be seen in this form in the world of men by anyone but you, great warrior of the Kurus.",
      "hindi": "वेदों के अध्ययन से नहीं, यज्ञ से नहीं, दान से नहीं, कर्मकांडों से नहीं, कठोर तपों से भी नहीं — कुरुश्रेष्ठ वीर, इस रूप में मुझे मनुष्य लोक में तुम्हारे सिवा कोई नहीं देख सकता।",
      "terms": [
        "yajna",
        "tapas",
        "dana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-48"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.49",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 49,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मा ते व्यथा मा च विमूढभावो\nदृष्ट्वा रूपं घोरमीदृङ्ममेदम् ।\nव्यपेतभीः प्रीतमनाः पुनस्त्वं\nतदेव मे रूपमिदं प्रपश्य ॥",
      "iast": "mā te vyathā mā ca vimūḍhabhāvo / dṛṣṭvā rūpaṁ ghoramīdṛṅmamedam / vyapetabhīḥ prītamanāḥ punastvaṁ / tadeva me rūpamidaṁ prapaśya",
      "english": "Do not be afraid, and do not be bewildered, now that you have seen this terrible form of mine. Let your fear go, let your mind be glad, and look again at that other form of mine.",
      "hindi": "मेरा यह भयानक रूप देखकर न डरो और न घबराओ। डर को जाने दो, मन को प्रसन्न करो, और मेरे उसी पहले रूप को फिर से देखो।",
      "terms": [
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-49"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.50",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 50,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा\nस्वकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूयः ।\nआश्वासयामास च भीतमेनं\nभूत्वा पुनः सौम्यवपुर्महात्मा ॥",
      "iast": "ityarjunaṁ vāsudevastathoktvā / svakaṁ rūpaṁ darśayāmāsa bhūyaḥ / āśvāsayāmāsa ca bhītamenaṁ / bhūtvā punaḥ saumyavapurmahātmā",
      "english": "Having spoken to Arjuna in this way, Vasudeva showed him his own form again, and the great one, taking on a gentle body once more, calmed him in his fear.",
      "hindi": "अर्जुन से ऐसा कहकर वासुदेव ने उसे फिर अपना वही रूप दिखाया, और उस महात्मा ने दोबारा सौम्य शरीर धारण करके डरे हुए अर्जुन को ढाढ़स बँधाया।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "bhaya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-50"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.51",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 51,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "दृष्ट्वेदं मानुषं रूपं तव सौम्यं जनार्दन ।\nइदानीमस्मि संवृत्तः सचेताः प्रकृतिं गतः ॥",
      "iast": "dṛṣṭvedaṁ mānuṣaṁ rūpaṁ tava saumyaṁ janārdana / idānīmasmi saṁvṛttaḥ sacetāḥ prakṛtiṁ gataḥ",
      "english": "Seeing this gentle human form of yours, Janardana, I have now come back to myself. My mind is steady again and I have returned to my normal state.",
      "hindi": "जनार्दन, तुम्हारा यह सौम्य मनुष्य रूप देखकर अब मैं अपने आप में लौट आया हूँ। मेरा मन ठिकाने आ गया है और मैं फिर सहज हो गया हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "prakriti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-51"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.52",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 52,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सुदुर्दर्शमिदं रूपं दृष्टवानसि यन्मम ।\nदेवा अप्यस्य रूपस्य नित्यं दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः ॥",
      "iast": "sudurdarśamidaṁ rūpaṁ dṛṣṭavānasi yanmama / devā apyasya rūpasya nityaṁ darśanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ",
      "english": "This form of mine that you have just seen is extremely hard to see. Even the gods are forever longing for a single glimpse of this form.",
      "hindi": "मेरा यह रूप जो तुमने देखा, उसे देख पाना बहुत कठिन है। इस रूप के दर्शन की चाह तो देवता भी सदा करते रहते हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-52"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.53",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 53,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "नाहं वेदैर्न तपसा न दानेन न चेज्यया ।\nशक्य एवंविधो द्रष्टुं दृष्टवानसि मां यथा ॥",
      "iast": "nāhaṁ vedairna tapasā na dānena na cejyayā / śakya evaṁvidho draṣṭuṁ dṛṣṭavānasi māṁ yathā",
      "english": "Not by the Vedas, not by austerity, not by giving, not by sacrifice can I be seen in the form in which you have just now seen me.",
      "hindi": "वेदों से नहीं, तप से नहीं, दान से नहीं, यज्ञ से भी नहीं — जिस रूप में तुमने मुझे अभी देखा, उस रूप में मुझे देखा नहीं जा सकता।",
      "terms": [
        "tapas",
        "dana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-53"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.54",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 54,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन ।\nज्ञातुं द्रष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परन्तप ॥",
      "iast": "bhaktyā tvananyayā śakya ahamevaṁvidho’rjuna / jñātuṁ draṣṭuṁ ca tattvena praveṣṭuṁ ca parantapa",
      "english": "But by devotion that turns nowhere else, Arjuna, I can be known in this form, and seen as I really am, and entered into, Parantapa.",
      "hindi": "पर अनन्य भक्ति से, अर्जुन, मुझे इस रूप में जाना जा सकता है, जैसा मैं हूँ वैसा देखा जा सकता है, और मुझमें प्रवेश भी किया जा सकता है, परंतप।",
      "terms": [
        "bhakti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-54"
    },
    {
      "ref": "11.55",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 55,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मत्कर्मकृन्मत्परमो मद्भक्तः सङ्गवर्जितः ।\nनिर्वैरः सर्वभूतेषु यः स मामेति पाण्डव ॥",
      "iast": "matkarmakṛnmatparamo madbhaktaḥ saṅgavarjitaḥ / nirvairaḥ sarvabhūteṣu yaḥ sa māmeti pāṇḍava",
      "english": "The one who works for me, who holds me as the highest, who is devoted to me, who has let go of attachment and bears no hatred towards any living being — that one comes to me, Pandava.",
      "hindi": "जो मेरे लिए काम करता है, मुझे ही सर्वोच्च मानता है, मेरा भक्त है, आसक्ति छोड़ चुका है और किसी भी प्राणी से बैर नहीं रखता — पांडव, वही मुझ तक पहुँचता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "bhakti",
        "sanga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/11#bg-11-55"
    },
    {
      "ref": "12.1",
      "chapter": 12,
      "verse": 1,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते ।\nये चाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः ॥",
      "iast": "evaṁ satatayuktā ye bhaktāstvāṁ paryupāsate / ye cāpyakṣaramavyaktaṁ teṣāṁ ke yogavittamāḥ",
      "english": "Some devotees stay constantly joined to you and worship your form; others worship the imperishable and unmanifest. Of these two, which do you regard as better established in yoga?",
      "hindi": "कुछ भक्त सदा आपसे जुड़े रहकर आपकी उपासना करते हैं, और कुछ अक्षर तथा अव्यक्त की उपासना करते हैं। इन दोनों में योग को सबसे अच्छी तरह जानने वाले कौन हैं?",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "bhakti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/12#bg-12-1"
    },
    {
      "ref": "12.2",
      "chapter": 12,
      "verse": 2,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मय्यावेश्य मनो ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते ।\nश्रद्धया परयोपेतास्ते मे युक्ततमा मताः ॥",
      "iast": "mayyāveśya mano ye māṁ nityayuktā upāsate / śraddhayā parayopetāste me yuktatamā matāḥ",
      "english": "Those who settle their mind on me and worship me, always joined to me and filled with the highest faith — these I consider the most perfectly established in yoga.",
      "hindi": "जो अपना मन मुझमें लगाकर, सदा मुझसे जुड़े रहकर और परम श्रद्धा से भरकर मेरी उपासना करते हैं, उन्हें मैं योग में सबसे अधिक स्थित मानता हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "shraddha",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/12#bg-12-2"
    },
    {
      "ref": "12.3",
      "chapter": 12,
      "verse": 3,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते ।\nसर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम् ॥",
      "iast": "ye tvakṣaramanirdeśyamavyaktaṁ paryupāsate / sarvatragamacintyaṁ ca kūṭasthamacalaṁ dhruvam",
      "english": "But there are others who worship the imperishable: that which cannot be defined or seen, which is present everywhere, beyond thought, unchanging, immovable and constant —",
      "hindi": "और कुछ ऐसे हैं जो उस अक्षर की उपासना करते हैं, जो अनिर्वचनीय और अव्यक्त है, सब जगह व्याप्त है, चिंतन से परे, अटल, अचल और नित्य है —",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/12#bg-12-3"
    },
    {
      "ref": "12.4",
      "chapter": 12,
      "verse": 4,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "संनियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं सर्वत्र समबुद्धयः ।\nते प्राप्नुवन्ति मामेव सर्वभूतहिते रताः ॥",
      "iast": "saṁniyamyendriyagrāmaṁ sarvatra samabuddhayaḥ / te prāpnuvanti māmeva sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ",
      "english": "Holding the whole range of their senses in check, even-minded towards everything alike, and taking joy in the welfare of all beings, they too come to me.",
      "hindi": "अपनी सारी इंद्रियों को वश में रखकर, सब जगह समान दृष्टि रखते हुए और सब प्राणियों के हित में लगे रहकर, वे भी मुझ तक ही पहुँचते हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/12#bg-12-4"
    },
    {
      "ref": "12.5",
      "chapter": 12,
      "verse": 5,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम् ।\nअव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते ॥",
      "iast": "kleśo’dhikatarasteṣāmavyaktāsaktacetasām / avyaktā hi gatirduḥkhaṁ dehavadbhiravāpyate",
      "english": "The struggle is greater for those whose minds are set on the unmanifest, because a goal without form is hard to reach for anyone who lives in a body.",
      "hindi": "जिनका मन अव्यक्त में लगा है, उनका परिश्रम अधिक है, क्योंकि देह में रहने वाले के लिए अव्यक्त तक पहुँचने का मार्ग कठिन है।",
      "terms": [
        "sanga",
        "duhkha",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/12#bg-12-5"
    },
    {
      "ref": "12.6",
      "chapter": 12,
      "verse": 6,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ये तु सर्वाणि कर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्पराः ।\nअनन्येनैव योगेन मां ध्यायन्त उपासते ॥",
      "iast": "ye tu sarvāṇi karmāṇi mayi saṁnyasya matparāḥ / ananyenaiva yogena māṁ dhyāyanta upāsate",
      "english": "But those who hand over all their actions to me, who take me as their highest goal, and who worship me with an undivided heart, meditating on me alone —",
      "hindi": "परंतु जो अपने सारे कर्म मुझे सौंपकर, मुझे ही परम मानकर, अनन्य योग से मेरा ध्यान करते हुए मेरी उपासना करते हैं —",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yoga",
        "dhyana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/12#bg-12-6"
    },
    {
      "ref": "12.7",
      "chapter": 12,
      "verse": 7,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात् ।\nभवामि नचिरात्पार्थ मय्यावेशितचेतसाम् ॥",
      "iast": "teṣāmahaṁ samuddhartā mṛtyusaṁsārasāgarāt / bhavāmi nacirātpārtha mayyāveśitacetasām",
      "english": "these I lift before long out of the ocean of death and rebirth, Partha, because they have set their minds on me.",
      "hindi": "हे पार्थ, उनका मन मुझमें लगा होने के कारण मैं शीघ्र ही उन्हें मृत्यु और संसार के सागर से बाहर निकालने वाला बन जाता हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "manas",
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/12#bg-12-7"
    },
    {
      "ref": "12.8",
      "chapter": 12,
      "verse": 8,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय ।\nनिवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः ॥",
      "iast": "mayyeva mana ādhatsva mayi buddhiṁ niveśaya / nivasiṣyasi mayyeva ata ūrdhvaṁ na saṁśayaḥ",
      "english": "Fix your mind on me alone and let your understanding rest in me. From then on you will live in me — of this there is no doubt.",
      "hindi": "अपना मन मुझमें ही लगाओ और अपनी बुद्धि को मुझमें स्थिर करो। इसके बाद तुम मुझमें ही निवास करोगे, इसमें कोई संशय नहीं।",
      "terms": [
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/12#bg-12-8"
    },
    {
      "ref": "12.9",
      "chapter": 12,
      "verse": 9,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम् ।\nअभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय ॥",
      "iast": "atha cittaṁ samādhātuṁ na śaknoṣi mayi sthiram / abhyāsayogena tato māmicchāptuṁ dhanañjaya",
      "english": "If you cannot hold your thought steady on me, then seek to reach me through the yoga of repeated practice, Dhananjaya.",
      "hindi": "यदि तुम अपने चित्त को मुझमें स्थिर नहीं कर पाते, तो हे धनंजय, अभ्यास योग के द्वारा मुझे पाने की इच्छा करो।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/12#bg-12-9"
    },
    {
      "ref": "12.10",
      "chapter": 12,
      "verse": 10,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अभ्यासेऽप्यसमर्थोऽसि मत्कर्मपरमो भव ।\nमदर्थमपि कर्माणि कुर्वन्सिद्धिमवाप्स्यसि ॥",
      "iast": "abhyāse’pyasamartho’si matkarmaparamo bhava / madarthamapi karmāṇi kurvansiddhimavāpsyasi",
      "english": "If you are unable even to practise, then make my work your highest aim. Even by doing your actions for my sake you will reach perfection.",
      "hindi": "यदि अभ्यास में भी तुम असमर्थ हो, तो मेरे लिए किए जाने वाले कर्म को ही अपना परम लक्ष्य बनाओ। मेरे निमित्त कर्म करते हुए भी तुम सिद्धि पा लोगे।",
      "terms": [
        "karma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/12#bg-12-10"
    },
    {
      "ref": "12.11",
      "chapter": 12,
      "verse": 11,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः ।\nसर्वकर्मफलत्यागं ततः कुरु यतात्मवान् ॥",
      "iast": "athaitadapyaśakto’si kartuṁ madyogamāśritaḥ / sarvakarmaphalatyāgaṁ tataḥ kuru yatātmavān",
      "english": "And if you cannot manage even this, then take refuge in union with me, hold yourself in check, and give up the fruit of every action you perform.",
      "hindi": "और यदि यह भी तुमसे न हो सके, तो मेरे योग का आश्रय लेकर, स्वयं को संयत रखते हुए, अपने सब कर्मों के फल का त्याग करो।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yoga",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/12#bg-12-11"
    },
    {
      "ref": "12.12",
      "chapter": 12,
      "verse": 12,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते ।\nध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम् ॥",
      "iast": "śreyo hi jñānamabhyāsājjñānāddhyānaṁ viśiṣyate / dhyānātkarmaphalatyāgastyāgācchāntiranantaram",
      "english": "Knowledge is better than mechanical practice, meditation is better than knowledge, and giving up the fruit of action is better than meditation; peace follows such letting go at once.",
      "hindi": "अभ्यास से ज्ञान श्रेष्ठ है, ज्ञान से ध्यान श्रेष्ठ है, और ध्यान से कर्मफल का त्याग श्रेष्ठ है; ऐसे त्याग से तुरंत शांति मिलती है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "jnana",
        "dhyana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/12#bg-12-12"
    },
    {
      "ref": "12.13",
      "chapter": 12,
      "verse": 13,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च ।\nनिर्ममो निरहङ्कारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी ॥",
      "iast": "adveṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṁ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca / nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ samaduḥkhasukhaḥ kṣamī",
      "english": "He bears no ill will towards any living being, is friendly and kind to all, free of the sense of mine and of pride, the same in pain and pleasure, and forgiving.",
      "hindi": "वह किसी भी प्राणी से द्वेष नहीं करता, सबके प्रति मैत्री और करुणा रखता है, ममता और अहंकार से मुक्त है, सुख-दुःख में समान है, और क्षमाशील है।",
      "terms": [
        "daya",
        "duhkha",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/12#bg-12-13"
    },
    {
      "ref": "12.14",
      "chapter": 12,
      "verse": 14,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सन्तुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः ।\nमय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः ॥",
      "iast": "santuṣṭaḥ satataṁ yogī yatātmā dṛḍhaniścayaḥ / mayyarpitamanobuddhiryo madbhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ",
      "english": "He is content, always joined in yoga, in command of himself and firm in his resolve, and he has given his mind and understanding over to me. Such a devotee is dear to me.",
      "hindi": "वह संतुष्ट रहता है, सदा योग में स्थिर है, स्वयं पर संयम रखता है और दृढ़ निश्चय वाला है; अपना मन और बुद्धि उसने मुझे सौंप दी है। ऐसा भक्त मुझे प्रिय है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "bhakti",
        "atman",
        "manas",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/12#bg-12-14"
    },
    {
      "ref": "12.15",
      "chapter": 12,
      "verse": 15,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः ।\nहर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः ॥",
      "iast": "yasmānnodvijate loko lokānnodvijate ca yaḥ / harṣāmarṣabhayodvegairmukto yaḥ sa ca me priyaḥ",
      "english": "The world is not disturbed by him and he is not disturbed by the world; he is free of elation, resentment, fear and agitation, and he too is dear to me.",
      "hindi": "जिससे संसार विचलित नहीं होता और जो स्वयं संसार से विचलित नहीं होता, जो हर्ष, ईर्ष्या, भय और उद्वेग से मुक्त है — वह भी मुझे प्रिय है।",
      "terms": [
        "moksha",
        "bhaya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/12#bg-12-15"
    },
    {
      "ref": "12.16",
      "chapter": 12,
      "verse": 16,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अनपेक्षः शुचिर्दक्ष उदासीनो गतव्यथः ।\nसर्वारम्भपरित्यागी यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः ॥",
      "iast": "anapekṣaḥ śucirdakṣa udāsīno gatavyathaḥ / sarvārambhaparityāgī yo madbhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ",
      "english": "He wants nothing for himself, is clean, capable, unbiased and free of distress, and he has let go of every self-serving undertaking. Such a devotee is dear to me.",
      "hindi": "वह अपने लिए कुछ नहीं चाहता, भीतर-बाहर से शुद्ध है, दक्ष है, पक्षपात से रहित और व्यथा से मुक्त है; उसने अपने सब स्वार्थी आरंभ छोड़ दिए हैं। ऐसा भक्त मुझे प्रिय है।",
      "terms": [
        "bhakti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/12#bg-12-16"
    },
    {
      "ref": "12.17",
      "chapter": 12,
      "verse": 17,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति ।\nशुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्तिमान्यः स मे प्रियः ॥",
      "iast": "yo na hṛṣyati na dveṣṭi na śocati na kāṅkṣati / śubhāśubhaparityāgī bhaktimānyaḥ sa me priyaḥ",
      "english": "He does not exult and does not hate, does not grieve and does not crave, and he lets go of both the welcome and the unwelcome. Such a devoted person is dear to me.",
      "hindi": "वह न हर्षित होता है न द्वेष करता है, न शोक करता है न कामना; शुभ और अशुभ दोनों को उसने छोड़ दिया है। ऐसा भक्तिमान मुझे प्रिय है।",
      "terms": [
        "bhakti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/12#bg-12-17"
    },
    {
      "ref": "12.18",
      "chapter": 12,
      "verse": 18,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः ।\nशीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः ॥",
      "iast": "samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoḥ / śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkheṣu samaḥ saṅgavivarjitaḥ",
      "english": "He is the same towards an enemy and a friend, the same in honour and disgrace, the same in cold and heat and in pleasure and pain, and he is free of attachment.",
      "hindi": "वह शत्रु और मित्र के प्रति समान रहता है, मान और अपमान में समान रहता है, सर्दी-गर्मी और सुख-दुःख में समान रहता है, और आसक्ति से मुक्त है।",
      "terms": [
        "sanga",
        "duhkha",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/12#bg-12-18"
    },
    {
      "ref": "12.19",
      "chapter": 12,
      "verse": 19,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी सन्तुष्टो येन केनचित् ।\nअनिकेतः स्थिरमतिर्भक्तिमान्मे प्रियो नरः ॥",
      "iast": "tulyanindāstutirmaunī santuṣṭo yena kenacit / aniketaḥ sthiramatirbhaktimānme priyo naraḥ",
      "english": "Blame and praise weigh the same with him; he keeps quiet, is content with whatever comes, is tied to no fixed home, and his mind is steady. Such a devoted person is dear to me.",
      "hindi": "निंदा और स्तुति उसके लिए समान हैं; वह मौन रहता है, जो मिल जाए उसी में संतुष्ट रहता है, किसी घर से बँधा नहीं है, और उसकी बुद्धि स्थिर है। ऐसा भक्तिमान व्यक्ति मुझे प्रिय है।",
      "terms": [
        "bhakti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/12#bg-12-19"
    },
    {
      "ref": "12.20",
      "chapter": 12,
      "verse": 20,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ये तु धर्म्यामृतमिदं यथोक्तं पर्युपासते ।\nश्रद्दधाना मत्परमा भक्तास्तेऽतीव मे प्रियाः ॥",
      "iast": "ye tu dharmyāmṛtamidaṁ yathoktaṁ paryupāsate / śraddadhānā matparamā bhaktāste’tīva me priyāḥ",
      "english": "Those who follow this nectar of dharma just as I have set it out, who are full of faith and hold me as the highest — such devotees are very dear to me.",
      "hindi": "जो इस धर्ममय अमृत का, जैसा मैंने कहा है वैसा ही, पालन करते हैं, जो श्रद्धा से भरे हैं और मुझे ही परम मानते हैं — वे भक्त मुझे अत्यंत प्रिय हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma",
        "bhakti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/12#bg-12-20"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.1",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 1,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते ।\nएतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः ॥",
      "iast": "idaṁ śarīraṁ kaunteya kṣetramityabhidhīyate / etadyo vetti taṁ prāhuḥ kṣetrajña iti tadvidaḥ",
      "english": "Kaunteya, this body is called the kshetra, the field. The one who knows this body is called the kshetrajna, the knower of the field, by those who understand these things.",
      "hindi": "कौन्तेय, इस शरीर को क्षेत्र कहा जाता है। और जो इस शरीर को जानता है, उसे तत्त्व के जानकार क्षेत्रज्ञ कहते हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-1"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.2",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 2,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि सर्वक्षेत्रेषु भारत ।\nक्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोर्ज्ञानं यत्तज्ज्ञानं मतं मम ॥",
      "iast": "kṣetrajñaṁ cāpi māṁ viddhi sarvakṣetreṣu bhārata / kṣetrakṣetrajñayorjñānaṁ yattajjñānaṁ mataṁ mama",
      "english": "Bharata, know me also as the kshetrajna in every field. The knowledge of both the kshetra and the kshetrajna together is what I consider real knowledge.",
      "hindi": "भारत, सब क्षेत्रों में क्षेत्रज्ञ मुझे ही जानो। क्षेत्र और क्षेत्रज्ञ दोनों का जो ज्ञान है, उसी को मैं वास्तविक ज्ञान मानता हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-2"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.3",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 3,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक्च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत् ।\nस च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे शृणु ॥",
      "iast": "tatkṣetraṁ yacca yādṛkca yadvikāri yataśca yat / sa ca yo yatprabhāvaśca tatsamāsena me śṛṇu",
      "english": "Hear from me in brief what that field is, what it is like, how it changes and where it comes from, and also who its knower is and what powers belong to him.",
