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वसुदेवसुतं(न्) दे वं(ङ् ), कंसचाणूरमदनम्

दे वकी परमान ं (ङ् ), कृ ं(म्) व े जगद् गु म्

vasudevasutaṁ(n) devaṁ(ṅ), kaṁsacāṇūramardanam,

devakī paramānandaṁ(ṅ), kṛṣṇaṁ(m) vande jagadgurum.

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ॐ ीपरमा ने नम:
om śrīparamātmane namaḥ
Read ‘ ी(śrī)’ as ‘ श्+री(sh+ree)’ [not ‘ ी(sree or sri)’]

ीम गव ीता
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Read half ‘ द् (d)’ at both the places [not complete ‘द(da)']

अथ ादशोऽ ाय:
atha dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ
In ‘dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ’, say prolonged ‘ शो(sho')’ [don't pronounce ‘ऽ’(अव ह ) as ‘अ(a)’]

अजुन उवाच
arjuna uvāca
In ‘arjuna’, read complete ‘ न(na)’ [not half ‘ न्(n)’]

एवं(म्) सततयु ा ये, भ ा ां(म्) पयुपासते

ये चा रम ं (न्), तेषां(ङ् ) के योगिव माः 1
evaṁ(m) satatayuktā ye, bhaktāstvāṁ(m) paryupāsate,
ye cāpyakṣaramavyaktaṁ(n), teṣāṁ(ṅ) ke yogavittamāḥ.
Read ‘ये(Ye) [not ‘ए(e)’], Read ‘bhaktaas+tvaam’
In ‘paryupaasate’, read half ‘ र~(ra)’ and read‘ य(ya)’ clearly
In ‘chaapyakshara’, read ‘ (ksha)’ [not ‘ च(cha)’ or ‘ छ(chha)’]

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 ीभगवानुवाच
śrībhagavānuvāca
म ावे मनो ये मां(न्), िन यु ा उपासते
या परयोपेता:(स्), ते मे यु तमा मताः 2
mayyāveśya mano ye māṁ(n), nityayuktā upāsate,
śraddhayā parayopetāḥ(s), te me yuktatamā matāḥ.
Read ‘ये(Ye)’ [not ‘ ए(e)’]
Read ‘matāḥ’ as ‘mataahaa’ [not ‘matah’ or ‘matahaa’]

ये रमिनद म्, अ ं(म्) पयुपासते

सव गमिच ं(ञ्) च, कूट थमचलं(न्) ुवम् 3
ye tvakṣaramanirdeśyaṁ(m), avyaktaṁ(m) paryupāsate,
sarvatragamacintyaṁ(ñ) ca, kūṭasthamacalaṁ(n) dhruvam.
Read ‘ ये(Ye)’ [not ‘ ए'(e)]
In ‘tvaksharama’, read complete ‘म(ma)’ [not ‘half ‘म्(m)’]
Read ‘sarvatra+gamachintyañ’
In ‘chintyañ’, read half ‘ त्(t)’ [not complete ‘ त(ta)’]
Read ‘kooṭasthamachalan’, together as ‘kootas+thamachalan’

सि य े य ामं(म्), सव समबु यः
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ते ा ुव मामेव, सवभूतिहते रताः 4

sanniyamyendriyagrāmaṁ(m), sarvatra samabuddhayaḥ,
te prāpnuvanti māmeva, sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ.
In ‘sanniyam+yendriya’, read all the three ‘य(ya)’ clearly
Read ‘praap+nuvanti’

ेशोऽिधकतर ेषाम्, अ ास चेतसाम्

अ ा िह गितदःु खं(न्), दे हव रवा ते 5
kleśo'dhikatarasteṣāṁ(m), avyaktāsaktacetasām,
avyaktā hi gatirduḥkhaṁ(n), dehavadbhiravāpyate.
In ‘kleshodhikatara’, say prolonged ‘ शो(sho')’
[don't pronounce ‘ऽ’(अव ह) as ‘अ(a)’]
In ‘dhikatara’, read short ‘ िध(dhi)’ and complete ‘ क(ka)’
In ‘dehavad+bhira’, read short ‘ िभ(bhi)’ and complete ‘ र(ra)’

ये तु सवािण कमािण, मिय स म राः

अन ेनैव योगेन, मां(न्) ाय उपासते 6
ye tu sarvāṇi karmāṇi, mayi sannyasya matparāḥ,
ananyenaiva yogena, māṁ(n) dhyāyanta upāsate.
Read ‘ये(Ye)’ [not ‘ए(e)], In ‘mayi’, read short ‘ िय(yi)’ [not long]
In ‘anan+ye+naiva’, pronounce ‘ये(ye)’ clearly [not ‘ananne’]

