Dharmavyadha Gita In English

॥ Dharmavyadha Geetaa or Vana Parva of Mahabharata English Lyrics ॥

॥ dharmavyaadhageetaa ॥
॥ atha dharmavyaadhageetaa ॥

vyaadha uvaacha –
vijnyaanaartham manushyaanaam manah’ poorva pravartate ।
tatpraapya kaamam bhajate krodham cha dvijasattama ॥ 1 ॥

tatastadartham yatate karma chaarabhate mahat ।
isht’aanaam roopagandhaanaamabhyaasam cha nishevate ॥ 2 ॥

tato raagah’ prabhavati dveshashcha tadanantaram ।
tato lobhah’ prabhavati mohashcha tadanantaram ॥ 3 ॥

tato lobhaabhibhootasya raagadveshahatasya cha ।
na dharme jaayate buddhirvyaajaaddharma karoti cha ॥ 4 ॥

vyaajena charate dharmamartham vyaajena rochate ।
vyaajena siddhamaaneshu dhaneshu dvijasattama ॥ 5 ॥

tatraiva ramate buddhistatah’ paapam chikeershati ।
sutdri’dbhih’rvaaryamaanashcha pand’itaishcha dvijottama ॥ 6 ॥

uttaram shrutisambaddham braveetyashrutiyojitam ।
adharmastrividhastasya vartate raagadoshajah’ ॥ 7 ॥

paapam chintayate chaiva baveeti cha karoti cha ।
tasyaadharmapravri’ttasya guna nashyanti saadhavah’ ॥ 8 ॥

ekaasheelaishcha mitratvam bhajante paapakarminah’ ।
satena duh’khamaapnoti paratra cha vipadyate ॥ 9 ॥

paapaatmaa bhavati hyevam dharmalaabham tu me shrunu ।
yastvetaanprajnyayaa doshaanpoorvamevaanupashyati ॥ 10 ॥

kushalah’ sukhaduh’kheshu saadhoomshchaapyupasevate ।
tasya saadhusamaarambhaadbuddhirdharmeshu raajate ॥ 11 ॥

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idam vishvam jagatsarvamajayyam chaapi nityashah’ ।
mahaabhootaatmakam brahma naatah’ parataram bhavet ॥ 12 ॥

braahmana uvaacha –
sattvasya rajasashchaiva tamasashcha yathaatatham ।
gunaamstattvena me broohi yathaavadiha pri’chchhatah’ ॥ 13 ॥

vyaadha uvaacha –
hanta te kathayishyaami yanmaam tvam paripri’chchhasi ।
eshaam gunaan pri’thaktvena nibodha gadato mama ॥ 14 ॥

mohaatmakam tamasteshaam raja eshaam pravartakam ।
prakaashabahulatvaachcha sattvam jyaaya ihochyate ॥ 15 ॥

avidyaabahulo mood’hah’ svapnasheelo vichetanah’ ।
durtdri’sheekastatodhyastah’ sakrodhastaamaso’lasah’ ॥ 16 ॥

pravri’ttavaakyo mantree cha yo naraagryo’nasooyakah’ ।
vidhitsamaano viprarshe stabdho maanee sa raajasah’ ॥ 17 ॥

prakaashabahulo dheero nirvidhitso’nasooyakah’ ।
akrodhano naro dheemaan daantrashchaiva sa saattvikah’ ॥ 18 ॥

iti dharmavyaadhageetaa samaaptaa ॥

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