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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 16 · Daivāsura Sampad Vibhāga Yoga

Shloka 16.15

Lesson 586 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

Scene and context

Constructive and destructive dispositions. Which dispositions support growth, and which repeatedly obstruct it?

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Shloka · Devanagari

आढ्योऽभिजनवानस्मि कोऽन्योऽस्ति सदृशो मया।यक्ष्ये दास्यामि मोदिष्य इत्यज्ञानविमोहिताः॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

āḍhyo ’bhijanavān asmi ko ’nyo ’sti sadṛiśho mayāyakṣhye dāsyāmi modiṣhya ity ajñāna-vimohitāḥaneka-chitta-vibhrāntā moha-jāla-samāvṛitāḥprasaktāḥ kāma-bhogeṣhu patanti narake ’śhuchau

Sandhi-vicheda

āḍhyaḥ+abhijana-vān+asmi+kaḥ+anyaḥ+asti+sadṛiśhaḥ+mayā+yakṣhye+dāsyāmi+modiṣhye+iti+ajñāna+vimohitāḥ+chitta+vibhrāntāḥ+moha+jāla+samāvṛitāḥ+prasaktāḥ+kāma-bhogeṣhu+patanti+narake+aśhuchau

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Meaning of each word

āḍhyaḥsource form

wealthy

abhijana-vānsource form

having highly placed relatives

asmisource form

kaḥsource form

who

anyaḥsource form

else

astisource form

sadṛiśhaḥsource form

mayāsource form

to me

yakṣhyesource form

I shall perform sacrifices

dāsyāmisource form

I shall give alms

modiṣhyesource form

I shall rejoice

itisource form

thus

ajñānasource form

ignorance

vimohitāḥsource form

deluded aneka—many

chittasource form

imaginings

vibhrāntāḥsource form

led astray

mohasource form

delusion

jālasource form

mesh

samāvṛitāḥsource form

enveloped

prasaktāḥsource form

addicted

kāma-bhogeṣhusource form

gratification of sensuous pleasures

patantisource form

descend

narakesource form

to hell

aśhuchausource form

murky

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

।।16.15।। --,आढ्यः धनेन? अभिजनवान् सप्तपुरुषं श्रोत्रियत्वादिसंपन्नः -- तेनापि न मम तुल्यः अस्ति कश्चित्। कः अन्यः अस्ति सदृशः तुल्यः मया किं च? यक्ष्ये यागेनापि अन्यान् अभिभविष्यामि? दास्यामि नटादिभ्यः? मोदिष्ये हर्षं च अतिशयं प्राप्स्यामि? इति एवम् अज्ञानविमोहिताः अज्ञानेन विमोहिताः विविधम् अविवेकभावम् आपन्नाः।।

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 16.15

Course position586 / 701

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