Bhagavad Gita Chalisa – Lyrics in Hindi, Meaning & Benefits

Bhagavad Gita Chalisa Lyrics (हिंदी में)

॥ दोहा ॥
श्री कृष्ण गुरु चरण गहूँ, मन वाणी अरु काया।
गीता के यश को लिखूँ, जो जग में है छाया॥

कुरुक्षेत्र में युद्ध भयो, दो पक्षों में जोर।
कृष्ण उवाच कहि गीत यह, मिटाई सब अँधेर॥

॥ चौपाई ॥
प्रथमहिं गुरु को शीश नवाऊँ। हरि चरणों में ध्यान लगाऊँ॥
गीता माता की जय बोलूँ। ज्ञान-भक्ति के द्वार खोलूँ॥

कृष्ण अर्जुन के संवाद में। ज्ञान दिया है इस ग्रन्थ में॥
अठारह अध्याय हैं सुहाने। सात सौ श्लोक मन को भाने॥

पहले अध्याय में अर्जुन रोये। रण देख कर विषाद में खोये॥
सम्बन्धी गुरु सब पक्ष में। युद्ध लड़ना था शंशय में॥

कृष्ण ने दूसरे में समझाया। आत्मा अजर अमर बताया॥
नाशवान है यह देह पुराना। आत्मा को जन्म मरण न जाना॥

कर्म किये बिन फल की चाहत। बन्धन में पड़े भटकत जाहत॥
कर्म करो फल की आस छोड़ो। यह गीता का संदेश जोड़ो॥

तीसरे में कर्मयोग बताया। निष्काम कर्म का पाठ पढ़ाया॥
संसार में रहकर कर कर्म। यही है जीवन का परम धर्म॥

ज्ञानयोग का चौथे में सार। दिव्य ज्ञान है सबसे उदार॥
ब्रह्म का ज्ञान प्राप्त करे जो। जन्म मरण से मुक्त हो जो॥

पांचवें में संन्यास का भेद। कर्म त्याग का नहीं है वेद॥
कर्म करो मन को मत लगाओ। कर्म फल को ब्रह्म को अर्पाओ॥

छठे में ध्यानयोग का ज्ञान। मन को साधो पाओ भगवान॥
समता रखो सुख दुख में बराबर। यही है योगी का जीवन सुन्दर॥

सातवें में ज्ञान विज्ञान। कृष्ण बताते स्वयं का ध्यान॥
जो मुझे जानता है सच्चाई। उसकी आत्मा को मिले सगाई॥

अक्षर ब्रह्म का आठवें में सार। ओंकार ध्यान का दिव्य विचार॥
मरते समय जो मुझे स्मरे। वह मेरे धाम को जरूर वरे॥

नवमें में राजविद्या का ज्ञान। भक्ति द्वारा पाओ भगवान॥
पत्र पुष्प फल जल जो अर्पे। भक्त का तन मन कृष्ण में डूबे॥

दसवें में विभूति का वर्णन। सर्वत्र कृष्ण की दिव्य उपस्थिति॥
जहाँ भी महानता दिखती है। वहाँ कृष्ण की ज्योति जलती है॥

ग्यारहवें में विश्वरूप दिखाया। अर्जुन ने अलौकिक रूप पाया॥
सहस्र सूर्य सम तेज विराजे। सृष्टि संहार करता बाजे॥

बारहवें में भक्ति का मार्ग। सगुण निर्गुण दोनों में राग॥
साकार उपासना सरल बताई। निर्गुण ध्यान की राह कठिन भाई॥

तेरहवें में क्षेत्र क्षेत्रज्ञ। जड़ चेतन का विवेक विज्ञ॥
शरीर क्षेत्र है आत्मा जानी। ब्रह्म ज्ञान की यही कहानी॥

चौदहवें में तीन गुण कहे। सत रज तम जग में हैं बहे॥
सत्व को बढ़ाओ रज तम हटाओ। गुणातीत बनके मोक्ष पाओ॥

