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Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga · Knowledge & Renunciation of Action
Bhagavad Gita 4.1-3
Sanskrit
इमं विवस्वते योगं प्रोक्तवानहमव्ययम् । विवस्वान्मनवे प्राह मनुरिक्ष्वाकवेऽब्रवीत् ॥4.1॥एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः । स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप ॥4.2॥स एवायं मया तेऽद्य योगः प्रोक्तः पुरातनः । भक्तोऽसि मे सखा चेति रहस्यं ह्येतदुत्तमम् ॥4.3॥
Transliteration
imaṃ vivasvate yogaṃ proktavānahamavyayam | vivasvānmanave prāha manurikṣvākave'bravīt ‖4.1‖ evaṃ paramparāprāptamimaṃ rājarṣayo viduḥ | sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣṭaḥ parantapa ‖4.2‖ sa evāyaṃ mayā te'dya yogaḥ proktaḥ purātanaḥ | bhakto'si me sakhā ceti rahasyaṃ hyetaduttamam ‖4.3‖
Meaning
“The Blessed Lord said: I taught this imperishable yoga to Vivasvan; Vivasvan told it to Manu; Manu spoke it to Ikshvaku. Thus handed down in succession, the royal sages knew it. By long lapse of time this yoga was lost to the world, O scorcher of foes. That same ancient yoga I have today declared to you, for you are My devotee and My friend, this is the supreme secret.”
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