      "hindi": "वह क्षेत्र क्या है, कैसा है, किस तरह बदलता है और कहाँ से आता है, तथा वह क्षेत्रज्ञ कौन है और उसका प्रभाव क्या है — यह सब संक्षेप में मुझसे सुनो।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-3"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.4",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 4,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक् ।\nब्रह्मसूत्रपदैश्चैव हेतुमद्भिर्विनिश्चितैः ॥",
      "iast": "ṛṣibhirbahudhā gītaṁ chandobhirvividhaiḥ pṛthak / brahmasūtrapadaiścaiva hetumadbhirviniścitaiḥ",
      "english": "The rishis have sung of this in many ways, in various metres and each in their own manner, and it is set out too in the words of the Brahma Sutras, which are reasoned and conclusive.",
      "hindi": "ऋषियों ने इसे अनेक प्रकार से गाया है, अलग-अलग छन्दों में अपने-अपने ढंग से, और ब्रह्मसूत्र के उन पदों में भी, जो तर्कयुक्त और निश्चित हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "brahman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-4"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.5",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 5,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "महाभूतान्यहङ्कारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च ।\nइन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च पञ्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः ॥",
      "iast": "mahābhūtānyahaṅkāro buddhiravyaktameva ca / indriyāṇi daśaikaṁ ca pañca cendriyagocarāḥ",
      "english": "The great elements, the sense of being a separate I, the intellect, and the unmanifest; the ten senses and the mind that makes eleven; and the five objects that the senses reach.",
      "hindi": "पाँच महाभूत, अहंकार, बुद्धि और अव्यक्त; दस इन्द्रियाँ और ग्यारहवाँ मन; तथा इन्द्रियों के पाँच विषय।",
      "terms": [
        "buddhi",
        "indriya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-5"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.6",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 6,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतना धृतिः ।\nएतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम् ॥",
      "iast": "icchā dveṣaḥ sukhaṁ duḥkhaṁ saṅghātaścetanā dhṛtiḥ / etatkṣetraṁ samāsena savikāramudāhṛtam",
      "english": "Desire and aversion, pleasure and pain, the body held together as one whole, awareness, and steadiness — this, in brief, is the kshetra, described along with the changes it passes through.",
      "hindi": "इच्छा और द्वेष, सुख और दुःख, एक साथ बँधा हुआ यह शरीर, चेतना और धृति — संक्षेप में यही क्षेत्र है, अपने विकारों सहित बताया गया।",
      "terms": [
        "duhkha",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-6"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.7",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 7,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अमानित्वमदम्भित्वमहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवम् ।\nआचार्योपासनं शौचं स्थैर्यमात्मविनिग्रहः ॥",
      "iast": "amānitvamadambhitvamahiṁsā kṣāntirārjavam / ācāryopāsanaṁ śaucaṁ sthairyamātmavinigrahaḥ",
      "english": "Freedom from pride, freedom from pretence, non-violence, patience, straightness of mind; service to one's teacher, cleanliness of body and habit, steadiness, and control of oneself;",
      "hindi": "अभिमान का न होना, दिखावे का न होना, अहिंसा, क्षमा, सरलता; आचार्य की सेवा, शुद्धता, स्थिरता और आत्म-संयम;",
      "terms": [
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-7"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.8",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 8,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "इन्द्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यमनहङ्कार एव च ।\nजन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिदुःखदोषानुदर्शनम् ॥",
      "iast": "indriyārtheṣu vairāgyamanahaṅkāra eva ca / janmamṛtyujarāvyādhiduḥkhadoṣānudarśanam",
      "english": "Detachment from the objects of the senses, the absence of the sense of I, and the habit of seeing clearly the pain and the flaw that lie in birth, death, old age and illness;",
      "hindi": "इन्द्रियों के विषयों से वैराग्य, अहंकार का अभाव, और जन्म, मृत्यु, बुढ़ापे तथा रोग में जो दुःख और दोष है, उसे बार-बार स्पष्ट देखते रहना;",
      "terms": [
        "sanga",
        "duhkha",
        "indriya",
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-8"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.9",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 9,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "असक्तिरनभिष्वङ्गः पुत्रदारगृहादिषु ।\nनित्यं च समचित्तत्वमिष्टानिष्टोपपत्तिषु ॥",
      "iast": "asaktiranabhiṣvaṅgaḥ putradāragṛhādiṣu / nityaṁ ca samacittatvamiṣṭāniṣṭopapattiṣu",
      "english": "Not being attached, and not clinging to children, wife, home and the rest; and a mind that stays even at all times, whether what comes is wanted or unwanted;",
      "hindi": "आसक्ति का न होना, और सन्तान, पत्नी, घर आदि से न चिपकना; तथा प्रिय या अप्रिय जो भी सामने आए, उसमें मन का सदा समान बने रहना;",
      "terms": [
        "sanga",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-9"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.10",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 10,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मयि चानन्ययोगेन भक्तिरव्यभिचारिणी ।\nविविक्तदेशसेवित्वमरतिर्जनसंसदि ॥",
      "iast": "mayi cānanyayogena bhaktiravyabhicāriṇī / viviktadeśasevitvamaratirjanasaṁsadi",
      "english": "Unwavering devotion to me through an undivided mind; a liking for solitary places, and no appetite for the company of crowds;",
      "hindi": "अनन्य भाव से मेरी अविचल भक्ति; एकान्त स्थानों में रहने की रुचि, और भीड़-भाड़ में मन का न लगना;",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "bhakti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-10"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.11",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 11,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वं तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम् ।\nएतज्ज्ञानमिति प्रोक्तमज्ञानं यदतोऽन्यथा ॥",
      "iast": "adhyātmajñānanityatvaṁ tattvajñānārthadarśanam / etajjñānamiti proktamajñānaṁ yadato’nyathā",
      "english": "Staying always with the knowledge of the self, and keeping in view the purpose for which what is real is known — all this is called knowledge; whatever differs from it is ignorance.",
      "hindi": "अध्यात्म-ज्ञान में सदा स्थित रहना, और तत्त्व के ज्ञान का जो प्रयोजन है उसे सामने रखना — यही ज्ञान कहा गया है; इससे भिन्न जो कुछ है, वह अज्ञान है।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-11"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.12",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 12,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ज्ञेयं यत्तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वामृतमश्नुते ।\nअनादिमत्परं ब्रह्म न सत्तन्नासदुच्यते ॥",
      "iast": "jñeyaṁ yattatpravakṣyāmi yajjñātvāmṛtamaśnute / anādimatparaṁ brahma na sattannāsaducyate",
      "english": "I will now tell you what is to be known, by knowing which a person reaches the deathless. It is the beginningless supreme Brahman, said to be neither existent nor non-existent.",
      "hindi": "अब मैं वह बताऊँगा जो जानने योग्य है, जिसे जानकर मनुष्य अमृत को प्राप्त करता है। वह अनादि परब्रह्म है, जिसे न सत् कहा जाता है और न असत्।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "brahman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-12"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.13",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 13,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सर्वतः पाणिपादं तत्सर्वतोऽक्षिशिरोमुखम् ।\nसर्वतः श्रुतिमल्लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति ॥",
      "iast": "sarvataḥ pāṇipādaṁ tatsarvato’kṣiśiromukham / sarvataḥ śrutimalloke sarvamāvṛtya tiṣṭhati",
      "english": "Its hands and feet are on every side, its eyes, heads and faces on every side, its hearing on every side. It stands in the world, covering everything that is.",
      "hindi": "उसके हाथ और पैर सब ओर हैं, आँखें, सिर और मुख सब ओर हैं, और कान भी सब ओर हैं। वह सब कुछ घेरकर संसार में स्थित है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-13"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.14",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 14,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासं सर्वेन्द्रियविवर्जितम् ।\nअसक्तं सर्वभृच्चैव निर्गुणं गुणभोक्तृ च ॥",
      "iast": "sarvendriyaguṇābhāsaṁ sarvendriyavivarjitam / asaktaṁ sarvabhṛccaiva nirguṇaṁ guṇabhoktṛ ca",
      "english": "It shines through the working of every sense, yet has no senses of its own. It is unattached, yet supports everything; it is free of the gunas, yet experiences them.",
      "hindi": "वह सब इन्द्रियों के कार्य में प्रकाशित होता है, फिर भी स्वयं इन्द्रियों से रहित है। वह अनासक्त है, फिर भी सबको धारण करता है; गुणों से परे है, फिर भी गुणों को भोगता है।",
      "terms": [
        "guna",
        "sanga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-14"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.15",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 15,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "बहिरन्तश्च भूतानामचरं चरमेव च ।\nसूक्ष्मत्वात्तदविज्ञेयं दूरस्थं चान्तिके च तत् ॥",
      "iast": "bahirantaśca bhūtānāmacaraṁ carameva ca / sūkṣmatvāttadavijñeyaṁ dūrasthaṁ cāntike ca tat",
      "english": "It is outside all beings and inside them, unmoving and also moving. Because it is so subtle it cannot be known by the senses. It is far away, and it is also very near.",
      "hindi": "वह सब प्राणियों के बाहर भी है और भीतर भी, अचल भी है और चल भी। अत्यन्त सूक्ष्म होने के कारण वह इन्द्रियों से जाना नहीं जाता। वह दूर भी है और बहुत पास भी।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-15"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.16",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 16,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अविभक्तं च भूतेषु विभक्तमिव च स्थितम् ।\nभूतभर्तृ च तज्ज्ञेयं ग्रसिष्णु प्रभविष्णु च ॥",
      "iast": "avibhaktaṁ ca bhūteṣu vibhaktamiva ca sthitam / bhūtabhartṛ ca tajjñeyaṁ grasiṣṇu prabhaviṣṇu ca",
      "english": "Undivided, it stands among beings as though divided. It is to be known as what sustains all beings, and also as what draws them back in and what brings them forth.",
      "hindi": "वह अविभक्त है, फिर भी प्राणियों में विभक्त-सा स्थित है। उसे ही सब प्राणियों का धारण करने वाला जानना चाहिए, और वही उन्हें अपने में समेटता है और प्रकट भी करता है।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-16"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.17",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 17,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ज्योतिषामपि तज्ज्योतिस्तमसः परमुच्यते ।\nज्ञानं ज्ञेयं ज्ञानगम्यं हृदि सर्वस्य विष्ठितम् ॥",
      "iast": "jyotiṣāmapi tajjyotistamasaḥ paramucyate / jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ jñānagamyaṁ hṛdi sarvasya viṣṭhitam",
      "english": "It is the light even of lights, and is said to be beyond all darkness. It is knowledge, what is to be known, and what knowledge leads to; it is seated in the heart of everyone.",
      "hindi": "वह ज्योतियों की भी ज्योति है, और अन्धकार से परे कहा जाता है। वह ज्ञान है, ज्ञेय है, और ज्ञान से प्राप्त होने वाला है; वह सबके हृदय में स्थित है।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "tamas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-17"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.18",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 18,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "इति क्षेत्रं तथा ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं चोक्तं समासतः ।\nमद्भक्त एतद्विज्ञाय मद्भावायोपपद्यते ॥",
      "iast": "iti kṣetraṁ tathā jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ coktaṁ samāsataḥ / madbhakta etadvijñāya madbhāvāyopapadyate",
      "english": "So the kshetra, and knowledge, and what is to be known have all been described in brief. My devotee who understands this comes to share in my own being.",
      "hindi": "इस प्रकार क्षेत्र, ज्ञान और ज्ञेय संक्षेप में कहे गए। मेरा भक्त इसे भली भाँति जानकर मेरे भाव को प्राप्त होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "bhakti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-18"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.19",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 19,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि ।\nविकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसम्भवान् ॥",
      "iast": "prakṛtiṁ puruṣaṁ caiva viddhyanādī ubhāvapi / vikārāṁśca guṇāṁścaiva viddhi prakṛtisambhavān",
      "english": "Know that prakriti and purusha are both without beginning. Know also that the changes things undergo, and the gunas themselves, all arise out of prakriti.",
      "hindi": "प्रकृति और पुरुष — दोनों को अनादि जानो। और यह भी जानो कि सारे विकार तथा गुण प्रकृति से ही उत्पन्न होते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "guna",
        "prakriti",
        "purusha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-19"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.20",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 20,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते ।\nपुरुषः सुखदुःखानां भोक्तृत्वे हेतुरुच्यते ॥",
      "iast": "kāryakāraṇakartṛtve hetuḥ prakṛtirucyate / puruṣaḥ sukhaduḥkhānāṁ bhoktṛtve heturucyate",
      "english": "Prakriti is said to be the cause where the body, its instruments and the doing of action are concerned. Purusha is said to be the cause where pleasure and pain are experienced.",
      "hindi": "कार्य, करण और कर्तृत्व के विषय में प्रकृति को कारण कहा जाता है। और सुख तथा दुःख के भोग के विषय में पुरुष को कारण कहा जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "prakriti",
        "purusha",
        "duhkha",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-20"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.21",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 21,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान् ।\nकारणं गुणसङ्गोऽस्य सदसद्योनिजन्मसु ॥",
      "iast": "puruṣaḥ prakṛtistho hi bhuṅkte prakṛtijānguṇān / kāraṇaṁ guṇasaṅgo’sya sadasadyonijanmasu",
      "english": "Purusha, seated in prakriti, experiences the gunas that are born of prakriti. Its attachment to those gunas is the cause of its birth in good and bad wombs.",
      "hindi": "पुरुष प्रकृति में स्थित होकर प्रकृति से उत्पन्न गुणों को भोगता है। गुणों के प्रति उसकी आसक्ति ही अच्छी और बुरी योनियों में उसके जन्म का कारण बनती है।",
      "terms": [
        "guna",
        "prakriti",
        "purusha",
        "sanga",
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-21"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.22",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 22,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "उपद्रष्टानुमन्ता च भर्ता भोक्ता महेश्वरः ।\nपरमात्मेति चाप्युक्तो देहेऽस्मिन्पुरुषः परः ॥",
      "iast": "upadraṣṭānumantā ca bhartā bhoktā maheśvaraḥ / paramātmeti cāpyukto dehe’sminpuruṣaḥ paraḥ",
      "english": "The higher purusha present in this body is the one who watches, the one who permits, the one who supports, the one who experiences, the great lord; he is also spoken of as the supreme self.",
      "hindi": "इस शरीर में जो परे पुरुष है, वही देखने वाला है, अनुमति देने वाला है, धारण करने वाला, भोक्ता और महेश्वर है; उसे परमात्मा भी कहा गया है।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "purusha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-22"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.23",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 23,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "य एवं वेत्ति पुरुषं प्रकृतिं च गुणैः सह ।\nसर्वथा वर्तमानोऽपि न स भूयोऽभिजायते ॥",
      "iast": "ya evaṁ vetti puruṣaṁ prakṛtiṁ ca guṇaiḥ saha / sarvathā vartamāno’pi na sa bhūyo’bhijāyate",
      "english": "Whoever knows purusha in this way, and knows prakriti along with its gunas, is not born again, no matter in what manner he may now be living.",
      "hindi": "जो पुरुष को इस प्रकार जानता है, और गुणों सहित प्रकृति को भी जानता है, वह चाहे जिस तरह भी रहता हो, फिर से जन्म नहीं लेता।",
      "terms": [
        "guna",
        "prakriti",
        "purusha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-23"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.24",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 24,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ध्यानेनात्मनि पश्यन्ति केचिदात्मानमात्मना ।\nअन्ये साङ्ख्येन योगेन कर्मयोगेन चापरे ॥",
      "iast": "dhyānenātmani paśyanti kecidātmānamātmanā / anye sāṅkhyena yogena karmayogena cāpare",
      "english": "Some see the self within themselves, by the self, through meditation. Others see it through the yoga of sankhya, and others again through the yoga of action.",
      "hindi": "कुछ लोग ध्यान के द्वारा अपने भीतर आत्मा को आत्मा से देखते हैं। दूसरे सांख्य योग से देखते हैं, और कुछ कर्मयोग से।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yoga",
        "dhyana",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-24"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.25",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 25,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अन्ये त्वेवमजानन्तः श्रुत्वान्येभ्य उपासते ।\nतेऽपि चातितरन्त्येव मृत्युं श्रुतिपरायणाः ॥",
      "iast": "anye tvevamajānantaḥ śrutvānyebhya upāsate / te’pi cātitarantyeva mṛtyuṁ śrutiparāyaṇāḥ",
      "english": "Others, who do not know it in this way, take up worship after hearing of it from other people. They too, holding fast to what they have heard, cross beyond death.",
      "hindi": "दूसरे, जो इस प्रकार नहीं जानते, वे औरों से सुनकर उपासना करने लगते हैं। सुने हुए में निष्ठा रखने वाले वे भी मृत्यु को पार कर जाते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-25"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.26",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 26,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यावत्सञ्जायते किञ्चित्सत्त्वं स्थावरजङ्गमम् ।\nक्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञसंयोगात्तद्विद्धि भरतर्षभ ॥",
      "iast": "yāvatsañjāyate kiñcitsattvaṁ sthāvarajaṅgamam / kṣetrakṣetrajñasaṁyogāttadviddhi bharatarṣabha",
      "english": "Whatever comes into being, whether it moves or stays still, arises from the joining of the kshetra and the kshetrajna. Know this, best of the Bharatas.",
      "hindi": "भरतश्रेष्ठ, जो कुछ भी उत्पन्न होता है — चर हो या अचर — वह क्षेत्र और क्षेत्रज्ञ के संयोग से ही होता है, यह जान लो।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "sattva"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-26"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.27",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 27,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "समं सर्वेषु भूतेषु तिष्ठन्तं परमेश्वरम् ।\nविनश्यत्स्वविनश्यन्तं यः पश्यति स पश्यति ॥",
      "iast": "samaṁ sarveṣu bhūteṣu tiṣṭhantaṁ parameśvaram / vinaśyatsvavinaśyantaṁ yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati",
      "english": "Whoever sees the supreme lord standing equally in all beings, and sees that he does not perish when they perish — that person is the one who really sees.",
      "hindi": "जो सब प्राणियों में परमेश्वर को समान रूप से स्थित देखता है, और नष्ट होते हुए प्राणियों में उसे अविनाशी देखता है, वही वास्तव में देखता है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-27"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.28",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 28,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "समं पश्यन्हि सर्वत्र समवस्थितमीश्वरम् ।\nन हिनस्त्यात्मनात्मानं ततो याति परां गतिम् ॥",
      "iast": "samaṁ paśyanhi sarvatra samavasthitamīśvaram / na hinastyātmanātmānaṁ tato yāti parāṁ gatim",
      "english": "Seeing the lord present equally everywhere, such a person does not injure himself by his own hand, and for that reason he reaches the highest goal.",
      "hindi": "सर्वत्र समान रूप से स्थित ईश्वर को इस प्रकार देखने वाला मनुष्य अपने ही हाथों अपने को हानि नहीं पहुँचाता, और इसी से वह परम गति को प्राप्त होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-28"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.29",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 29,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "प्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वशः ।\nयः पश्यति तथात्मानमकर्तारं स पश्यति ॥",
      "iast": "prakṛtyaiva ca karmāṇi kriyamāṇāni sarvaśaḥ / yaḥ paśyati tathātmānamakartāraṁ sa paśyati",
      "english": "Whoever sees that actions are in every way being carried out by prakriti alone, and sees that the self is not the doer, is the one who really sees.",
      "hindi": "जो यह देखता है कि सारे कर्म हर प्रकार से प्रकृति के द्वारा ही किए जा रहे हैं, और आत्मा कर्ता नहीं है, वही वास्तव में देखता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-29"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.30",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 30,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति ।\nतत एव च विस्तारं ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा ॥",
      "iast": "yadā bhūtapṛthagbhāvamekasthamanupaśyati / tata eva ca vistāraṁ brahma sampadyate tadā",
      "english": "When a person sees that the separate existence of all beings rests in one, and that their spreading out comes from that same one, at that moment he reaches Brahman.",
      "hindi": "जब मनुष्य यह देखता है कि प्राणियों का अलग-अलग अस्तित्व एक ही में टिका है, और उसी एक से उनका विस्तार होता है, तब वह ब्रह्म को प्राप्त होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "brahman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-30"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.31",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 31,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अनादित्वान्निर्गुणत्वात्परमात्मायमव्ययः ।\nशरीरस्थोऽपि कौन्तेय न करोति न लिप्यते ॥",
      "iast": "anāditvānnirguṇatvātparamātmāyamavyayaḥ / śarīrastho’pi kaunteya na karoti na lipyate",
      "english": "Because it is without beginning and without gunas, this supreme self never wears away. Kaunteya, even while it is present in the body, it neither acts nor is stained by action.",
      "hindi": "अनादि होने के कारण और गुणों से रहित होने के कारण यह परमात्मा अव्यय है। कौन्तेय, शरीर में रहते हुए भी वह न कुछ करता है और न किसी कर्म से लिप्त होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "guna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-31"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.32",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 32,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यथा सर्वगतं सौक्ष्म्यादाकाशं नोपलिप्यते ।\nसर्वत्रावस्थितो देहे तथात्मा नोपलिप्यते ॥",
      "iast": "yathā sarvagataṁ saukṣmyādākāśaṁ nopalipyate / sarvatrāvasthito dehe tathātmā nopalipyate",
      "english": "Just as space, present everywhere and so subtle, is never stained by what it holds, in the same way the self, present throughout the body, is never stained by it.",
      "hindi": "जैसे आकाश सर्वत्र व्याप्त होकर भी अपनी सूक्ष्मता के कारण किसी से लिप्त नहीं होता, वैसे ही शरीर में सब जगह स्थित आत्मा भी लिप्त नहीं होती।",
      "terms": [
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-32"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.33",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 33,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यथा प्रकाशयत्येकः कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रविः ।\nक्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्नं प्रकाशयति भारत ॥",
