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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 18 · Mokṣa Sannyāsa Yoga

Shloka 18.19
Lesson 642 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544
Scene and context

Integration, surrender, freedom and the final counsel. How do the Gita’s teachings come together in its final counsel?

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Shloka · Devanagari

ज्ञानं कर्म च कर्ता च त्रिधैव गुणभेदतः।प्रोच्यते गुणसंख्याने यथावच्छृणु तान्यपि॥

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Shloka · Roman transliteration

jñānaṁ karma cha kartā cha tridhaiva guṇa-bhedataḥprochyate guṇa-saṅkhyāne yathāvach chhṛiṇu tāny api

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Sandhi-vicheda

jñānam+karma+cha+kartā+cha+tridhā+eva+guṇa-bhedataḥ+prochyate+guṇa-saṅkhyāne+yathā-vat+śhṛiṇu+tāni+api

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Meaning of each word

jñānamsource form
knowledge
karmasource form
action
chasource form
and
kartāsource form
doer
chasource form
also
tridhāsource form
of three kinds
evasource form
certainly
guṇa-bhedataḥsource form
distinguished according to the three modes of material nature
prochyatesource form
are declared
guṇa-saṅkhyānesource form
Sānkhya philosophy, which describes the modes of material nature
yathā-vatsource form
as they are
śhṛiṇusource form
listen
tānisource form
them
apisource form
also
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Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1
Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।18.19।। --,ज्ञानं कर्म च? कर्म क्रिया? न कारकं पारिभाषिकम् ईप्सिततमं कर्म? कर्ता च निर्वर्तकः क्रियाणां त्रिधा एव? अवधारणं गुणव्यतिरिक्तजात्यन्तराभावप्रदर्शनार्थं गुणभेदतः सत्त्वादिभेदेन इत्यर्थः। प्रोच्यते कथ्यते गुणसंख्याने कापिले शास्त्रे तदपि गुणसंख्यानशास्त्रं गुणभोक्तृविषये प्रमाणमेव। परमार्थब्रह्मैकत्वविषये यद्यपि विरुध्यते? तथापि ते हि कापिलाः गुणगौणव्यापारनिरूपणे अभियुक्ताः इति तच्छास्त्रमपि वक्ष्यमाणार्थस्तुत्यर्थत्वेन उपादीयते इति न विरोधः। यथावत् यथान्यायं यथाशास्त्रं श्रृणु तान्यपि ज्ञानादीनि तद्भेदजातानि गुणभेदकृतानि श्रृणु? वक्ष्यमाणे अर्थे मनःसमाधिं कुरु इत्यर्थः।।ज्ञानस्य तु तावत् त्रिविधत्वम् उच्यते --,

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 18.19
Course position642 / 701
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