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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 2 · Sāṅkhya Yoga

Shloka 2.36
Lesson 83 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544
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Self, steadiness, right action and foundational teachings. What changes when action is guided by clear understanding rather than fear of results?

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Shloka · Devanagari

अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून् वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः।निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम्॥

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Shloka · Roman transliteration

avāchya-vādānśh cha bahūn vadiṣhyanti tavāhitāḥnindantastava sāmarthyaṁ tato duḥkhataraṁ nu kim

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Sandhi-vicheda

avāchya-vādān+cha+bahūn+vadiṣhyanti+tava+ahitāḥ+nindantaḥ+tava+sāmarthyam+tataḥ+duḥkha-taram+nu+kim

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Meaning of each word

avāchya-vādānsource form
using harsh words
chasource form
and
bahūnsource form
many
vadiṣhyantisource form
will say
tavasource form
your
ahitāḥsource form
enemies
nindantaḥsource form
defame
tavasource form
your
sāmarthyamsource form
might
tataḥsource form
than that
duḥkha-taramsource form
more painful
nusource form
indeed
kimsource form
what
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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

।।2.36।।  अवाच्यवादान्  अवक्तव्यवादां श्च बहून्  अनेकप्रकारान्  वदिष्यन्ति तव अहिताः  शत्रवः  निन्दन्तः  कुत्सयन्तः  तव  त्वदीयं  सामर्थ्यं  निवातकवचादियुद्धनिमित्तम्। ततः तस्मात् निन्दाप्राप्तेर्दुःखात्  दुःखतरं नु किम्  ततः कष्टतरं दुःखं नास्तीत्यर्थः।।युद्धे पुनः क्रियमाणे कर्णादिभिः

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 2.36
Course position83 / 701
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