Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga · Speaker: Krishna
Bhagavad Gita 2.44: Bhogaishvaryaprasaktanam
Krishna says that those who cling to pleasure and power, and whose minds are carried away by such words, do not reach the firm, settled understanding of samadhi (deep stillness of mind).
Bhagavad Gita 2.44
भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयाऽपहृतचेतसाम् ।व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते ॥
Bhogaishvaryaprasaktanam tayapahritachetasam
Vyavasayatmika buddhih samadhau na vidhiyate
bhogaiśvaryaprasaktānāṃ tayā’pahṛtacetasām |
vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ samādhau na vidhīyate ||
Our meaning Krishna says that those who cling to pleasure and power, and whose minds are carried away by such words, do not reach the firm, settled understanding of samadhi (deep stillness of mind).
हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जो भोग और ऐश्वर्य में आसक्त हैं और जिनका मन ऐसी बातों में बह गया है, उनकी निश्चय वाली बुद्धि समाधि (मन की गहरी स्थिरता) में नहीं टिकती।
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- भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानाम् bhogaiśvaryaprasaktānām attached to pleasure and power (compound (masculine), genitive plural) Dictionary: 2. bhoga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 767, col. 2
enjoyment, eating, feeding on
; aiśvarya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 234, col. 3the state of being a mighty lord, sovereignty, supremacy, power, sway
; pra-sakta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 696, col. 2attached, cleaving or adhering or devoted to
- तया tayā by that (speech) (pronoun (feminine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1
m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this
- अपहृतचेतसाम् apahṛtacetasām whose minds are carried away (compound (masculine), genitive plural) Dictionary: apa-hṛta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 53, col. 3
taken away, carried off, stolen
; cetas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 398, col. 1consciousness, intelligence, thinking soul, heart, mind
- व्यवसायात्मिका vyavasāyātmikā resolute (compound (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: vy-avasāyātmaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1033, col. 3
full of resolve or energy, energetic
- बुद्धिः buddhiḥ understanding (noun (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: buddhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 733, col. 3
intelligence, reason, intellect, mind, discernment, judgment
- समाधौ samādhau in samadhi, deep concentration (noun (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: sam-ādhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1159, col. 3
concentration of the thoughts
- न na not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1
ind. not, no, nor, neither
- विधीयते vidhīyate is formed, is settled (present passive, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: vi-dhā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 967, col. 2
to put in order, arrange, dispose, prepare, make ready
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain.
Telang translates verses 42–44 as one sentence; see 2.42. Read it at 2.42
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain.
Telang translates verses 42–44 as one sentence; see 2.42. Read it at 2.42
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 32–33.
For them who cling to pleasure and lordship, whose minds are captivated by such (speech), is not designed this (determinate) reason, on contemplation1 steadily bent.
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain.
Swarupananda renders verses 42–44 together; see 2.42. Read it at 2.42
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Bhagavad Gita 2.44
भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयाऽपहृतचेतसाम् ।
व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते ॥
“For them who cling to pleasure and lordship, whose minds are captivated by such (speech), is not designed this (determinate) reason, on contemplation steadily bent.”
(Annie Besant, 1895, 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.
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- 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.
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- 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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