Bhagavad Gita 14.1: meaning and translation
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Bhagavad Gita 14.1
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
परं भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानां ज्ञानमुत्तमम् ।यज्ज्ञात्वा मुनयः सर्वे परां सिद्धिमितो गताः ॥
Param bhuyah pravakshyami jnananam jnanamuttamamYajjnatva munayah sarve param siddhimito gatah
paraṃ bhūyaḥ pravakṣyāmi jñānānāṃ jñānamuttamam |yajjñātvā munayaḥ sarve parāṃ siddhimito gatāḥ ||
Our explanation Krishna speaks. He says he will again declare the highest knowledge, the best of all knowledge. Knowing it, he says, all the sages (munis) passed from here to the highest perfection.
हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण बोलते हैं। वे कहते हैं कि वे फिर से वह परम ज्ञान बताएँगे जो सब ज्ञानों में उत्तम है। वे कहते हैं कि उसे जानकर सब मुनि यहाँ से परम सिद्धि को प्राप्त हुए।
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- परम् param · highest, supreme (adjective (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. para, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 586, col. 1 “best or worst, highest, supreme, chief”
- भूयः bhūyaḥ · again (indeclinable) Dictionary: bhūyas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 763, col. 3 “once more, again, anew”
- प्रवक्ष्यामि pravakṣyāmi · will declare (future, 1st person singular) Dictionary: pra-vac, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 690, col. 1 “to proclaim, announce, praise, commend, mention, teach, impart, explain”
- ज्ञानानाम् jñānānām · of all knowledge (noun (neuter), genitive plural) Dictionary: jñāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 426, col. 1 “knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge”
- ज्ञानम् jñānam · knowledge (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: jñāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 426, col. 1 “knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge”
- उत्तमम् uttamam · the best (adjective (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: ut-tama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 177, col. 3 “uppermost, highest, chief”
- यत् yat · which (pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
- ज्ञात्वा jñātvā · having known (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 1. jñā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 425, col. 3 “to know, have knowledge, become acquainted with”
- मुनयः munayaḥ · the sages (noun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: muni, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 823, col. 1 “a saint, sage, seer, ascetic, monk, devotee, hermit”
- सर्वे sarve · all (adjective (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: sarva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1184, col. 3 “whole, entire, all, every”
- पराम् parām · the highest (adjective (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. para, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 586, col. 1 “best or worst, highest, supreme, chief”
- सिद्धिम् siddhim · perfection (noun (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. siddhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1216, col. 2 “accomplishment, performance, fulfilment, complete attainment (of any object), success”
- इतः itaḥ · from here, from this world (indeclinable) Dictionary: i-tas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 1 “from this world, in this world”
- गताः gatāḥ · have gone, reached (past participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: gata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 347, col. 1 “gone to any state or condition”
Old translations
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 106–107.
The Deity said:
Again I will declare (to you) the highest knowledge, the best of (all sorts of) knowledge, having learnt which, all sages have reached perfection beyond (the bonds of) this (body).
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 106–107.
The Deity said:
Again I will declare (to you) the highest knowledge, the best of (all sorts of) knowledge, having learnt which, all sages have reached perfection beyond (the bonds of) this (body).
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 129.
The Blessed Lord said:
I will again proclaim that supreme wisdom, of all wisdom the best, which all the Munis having known have gone hence to the supreme Perfection.
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 270.
The Blessed Lord said:
Again shall I tell thee that Supreme knowledge which is above all knowledge, having known which all the Munis have attained to high perfection after this life.
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The translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), pp. 106–107. Bhagavad Gita 14.1.
The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 129. Bhagavad Gita 14.1.
The translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 270. Bhagavad Gita 14.1.
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Bhagavad Gita 14.1
परं भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानां ज्ञानमुत्तमम् ।
यज्ज्ञात्वा मुनयः सर्वे परां सिद्धिमितो गताः ॥
“Again I will declare (to you) the highest knowledge, the best of (all sorts of) knowledge, having learnt which, all sages have reached perfection beyond (the bonds of) this (body).”
(K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), pp. 106–107, public domain)
“I will again proclaim that supreme wisdom, of all wisdom the best, which all the Munis having known have gone hence to the supreme Perfection.”
(Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 129, public domain)
“Again shall I tell thee that Supreme knowledge which is above all knowledge, having known which all the Munis have attained to high perfection after this life.”
(Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 270, public domain)
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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Sanskrit text: The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation, 1922. Meanings: written for Pujadeep and checked against the cited edition. Source and changes
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Krishna speaks this verse, in chapter 14 (Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga).
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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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