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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 2 · Sāṅkhya Yoga

Shloka 2.41
Lesson 88 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

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन।बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम्॥

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Shloka · Roman transliteration

vyavasāyātmikā buddhir ekeha kuru-nandanabahu-śhākhā hyanantāśh cha buddhayo ’vyavasāyinām

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Sandhi-vicheda

vyavasāya-ātmikā+buddhiḥ+ekā+iha+kuru-nandana+bahu-śhākhāḥ+hi+anantāḥ+cha+buddhayaḥ+avyavasāyinām

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Meaning of each word

vyavasāya-ātmikāsource form
resolute
buddhiḥsource form
intellect
ekāsource form
single
ihasource form
on this path
kuru-nandanasource form
descendent of the Kurus
bahu-śhākhāḥsource form
many-branched
hisource form
indeed
anantāḥsource form
endless
chasource form
also
buddhayaḥsource form
intellect
avyavasāyināmsource form
of the irresolute
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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

।।2.41।।  व्यवसायात्मिका  निश्चयस्वभावा  एका  एव  बुद्धिः  इतरविपरीतबुद्धिशाखाभेदस्य बाधिका सम्यक्प्रमाणजनितत्वात् इह श्रेयोमार्गे हे  कुरुनन्दन । याः पुनः इतरा विपरीतबुद्धयः यासां शाखाभेदप्रचारवशात् अनन्तः अपारः अनुपरतः संसारो नित्यप्रततो विस्तीर्णो भवति प्रमाणजनितविवेकबुद्धिनिमित्तवशाच्च उपरतास्वनन्तभेदबुद्धिषु संसारोऽप्युपरमते ता बुद्धयः  बहुशाखाः  बह्व्यः शाखाः यासां ताः बहुशाखाः बहुभेदा इत्येतत्। प्रतिशाखाभेदेन  हि अनन्ताश्च बुद्धयः । केषाम्  अव्यवसायिनां  प्रमाणजनितविवेकबुद्धिरहितानामित्यर्थः।।येषां व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिर्नास्ति ते

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 2.41
Course position88 / 701
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