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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 2 · Sāṅkhya Yoga

Shloka 2.5

Lesson 52 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

गुरूनहत्वा हि महानुभावान्श्रेयो भोक्तुं भैक्ष्यमपीह लोके।हत्वार्थकामांस्तु गुरूनिहैवभुञ्जीय भोगान् रुधिरप्रदिग्धान्॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

gurūnahatvā hi mahānubhāvānśhreyo bhoktuṁ bhaikṣhyamapīha lokehatvārtha-kāmāṁstu gurūnihaivabhuñjīya bhogān rudhira-pradigdhān

Sandhi-vicheda

gurūn+ahatvā+hi+mahā-anubhāvān+śhreyaḥ+bhoktum+bhaikṣhyam+api+iha loke+hatvā+artha+kāmān+tu+gurūn+iha+eva+bhuñjīya+bhogān+rudhira+pradigdhān

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Meaning of each word

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teachers

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not killing

hisource form

certainly

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noble elders

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better

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to enjoy life

bhaikṣhyamsource form

by begging

apisource form

even

iha lokesource form

in this world

hatvāsource form

killing

arthasource form

gain

kāmānsource form

desiring

tusource form

but

gurūnsource form

noble elders

ihasource form

in this world

evasource form

certainly

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enjoy

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pleasures

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blood

pradigdhānsource form

tainted with

Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

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Commentarial traditionŚrī RāmānujācāryaViśiṣṭādvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Śrī Rāmānujācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1

Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।2.5।।अर्जुन उवाच पुनरपि पार्थः स्नेहकारुण्यधर्माधर्मभयाकुलो भगवदुक्तं हिततमम् अजानन् इदम् उवाच। भीष्मद्रोणादिकान् बहुमन्तव्यान् गुरून् कथम् अहं हनिष्यामि कथन्तरां भोगेष्वतिमात्रसक्तान् तान् हत्वा तैः भुज्यमानान् तान् एव भोगान् तद्रुधिरेण उपसिच्य तेषु आसनेषु उपविश्य भुञ्जीय।

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 2.5

Course position52 / 701

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