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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 2 · Sāṅkhya Yoga

Shloka 2.51
Lesson 98 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

कर्मजं बुद्धियुक्ता हि फलं त्यक्त्वा मनीषिणः।जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ताः पदं गच्छन्त्यनामयम्॥

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Shloka · Roman transliteration

karma-jaṁ buddhi-yuktā hi phalaṁ tyaktvā manīṣhiṇaḥjanma-bandha-vinirmuktāḥ padaṁ gachchhanty-anāmayam

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Sandhi-vicheda

karma-jam+buddhi-yuktāḥ+hi+phalam+tyaktvā+manīṣhiṇaḥ+janma-bandha-vinirmuktāḥ+padam+gachchhanti+anāmayam

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Meaning of each word

karma-jamsource form
born of fruitive actions
buddhi-yuktāḥsource form
endowed with equanimity of intellect
hisource form
as
phalamsource form
fruits
tyaktvāsource form
abandoning
manīṣhiṇaḥsource form
the wise
janma-bandha-vinirmuktāḥsource form
freedom from the bondage of life and death
padamsource form
state
gachchhantisource form
attain
anāmayamsource form
devoid of sufferings
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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

।।2.51।।  कर्मजं  फलं त्यक्त्वा इति व्यवहितेन संबन्धः। इष्टानिष्टदेहप्राप्तिः कर्मजं फलं कर्मभ्यो जातं  बुद्धियुक्ताः  समत्वबुद्धियुक्ताः सन्तः  हि  यस्मात्  फलं त्यक्त्वा  परित्यज्य  मनीषिणः  ज्ञानिनो भूत्वा  जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ताः  जन्मैव बन्धः जन्मबन्धः तेन विनिर्मुक्ताः जीवन्त एव जन्मबन्धात् विनिर्मुक्ताः सन्तः  पदं  परमं विष्णोः मोक्षाख्यं  गच्छन्ति   अनामयं  सर्वोपद्रवरहितमित्यर्थः। अथवा बुद्धियोगाद्धनञ्जय इत्यारभ्य परमार्थदर्शनलक्षणैव सर्वतःसंप्लुतोदकस्थानीया कर्मयोगजसत्त्वशुद्धिजनिता बुद्धिर्दर्शिता साक्षात्सुकृतदुष्कृतप्रहाणादिहेतुत्वश्रवणात्।।योगानुष्ठानजनितसत्त्वशुद्धजा बुद्धिः कदा प्राप्स्यते इत्युच्यते

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 2.51
Course position98 / 701
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