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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 14 · Guṇatraya Vibhāga Yoga

Shloka 14.21

Lesson 545 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

अर्जुन उवाचकैर्लिंगैस्त्रीन्गुणानेतानतीतो भवति प्रभो।किमाचारः कथं चैतांस्त्रीन्गुणानतिवर्तते॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

arjuna uvāchakair liṅgais trīn guṇān etān atīto bhavati prabhokim āchāraḥ kathaṁ chaitāns trīn guṇān ativartate

Sandhi-vicheda

arjunaḥ uvācha+kaiḥ+liṅgaiḥ+trīn+guṇān+etān+atītaḥ+bhavati+prabho+kim+āchāraḥ+katham+cha+etān+trīn+guṇān+ativartate

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Meaning of each word

arjunaḥ uvāchasource form

Arjun inquired

kaiḥsource form

by what

liṅgaiḥsource form

symptoms

trīnsource form

three

guṇānsource form

modes of material nature

etānsource form

these

atītaḥsource form

having transcended

bhavatisource form

prabhosource form

Lord

kimsource form

what

āchāraḥsource form

conduct

kathamsource form

how

chasource form

and

etānsource form

these

trīnsource form

three

guṇānsource form

modes of material nature

ativartatesource form

transcend

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

Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।14.21।। --,कैः लिङ्गैः चिह्नैः त्रीन् एतान् व्याख्यातान् गुणान् अतीतः अतिक्रान्तः भवति प्रभो? किमाचारः कः अस्य आचारः इति किमाचारः कथं केन च प्रकारेण एतान् त्रीन् गुणान् अतिवर्तते अतीत्य वर्तते।।गुणातीतस्य लक्षणं गुणातीतत्वोपायं च अर्जुनेन पृष्टः अस्मिन् श्लोके प्रश्नद्वयार्थं प्रतिवचनं श्रीभगवान् उवाच। यत् तावत् कैः लिङ्गैः युक्तो गुणातीतो भवति इति? तत् शृणु --,श्रीभगवानुवाच --,

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 14.21

Course position545 / 701

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