      "iast": "yathā prakāśayatyekaḥ kṛtsnaṁ lokamimaṁ raviḥ / kṣetraṁ kṣetrī tathā kṛtsnaṁ prakāśayati bhārata",
      "english": "Just as one sun lights up this whole world, Bharata, in the same way the owner of the field lights up the entire kshetra.",
      "hindi": "भारत, जैसे एक ही सूर्य इस समूचे संसार को प्रकाशित करता है, वैसे ही क्षेत्र का स्वामी समूचे क्षेत्र को प्रकाशित करता है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-33"
    },
    {
      "ref": "13.34",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 34,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोरेवमन्तरं ज्ञानचक्षुषा ।\nभूतप्रकृतिमोक्षं च ये विदुर्यान्ति ते परम् ॥",
      "iast": "kṣetrakṣetrajñayorevamantaraṁ jñānacakṣuṣā / bhūtaprakṛtimokṣaṁ ca ye viduryānti te param",
      "english": "Those who with the eye of knowledge see in this way the difference between the kshetra and the kshetrajna, and see how beings are released from prakriti, reach the supreme.",
      "hindi": "जो ज्ञान की आँख से क्षेत्र और क्षेत्रज्ञ के इस भेद को जानते हैं, और प्राणियों की प्रकृति से मुक्ति को भी जानते हैं, वे परम पद को प्राप्त होते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "moksha",
        "prakriti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/13#bg-13-34"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.1",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 1,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "परं भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानां ज्ञानमुत्तमम् ।\nयज्ज्ञात्वा मुनयः सर्वे परां सिद्धिमितो गताः ॥",
      "iast": "paraṁ bhūyaḥ pravakṣyāmi jñānānāṁ jñānamuttamam / yajjñātvā munayaḥ sarve parāṁ siddhimito gatāḥ",
      "english": "I will speak again of the highest knowledge, the best of all that can be known — the knowledge by which all the sages went on from here to the highest perfection.",
      "hindi": "अब मैं फिर उस परम ज्ञान को कहूँगा, जो सब ज्ञानों में श्रेष्ठ है — जिसे जानकर सभी मुनि यहाँ से परम सिद्धि को प्राप्त हुए।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-1"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.2",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 2,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "इदं ज्ञानमुपाश्रित्य मम साधर्म्यमागताः ।\nसर्गेऽपि नोपजायन्ते प्रलये न व्यथन्ति च ॥",
      "iast": "idaṁ jñānamupāśritya mama sādharmyamāgatāḥ / sarge’pi nopajāyante pralaye na vyathanti ca",
      "english": "Those who take their stand on this knowledge and come to share my own nature are not born again when creation begins, and are not shaken when it dissolves.",
      "hindi": "जो इस ज्ञान का आश्रय लेकर मेरे स्वभाव को प्राप्त कर लेते हैं, वे सृष्टि के समय फिर जन्म नहीं लेते और प्रलय के समय व्याकुल नहीं होते।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma",
        "jnana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-2"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.3",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 3,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मम योनिर्महद् ब्रह्म तस्मिन्गर्भं दधाम्यहम् ।\nसम्भवः सर्वभूतानां ततो भवति भारत ॥",
      "iast": "mama yonirmahad brahma tasmingarbhaṁ dadhāmyaham / sambhavaḥ sarvabhūtānāṁ tato bhavati bhārata",
      "english": "My womb is the great Brahman, and it is there that I place the seed. From that, Bharata, the coming into being of all creatures follows.",
      "hindi": "मेरी योनि महद्-ब्रह्म है, और उसी में मैं गर्भ स्थापित करता हूँ। भारत, उसी से सब प्राणियों की उत्पत्ति होती है।",
      "terms": [
        "brahman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-3"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.4",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 4,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सर्वयोनिषु कौन्तेय मूर्तयः सम्भवन्ति याः ।\nतासां ब्रह्म महद्योनिरहं बीजप्रदः पिता ॥",
      "iast": "sarvayoniṣu kaunteya mūrtayaḥ sambhavanti yāḥ / tāsāṁ brahma mahadyonirahaṁ bījapradaḥ pitā",
      "english": "Kaunteya, whatever forms take shape in any womb at all, the great Brahman is the womb that holds them, and I am the father who gives the seed.",
      "hindi": "कौन्तेय, सब योनियों में जो भी रूप जन्म लेते हैं, उन सबको धारण करने वाली योनि महद्-ब्रह्म है, और बीज देने वाला पिता मैं हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "brahman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-4"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.5",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 5,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसम्भवाः ।\nनिबध्नन्ति महाबाहो देहे देहिनमव्ययम् ॥",
      "iast": "sattvaṁ rajastama iti guṇāḥ prakṛtisambhavāḥ / nibadhnanti mahābāho dehe dehinamavyayam",
      "english": "Sattva, rajas and tamas — these are the gunas that arise out of prakriti. Mahabaho, they are what bind the unchanging dweller within to the body.",
      "hindi": "सत्त्व, रजस् और तमस् — ये गुण प्रकृति से उत्पन्न होते हैं। महाबाहो, ये ही भीतर बसे अविनाशी देही को शरीर में बाँध देते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "guna",
        "sattva",
        "rajas",
        "prakriti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-5"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.6",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 6,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तत्र सत्त्वं निर्मलत्वात्प्रकाशकमनामयम् ।\nसुखसङ्गेन बध्नाति ज्ञानसङ्गेन चानघ ॥",
      "iast": "tatra sattvaṁ nirmalatvātprakāśakamanāmayam / sukhasaṅgena badhnāti jñānasaṅgena cānagha",
      "english": "Among them sattva, being clear, gives light and is free of disturbance. Anagha, it binds a person through attachment to happiness and through attachment to knowledge.",
      "hindi": "इनमें सत्त्व निर्मल होने के कारण प्रकाश देता है और विकार से रहित है। अनघ, वह मनुष्य को सुख की आसक्ति से और ज्ञान की आसक्ति से बाँधता है।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "sattva",
        "sanga",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-6"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.7",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 7,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम् ।\nतन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम् ॥",
      "iast": "rajo rāgātmakaṁ viddhi tṛṣṇāsaṅgasamudbhavam / tannibadhnāti kaunteya karmasaṅgena dehinam",
      "english": "Know rajas to be of the nature of passion, arising out of thirst and attachment. Kaunteya, it binds the dweller in the body through attachment to action.",
      "hindi": "रजस् को राग रूप जानो, जो तृष्णा और आसक्ति से उत्पन्न होता है। कौन्तेय, वह देही को कर्म की आसक्ति से बाँध देता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "atman",
        "rajas",
        "sanga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-7"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.8",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 8,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम् ।\nप्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत ॥",
      "iast": "tamastvajñānajaṁ viddhi mohanaṁ sarvadehinām / pramādālasyanidrābhistannibadhnāti bhārata",
      "english": "Know tamas to be born of ignorance; it confuses everyone who lives in a body. Bharata, it binds a person through carelessness, laziness and sleep.",
      "hindi": "तमस् को अज्ञान से उत्पन्न जानो; वह सब देहधारियों को मोह में डालता है। भारत, वह प्रमाद, आलस्य और नींद से मनुष्य को बाँधता है।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "tamas",
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-8"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.9",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 9,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत ।\nज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत ॥",
      "iast": "sattvaṁ sukhe sañjayati rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārata / jñānamāvṛtya tu tamaḥ pramāde sañjayatyuta",
      "english": "Sattva attaches a person to happiness, Bharata, and rajas attaches him to action. Tamas covers over knowledge and attaches him to carelessness instead.",
      "hindi": "भारत, सत्त्व मनुष्य को सुख में लगाता है और रजस् उसे कर्म में लगाता है। तमस् तो ज्ञान को ढककर उसे प्रमाद में लगा देता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "jnana",
        "sattva",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-9"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.10",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 10,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "रजस्तमश्चाभिभूय सत्त्वं भवति भारत ।\nरजः सत्त्वं तमश्चैव तमः सत्त्वं रजस्तथा ॥",
      "iast": "rajastamaścābhibhūya sattvaṁ bhavati bhārata / rajaḥ sattvaṁ tamaścaiva tamaḥ sattvaṁ rajastathā",
      "english": "Sattva rises, Bharata, by overcoming rajas and tamas; rajas rises by overcoming sattva and tamas; and tamas rises by overcoming sattva and rajas.",
      "hindi": "भारत, रजस् और तमस् को दबाकर सत्त्व बढ़ता है; सत्त्व और तमस् को दबाकर रजस् बढ़ता है; और सत्त्व तथा रजस् को दबाकर तमस् बढ़ता है।",
      "terms": [
        "sattva",
        "rajas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-10"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.11",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 11,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते ।\nज्ञानं यदा तदा विद्याद्विवृद्धं सत्त्वमित्युत ॥",
      "iast": "sarvadvāreṣu dehe’sminprakāśa upajāyate / jñānaṁ yadā tadā vidyādvivṛddhaṁ sattvamityuta",
      "english": "When light, which is knowledge, appears at every gate of this body, then one should understand that sattva has grown strong in that person.",
      "hindi": "जब इस शरीर के सब द्वारों पर प्रकाश, अर्थात् ज्ञान, प्रकट होता है, तब जानना चाहिए कि उस मनुष्य में सत्त्व बढ़ा हुआ है।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "sattva"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-11"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.12",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 12,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा ।\nरजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ ॥",
      "iast": "lobhaḥ pravṛttirārambhaḥ karmaṇāmaśamaḥ spṛhā / rajasyetāni jāyante vivṛddhe bharatarṣabha",
      "english": "Greed, restless activity, the starting of new undertakings, an inability to settle, and craving — these appear, best of the Bharatas, when rajas has grown strong.",
      "hindi": "लोभ, बेचैन प्रवृत्ति, नए-नए कामों का आरम्भ, अशान्ति और स्पृहा — भरतश्रेष्ठ, रजस् के बढ़ने पर ये सब उत्पन्न होते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "rajas",
        "lobha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-12"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.13",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 13,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च ।\nतमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन ॥",
      "iast": "aprakāśo’pravṛttiśca pramādo moha eva ca / tamasyetāni jāyante vivṛddhe kurunandana",
      "english": "An absence of light, an absence of effort, carelessness and confusion — these are what appear, Kurunandana, when tamas has grown strong in a person.",
      "hindi": "प्रकाश का अभाव, प्रयत्न का अभाव, प्रमाद और मोह — कुरुनन्दन, तमस् के बढ़ने पर मनुष्य में ये ही उत्पन्न होते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "tamas",
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-13"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.14",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 14,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यदा सत्त्वे प्रवृद्धे तु प्रलयं याति देहभृत् ।\nतदोत्तमविदां लोकानमलान्प्रतिपद्यते ॥",
      "iast": "yadā sattve pravṛddhe tu pralayaṁ yāti dehabhṛt / tadottamavidāṁ lokānamalānpratipadyate",
      "english": "When one who carries a body dies at a time when sattva has grown strong, that person reaches the spotless worlds of those who know the highest.",
      "hindi": "जब सत्त्व के बढ़े हुए रहते हुए देहधारी की मृत्यु होती है, तब वह उन लोगों के निर्मल लोकों को प्राप्त करता है जो सर्वोत्तम को जानते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "sattva"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-14"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.15",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 15,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "रजसि प्रलयं गत्वा कर्मसङ्गिषु जायते ।\nतथा प्रलीनस्तमसि मूढयोनिषु जायते ॥",
      "iast": "rajasi pralayaṁ gatvā karmasaṅgiṣu jāyate / tathā pralīnastamasi mūḍhayoniṣu jāyate",
      "english": "One who dies when rajas is dominant is born among people attached to action. One who dies when tamas is dominant is born in the wombs of the deluded.",
      "hindi": "जो रजस् के प्रबल रहते मरता है, वह कर्म में आसक्त लोगों के बीच जन्म लेता है। और जो तमस् के प्रबल रहते मरता है, वह मूढ़ योनियों में जन्म लेता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "rajas",
        "tamas",
        "sanga",
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-15"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.16",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 16,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्त्विकं निर्मलं फलम् ।\nरजसस्तु फलं दुःखमज्ञानं तमसः फलम् ॥",
      "iast": "karmaṇaḥ sukṛtasyāhuḥ sāttvikaṁ nirmalaṁ phalam / rajasastu phalaṁ duḥkhamajñānaṁ tamasaḥ phalam",
      "english": "The fruit of well-done action, they say, belongs to sattva and is clean. The fruit of rajas is pain, and the fruit of tamas is ignorance.",
      "hindi": "कहा जाता है कि भली प्रकार किए गए कर्म का फल सात्त्विक और निर्मल होता है। रजस् का फल दुःख है, और तमस् का फल अज्ञान है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "jnana",
        "sattva",
        "rajas",
        "tamas",
        "duhkha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-16"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.17",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 17,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सत्त्वात्सञ्जायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च ।\nप्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानमेव च ॥",
      "iast": "sattvātsañjāyate jñānaṁ rajaso lobha eva ca / pramādamohau tamaso bhavato’jñānameva ca",
      "english": "From sattva knowledge is born, and from rajas greed is born. From tamas come carelessness and confusion, and ignorance comes from it as well.",
      "hindi": "सत्त्व से ज्ञान उत्पन्न होता है और रजस् से लोभ। तमस् से प्रमाद और मोह उत्पन्न होते हैं, और अज्ञान भी उसी से होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "sattva",
        "rajas",
        "tamas",
        "lobha",
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-17"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.18",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 18,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः ।\nजघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः ॥",
      "iast": "ūrdhvaṁ gacchanti sattvasthā madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ / jaghanyaguṇavṛttisthā adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ",
      "english": "Those settled in sattva go upward. Those of rajas stay in the middle. Those of tamas, who live in the working of the lowest guna, go downward.",
      "hindi": "सत्त्व में स्थित लोग ऊपर जाते हैं। राजस लोग बीच में रहते हैं। और तामस लोग, जो सबसे नीचे के गुण की वृत्ति में रहते हैं, नीचे जाते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "guna",
        "sattva",
        "rajas",
        "tamas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-18"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.19",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 19,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "नान्यं गुणेभ्यः कर्तारं यदा द्रष्टानुपश्यति ।\nगुणेभ्यश्च परं वेत्ति मद्भावं सोऽधिगच्छति ॥",
      "iast": "nānyaṁ guṇebhyaḥ kartāraṁ yadā draṣṭānupaśyati / guṇebhyaśca paraṁ vetti madbhāvaṁ so’dhigacchati",
      "english": "When the one who watches sees that there is no doer other than the gunas, and knows what lies beyond the gunas, that person comes to share in my being.",
      "hindi": "जब देखने वाला यह देख लेता है कि गुणों के सिवा कोई कर्ता नहीं है, और गुणों से परे जो है उसे भी जान लेता है, तब वह मेरे भाव को प्राप्त होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "guna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-19"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.20",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 20,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "गुणानेतानतीत्य त्रीन्देही देहसमुद्भवान् ।\nजन्ममृत्युजरादुःखैर्विमुक्तोऽमृतमश्नुते ॥",
      "iast": "guṇānetānatītya trīndehī dehasamudbhavān / janmamṛtyujarāduḥkhairvimukto’mṛtamaśnute",
      "english": "When the dweller in the body passes beyond these three gunas, which come into being along with the body, he is freed from birth, death, old age and pain, and reaches the deathless.",
      "hindi": "जब देही इन तीनों गुणों को पार कर जाता है, जो शरीर के साथ ही उत्पन्न होते हैं, तब वह जन्म, मृत्यु, बुढ़ापे और दुःख से मुक्त होकर अमृत को प्राप्त करता है।",
      "terms": [
        "moksha",
        "guna",
        "duhkha",
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-20"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.21",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 21,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "कैर्लिङ्गैस्त्रीन्गुणानेतानतीतो भवति प्रभो ।\nकिमाचारः कथं चैतांस्त्रीन्गुणानतिवर्तते ॥",
      "iast": "kairliṅgaistrīnguṇānetānatīto bhavati prabho / kimācāraḥ kathaṁ caitāṁstrīnguṇānativartate",
      "english": "By what marks is a person known to have passed beyond these three gunas, Prabhu? How does such a person behave, and how does he get past these three gunas?",
      "hindi": "प्रभो, किन लक्षणों से यह जाना जाता है कि कोई इन तीनों गुणों को पार कर चुका है? ऐसे मनुष्य का आचरण कैसा होता है, और वह इन तीनों गुणों को किस तरह पार करता है?",
      "terms": [
        "guna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-21"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.22",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 22,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव ।\nन द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति ॥",
      "iast": "prakāśaṁ ca pravṛttiṁ ca mohameva ca pāṇḍava / na dveṣṭi sampravṛttāni na nivṛttāni kāṅkṣati",
      "english": "Pandava, he does not dislike light, activity or confusion when they come upon him, and he does not long for them when they fall away.",
      "hindi": "पाण्डव, प्रकाश, प्रवृत्ति और मोह — ये जब उस पर आ पड़ते हैं तब वह इनसे द्वेष नहीं करता, और जब ये हट जाते हैं तब इनकी चाह नहीं करता।",
      "terms": [
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-22"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.23",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 23,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते ।\nगुणा वर्तन्त इत्येवं योऽवतिष्ठति नेङ्गते ॥",
      "iast": "udāsīnavadāsīno guṇairyo na vicālyate / guṇā vartanta ityevaṁ yo’vatiṣṭhati neṅgate",
      "english": "He sits like someone who stands apart, and the gunas do not unsettle him. Knowing only that the gunas are doing their work, he stays as he is and does not waver.",
      "hindi": "वह उदासीन की तरह बैठा रहता है और गुण उसे विचलित नहीं करते। गुण अपना काम कर रहे हैं — यही जानकर वह अपनी जगह स्थिर रहता है और डिगता नहीं।",
      "terms": [
        "guna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-23"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.24",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 24,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः ।\nतुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः ॥",
      "iast": "samaduḥkhasukhaḥ svasthaḥ samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ / tulyapriyāpriyo dhīrastulyanindātmasaṁstutiḥ",
      "english": "Pain and pleasure are the same to him, and he rests in himself. Clay, stone and gold are alike to him. Steady, he takes the pleasant and the unpleasant alike, and blame and praise of himself alike.",
      "hindi": "उसके लिए दुःख और सुख समान हैं, और वह अपने में टिका रहता है। मिट्टी, पत्थर और सोना उसके लिए एक जैसे हैं। धीर होकर वह प्रिय और अप्रिय को, तथा अपनी निन्दा और अपनी स्तुति को समान मानता है।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "duhkha",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-24"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.25",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 25,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः ।\nसर्वारम्भपरित्यागी गुणातीतः स उच्यते ॥",
      "iast": "mānāpamānayostulyastulyo mitrāripakṣayoḥ / sarvārambhaparityāgī guṇātītaḥ sa ucyate",
      "english": "He is the same in honour and in dishonour, the same towards a friend's side and an enemy's side, and he gives up starting things for himself. Such a person is called one who has gone beyond the gunas.",
      "hindi": "वह मान और अपमान में समान रहता है, मित्र के पक्ष और शत्रु के पक्ष में समान रहता है, और अपने लिए कोई काम आरम्भ करना छोड़ देता है। ऐसे मनुष्य को गुणातीत कहा जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "guna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-25"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.26",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 26,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मां च योऽव्यभिचारेण भक्तियोगेन सेवते ।\nस गुणान्समतीत्यैतान्ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥",
      "iast": "māṁ ca yo’vyabhicāreṇa bhaktiyogena sevate / sa guṇānsamatītyaitānbrahmabhūyāya kalpate",
      "english": "And whoever serves me through the yoga of devotion, without ever wavering, passes right beyond these gunas and becomes fit to be one with Brahman.",
      "hindi": "और जो कभी न डिगने वाले भक्तियोग से मेरी सेवा करता है, वह इन गुणों को पूरी तरह पार करके ब्रह्म के साथ एक होने के योग्य हो जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "bhakti",
        "brahman",
        "guna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-26"
    },
    {
      "ref": "14.27",
      "chapter": 14,
      "verse": 27,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ब्रह्मणो हि प्रतिष्ठाहममृतस्याव्ययस्य च ।\nशाश्वतस्य च धर्मस्य सुखस्यैकान्तिकस्य च ॥",
      "iast": "brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāhamamṛtasyāvyayasya ca / śāśvatasya ca dharmasya sukhasyaikāntikasya ca",
      "english": "For I am the ground on which Brahman rests — Brahman that is deathless and never wears away — and the ground of the eternal dharma and of happiness that is complete.",
      "hindi": "क्योंकि उस ब्रह्म का आधार मैं ही हूँ, जो अमृत है और अव्यय है, तथा शाश्वत धर्म का और एकान्तिक सुख का आधार भी मैं ही हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma",
        "brahman",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/14#bg-14-27"
    },
    {
      "ref": "15.1",
      "chapter": 15,
      "verse": 1,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ऊर्ध्वमूलमधःशाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम् ।\nछन्दांसि यस्य पर्णानि यस्तं वेद स वेदवित् ॥",
      "iast": "ūrdhvamūlamadhaḥśākhamaśvatthaṁ prāhuravyayam / chandāṁsi yasya parṇāni yastaṁ veda sa vedavit",
      "english": "They speak of an imperishable ashvattha tree whose roots are above and whose branches are below, and whose leaves are the Vedic hymns. Whoever knows that tree knows the Vedas.",
