Bhagavad Gita 13.9: meaning and translation
Chapter 13: Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga. Krishna says
Krishna: Further: freedom from clinging, not losing oneself in son, wife, home and the rest, and an even mind at all times, whether what one wants comes or what one does not want.
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Bhagavad Gita 13.9
असक्तिरनभिष्वङ्गः पुत्रदारगृहादिषु ।नित्यं च समचित्तत्वमिष्टानिष्टोपपत्तिषु ॥
Asaktiranabhishvangah putradaragrihadishuNityam cha samachittatvamishtanishtopapattishu
asaktiranabhiṣvaṅgaḥ putradāragṛhādiṣu |nityaṃ ca samacittatvamiṣṭāniṣṭopapattiṣu ||
Our explanation Further: freedom from clinging, not losing oneself in son, wife, home and the rest, and an even mind at all times, whether what one wants comes or what one does not want.
हिंदी अर्थ आगे: आसक्ति का न होना, पुत्र, पत्नी, घर आदि में अपने को न खो देना, और जो चाहा वह मिले या जो न चाहा वह आए, दोनों में सदा समान चित्त रहना।
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- असक्तिः asaktiḥ · freedom from clinging (noun (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: a-sakti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 118, col. 1 “the being detached from worldly feelings or passions”
- अनभिष्वङ्गः anabhiṣvaṅgaḥ · not losing oneself (in) (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: an-abhiṣvaṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 26, col. 1 “absence of connection or attachment”
- पुत्रदारगृहादिषु putradāragṛhādiṣu · in son, wife, home and the rest (compound (masculine), locative plural) Dictionary: putra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 632, col. 3 “a son, child”; 2. dāra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 475, col. 3 “a wife”; gṛha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 361, col. 3 “a house, habitation, home”; 1. ādi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 136, col. 3 “beginning, commencement”
- नित्यम् nityam · always (adverb) Dictionary: nitya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 547, col. 2 “(am), ind. always, constantly, regularly”
- च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
- समचित्तत्वम् samacittatvam · evenness of mind (compound (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: sama-citta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1152, col. 2 “even-minded, possessing equanimity, equable”
- इष्टानिष्टोपपत्तिषु iṣṭāniṣṭopapattiṣu · when the wanted or the unwanted comes (compound (feminine), locative plural) Dictionary: 1. iṣṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 169, col. 2 “wished, desired”; 1. an-iṣṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 30, col. 2 “unwished, undesirable”; upa-patti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 201, col. 3 “happening, occurring, becoming visible, appearing, taking place”
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 103.
absence of attachment, absence of self-identifying regard for son, wife1, home, and so forth; and constant equability on the approach of (both what is) agreeable and (what is) disagreeable;
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Footnotes (the translator’s own) - Cf. Sutta Nipâta, p. 12. ↩
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 103.
absence of attachment, absence of self-identifying regard for son, wife1, home, and so forth; and constant equability on the approach of (both what is) agreeable and (what is) disagreeable;
This sentence begins in 13.7. This sentence goes on in 13.10.
Footnotes (the translator’s own) - Cf. Sutta Nipâta, p. 12. ↩
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 123.
Unattachment, absence of self-identification with son, wife or home, and constant balance of mind in wished-for and unwished-for events,
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 257.
Non-attachment, non-identification of self with son, wife, home, and the rest, and constant even-mindedness in the occurrence of the desirable and the undesirable.
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The translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 103. Bhagavad Gita 13.9.
The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 123. Bhagavad Gita 13.9.
The translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 257. Bhagavad Gita 13.9.
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Bhagavad Gita 13.9
असक्तिरनभिष्वङ्गः पुत्रदारगृहादिषु ।
नित्यं च समचित्तत्वमिष्टानिष्टोपपत्तिषु ॥
“absence of attachment, absence of self-identifying regard for son, wife, home, and so forth; and constant equability on the approach of (both what is) agreeable and (what is) disagreeable;”
(K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 103, public domain)
This sentence begins in 13.7. This sentence goes on in 13.10.
“Unattachment, absence of self-identification with son, wife or home, and constant balance of mind in wished-for and unwished-for events,”
(Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 123, public domain)
This sentence begins in 13.7. This sentence goes on in 13.10.
“Non-attachment, non-identification of self with son, wife, home, and the rest, and constant even-mindedness in the occurrence of the desirable and the undesirable.”
(Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 257, public domain)
This sentence begins in 13.7.
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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- 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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