Chapter 5 · Karma Sannyāsa Yoga

Shloka 5.9

Lesson 213 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

प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि।इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन्॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

pralapan visṛjan gṛhṇann unmiṣan nimiṣann api indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu vartanta iti dhārayan

Sandhi-vicheda

pralapan+visṛjan+gṛhṇan+unmiṣan+nimiṣan+api+indriyāṇi+indriya-artheṣu+vartante+iti+dhārayan

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Meaning of each word

pralapansource form

by talking

visṛjansource form

by giving up

gṛhṇansource form

by accepting

unmiṣansource form

opening

nimiṣansource form

closing

apisource form

in spite of

indriyāṇisource form

the senses

indriya-artheṣusource form

in sense gratification

vartantesource form

let them be so engaged

itisource form

thus

dhārayansource form

considering.

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

।।5.8 5.9।। नैव किञ्चित् करोमीति युक्तः समाहितः सन् मन्येत चिन्तयेत् तत्त्ववित् आत्मनो याथात्म्यं तत्त्वं वेत्तीति तत्त्ववित् परमार्थदर्शीत्यर्थः।।कदा कथं वा तत्त्वमवधारयन् मन्येत इति उच्यते पश्यन्निति। मन्येत इति पूर्वेण संबन्धः। यस्य एवं तत्त्वविदः सर्वकार्यकरणचेष्टासु कर्मसु अकर्मैव पश्यतः सम्यग्दर्शिनः तस्य सर्वकर्मसंन्यासे एव अधिकारः कर्मणः अभावदर्शनात्। न हि मृगतृष्णिकायाम् उदकबुद्ध्या पानाय प्रवृत्तः उदकाभावज्ञानेऽपि तत्रैव पानप्रयोजनाय प्रवर्तते।।यस्तु पुनः अतत्त्ववित् प्रवृत्तश्च कर्मयोगे

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 5.9

Course position213 / 701

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