Verses Of Gita Chapter 16🔗

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śrī bhagavan uvāca: Lord Krishna said; abhayaṁ: fearlessness; sattvasaṁśuddhiḥ: purification of one's existence; jñāna: knowledge; yoga: of linking up; vyavasthitiḥ: the situation; dānaṁ: charity; damaś ca: and controlling the mind; yajñaś ca: and performance of sacrifice; svādhyāyaḥ: study of vedic literature; tapaḥ: austerity; ārjavam: simplicity; ahiṁsā: nonviolence; satyam: truthfulness; akrodhaḥ: freedom from anger; tyāgaḥ: renunciation; śāntiḥ: tranquillity; apaiśunam: aversion to fault-finding; dayā: mercy; bhūteṣu: towards all living entities; aloluptvaṁ: freedom from greed; mārdavaṁ: gentleness; hrīḥ: modesty; acāpalam: determination; tejaḥ: vigor; kṣamā: forgiveness; dhṛtiḥ: fortitude; śaucam: cleanliness; adrohaḥ: freedom from envy; na: not; atimānitā: expectation of honor; bhavanti: become; saṁpadaṁ: qualities; daivīm: transcendental; abhijātasya: of one who is born of; bhārata: O son of Bharata (Arjuna).

16.1,2,3 Bhagavān Krishna says, 'Fearlessness, purification of the being, cultivation of spiritual knowledge, charity and being centered on the being, performance of sacrifices, and accumulation of knowledge, austerity, simplicity, non-violence, truthfulness, freedom from anger, renunciation, tranquility, aversion to fault finding, compassion for all living entities, freedom from covetousness, gentleness, modesty, studied determination, vigor, more forgiveness, fortitude, cleanliness, freedom from envy, and from the passion of honor, these transcendental qualities, O Son of Bharata (Arjuna), belong to divine men, endowed with divine nature.'

dambhaḥ: pride; darpaḥ: arrogance; abhimānaḥ: conceit; ca: and; krodhaḥ: anger; pāruṣyam: harshness; eva: certainly; ca: and; ajñānaṁ: ignorance; ca: and; abhijātasya: one who is born of; pārtha: O son of Pritha; saṁpadam: nature; āsurīm: demonic.

16.4 Pride, arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness or cruelty, and ignorance - these qualities belong to those born with demonic nature, O son of Pritha (Arjuna).

daivī: transcendental, divine; saṁpat: nature; vimokṣāya: for liberation; nibandhaya: for bondage; asuri: demonic qualities; matā: it is considered; mā: do not; śucāḥ: worry; saṁpadaṁ: nature; daivīm: transcendental, divine; abhijātaḥ: born; asi: you are; pāṇḍava: O son of Pandu.

16.5 The transcendental qualities are conducive to liberation, whereas the demonic qualities make for bondage. Do not worry, Pandava (Arjuna), you are born with divine qualities.

dvau: two; bhūtasargau: created living beings; loke: in the world; asmin: in this; daiva: godly; āsura: demonic; eva: certainly; ca: and; daivaḥ: divine; vistaraśaḥ: in great detail; prokta: said; āsuraṁ: demonic; pārtha: O son of Pritha; me: from Me; śṛṇu: hear.

16.6 Partha (Arjuna), in this world there are two kinds of created beings, one is divine and the other, demonic. I have explained at length to you the divine qualities, now understand the demonic qualities also, so that you will understand and live your life blissfully and happily.

pravṛttiṁ: bondages; ca: also; nivṛttiṁ: liberation; ca: and; janāḥ: persons; na: never; viduḥ: know; āsurāḥ: demoniac qualities; na: never; śaucaṁ: cleanliness; na: nor; api: also; ca: and; ācāraḥ: behavior; na: never; satyaṁ: truth; teṣu: in them; vidyate: there is.

16.7 Persons with demonic nature do not know what is bondage and what is liberation; not what is cleanliness; truthful behavior is not in them.

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asatyaṁ: unreal; apratiṣṭhaṁ: without foundation; te: they; jagat: the cosmic manifestation; āhuḥ: is said; anīśvaram: with no controller; aparaspara: by mutual lust; saṁbhūtaṁ: cause; kim anyat: there is no other cause; kāmahaitukam: it is due to lust only.

