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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 5 · Karma Sannyāsa Yoga

Shloka 5.22

Lesson 226 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

ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते।आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

ye hi sansparśha-jā bhogā duḥkha-yonaya eva teādyantavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣhu ramate budhaḥ

Sandhi-vicheda

ye+hi+sansparśha-jāḥ+bhogāḥ+duḥkha+yonayaḥ+eva+te+ādya-antavantaḥ+kaunteya+na+teṣhu+ramate+budhaḥ

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Meaning of each word

yesource form

which

hisource form

verily

sansparśha-jāḥsource form

born of contact with the sense objects

bhogāḥsource form

pleasures

duḥkhasource form

misery

yonayaḥsource form

source of

evasource form

verily

tesource form

they are

ādya-antavantaḥsource form

having beginning and end

kaunteyasource form

Arjun, the son of Kunti

nasource form

never

teṣhusource form

in those

ramatesource form

takes delight

budhaḥsource form

the wise

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

।।5.22।। ये हि यस्मात् संस्पर्शजाः विषयेन्द्रियसंस्पर्शेभ्यो जाताः भोगा भुक्तयः दुःखयोनय एव ते अविद्याकृतत्वात्। दृश्यन्ते हि आध्यात्मिकादीनि दुःखानि तन्निमित्तान्येव। यथा इहलोके तथा परलोकेऽपि इति गम्यते एवशब्दात्। न संसारे सुखस्य गन्धमात्रमपि अस्ति इति बुद्ध्वा विषयमृगतृष्णिकाया इन्द्रियाणि निवर्तयेत्। न केवलं दुःखयोनय एव आद्यन्तवन्तश्च आदिः विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगो भोगानाम् अन्तश्च तद्वियोग एव अतः आद्यन्तवन्तः अनित्याः मध्यक्षणभावित्वात् इत्यर्थः। कौन्तेय न तेषु भोगेषु रमते बुधः विवेकी अवगतपरमार्थतत्त्वः अत्यन्तमूढानामेव हि विषयेषु रतिः दृश्यते यथा पशुप्रभृतीनाम्।।अयं च श्रेयोमार्गप्रतिपक्षी कष्टतमो दोषः सर्वानर्थप्राप्तिहेतुः दुर्निवारश्च इति तत्परिहारे यत्नाधिक्यं कर्तव्यम् इत्याह भगवान्

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 5.22

Course position226 / 701

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