Bhagavad Gita 13.25 Meaning: Anye tvevamajanantah

Bhagavad Gita 13.25

अन्ये त्वेवमजानन्तः श्रुत्वाऽन्येभ्य उपासते ।तेऽपि चातितरन्त्येव मृत्युं श्रुतिपरायणाः ॥

Anye tvevamajanantah shrutvanyebhya upasateTepi chatitarantyeva mrityum shrutiparayanah

anye tvevamajānantaḥ śrutvā’nyebhya upāsate |te’pi cātitarantyeva mṛtyuṃ śrutiparāyaṇāḥ ||

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Our explanation Others again do not know this themselves, but hear it from others and worship. Krishna says that they too, devoted to what they have heard, go beyond death.

हिंदी अर्थ कुछ और लोग स्वयं यह नहीं जानते, पर दूसरों से सुनकर उपासना करते हैं। कृष्ण कहते हैं कि सुनी हुई बात में निष्ठा रखने वाले वे भी मृत्यु को पार कर जाते हैं।

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अन्ये anye · others (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: 2. anya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 45, col. 2 “other, different”
तु tu · but (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. tu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 449, col. 3 “but”
एवम् evam · in this way (indeclinable) Dictionary: evam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “thus, in this way, in such a manner”
अजानन्तः ajānantaḥ · not knowing (negative present participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: a-jānat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 10, col. 1 “not knowing, unaware”
श्रुत्वा śrutvā · having heard (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 1. śru, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1100, col. 3 “to hear, listen or attend to anything”
अन्येभ्यः anyebhyaḥ · from others (pronoun (masculine), ablative plural) Dictionary: 2. anya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 45, col. 2 “other, different”
उपासते upāsate · worship (present (middle), 3rd person plural) Dictionary: 3. upās, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 215, col. 1 “serve, honour, revere, respect, acknowledge, do homage, worship”
ते te · they (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
अपि api · also (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “in the sense of even, also, very”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
अतितरन्ति atitaranti · go beyond (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: ati-tṝ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 14, col. 1 “to pass through or by or over, cross, overcome, escape”
एव eva · indeed (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “indeed, truly, really”
मृत्युम् mṛtyum · death (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: mṛtyu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 827, col. 3 “death, dying”
श्रुतिपरायणाः śrutiparāyaṇāḥ · devoted to what they hear (compound (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: 1. śruti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1101, col. 2 “hearing, listening”; 1. parāyaṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 587, col. 3 “wholly devoted or destined to, engaged in, intent upon”

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Spelling A digital text reads Same words. The 1922 edition marks the merged vowel with avagraha (श्रुत्वाऽन्येभ्य); the e-text writes श्रुत्वान्येभ्य, as another digital text does.

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