16.8 People with such qualities think there is no ultimate energy or intelligence that is running this planet earth, that is running the universe, and that this whole creation is produced out of lust and desire, and is unreal.

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etāṁ: thus; dṛṣṭim: vision; avaṣṭabhya: accepting; naṣṭa: lost; ātmānaḥ: self; alpabuddhayaḥ: less intelligent; prabhavanti: come forth; ugrakarmāṇaḥ: in painful activities; kṣayāya: for the destruction; jagataḥ: of the world; ahitāḥ: unbeneficial.

16.9 Following this material view of creation, these degraded souls with small intellect, lost in themselves and committing cruel deeds are engaged in the destruction of the world.

kāmam: lust; āśritya: taking shelter of; duṣpūraṁ: insatiable; dambha: pride; māna: false prestige; madānvitāḥ: absorbed in conceit; mohāt: by illusion; gṛhītvā: taking; asat: nonpermanent; grāhān: things; pravartante: flourish; aśuci: unclean; vratāḥ: avowed.

16.10 Filled with insatiable desires, hypocrisy, pride, and arrogance; holding wrong views due to delusion, they act with impure motives and for impermanent objectives.

cintām: fears and anxieties; aparimeyāṁ: unmeasurable; ca: and; pralayāntām: unto the point of death; upāśritāḥ: having taken shelter of them; kāmopabhoga: sense gratification; paramāḥ: the highest goal of life; etavad: thus; iti: in this way; niścitāḥ: ascertained; āśāpāśa: entanglements in the network of hope; śataiḥ: by hundreds; baddhāḥ: being bound; kāma: lust; krodha: anger; parāyaṇāḥ: always situated in that mentality; īhante: desire; kāma: lust; bhogā: sense enjoyment; artham: for that purpose; anyāyenā: illegally; artha: wealth; sañcayān: accumulate.

16.11,12 Obsessed with endless anxiety lasting until death, considering sense gratification their highest aim, and convinced that sense pleasure is everything; bound by hundreds of ties of desire and enslaved and filled with anger, they strive to obtain wealth by unlawful means to fulfill sensual pleasures.

idam: this; adya: today, now; mayā: by me; labdham: attained; imam: this; prāpsye: I shall gain; manoratham: according to my desires; idam: this; asti: there is; idam: this; api: also; me: mine; bhaviṣyati: will increase in the future; punah: again; dhanam: wealth.

16.13 They think: This has been gained by me today; I shall fulfill this desire; I have this much wealth and will have more wealth in the future;

asau: that; mayā: by me; hataḥ: has been killed; śatruḥ: enemy; haniṣye: I shall kill; ca: also; aparān: others; api: certainly; īśvaro: the lord; aham: I am; ahaṁ: I am; bhogī: the enjoyer; siddhaḥ: complete, perfect; ahaṁ: I am; balavān: powerful; sukhī: happy; āḍhyaḥ: wealthy; abhijanavān: surrounded by aristocratic relatives; asmi: I am; kaḥ: who else; anyaḥ: other; asti: there is; sadṛśo: like; mayā: me; yakṣye: I shall sacrifice; dāsyāmi: I shall give charity; modiṣya: I shall rejoice; iti: thus; ajñāna: by ignorance; vimohitāḥ: misled, deluded by.

16.14, 15 That enemy has been slain by me, and I shall slay others also. I am the Lord. I am the enjoyer. I am successful, powerful, and happy; I am rich and born in a noble family. Who is equal to me? I shall perform sacrifice, I shall give charity, and I shall rejoice. Thus deluded by ignorance.

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aneka: many; citta vibhrāntāḥ: perplexed by anxieties; moha jāla: by a net of illusions; samāvṛtāḥ: surrounded; prasaktāḥ: attached; kāma: lust; bhogeṣu: sense gratification; patanti: slides down; narake: into hell; aśucau: unclean.

16.16 Thus confused by various anxieties and caught in a net of illusions, one becomes too deeply attached to sensory pleasures and falls into hell.

