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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 16 · Daivāsura Sampad Vibhāga Yoga

Shloka 16.6

Lesson 577 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

द्वौ भूतसर्गौ लोकेऽस्मिन् दैव आसुर एव च।दैवो विस्तरशः प्रोक्त आसुरं पार्थ मे श्रृणु॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

dvau bhūta-sargau loke ’smin daiva āsura eva chadaivo vistaraśhaḥ prokta āsuraṁ pārtha me śhṛiṇu

Sandhi-vicheda

dvau+bhūta-sargau+loke+asmin+daivaḥ+āsuraḥ+eva+cha+daivaḥ+vistaraśhaḥ+proktaḥ+āsuram+pārtha+me+śhṛiṇu

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Meaning of each word

dvausource form

two

bhūta-sargausource form

of created living beings

lokesource form

in the world

asminsource form

this

daivaḥsource form

divine

āsuraḥsource form

demoniac

evasource form

certainly

chasource form

and

daivaḥsource form

the divine

vistaraśhaḥsource form

at great length

proktaḥsource form

said

āsuramsource form

the demoniac

pārthasource form

Arjun, the son of Pritha

mesource form

from me

śhṛiṇusource form

hear

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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

।।16.6।। -- द्वौ द्विसंख्याकौ भूतसर्गौ भूतानां मनुष्याणां सर्गौ सृष्टी भूतसर्गौ सृज्येतेति सर्गौ भूतान्येव सृज्यमानानि दैवासुरसंपद्द्वययुक्तानि इति द्वौ भूतसर्गौ इति उच्येते? द्वया ह वै प्राजापत्या देवाश्चासुराश्च (बृह0 उ0 1।3।1) इति श्रुतेः। लोके अस्मिन्? संसारे इत्यर्थः? सर्वेषां द्वैविध्योपपत्तेः। कौ तौ भूतसर्गौ इति? उच्येते -- प्रकृतावेव दैव आसुर एव च। उक्तयोरेव पुनः अनुवादे प्रयोजनम् आह -- दैवः भूतसर्गः अभयं सत्त्वसंशुद्धिः (गीता 16।1) इत्यादिना विस्तरशः विस्तरप्रकारैः प्रोक्तः कथितः? न तु आसुरः विस्तरशः अतः तत्परिवर्जनार्थम् आसुरं पार्थ? मे मम वचनात् उच्यमानं विस्तरशः श्रृणु अवधारय।।आ अध्यायपरिसमाप्तेः आसुरी संपत् प्राणिविशेषणत्वेन प्रदर्श्यते? प्रत्यक्षीकरणेन च शक्यते तस्याः परिवर्जनं कर्तुमिति --,

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 16.6

Course position577 / 701

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