Bhagavad Gita 13.23 Meaning: Ya evam vetti purusham

Bhagavad Gita 13.23

य एवं वेत्ति पुरुषं प्रकृतिं च गुणैः सह ।सर्वथा वर्तमानोऽपि न स भूयोऽभिजायते ॥

Ya evam vetti purusham prakritim cha gunaih sahaSarvatha vartamanopi na sa bhuyobhijayate

ya evaṃ vetti puruṣaṃ prakṛtiṃ ca guṇaiḥ saha |sarvathā vartamāno’pi na sa bhūyo’bhijāyate ||

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Our explanation Krishna says that whoever knows spirit and nature, together with the qualities, in this way is not born again, whatever his way of life.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जो पुरुष और प्रकृति को गुणों सहित इस तरह जान लेता है, वह किसी भी प्रकार जीवन बिताते हुए भी फिर जन्म नहीं लेता।

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यः yaḥ · who (relative pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
एवम् evam · in this way (indeclinable) Dictionary: evam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “thus, in this way, in such a manner”
वेत्ति vetti · knows (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. vid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 963, col. 2 “to know, understand, perceive, learn”
पुरुषम् puruṣam · spirit (puruṣa) (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: puruṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 637, col. 1 “the personal and animating principle in men and other beings, the soul or spirit”
प्रकृतिम् prakṛtim · nature (prakṛti) (noun (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: pra-kṛti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 654, col. 1 “the original producer of (or rather passive power of creating) the material world”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
गुणैः guṇaiḥ · the qualities (noun (masculine), instrumental plural) Dictionary: guṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 357, col. 1 “a quality, peculiarity, attribute or property”
सह saha · together with (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. saha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1193, col. 2 “together with, along with, with”
सर्वथा sarvathā · in whatever way (indeclinable) Dictionary: sarvathā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1189, col. 2 “in whatever way, however”
वर्तमानः vartamānaḥ · living (present participle (middle) (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: vartamāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 925, col. 2 “turning, moving, existing, living, abiding”
अपि api · even though (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “in the sense of even, also, very”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “ind. not, no, nor, neither”
सः saḥ · he (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
भूयः bhūyaḥ · again (indeclinable) Dictionary: bhūyas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 763, col. 3 “once more, again, anew”
अभिजायते abhijāyate · is born (present (middle), 3rd person singular) Dictionary: abhi-jan, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 62, col. 2 “to be born or produced”

I. e. though he may have transgressed rules. ↩

Bhagavad Gita 13.23: meaning and translation

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