śrutivipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niścalā
samādhāvacalā buddhistadā yogamavāpsyasi

When your intellect, though perplexed by what you have heard, shall stand immovable and steady in the Self, then you shall attain Self-realisation.

śruti = of Vedic revelation; vipratipannā = without being influenced by the fruitive results; te = your; yadā = when; sthāsyati = remains; niścalā = unmoved; samādhau = in transcendental consciousness, or Krishna consciousness; acalā = unflinching; buddhiḥ = intelligence; tadā = at that time; yogaṃ = self-realization; avāpsyasi = you will achieve.;

karmajaṃ buddhiyuktā hi phalaṃ tyaktvā manīṣiṇaḥ
janmabandhavinirmuktāḥ padaṃ gacchantyanāmayam

The wise, possessed of knowledge, having abandoned the fruits of their actions, freed from the fetters of birth, go to the State which is beyond all evil.

karmajaṃ = due to fruitive activities; buddhiyuktāḥ = being engaged in devotional service; hi = certainly; phalaṃ = results; tyaktvā = giving up; manīṣiṇaḥ = great sages or devotees; janmabandha = from the bondage of birth and death; vinirmuktāḥ = liberated; padaṃ = position; gacchanti = they reach; anāmayaṃ = without miseries.;

dūreṇa hyavaraṃ karma buddhiyogāddhanañjaya
buddhau śaraṇamanviccha kṛpaṇāḥ phalahetavaḥ

Far lower than the YOGA -of-wisdom is action, O Dhananjaya. Seek thou refuge in wisdom; wretched are they whose motive is the fruit.

dūreṇa = discard it at a long distance; hi = certainly; avaraṃ = abominable; karma = activity; buddhiyogāt = on the strength of Krishna consciousness; dhanañjaya = O conqueror of wealth; buddhau = in such consciousness; śaraṇaṃ = full surrender; anviccha = try for; kṛpaṇāḥ = misers; phalahetavaḥ = those desiring fruitive results.;

buddhiyukto jahātīha ubhe sukṛtaduṣkṛte
tasmādyogāya yujyasva yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam

Endowed with the Wisdom of evenness-of-mind, one casts off in this life both good deeds and evil deeds; therefore, devote yourself to YOGA, Skill in action is YOGA.

buddhiyuktaḥ = one who is engaged in devotional service; jahāti = can get rid of; iha = in this life; ubhe = both; sukṛtaduṣkṛte = good and bad results; tasmāt = therefore; yogāya = for the sake of devotional service; yujyasva = be so engaged; yogaḥ = Krishna consciousness; karmasu = in all activities; kauśalaṃ = art.;

yogasthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā dhanañjaya
siddhyasiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṃ yoga ucyate

Perform action, O Dhananjaya, abandoning attachment, being steadfast in YOGA, and balanced in success and failure. Evenness of mind is called YOGA.

yogasthaḥ = equipoised; kuru = perform; karmāṇi = your duties; saṅgaṃ = attachment; tyaktvā = giving up; dhanañjaya = O Arjuna; siddhyasiddhyoḥ = in success and failure; samaḥ = equipoised; bhūtvā = becoming; samatvaṃ = equanimity; yogaḥ = yoga; ucyate = is called.;

karmaṇyevādhikāraste mā phaleṣu kadācana
mā karmaphalaheturbhūrmā te saṅgo’stvakarmaṇi

Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit-of-action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.

karmāṇi = in prescribed duties; eva = certainly; adhikāraḥ = right; te = of you; mā = never; phaleṣu = in the fruits; kadācana = at any time; mā = never; karmaphala = in the result of the work; hetuḥ = cause; bhūḥ = become; mā = never; te = of you; saṅgaḥ = attachment; astu = there should be; akarmaṇi = in not doing prescribed duties.;

traiguṇyaviṣayā vedā nistraiguṇyo bhavārjuna
nirdvandvo nityasattvastho niryogakṣema ātmavān

The VEDAS deal with the three attributes; be you above these three attributes (GUNAS) , O Arjuna, free yourself from the pairs-of-opposites, and ever remain in the SATTWA (goodness) , freed from all thoughts of acquisition and preservation, and be established in the Self.

traiguṇya = pertaining to the three modes of material nature; viṣayāḥ = on the subject matter; vedāḥ = Vedic literatures; nistraiguṇyaḥ = transcendental to the three modes of material nature; bhava = be; arjuna = O Arjuna; nirdvandvaḥ = without duality; nityasattvasthaḥ = in a pure state of spiritual existence; niryogakṣemaḥ = free from ideas of gain and protection; ātmavān = established in the self.;

yāvānartha udapāne sarvataḥ samplutodake
tāvānsarveṣu vedeṣu brāhmaṇasya vijānataḥ

To the BRAHMANA who has known the Self, all the VEDAS are of so much use, as is a reservoir of water in a place where there is flood everywhere.

yāvān = all that; arthaḥ = is meant; udapāne = in a well of water; sarvataḥ = in all respects; samplutodake = in a great reservoir of water; tāvān = similarly; sarveṣu = in all; vedeṣu = Vedic literatures; brāhmaṇasya = of the man who knows the Supreme Brahman; vijānataḥ = who is in complete knowledge.;

bhogaiśvaryaprasaktānāṃ tayāpahṛtacetasām
vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ samādhau na vidhīyate

For, those who cling to joy and Lordship, whose minds are drawn away by such teaching, are neither determinate and resolute nor are they fit for steady meditation and SAMADHI.

bhoga = to material enjoyment; aiśvarya = and opulence; prasaktānāṃ = for those who are attached; tayā = by such things; apahṛtacetasāṃ = bewildered in mind; vyavasāyātmikā = fixed in determination; buddhiḥ = devotional service to the Lord; samādhau = in the controlled mind; na = never; vidhīyate = does take place.;

yāmimāṃ puṣpitāṃ vācaṃ pravadantyavipaścitaḥ
vedavādaratāḥ pārtha nānyadastīti vādinaḥ

Flowery speech is uttered by the unwise, taking pleasure in the eulogising words of VEDAS, O Partha, saying, There is nothing else.

yāmimāṃ = all these; puṣpitāṃ = flowery; vācaṃ = words; pravadanti = say; avipaścitaḥ = men with a poor fund of knowledge; vedavādaratāḥ = supposed followers of the Vedas; pārtha = O son of Pritha; na = never; anyat = anything else; asti = there is; iti = thus; vādinaḥ = the advocates;