Bhagavad Gita 3.29 Meaning: Prakritergunasammudhah

Bhagavad Gita 3.29

प्रकृतेर्गुणसम्मूढाः सज्जन्ते गुणकर्मसु ।तानकृत्स्नविदो मन्दान्कृत्स्नविन्न विचालयेत् ॥

Prakritergunasammudhah sajjante gunakarmasuTanakritsnavido mandankritsnavinna vichalayet

prakṛterguṇasammūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇakarmasu |tānakṛtsnavido mandānkṛtsnavinna vicālayet ||

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Our explanation People deluded by the qualities of nature become attached to the workings of the qualities, Krishna says. The one who knows the whole should not unsettle those slow people who know only in part.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि प्रकृति के गुणों से मोहित लोग गुणों के कर्मों में आसक्त हो जाते हैं। जो पूरा जानता है, उसे उन मंद लोगों को, जो अधूरा जानते हैं, विचलित नहीं करना चाहिए।

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प्रकृतेः prakṛteḥ · of nature (noun (feminine), genitive singular) Dictionary: pra-kṛti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 654, col. 1 “the original producer of (or rather passive power of creating) the material world”
गुणसम्मूढाः guṇasammūḍhāḥ · deluded by the qualities (compound (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: guṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 357, col. 1 “a quality, peculiarity, attribute or property”; sam-mūḍha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1181, col. 1 “completely stupefied, astounded, perplexed, bewildered”
सज्जन्ते sajjante · become attached (present passive, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: 2. sañj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1132, col. 3 “to be attached or fastened, adhere, cling, stick”
गुणकर्मसु guṇakarmasu · to the workings of the qualities (compound (neuter), locative plural) Dictionary: guṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 357, col. 1 “a quality, peculiarity, attribute or property”; karman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 258, col. 2 “act, action, performance, business”
तान् tān · those (pronoun (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
अकृत्स्नविदः akṛtsnavidaḥ · knowing only in part (compound (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: a-kṛtsna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 2, col. 3 “incomplete”; 2. vid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 963, col. 3 “knowing, understanding, a knower”
मन्दान् mandān · slow, dull (adjective (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: manda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 787, col. 3 “dull-witted, silly, stupid, foolish”
कृत्स्नवित् kṛtsnavit · the knower of the whole (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: kṛtsna-vid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 304, col. 3 “omniscient”; kṛtsna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 304, col. 3 “all, whole, entire”; 2. vid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 963, col. 3 “knowing, understanding, a knower”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
विचालयेत् vicālayet · should unsettle (causative optative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: vi-cal, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 958, col. 3 “to cause to move, loosen, shake”

Bhagavad Gita 3.29: meaning and translation

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