पन्द्रहवें में पुरुषोत्तम ज्ञान। क्षर अक्षर से परे भगवान॥
पीपल के वृक्ष में यह जग जानो। उलटी जड़ ऊपर को मानो॥

सोलहवें में दैवी गुण बताये। दिव्य संपदा को अपनाये॥
भय अभय की परख करो मन में। आसुरी भाव छोड़ो जीवन में॥

सत्रहवें में श्रद्धा का भेद। सात्विक राजस तामस वेद॥
आहार विहार पूजा दान। श्रद्धा अनुसार बने इंसान॥

अठारहवें में ज्ञान का सार। कर्म भक्ति ज्ञान तीनों पार॥
सर्वधर्म परित्याग करो एक। शरण मुझे आओ नहीं विवेक॥

गीता पाठ जो नित्य करे। उसके पाप ताप सब हरे॥
कर्म बन्धन ढीले हो जाते। भव सागर से पार उतरते॥

जो चाले इसके अनुसार। वह भी हो भवसागर पार॥
गीता माता की जय जय बोलो। नित्य ज्ञान का भण्डार खोलो॥

॥ दोहा ॥
गीता ज्ञान अनमोल है, जीवन का आधार।
कृष्ण चरण में जो झुके, वह हो भवसागर पार॥

Bhagavad Gita Chalisa – Transliteration (English)

|| Doha ||
Śrī kṛṣṇa guru caraṇ gahūṃ, man vāṇī aru kāyā,
Gītā ke yaś ko likhūṃ, jo jag meṃ hai chāyā.

Kurukṣetr meṃ yuddha bhayo, do pakṣoṃ meṃ jor,
Kṛṣṇa uvāca kahi gīt yah, miṭāī sab aṃdher.

|| Caupāī ||
Prathamahin guru ko śīś navāūṃ, hari caraṇoṃ meṃ dhyān lagāūṃ,
Gītā mātā kī jay bolūṃ, jñān-bhakti ke dvār kholūṃ.

Kṛṣṇa arjun ke saṃvād meṃ, jñān diyā hai is granth meṃ,
Aṭhārah adhyāy haiṃ suhāne, sāt sau ślok man ko bhāne.

Pahle adhyāy meṃ arjun roye, raṇ dekh kar viṣād meṃ khoye,
Saṃbandhī guru sab pakṣ meṃ, yuddha laṛanā thā śaṃśay meṃ.

Kṛṣṇa ne dūsare meṃ samajhāyā, ātmā ajar amar batāyā,
Nāśavān hai yah deh purānā, ātmā ko janm maraṇ na jānā.

Karm kiye bin phal kī cāhat, bandhan meṃ paṛe bhaṭakat jāhat,
Karm karo phal kī ās choṛo, yah gītā kā saṃdeś joṛo.

Tīsare meṃ karmayog batāyā, niṣkām karm kā pāṭh paṛhāyā,
Saṃsār meṃ rahkar kar karm, yahī hai jīvan kā param dharm.

Jñānayog kā cauthe meṃ sār, divy jñān hai sabse udār,
Brahm kā jñān prāpt kare jo, janm maraṇ se mukta ho jo.

Pāṃcaveṃ meṃ sanyās kā bhed, karm tyāg kā nahīṃ hai ved,
Karm karo man ko mat lagāo, karm phal ko brahm ko arpāo.

Chaṭhe meṃ dhyānayog kā jñān, man ko sādho pāo bhagavān,
Samatā rakho sukh dukh meṃ barābar, yahī hai yogī kā jīvan sundar.

Sātaveṃ meṃ jñān vijñān, kṛṣṇa batāte svayaṃ kā dhyān,
Jo mujhe jānatā hai saccāī, uskī ātmā ko mile sagāī.

Akṣar brahm kā āṭhaveṃ meṃ sār, oṃkār dhyān kā divy vicār,
MaRte samay jo mujhe smare, vah mere dhām ko zarūr vare.

