Bhagavad Gita 14.2 Meaning: Idam jnanamupashritya mama

Bhagavad Gita 14.2

इदं ज्ञानमुपाश्रित्य मम साधर्म्यमागताः ।सर्गेऽपि नोपजायन्ते प्रलये न व्यथन्ति च ॥

Idam jnanamupashritya mama sadharmyamagatahSargepi nopajayante pralaye na vyathanti cha

idaṃ jñānamupāśritya mama sādharmyamāgatāḥ |sarge’pi nopajāyante pralaye na vyathanti ca ||

How to read these English letters (IAST)

Our explanation Krishna says that those who take refuge in this knowledge and come to share his nature (sādharmya) are not born at the creation of the world and are not troubled at its dissolution. The schools read sādharmya differently (see the views).

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जो इस ज्ञान का आश्रय लेकर उनके साधर्म्य (उनके समान स्वभाव) को प्राप्त होते हैं, वे सृष्टि के समय जन्म नहीं लेते और प्रलय के समय व्यथित नहीं होते। “साधर्म्य” को परंपराएँ अलग-अलग ढंग से समझती हैं।

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इदम् idam · this (pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2 “this, this here, referring to something near the speaker”
ज्ञानम् jñānam · knowledge (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: jñāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 426, col. 1 “knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge”
उपाश्रित्य upāśritya · taking refuge in (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: upā-śri, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 214, col. 3 “to take refuge or have recourse to”
मम mama · "my" (Krishna's) (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
साधर्म्यम् sādharmyam · sameness of nature (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: sādharmya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1202, col. 2 “sameness or identity of nature, likeness or homogeneousness”
आगताः āgatāḥ · having come to (past participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: ā-gata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 129, col. 2 “come, arrived”
सर्गे sarge · at the creation (noun (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: sarga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1184, col. 1 “emission or creation of matter, primary creation”
अपि api · even (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “in the sense of even, also, very”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
उपजायन्ते upajāyante · are born (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: upa-jan, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 198, col. 1 “to be born, originate, come forth, appear, become visible”
प्रलये pralaye · at the dissolution (noun (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: pra-laya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 689, col. 3 “dissolution, reabsorption, destruction, annihilation; death”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
व्यथन्ति vyathanti · are troubled (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: vyath, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1031, col. 1 “to tremble, waver, go astray, come to naught, fail”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”

I. e. 'are not destroyed,' Madhusûdana; 'do not fall,' Saṅkara; 'are not born,' Srîdhara, and apparently Râmânuga. ↩

Bhagavad Gita 14.2: meaning and translation

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