Chapter 4.
Transcendental
Knowledge
DATE: 04.09.2013:
Sri-Bhagavan
uvaca:
imam vivasvate yogam proktavan aham
avyayam
vivasvan manave praha manur iksvakave 'bravit (4-1)
vivasvan manave praha manur iksvakave 'bravit (4-1)
DATE:
05.09.2013
evam parampara-praptam imam rajarsayo viduh
sa kaleneha mahata yogo nastah parantapa (4-2)
sa kaleneha mahata yogo nastah parantapa (4-2)
DATE:
06.09.2013
sa evayam maya te 'dya yogah proktah puratanah
bhakto 'si me sakha ceti rahasyam hy etad uttamam(4-3)
bhakto 'si me sakha ceti rahasyam hy etad uttamam(4-3)
That very ancient science of the
relationship with the Supreme is today told by Me to you because you are My
devotee as well as My friend; therefore you can understand the transcendental
mystery of this science.
DATE:
07.09.2013
bahuni me vyatitani janmani tava carjuna
tany aham veda sarvani na tvam vettha parantapa (4-5)
tany aham veda sarvani na tvam vettha parantapa (4-5)
DATE:
08.09.2013
ajo 'pi sann avyayatma bhutanam isvaro 'pi san
prakrtim svam adhisthaya sambhavamy atma-mayaya (4-6)
prakrtim svam adhisthaya sambhavamy atma-mayaya (4-6)
DATE:
09.09.2013
yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati bharata
abhyutthanam adharmasya tadatmanam srjamy aham (4-7)
abhyutthanam adharmasya tadatmanam srjamy aham (4-7)
Whenever and wherever there is a decline
in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of
irreligion--at that time I descend Myself.
DATE:
10.09.2013
paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya ca duskrtam
dharma-samsthapanarthaya sambhavami yuge yuge (4-8)
dharma-samsthapanarthaya sambhavami yuge yuge (4-8)
DATE:
11.09.2013:
janma karma ca me divyam evam yo vetti tattvatah
tyaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti so 'rjuna (4-9)
tyaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti so 'rjuna (4-9)
DATE:
12.09.2013:
vita-raga-bhaya-krodha man-maya mam upasritah
bahavo jnana-tapasa puta mad-bhavam agatah (4-10)
bahavo jnana-tapasa puta mad-bhavam agatah (4-10)
Being freed from attachment, fear and
anger, being fully absorbed in Me and taking refuge in Me, many, many persons
in the past became purified by knowledge of Me--and thus they all attained
transcendental love for Me.
All of them--as they surrender unto Me--I
reward accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of Prtha.
Men in this world desire success in
fruitive activities, and therefore they worship the demigods. Quickly, of
course, men get results from fruitive work in this world.
One who sees inaction in action, and
action in inaction, is intelligent among men, and he is in the transcendental
position, although engaged in all sorts of activities.
DATE:
13.09.2013:
ye yatha mam prapadyante tams tathaiva bhajamy aham
mama vartmanuvartante manusyah partha sarvasah (4-11)
mama vartmanuvartante manusyah partha sarvasah (4-11)
DATE:
14.09.2013:
kanksantah karmanam siddhim yajanta iha devatah
ksipram hi manuse loke siddhir bhavati karma-ja (4-12)
ksipram hi manuse loke siddhir bhavati karma-ja (4-12)
DATE:
15.09.2013:
catur-varnyam maya srstam guna-karma-vibhagasah
tasya kartaram api mam viddhy akartaram avyayam (4-13)
tasya kartaram api mam viddhy akartaram avyayam (4-13)
According to the three modes of material
nature and the work ascribed to them, the four divisions of human society were
created by Me. And, although I am the creator of this system, you should know
that I am yet the non-doer, being unchangeable.
There is no work that affects Me; nor do I
aspire for the fruits of action. One who understands this truth about Me also
does not become entangled in the fruitive reactions of work.
