Chapter 14 · Guṇatraya Vibhāga Yoga

Shloka 14.12

Lesson 536 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

Scene and context

Understanding the three guṇas and moving beyond them. How do the three guṇas influence thought and action, and what lies beyond them?

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Shloka · Devanagari

लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा।रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

lobhaḥ pravṛittir ārambhaḥ karmaṇām aśhamaḥ spṛihārajasy etāni jāyante vivṛiddhe bharatarṣhabha

Sandhi-vicheda

lobhaḥ+pravṛittiḥ+ārambhaḥ+karmaṇām+aśhamaḥ+spṛihā+rajasi+etāni+jāyante+vivṛiddhe+bharata-ṛiṣhabha

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Meaning of each word

lobhaḥsource form

greed

pravṛittiḥsource form

activity

ārambhaḥsource form

exertion

karmaṇāmsource form

for fruitive actions

aśhamaḥsource form

restlessness

spṛihāsource form

craving

rajasisource form

of the mode of passion

etānisource form

these

jāyantesource form

develop

vivṛiddhesource form

when predominates

bharata-ṛiṣhabhasource form

the best of the Bharatas, Arjun

Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

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Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1

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।।14.12।। --,लोभः परद्रव्यादित्सा? प्रवृत्तिः प्रवर्तनं सामान्यचेष्टा? आरम्भः कस्य कर्मणाम्। अशमः अनुपशमः? हर्षरागादिप्रवृत्तिः स्पृहा सर्वसामान्यवस्तुविषया तृष्णा -- रजसि गुणे विवृद्धे एतानि लिङ्गानि जायन्ते हे भरतर्षभ।।

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 14.12

Course position536 / 701

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