Bhagwat Geeta Shlokas related to Yoga

 योगस्थ: कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय ।

सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्यो: समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते ॥ 48॥

yoga-sthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā dhanañjaya
siddhy-asiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṁ yoga uchyate

yoga-sthaḥ—being steadfast in yog

kuru—perform

karmāṇi—duties

saṅgam—attachment

tyaktvā—having abandoned

dhanañjaya—Arjun

siddhi-asiddhyoḥ—in success and failure

samaḥ—equipoised

bhūtvā—becoming

samatvam—equanimity

yogaḥ—Yog

uchyate—is called

Translation

BG 2.48: Be steadfast in the performance of your duty, O Arjun, abandoning attachment to success and failure. Such equanimity is called Yog.

बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते ।
तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योग: कर्मसु कौशलम् ॥ 50॥

buddhi-yukto jahātīha ubhe sukṛita-duṣhkṛite
tasmād yogāya yujyasva yogaḥ karmasu kauśhalam

buddhi-yuktaḥ—endowed with wisdom

jahāti—get rid of

iha—in this life

ubhe—both

sukṛita-duṣhkṛite—good and bad deeds

tasmāt—therefore

yogāya—for Yog

yujyasva—strive for

yogaḥ—yog is

karmasu kauśhalam—the art of working skillfully

Translation

BG 2.50: One who prudently practices the science of work without attachment can get rid of both good and bad reactions in this life itself. Therefore, strive for Yog, which is the art of working skillfully (in proper consciousness).

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन ।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ॥ 47 ॥

karmaṇy-evādhikāras te mā phaleṣhu kadāchana
mā karma-phala-hetur bhūr mā te saṅgo ’stvakarmaṇi

karmaṇi—in prescribed duties

eva—only

adhikāraḥ—right

te—your

mā—not

phaleṣhu—in the fruits

kadāchana—at any time

mā—never

karma-phala—results of the activities

hetuḥ—cause

bhūḥ—be

mā—not

te—your

saṅgaḥ—attachment

astu—must be

akarmaṇi—in inaction

Translation

BG 2.47: You have a right to perform your prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions. Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities, nor be attached to inaction.

ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्म हविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम् ।
ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना ॥ 24॥

brahmārpaṇaṁ brahma havir brahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam
brahmaiva tena gantavyaṁ brahma-karma-samādhinā

brahma—Brahman

arpaṇam—the ladle and other offerings

brahma—Brahman

haviḥ—the oblation

brahma—Brahman

agnau—in the sacrificial fire

brahmaṇā—by that person

hutam—offered

brahma—Brahman

eva—certainly

tena—by that

gantavyam—to be attained

brahma—Brahman

karma—offering

samādhinā—those completely absorbed in God-consciousness

Translation

BG 4.24: For those who are completely absorbed in God-consciousness, the oblation is Brahman, the ladle with which it is offered is Brahman, the act of offering is Brahman, and the sacrificial fire is also Brahman. Such persons, who view everything as God, easily attain Him.

श्रीभगवानुवाच ।

मय्यावेश्य मनो ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते ।
श्रद्धया परयोपेतास्ते मे युक्ततमा मता: ॥ 2॥

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha
mayy āveśhya mano ye māṁ nitya-yuktā upāsate
śhraddhayā parayopetās te me yuktatamā matāḥ

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha—the Lord said

mayi—on Me

āveśhya—fix

manaḥ—the mind

ye—those

mām—Me

nitya yuktāḥ—always engaged

upāsate—worship

śhraddhayā—with faith

parayā—best

upetāḥ—endowed

te—they

me—by Me

yukta-tamāḥ—situated highest in Yog

matāḥ—I consider

Translation

BG 12.2: The Lord said: Those who fix their minds on Me and always engage in My devotion with steadfast faith, I consider them to be the best yogis.

श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
प्रजहाति यदा कामान्सर्वान्पार्थ मनोगतान् ।
आत्मन्येवात्मना तुष्ट: स्थितप्रज्ञस्तदोच्यते ॥ 55॥

śhrī bhagavān uvācha
prajahāti yadā kāmān sarvān pārtha mano-gatān
ātmany-evātmanā tuṣhṭaḥ sthita-prajñas tadochyate

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha—The Supreme Lord said

prajahāti—discards

yadā—when

kāmān—selfish desires

sarvān—all

pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha

manaḥ-gatān—of the mind

ātmani—of the self

eva—only

ātmanā—by the purified mind

tuṣhṭaḥ—satisfied

sthita-prajñaḥ—one with steady intellect

tadā—at that time

uchyate—is said

Translation

BG 2.55: The Supreme Lord said: O Parth, when one discards all selfish desires and cravings of the senses that torment the mind, and becomes satisfied in the realization of the self, such a person is said to be transcendentally situated.

युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु ।
युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दु:खहा ॥ 17॥

yuktāhāra-vihārasya yukta-cheṣhṭasya karmasu
yukta-svapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkha-hā

yukta—moderate

āhāra—eating

vihārasya—recreation

yukta cheṣhṭasya karmasu—balanced in work

yukta—regulated

svapna-avabodhasya—sleep and wakefulness

yogaḥ—Yog

bhavati—becomes

duḥkha-hā—the slayer of sorrows

Translation

BG 6.17: But those who are temperate in eating and recreation, balanced in work, and regulated in sleep, can mitigate all sorrows by practicing Yog.

नान्यं गुणेभ्य: कर्तारं यदा द्रष्टानुपश्यति ।
गुणेभ्यश्च परं वेत्ति मद्भावं सोऽधिगच्छति ॥ 19॥

nānyaṁ guṇebhyaḥ kartāraṁ yadā draṣhṭānupaśhyati
guṇebhyaśh cha paraṁ vetti mad-bhāvaṁ so ’dhigachchhati

na—no

anyam—other

guṇebhyaḥ—of the guṇas

kartāram—agents of action

yadā—when

draṣhṭā—the seer

anupaśhyati—see

guṇebhyaḥ—to the modes of nature

cha—and

param—transcendental

vetti—know

mad-bhāvam—my divine nature

saḥ—they

adhigachchhati—attain

Translation

BG 14.19: When wise persons see that in all work there is no agent of action other than the three guṇas, and they know Me to be transcendental to these guṇas, they attain My divine nature.

सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज ।
अहं त्वां सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुच: ॥ 66॥

sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śharaṇaṁ vraja
ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣhayiṣhyāmi mā śhuchaḥ

sarva-dharmān—all varieties of dharmas

parityajya—abandoning

mām—unto me

ekam—only

śharaṇam—take refuge

vraja—take

aham—I

tvām—you

sarva—all

pāpebhyaḥ—from sinful reactions

mokṣhayiṣhyāmi—shall liberate

mā—do not

śhuchaḥ—fear

Translation

BG 18.66: Abandon all varieties of dharmas and simply surrender unto Me alone. I shall liberate you from all sinful reactions; do not fear.