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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 4 · Jñāna Karma Sannyāsa Yoga

Shloka 4.6
Lesson 168 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544
Scene and context

Knowledge, tradition, divine descent and wise action. How are knowledge, tradition and action brought together?

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Shloka · Devanagari

अजोऽपि सन्नव्ययात्मा भूतानामीश्वरोऽपि सन्।प्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय संभवाम्यात्ममायया॥

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Shloka · Roman transliteration

ajo ’pi sannavyayātmā bhūtānām īśhvaro ’pi sanprakṛitiṁ svām adhiṣhṭhāya sambhavāmyātma-māyayā

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Sandhi-vicheda

ajaḥ+api+san+avyaya ātmā+bhūtānām+īśhvaraḥ+api+san+prakṛitim+svām+adhiṣhṭhāya+sambhavāmi+ātma-māyayā

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Meaning of each word

ajaḥsource form
unborn
apisource form
although
sansource form
being so
avyaya ātmāsource form
Imperishable nature
bhūtānāmsource form
of (all) beings
īśhvaraḥsource form
the Lord
apisource form
although
sansource form
being
prakṛitimsource form
nature
svāmsource form
of myself
adhiṣhṭhāyasource form
situated
sambhavāmisource form
I manifest
ātma-māyayāsource form
by my Yogmaya power
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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

।।4.6।। अजोऽपि जन्मरहितोऽपि सन् तथा अव्ययात्मा अक्षीणज्ञानशक्तिस्वभावोऽपि सन् तथा भूतानां ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपर्यन्तानाम् ईश्वरः ईशनशीलोऽपि सन् प्रकृतिं स्वां मम वैष्णवीं मायां त्रिगुणात्मिकाम् यस्या वशे सर्वं जगत् वर्तते यया मोहितं सत् स्वमात्मानं वासुदेवं न जानाति तां प्रकृतिं स्वाम् अधिष्ठाय वशीकृत्य संभवामि देहवानिव भवामि जात इव आत्ममायया आत्मनः मायया न परमार्थतो लोकवत्।।तच्च जन्म कदा किमर्थं च इत्युच्यते

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 4.6
Course position168 / 701
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