Bhagavad Gita 12.14 Meaning: Santushtah satatam yogi

Bhagavad Gita 12.14

सन्तुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः ।मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः ॥

Santushtah satatam yogi yatatma dridhanishchayahMayyarpitamanobuddhiryo madbhaktah sa me priyah

santuṣṭaḥ satataṃ yogī yatātmā dṛḍhaniścayaḥ |mayyarpitamanobuddhiryo madbhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ ||

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Our explanation Such a person is always content, steady in yoga, self-controlled and firm in resolve, with mind and understanding offered to Krishna. Krishna says that such a devotee is dear to him.

हिंदी अर्थ ऐसा व्यक्ति सदा संतुष्ट रहता है, योग में स्थिर रहता है, अपने मन को वश में रखता है, दृढ़ निश्चय वाला है, और उसने अपना मन और बुद्धि कृष्ण को अर्पित कर दी है। कृष्ण कहते हैं कि ऐसा भक्त उन्हें प्रिय है।

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सन्तुष्टः santuṣṭaḥ · content (past participle, nominative singular) Dictionary: saṃ-tuṣṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1142, col. 2 “quite satisfied or contented, well pleased or delighted with”
सततम् satatam · always (adverb) Dictionary: sa-tata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1138, col. 1 “constant, perpetual, continual, uninterrupted”
योगी yogī · the yogi (nominative singular) Dictionary: yogin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 857, col. 3 “a follower of the Yoga system, a Yogin (usually called Yogī) or contemplative saint”
यतात्मा yatātmā · self-controlled (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: yatātman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 845, col. 3 “self-restrained”
दृढनिश्चयः dṛḍhaniścayaḥ · firm in resolve (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: dṛḍha-niścaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 490, col. 2 “‘having fixed certainty,’ certain, undoubted”
मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिः mayyarpitamanobuddhiḥ · mind and intellect given to "me" (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”; arpita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 92, col. 3 “offered, delivered, entrusted”; manas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 783, col. 3 “mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers)”; buddhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 733, col. 3 “intelligence, reason, intellect, mind”
यः yaḥ · who (relative pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
मद्भक्तः madbhaktaḥ · devotee of "me" (Krishna) (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: mad-bhakta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “devoted to me”
सः saḥ · he (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
मे me · to "me", for "me" (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
प्रियः priyaḥ · dear (nominative singular) Dictionary: priya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 710, col. 1 “beloved, dear to (gen., loc., dat. or comp.), liked, favourite”

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Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.

The printed edition reads: सन्तुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः ।
मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्यो मे भक्तः स मे प्रियः ॥
Word The 1922 Madras printing reads: मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्यो मे भक्तः स मे प्रियः The 1922 base printing (leaf n191) reads मे भक्तः ('devoted to me', two words). Under decision 14 the display follows the common wording मद्भक्तः ('my devotee', one compound), printed by Gita Press (p. 145) and read in sanskritdocuments.org, GRETIL and Sanskrit Wikisource. The sense is the same.

Bhagavad Gita 12.14: meaning and translation

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