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 ajo ’pi sann avyayatma bhutanam isvaro ’pi san prakritim svam adhisthaya sambhavamy atma-mayaya Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.6 Although I am unborn and My transcendental body never deteriorates, and although I am the Lord of...

yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaḿ sṛjāmy aham Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.7 Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a...

paritrāṇāya sādhūnāḿ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām dharma-saḿsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.8 To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of...

janma karma ca me divyam evaḿ yo vetti tattvataḥ tyaktvā dehaḿ punar janma naiti mām eti so ‘rjuna Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.9 One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon...

vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhā man-mayā mām upāśritāḥ bahavo jñāna-tapasā pūtā mad-bhāvam āgatāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.10 Being freed from attachment, fear and anger, being fully absorbed in Me and taking refuge in Me, many,...

ye yathā māḿ prapadyante tāḿs tathaiva bhajāmy aham mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.11 As all surrender unto Me, I reward them accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all...

kāńkṣantaḥ karmaṇāḿ siddhiḿ yajanta iha devatāḥ kṣipraḿ hi mānuṣe loke siddhir bhavati karma-jā Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.12 Men in this world desire success in fruitive activities, and therefore they worship the...

cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ tasya kartāram api māṁ viddhy akartāram avyayam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.13 According to the three modes of material nature and the work associated with them, the four...

na māḿ karmāṇi limpanti na me karma-phale spṛhā iti māḿ yo ‘bhijānāti karmabhir na sa badhyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.14 There is no work that affects Me; nor do I aspire for the fruits of action. One who...

evaḿ jñātvā kṛtaḿ karma pūrvair api mumukṣubhiḥ kuru karmaiva tasmāt tvaḿ pūrvaiḥ pūrvataraḿ kṛtam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.15 All the liberated souls in ancient times acted with this understanding of My...