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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 14 · Guṇatraya Vibhāga Yoga

Shloka 14.20

Lesson 544 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

गुणानेतानतीत्य त्रीन्देही देहसमुद्भवान्।जन्ममृत्युजरादुःखैर्विमुक्तोऽमृतमश्नुते॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

guṇān etān atītya trīn dehī deha-samudbhavānjanma-mṛityu-jarā-duḥkhair vimukto ’mṛitam aśhnute

Sandhi-vicheda

guṇān+etān+atītya+trīn+dehī+deha+samudbhavān+janma+mṛityu+jarā+duḥkhaiḥ+vimuktaḥ+amṛitam+aśhnute

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Meaning of each word

guṇānsource form

the three modes of material nature

etānsource form

these

atītyasource form

transcending

trīnsource form

three

dehīsource form

the embodied

dehasource form

body

samudbhavānsource form

produced of

janmasource form

birth

mṛityusource form

death

jarāsource form

old age

duḥkhaiḥsource form

misery

vimuktaḥsource form

freed from

amṛitamsource form

immortality

aśhnutesource form

attains

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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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।।14.20।। --,गुणान् एतान् यथोक्तान् अतीत्य जीवन्नेव अतिक्रम्य मायोपाधिभूतान् त्रीन् देही देहसमुद्भवान् देहोत्पत्तिबीजभूतान् जन्ममृत्युजरादुःखैः जन्म च मृत्युश्च जरा च दुःखानि च जन्ममृत्युजरादुःखानि तैः जीवन्नेव विमुक्तः सन् विद्वान् अमृतम् अश्नुते? एवं मद्भावम् अधिगच्छति इत्यर्थः।।जीवन्नेव गुणान् अतीत्य अमृतम् अश्नुते इति प्रश्नबीजं प्रतिलभ्य? अर्जुन उवाच --,अर्जुन उवाच --,

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 14.20

Course position544 / 701

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