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ātmasambhāvitāḥ: self-complacent; stabdhāḥ: conceited; dhanamāna: wealth and false pride; madānvitāḥ: absorbed in pride; yajante: perform sacrifices; nāma: in name only; yajñaiḥ: with such a sacrifice; te: they; dambhena: out of pride; avidhipūrvakam: without following regulations.

pride, they perform superficial sacrifices in name only, without following the vedic rules or regulations.

ahaṁkāraṁ: false ego; balaṁ: power, strength; darpaṁ: arrogance, pride; kāmaṁ: lust; krodhaṁ: anger; ca: also; saṁśritāḥ: having taken shelter; māṁ: of Me; ātma: one’s own; paradeheṣu: in other bodies; pradviṣantaḥ: blasphemes; abhyasūyakāḥ: envious.

becomes envious of the supreme personality of godhead, who is situated in his own body and in the bodies of others, and blasphemes against Him.

tān: those; ahaṁ: I; dviṣataḥ: envious; krūrān: cruel, wicked; saṁsāreṣu: into the ocean of material existence; narādhamān: the lowest of mankind; kṣipāmi: put; ajasram: innumerable; aśubhān: inauspicious; āsurīṣu: demonic; eva: certainly; yoniṣu: in the wombs.

16.19 Those who are envious (of Him) and cruel, who are the lowest among men, I repeatedly cast into the ocean of material existence, into various lowly, demonic forms of life.

āsurīṁ: demonic; yonim: species; apannā: gaining; mūḍhā: the foolish; janmani janmani: in birth after birth; mām: unto Me; aprāpya: without achieving; eva: certainly; kaunteya: O son of Kunti; tataḥ: thereafter; yānti: goes; adhamāṁ: condemned; gatim: destination.

16.20 These foolish beings attain repeated birth amongst the species of demoniac life. Without ever achieving Me, O Son of Kunti, they sink into the most abominable existence.

trividhaṁ: three kinds of; narakasya: hellish; idaṁ: this; dvāraṁ: gate; nāśanam: ruin, destruction; ātmanaḥ: of the self; kāmaḥ: lust; krodhaḥ: anger; tathā: as well as; lobhaḥ: greed; tasmāt: therefore; etat: these; trayaṁ: three; tyajet: give up.

16.21 There are three gates leading to this hell: lust, anger and greed. As they lead to the degradation of the soul, these three are to be abandoned.

etaiḥ: by these; vimuktaḥ: escaped; kaunteya: O son of Kunti; tamodvāraiḥ: the gates of darkness; tribhiḥ: three kinds of; naraḥ: a person; ācarati: acts, behaves; ātmanaḥ: self; śreyaḥ: benediction; tataḥ: thereafter; yāti: goes; parāṁ: supreme; gatim: destination

16.22 Those who have escaped these three gates of hell, O son of Kunti, behave in a manner beneficial to the (evolution of the) soul, and thus (gradually) attain the supreme destination.

yaḥ: anyone; śāstravidhim: the injunctions of the scriptures; utsṛjya: giving up; vartate: remains; kāmakārataḥ: acting whimsically in lust; na: never; saḥ: he; siddhim: perfection; avāpnoti: achieves; na: never; sukhaṁ: happiness; na: never; parāṁ: the supreme; gatim: destination.

16.23 But he who discards scriptural injunctions and acts according to his base impulses attains neither perfection, nor happiness, nor the supreme destination.

tasmāt: therefore; śāstraṁ: scriptures; pramāṇaṁ: evidence; te: your; kārya: duty; akārya: forbidden activities; vyavasthitau: in determining; jñātvā: knowing; śāstra: of scripture; vidhāna: regulations; uktaṁ: as declared; karma: work; kartum: to do; ihā ’rhasi: you should do it

16.24 By the regulations of the scriptures, one should understand what is duty and what is not duty. After being versed in scriptural injunctions, one should act accordingly.

iti śrīmad bhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṃ yogaśāstre śrī kṛṣṇārjuna saṁvāde daivāsurasaṁpad Vibhāga yogo nāma ṣoḍaśo 'dhyāyaḥ ॥

In the Upaniṣad of the Bhagavad gita, the knowledge of Brahman, the Supreme, the science of Yoga and the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, this is the sixteenth discourse designated: