Bhagavad Gita 14.19 Meaning: Nanyam gunebhyah kartaram yada

Bhagavad Gita 14.19

नान्यं गुणेभ्यः कर्तारं यदा द्रष्टाऽनुपश्यति ।गुणेभ्यश्च परं वेत्ति मद्भावं सोऽधिगच्छति ॥

Nanyam gunebhyah kartaram yada drashtanupashyatiGunebhyashcha param vetti madbhavam sodhigachchhati

nānyaṃ guṇebhyaḥ kartāraṃ yadā draṣṭā’nupaśyati |guṇebhyaśca paraṃ vetti madbhāvaṃ so’dhigacchati ||

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Our explanation When the seer sees no doer other than the guṇas, and knows what is beyond the guṇas, Krishna says, he comes to his state (madbhāva). The schools explain what lies beyond the guṇas and what this state is (see the views).

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जब द्रष्टा गुणों के सिवा किसी और को कर्ता नहीं देखता, और गुणों से परे जो है उसे जानता है, तब वह उनके भाव (मद्भाव) को प्राप्त होता है। गुणों से परे क्या है और यह भाव क्या है, इसे परंपराएँ अलग ढंग से समझाती हैं।

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न na · no (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
अन्यम् anyam · other (pronoun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. anya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 45, col. 2 “other, different”
गुणेभ्यः guṇebhyaḥ · than the guṇas (noun (masculine), ablative plural) Dictionary: guṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 357, col. 1 “(in Sāṃkhya phil.) an ingredient or constituent of Prakṛiti, chief quality of all existing beings”
कर्तारम् kartāram · doer (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: kartṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 257, col. 3 “one who makes or does or acts or effects, a doer, maker, agent, author”
यदा yadā · when (indeclinable) Dictionary: yadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 1 “when, at what time, whenever”
द्रष्टा draṣṭā · the seer (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: draṣṭṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 501, col. 2 “one who sees”
अनुपश्यति anupaśyati · sees (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: anu-paś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 35, col. 1 “to look at, perceive, notice, discover”
गुणेभ्यः guṇebhyaḥ · than the guṇas (noun (masculine), ablative plural) Dictionary: guṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 357, col. 1 “(in Sāṃkhya phil.) an ingredient or constituent of Prakṛiti, chief quality of all existing beings”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
परम् param · what is beyond (adjective (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. para, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 586, col. 1 “best or worst, highest, supreme, chief”
वेत्ति vetti · knows (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. vid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 963, col. 2 “to know, understand, perceive, learn”
मद्भावम् madbhāvam · "my" (Krishna's) state (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: mad-bhāva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “my essence”
सः saḥ · he (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
अधिगच्छति adhigacchati · attains (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: adhi-gam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 20, col. 3 “to meet, find, discover, obtain”

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Spelling A digital text reads Same words. The 1922 edition marks the merged vowel with an avagraha (द्रष्टाऽनुपश्यति); this e-text does not.

I. e. what has been called Kshetragña before, the supervising principle within one. ↩

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