Navemeṃ meṃ rājavidyā kā jñān, bhakti dvārā pāo bhagavān,
Patra puṣpa phal jal jo arpe, bhakta kā tan man kṛṣṇa meṃ ḍūbe.

Dasaveṃ meṃ vibhūti kā varṇan, sarvatra kṛṣṇa kī divy upasthiti,
Jahāṃ bhī mahānatā dikhatī hai, vahāṃ kṛṣṇa kī jyoti jalatī hai.

Gyārahaveṃ meṃ viśvarūp dikhāyā, arjun ne alaukik rūp pāyā,
Sahasr sūrya sam tej virāje, sṛṣṭi saṃhār karatā bāje.

Bārahaveṃ meṃ bhakti kā mārg, saguṇ nirguṇ donoṃ meṃ rāg,
Sākār upāsanā saral batāī, nirguṇ dhyān kī rāh kaṭhin bhāī.

Tarahaveṃ meṃ kṣetr kṣetrajña, jaṛ cetan kā vivek vijña,
Śarīr kṣetr hai ātmā jānī, brahm jñān kī yahī kahānī.

Caudahaveṃ meṃ tīn guṇ kahe, sat raj tam jag meṃ haiṃ bahe,
Sattva ko baṛhāo raj tam haṭāo, guṇātīt banake mokṣ pāo.

Pandarahaveṃ meṃ puruṣottam jñān, kṣar akṣar se pare bhagavān,
Pīpal ke vṛkṣ meṃ yah jag jāno, ulaṭī jaṛ ūpar ko māno.

Solahaveṃ meṃ daivī guṇ batāye, divy sampanā ko apanāye,
Bhay abhay kī parakh karo man meṃ, āsurī bhāv choṛo jīvan meṃ.

Satrahaveṃ meṃ śraddhā kā bhed, sātvik rājas tāmas ved,
Āhār vihār pūjā dān, śraddhā anusār bane insān.

Aṭhārahaveṃ meṃ jñān kā sār, karm bhakti jñān tīnoṃ pār,
Sarvadharm parityāg karo ek, śaraṇ mujhe āo nahīṃ vivek.

Gītā pāṭh jo nitya kare, uske pāp tāp sab hare,
Karm bandhan ḍhīle ho jāte, bhav sāgar se pār utarate.

Jo cāle isake anusār, vah bhī ho bhavsāgar pār,
Gītā mātā kī jay jay bolo, nitya jñān kā bhaṇḍār kholo.

|| Doha ||
Gītā jñān anamol hai, jīvan kā ādhār,
Kṛṣṇa caraṇ meṃ jo jhuke, vah ho bhavsāgar pār.

Meaning & Significance

The Bhagavad Gita Chalisa is a forty-verse devotional hymn that moves chapter by chapter through all eighteen chapters of the Bhagavad Gita, distilling its core teachings into accessible Hindi couplets. Where the Gita itself consists of 700 Sanskrit shlokas in philosophical dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, the chalisa renders the journey accessible for daily devotional recitation. The first verses establish the context of Arjuna's grief at the prospect of battle against his kin. Subsequent chaupais trace the Gita's most celebrated doctrines: the immortality of the soul (Chapter 2), the practice of desireless action (Chapter 3, Karma Yoga), the path of knowledge (Chapter 4), meditation and equanimity (Chapter 6), devotion (Chapter 12), the three gunas (Chapter 14), and the grand conclusion of total surrender in Chapter 18. The chalisa closes by affirming that one who lives according to the Gita's teaching will cross the ocean of worldly existence.

