Bhagavad Gita 13.31 Meaning

Bhagavad Gita 13.31

अनादित्वान्निर्गुणत्वात्परमात्माऽयमव्ययः ।शरीरस्थोऽपि कौन्तेय न करोति न लिप्यते ॥

AnaditvannirgunatvatparamatmayamavyayahSharirasthopi kaunteya na karoti na lipyate

anāditvānnirguṇatvātparamātmā’yamavyayaḥ |śarīrastho’pi kaunteya na karoti na lipyate ||

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Our explanation Krishna says that this imperishable supreme self, being without beginning and without qualities, neither acts nor is stained, even though it dwells in the body. He calls Arjuna Kaunteya, son of Kunti.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि यह अविनाशी परमात्मा अनादि और गुणों से रहित होने के कारण, शरीर में रहते हुए भी, न कर्म करता है न लिप्त होता है। वे अर्जुन को कौन्तेय (कुंती के पुत्र) कहकर पुकारते हैं।

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अनादित्वात् anāditvāt · being without beginning (noun (neuter), ablative singular) Dictionary: an-ādi-tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 28, col. 1 “state of having no beginning”
निर्गुणत्वात् nirguṇatvāt · being without qualities (noun (neuter), ablative singular) Dictionary: nir-guṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 541, col. 1 “devoid of all qualities or properties”
परमात्मा paramātmā · the supreme self (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: paramātman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 588, col. 2 “the Supreme Spirit”
अयम् ayam · this (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2 “this, this here, referring to something near the speaker”
अव्ययः avyayaḥ · imperishable (adjective (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. a-vyaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 111, col. 3 “not liable to change, imperishable, undecaying”
शरीरस्थः śarīrasthaḥ · dwelling in the body (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: śarīra-stha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1058, col. 1 “existing in the b°”
अपि api · even though (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “in the sense of even, also, very”
कौन्तेय kaunteya · O son of Kunti (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: kaunteya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 316, col. 2 “metron. fr. Kuntī”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “ind. not, no, nor, neither”
करोति karoti · acts (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. kṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 301, col. 1 “to do, make, perform, accomplish, cause, effect”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “ind. not, no, nor, neither”
लिप्यते lipyate · is stained (present passive, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: lip, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 902, col. 2 “to smear or anoint anything”

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

Bhagavad Gita 13.31: meaning and translation

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