Bhagavad Gita 4.10: meaning and translation
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Bhagavad Gita 4.10
वीतरागभयक्रोधा मन्मया मामुपाश्रिताः ।बहवो ज्ञानतपसा पूता मद्भावमागताः ॥
Vitaragabhayakrodha manmaya mamupashritahBahavo jnanatapasa puta madbhavamagatah
vītarāgabhayakrodhā manmayā māmupāśritāḥ |bahavo jñānatapasā pūtā madbhāvamāgatāḥ ||
Our explanation Krishna says that many have done this before. Free from attachment, fear and anger, absorbed in him and taking refuge in him, and purified by the discipline (tapas) of knowledge, many have reached his state of being.
हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि पहले भी बहुत लोग ऐसा कर चुके हैं। राग, भय और क्रोध से मुक्त, उन्हीं में लीन और उन्हीं की शरण में रहकर, ज्ञान रूपी तप से पवित्र हुए बहुत-से लोग उनके भाव (स्वरूप) को प्राप्त हुए हैं।
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- वीतरागभयक्रोधाः vītarāgabhayakrodhāḥ · free of attachment, fear and anger (compound (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: 2. vīta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1004, col. 2 “gone away, departed, disappeared, vanished, lost”; rāga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 872, col. 1 “any feeling or passion, (esp.) love, affection or sympathy for”; bhaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 747, col. 1 “fear, alarm, dread, apprehension”; krodha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 322, col. 1 “anger, wrath, passion”
- मन्मयाः manmayāḥ · absorbed in "me" (compound (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
- 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.)”
- उपाश्रिताः upāśritāḥ · taking refuge in (past participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: upā-śrita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 214, col. 3 “having recourse to, relying upon, taking refuge with”
- बहवः bahavaḥ · many (adjective (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: bahu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 724, col. 2 “much, many, frequent, abundant, numerous”
- ज्ञानतपसा jñānatapasā · by the tapas of knowledge (compound (neuter), instrumental singular) Dictionary: jñāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 426, col. 1 “knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge”; tapas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 437, col. 1 “religious austerity, bodily mortification, penance, severe meditation”
- पूताः pūtāḥ · purified (past participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: 1. pūta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 640, col. 3 “cleaned, purified, pure, clear, bright”
- मद्भावम् madbhāvam · "my" state of being (compound (masculine), 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.)”; bhāva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 754, col. 1 “becoming, being”
- आगताः āgatāḥ · have reached (past participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: ā-gata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 129, col. 2 “come, arrived”
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 59.
Many from whom affection, fear1, and wrath have departed, who are full of me, who depend on me, and who are purified by the penance of knowledge2, have come into my essence.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 59.
Many from whom affection, fear1, and wrath have departed, who are full of me, who depend on me, and who are purified by the penance of knowledge2, have come into my essence.
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 51.
Freed from passion, fear and anger, thinking on Me, taking refuge in Me, purified in the fire of wisdom,1 many have entered into My Being.
Footnotes (the translator’s own) - Tapas, from Tap, blazing like fire, ↩
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 88.
Freed from attachment, fear, and anger, absorbed in Me, taking refuge in Me, purified by the fire of Knowledge, many have attained My Being.
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The translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 59. Bhagavad Gita 4.10.
The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 51. Bhagavad Gita 4.10.
The translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 88. Bhagavad Gita 4.10.
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Bhagavad Gita 4.10
वीतरागभयक्रोधा मन्मया मामुपाश्रिताः ।
बहवो ज्ञानतपसा पूता मद्भावमागताः ॥
“Many from whom affection, fear, and wrath have departed, who are full of me, who depend on me, and who are purified by the penance of knowledge, have come into my essence.”
(K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 59, public domain)
“Freed from passion, fear and anger, thinking on Me, taking refuge in Me, purified in the fire of wisdom, many have entered into My Being.”
(Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 51, public domain)
“Freed from attachment, fear, and anger, absorbed in Me, taking refuge in Me, purified by the fire of Knowledge, many have attained My Being.”
(Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 88, public domain)
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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Krishna speaks this verse, in chapter 4 (Jnana Karma Sannyasa 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.
- Translation
- 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. Shown verbatim, as printed.
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- October 27, 2026