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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 2 · Sāṅkhya Yoga

Shloka 2.49
Lesson 96 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

दूरेण ह्यवरं कर्म बुद्धियोगाद्धनञ्जय।बुद्धौ शरणमन्विच्छ कृपणाः फलहेतवः॥

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Shloka · Roman transliteration

dūreṇa hy-avaraṁ karma buddhi-yogād dhanañjayabuddhau śharaṇam anvichchha kṛipaṇāḥ phala-hetavaḥ

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Sandhi-vicheda

dūreṇa+hi+avaram+karma+buddhi-yogāt+dhanañjaya+buddhau+śharaṇam+anvichchha+kṛipaṇāḥ+phala-hetavaḥ

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Meaning of each word

dūreṇasource form
(discrad) from far away
hisource form
certainly
avaramsource form
inferior
karmasource form
reward-seeking actions
buddhi-yogātsource form
with the intellect established in Divine knowledge
dhanañjayasource form
Arjun
buddhausource form
divine knowledge and insight
śharaṇamsource form
refuge
anvichchhasource form
seek
kṛipaṇāḥsource form
miserly
phala-hetavaḥsource form
those seeking fruits of their work
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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

।।2.49।।  दूरेण  अतिविप्रकर्षेण अत्यन्तमेव  हि अवरम्  अधमं निकृष्टं कर्म फलार्थिना क्रियमाणं  बुद्धियोगात्  समत्वबुद्धियुक्तात् कर्मणः जन्ममरणादिहेतुत्वात्। हे  धनञ्जय  यत एवं ततः योगविषयायां  बुद्धौ  तत्परिपाकजायां वा सांख्यबुद्धौ  शरणम्  आश्रयमभयप्राप्तिकारणम्  अन्विच्छ  प्रार्थयस्व परमार्थज्ञानशरणो भवेत्यर्थः। यतः अवरं कर्म कुर्वाणाः  कृपणाः  दीनाः  फलहेतवः  फलतृष्णाप्रयुक्ताः सन्तः यो वा एतदक्षरं गार्ग्यविदित्वास्माल्लोकात्प्रैति स कृपणः इति श्रुतेः।।समत्वबुद्धियुक्तः सन् स्वधर्ममनुतिष्ठन् यत्फलं प्राप्नोति तच्छृणु

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 2.49
Course position96 / 701
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