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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 2 · Sāṅkhya Yoga

Shloka 2.7

Lesson 54 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

कार्पण्यदोषोपहतस्वभावःपृच्छामि त्वां धर्मसंमूढचेताः।यच्छ्रेयः स्यान्निश्चितं ब्रूहि तन्मेशिष्यस्तेऽहं शाधि मां त्वां प्रपन्नम्॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

kārpaṇya-doṣhopahata-svabhāvaḥpṛichchhāmi tvāṁ dharma-sammūḍha-chetāḥyach-chhreyaḥ syānniśhchitaṁ brūhi tanmeśhiṣhyaste ’haṁ śhādhi māṁ tvāṁ prapannam

Sandhi-vicheda

kārpaṇya-doṣha+upahata+sva-bhāvaḥ+pṛichchhāmi+tvām+dharma+sammūḍha+chetāḥ+yat+śhreyaḥ+syāt+niśhchitam+brūhi+tat+me+śhiṣhyaḥ+te+aham+śhādhi+mām+tvām+prapannam

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Meaning of each word

kārpaṇya-doṣhasource form

the flaw of cowardice

upahatasource form

besieged

sva-bhāvaḥsource form

nature

pṛichchhāmisource form

I am asking

tvāmsource form

to you

dharmasource form

duty

sammūḍhasource form

confused

chetāḥsource form

in heart

yatsource form

what

śhreyaḥsource form

best

syātsource form

may be

niśhchitamsource form

decisively

brūhisource form

tell

tatsource form

that

mesource form

to me

śhiṣhyaḥsource form

disciple

tesource form

your

ahamsource form

śhādhisource form

please instruct

māmsource form

tvāmsource form

unto you

prapannamsource form

surrendered

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

।।2.7।।एवं युद्धम् आरभ्य निवृत्तव्यापारान् भवतो धार्तराष्ट्राः प्रसह्य हन्युः इति चेत् अस्तु तद्वधलब्धविजयात् अधर्म्याद् अस्माकं धर्माधर्मौ अजानद्भिः तैः हननम् एव गरीयः इति मे प्रतिभाति इति उक्त्वा यत् मह्यं श्रेय इति निश्चितं तत् शरणागताय तव शिष्याय मे ब्रूहि इति अतिमात्रकृपणो भगवत्पादाम्बुजम् उपससार।

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 2.7

Course position54 / 701

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