Bhagavad Gita 14.22 Meaning: Prakasham cha pravrittim cha

Bhagavad Gita 14.22

श्रीभगवानुवाच ।

प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव ।न द्वेष्टि संप्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति ॥

Prakasham cha pravrittim cha mohameva cha pandavaNa dveshti sampravrittani na nivrittani kankshati

prakāśaṃ ca pravṛttiṃ ca mohameva ca pāṇḍava |na dveṣṭi saṃpravṛttāni na nivṛttāni kāṅkṣati ||

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Our explanation Krishna answers. Such a person, Pandava, does not hate light, activity or delusion (the marks of sattva, rajas and tamas) when they arise, nor long for them when they cease. The description continues to verse 25.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण उत्तर देते हैं। हे पांडव, ऐसा व्यक्ति प्रकाश, प्रवृत्ति और मोह (सत्त्व, रज और तम के चिह्न) के आने पर उनसे द्वेष नहीं करता, और उनके चले जाने पर उनकी कामना नहीं करता। यह वर्णन श्लोक 25 तक चलता है।

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प्रकाशम् prakāśam · light (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: pra-kāśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 653, col. 1 “clearness, brightness, splendour, lustre, light”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
प्रवृत्तिम् pravṛttim · activity (noun (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: pra-vṛtti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 694, col. 1 “activity, exertion, efficacy, function”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
मोहम् moham · delusion (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: moha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 836, col. 1 “loss of consciousness, bewilderment, perplexity, distraction, infatuation, delusion, error, folly”
एव eva · also (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
पाण्डव pāṇḍava · O son of Pandu (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: pāṇḍava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 616, col. 2 “a son or descendant of Pāṇḍu”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
द्वेष्टि dveṣṭi · hates (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 2. dviṣ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 506, col. 3 “to hate, show hatred against”
संप्रवृत्तानि saṃpravṛttāni · when they arise (past participle (neuter), accusative plural) Dictionary: sam-pravṛtta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1176, col. 2 “arisen, existent, present”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
निवृत्तानि nivṛttāni · when they cease (past participle (neuter), accusative plural) Dictionary: ni-vṛtta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 560, col. 1 “passed away, gone, ceased, disappeared, vanished”
काङ्क्षति kāṅkṣati · longs for (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: kāṅkṣ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 268, col. 1 “to wish, desire, long for, hope for”

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Spelling A digital text reads Same word. The e-text writes the class nasal (सम्प्रवृत्तानि); the 1922 edition writes anusvara (संप्रवृत्तानि).

I. e. who does not feel troubled, for instance, thinking now I am actuated by a motive of passion or darkness, and so forth. ↩

So as to lose all discrimination. ↩

I. e. from his determination to pursue truth, by worldly pleasures or pains. ↩

Cf. p. 55 supra. ↩

Intent on the self only. ↩

For the whole passage, cf. p. 101 supra. ↩

I. e. who does not feel troubled, for instance, thinking now I am actuated by a motive of passion or darkness, and so forth. ↩

So as to lose all discrimination. ↩

I. e. from his determination to pursue truth, by worldly pleasures or pains. ↩

Cf. p. 55 supra. ↩

Intent on the self only. ↩

For the whole passage, cf. p. 101 supra. ↩

Bhagavad Gita 14.22: meaning and translation

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