      "hindi": "वे एक अविनाशी अश्वत्थ वृक्ष की बात करते हैं, जिसकी जड़ें ऊपर हैं और शाखाएँ नीचे, और जिसके पत्ते वेदों के छंद हैं। जो उस वृक्ष को जान लेता है, वही वेद जानता है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/15#bg-15-1"
    },
    {
      "ref": "15.2",
      "chapter": 15,
      "verse": 2,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अधश्चोर्ध्वं प्रसृतास्तस्य शाखा गुणप्रवृद्धा विषयप्रवालाः ।\nअधश्च मूलान्यनुसन्ततानि कर्मानुबन्धीनि मनुष्यलोके ॥",
      "iast": "adhaścordhvaṁ prasṛtāstasya śākhā guṇapravṛddhā viṣayapravālāḥ / adhaśca mūlānyanusantatāni karmānubandhīni manuṣyaloke",
      "english": "Its branches spread downward and upward, fed by the gunas, and the objects of the senses are their buds. Below, its roots run on into the human world, tying people to action.",
      "hindi": "उसकी शाखाएँ नीचे और ऊपर दोनों ओर फैली हैं, गुणों से पुष्ट, और विषय उनकी कोंपलें हैं। नीचे उसकी जड़ें मनुष्यलोक में फैलती चली जाती हैं और लोगों को कर्म से बाँध देती हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "guna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/15#bg-15-2"
    },
    {
      "ref": "15.3",
      "chapter": 15,
      "verse": 3,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते नान्तो न चादिर्न च सम्प्रतिष्ठा ।\nअश्वत्थमेनं सुविरूढमूलमसङ्गशस्त्रेण दृढेन छित्त्वा ॥",
      "iast": "na rūpamasyeha tathopalabhyate nānto na cādirna ca sampratiṣṭhā / aśvatthamenaṁ suvirūḍhamūlamasaṅgaśastreṇa dṛḍhena chittvā",
      "english": "Its real form is not seen here — it has no end, no beginning, no footing anywhere. Cut this deeply rooted ashvattha down with the firm axe of non-attachment.",
      "hindi": "इस वृक्ष का असली रूप यहाँ दिखाई नहीं देता — न इसका अंत है, न आदि, और न कहीं कोई आधार। गहरी जड़ों वाले इस अश्वत्थ को अनासक्ति की दृढ़ कुल्हाड़ी से काट डालो।",
      "terms": [
        "sanga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/15#bg-15-3"
    },
    {
      "ref": "15.4",
      "chapter": 15,
      "verse": 4,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्यं यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः ।\nतमेव चाद्यं पुरुषं प्रपद्ये यतः प्रवृत्तिः प्रसृता पुराणी ॥",
      "iast": "tataḥ padaṁ tatparimārgitavyaṁ yasmingatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ / tameva cādyaṁ puruṣaṁ prapadye yataḥ pravṛttiḥ prasṛtā purāṇī",
      "english": "Then search out that place from which those who reach it never come back, thinking: I take refuge in the first Person himself, from whom this ancient unfolding streamed out.",
      "hindi": "फिर उस पद को खोजो, जहाँ पहुँचकर लोग लौटते नहीं, यह सोचकर कि मैं उसी आदिपुरुष की शरण लेता हूँ, जिससे यह पुरानी प्रवृत्ति फैली है।",
      "terms": [
        "purusha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/15#bg-15-4"
    },
    {
      "ref": "15.5",
      "chapter": 15,
      "verse": 5,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः ।\nद्वन्द्वैर्विमुक्ताः सुखदुःखसञ्ज्ञैर्गच्छन्त्यमूढाः पदमव्ययं तत् ॥",
      "iast": "nirmānamohā jitasaṅgadoṣā adhyātmanityā vinivṛttakāmāḥ / dvandvairvimuktāḥ sukhaduḥkhasañjñairgacchantyamūḍhāḥ padamavyayaṁ tat",
      "english": "Free of pride and delusion, past the fault of attachment, always settled in the self, their desires spent, released from the pairs called pleasure and pain — the undeluded reach that changeless place.",
      "hindi": "जिनमें मान और मोह नहीं रहा, जो आसक्ति के दोष से पार हो गए, जो सदा अध्यात्म में स्थित हैं, जिनकी कामनाएँ शांत हो चुकी हैं, और जो सुख-दुख नाम के द्वंद्वों से छूट गए हैं — वे अमूढ़ जन उस अव्यय पद को पा लेते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "moksha",
        "sanga",
        "kama",
        "moha",
        "duhkha",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/15#bg-15-5"
    },
    {
      "ref": "15.6",
      "chapter": 15,
      "verse": 6,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः ।\nयद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम ॥",
      "iast": "na tadbhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ / yadgatvā na nivartante taddhāma paramaṁ mama",
      "english": "The sun does not light that place, nor the moon, nor fire. Those who go there do not return. That is my supreme abode.",
      "hindi": "उस धाम को न सूर्य प्रकाशित करता है, न चंद्रमा, न अग्नि। जो वहाँ पहुँच जाते हैं, वे लौटकर नहीं आते। वही मेरा परम धाम है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/15#bg-15-6"
    },
    {
      "ref": "15.7",
      "chapter": 15,
      "verse": 7,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः ।\nमनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति ॥",
      "iast": "mamaivāṁśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ / manaḥṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛtisthāni karṣati",
      "english": "In this world of the living, the individual being is an eternal part of me. It draws to itself the five senses and the mind as the sixth, which rest in material nature.",
      "hindi": "इस जीवलोक में जीव मेरा ही सनातन अंश है। वही प्रकृति में स्थित पाँच इंद्रियों को और छठे मन को अपनी ओर खींचता है।",
      "terms": [
        "prakriti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/15#bg-15-7"
    },
    {
      "ref": "15.8",
      "chapter": 15,
      "verse": 8,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "शरीरं यदवाप्नोति यच्चाप्युत्क्रामतीश्वरः ।\nगृहीत्वैतानि संयाति वायुर्गन्धानिवाशयात् ॥",
      "iast": "śarīraṁ yadavāpnoti yaccāpyutkrāmatīśvaraḥ / gṛhītvaitāni saṁyāti vāyurgandhānivāśayāt",
      "english": "When the lord of the body takes up a body, and when he leaves one behind, he carries these with him, the way the wind carries scents away from where they rest.",
      "hindi": "देह का स्वामी जब कोई शरीर ग्रहण करता है और जब उसे छोड़कर जाता है, तब वह इन्हें साथ ले जाता है, जैसे वायु गंध को उसके स्थान से उठा ले जाती है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/15#bg-15-8"
    },
    {
      "ref": "15.9",
      "chapter": 15,
      "verse": 9,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च रसनं घ्राणमेव च ।\nअधिष्ठाय मनश्चायं विषयानुपसेवते ॥",
      "iast": "śrotraṁ cakṣuḥ sparśanaṁ ca rasanaṁ ghrāṇameva ca / adhiṣṭhāya manaścāyaṁ viṣayānupasevate",
      "english": "Presiding over hearing, sight, touch, taste and smell, and over the mind as well, he takes in the objects of the senses.",
      "hindi": "श्रवण, दृष्टि, स्पर्श, स्वाद और गंध का तथा मन का भी आश्रय लेकर वह विषयों का भोग करता है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/15#bg-15-9"
    },
    {
      "ref": "15.10",
      "chapter": 15,
      "verse": 10,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "उत्क्रामन्तं स्थितं वापि भुञ्जानं वा गुणान्वितम् ।\nविमूढा नानुपश्यन्ति पश्यन्ति ज्ञानचक्षुषः ॥",
      "iast": "utkrāmantaṁ sthitaṁ vāpi bhuñjānaṁ vā guṇānvitam / vimūḍhā nānupaśyanti paśyanti jñānacakṣuṣaḥ",
      "english": "Leaving the body, staying in it, or experiencing things through the gunas — the deluded do not see him at all. Those who have the eye of knowledge do see.",
      "hindi": "देह छोड़ते हुए, देह में ठहरे हुए, या गुणों के साथ भोगते हुए — मूढ़ लोग उसे बिलकुल नहीं देखते। जिनके पास ज्ञान की आँख है, वे उसे देख लेते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "guna",
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/15#bg-15-10"
    },
    {
      "ref": "15.11",
      "chapter": 15,
      "verse": 11,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यतन्तो योगिनश्चैनं पश्यन्त्यात्मन्यवस्थितम् ।\nयतन्तोऽप्यकृतात्मानो नैनं पश्यन्त्यचेतसः ॥",
      "iast": "yatanto yoginaścainaṁ paśyantyātmanyavasthitam / yatanto’pyakṛtātmāno nainaṁ paśyantyacetasaḥ",
      "english": "Yogis who make the effort see him present within themselves. But those who have not worked on themselves, whose minds are unprepared, do not see him even when they try.",
      "hindi": "प्रयत्न करने वाले योगी उसे अपने भीतर स्थित देख लेते हैं। पर जिन्होंने अपने को साधा नहीं और जिनका चित्त तैयार नहीं है, वे प्रयत्न करके भी उसे नहीं देख पाते।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "atman",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/15#bg-15-11"
    },
    {
      "ref": "15.12",
      "chapter": 15,
      "verse": 12,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यदादित्यगतं तेजो जगद्भासयतेऽखिलम् ।\nयच्चन्द्रमसि यच्चाग्नौ तत्तेजो विद्धि मामकम् ॥",
      "iast": "yadādityagataṁ tejo jagadbhāsayate’khilam / yaccandramasi yaccāgnau tattejo viddhi māmakam",
      "english": "The light that is in the sun and lights up this whole world, and the light that is in the moon and in fire — know that light to be mine.",
      "hindi": "जो तेज सूर्य में है और सारे जगत को प्रकाशित करता है, और जो तेज चंद्रमा में तथा अग्नि में है — उस तेज को मेरा ही जानो।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/15#bg-15-12"
    },
    {
      "ref": "15.13",
      "chapter": 15,
      "verse": 13,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "गामाविश्य च भूतानि धारयाम्यहमोजसा ।\nपुष्णामि चौषधीः सर्वाः सोमो भूत्वा रसात्मकः ॥",
      "iast": "gāmāviśya ca bhūtāni dhārayāmyahamojasā / puṣṇāmi cauṣadhīḥ sarvāḥ somo bhūtvā rasātmakaḥ",
      "english": "Entering the earth, I hold up all beings by my own energy. Becoming the moon, which is made of sap, I nourish every plant that grows.",
      "hindi": "पृथ्वी में प्रवेश करके मैं अपनी शक्ति से सब प्राणियों को धारण करता हूँ। रस से बना चंद्रमा होकर मैं सारी औषधियों को पुष्ट करता हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/15#bg-15-13"
    },
    {
      "ref": "15.14",
      "chapter": 15,
      "verse": 14,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः ।\nप्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम् ॥",
      "iast": "ahaṁ vaiśvānaro bhūtvā prāṇināṁ dehamāśritaḥ / prāṇāpānasamāyuktaḥ pacāmyannaṁ caturvidham",
      "english": "Becoming the fire of digestion, I live in the bodies of all breathing creatures. Joined with the incoming and the outgoing breath, I cook the four kinds of food.",
      "hindi": "वैश्वानर अग्नि बनकर मैं सब प्राणियों के शरीर में रहता हूँ। प्राण और अपान से जुड़कर मैं चार प्रकार के अन्न को पचाता हूँ।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/15#bg-15-14"
    },
    {
      "ref": "15.15",
      "chapter": 15,
      "verse": 15,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सर्वस्य चाहं हृदि संनिविष्टो मत्तः स्मृतिर्ज्ञानमपोहनं च ।\nवेदैश्च सर्वैरहमेव वेद्यो वेदान्तकृद्वेदविदेव चाहम् ॥",
      "iast": "sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi saṁniviṣṭo mattaḥ smṛtirjñānamapohanaṁ ca / vedaiśca sarvairahameva vedyo vedāntakṛdvedavideva cāham",
      "english": "I am seated in the heart of everyone. Memory, knowledge and the loss of both come from me. I am what all the Vedas seek to know; I made the Vedanta, and I know the Vedas.",
      "hindi": "मैं सबके हृदय में बैठा हूँ। स्मृति, ज्ञान और इन दोनों का लोप मुझसे ही होता है। सारे वेद मुझे ही जानना चाहते हैं; वेदांत का रचयिता और वेदों का जाननेवाला भी मैं ही हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/15#bg-15-15"
    },
    {
      "ref": "15.16",
      "chapter": 15,
      "verse": 16,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च ।\nक्षरः सर्वाणि भूतानि कूटस्थोऽक्षर उच्यते ॥",
      "iast": "dvāvimau puruṣau loke kṣaraścākṣara eva ca / kṣaraḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni kūṭastho’kṣara ucyate",
      "english": "There are two persons in this world, the perishable and the imperishable. All beings are the perishable one; what stands unchanging is called the imperishable.",
      "hindi": "इस लोक में दो पुरुष हैं — क्षर और अक्षर। सारे प्राणी क्षर हैं; जो अटल बना रहता है, वह अक्षर कहलाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "purusha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/15#bg-15-16"
    },
    {
      "ref": "15.17",
      "chapter": 15,
      "verse": 17,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "उत्तमः पुरुषस्त्वन्यः परमात्मेत्युदाहृतः ।\nयो लोकत्रयमाविश्य बिभर्त्यव्यय ईश्वरः ॥",
      "iast": "uttamaḥ puruṣastvanyaḥ paramātmetyudāhṛtaḥ / yo lokatrayamāviśya bibhartyavyaya īśvaraḥ",
      "english": "But the highest Person is someone else. He is called the supreme Self: the undying lord who enters the three worlds and holds them up.",
      "hindi": "पर उत्तम पुरुष इन दोनों से अलग है। उसे परमात्मा कहा जाता है: वह अविनाशी ईश्वर, जो तीनों लोकों में प्रवेश करके उन्हें धारण करता है।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "purusha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/15#bg-15-17"
    },
    {
      "ref": "15.18",
      "chapter": 15,
      "verse": 18,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यस्मात्क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः ।\nअतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः पुरुषोत्तमः ॥",
      "iast": "yasmātkṣaramatīto’hamakṣarādapi cottamaḥ / ato’smi loke vede ca prathitaḥ puruṣottamaḥ",
      "english": "Because I am past the perishable and higher even than the imperishable, I am known in the world and in the Vedas as Purushottama, the highest Person.",
      "hindi": "क्योंकि मैं क्षर से परे हूँ और अक्षर से भी ऊपर हूँ, इसलिए लोक में और वेद में मैं पुरुषोत्तम नाम से जाना जाता हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "purusha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/15#bg-15-18"
    },
    {
      "ref": "15.19",
      "chapter": 15,
      "verse": 19,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यो मामेवमसम्मूढो जानाति पुरुषोत्तमम् ।\nस सर्वविद्भजति मां सर्वभावेन भारत ॥",
      "iast": "yo māmevamasammūḍho jānāti puruṣottamam / sa sarvavidbhajati māṁ sarvabhāvena bhārata",
      "english": "Whoever knows me in this way, without confusion, as the highest Person knows everything there is, Bharata, and worships me with his whole being.",
      "hindi": "जो इस तरह बिना किसी भ्रम के मुझे पुरुषोत्तम के रूप में जान लेता है, हे भारत, वह सब कुछ जान लेता है और अपने पूरे अस्तित्व से मेरी उपासना करता है।",
      "terms": [
        "bhakti",
        "purusha",
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/15#bg-15-19"
    },
    {
      "ref": "15.20",
      "chapter": 15,
      "verse": 20,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "इति गुह्यतमं शास्त्रमिदमुक्तं मयानघ ।\nएतद्बुद्ध्वा बुद्धिमान्स्यात्कृतकृत्यश्च भारत ॥",
      "iast": "iti guhyatamaṁ śāstramidamuktaṁ mayānagha / etadbuddhvā buddhimānsyātkṛtakṛtyaśca bhārata",
      "english": "This is the most secret of teachings, Anagha, and I have now told it to you. Once a man understands it, Bharata, he becomes wise and his work is finished.",
      "hindi": "हे अनघ, यह सबसे गुह्य शास्त्र है, जो मैंने तुमसे कह दिया। हे भारत, इसे समझ लेने पर मनुष्य बुद्धिमान हो जाता है और उसका काम पूरा हो जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/15#bg-15-20"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.1",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 1,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अभयं सत्त्वसंशुद्धिर्ज्ञानयोगव्यवस्थितिः ।\nदानं दमश्च यज्ञश्च स्वाध्यायस्तप आर्जवम् ॥",
      "iast": "abhayaṁ sattvasaṁśuddhirjñānayogavyavasthitiḥ / dānaṁ damaśca yajñaśca svādhyāyastapa ārjavam",
      "english": "Fearlessness, a clean and settled mind, steadiness in knowledge and in yoga, giving, restraint of the senses, sacrifice, study of the scriptures, austerity, and being straight with people.",
      "hindi": "निर्भयता, मन की शुद्धि, ज्ञान और योग में स्थिरता, दान, इंद्रियों पर संयम, यज्ञ, स्वाध्याय, तप, और व्यवहार में सरलता।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "jnana",
        "sattva",
        "yajna",
        "dana",
        "bhaya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-1"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.2",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 2,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्यागः शान्तिरपैशुनम् ।\nदया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम् ॥",
      "iast": "ahiṁsā satyamakrodhastyāgaḥ śāntirapaiśunam / dayā bhūteṣvaloluptvaṁ mārdavaṁ hrīracāpalam",
      "english": "Not harming, truthfulness, freedom from anger, letting go, calm, refusing to speak against people, kindness to living beings, no craving for what one sees, gentleness, modesty, and no restlessness.",
      "hindi": "अहिंसा, सत्य, क्रोध का न होना, त्याग, शांति, किसी की चुगली न करना, प्राणियों पर दया, विषयों के प्रति लालसा का अभाव, कोमलता, लज्जा और चंचलता का न होना।",
      "terms": [
        "daya",
        "krodha",
        "shanti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-2"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.3",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 3,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तेजः क्षमा धृतिः शौचमद्रोहो नातिमानिता ।\nभवन्ति सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातस्य भारत ॥",
      "iast": "tejaḥ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ śaucamadroho nātimānitā / bhavanti sampadaṁ daivīmabhijātasya bhārata",
      "english": "Vigour, patience, firmness, cleanliness, freedom from ill will, and freedom from excessive pride — these belong to the man born to the divine nature, Bharata.",
      "hindi": "तेज, क्षमा, धैर्य, शुद्धता, किसी से बैर न रखना और अत्यधिक अभिमान का न होना — हे भारत, ये उस मनुष्य में होते हैं जो दैवी संपदा लेकर जन्मा है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-3"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.4",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 4,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च ।\nअज्ञानं चाभिजातस्य पार्थ सम्पदमासुरीम् ॥",
      "iast": "dambho darpo’bhimānaśca krodhaḥ pāruṣyameva ca / ajñānaṁ cābhijātasya pārtha sampadamāsurīm",
      "english": "Show, arrogance, self-importance, anger, harsh speech and ignorance — these belong to the man born to the demonic nature, Partha.",
      "hindi": "दिखावा, घमंड, अपने को बड़ा मानना, क्रोध, कठोर वाणी और अज्ञान — हे पार्थ, ये उस मनुष्य में होते हैं जो आसुरी संपदा लेकर जन्मा है।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "krodha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-4"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.5",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 5,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "दैवी सम्पद्विमोक्षाय निबन्धायासुरी मता ।\nमा शुचः सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातोऽसि पाण्डव ॥",
      "iast": "daivī sampadvimokṣāya nibandhāyāsurī matā / mā śucaḥ sampadaṁ daivīmabhijāto’si pāṇḍava",
      "english": "The divine nature is held to lead to freedom, the demonic to bondage. Do not grieve, Pandava. You were born to the divine nature.",
      "hindi": "दैवी संपदा मुक्ति की ओर ले जाती है और आसुरी बंधन की ओर, ऐसा माना गया है। हे पांडव, शोक मत करो। तुम दैवी संपदा लेकर ही जन्मे हो।",
      "terms": [
        "moksha",
        "shoka"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-5"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.6",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 6,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "द्वौ भूतसर्गौ लोकेऽस्मिन्दैव आसुर एव च ।\nदैवो विस्तरशः प्रोक्त आसुरं पार्थ मे शृणु ॥",
      "iast": "dvau bhūtasargau loke’smindaiva āsura eva ca / daivo vistaraśaḥ prokta āsuraṁ pārtha me śṛṇu",
      "english": "There are two kinds of created beings in this world, the divine and the demonic. I have described the divine at length. Now hear from me about the demonic, Partha.",
      "hindi": "इस लोक में दो प्रकार के प्राणी बने हैं — दैवी और आसुरी। दैवी का वर्णन मैंने विस्तार से कर दिया। हे पार्थ, अब मुझसे आसुरी के बारे में सुनो।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-6"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.7",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 7,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः ।\nन शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते ॥",
      "iast": "pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca janā na vidurāsurāḥ / na śaucaṁ nāpi cācāro na satyaṁ teṣu vidyate",
      "english": "People of the demonic kind do not know what is worth doing or what is worth leaving alone. No cleanliness is found in them, nor decent conduct, nor truth.",
      "hindi": "आसुरी स्वभाव वाले लोग यह नहीं जानते कि क्या करना चाहिए और क्या छोड़ देना चाहिए। उनमें न शुद्धता मिलती है, न अच्छा आचरण, न सत्य।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-7"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.8",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 8,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम् ।\nअपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम् ॥",
      "iast": "asatyamapratiṣṭhaṁ te jagadāhuranīśvaram / aparasparasambhūtaṁ kimanyatkāmahaitukam",
      "english": "They say the world has no truth in it, no ground to stand on, no God running it; that it simply arises from the union of male and female, and that desire is its only cause.",
      "hindi": "वे कहते हैं कि इस जगत में न सत्य है, न कोई आधार, न कोई ईश्वर जो इसे चलाता हो; कि यह बस स्त्री-पुरुष के संयोग से बन जाता है, और काम के सिवा इसका कोई कारण नहीं।",
      "terms": [
        "kama"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-8"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.9",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 9,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः ।\nप्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः ॥",
      "iast": "etāṁ dṛṣṭimavaṣṭabhya naṣṭātmāno’lpabuddhayaḥ / prabhavantyugrakarmāṇaḥ kṣayāya jagato’hitāḥ",
      "english": "Holding fast to this view, these ruined men of small understanding come forward with cruel deeds. They are enemies of the world and work towards its destruction.",
      "hindi": "इसी दृष्टि को पकड़कर ये नष्टबुद्धि और अल्पमति लोग क्रूर कर्म लेकर आगे आते हैं। ये जगत के शत्रु हैं और उसके विनाश के लिए काम करते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-9"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.10",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 10,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः ।\nमोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः ॥",
      "iast": "kāmamāśritya duṣpūraṁ dambhamānamadānvitāḥ / mohādgṛhītvāsadgrāhānpravartante’śucivratāḥ",
      "english": "Clinging to a desire that can never be filled, full of show, pride and conceit, they take up false ideas out of delusion and go on acting with impure intentions.",
      "hindi": "कभी न भरने वाली कामना को पकड़े रहकर, दिखावे, मान और मद से भरे हुए, वे मोह में पड़कर झूठी धारणाएँ अपना लेते हैं और अपवित्र संकल्पों के साथ चलते रहते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "kama",
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-10"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.11",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 11,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः ।\nकामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्चिताः ॥",
      "iast": "cintāmaparimeyāṁ ca pralayāntāmupāśritāḥ / kāmopabhogaparamā etāvaditi niścitāḥ",
      "english": "They give themselves over to worry beyond measure, worry that ends only at death. Enjoying their desires is their highest aim, and they are certain that this is all there is.",
      "hindi": "वे उन चिंताओं में डूबे रहते हैं जिनका कोई माप नहीं और जो मरते दम तक नहीं छूटतीं। भोग ही उनका सबसे बड़ा लक्ष्य है, और उन्हें पक्का विश्वास है कि बस इतना ही सब कुछ है।",
      "terms": [