तेषामहं (म्) समु ता, मृ ुसंसारसागरात्

भवािम निचरा ाथ, म ावेिशतचेतसाम् 7

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 teṣāmahaṁ(m) samuddhartā, mṛtyusaṁsārasāgarāt,
bhavāmi nacirātpārtha, mayyāveśitacetasām.
Read ‘samud+dhartaa’
Read ‘saṁsaara’ as ‘sanvsaara’ [not ‘sansaar’]

म ेव मन आध , मिय बु ं (न्) िनवेशय

िनविस िस म ेव, अत ऊ (न्) न संशयः 8
mayyeva mana ādhatsva, mayi buddhiṁ(n) niveśaya,
nivasiṣyasi mayyeva, ata ūrdhvaṁ(n) na saṁśayaḥ.
Read ‘aadhat+sva’ [not ‘aadhastva’], Read ‘nivasish+yasi’ [not ‘nivasisyasi’]

अथ िच ं(म्) समाधातुं(न्), न श ोिष मिय थरम्

अ ासयोगेन ततो, मािम ा ुं(न्) धन य 9
atha cittaṁ(m) samādhātuṁ(n), na śaknoṣi mayi sthiram,
abhyāsayogena tato, māmicchāptuṁ(n) dhanañjaya.
In ‘shaknoshi’, read short ‘ िष(shi)’ [not long]
Read ‘maamich+chhaaptun’

अ ासेऽ समथ ऽिस, म मपरमो भव

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मदथमिप कमािण, कुव मवा िस 10

abhyāse'pyasamartho'si, matkarmaparamo bhava,
madarthamapi karmāṇi, kurvansiddhimavāpsyasi.
In ‘abhyaasepya’ , say prolonged ‘ से(se’)’ [don't pronounce ‘ऽ’(अव ह) as ‘अ(a)’]
Read ‘matkarma+paramo’ in one go without any pause
Read ‘vaap+syasi’ [not ‘vaapyasi’]

अथैतद श ोऽिस, कतु(म्) म ोगमाि तः

सवकमफल ागं(न्), ततः (ख्) कु यता वान् 11
athaitadapyaśakto'si, kartuṁ(m) madyogamāśritaḥ,
sarvakarmaphalatyāgaṁ(n), tataḥ(kh) kuru yatātmavān.
In ‘athaitadapyashakto'si’, say prolonged ‘ तो(to')’, [don't pronounce ‘ऽ’(अव ह) as ‘अ(a)’]
Read ‘mad+yoga’ [not ‘maddog’]

ेयो िह ानम ासाज्, ाना ानं(म्) िविश ते

ाना मफल ाग: ( स्) , ागा ा रन रम् 12
śreyo hi jñānamabhyāsāj, jñānāddhyānaṁ(m) viśiṣyate,
dhyānātkarmaphalatyāgaḥ(s), tyāgācchāntiranantaram.
Read ‘jñaana+mabhyaasaaj’
In ‘chhaantira+nantaram’, read complete ‘ र(ra)’

अ े ा सवभूतानां(म्), मै ः (ख्) क ण एव च
िनममो िनरह ारः (स्), समदःु खसुखः मी 13
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 adveṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṁ(m), maitraḥ(kh) karuṇa eva ca,
nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ(s), samaduḥkhasukhaḥ kṣamī.
Read samaduḥkhasukhaha’ in one go without any pause

स ु ः (स्) सततं(म्) योगी, यता ा ढिन यः

म िपतमनोबु :(र् ), यो म ः (स्) स मे ि यः 14
santuṣṭaḥ(s) satataṁ(m) yogī, yatātmā dṛḍhaniścayaḥ,
mayyarpitamanobuddhiḥ(r), yo madbhaktaḥ(s) sa me priyaḥ.
In ‘mayyarpita’, read short ‘ िप(pi)’ [not ‘mayyarpitta’ or ‘mayyarpeeta’]
Read ‘mano+buddhir’ [not ‘manorbuddhir’]

य ा ोि जते लोको, लोका ोि जते च यः

हषामषभयो े गै:(र् ), मु ो यः (स्) स च मे ि यः 15
yasmānnodvijate loko, lokānnodvijate ca yaḥ,
harṣāmarṣabhayodvegaiḥ(r), mukto yaḥ(s) sa ca me priyaḥ.
Read ‘yasmaan+no’ [not ‘yasmaano’]

अनपे ः (श्) शुिचद , उदासीनो गत थः

सवार प र ागी, यो म ः (स्) स मे ि यः 16
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sarvārambhaparityāgī, yo madbhaktaḥ(s) sa me priyaḥ.

