Bhagavad Gita 14.26 Meaning: Mam cha yovyabhicharena

Bhagavad Gita 14.26

मां च योऽव्यभिचारेण भक्तियोगेन सेवते ।स गुणान्समतीत्यैतान् ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥

Mam cha yovyabhicharena bhaktiyogena sevateSa gunansamatityaitan brahmabhuyaya kalpate

māṃ ca yo’vyabhicāreṇa bhaktiyogena sevate |sa guṇānsamatītyaitān brahmabhūyāya kalpate ||

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Our explanation Krishna answers the last question, how one goes beyond the guṇas. Whoever serves him with unwavering devotion (bhakti-yoga), he says, crosses beyond these guṇas and becomes fit for brahma-bhūya, becoming Brahman. The schools read this in different ways (see the views).

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण अंतिम प्रश्न का उत्तर देते हैं कि गुणों से परे कैसे जाया जाए। वे कहते हैं कि जो अव्यभिचारी (अविचल) भक्तियोग से उनकी सेवा करता है, वह इन गुणों को पार करके ब्रह्मभूय (ब्रह्म होने) के योग्य होता है। परंपराएँ इसे अलग-अलग ढंग से पढ़ती हैं।

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माम् mām · "me" (Krishna) (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
यः yaḥ · who (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
अव्यभिचारेण avyabhicāreṇa · unwavering (adjective (masculine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: a-vyabhicāra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 111, col. 3 “constant”
भक्तियोगेन bhaktiyogena · by the path of devotion (compound (masculine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: bhakti-yoga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 743, col. 2 “devoted attachment, loving devotion”
सेवते sevate · serves, worships (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: sev, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1247, col. 1 “to serve, wait or attend upon, honour, obey, worship”
सः saḥ · he (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
गुणान् guṇān · the guṇas (noun (masculine), accusative 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”
समतीत्य samatītya · going fully beyond (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: sam-atī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1154, col. 1 “to go or pass by entirely, go through or beyond, cross over”
एतान् etān · these (pronoun (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: etad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 231, col. 2 “this, this here, here”
ब्रह्मभूयाय brahmabhūyāya · for becoming Brahman (compound (neuter), dative singular) Dictionary: brahma-bhūya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 739, col. 2 “identification with or absorption into Brahmă”
कल्पते kalpate · becomes fit (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: kḷp, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 308, col. 2 “to be fit for”

2 printings differ

Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.

The printed edition reads: मां च योऽव्यभिचारेण भक्तियोगेन सेवते ।
स गुणान्समतीत्यैतान् ब्रह्मभूंयाय कल्पते ॥ The print shows an anusvara over भू (ब्रह्मभूंयाय); read as a stray sort and not shown, because brahma-bhūyāya ('for becoming Brahman') has no nasal and both proofreading references read ब्रह्मभूयाय.
Spelling A digital text reads Same letters. The 1922 edition prints समतीत्यैतान् ब्रह्मभूयाय as two words.

Bhagavad Gita 14.26: meaning and translation

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