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Men
without faith in this knowledge of Dharma, O Parantapa( Arjuna,
not reaching Me, return to the paths of this world of death. 3
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By
Me all this world is pervaded in My Unmanifested aspect;
all beings have root in Me, I am not rooted in them. 4
Nor have beings root in Me; behold My sovereign Yoga! The support
of beings,
yet not rooted in beings, My SELF their efficient cause. 5
As the mighty air everywhere moving is rooted in the
ether (Akasha), so all beings rest rooted in Me-thus know thou.
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All
beings, O Kaunteya (arjuna), enter my lower nature at the end of
a world-age; at the beginning of a world-age again I emanate them.
7Hidden in Nature,(Kalpa,a period of activity,of manifistation)which
is Mine own, I emanate again and again all this multitude of beings,
helpless, by the force of Nature. 8Nor do these works bind me, O
Dhananjaya(Arjuna), enthroned on high, unattached to actions. 9
Under Me as supervisor, Nature(Prakriti) sends forth the moving
and unmoving. because of this, O Kaunteya (Arjuna),the universe
revolves. 10
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The
foolish disregard Me, when clad in human semblance,
ignorant of My supreme nature, the great Lord of beings; 11
Empty of hope, empty of deeds, empty of wisdom, senseless,
partaking of the deceitful, brutal and demoniacal nature.
(Prakrati, the dark quality, of the tamasic guna)12
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Verily
the Mahatmas, O Partha, partaking of My divine nature,' worship
with un-wavering mind,' having known Me, the imperishable source
of beings. 13Always magnifying Me, strenuous, firm in vows, prostrating
themselves before Me, they worship Me with devotion, ever harmonized.
14Others also, sacrificing with the sacrifice of wisdom, worship
Me as the One and the Manifest everywhere present. 15
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I
the oblation; I the sacrifice; I the ancestral offering; I the [fire-giving]
herb;The mantra I; I also the butter; I the fire; the burnt-offering
I; 16I the Father of this universe, the Mother,the Supporter, the
Grandsire, the Holy One to be known, the Word of Power,' and also
the Rik, Saman, and Yajus, (the Three Vedas)17The Path, Husband,
Lord, Witness, Abode, Shelter, Lover, Origin, Dissolution, Foundation,
Treasure-house, Seed imperishable. 18 I give heat; I held hack and
send forth the rain;
immortality and also death,being and non-being' am I, Arjuna. 19
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The
knowoers of the three, the Somadrinkers, the purified from sin,
worshipping Me with sacrifice, pray of Me the way to heaven; they,
ascending to the holy world of the Ruler of the Shining Ones, eat
in heaven the divine feasts of the Shining Ones. 20 They, having
enjoyed the spacious heaven world, their holiness withered,The
fruit of their good deeds finished ,their rewards exhausted, come
back to this world of death. Following the virtues enjoined by the
three, desiring desires, they obtain the transitory. 21
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To
those men who worship Me alone, thinking of no other,
to those ever harmonious, I bring full security. 22
Even the devotees of other Shining Ones,
who worship full of faith, they also worship
Me, O son of Kunti, though contrary
to the ancient rule. 23
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I
am indeed the enjoyer of all sacrificesand also the Lord, but they
know Me notin Essence, and hence they fall. 24They who worship the
Shining Ones go to the Shining Ones; to the Ancestors) gothe Ancestor-worshippers;
to the Elementals go those who sacrifice to Elementals;but My worshippers
come unto Me. 25He
who offereth to Me with devotion aleaf, a flower, a fruit, water,
that I acceptfrom the striving self, offered as it is with devotion.
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Whatsoever
thou doest, whatsoever thou eatest, whatsoever thou offerest, whatsoever
thou givest, whatsoever thou doest of austerity, O Kaunteya, do
thou that as an offering unto Me.
Thus
shall thou be liberated from the bonds of action, yielding good
and evil fruits; thyself
harmonized by the yoga of renunciation, thou shah come unto Me when
set free. 28
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The
same am I to all beings; there is none hateful to Me nor dear.They
verily who worship Me with devotion, they are in Me, and I also
in them. 29Even if the most sinful worship Me with undivided heart,
he too must be accounted righteous, for he bath rightly resolved;
Speedily
he becometh dutiful and goeth to eternal peace, O Kaunteya; know
thou for certain that My devotee never perishes. They who take refuge
with Me, O Partha, though of the womb of sin, women,Vaishyas, even
Shudras, they also tread the highest path.
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How
much rather then holy Brahma.nas and devoted royal saints;
having obtained this transient joyless world, worship thou Me. 33
On
Me fix thy mind;'be devoted to Me; sacrifice to Me;
prostrate thyself before Me; harmonized thus in the SELF,
thou shaft come unto Me having Me as thy supreme goal. 34
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