Whenever dharma decreases, O Bharata, and then there is The arising of adharma, Then do I manifest Myself.
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For protection of the righteous And destruction of the wicked, For establishing of dharma, I manifest from age to age.
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He who thus knows in its true light, My divine birth and My action, Leaving the body, is not born Again–but he attains to Me.
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Freed from attachment, fear, anger– Absorbed, taking refuge in Me, Purified by fire of knowledge, Many have attained My Being.
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In whatever way they resort To Me do I thus reward them. It is My path which ev’rywhere All men follow, O Arjuna.
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Longing for success in action, In this world men worship the gods, Because success from such action Is quickly attained in this world.
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The fourfold caste was made by Me, Based on guna and on karma. Though I am the Maker thereof, Know Me as non-doer, changeless.
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Never do actions taint Me, nor Do I thirst for action’s result. And whosoever knows Me thus Is not fettered by his actions.
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