        "kama"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-11"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.12",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 12,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः ।\nईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसञ्चयान् ॥",
      "iast": "āśāpāśaśatairbaddhāḥ kāmakrodhaparāyaṇāḥ / īhante kāmabhogārthamanyāyenārthasañcayān",
      "english": "Bound by a hundred cords of hope, given over to desire and anger, they work to pile up wealth by unfair means, to spend on the pleasures they want.",
      "hindi": "आशा के सैकड़ों फंदों में बँधे, काम और क्रोध के वश में रहकर, वे भोगों पर ख़र्च करने के लिए अन्याय से धन जोड़ने में लगे रहते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "kama",
        "krodha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-12"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.13",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 13,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "इदमद्य मया लब्धमिमं प्राप्स्ये मनोरथम् ।\nइदमस्तीदमपि मे भविष्यति पुनर्धनम् ॥",
      "iast": "idamadya mayā labdhamimaṁ prāpsye manoratham / idamastīdamapi me bhaviṣyati punardhanam",
      "english": "This much I have got today; that wish too I shall get. This is mine already, and this further wealth will be mine as well.",
      "hindi": "आज मैंने इतना पा लिया; उस मनोरथ को भी पा लूँगा। यह तो मेरा है ही, और इतना धन आगे और मेरा हो जाएगा।",
      "terms": [
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-13"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.14",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 14,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "असौ मया हतः शत्रुर्हनिष्ये चापरानपि ।\nईश्वरोऽहमहं भोगी सिद्धोऽहं बलवान्सुखी ॥",
      "iast": "asau mayā hataḥ śatrurhaniṣye cāparānapi / īśvaro’hamahaṁ bhogī siddho’haṁ balavānsukhī",
      "english": "That enemy has been killed by me, and I shall kill the others too. I am the master, I am the one who enjoys, I have succeeded, I am strong and happy.",
      "hindi": "उस शत्रु को मैंने मार डाला, और बाकी को भी मार डालूँगा। मैं ही स्वामी हूँ, मैं ही भोगने वाला हूँ, मैं सफल हूँ, मैं बलवान और सुखी हूँ।",
      "terms": [
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-14"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.15",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 15,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "आढ्योऽभिजनवानस्मि कोऽन्योऽस्ति सदृशो मया ।\nयक्ष्ये दास्यामि मोदिष्य इत्यज्ञानविमोहिताः ॥",
      "iast": "āḍhyo’bhijanavānasmi ko’nyo’sti sadṛśo mayā / yakṣye dāsyāmi modiṣya ityajñānavimohitāḥ",
      "english": "I am rich and well born; who else is my equal? I shall sacrifice, I shall give, I shall enjoy myself — so they talk, led astray by ignorance.",
      "hindi": "मैं धनवान हूँ और ऊँचे कुल का; मेरे बराबर और कौन है? मैं यज्ञ करूँगा, दान दूँगा, आनंद उठाऊँगा — अज्ञान से भटके हुए वे ऐसा कहते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "yajna",
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-15"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.16",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 16,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अनेकचित्तविभ्रान्ता मोहजालसमावृताः ।\nप्रसक्ताः कामभोगेषु पतन्ति नरकेऽशुचौ ॥",
      "iast": "anekacittavibhrāntā mohajālasamāvṛtāḥ / prasaktāḥ kāmabhogeṣu patanti narake’śucau",
      "english": "Pulled apart by too many thoughts, wrapped in a net of delusion, fastened on the enjoyment of desires, they fall into an unclean hell.",
      "hindi": "बहुत सारे विचारों में भटके हुए, मोह के जाल में लिपटे हुए, भोगों में आसक्त, वे अपवित्र नरक में गिरते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "sanga",
        "kama",
        "moha",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-16"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.17",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 17,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "आत्मसम्भाविताः स्तब्धा धनमानमदान्विताः ।\nयजन्ते नामयज्ञैस्ते दम्भेनाविधिपूर्वकम् ॥",
      "iast": "ātmasambhāvitāḥ stabdhā dhanamānamadānvitāḥ / yajante nāmayajñaiste dambhenāvidhipūrvakam",
      "english": "Thinking highly of themselves, unbending, filled with the pride of wealth and standing, they offer sacrifices that are sacrifices in name only, done for show and without regard for the rules.",
      "hindi": "अपने को बड़ा मानते हुए, अकड़े हुए, धन और मान के मद से भरे हुए, वे केवल नाम के यज्ञ करते हैं — दिखावे के लिए, विधि की परवाह किए बिना।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "yajna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-17"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.18",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 18,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं च संश्रिताः ।\nमामात्मपरदेहेषु प्रद्विषन्तोऽभ्यसूयकाः ॥",
      "iast": "ahaṅkāraṁ balaṁ darpaṁ kāmaṁ krodhaṁ ca saṁśritāḥ / māmātmaparadeheṣu pradviṣanto’bhyasūyakāḥ",
      "english": "Leaning on ego, force, arrogance, desire and anger, these fault-finding people hate me where I stand, in their own bodies and in the bodies of others.",
      "hindi": "अहंकार, बल, दर्प, काम और क्रोध के सहारे चलते हुए, ये दोष ढूँढ़ने वाले लोग अपने और दूसरों के शरीरों में स्थित मुझसे ही द्वेष करते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "kama",
        "krodha",
        "ahamkara"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-18"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.19",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 19,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तानहं द्विषतः क्रूरान्संसारेषु नराधमान् ।\nक्षिपाम्यजस्रमशुभानासुरीष्वेव योनिषु ॥",
      "iast": "tānahaṁ dviṣataḥ krūrānsaṁsāreṣu narādhamān / kṣipāmyajasramaśubhānāsurīṣveva yoniṣu",
      "english": "These hate-filled, cruel men, the lowest among people, I throw again and again into the rounds of birth, into unclean wombs of the demonic kind.",
      "hindi": "इन द्वेष करने वाले, क्रूर और नराधम लोगों को मैं बार-बार जन्म के चक्रों में, अशुभ आसुरी योनियों में ही डालता रहता हूँ।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-19"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.20",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 20,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि ।\nमामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम् ॥",
      "iast": "āsurīṁ yonimāpannā mūḍhā janmani janmani / māmaprāpyaiva kaunteya tato yāntyadhamāṁ gatim",
      "english": "Falling into a demonic womb birth after birth, these deluded men never reach me, Kaunteya, and go on from there to a state lower still.",
      "hindi": "जन्म-जन्म में आसुरी योनि पाकर ये मूढ़ लोग मुझ तक कभी नहीं पहुँचते, हे कौन्तेय, और वहाँ से और भी नीची गति में चले जाते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "moha",
        "mrityu"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-20"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.21",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 21,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः ।\nकामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत् ॥",
      "iast": "trividhaṁ narakasyedaṁ dvāraṁ nāśanamātmanaḥ / kāmaḥ krodhastathā lobhastasmādetattrayaṁ tyajet",
      "english": "This gate to hell is of three kinds, and it destroys a person: desire, anger and greed. Therefore one should let all three go.",
      "hindi": "नरक का यह द्वार तीन प्रकार का है, और यह मनुष्य को नष्ट कर देता है: काम, क्रोध और लोभ। इसलिए इन तीनों को छोड़ देना चाहिए।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "kama",
        "krodha",
        "lobha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-21"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.22",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 22,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "एतैर्विमुक्तः कौन्तेय तमोद्वारैस्त्रिभिर्नरः ।\nआचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयस्ततो याति परां गतिम् ॥",
      "iast": "etairvimuktaḥ kaunteya tamodvāraistribhirnaraḥ / ācaratyātmanaḥ śreyastato yāti parāṁ gatim",
      "english": "A man released from these three gates of darkness, Kaunteya, does what is good for himself, and from there he goes to the highest goal.",
      "hindi": "हे कौन्तेय, जो मनुष्य अंधकार के इन तीन द्वारों से छूट जाता है, वह अपने लिए जो कल्याणकारी है वही करता है, और वहाँ से परम गति को प्राप्त होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "moksha",
        "tamas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-22"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.23",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 23,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यः शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारतः ।\nन स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति न सुखं न परां गतिम् ॥",
      "iast": "yaḥ śāstravidhimutsṛjya vartate kāmakārataḥ / na sa siddhimavāpnoti na sukhaṁ na parāṁ gatim",
      "english": "Whoever sets aside what the scriptures lay down and acts on the pull of his own desire does not reach fulfilment, nor happiness, nor the highest goal.",
      "hindi": "जो शास्त्र के विधान को छोड़कर अपनी कामना के वेग से चलता है, वह न सिद्धि पाता है, न सुख, न परम गति।",
      "terms": [
        "kama",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-23"
    },
    {
      "ref": "16.24",
      "chapter": 16,
      "verse": 24,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तस्माच्छास्त्रं प्रमाणं ते कार्याकार्यव्यवस्थितौ ।\nज्ञात्वा शास्त्रविधानोक्तं कर्म कर्तुमिहार्हसि ॥",
      "iast": "tasmācchāstraṁ pramāṇaṁ te kāryākāryavyavasthitau / jñātvā śāstravidhānoktaṁ karma kartumihārhasi",
      "english": "So let the scriptures be your measure in settling what should be done and what should not. Know what the scriptures lay down, and do your work here accordingly.",
      "hindi": "इसलिए क्या करना चाहिए और क्या नहीं, यह तय करने में शास्त्र को ही अपना प्रमाण मानो। शास्त्र का विधान जानकर तुम्हें यहाँ अपना कर्म करना चाहिए।",
      "terms": [
        "karma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/16#bg-16-24"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.1",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 1,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "ये शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः ।\nतेषां निष्ठा तु का कृष्ण सत्त्वमाहो रजस्तमः ॥",
      "iast": "ye śāstravidhimutsṛjya yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ / teṣāṁ niṣṭhā tu kā kṛṣṇa sattvamāho rajastamaḥ",
      "english": "Krishna, people who set aside what the scriptures prescribe and still make their offerings with faith — where does that leave them? Is their state one of sattva, rajas or tamas?",
      "hindi": "कृष्ण, जो लोग शास्त्र के विधान को छोड़कर भी श्रद्धा से पूजा करते हैं, उनकी स्थिति क्या होती है? वह सत्त्व की है, रजस की या तमस की?",
      "terms": [
        "sattva",
        "rajas",
        "shraddha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-1"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.2",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 2,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "त्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा ।\nसात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां शृणु ॥",
      "iast": "trividhā bhavati śraddhā dehināṁ sā svabhāvajā / sāttvikī rājasī caiva tāmasī ceti tāṁ śṛṇu",
      "english": "The shraddha of embodied beings is of three kinds, and it grows out of their own nature. It is sattvic, rajasic or tamasic. Listen, and I will describe each.",
      "hindi": "देहधारियों की श्रद्धा तीन प्रकार की होती है और वह उनके अपने स्वभाव से जन्म लेती है — सात्त्विक, राजसी और तामसी। इन्हें मुझसे सुनो।",
      "terms": [
        "sattva",
        "rajas",
        "tamas",
        "shraddha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-2"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.3",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 3,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत ।\nश्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः ॥",
      "iast": "sattvānurūpā sarvasya śraddhā bhavati bhārata / śraddhāmayo’yaṁ puruṣo yo yacchraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ",
      "english": "Everyone's shraddha matches the make-up of their inner being, Bharata. A person is made of their shraddha: whatever a person's faith is, that is exactly what the person is.",
      "hindi": "भारत, हर व्यक्ति की श्रद्धा उसके अन्तःकरण के अनुरूप होती है। मनुष्य श्रद्धामय है — जिसकी जैसी श्रद्धा होती है, वह स्वयं वैसा ही होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "sattva",
        "purusha",
        "shraddha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-3"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.4",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 4,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान्यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः ।\nप्रेतान्भूतगणांश्चान्ये यजन्ते तामसा जनाः ॥",
      "iast": "yajante sāttvikā devānyakṣarakṣāṁsi rājasāḥ / pretānbhūtagaṇāṁścānye yajante tāmasā janāḥ",
      "english": "People of sattva worship the devas. People of rajas worship yakshas and rakshasas. The rest, people of tamas, direct their worship to the departed and to hosts of spirits.",
      "hindi": "सात्त्विक स्वभाव के लोग देवताओं की पूजा करते हैं, राजसी लोग यक्षों और राक्षसों की, और शेष तामसी लोग प्रेतों तथा भूतगणों की पूजा करते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "sattva",
        "rajas",
        "tamas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-4"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.5",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 5,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः ।\nदम्भाहङ्कारसंयुक्ताः कामरागबलान्विताः ॥",
      "iast": "aśāstravihitaṁ ghoraṁ tapyante ye tapo janāḥ / dambhāhaṅkārasaṁyuktāḥ kāmarāgabalānvitāḥ",
      "english": "Some people take on harsh tapas that no scripture prescribes. They are full of show and ego, driven by desire, attachment and the force of their own will.",
      "hindi": "कुछ लोग ऐसी कठोर तपस्या करते हैं जिसका विधान किसी शास्त्र में नहीं है। वे दम्भ और अहंकार से भरे रहते हैं, और काम, राग तथा बल से प्रेरित होते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "tapas",
        "kama"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-5"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.6",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 6,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "कर्षयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः ।\nमां चैवान्तःशरीरस्थं तान्विद्ध्यासुरनिश्चयान् ॥",
      "iast": "karṣayantaḥ śarīrasthaṁ bhūtagrāmamacetasaḥ / māṁ caivāntaḥśarīrasthaṁ tānviddhyāsuraniścayān",
      "english": "Without understanding, they torment the group of elements that forms their body, and me as well, seated within that body. Know that their resolve is demonic.",
      "hindi": "विवेक से रहित वे लोग अपने शरीर में स्थित भूतसमूह को कष्ट देते हैं, और उस शरीर के भीतर स्थित मुझे भी। उनका संकल्प आसुरी है, ऐसा जानो।",
      "terms": [
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-6"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.7",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 7,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "आहारस्त्वपि सर्वस्य त्रिविधो भवति प्रियः ।\nयज्ञस्तपस्तथा दानं तेषां भेदमिमं शृणु ॥",
      "iast": "āhārastvapi sarvasya trividho bhavati priyaḥ / yajñastapastathā dānaṁ teṣāṁ bhedamimaṁ śṛṇu",
      "english": "Even the food each person prefers is of three kinds, and so are yajna, tapas and dana. Listen now to how they differ from one another.",
      "hindi": "हर व्यक्ति को प्रिय लगने वाला आहार भी तीन प्रकार का होता है, और यज्ञ, तप तथा दान भी। अब इनका यह भेद सुनो।",
      "terms": [
        "yajna",
        "tapas",
        "dana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-7"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.8",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 8,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "आयुःसत्त्वबलारोग्यसुखप्रीतिविवर्धनाः ।\nरस्याः स्निग्धाः स्थिरा हृद्या आहाराः सात्त्विकप्रियाः ॥",
      "iast": "āyuḥsattvabalārogyasukhaprītivivardhanāḥ / rasyāḥ snigdhāḥ sthirā hṛdyā āhārāḥ sāttvikapriyāḥ",
      "english": "Foods that increase life, clarity, strength, health, comfort and cheer — juicy, smooth, sustaining and agreeable — are the ones that people of sattva like.",
      "hindi": "जो आहार आयु, सत्त्व, बल, आरोग्य, सुख और प्रसन्नता को बढ़ाते हैं, जो रसयुक्त, चिकने, टिकाऊ और मन को भाने वाले हैं, वे सात्त्विक लोगों को प्रिय होते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "sattva",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-8"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.9",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 9,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः ।\nआहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः ॥",
      "iast": "kaṭvamlalavaṇātyuṣṇatīkṣṇarūkṣavidāhinaḥ / āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā duḥkhaśokāmayapradāḥ",
      "english": "Foods that are bitter, sour, salty, very hot, pungent, dry and burning are what a person of rajas wants. They bring pain, grief and illness.",
      "hindi": "कड़वे, खट्टे, नमकीन, बहुत गरम, तीखे, रूखे और जलन पैदा करने वाले आहार राजसी व्यक्ति को प्रिय होते हैं। ये दुःख, शोक और रोग देते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "rajas",
        "shoka",
        "duhkha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-9"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.10",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 10,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत् ।\nउच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम् ॥",
      "iast": "yātayāmaṁ gatarasaṁ pūti paryuṣitaṁ ca yat / ucchiṣṭamapi cāmedhyaṁ bhojanaṁ tāmasapriyam",
      "english": "Food that is stale, tasteless, foul-smelling, kept overnight, left over from someone else's plate, or unfit to offer, is what a person of tamas likes.",
      "hindi": "जो भोजन बासी, स्वादहीन, दुर्गन्धयुक्त, रात का रखा हुआ, जूठा या अर्पण के अयोग्य होता है, वह तामसी व्यक्ति को प्रिय लगता है।",
      "terms": [
        "tamas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-10"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.11",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 11,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते ।\nयष्टव्यमेवेति मनः समाधाय स सात्त्विकः ॥",
      "iast": "aphalākāṅkṣibhiryajño vidhidṛṣṭo ya ijyate / yaṣṭavyameveti manaḥ samādhāya sa sāttvikaḥ",
      "english": "A yajna performed as the rules lay down, by people who want no reward, with the mind settled in the thought that this is simply to be done, is sattvic.",
      "hindi": "जो यज्ञ विधि के अनुसार किया जाता है, फल की इच्छा के बिना, और मन को इस भाव में स्थिर करके कि इसे करना ही कर्तव्य है — वह सात्त्विक है।",
      "terms": [
        "sattva",
        "yajna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-11"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.12",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 12,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अभिसन्धाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत् ।\nइज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम् ॥",
      "iast": "abhisandhāya tu phalaṁ dambhārthamapi caiva yat / ijyate bharataśreṣṭha taṁ yajñaṁ viddhi rājasam",
      "english": "But a yajna performed with an eye on the reward, or for the sake of display — know that one to be rajasic, best of the Bharatas.",
      "hindi": "परन्तु जो यज्ञ फल को ध्यान में रखकर या दिखावे के लिए किया जाता है, हे भरतश्रेष्ठ, उसे राजसी जानो।",
      "terms": [
        "rajas",
        "yajna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-12"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.13",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 13,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "विधिहीनमसृष्टान्नं मन्त्रहीनमदक्षिणम् ।\nश्रद्धाविरहितं यज्ञं तामसं परिचक्षते ॥",
      "iast": "vidhihīnamasṛṣṭānnaṁ mantrahīnamadakṣiṇam / śraddhāvirahitaṁ yajñaṁ tāmasaṁ paricakṣate",
      "english": "A yajna done without the prescribed method, with no food distributed, no mantras, no offering to those who officiate, and no shraddha behind it, is called tamasic.",
      "hindi": "जो यज्ञ विधि के बिना किया जाए, जिसमें अन्न न बाँटा जाए, मन्त्र न हों, दक्षिणा न दी जाए और श्रद्धा भी न हो, उसे तामसी कहा जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "tamas",
        "yajna",
        "shraddha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-13"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.14",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 14,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनं शौचमार्जवम् ।\nब्रह्मचर्यमहिंसा च शारीरं तप उच्यते ॥",
      "iast": "devadvijaguruprājñapūjanaṁ śaucamārjavam / brahmacaryamahiṁsā ca śārīraṁ tapa ucyate",
      "english": "Honouring the devas, the twice-born, one's teachers and the wise; cleanliness, straightforwardness, celibacy and non-violence — this is called the tapas of the body.",
      "hindi": "देवताओं, द्विजों, गुरुओं और ज्ञानियों का आदर करना, शुद्धता, सरलता, ब्रह्मचर्य और अहिंसा — इसे शरीर का तप कहा जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "brahman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-14"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.15",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 15,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत् ।\nस्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते ॥",
      "iast": "anudvegakaraṁ vākyaṁ satyaṁ priyahitaṁ ca yat / svādhyāyābhyasanaṁ caiva vāṅmayaṁ tapa ucyate",
      "english": "Speech that disturbs no one, that is true, kind and to the listener's good, along with the regular study of scripture — this is called the tapas of speech.",
      "hindi": "ऐसा बोलना जो किसी को उद्विग्न न करे, जो सत्य हो, प्रिय हो और हितकारी हो, तथा स्वाध्याय का नियमित अभ्यास — इसे वाणी का तप कहा जाता है।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-15"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.16",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 16,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मनः प्रसादः सौम्यत्वं मौनमात्मविनिग्रहः ।\nभावसंशुद्धिरित्येतत्तपो मानसमुच्यते ॥",
      "iast": "manaḥ prasādaḥ saumyatvaṁ maunamātmavinigrahaḥ / bhāvasaṁśuddhirityetattapo mānasamucyate",
      "english": "A clear and settled mind, gentleness, silence, self-restraint, and honesty of intention — together these are called the tapas of the mind.",
      "hindi": "मन की प्रसन्नता, सौम्यता, मौन, आत्मसंयम और भावों की शुद्धता — इन्हें मिलाकर मन का तप कहा जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "tapas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-16"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.17",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 17,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "श्रद्धया परया तप्तं तपस्तत्त्रिविधं नरैः ।\nअफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्युक्तैः सात्त्विकं परिचक्षते ॥",
      "iast": "śraddhayā parayā taptaṁ tapastattrividhaṁ naraiḥ / aphalākāṅkṣibhiryuktaiḥ sāttvikaṁ paricakṣate",
      "english": "When this threefold tapas is practised with the highest shraddha by people who are steady and who want nothing in return, it is called sattvic.",
