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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 5 · Karma Sannyāsa Yoga

Shloka 5.20
Lesson 224 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?

Selected languageEnglish
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Shloka · Devanagari

न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम्।स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः॥

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Shloka · Roman transliteration

na prahṛiṣhyet priyaṁ prāpya nodvijet prāpya chāpriyamsthira-buddhir asammūḍho brahma-vid brahmaṇi sthitaḥ

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Sandhi-vicheda

na+prahṛiṣhyet+priyam+prāpya+na+udvijet+prāpya+cha+apriyam+sthira-buddhiḥ+asammūḍhaḥ+brahma-vit+brahmaṇi+sthitaḥ

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Meaning of each word

nasource form
neither
prahṛiṣhyetsource form
rejoice
priyamsource form
the pleasant
prāpyasource form
obtaining
nasource form
nor
udvijetsource form
become disturbed
prāpyasource form
attaining
chasource form
also
apriyamsource form
the unpleasant
sthira-buddhiḥsource form
steady intellect
asammūḍhaḥsource form
firmly situated
brahma-vitsource form
having a firm understanding of divine knowledge
brahmaṇisource form
established in God
sthitaḥsource form
situated
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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

।।5.20।। न प्रहृष्येत् प्रहर्षं न कुर्यात् प्रियम् इष्टं प्राप्य लब्ध्वा। न उद्विजेत् प्राप्य च अप्रियम् अनिष्टं लब्ध्वा। देहमात्रात्मदर्शिनां हि प्रियाप्रियप्राप्ती हर्षविषादौ कुर्वाते न केवलात्मदर्शिनः तस्य प्रियाप्रियप्राप्त्यसंभवात्। किञ्च सर्वभूतेषु एकः समः निर्दोषः आत्मा इति स्थिरा निर्विचिकित्सा बुद्धिः यस्य सः स्थिरबुद्धिः असंमूढः संमोहवर्जितश्च स्यात् यथोक्तब्रह्मवित् ब्रह्मणि स्थितः अकर्मकृत् सर्वकर्मसंन्यासी इत्यर्थःकिञ्च ब्रह्मणि स्थितः

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 5.20
Course position224 / 701
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