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Bhagavad Gita – Essential Shlokas & 18 Chaptersश्रीमद्भगवद्गीता – प्रमुख श्लोक

Lord KrishnaSanskritMaharshi Vyas (Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva)
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श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता – प्रमुख श्लोक

प्रमुख श्लोक

न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि
न्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः।
अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो
न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे॥ (२.२०)

नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः।
न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः॥ (२.२३)

मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः।
आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत॥ (२.१४)

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥ (२.४७)

यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः।
स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते॥ (३.२१)

यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम्॥ (४.७)

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्।
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे॥ (४.८)

उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्।
आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः॥ (६.५)

अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते।
तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम्॥ (९.२२)

पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति।
तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः॥ (९.२६)

सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज।
अहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः॥ (१८.६६)

॥ इति ॥

English lyrics

The complete text in Roman script.

प्रमुख श्लोक

Na jāyate mriyate vā kadāci
Nnāyaṃ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ |
Ajo nityaḥ śāśvato'yaṃ purāṇo
Na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre || (2.20)

Nainaṃ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṃ dahati pāvakaḥ |
Na cainaṃ kledayantyāpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ || (2.23)

Mātrāsparśāstu kaunteya śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkhadāḥ |
Āgamāpāyino'nityāstāṃstitikṣasva bhārata || (2.14)

Karmaṇyevādhikāraste mā phaleṣu kadācana |
Mā karmaphalaheturbhūrmā te saṅgo'stvakarmaṇi || (2.47)

Yadyadācarati śreṣṭhastattadevetaro janaḥ |
Sa yatpramāṇaṃ kurute lokastadanuvartate || (3.21)

Yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānirbhavati bhārata |
Abhyutthānamadharmasya tadātmānaṃ sṛjāmyaham || (4.7)

Paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṃ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām |
Dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge || (4.8)

Uddharedātmanātmānaṃ nātmānamavasādayet |
Ātmaiva hyātmano bandhurātmaiva ripurātmanaḥ || (6.5)

Ananyāścintayanto māṃ ye janāḥ paryupāsate |
Teṣāṃ nityābhiyuktānāṃ yogakṣemaṃ vahāmyaham || (9.22)

Patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ toyaṃ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati |
Tadahaṃ bhaktyupahṛtamaśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ || (9.26)

Sarvadharmānparityajya māmekaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja |
Ahaṃ tvā sarvapāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ || (18.66)

Meaning

What it says, in simple English.

2.20 – The soul is never born and never dies; it did not come into being and will not cease to be. Unborn, eternal and ancient, it is not slain when the body is slain.

2.23 – Weapons cannot cut it, fire cannot burn it, water cannot wet it and wind cannot dry it.

2.14 – Contact of the senses with objects brings cold and heat, pleasure and pain; they come and go and are impermanent – endure them, O Arjuna.

2.47 – You have a right to your actions, never to their fruits. Do not let the fruit be your motive, and do not be attached to inaction.

3.21 – Whatever a great person does, others follow; the standard they set, the world pursues.

4.7–4.8 – Whenever dharma declines and adharma rises, I manifest myself. To protect the good, destroy the wicked and re-establish dharma, I appear in every age.

6.5 – Lift yourself by your own self and do not degrade yourself; the self alone is one's friend and the self alone is one's enemy.

9.22 – To those who worship me with undivided devotion, ever united with me, I bring what they lack and preserve what they have.

9.26 – Whoever offers me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water – that loving offering from a pure heart I accept.

18.66 – Abandon all duties and take refuge in me alone; I will free you from all sins – do not grieve.

The Gita has 18 chapters and 700 shlokas. Chapters: 1 Arjuna Vishada Yoga · 2 Sankhya Yoga · 3 Karma Yoga · 4 Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga · 5 Karma Sannyasa Yoga · 6 Dhyana Yoga · 7 Jnana Vijnana Yoga · 8 Akshara Brahma Yoga · 9 Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga · 10 Vibhuti Yoga · 11 Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga · 12 Bhakti Yoga · 13 Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga · 14 Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga · 15 Purushottama Yoga · 16 Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga · 17 Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga · 18 Moksha Sannyasa Yoga.