      "hindi": "जब यह तीन प्रकार का तप परम श्रद्धा के साथ, स्थिरचित्त और फल की इच्छा से रहित लोगों द्वारा किया जाता है, तब वह सात्त्विक कहलाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "sattva",
        "tapas",
        "shraddha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-17"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.18",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 18,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सत्कारमानपूजार्थं तपो दम्भेन चैव यत् ।\nक्रियते तदिह प्रोक्तं राजसं चलमध्रुवम् ॥",
      "iast": "satkāramānapūjārthaṁ tapo dambhena caiva yat / kriyate tadiha proktaṁ rājasaṁ calamadhruvam",
      "english": "Tapas undertaken to win respect, honour and reverence, or simply for show, is called rajasic here. What it gains is unsteady and does not last.",
      "hindi": "जो तप सत्कार, मान और पूजा पाने के लिए अथवा केवल दिखावे के लिए किया जाता है, उसे यहाँ राजसी कहा गया है। उससे जो मिलता है वह अस्थिर है और टिकता नहीं।",
      "terms": [
        "rajas",
        "tapas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-18"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.19",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 19,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मूढग्राहेणात्मनो यत्पीडया क्रियते तपः ।\nपरस्योत्सादनार्थं वा तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥",
      "iast": "mūḍhagrāheṇātmano yatpīḍayā kriyate tapaḥ / parasyotsādanārthaṁ vā tattāmasamudāhṛtam",
      "english": "Tapas undertaken out of a foolish notion, by hurting oneself, or in order to destroy someone else, is said to be tamasic.",
      "hindi": "जो तप किसी मूढ़ हठ के कारण, स्वयं को कष्ट देकर, या किसी दूसरे को नष्ट करने के लिए किया जाता है, वह तामसी कहा गया है।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "tamas",
        "tapas",
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-19"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.20",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 20,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "दातव्यमिति यद्दानं दीयतेऽनुपकारिणे ।\nदेशे काले च पात्रे च तद्दानं सात्त्विकं स्मृतम् ॥",
      "iast": "dātavyamiti yaddānaṁ dīyate’nupakāriṇe / deśe kāle ca pātre ca taddānaṁ sāttvikaṁ smṛtam",
      "english": "Dana given because giving is right, to someone who can return nothing, in the right place, at the right time and to a fit recipient, is held to be sattvic.",
      "hindi": "जो दान इसलिए दिया जाता है कि देना उचित है, ऐसे व्यक्ति को दिया जाता है जो बदले में कुछ नहीं दे सकता, और उचित स्थान, उचित समय तथा योग्य पात्र को दिया जाता है, वह सात्त्विक माना गया है।",
      "terms": [
        "sattva",
        "dana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-20"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.21",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 21,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यत्तु प्रत्युपकारार्थं फलमुद्दिश्य वा पुनः ।\nदीयते च परिक्लिष्टं तद्दानं राजसं स्मृतम् ॥",
      "iast": "yattu pratyupakārārthaṁ phalamuddiśya vā punaḥ / dīyate ca parikliṣṭaṁ taddānaṁ rājasaṁ smṛtam",
      "english": "But dana given to get something back, or with a result in view, or given grudgingly and with reluctance, is held to be rajasic.",
      "hindi": "परन्तु जो दान बदले में कुछ पाने के लिए, या किसी फल को ध्यान में रखकर दिया जाता है, अथवा मन में कष्ट लेकर अनिच्छा से दिया जाता है, वह राजसी माना गया है।",
      "terms": [
        "rajas",
        "dana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-21"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.22",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 22,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अदेशकाले यद्दानमपात्रेभ्यश्च दीयते ।\nअसत्कृतमवज्ञातं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥",
      "iast": "adeśakāle yaddānamapātrebhyaśca dīyate / asatkṛtamavajñātaṁ tattāmasamudāhṛtam",
      "english": "Dana given at the wrong place and time, to people who are not fit to receive it, without courtesy and with contempt for the person receiving it, is said to be tamasic.",
      "hindi": "जो दान अनुचित स्थान और अनुचित समय पर, अयोग्य पात्रों को, बिना आदर के और लेने वाले का तिरस्कार करते हुए दिया जाता है, वह तामसी कहा गया है।",
      "terms": [
        "tamas",
        "dana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-22"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.23",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 23,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ॐ तत्सदिति निर्देशो ब्रह्मणस्त्रिविधः स्मृतः ।\nब्राह्मणास्तेन वेदाश्च यज्ञाश्च विहिताः पुरा ॥",
      "iast": "ॐ tatsaditi nirdeśo brahmaṇastrividhaḥ smṛtaḥ / brāhmaṇāstena vedāśca yajñāśca vihitāḥ purā",
      "english": "Om Tat Sat is remembered as the threefold way of pointing to Brahman. From it, long ago, came the brahmanas, the Vedas and the rites of yajna.",
      "hindi": "ॐ तत् सत् — ब्रह्म का यह तीन प्रकार का निर्देश माना गया है। प्राचीन काल में इसी से ब्राह्मण, वेद और यज्ञ नियत हुए थे।",
      "terms": [
        "brahman",
        "yajna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-23"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.24",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 24,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तस्मादोमित्युदाहृत्य यज्ञदानतपःक्रियाः ।\nप्रवर्तन्ते विधानोक्ताः सततं ब्रह्मवादिनाम् ॥",
      "iast": "tasmādomityudāhṛtya yajñadānatapaḥkriyāḥ / pravartante vidhānoktāḥ satataṁ brahmavādinām",
      "english": "So those who speak of Brahman always begin the acts of yajna, dana and tapas that the rules lay down by first uttering Om.",
      "hindi": "इसीलिए ब्रह्म का विवेचन करने वाले लोग शास्त्र में कहे गए यज्ञ, दान और तप के कर्मों को सदा ॐ का उच्चारण करके आरम्भ करते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "brahman",
        "yajna",
        "tapas",
        "dana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-24"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.25",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 25,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तदित्यनभिसन्धाय फलं यज्ञतपःक्रियाः ।\nदानक्रियाश्च विविधाः क्रियन्ते मोक्षकाङ्क्षिभिः ॥",
      "iast": "tadityanabhisandhāya phalaṁ yajñatapaḥkriyāḥ / dānakriyāśca vividhāḥ kriyante mokṣakāṅkṣibhiḥ",
      "english": "With the word Tat, and without aiming at any result, those who seek liberation carry out the acts of yajna and tapas, and dana of many kinds.",
      "hindi": "'तत्' शब्द के साथ, फल की कोई इच्छा रखे बिना, मोक्ष चाहने वाले लोग यज्ञ और तप के कर्म तथा अनेक प्रकार के दान करते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "moksha",
        "yajna",
        "tapas",
        "dana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-25"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.26",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 26,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सद्भावे साधुभावे च सदित्येतत्प्रयुज्यते ।\nप्रशस्ते कर्मणि तथा सच्छब्दः पार्थ युज्यते ॥",
      "iast": "sadbhāve sādhubhāve ca sadityetatprayujyate / praśaste karmaṇi tathā sacchabdaḥ pārtha yujyate",
      "english": "The word Sat is used for what truly is and for what is good. Partha, the word Sat is also applied to an action that deserves praise.",
      "hindi": "'सत्' शब्द का प्रयोग उसके लिए होता है जो वास्तव में है और जो शुभ है। पार्थ, प्रशंसा के योग्य कर्म के लिए भी 'सत्' शब्द प्रयुक्त होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-26"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.27",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 27,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यज्ञे तपसि दाने च स्थितिः सदिति चोच्यते ।\nकर्म चैव तदर्थीयं सदित्येवाभिधीयते ॥",
      "iast": "yajñe tapasi dāne ca sthitiḥ saditi cocyate / karma caiva tadarthīyaṁ sadityevābhidhīyate",
      "english": "Steadiness in yajna, in tapas and in dana is also called Sat. And any action done for the sake of the Supreme is likewise named Sat.",
      "hindi": "यज्ञ, तप और दान में स्थिर बने रहना भी 'सत्' कहा जाता है। और उस परम के लिए किया गया कर्म भी 'सत्' ही कहलाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yajna",
        "tapas",
        "dana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-27"
    },
    {
      "ref": "17.28",
      "chapter": 17,
      "verse": 28,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अश्रद्धया हुतं दत्तं तपस्तप्तं कृतं च यत् ।\nअसदित्युच्यते पार्थ न च तत्प्रेत्य नो इह ॥",
      "iast": "aśraddhayā hutaṁ dattaṁ tapastaptaṁ kṛtaṁ ca yat / asadityucyate pārtha na ca tatpretya no iha",
      "english": "Whatever is offered, given, undertaken as tapas or simply done without shraddha is called Asat, Partha. It counts for nothing after death and nothing here.",
      "hindi": "पार्थ, जो कुछ भी श्रद्धा के बिना हवन किया जाए, दिया जाए, तप के रूप में किया जाए अथवा किया जाए, वह 'असत्' कहलाता है। उसका कोई मूल्य न मरने के बाद है, न यहाँ।",
      "terms": [
        "tapas",
        "shraddha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/17#bg-17-28"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.1",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 1,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "संन्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम् ।\nत्यागस्य च हृषीकेश पृथक्केशिनिषूदन ॥",
      "iast": "saṁnyāsasya mahābāho tattvamicchāmi veditum / tyāgasya ca hṛṣīkeśa pṛthakkeśiniṣūdana",
      "english": "O mighty-armed one, I wish to know the true nature of renunciation, and, O Hrishikesha, slayer of Keshi, the true nature of relinquishment separately.",
      "hindi": "हे महाबाहु! मैं संन्यास का वास्तविक स्वरूप जानना चाहता हूँ, और हे हृषीकेश, हे केशिनिषूदन! त्याग का स्वरूप भी अलग से जानना चाहता हूँ।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-1"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.2",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 2,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः ।\nसर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः ॥",
      "iast": "kāmyānāṁ karmaṇāṁ nyāsaṁ saṁnyāsaṁ kavayo viduḥ / sarvakarmaphalatyāgaṁ prāhustyāgaṁ vicakṣaṇāḥ",
      "english": "The wise know renunciation to be the setting aside of actions driven by desire; the discerning call the giving up of the fruit of all actions relinquishment.",
      "hindi": "कामना से किए जाने वाले कर्मों के त्याग को ज्ञानी लोग संन्यास कहते हैं, और समस्त कर्मों के फल के त्याग को विचारशील लोग त्याग कहते हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "kama"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-2"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.3",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 3,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "त्याज्यं दोषवदित्येके कर्म प्राहुर्मनीषिणः ।\nयज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यमिति चापरे ॥",
      "iast": "tyājyaṁ doṣavadityeke karma prāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ / yajñadānatapaḥkarma na tyājyamiti cāpare",
      "english": "Some thinkers say that action should be abandoned as being tainted with fault; others say that the works of sacrifice, charity and austerity should not be abandoned.",
      "hindi": "कुछ मनीषी कहते हैं कि कर्म दोषयुक्त होने के कारण छोड़ देना चाहिए; और दूसरे कहते हैं कि यज्ञ, दान तथा तप रूपी कर्म नहीं छोड़ने चाहिए।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yajna",
        "tapas",
        "dana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-3"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.4",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 4,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "निश्चयं शृणु मे तत्र त्यागे भरतसत्तम ।\nत्यागो हि पुरुषव्याघ्र त्रिविधः सम्प्रकीर्तितः ॥",
      "iast": "niścayaṁ śṛṇu me tatra tyāge bharatasattama / tyāgo hi puruṣavyāghra trividhaḥ samprakīrtitaḥ",
      "english": "Hear now My settled conclusion about relinquishment, O best of the Bharatas; for relinquishment, O tiger among men, has been declared to be of three kinds.",
      "hindi": "हे भरतश्रेष्ठ! त्याग के विषय में मेरा निश्चय सुनो; हे पुरुषश्रेष्ठ! त्याग तीन प्रकार का बताया गया है।",
      "terms": [
        "purusha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-4"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.5",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 5,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यं कार्यमेव तत् ।\nयज्ञो दानं तपश्चैव पावनानि मनीषिणाम् ॥",
      "iast": "yajñadānatapaḥkarma na tyājyaṁ kāryameva tat / yajño dānaṁ tapaścaiva pāvanāni manīṣiṇām",
      "english": "The works of sacrifice, charity and austerity are not to be abandoned; they must indeed be performed, for sacrifice, charity and austerity are purifiers of the thoughtful.",
      "hindi": "यज्ञ, दान और तप रूपी कर्म त्यागने योग्य नहीं हैं, वे तो अवश्य करने चाहिए; क्योंकि यज्ञ, दान और तप मनीषियों को पवित्र करने वाले हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yajna",
        "tapas",
        "dana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-5"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.6",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 6,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "एतान्यपि तु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलानि च ।\nकर्तव्यानीति मे पार्थ निश्चितं मतमुत्तमम् ॥",
      "iast": "etānyapi tu karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā phalāni ca / kartavyānīti me pārtha niścitaṁ matamuttamam",
      "english": "But even these actions should be done having given up attachment and the fruits; this, O Partha, is My firm and highest view.",
      "hindi": "परन्तु ये कर्म भी आसक्ति और फल का त्याग करके ही करने चाहिए — हे पार्थ! यही मेरा निश्चित और सर्वोत्तम मत है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "sanga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-6"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.7",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 7,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते ।\nमोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः ॥",
      "iast": "niyatasya tu saṁnyāsaḥ karmaṇo nopapadyate / mohāttasya parityāgastāmasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ",
      "english": "Renunciation of prescribed duty is not fitting; giving it up out of delusion is declared to belong to darkness.",
      "hindi": "नियत कर्म का संन्यास उचित नहीं है; मोह के कारण उसका त्याग तामस कहा गया है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "tamas",
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-7"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.8",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 8,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "दुःखमित्येव यत्कर्म कायक्लेशभयात्त्यजेत् ।\nस कृत्वा राजसं त्यागं नैव त्यागफलं लभेत् ॥",
      "iast": "duḥkhamityeva yatkarma kāyakleśabhayāttyajet / sa kṛtvā rājasaṁ tyāgaṁ naiva tyāgaphalaṁ labhet",
      "english": "Whoever abandons work merely as painful, from fear of bodily hardship, makes a relinquishment born of passion and gains none of its fruit.",
      "hindi": "जो कर्म को केवल दुःखरूप मानकर शारीरिक कष्ट के भय से छोड़ देता है, वह राजस त्याग करके त्याग का फल नहीं पाता।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "rajas",
        "bhaya",
        "duhkha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-8"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.9",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 9,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन ।\nसङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलं चैव स त्यागः सात्त्विको मतः ॥",
      "iast": "kāryamityeva yatkarma niyataṁ kriyate’rjuna / saṅgaṁ tyaktvā phalaṁ caiva sa tyāgaḥ sāttviko mataḥ",
      "english": "When prescribed work is done simply because it ought to be done, O Arjuna, with attachment and fruit alike given up, that relinquishment is held to be of goodness.",
      "hindi": "हे अर्जुन! जो नियत कर्म केवल कर्तव्य समझकर, आसक्ति और फल का त्याग करके किया जाता है, वही त्याग सात्त्विक माना गया है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "sattva",
        "sanga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-9"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.10",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 10,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "न द्वेष्ट्यकुशलं कर्म कुशले नानुषज्जते ।\nत्यागी सत्त्वसमाविष्टो मेधावी छिन्नसंशयः ॥",
      "iast": "na dveṣṭyakuśalaṁ karma kuśale nānuṣajjate / tyāgī sattvasamāviṣṭo medhāvī chinnasaṁśayaḥ",
      "english": "He neither hates disagreeable work nor clings to agreeable work; such a relinquisher, filled with goodness, is wise, and his doubts are cut away.",
      "hindi": "वह अप्रिय कर्म से द्वेष नहीं करता और प्रिय कर्म में आसक्त नहीं होता; सत्त्व से युक्त ऐसा त्यागी बुद्धिमान है और उसके संशय कट चुके हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "sattva"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-10"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.11",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 11,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "न हि देहभृता शक्यं त्यक्तुं कर्माण्यशेषतः ।\nयस्तु कर्मफलत्यागी स त्यागीत्यभिधीयते ॥",
      "iast": "na hi dehabhṛtā śakyaṁ tyaktuṁ karmāṇyaśeṣataḥ / yastu karmaphalatyāgī sa tyāgītyabhidhīyate",
      "english": "It is not possible for one who wears a body to give up actions entirely; but one who gives up the fruit of action is called a relinquisher.",
      "hindi": "देहधारी के लिए कर्मों को पूर्ण रूप से छोड़ना सम्भव नहीं है; किन्तु जो कर्मफल का त्याग करता है, वही त्यागी कहलाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-11"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.12",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 12,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम् ।\nभवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु संन्यासिनां क्वचित् ॥",
      "iast": "aniṣṭamiṣṭaṁ miśraṁ ca trividhaṁ karmaṇaḥ phalam / bhavatyatyāgināṁ pretya na tu saṁnyāsināṁ kvacit",
      "english": "Unwanted, wanted and mixed — the fruit of action is of these three kinds after death for those who do not relinquish, but never at all for those who have renounced.",
      "hindi": "कर्म का फल अनिष्ट, इष्ट और मिश्रित — इन तीन प्रकार का होता है, जो मृत्यु के पश्चात अत्यागियों को मिलता है, संन्यासियों को कभी नहीं।",
      "terms": [
        "karma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-12"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.13",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 13,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "पञ्चैतानि महाबाहो कारणानि निबोध मे ।\nसाङ्ख्ये कृतान्ते प्रोक्तानि सिद्धये सर्वकर्मणाम् ॥",
      "iast": "pañcaitāni mahābāho kāraṇāni nibodha me / sāṅkhye kṛtānte proktāni siddhaye sarvakarmaṇām",
      "english": "Learn from Me, O mighty-armed one, these five causes, declared in the Sankhya teaching that settles the matter, for the accomplishment of all actions.",
      "hindi": "हे महाबाहु! समस्त कर्मों की सिद्धि के लिए सांख्य के सिद्धान्त में बताए गए इन पाँच कारणों को मुझसे जानो।",
      "terms": [
        "karma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-13"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.14",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 14,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम् ।\nविविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम् ॥",
      "iast": "adhiṣṭhānaṁ tathā kartā karaṇaṁ ca pṛthagvidham / vividhāśca pṛthakceṣṭā daivaṁ caivātra pañcamam",
      "english": "The seat of action, likewise the doer, the instruments of various kinds, the many separate efforts, and the divine as the fifth among these.",
      "hindi": "अधिष्ठान अर्थात शरीर, कर्ता, भिन्न-भिन्न प्रकार के करण, अनेक प्रकार की अलग-अलग चेष्टाएँ, और पाँचवाँ दैव — ये पाँच हैं।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-14"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.15",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 15,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर्यत्कर्म प्रारभते नरः ।\nन्याय्यं वा विपरीतं वा पञ्चैते तस्य हेतवः ॥",
      "iast": "śarīravāṅmanobhiryatkarma prārabhate naraḥ / nyāyyaṁ vā viparītaṁ vā pañcaite tasya hetavaḥ",
      "english": "Whatever work a person undertakes with body, speech or mind, whether right or contrary to right, these five are its causes.",
      "hindi": "मनुष्य शरीर, वाणी और मन से जो भी कर्म आरम्भ करता है — चाहे वह उचित हो या विपरीत — उसके यही पाँच कारण हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-15"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.16",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 16,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः ।\nपश्यत्यकृतबुद्धित्वान्न स पश्यति दुर्मतिः ॥",
      "iast": "tatraivaṁ sati kartāramātmānaṁ kevalaṁ tu yaḥ / paśyatyakṛtabuddhitvānna sa paśyati durmatiḥ",
      "english": "This being so, whoever through an untrained understanding sees the self alone as the doer does not see truly; his mind is confused.",
      "hindi": "ऐसा होते हुए भी जो अपरिपक्व बुद्धि के कारण केवल आत्मा को ही कर्ता मानता है, वह दुर्मति ठीक नहीं देखता।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-16"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.17",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 17,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यस्य नाहङ्कृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते ।\nहत्वाऽपि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते ॥",
      "iast": "yasya nāhaṅkṛto bhāvo buddhiryasya na lipyate / hatvā’pi sa imām̐llokānna hanti na nibadhyate",
      "english": "One whose disposition is free of the sense of 'I', whose understanding is unstained — even were he to slay these people, he does not slay, nor is he bound.",
      "hindi": "जिसका भाव अहंकार से रहित है और जिसकी बुद्धि लिप्त नहीं होती, वह इन लोगों को मारकर भी न मारता है और न बँधता है।",
      "terms": [
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-17"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.18",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 18,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना ।\nकरणं कर्म कर्तेति त्रिविधः कर्मसङ्ग्रहः ॥",
      "iast": "jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ parijñātā trividhā karmacodanā / karaṇaṁ karma karteti trividhaḥ karmasaṅgrahaḥ",
      "english": "Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the threefold prompting to action; the instrument, the act and the doer are the threefold sum of action.",
      "hindi": "ज्ञान, ज्ञेय और ज्ञाता — यह तीन प्रकार की कर्म-प्रेरणा है; करण, कर्म और कर्ता — यह तीन प्रकार का कर्म-संग्रह है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "jnana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-18"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.19",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 19,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ज्ञानं कर्म च कर्ता च त्रिधैव गुणभेदतः ।\nप्रोच्यते गुणसङ्ख्याने यथावच्छृणु तान्यपि ॥",
      "iast": "jñānaṁ karma ca kartā ca tridhaiva guṇabhedataḥ / procyate guṇasaṅkhyāne yathāvacchṛṇu tānyapi",
      "english": "In the reckoning of the gunas, knowledge, action and the doer are each said to be of three kinds only, by the difference of the gunas; hear of these too as they truly are.",
      "hindi": "गुणों की गणना में ज्ञान, कर्म और कर्ता गुणों के भेद से तीन-तीन प्रकार के ही कहे गए हैं; उन्हें भी यथार्थ रूप से सुनो।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "jnana",
