Wednesday, July 22, 2026

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
guṇebhyaḥ—to the modes of nature
cha—and
param—transcendental
vetti—know
mad-bhāvam—my divine nature
saḥ—they

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.