DATE:
16.09.2013:
na mam karmani limpanti na me karma-phale sprha
iti mam yo 'bhijanati karmabhir na sa badhyate (4-14)
iti mam yo 'bhijanati karmabhir na sa badhyate (4-14)
DATE:
17.09.2013:
evam jnatva krtam karma purvair api mumuksubhih
kuru karmaiva tasmat tvam purvaih purvataram krtam (4-15)
kuru karmaiva tasmat tvam purvaih purvataram krtam (4-15)
All the liberated souls in ancient times
acted with this understanding and so attained liberation. Therefore, as the
ancients, you should perform your duty in this divine consciousness.
DATE:
18.09.2013:
kim karma kim akarmeti kavayo 'py atra mohitah
tat te karma pravaksyami yaj jnatva moksyase 'subhat (4-16)
tat te karma pravaksyami yaj jnatva moksyase 'subhat (4-16)
Even the intelligent are bewildered in
determining what is action and what is inaction. Now I shall explain to you
what action is, knowing which you shall be liberated from all sins.
DATE:
19.09.2013:
karmano hy api boddhavyam boddhavyam ca vikarmanah
akarmanas ca boddhavyam gahana karmano gatih (4-17)
akarmanas ca boddhavyam gahana karmano gatih (4-17)
The intricacies of action are very hard to
understand. Therefore one should know properly what action is, what forbidden
action is, and what inaction is.
DATE:
20.09.2013:
karmany akarma yah pasyed akarmani ca karma yah
sa buddhiman manusyesu sa yuktah krtsna-karma-krt (4-18)
sa buddhiman manusyesu sa yuktah krtsna-karma-krt (4-18)
DATE:
21.09.2013:
One is understood to be in full
knowledge whose every act is devoid of desire for sense gratification. He is
said by sages to be a worker whose fruitive action is burned up by the fire of
perfect knowledge.
DATE:
22.09.2013:
tyaktvā karma-phalāsaṅgaṁ nitya-tṛpto nirāśrayaḥ
karmaṇy abhipravṛtto ’pinaiva kiñcit karoti saḥ (4-20)
karmaṇy abhipravṛtto ’pinaiva kiñcit karoti saḥ (4-20)
Abandoning all attachment to the results
of his activities, ever satisfied and independent, he performs no fruitive
action, although engaged in all kinds of undertakings.
Some yogīs perfectly worship the demigods
by offering different sacrifices to them, and some offer sacrifices in the fire of
the Supreme Brahman.
Some [the unadulterated brahmacārīs]
sacrifice the hearing process and the senses in the fire of mental control, and
others [the regulated householders] sacrifice the objects of the senses in the
fire of the senses.
Others, who are interested in achieving
self-realization through control of the mind and senses, offer the functions of
all the senses, and of the life breath, as oblations into the fire of the
controlled mind.
DATE:
23.09.2013:
nirāśīr yata-cittātmā tyakta-sarva-parigrahaḥ
śārīraṁ kevalaṁ karmakurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam (4-21)
śārīraṁ kevalaṁ karmakurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam (4-21)
Such a man of understanding acts with mind and intelligence
perfectly controlled, gives up all sense of proprietorship over his possessions
and acts only for the bare necessities of life. Thus working, he is not
affected by sinful reactions.
DATE:
24.09.2013:
yadṛcchā-lābha-santuṣṭo dvandvātīto vimatsaraḥ
samaḥ siddhāv asiddhau cakṛtvāpi na nibadhyate (4-22)
samaḥ siddhāv asiddhau cakṛtvāpi na nibadhyate (4-22)
He who is satisfied with gain which comes
of its own accord, who is free from duality and does not envy, who is steady in
both success and failure, is never entangled, although performing actions.
DATE:
25.09.2013:
gata-saṅgasya muktasyajñānāvasthita-cetasaḥ
yajñāyācarataḥ karmasamagraṁ pravilīyate (4-23)
yajñāyācarataḥ karmasamagraṁ pravilīyate (4-23)
The work of a man who is unattached to the
modes of material nature and who is fully situated in transcendental knowledge
merges entirely into transcendence.