        "guna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-19"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.20",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 20,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सर्वभूतेषु येनैकं भावमव्ययमीक्षते ।\nअविभक्तं विभक्तेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि सात्त्विकम् ॥",
      "iast": "sarvabhūteṣu yenaikaṁ bhāvamavyayamīkṣate / avibhaktaṁ vibhakteṣu tajjñānaṁ viddhi sāttvikam",
      "english": "That knowledge by which one sees a single imperishable reality in all beings, undivided among the divided — know that knowledge to be of goodness.",
      "hindi": "जिस ज्ञान से मनुष्य समस्त प्राणियों में एक ही अविनाशी तत्त्व को देखता है, विभक्तों में अविभक्त को — उस ज्ञान को सात्त्विक जानो।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "sattva"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-20"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.21",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 21,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान् ।\nवेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम् ॥",
      "iast": "pṛthaktvena tu yajjñānaṁ nānābhāvānpṛthagvidhān / vetti sarveṣu bhūteṣu tajjñānaṁ viddhi rājasam",
      "english": "But that knowledge which, taking things as separate, knows many distinct realities of different kinds in all beings — know that knowledge to be of passion.",
      "hindi": "किन्तु जो ज्ञान भिन्नता के भाव से सब प्राणियों में अनेक प्रकार के अलग-अलग भावों को जानता है, उस ज्ञान को राजस जानो।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "rajas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-21"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.22",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 22,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यत्तु कृत्स्नवदेकस्मिन्कार्ये सक्तमहैतुकम् ।\nअतत्त्वार्थवदल्पं च तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥",
      "iast": "yattu kṛtsnavadekasminkārye saktamahaitukam / atattvārthavadalpaṁ ca tattāmasamudāhṛtam",
      "english": "But that which clings to one single effect as though it were the whole, without reason, without grasp of what is real, and is narrow — that is called the knowledge of darkness.",
      "hindi": "और जो बिना किसी हेतु के एक ही कार्य में ऐसे आसक्त रहता है मानो वही सब कुछ हो, जो तत्त्व के बोध से रहित और तुच्छ है — वह ज्ञान तामस कहा गया है।",
      "terms": [
        "tamas",
        "sanga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-22"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.23",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 23,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "नियतं सङ्गरहितमरागद्वेषतः कृतम् ।\nअफलप्रेप्सुना कर्म यत्तत्सात्त्विकमुच्यते ॥",
      "iast": "niyataṁ saṅgarahitamarāgadveṣataḥ kṛtam / aphalaprepsunā karma yattatsāttvikamucyate",
      "english": "Work that is prescribed, free from attachment, done without liking or disliking, by one who does not seek its fruit — that is called work of goodness.",
      "hindi": "जो कर्म नियत है, आसक्ति से रहित है, राग-द्वेष के बिना किया गया है, और फल की इच्छा न रखने वाले द्वारा किया गया है — वह सात्त्विक कहा जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "sattva",
        "sanga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-23"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.24",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 24,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहङ्कारेण वा पुनः ।\nक्रियते बहुलायासं तद्राजसमुदाहृतम् ॥",
      "iast": "yattu kāmepsunā karma sāhaṅkāreṇa vā punaḥ / kriyate bahulāyāsaṁ tadrājasamudāhṛtam",
      "english": "But work done by one who seeks to fulfil desires, or done again with egoism, and carried out with great strain — that is called work of passion.",
      "hindi": "परन्तु जो कर्म कामना की पूर्ति चाहने वाले द्वारा, अथवा अहंकार के साथ, बहुत परिश्रम से किया जाता है, वह राजस कहा गया है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "rajas",
        "kama"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-24"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.25",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 25,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अनुबन्धं क्षयं हिंसामनपेक्ष्य च पौरुषम् ।\nमोहादारभ्यते कर्म यत्तत्तामसमुच्यते ॥",
      "iast": "anubandhaṁ kṣayaṁ hiṁsāmanapekṣya ca pauruṣam / mohādārabhyate karma yattattāmasamucyate",
      "english": "Work begun out of delusion, with no regard for its consequence, for loss, for injury, or for one's own capacity — that is called work of darkness.",
      "hindi": "जो कर्म परिणाम, हानि, हिंसा और अपने सामर्थ्य का विचार किए बिना मोह से आरम्भ किया जाता है, वह तामस कहा जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "tamas",
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-25"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.26",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 26,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मुक्तसङ्गोऽनहंवादी धृत्युत्साहसमन्वितः ।\nसिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योर्निर्विकारः कर्ता सात्त्विक उच्यते ॥",
      "iast": "muktasaṅgo’nahaṁvādī dhṛtyutsāhasamanvitaḥ / siddhyasiddhyornirvikāraḥ kartā sāttvika ucyate",
      "english": "Free of attachment, not speaking of himself, endowed with steadiness and zeal, unaltered in success and failure — such a doer is called one of goodness.",
      "hindi": "जो आसक्ति से मुक्त है, अपनी बड़ाई नहीं करता, धैर्य और उत्साह से युक्त है, तथा सिद्धि और असिद्धि में निर्विकार रहता है — वह कर्ता सात्त्विक कहा जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "moksha",
        "sattva",
        "sanga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-26"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.27",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 27,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "रागी कर्मफलप्रेप्सुर्लुब्धो हिंसात्मकोऽशुचिः ।\nहर्षशोकान्वितः कर्ता राजसः परिकीर्तितः ॥",
      "iast": "rāgī karmaphalaprepsurlubdho hiṁsātmako’śuciḥ / harṣaśokānvitaḥ kartā rājasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ",
      "english": "Full of longing, eager for the fruit of action, greedy, given to injury, impure, swept by joy and grief — such a doer is declared to be of passion.",
      "hindi": "जो रागी है, कर्मफल चाहता है, लोभी, हिंसक और अशुद्ध है, तथा हर्ष और शोक से घिरा रहता है — वह कर्ता राजस कहा गया है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "atman",
        "rajas",
        "shoka"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-27"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.28",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 28,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अयुक्तः प्राकृतः स्तब्धः शठो नैष्कृतिकोऽलसः ।\nविषादी दीर्घसूत्री च कर्ता तामस उच्यते ॥",
      "iast": "ayuktaḥ prākṛtaḥ stabdhaḥ śaṭho naiṣkṛtiko’lasaḥ / viṣādī dīrghasūtrī ca kartā tāmasa ucyate",
      "english": "Unsteady, coarse, unbending, deceitful, malicious, idle, despondent and forever putting things off — such a doer is called one of darkness.",
      "hindi": "जो अयुक्त, गँवार, अकड़ू, कपटी, दूसरों का काम बिगाड़ने वाला, आलसी, विषादग्रस्त और काम को टालने वाला है — वह कर्ता तामस कहा जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "tamas",
        "shoka"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-28"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.29",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 29,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "बुद्धेर्भेदं धृतेश्चैव गुणतस्त्रिविधं शृणु ।\nप्रोच्यमानमशेषेण पृथक्त्वेन धनञ्जय ॥",
      "iast": "buddherbhedaṁ dhṛteścaiva guṇatastrividhaṁ śṛṇu / procyamānamaśeṣeṇa pṛthaktvena dhanañjaya",
      "english": "Hear now, O Dhananjaya, the threefold division of understanding and of steadiness according to the gunas, set forth fully and one by one.",
      "hindi": "हे धनञ्जय! गुणों के अनुसार बुद्धि और धृति के तीन भेद, जो पूर्ण रूप से अलग-अलग बताए जा रहे हैं, सुनो।",
      "terms": [
        "guna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-29"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.30",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 30,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च कार्याकार्ये भयाभये ।\nबन्धं मोक्षं च या वेत्ति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी ॥",
      "iast": "pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca kāryākārye bhayābhaye / bandhaṁ mokṣaṁ ca yā vetti buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī",
      "english": "The understanding that knows engagement and withdrawal, what is to be done and what is not, fear and fearlessness, bondage and liberation — that understanding, O Partha, is of goodness.",
      "hindi": "जो बुद्धि प्रवृत्ति और निवृत्ति को, कर्तव्य और अकर्तव्य को, भय और अभय को, तथा बन्धन और मोक्ष को यथार्थ जानती है — हे पार्थ! वह सात्त्विकी है।",
      "terms": [
        "moksha",
        "sattva",
        "bhaya",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-30"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.31",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 31,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यया धर्ममधर्मं च कार्यं चाकार्यमेव च ।\nअयथावत्प्रजानाति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ राजसी ॥",
      "iast": "yayā dharmamadharmaṁ ca kāryaṁ cākāryameva ca / ayathāvatprajānāti buddhiḥ sā pārtha rājasī",
      "english": "The understanding by which one knows dharma and adharma, and what is to be done and what is not, otherwise than as they are — that understanding, O Partha, is of passion.",
      "hindi": "जिस बुद्धि से मनुष्य धर्म और अधर्म को तथा कर्तव्य और अकर्तव्य को यथार्थ रूप से नहीं जानता — हे पार्थ! वह राजसी है।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma",
        "rajas",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-31"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.32",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 32,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसावृता ।\nसर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी ॥",
      "iast": "adharmaṁ dharmamiti yā manyate tamasāvṛtā / sarvārthānviparītāṁśca buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī",
      "english": "That which, wrapped in darkness, takes adharma to be dharma and sees all things reversed — that understanding, O Partha, is of darkness.",
      "hindi": "जो बुद्धि अंधकार से ढकी हुई अधर्म को ही धर्म मान लेती है और सब बातों को उलटा देखती है — हे पार्थ! वह तामसी है।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma",
        "tamas",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-32"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.33",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 33,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "धृत्या यया धारयते मनःप्राणेन्द्रियक्रियाः ।\nयोगेनाव्यभिचारिण्या धृतिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी ॥",
      "iast": "dhṛtyā yayā dhārayate manaḥprāṇendriyakriyāḥ / yogenāvyabhicāriṇyā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī",
      "english": "The unwavering steadiness by which, through yoga, one holds in place the workings of mind, breath and senses — that steadiness, O Partha, is of goodness.",
      "hindi": "जिस अविचल धृति से मनुष्य योग के द्वारा मन, प्राण और इन्द्रियों की क्रियाओं को धारण करता है — हे पार्थ! वह धृति सात्त्विकी है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "sattva"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-33"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.34",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 34,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यया तु धर्मकामार्थान्धृत्या धारयतेऽर्जुन ।\nप्रसङ्गेन फलाकाङ्क्षी धृतिः सा पार्थ राजसी ॥",
      "iast": "yayā tu dharmakāmārthāndhṛtyā dhārayate’rjuna / prasaṅgena phalākāṅkṣī dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha rājasī",
      "english": "But the steadiness by which one holds fast to duty, pleasure and wealth, O Arjuna, craving their fruit out of clinging — that steadiness, O Partha, is of passion.",
      "hindi": "किन्तु हे अर्जुन! जिस धृति से मनुष्य आसक्तिवश फल की कामना करते हुए धर्म, अर्थ और काम को पकड़े रहता है — हे पार्थ! वह धृति राजसी है।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma",
        "rajas",
        "sanga",
        "kama"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-34"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.35",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 35,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यया स्वप्नं भयं शोकं विषादं मदमेव च ।\nन विमुञ्चति दुर्मेधा धृतिः सा पार्थ तामसी ॥",
      "iast": "yayā svapnaṁ bhayaṁ śokaṁ viṣādaṁ madameva ca / na vimuñcati durmedhā dhṛtiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī",
      "english": "The steadiness by which a dull-witted person will not let go of sleep, fear, sorrow, despondency and conceit — that steadiness, O Partha, is of darkness.",
      "hindi": "जिस धृति से दुर्बुद्धि मनुष्य निद्रा, भय, शोक, विषाद और मद को नहीं छोड़ता — हे पार्थ! वह धृति तामसी है।",
      "terms": [
        "tamas",
        "bhaya",
        "shoka"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-35"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.36",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 36,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं शृणु मे भरतर्षभ ।\nअभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति ॥",
      "iast": "sukhaṁ tvidānīṁ trividhaṁ śṛṇu me bharatarṣabha / abhyāsādramate yatra duḥkhāntaṁ ca nigacchati",
      "english": "Now hear from Me of the threefold happiness, O best of the Bharatas — that in which one comes to delight through practice, and by which one reaches the end of sorrow.",
      "hindi": "हे भरतश्रेष्ठ! अब तीन प्रकार के सुख को मुझसे सुनो — जिसमें अभ्यास से मनुष्य रमने लगता है और दुःख के अन्त तक पहुँच जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "duhkha",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-36"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.37",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 37,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम् ।\nतत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम् ॥",
      "iast": "yattadagre viṣamiva pariṇāme’mṛtopamam / tatsukhaṁ sāttvikaṁ proktamātmabuddhiprasādajam",
      "english": "That which is like poison at the beginning but like nectar in the end, born of the clearness of an understanding turned toward the self — that happiness is called one of goodness.",
      "hindi": "जो आरम्भ में विष के समान किन्तु परिणाम में अमृत के समान है, और आत्मविषयक बुद्धि की प्रसन्नता से उत्पन्न होता है — वह सुख सात्त्विक कहा गया है।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "sattva",
        "sukha",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-37"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.38",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 38,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम् ।\nपरिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम् ॥",
      "iast": "viṣayendriyasaṁyogādyattadagre’mṛtopamam / pariṇāme viṣamiva tatsukhaṁ rājasaṁ smṛtam",
      "english": "That which springs from the meeting of the senses with their objects, like nectar at the beginning but like poison in the end — that happiness is remembered as one of passion.",
      "hindi": "जो सुख विषयों और इन्द्रियों के संयोग से उत्पन्न होता है, आरम्भ में अमृत जैसा किन्तु परिणाम में विष जैसा — वह राजस कहा गया है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "rajas",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-38"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.39",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 39,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यदग्रे चानुबन्धे च सुखं मोहनमात्मनः ।\nनिद्रालस्यप्रमादोत्थं तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥",
      "iast": "yadagre cānubandhe ca sukhaṁ mohanamātmanaḥ / nidrālasyapramādotthaṁ tattāmasamudāhṛtam",
      "english": "The happiness that deludes the self both at its start and in what follows, arising from sleep, indolence and heedlessness — that is called one of darkness.",
      "hindi": "जो सुख आरम्भ में और आगे भी आत्मा को मोहित करता है, तथा निद्रा, आलस्य और प्रमाद से उत्पन्न होता है — वह तामस कहा गया है।",
      "terms": [
        "atman",
        "tamas",
        "moha",
        "sukha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-39"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.40",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 40,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः ।\nसत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्त्रिभिर्गुणैः ॥",
      "iast": "na tadasti pṛthivyāṁ vā divi deveṣu vā punaḥ / sattvaṁ prakṛtijairmuktaṁ yadebhiḥ syāttribhirguṇaiḥ",
      "english": "There is no being on earth, nor again among the gods in heaven, that could be free from these three gunas born of prakriti.",
      "hindi": "पृथ्वी पर अथवा स्वर्ग में देवताओं के बीच भी ऐसा कोई प्राणी नहीं है जो प्रकृति से उत्पन्न इन तीनों गुणों से मुक्त हो।",
      "terms": [
        "moksha",
        "guna",
        "sattva",
        "prakriti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-40"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.41",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 41,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां च परन्तप ।\nकर्माणि प्रविभक्तानि स्वभावप्रभवैर्गुणैः ॥",
      "iast": "brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṁ śūdrāṇāṁ ca parantapa / karmāṇi pravibhaktāni svabhāvaprabhavairguṇaiḥ",
      "english": "O scorcher of foes, the duties of brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas and shudras have been apportioned according to the qualities that arise from their own nature.",
      "hindi": "हे परन्तप! ब्राह्मण, क्षत्रिय, वैश्य और शूद्र — इन सबके कर्म उनके अपने स्वभाव से उत्पन्न गुणों के अनुसार बाँटे गए हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "guna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-41"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.42",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 42,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "शमो दमस्तपः शौचं क्षान्तिरार्जवमेव च ।\nज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम् ॥",
      "iast": "śamo damastapaḥ śaucaṁ kṣāntirārjavameva ca / jñānaṁ vijñānamāstikyaṁ brahmakarma svabhāvajam",
      "english": "Calmness of mind, restraint of the senses, austerity, purity, forbearance, uprightness, knowledge, direct realisation and faith in what is beyond — these are the brahmin's work, born of his own nature.",
      "hindi": "मन का शम, इन्द्रियों का दम, तप, शुद्धि, क्षमा, सरलता, ज्ञान, विज्ञान तथा आस्तिकता — ये ब्राह्मण के स्वभाव से उत्पन्न कर्म हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "jnana",
        "brahman",
        "tapas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-42"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.43",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 43,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "शौर्यं तेजो धृतिर्दाक्ष्यं युद्धे चाप्यपलायनम् ।\nदानमीश्वरभावश्च क्षात्रं कर्म स्वभावजम् ॥",
      "iast": "śauryaṁ tejo dhṛtirdākṣyaṁ yuddhe cāpyapalāyanam / dānamīśvarabhāvaśca kṣātraṁ karma svabhāvajam",
      "english": "Valour, vigour, firmness, skill, not fleeing from battle, generosity and a capacity to lead — these make up the kshatriya's work, born of his own nature.",
      "hindi": "शौर्य, तेज, धैर्य, दक्षता, युद्ध से न भागना, दान और शासन का भाव — ये क्षत्रिय के स्वभाव से उत्पन्न कर्म हैं।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "dana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-43"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.44",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 44,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "कृषिगौरक्ष्यवाणिज्यं वैश्यकर्म स्वभावजम् ।\nपरिचर्यात्मकं कर्म शूद्रस्यापि स्वभावजम् ॥",
      "iast": "kṛṣigaurakṣyavāṇijyaṁ vaiśyakarma svabhāvajam / paricaryātmakaṁ karma śūdrasyāpi svabhāvajam",
      "english": "Farming, the care of cattle and trade are the vaishya's work, born of his own nature; and work whose substance is service is likewise the shudra's, born of his own nature.",
      "hindi": "खेती, गौपालन और व्यापार — ये वैश्य के स्वभाव से उत्पन्न कर्म हैं; और सेवा-रूप कर्म शूद्र का स्वभाव से उत्पन्न कर्म है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-44"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.45",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 45,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "स्वे स्वे कर्मण्यभिरतः संसिद्धिं लभते नरः ।\nस्वकर्मनिरतः सिद्धिं यथा विन्दति तच्छृणु ॥",
      "iast": "sve sve karmaṇyabhirataḥ saṁsiddhiṁ labhate naraḥ / svakarmanirataḥ siddhiṁ yathā vindati tacchṛṇu",
      "english": "A person devoted to his own work attains full perfection. Hear now how one who is intent on his own duty comes to find that perfection.",
      "hindi": "अपने-अपने कर्म में लगा हुआ मनुष्य पूर्ण सिद्धि को प्राप्त करता है। अपने कर्म में रत मनुष्य किस प्रकार सिद्धि पाता है, वह सुन।",
      "terms": [
        "karma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-45"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.46",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 46,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यतः प्रवृत्तिर्भूतानां येन सर्वमिदं ततम् ।\nस्वकर्मणा तमभ्यर्च्य सिद्धिं विन्दति मानवः ॥",
      "iast": "yataḥ pravṛttirbhūtānāṁ yena sarvamidaṁ tatam / svakarmaṇā tamabhyarcya siddhiṁ vindati mānavaḥ",
      "english": "He from whom all beings arise and by whom all this is pervaded — worshipping Him through one's own work, a person finds perfection.",
      "hindi": "जिससे सब प्राणियों की उत्पत्ति होती है और जिससे यह सम्पूर्ण जगत् व्याप्त है, उसी की अपने कर्म के द्वारा पूजा करके मनुष्य सिद्धि प्राप्त करता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-46"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.47",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 47,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् ।\nस्वभावनियतं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम् ॥",
      "iast": "śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt / svabhāvaniyataṁ karma kurvannāpnoti kilbiṣam",
      "english": "Better is one's own duty, though imperfectly done, than another's duty well carried out. Doing the work appointed by one's own nature, a person incurs no fault.",
      "hindi": "दूसरे के भली भाँति किए हुए धर्म से अपना गुणरहित धर्म भी श्रेष्ठ है। अपने स्वभाव से नियत कर्म को करता हुआ मनुष्य पाप को प्राप्त नहीं होता।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma",
        "svadharma",
        "karma",
        "guna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-47"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.48",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 48,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सहजं कर्म कौन्तेय सदोषमपि न त्यजेत् ।\nसर्वारम्भा हि दोषेण धूमेनाग्निरिवावृताः ॥",
      "iast": "sahajaṁ karma kaunteya sadoṣamapi na tyajet / sarvārambhā hi doṣeṇa dhūmenāgnirivāvṛtāḥ",
      "english": "One should not give up the work born with him, O son of Kunti, even when it carries some flaw; for every undertaking is wrapped in a flaw, as fire is wrapped in smoke.",