Read ‘shuchir’ [not ‘suchir’], Read ‘vyathaha’ [not ‘vyatahaa’]

यो न ित न े ि , न शोचित न का ित
शुभाशुभप र ागी, भ मा ः (स्) स मे ि यः 17
yo na hṛṣyati na dveṣṭi, na śocati na kāṅkṣati,
śubhāśubhaparityāgī, bhaktimānyaḥ(s) sa me priyaḥ.
In ‘shochati’, read short ‘ ित(ti)’ [not long]
In ‘shubhaashubha’, read short ‘ शु(shu)’ at both the places and read complete ‘ भ(bha)’ [not ‘ ब(ba)’]

समः (श्) श ौ च िम े च, तथा मानापमानयोः

शीतो सुखदःु खेषु, समः (स्) स िवविजतः 18
samaḥ(ś) śatrau ca mitre ca, tathā mānāpamānayoḥ,
śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkheṣu, samaḥ(s) saṅgavivarjitaḥ.
In ‘maanaapa+maanayoho’ , read complete ‘ प(pa)’
In ‘sheetoshṇa’, read long ‘ शी(shee)’ [not ‘shitoshna’ or ‘sheetoshana’]

तु िन ा ुितम नी, स ु ो येन केनिचत्

अिनकेतः (स्) थरमित:(र् ), भ मा े ि यो नरः 19
tulyanindāstutirmaunī, santuṣṭo yena kenacit,
aniketaḥ(s) sthiramatiḥ(r), bhaktimānme priyo naraḥ.
Read ‘yena’ [not ‘ एन(ena)’], read ‘sthira’ [not ‘stira’] and
read complete ‘र(ra)’ [not half ‘ र् (r)’]

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 ये तु ध ामृतिमदं (म्), यथो ं(म्) पयुपासते
धाना म रमा, भ ा ेऽतीव मे ि याः 20
ye tu dharmyāmṛtamidaṁ(m), yathoktaṁ(m) paryupāsate,
śraddadhānā matparamā, bhaktāste'tīva me priyāḥ.
Read ‘ ये(Ye)’ [not ‘ ए(e)’]
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In ‘shraddadhaanaa’, there are two ‘ द(da)’s; hence, read ‘shrad+dadhaanaa’

In ‘bhaktaaste'’, say prolonged ‘ ते(te')’, In ‘teeva’, read long‘ ती(tee)’ [not short‘ ित(ti)’]

ॐत िदित ीम गव ीतासु उपिनष ु िव ायां(म्) योगशा े

ीकृ ाजुनसंवादे भ योगो नाम ादशोऽ ाय:
om tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsu upaniṣatsu
brahmavidyāyāṃ(m) yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde
bhaktiyogo nāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ.
|| ॐ ीकृ ापणम ु ||

Note : || OM ŚRĪKṚṢṆĀRPAṆAMASTU ||
• Wherever the visarga pronunciations are written as (kh-ख्) or (ph-फ्), they aren't actually (kh-ख्) or (ph-फ्), they are just
read as (kh-ख्) or (ph-फ्).
• Alphabet placed prior to a joint alphabet should always be pronounced with a little stress(aaghat). All the alphabets
which need to be pronounced stressfully are marked with symbol ‘«' over them.
• If any vyanjana(consonant) is combined with a swara then it is not a joint alphabet, thus aaghat is not put on the
alphabet prior to it. Example - 'ri(_)' is a swara thus in 'vsrijamyaham', 'sri(l`) = sa(l~)+ri(_) so we will not put aaghat on
'vi' before 'sri'. Before joint letter we put stress(aaghat) only on swara not on vyanjana(consonant) or anuswara. like in
'vasudeva(ṃ) vrajapriya(ṃ)', even though 'vra' is a joint alphabet we will not put stress (aaghat) on the alphabet prior to
it due to anuswara on it.
TRANSLITERATION TABLE

क् k च् c ट् ṭ त् t प् p य् y
ख् kh छ् ch ठ् ṭh थ् th फ् ph र् r
ग् g ज् j ड् ḍ द् d ब् b ल् l
घ् gh झ् jh ढ् ḍh ध् dh भ् bh व् v
ङ् ṅ ञ् ñ ण् ṇ न् n म् m श् ś
ळ् ḻ ष् ṣ
अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ऋ ॠ ऌ ॡ ए ऐ ओ औ अं अः ् kṣ स् s
a ā i ī u ū ṛ ṝ ḷ ḹ e ai o au aṁ aḥ ् jñ ह् h
anusvara ◌ं ṃ chandrabindu ◌ँ ˜ visarga ◌ः ḥ avagraha ऽ '

योगेशं(म्) स दान ं (म्), वासुदेवं(म्) जि यम्

धमसं थापकं(म्) वीरं (ङ् ), कृ ं(म्) व े जगद् गु म्
yogeśaṁ(m) saccidānandaṁ(m), vāsudevaṁ(m) vrajapriyam,
dharmasaṁsthāpakaṁ(m) vīraṁ(ṅ), kṛṣṇaṁ(m) vande jagadgurum.

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