DATE:
26.09.2013:
brahmārpaṇaṁ brahma havir brahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam
brahmaiva tena gantavyaṁbrahma-karma-samādhinā (4-24)
brahmaiva tena gantavyaṁbrahma-karma-samādhinā (4-24)
A person who is fully absorbed in Kṛṣṇa
consciousness is sure to attain the spiritual kingdom because of his full
contribution to spiritual activities, in which the consummation is absolute and
that which is offered is of the same spiritual nature.
DATE:
27.09.2013:
daivam evāpare yajñaṁyoginaḥ paryupāsate
brahmāgnāv apare yajñaṁyajñenaivopajuhvati (4-25)
brahmāgnāv apare yajñaṁyajñenaivopajuhvati (4-25)
DATE:
28.09.2013:
śrotrādīnīndriyāṇy anyesaṁyamāgniṣu juhvati
śabdādīn viṣayān anyaindriyāgniṣu juhvati (4-26)
śabdādīn viṣayān anyaindriyāgniṣu juhvati (4-26)
DATE:
29.09.2013:
arvāṇīndriya-karmāṇiprāṇa-karmāṇi cāpare
ātma-saṁyama-yogāgnaujuhvati jñāna-dīpite (4-27)
ātma-saṁyama-yogāgnaujuhvati jñāna-dīpite (4-27)
DATE:
30.09.2013:
dravya-yajñās tapo-yajñāyoga-yajñās tathāpare
svādhyāya-jñāna-yajñāś cayatayaḥ saṁśita-vratāḥ (4-28)
svādhyāya-jñāna-yajñāś cayatayaḥ saṁśita-vratāḥ (4-28)
Having accepted strict vows, some become enlightened by
sacrificing their possessions, and others by performing severe austerities, by
practicing the yoga of eight fold mysticism, or by studying the Vedas to advance
in transcendental knowledge.
apare niyatāhārāḥprāṇān prāṇeṣu juhvati
Just try to learn the truth by approaching
a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him.
The self-realized souls can impart knowledge unto you because they have seen
the truth.
DATE:
01.10.2013:
apāne juhvati prāṇaṁprāṇe ’pānaṁ tathāpare
prāṇāpāna-gatī ruddhvāprāṇāyāma-parāyaṇāḥ (4-29)
prāṇāpāna-gatī ruddhvāprāṇāyāma-parāyaṇāḥ (4-29)
apare niyatāhārāḥprāṇān prāṇeṣu juhvati
sarve ’py ete yajña-vidoyajña-kṣapita-kalmaṣāḥ(4-30)
Still others, who are inclined to the
process of breath restraint to remain in trance, practice by offering the
movement of the outgoing breath into the incoming, and the incoming breath into
the outgoing, and thus at last remain in trance, stopping all breathing.
Others, curtailing the eating process, offer the outgoing breath into itself as
a sacrifice.
DATE:
02.10.2013:
yajña-śiṣṭāmṛta-bhujoyānti brahma sanātanam
nāyaṁ loko ’sty ayajñasyakuto ’nyaḥ kuru-sattama (4-31)
O best of the Kuru dynasty, without
sacrifice one can never live happily on this planet or in this life: what then
of the next?
DATE:
03.10.2013:
vaṁ bahu-vidhā yajñāvitatā brahmaṇo mukhe
karma-jān viddhi tān sarvānevaṁ jñātvā vimokṣyase (4-32)
karma-jān viddhi tān sarvānevaṁ jñātvā vimokṣyase (4-32)
All these different types of sacrifice are
approved by the Vedas, and all of them are born of different types of work.
Knowing them as such, you will become liberated.
DATE:
04.10.2013:
śreyān dravya-mayād yajñājjñāna-yajñaḥ paran-tapa
sarvaṁ karmākhilaṁ pārthajñāne parisamāpyate (4-33)
sarvaṁ karmākhilaṁ pārthajñāne parisamāpyate (4-33)
O chastiser of the enemy, the sacrifice
performed in knowledge is better than the mere sacrifice of material
possessions. After all, O son of Pṛthā, all sacrifices of work culminate in
transcendental knowledge.
