Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga · Speaker: Krishna
Bhagavad Gita 2.25
Krishna: The self is said to be unseen, beyond thought and beyond change.
Bhagavad Gita 2.25
अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयमविकार्योऽयमुच्यते ।तस्मादेवं विदित्वैनं नानुशोचितुमर्हसि ॥
Avyaktoyamachintyoyamavikaryoyamuchyate
Tasmadevam viditvainam nanushochitumarhasi
avyakto’yamacintyo’yamavikāryo’yamucyate |
tasmādevaṃ viditvainaṃ nānuśocitumarhasi ||
Our meaning The self is said to be unseen, beyond thought and beyond change. Knowing this, Krishna says, Arjuna has no reason to grieve.
हिंदी अर्थ आत्मा को अव्यक्त (जो दिखाई न दे), अचिंत्य (जो सोच से परे हो) और अविकारी (जो बदले नहीं) कहा जाता है। कृष्ण कहते हैं कि यह जानकर अर्जुन को शोक नहीं करना चाहिए।
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- अव्यक्तः avyaktaḥ unmanifest (adjective (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: a-vyakta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 111, col. 2
undeveloped, not manifest, unapparent, indistinct, invisible
- अयम् ayam this (Self) (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2
- अचिन्त्यः acintyaḥ beyond thought (gerundive (to be done) (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: a-cintya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 9, col. 1
inconceivable
- अयम् ayam this (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2
- अविकार्यः avikāryaḥ unchangeable (gerundive (to be done) (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: a-vikārya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 107, col. 3
invariable
- अयम् ayam this (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2
- उच्यते ucyate is called (present passive, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: vac, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 912, col. 1
to speak, say, tell, utter, announce
- तस्मात् tasmāt therefore (indeclinable) Dictionary: tasmāt, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 441, col. 2
from that, on that account, therefore
- एवम् evam thus (indeclinable) Dictionary: evam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2
thus, in this way, in such a manner
- विदित्वा viditvā having known (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 1. vid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 963, col. 2
to know, understand, perceive, learn
- एनम् enam this (pronoun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. ena, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 1
he, she, it; this, that
- न na not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1
ind. not, no, nor, neither
- अनुशोचितुम् anuśocitum to grieve (infinitive (to do)) Dictionary: anu-śuc, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 39, col. 3
to mourn over, regret, bewail
- अर्हसि arhasi you ought (present, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: arh, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 93, col. 3
to be able
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 45.
It is said to be unperceived, to be unthinkable, to be unchangeable. Therefore knowing it to be such, you ought not to grieve.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 45.
It is said to be unperceived, to be unthinkable, to be unchangeable. Therefore knowing it to be such, you ought not to grieve.
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 29.
Unmanifest, unthinkable, immutable, It is called; therefore knowing It as such, thou shouldst not grieve.
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 38.
This (Self) is said to be unmanifested, unthinkable, and unchangeable. Therefore, knowing This to be such, thou oughtest not to mourn.
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Bhagavad Gita 2.25
अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयमविकार्योऽयमुच्यते ।
तस्मादेवं विदित्वैनं नानुशोचितुमर्हसि ॥
“It is said to be unperceived, to be unthinkable, to be unchangeable. Therefore knowing it to be such, you ought not to grieve.”
(Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882, public domain)
“Unmanifest, unthinkable, immutable, It is called; therefore knowing It as such, thou shouldst not grieve.”
(Annie Besant, 1895, public domain)
“This (Self) is said to be unmanifested, unthinkable, and unchangeable. Therefore, knowing This to be such, thou oughtest not to mourn.”
(Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907), 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 with AI help and reviewed. Source and changes
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Krishna speaks this verse, in chapter 2 (Sankhya 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.
- Sanskrit text
- 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. Used only to date the text. The Devanagari on this page is a reading text and is not copied from this printing.
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