      "hindi": "हे कुन्तीपुत्र! दोषयुक्त होने पर भी सहज कर्म को नहीं छोड़ना चाहिए, क्योंकि सभी कर्म किसी न किसी दोष से वैसे ही ढके रहते हैं जैसे अग्नि धुएँ से।",
      "terms": [
        "karma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-48"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.49",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 49,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "असक्तबुद्धिः सर्वत्र जितात्मा विगतस्पृहः ।\nनैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिं परमां संन्यासेनाधिगच्छति ॥",
      "iast": "asaktabuddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigataspṛhaḥ / naiṣkarmyasiddhiṁ paramāṁ saṁnyāsenādhigacchati",
      "english": "He whose understanding is unattached everywhere, who has mastered himself and is free of craving, reaches through renunciation the highest perfection of freedom from action.",
      "hindi": "जिसकी बुद्धि सर्वत्र आसक्ति से रहित है, जिसने अपने को जीत लिया है और जो स्पृहा से रहित है, वह संन्यास के द्वारा नैष्कर्म्य की परम सिद्धि को प्राप्त होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "atman",
        "sanga",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-49"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.50",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 50,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे ।\nसमासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा ॥",
      "iast": "siddhiṁ prāpto yathā brahma tathāpnoti nibodha me / samāsenaiva kaunteya niṣṭhā jñānasya yā parā",
      "english": "Learn from Me in brief, O son of Kunti, how one who has gained perfection thereby reaches Brahman — that highest ground of knowledge.",
      "hindi": "हे कुन्तीपुत्र! सिद्धि को प्राप्त हुआ मनुष्य किस प्रकार ब्रह्म को पाता है, वह संक्षेप में मुझसे समझ — यही ज्ञान की परम निष्ठा है।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "brahman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-50"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.51",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 51,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "बुद्ध्या विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्यात्मानं नियम्य च ।\nशब्दादीन्विषयांस्त्यक्त्वा रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च ॥",
      "iast": "buddhyā viśuddhayā yukto dhṛtyātmānaṁ niyamya ca / śabdādīnviṣayāṁstyaktvā rāgadveṣau vyudasya ca",
      "english": "Endowed with a purified understanding, holding himself in check with firmness, giving up sound and the other objects of sense, and casting away both attraction and aversion;",
      "hindi": "विशुद्ध बुद्धि से युक्त होकर, धैर्य से अपने आपको वश में करके, शब्द आदि विषयों को त्यागकर तथा राग और द्वेष को दूर हटाकर;",
      "terms": [
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-51"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.52",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 52,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः ।\nध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः ॥",
      "iast": "viviktasevī laghvāśī yatavākkāyamānasaḥ / dhyānayogaparo nityaṁ vairāgyaṁ samupāśritaḥ",
      "english": "living in solitude, eating lightly, with speech, body and mind restrained, ever given to the yoga of meditation, and firmly taking refuge in dispassion;",
      "hindi": "एकान्त में रहने वाला, हल्का भोजन करने वाला, वाणी, शरीर और मन को वश में रखने वाला, सदा ध्यानयोग में लगा हुआ और वैराग्य का दृढ़ आश्रय लेने वाला;",
      "terms": [
        "yoga",
        "dhyana",
        "sanga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-52"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.53",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 53,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं परिग्रहम् ।\nविमुच्य निर्ममः शान्तो ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥",
      "iast": "ahaṅkāraṁ balaṁ darpaṁ kāmaṁ krodhaṁ parigraham / vimucya nirmamaḥ śānto brahmabhūyāya kalpate",
      "english": "having released egotism, force, arrogance, desire, anger and possessiveness — free of all sense of 'mine' and at peace, he becomes fit for oneness with Brahman.",
      "hindi": "अहङ्कार, बल, दर्प, काम, क्रोध और परिग्रह को छोड़कर, ममता से रहित और शान्त हुआ मनुष्य ब्रह्म-भाव के योग्य हो जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "brahman",
        "moksha",
        "kama",
        "krodha",
        "ahamkara",
        "shanti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-53"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.54",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 54,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ब्रह्मभूतः प्रसन्नात्मा न शोचति न काङ्क्षति ।\nसमः सर्वेषु भूतेषु मद्भक्तिं लभते पराम् ॥",
      "iast": "brahmabhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati / samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu madbhaktiṁ labhate parām",
      "english": "Become one with Brahman, serene in himself, he neither grieves nor craves. Equal towards all beings, he gains the highest devotion to Me.",
      "hindi": "ब्रह्म-रूप हुआ प्रसन्नचित्त मनुष्य न शोक करता है और न कुछ चाहता है। सब प्राणियों में समान भाव रखता हुआ वह मेरी परा भक्ति को प्राप्त होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "bhakti",
        "atman",
        "brahman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-54"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.55",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 55,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "भक्त्या मामभिजानाति यावान्यश्चास्मि तत्त्वतः ।\nततो मां तत्त्वतो ज्ञात्वा विशते तदनन्तरम् ॥",
      "iast": "bhaktyā māmabhijānāti yāvānyaścāsmi tattvataḥ / tato māṁ tattvato jñātvā viśate tadanantaram",
      "english": "Through devotion he comes to know Me in truth — who I am and how great I am; and knowing Me thus in truth, he thereafter enters into Me.",
      "hindi": "भक्ति के द्वारा वह मुझे तत्त्व से जान लेता है कि मैं कौन हूँ और कितना हूँ; और तत्त्व से मुझे जानकर वह उसके पश्चात् मुझमें प्रवेश कर जाता है।",
      "terms": [
        "bhakti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-55"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.56",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 56,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः ।\nमत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम् ॥",
      "iast": "sarvakarmāṇyapi sadā kurvāṇo madvyapāśrayaḥ / matprasādādavāpnoti śāśvataṁ padamavyayam",
      "english": "Even while always performing every kind of work, one who takes refuge in Me attains by My grace the eternal and imperishable abode.",
      "hindi": "सदा सब कर्मों को करता हुआ भी जो मेरा आश्रय लेता है, वह मेरी कृपा से शाश्वत और अविनाशी पद को प्राप्त होता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-56"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.57",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 57,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "चेतसा सर्वकर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्परः ।\nबुद्धियोगमुपाश्रित्य मच्चित्तः सततं भव ॥",
      "iast": "cetasā sarvakarmāṇi mayi saṁnyasya matparaḥ / buddhiyogamupāśritya maccittaḥ satataṁ bhava",
      "english": "With your mind surrender every action to Me, holding Me as the highest; taking refuge in the yoga of understanding, keep your thought fixed on Me at all times.",
      "hindi": "मन से सब कर्मों को मुझमें अर्पित करके, मुझे ही परम मानकर, बुद्धियोग का आश्रय लेकर सदा मुझमें चित्त लगाए रख।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "yoga",
        "manas",
        "buddhi"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-57"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.58",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 58,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मच्चित्तः सर्वदुर्गाणि मत्प्रसादात्तरिष्यसि ।\nअथ चेत्त्वमहङ्कारान्न श्रोष्यसि विनङ्क्ष्यसि ॥",
      "iast": "maccittaḥ sarvadurgāṇi matprasādāttariṣyasi / atha cettvamahaṅkārānna śroṣyasi vinaṅkṣyasi",
      "english": "With your thought on Me you will cross over every difficulty by My grace; but if out of egotism you will not listen, you will come to ruin.",
      "hindi": "मुझमें चित्त लगाने पर तू मेरी कृपा से सब कठिनाइयों को पार कर जाएगा; परन्तु यदि अहङ्कार के कारण तू नहीं सुनेगा, तो नष्ट हो जाएगा।",
      "terms": [
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-58"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.59",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 59,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "यदहङ्कारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे ।\nमिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति ॥",
      "iast": "yadahaṅkāramāśritya na yotsya iti manyase / mithyaiṣa vyavasāyaste prakṛtistvāṁ niyokṣyati",
      "english": "If, leaning on ego, you think 'I shall not fight,' that resolve of yours is empty — your own nature will set you to it.",
      "hindi": "यदि अहङ्कार का सहारा लेकर तू यह माने कि 'मैं नहीं लड़ूँगा', तो तेरा यह निश्चय मिथ्या है — तेरी प्रकृति ही तुझे उस कर्म में लगा देगी।",
      "terms": [
        "prakriti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-59"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.60",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 60,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "स्वभावजेन कौन्तेय निबद्धः स्वेन कर्मणा ।\nकर्तुं नेच्छसि यन्मोहात्करिष्यस्यवशोऽपि तत् ॥",
      "iast": "svabhāvajena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā / kartuṁ necchasi yanmohātkariṣyasyavaśo’pi tat",
      "english": "Bound by your own work born of your nature, O son of Kunti, the very thing you do not wish to do out of delusion, that you will do, helpless.",
      "hindi": "हे कुन्तीपुत्र! अपने स्वभाव से उत्पन्न कर्म में बँधा हुआ तू, मोह के कारण जिसे करना नहीं चाहता, विवश होकर वही करेगा।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-60"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.61",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 61,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति ।\nभ्रामयन्सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि मायया ॥",
      "iast": "īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṁ hṛddeśe’rjuna tiṣṭhati / bhrāmayansarvabhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā",
      "english": "The Lord abides in the heart of every being, O Arjuna, turning all beings about by His power as though they were mounted on a machine.",
      "hindi": "हे अर्जुन! ईश्वर सब प्राणियों के हृदय-देश में स्थित है और अपनी माया से सब प्राणियों को यन्त्र पर चढ़े हुए के समान घुमाता रहता है।",
      "terms": [
        "maya"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-61"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.62",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 62,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "तमेव शरणं गच्छ सर्वभावेन भारत ।\nतत्प्रसादात्परां शान्तिं स्थानं प्राप्स्यसि शाश्वतम् ॥",
      "iast": "tameva śaraṇaṁ gaccha sarvabhāvena bhārata / tatprasādātparāṁ śāntiṁ sthānaṁ prāpsyasi śāśvatam",
      "english": "Go to Him alone for refuge with your whole being, O Bharata; by His grace you will gain supreme peace and the eternal abode.",
      "hindi": "हे भारत! सम्पूर्ण भाव से उसी की शरण में जा; उसकी कृपा से तू परम शान्ति और शाश्वत स्थान को प्राप्त करेगा।",
      "terms": [
        "shanti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-62"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.63",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 63,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "इति ते ज्ञानमाख्यातं गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं मया ।\nविमृश्यैतदशेषेण यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु ॥",
      "iast": "iti te jñānamākhyātaṁ guhyādguhyataraṁ mayā / vimṛśyaitadaśeṣeṇa yathecchasi tathā kuru",
      "english": "Thus has knowledge more secret than every secret been told to you by Me. Weigh it fully, and then act as you wish.",
      "hindi": "इस प्रकार गुह्य से भी गुह्यतर ज्ञान मैंने तुझसे कह दिया। इस पर पूरी तरह विचार कर, फिर जैसा तू चाहे वैसा कर।",
      "terms": [
        "jnana"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-63"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.64",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 64,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सर्वगुह्यतमं भूयः शृणु मे परमं वचः ।\nइष्टोऽसि मे दृढमिति ततो वक्ष्यामि ते हितम् ॥",
      "iast": "sarvaguhyatamaṁ bhūyaḥ śṛṇu me paramaṁ vacaḥ / iṣṭo’si me dṛḍhamiti tato vakṣyāmi te hitam",
      "english": "Hear once more My supreme word, the most secret of all. Because you are firmly dear to Me, I shall tell you what is for your good.",
      "hindi": "सबसे अधिक गुह्य मेरा परम वचन फिर सुन। तू मुझे दृढ़ रूप से प्रिय है, इसीलिए मैं तेरे हित की बात कहूँगा।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-64"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.65",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 65,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु ।\nमामेवैष्यसि सत्यं ते प्रतिजाने प्रियोऽसि मे ॥",
      "iast": "manmanā bhava madbhakto madyājī māṁ namaskuru / māmevaiṣyasi satyaṁ te pratijāne priyo’si me",
      "english": "Fix your mind on Me, be devoted to Me, worship Me, bow down to Me. You will come to Me alone — this I truly promise you, for you are dear to Me.",
      "hindi": "मुझमें मन लगा, मेरा भक्त बन, मेरा पूजन कर, मुझे प्रणाम कर। तू मुझे ही प्राप्त होगा — यह मैं तुझसे सच्ची प्रतिज्ञा करता हूँ, क्योंकि तू मुझे प्रिय है।",
      "terms": [
        "bhakti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-65"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.66",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 66,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज ।\nअहं त्वां सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः ॥",
      "iast": "sarvadharmānparityajya māmekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja / ahaṁ tvāṁ sarvapāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ",
      "english": "Letting go of all duties, come to Me alone for shelter. I shall set you free from every sin; do not grieve.",
      "hindi": "सब धर्मों को छोड़कर केवल मेरी शरण में आ जा। मैं तुझे सब पापों से मुक्त कर दूँगा, तू शोक मत कर।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma",
        "moksha",
        "shoka"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-66"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.67",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 67,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "इदं ते नातपस्काय नाभक्ताय कदाचन ।\nन चाशुश्रूषवे वाच्यं न च मां योऽभ्यसूयति ॥",
      "iast": "idaṁ te nātapaskāya nābhaktāya kadācana / na cāśuśrūṣave vācyaṁ na ca māṁ yo’bhyasūyati",
      "english": "This is never to be spoken by you to one without austerity, nor to one without devotion, nor to one who has no wish to listen, nor to one who finds fault with Me.",
      "hindi": "यह बात तू कभी उससे मत कहना जो तप से रहित है, जो भक्तिहीन है, जो सुनना नहीं चाहता, और जो मुझमें दोष देखता है।",
      "terms": [
        "bhakti",
        "tapas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-67"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.68",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 68,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "य इदं परमं गुह्यं मद्भक्तेष्वभिधास्यति ।\nभक्तिं मयि परां कृत्वा मामेवैष्यत्यसंशयः ॥",
      "iast": "ya idaṁ paramaṁ guhyaṁ madbhakteṣvabhidhāsyati / bhaktiṁ mayi parāṁ kṛtvā māmevaiṣyatyasaṁśayaḥ",
      "english": "Whoever shall set forth this supreme secret among My devotees, offering the highest devotion to Me, shall come to Me — of this there is no doubt.",
      "hindi": "जो मेरे भक्तों में इस परम रहस्य को कहेगा, वह मुझमें परा भक्ति करके निःसन्देह मुझे ही प्राप्त होगा।",
      "terms": [
        "bhakti"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-68"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.69",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 69,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "न च तस्मान्मनुष्येषु कश्चिन्मे प्रियकृत्तमः ।\nभविता न च मे तस्मादन्यः प्रियतरो भुवि ॥",
      "iast": "na ca tasmānmanuṣyeṣu kaścinme priyakṛttamaḥ / bhavitā na ca me tasmādanyaḥ priyataro bhuvi",
      "english": "Among men there is none who does Me a dearer service than he, nor shall there be on earth another dearer to Me than he.",
      "hindi": "मनुष्यों में उससे बढ़कर मेरा प्रिय कार्य करने वाला कोई नहीं है, और न पृथ्वी पर उससे अधिक प्रिय मुझे कोई दूसरा होगा।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-69"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.70",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 70,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "अध्येष्यते च य इमं धर्म्यं संवादमावयोः ।\nज्ञानयज्ञेन तेनाहमिष्टः स्यामिति मे मतिः ॥",
      "iast": "adhyeṣyate ca ya imaṁ dharmyaṁ saṁvādamāvayoḥ / jñānayajñena tenāhamiṣṭaḥ syāmiti me matiḥ",
      "english": "And whoever studies this righteous dialogue of ours — by him I am worshipped with the sacrifice of knowledge: such is My conviction.",
      "hindi": "और जो हम दोनों के इस धर्ममय संवाद का अध्ययन करेगा, उसके द्वारा मैं ज्ञानयज्ञ से पूजित होऊँगा — ऐसा मेरा मत है।",
      "terms": [
        "dharma",
        "jnana",
        "yajna"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-70"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.71",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 71,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "श्रद्धावाननसूयश्च शृणुयादपि यो नरः ।\nसोऽपि मुक्तः शुभाँल्लोकान्प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यकर्मणाम् ॥",
      "iast": "śraddhāvānanasūyaśca śṛṇuyādapi yo naraḥ / so’pi muktaḥ śubhām̐llokānprāpnuyātpuṇyakarmaṇām",
      "english": "Even the man who merely listens to it with faith and without fault-finding is set free, and reaches the happy worlds of those whose deeds are pure.",
      "hindi": "जो मनुष्य श्रद्धा से युक्त होकर और दोष-दृष्टि छोड़कर केवल इसे सुनता भी है, वह भी मुक्त होकर पुण्य कर्म करने वालों के शुभ लोकों को प्राप्त करता है।",
      "terms": [
        "karma",
        "moksha",
        "shraddha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-71"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.72",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 72,
      "speaker": "krishna",
      "sanskrit": "कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा ।\nकच्चिदज्ञानसम्मोहः प्रनष्टस्ते धनञ्जय ॥",
      "iast": "kaccidetacchrutaṁ pārtha tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā / kaccidajñānasammohaḥ pranaṣṭaste dhanañjaya",
      "english": "Has this been heard by you, O Partha, with a one-pointed mind? Has your confusion born of ignorance been destroyed, O Dhananjaya?",
      "hindi": "हे पार्थ! क्या तूने इसे एकाग्र मन से सुना? हे धनञ्जय! क्या तेरा अज्ञान से उत्पन्न मोह नष्ट हो गया?",
      "terms": [
        "jnana",
        "moha",
        "manas"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-72"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.73",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 73,
      "speaker": "arjuna",
      "sanskrit": "नष्टो मोहः स्मृतिर्लब्धा त्वत्प्रसादान्मयाच्युत ।\nस्थितोऽस्मि गतसन्देहः करिष्ये वचनं तव ॥",
      "iast": "naṣṭo mohaḥ smṛtirlabdhā tvatprasādānmayācyuta / sthito’smi gatasandehaḥ kariṣye vacanaṁ tava",
      "english": "My delusion is destroyed and I have regained my memory through Your grace, O Achyuta. I stand firm, my doubt gone; I shall do as You say.",
      "hindi": "हे अच्युत! आपकी कृपा से मेरा मोह नष्ट हो गया और मुझे स्मृति प्राप्त हो गई। अब मैं संशय-रहित होकर स्थिर हूँ, और आपका वचन पालन करूँगा।",
      "terms": [
        "moha"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-73"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.74",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 74,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "इत्यहं वासुदेवस्य पार्थस्य च महात्मनः ।\nसंवादमिममश्रौषमद्भुतं रोमहर्षणम् ॥",
      "iast": "ityahaṁ vāsudevasya pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ / saṁvādamimamaśrauṣamadbhutaṁ romaharṣaṇam",
      "english": "Thus did I hear this wonderful dialogue between Vasudeva and the great-souled son of Pritha, a dialogue that makes the hair stand on end.",
      "hindi": "इस प्रकार मैंने वासुदेव और महात्मा अर्जुन का यह अद्भुत तथा रोमाञ्चित कर देने वाला संवाद सुना।",
      "terms": [
        "atman"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-74"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.75",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 75,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "व्यासप्रसादाच्छ्रुतवानेतद्गुह्यमहं परम् ।\nयोगं योगेश्वरात्कृष्णात्साक्षात्कथयतः स्वयम् ॥",
      "iast": "vyāsaprasādācchrutavānetadguhyamahaṁ param / yogaṁ yogeśvarātkṛṣṇātsākṣātkathayataḥ svayam",
      "english": "By the grace of Vyasa I heard this supreme and secret yoga, spoken directly by Krishna, the Lord of Yoga, Himself.",
      "hindi": "व्यास जी की कृपा से मैंने यह परम गुह्य योग स्वयं योगेश्वर श्रीकृष्ण से साक्षात् कहते हुए सुना।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-75"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.76",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 76,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "राजन्संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य संवादमिममद्भुतम् ।\nकेशवार्जुनयोः पुण्यं हृष्यामि च मुहुर्मुहुः ॥",
      "iast": "rājansaṁsmṛtya saṁsmṛtya saṁvādamimamadbhutam / keśavārjunayoḥ puṇyaṁ hṛṣyāmi ca muhurmuhuḥ",
      "english": "O King, recalling again and again this wondrous and holy dialogue of Keshava and Arjuna, I rejoice over and over.",
      "hindi": "हे राजन्! केशव और अर्जुन के इस अद्भुत तथा पवित्र संवाद को बार-बार स्मरण करके मैं बार-बार हर्षित होता हूँ।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-76"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.77",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 77,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "तच्च संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य रूपमत्यद्भुतं हरेः ।\nविस्मयो मे महान् राजन्हृष्यामि च पुनः पुनः ॥",
      "iast": "tacca saṁsmṛtya saṁsmṛtya rūpamatyadbhutaṁ hareḥ / vismayo me mahān rājanhṛṣyāmi ca punaḥ punaḥ",
      "english": "And recalling again and again that most wondrous form of Hari, my amazement is great, O King, and I rejoice again and again.",
      "hindi": "हे राजन्! श्रीहरि के उस अत्यन्त अद्भुत रूप को बार-बार स्मरण करके मुझे महान् विस्मय होता है और मैं बार-बार आनन्दित होता हूँ।",
      "terms": [],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-77"
    },
    {
      "ref": "18.78",
      "chapter": 18,
      "verse": 78,
      "speaker": "sanjaya",
      "sanskrit": "यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः ।\nतत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम ॥",
      "iast": "yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ / tatra śrīrvijayo bhūtirdhruvā nītirmatirmama",
      "english": "Where there is Krishna, the Lord of Yoga, and where there is Partha, the wielder of the bow, there are prosperity, victory, well-being and steadfast right conduct — such is my conviction.",
      "hindi": "जहाँ योगेश्वर श्रीकृष्ण हैं और जहाँ धनुर्धर अर्जुन हैं, वहीं श्री, विजय, ऐश्वर्य और अटल नीति है — ऐसा मेरा मत है।",
      "terms": [
        "yoga"
      ],
      "url": "https://gitabhawan.org.in/gita/chapters/18#bg-18-78"
    }
  ]
}