Chapter 18 – Shlokas 41-50

Shloka 41:     

Listen to bvg18v41
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brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ

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śūdrāṇāṃ ca paraṃtapa

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karmāṇi pravibhaktāni

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svabhāvaprabhavair guṇaiḥ

Shloka 42:     

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śamo damas tapaḥ śaucaṃ

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kṣāntir ārjavam eva ca

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jñānaṃ vijñānam āstikyaṃ

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brahmakarma svabhāvajam

Shloka 43:     

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śauryaṃ tejo dhṛtir dākṣyaṃ

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yuddhe cāpy apalāyanam

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dānam īśvarabhāvaś ca

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kṣātraṃ karma svabhāvajam

Shloka 44:     

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kṛṣigaurakṣyavāṇijyaṃ

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vaiśyakarma svabhāvajam

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paricaryātmakaṃ karma

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śūdrasyāpi svabhāvajam

Shloka 45:     

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sve sve karmaṇy abhirataḥ

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saṃsiddhiṃ labhate naraḥ

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svakarmanirataḥ siddhiṃ

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yathā vindati tac chṛṇu

Shloka 46:     

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yataḥ pravṛttir bhūtānāṃ

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yena sarvam idaṃ tatam

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svakarmaṇā tam abhyarcya

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siddhiṃ vindati mānavaḥ

Shloka 47:     

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śreyān svadharmo viguṇaḥ

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paradharmot svanuṣṭhitāt

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svabhāvaniyataṃ karma

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kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam

Shloka 48:     

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sahajaṃ karma kaunteya

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sadoṣam api na tyajet

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sarvārambhā hi doṣeṇa

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dhūmenāgnir ivāvṛtāḥ

Shloka 49:     

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asaktabuddhiḥ sarvatra

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jitātmā vigataspṛhaḥ

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naiṣkarmyasiddhiṃ paramāṃ

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saṃnyāsenādhigacchati

Shloka 50:     

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siddhiṃ prāpto yathā brahma

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tathāpnoti nibodha me

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samāsenaiva kaunteya

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niṣṭhā jñānasya yā parā