O son of Kunti, the contacts between the senses and their objects, which give rise to the feeling of heat and cold, pleasure and pain etc., are transitory and fleeting; therefore, Arjuna, ignore them.
Therefore, you do perform your allotted duty; for action is superior to inaction. Desisting from action, you can not even maintain your body.
Arjuna, there is nothing in all the three worlds for Me to do, nor is there anything worth attaining unattained by Me, yet I continue to work.
Arjuna, as the unwise act with attachment, so should the wise man, seeking maintenance of the world order, act without attachment.
On earth there is no purifier as great as knowledge;
The yogi whose mind is sated with jnana and vijnana, who is unmoved under all circumstances, whose senses are completely mastered, and to whom mud, stone and gold are all alike, is spoken of as a God realized soul.
Four types of devotees of noble deeds worship Me Arjuna, the seeker after the worldly possessions, the afflicted, the seeker for knowledge, and the men of wisdom, O best of bharatas.
Of these the best is the man of wisdom, ever established in identity with Me and possessed of exclusive devotion. For I am extremely dear to the wise man, and he is extremely dear to me.
Indeed all these are noble, but the man of wisdom is My very self; such is my view.
In the very last of all the births the enlightened soul worships Me, realizing that all this is God. Such a great soul is very rare.
Arjuna, thinking of whatever entity one leaves the body at the time of death, that and that alone one attains, being ever absorbed in its thoughts.
I am the source of all creation and every thing in the world moves because of Me; knowing thus the wise, full of devotion, constantly worship Me.
Or what will you gain by knowing all this in detail, Arjuna, Suffice it to say that I stand holding this entire universe by a fraction of My yogic power.
If there be the effulgence of thousand suns bursting forth all at once in heavens, even that would hardly approach the splendor of mighty Lord.
I am the inflamed eternal Time, the destroyer of the worlds. I am out to exterminate these people. Even without you all those warriors arrayed in the enemy's camp must die.
Therefore you do arise and win glory; conquering foes, enjoy the effluent kingdom. These warriors stand already slain by Me; be you only an instrument, Arjuna.
He who is free from malice towards all beings, friendly and compassionate, rid of 'I' and 'mine', balanced in joy and sorrow, forgiving by nature, ever-contented and mentally united with Me, nay, who has subdued his mind, senses and body, has a firm resolve, and has surrendered his mind and reason to Me,--that devotee of Mine is dear to Me.
He who is not a source of annoyance to his fellow-creatures, and who in his turn does not feel vexed with his fellow creatures, and who is free from delight and envy, perturbation and fear, is dear to Me.
He who wants nothing, who is both internally and externally pure, is clever and impartial and risen above all distractions, and who renounces the feeling of doer-ship in all undertakings--that devotee of Mine is dear to Me.
He who neither rejoices nor hates, nor grieves, nor desires, and who renounces both good and evil actions and is full of devotion, is dear to Me.
He who is alike to friend and foe, as well as honor and ignominy, who remains balanced in heat and cold, pleasure and pain and other contrary experiences, and is free from attachment.He who takes praise and reproach alike, and is given to contemplation and is contented with any means of subsistence whatsoever, entertaining no sense of ownership and attachment in respect of his dwelling place and full devotion to Me, that man is dear to Me.
Those devotees, however, who partake in a disinterested way of this nectar of pious wisdom set forth above, endowed with faith and solely devoted to Me, they are extremely dear to Me.
Absence of pride, freedom from hypocrisy, nonviolence, forbearance, straightness of body, speech and mind, devout service of preceptor, internal and external purity, steadfastness of mind and control of body, mind and senses, Dispassion towards the objects of enjoyment of this word and the next, and also absence of egotism, pondering again and again on the pain and the evils inherent in birth, death, old age and disease; Absence of attachment and feeling of mine-ness in respect of son, wife, home etc., and constant equipoise of mind both in favorable and unfavorable circumstances. Unflinching devotion to Me through exclusive attachment, living in secluded and holy places, and finding no enjoyment in the company of men.Fixity in Self-knowledge and seeing God as the object to true knowledge: all this is declared as Knowledge, and what is other than this is called ignorance.
Men possessing a demoniac disposition know not what is right activity and what is right abstinence from activity. Hence they possess neither purity nor good conduct nor even truthfulness.
Men possessing a demoniac disposition say this world is without any foundation, absolutely unreal and godless, brought forth by mutual union of the male and female and hence conceived in lust; what else than this ?
Clinging to this false view these slow-witted men of a vile disposition and terrible deed, these enemies of mankind, prove equal only to the destruction of the universe.
Cherishing insatiable desires and embracing false doctrines through ignorance, these men of impure conduct move in this world, full of hypocrisy, pride and ignorance.
Giving themselves up to innumerable cares ending only with death, they remain devoted to the enjoyment of sensuous pleasures and are positive in their belief that this is the highest limit of joy.
Held in bondage by hundreds of ties of expectation and wholly giving themselves up to the lust and anger, they strive to amass by unfair means hoards of money and other objects for the enjoyment of sensuous pleasures.
They say to themselves, " This much has been secured by Me today and now I shall realize this ambition. So much wealth is already with me and yet again this shall be mine.
That enemy has been slained by me and I shall kill those others too. I am the lord of all, the enjoyer of all power, I am endowed with all supernatural powers, and am mighty and happy.
I am wealthy and own a large family, who else is like unto me ? I will sacrifice to gods, will give alms, I will make merry. " Thus blinded by ignorance, enveloped in the mesh of delusion and addicted to the enjoyment of sensuous pleasures, their mind bewildered by numerous thoughts, these men of a devilish disposition fall into the foulest hell.
These haters, sinful, cruel, and vilest among men, I cast again and again into demoniacal wombs in this world.
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