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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 3 · Karma Yoga

Shloka 3.34

Lesson 153 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

Scene and context

Duty, contribution and action without possessive attachment. How can daily work become disciplined service rather than a source of bondage?

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Shloka · Devanagari

इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ।तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāga-dveṣhau vyavasthitautayor na vaśham āgachchhet tau hyasya paripanthinau

Sandhi-vicheda

indriyasya+indriyasya arthe+rāga+dveṣhau+vyavasthitau+tayoḥ+na+vaśham+āgachchhet+tau+hi+asya+paripanthinau

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Meaning of each word

indriyasyasource form

of the senses

indriyasya arthesource form

in the sense objects

rāgasource form

attachment

dveṣhausource form

aversion

vyavasthitausource form

situated

tayoḥsource form

of them

nasource form

never

vaśhamsource form

be controlled

āgachchhetsource form

should become

tausource form

those

hisource form

certainly

asyasource form

for him

paripanthinausource form

foes

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

।।3.34।। इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्य अर्थे सर्वेन्द्रियाणामर्थे शब्दादिविषये इष्टे रागः अनिष्टे द्वेषः इत्येवं प्रतीन्द्रियार्थं रागद्वेषौ अवश्यंभाविनौ तत्र अयं पुरुषकारस्य शास्त्रार्थस्य च विषय उच्यते। शास्त्रार्थे प्रवृत्तः पूर्वमेव रागद्वेषयोर्वशं नागच्छेत्। या हि पुरुषस्य प्रकृतिः सा रागद्वेषपुरःसरैव स्वकार्ये पुरुषं प्रवर्तयति। तदा स्वधर्मपरित्यागः परधर्मानुष्ठानं च भवति। यदा पुनः रागद्वेषौ तत्प्रतिपक्षेण नियमयति तदा शास्त्रदृष्टिरेव पुरुषः भवति न प्रकृतिवशः। तस्मात् तयोः रागद्वेषयोः वशं न आगच्छेत् यतः तौ हि अस्य पुरुषस्य परिपन्थिनौ श्रेयोमार्गस्य विघ्नकर्तारौ तस्करौ इव पथीत्यर्थः।।तत्र रागद्वेषप्रयुक्तो मन्यते शास्त्रार्थमप्यन्यथा परधर्मोऽपि धर्मत्वात् अनुष्ठेय एव इति तदसत्

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 3.34

Course position153 / 701

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