Chapter 16 · Daivāsura Sampad Vibhāga Yoga

Shloka 16.9

Lesson 580 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

एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः।प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

etāṁ dṛiṣhṭim avaṣhṭabhya naṣhṭātmāno ’lpa-buddhayaḥprabhavanty ugra-karmāṇaḥ kṣhayāya jagato ’hitāḥ

Sandhi-vicheda

etām+dṛiṣhṭim+avaṣhṭabhya+naṣhṭa+ātmānaḥ+alpa-buddhayaḥ+prabhavanti+ugra+karmāṇaḥ+kṣhayāya+jagataḥ+ahitāḥ

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Meaning of each word

etāmsource form

such

dṛiṣhṭimsource form

views

avaṣhṭabhyasource form

holding

naṣhṭasource form

misdirected

ātmānaḥsource form

souls

alpa-buddhayaḥsource form

of small intellect

prabhavantisource form

arise

ugrasource form

cruel

karmāṇaḥsource form

actions

kṣhayāyasource form

destruction

jagataḥsource form

of the world

ahitāḥsource form

enemies

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

।।16.9।। --,एतां दृष्टिम् अवष्टभ्य आश्रित्य नष्टात्मानः नष्टस्वभावाः विभ्रष्टपरलोकसाधनाः अल्पबुद्धयः विषयविषया अल्पैव बुद्धिः येषां ते अल्पबुद्धयः प्रभवन्ति उद्भवन्ति उग्रकर्माणः क्रूरकर्माणः हिंसात्मकाः। क्षयाय जगतः प्रभवन्ति इति संबन्धः।।जगतः अहिताः? शत्रवः इत्यर्थः।।ते च --,

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 16.9

Course position580 / 701

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