Bhagavad Gita 1.9: meaning and translation
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Bhagavad Gita 1.9
अन्ये च बहवः शूरा मदर्थे त्यक्तजीविताः ।नानाशस्त्रप्रहरणाः सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः ॥
Anye cha bahavah shura madarthe tyaktajivitahNanashastrapraharanah sarve yuddhavisharadah
anye ca bahavaḥ śūrā madarthe tyaktajīvitāḥ |nānāśastrapraharaṇāḥ sarve yuddhaviśāradāḥ ||
Our explanation Many other heroes, he says, are ready to give their lives for his sake. They carry many kinds of weapons, and all are skilled in war.
हिंदी अर्थ वे कहते हैं कि और भी बहुत-से वीर उनके लिए अपने प्राण देने को तैयार हैं। उनके पास तरह-तरह के अस्त्र-शस्त्र हैं, और सब युद्ध में कुशल हैं।
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- अन्ये anye · others (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: 2. anya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 45, col. 2 “other, different”
- च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “ind. and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
- बहवः bahavaḥ · many (adjective (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: bahu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 724, col. 2 “much, many, frequent, abundant, numerous”
- शूराः śūrāḥ · heroes (noun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: śūra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1086, col. 1 “strong, powerful, valiant, heroic, brave”
- मदर्थे madarthe · "for my sake" (compound (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: mad-artha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “for the sake of me”
- त्यक्तजीविताः tyaktajīvitāḥ · ready to give up their lives (compound (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: tyakta-jīvita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 456, col. 3 “one who has given up all expectation of life, ready to abandon life”
- नानाशस्त्रप्रहरणाः nānāśastrapraharaṇāḥ · armed with many weapons (compound (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: 1. nānā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 535, col. 1 “various, different”; 2. śastra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1060, col. 3 “an instrument for cutting or wounding, knife, sword, dagger, any weapon”; pra-haraṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 701, col. 1 “a weapon”
- सर्वे sarve · all (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: sarva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1184, col. 3 “whole, entire, all, every”
- युद्धविशारदाः yuddhaviśāradāḥ · skilled in war (compound (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: yuddha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 854, col. 3 “battle, fight, war”; vi-śārada, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 952, col. 3 “skilled or proficient in, conversant with”
Old translations
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 38.
and many other brave men, who have given up their lives for me, who fight with various weapons, (and are) all dexterous in battle.
This sentence begins in 1.8.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 38.
and many other brave men, who have given up their lives for me, who fight with various weapons, (and are) all dexterous in battle.
This sentence begins in 1.8.
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 15.
And many others, heroes, ready for my sake to give up their lives, trained in divers weapons and missiles and all well-skilled in war.
This sentence begins in 1.7.
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 5.
"And many other heroes also, well-skilled in fight, and armed with many kinds of weapons, are here determined to lay down their lives for my sake.
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The translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 38. Bhagavad Gita 1.9.
The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 15. Bhagavad Gita 1.9.
The translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 5. Bhagavad Gita 1.9.
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Bhagavad Gita 1.9
अन्ये च बहवः शूरा मदर्थे त्यक्तजीविताः ।
नानाशस्त्रप्रहरणाः सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः ॥
“and many other brave men, who have given up their lives for me, who fight with various weapons, (and are) all dexterous in battle.”
(K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 38, public domain)
This sentence begins in 1.8.
“And many others, heroes, ready for my sake to give up their lives, trained in divers weapons and missiles and all well-skilled in war.”
(Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 15, public domain)
This sentence begins in 1.7.
“"And many other heroes also, well-skilled in fight, and armed with many kinds of weapons, are here determined to lay down their lives for my sake.”
(Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 5, public domain)
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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Sanskrit text: The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation, 1922. Meanings: written for Pujadeep and checked against the cited edition. Source and changes
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- Sanskrit text
- The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
- Translation
- The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ, translated by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, ed. F. Max Müller) (Kashinath Trimbak Telang, F. Max Müller, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song, translated by Annie Besant (Annie Besant, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1895). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, with Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-by-word Literal Translation; English Rendering and Comments, Index, &c., by the Swami Swarupananda (Himalayan Series, No. XX) (Swami Swarupananda, The Editors and Publishers, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Prabuddha Bharata Press, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas, 1909). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
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- In this text, 32 words follow today's common wording, checked against sanskritdocuments.org; Sanskrit Wikisource; Gita Press, Gorakhpur; GRETIL, Göttingen and Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.
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- October 25, 2026