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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 5 · Karma Sannyāsa Yoga

Shloka 5.18

Lesson 222 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

Scene and context

Renunciation in action and inner freedom. What does it mean to renounce possessiveness while continuing to act?

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Shloka · Devanagari

विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि।शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

vidyā-vinaya-sampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastiniśhuni chaiva śhva-pāke cha paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśhinaḥ

Sandhi-vicheda

vidyā+vinaya+sampanne+brāhmaṇe+gavi+hastini+śhuni+cha+eva+śhva-pāke+cha+paṇḍitāḥ+sama-darśhinaḥ

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Meaning of each word

vidyāsource form

divine knowledge

vinayasource form

humbleness

sampannesource form

equipped with

brāhmaṇesource form

a Brahmin

gavisource form

a cow

hastinisource form

an elephant

śhunisource form

a dog

chasource form

and

evasource form

certainly

śhva-pākesource form

a dog-eater

chasource form

and

paṇḍitāḥsource form

the learned

sama-darśhinaḥsource form

see with equal vision

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

।।5.18।। विद्याविनयसंपन्ने विद्या च विनयश्च विद्याविनयौ विद्या आत्मनो बोधो विनयः उपशमः ताभ्यां विद्याविनयाभ्यां संपन्नः विद्याविनयसंपन्नः विद्वान् विनीतश्च यो ब्राह्मणः तस्मिन् ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः। विद्याविनयसंपन्ने उत्तमसंस्कारवति ब्राह्मणे सात्त्विके मध्यमायां च राजस्यां गवि संस्कारहीनायाम् अत्यन्तमेव केवलतामसे हस्त्यादौ च सत्त्वादिगुणैः तज्जैश्च संस्कारैः तथा राजसैः तथा तामसैश्च संस्कारैः अत्यन्तमेव अस्पृष्टं समम् एकम् अविक्रियं तत् ब्रह्म द्रष्टुं शीलं येषां ते पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः।।ननु अभोज्यान्नाः ते दोषवन्तः समासमाभ्यां विषमसमे पूजातः (गौ0 स्म0 17.20) इति स्मृतेः। न ते दोषवन्तः। कथम्

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 5.18

Course position222 / 701

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