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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 2 · Sāṅkhya Yoga

Shloka 2.55

Lesson 102 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

Scene and context

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

श्री भगवानुवाचप्रजहाति यदा कामान् सर्वान् पार्थ मनोगतान्।आत्मन्येवात्मना तुष्टः स्थितप्रज्ञस्तदोच्यते॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

śhrī bhagavān uvāchaprajahāti yadā kāmān sarvān pārtha mano-gatānātmany-evātmanā tuṣhṭaḥ sthita-prajñas tadochyate

Sandhi-vicheda

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha+prajahāti+yadā+kāmān+sarvān+pārtha+manaḥ-gatān+ātmani+eva+ātmanā+tuṣhṭaḥ+sthita-prajñaḥ+tadā+uchyate

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Meaning of each word

śhrī-bhagavān uvāchasource form

The Supreme Lord said

prajahātisource form

discards

yadāsource form

when

kāmānsource form

selfish desires

sarvānsource form

all

pārthasource form

Arjun, the son of Pritha

manaḥ-gatānsource form

of the mind

ātmanisource form

of the self

evasource form

only

ātmanāsource form

by the purified mind

tuṣhṭaḥsource form

satisfied

sthita-prajñaḥsource form

one with steady intellect

tadāsource form

at that time

uchyatesource form

is said

Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

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Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1

Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।2.55।। प्रजहाति प्रकर्षेण जहाति परित्यजति यदा यस्मिन्काले सर्वान् समस्तान् कामान् इच्छाभेदान् हे पार्थ मनोगतान् मनसि प्रविष्टान् हृदि प्रविष्टान्। सर्वकामपरित्यागे तुष्टिकारणाभावात् शरीरधारणनिमित्तशेषे च सति उन्मत्तप्रमत्तस्येव प्रवृत्तिः प्राप्ता इत्यत उच्यते आत्मन्येव प्रत्यगात्मस्वरूपे एव आत्मना स्वेनैव बाह्यलाभनिरपेक्षः तुष्टः परमार्थदर्शनामृतरसलाभेन अन्यस्मादलंप्रत्ययवान् स्थितप्रज्ञः स्थिता प्रतिष्ठिता आत्मानात्मविवेकजा प्रज्ञा यस्य सः स्थितप्रज्ञः विद्वान् तदा उच्यते। त्यक्तपुत्रवित्तलोकैषणः संन्यासी आत्माराम आत्मक्रीडः स्थितप्रज्ञ इत्यर्थः।।किञ्च

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 2.55

Course position102 / 701

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