DATE:
05.10.2013:
tad viddhi praṇipātenaparipraśnena sevayā
upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁjñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ (4-34)
upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁjñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ (4-34)
DATE:
06.10.2013:
yaj jñātvā na punar mohamevaṁ yāsyasi pāṇḍava
yena bhūtāny aśeṣāṇidrakṣyasy ātmany atho mayi(4-35)
yena bhūtāny aśeṣāṇidrakṣyasy ātmany atho mayi(4-35)
Having obtained real knowledge from a
self-realized soul, you will never fall again into such illusion, for by this
knowledge you will see that all living beings are but part of the Supreme, or,
in other words, that they are Mine.
api ced asi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpa-kṛt-tamaḥ
sarvaṁ jñāna-plavenaivavṛjinaṁ santariṣyasi (4-36)
sarvaṁ jñāna-plavenaivavṛjinaṁ santariṣyasi (4-36)
Even if you are considered to be the most
sinful of all sinners, when you are situated in the boat of transcendental
knowledge you will be able to cross over the ocean of miseries.
yathaidhāṁsi samiddho ’gnirbhasma-sāt kurute ’rjuna
jñānāgniḥ sarva-karmāṇibhasma-sāt kurute tathā (4-37)
jñānāgniḥ sarva-karmāṇibhasma-sāt kurute tathā (4-37)
As a blazing fire turns firewood to ashes, O Arjuna, so does
the fire of knowledge burn to ashes all reactions to material activities.
na hi jñānena sadṛśaṁpavitram iha vidyate
tat svayaṁ yoga-saṁsiddhaḥkālenātmani vindati (4-38)
tat svayaṁ yoga-saṁsiddhaḥkālenātmani vindati (4-38)
In this world, there is nothing so sublime
and pure as transcendental knowledge. Such knowledge is the mature fruit of all
mysticism. And one who has become accomplished in the practice of devotional
service enjoys this knowledge within himself in due course of time.
śraddhāvāḻ labhate jñānaṁtat-paraḥ saṁyatendriyaḥ
jñānaṁ labdhvā parāṁ śāntimacireṇādhigacchati (4-39)
jñānaṁ labdhvā parāṁ śāntimacireṇādhigacchati (4-39)
A faithful man who is dedicated to
transcendental knowledge and who subdues his senses is eligible to achieve such
knowledge, and having achieved it he quickly attains the supreme spiritual
peace.
ajñaś cāśraddadhānaś casaṁśayātmā vinaśyati
nāyaṁ loko ’sti na parona sukhaṁ saṁśayātmanaḥ (4-40)
nāyaṁ loko ’sti na parona sukhaṁ saṁśayātmanaḥ (4-40)
But ignorant and faithless persons who
doubt the revealed scriptures do not attain God consciousness; they fall down.
For the doubting soul there is happiness neither in this world nor in the next.
yoga-sannyasta-karmāṇaṁjñāna-sañchinna-saṁśayam
ātmavantaṁ na karmāṇinibadhnanti dhanañ-jaya (4-41)
ātmavantaṁ na karmāṇinibadhnanti dhanañ-jaya (4-41)
One who acts in devotional service, renouncing
the fruits of his actions, and whose doubts have been destroyed by
transcendental knowledge, is situated factually in the self. Thus he is not
bound by the reactions of work, O conqueror of riches.
tasmād ajñāna-sambhūtaṁhṛt-sthaṁ jñānāsinātmanaḥ
chittvainaṁ saṁśayaṁ yogamātiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhārata (4-42)
chittvainaṁ saṁśayaṁ yogamātiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhārata (4-42)
Therefore the doubts which have arisen in
your heart out of ignorance should be slashed by the weapon of knowledge. Armed
with yoga, O Bhārata, stand and fight.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta Purports to the Fourth Chapter of
the Śrīmad
Bhagavad-gītā in the matter
of Transcendental Knowledge.