About the Bhagavad Gita

The Bhagavad Gita is one of the most revered texts in Hinduism, forming a portion of the Bhishma Parva of the epic Mahabharata. Traditionally attributed to the sage Veda Vyasa, the Gita records the dialogue between the warrior Arjuna and his charioteer and guide, Lord Krishna, on the eve of the great Kurukshetra war. The text comprises eighteen chapters covering three principal paths to liberation: Jnana Yoga (knowledge), Karma Yoga (selfless action), and Bhakti Yoga (devotion). Scholars generally date its composition to the period between the fifth and second centuries BCE, though its oral transmission may be older. The Gita has attracted commentary from virtually every major Hindu philosopher, from Adi Shankaracharya to Ramanuja to Madhva to Tilak to Aurobindo. In the twentieth century it inspired figures as diverse as Mahatma Gandhi, who called it his eternal mother, and the physicist Robert Oppenheimer, who quoted from it. Gita Jayanti, observed on Margashirsha Shukla Ekadashi (November–December), marks the day the Gita was originally spoken.

Benefits of Reciting the Bhagavad Gita Chalisa

• Brings the transformative teachings of the Bhagavad Gita into daily devotional practice through a manageable, memorisable form
• Reduces anxiety, confusion, and indecision by keeping the principle of desireless action alive in the mind
• Removes the bondage of past karma when recited with sincere understanding and application
• Cultivates equanimity in success and failure, joy and sorrow, in accordance with the Gita's core teaching
• Strengthens devotion to Lord Krishna and deepens understanding of the Gita's philosophical framework
• Assists the practitioner in crossing the ocean of worldly existence, as explicitly promised in the closing verses

How to Recite (Vidhi)

1. Bathe and wear clean clothing before beginning the recitation
2. Place a copy of the Bhagavad Gita or an image of Lord Krishna on a clean altar
3. Light a lamp and incense, and offer flowers and tulsi leaves
4. Recite the chalisa thoughtfully, pausing to reflect on each chapter's teaching as evoked by the corresponding verse
5. For greater benefit, pair the chalisa with reading at least one chapter of the actual Gita afterward
6. Conclude with a brief prayer and prostration, dedicating the merit of recitation to all beings

Best Day & Time to Recite

Gita Jayanti, observed on Margashirsha Shukla Ekadashi (typically November or December), is the most sacred day for reciting the Bhagavad Gita Chalisa, as it marks the day the Gita was first spoken on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Ekadashi (the eleventh day of each lunar fortnight) is considered especially auspicious for all recitations related to Lord Vishnu and Krishna. Daily recitation is best performed in the early morning hours (Brahma Muhurta, approximately 4:30–6:00 AM) or at dusk (Sandhya), when the mind transitions between states and is particularly receptive to spiritual teaching.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Bhagavad Gita Chalisa the same as the Bhagavad Gita itself?

No, they are distinct texts. The Bhagavad Gita is the original Sanskrit scripture of 700 shlokas spread across 18 chapters, forming part of the Mahabharata. The Bhagavad Gita Chalisa is a later devotional Hindi hymn in the chalisa (40-verse) format that summarises and eulogises the Gita's teachings chapter by chapter. The chalisa is a devotional bridge that helps practitioners stay connected to the Gita's wisdom through daily recitation.

Which chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is considered most important?

Different commentators highlight different chapters based on the path they emphasise. Chapter 2 (Sankhya Yoga) is often called the summary of the entire Gita. Chapter 12 (Bhakti Yoga) is particularly beloved by devotion-oriented traditions. Chapter 18 (Moksha Yoga) contains the Gita's climactic teaching of total surrender (sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam sharanam vraja). The chalisa honours each chapter with dedicated verses, reflecting the integrated nature of the Gita's teaching.

Can the Bhagavad Gita Chalisa be recited by people of all faiths?

The teachings of the Bhagavad Gita - on duty, selfless action, equanimity, and the nature of the self - are universal in scope and have inspired people across traditions worldwide. The chalisa, as a devotional expression of these teachings, is open to anyone who resonates with the Gita's wisdom. Many practitioners of various backgrounds recite it as a meditation on karma, selflessness, and the deeper meaning of human life.