Bhagavad Gita 4.22 Meaning: Yadrichchhalabhasantushto

Bhagavad Gita 4.22

यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः ।समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वाऽपि न निबध्यते ॥

Yadrichchhalabhasantushto dvandvatito vimatsarahSamah siddhavasiddhau cha kritvapi na nibadhyate

yadṛcchālābhasantuṣṭo dvandvātīto vimatsaraḥ |samaḥ siddhāvasiddhau ca kṛtvā’pi na nibadhyate ||

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Our explanation Content with whatever comes on its own, beyond the pairs of opposites such as pleasure and pain, free of envy, and the same in success and failure, such a person, Krishna says, is not bound even after acting.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जो अपने-आप मिलने वाली चीज़ से संतुष्ट है, सुख-दुःख जैसे द्वंद्वों से ऊपर है, ईर्ष्या से रहित है, और सफलता-असफलता में सम रहता है, वह कर्म करके भी नहीं बँधता।

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यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टः yadṛcchālābhasantuṣṭaḥ · content with what comes unsought (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: yad-ṛcchā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 3 “self-will, spontaneity, accident, chance”; lābha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 897, col. 1 “obtaining, getting, attaining, acquisition, gain, profit”; saṃ-tuṣṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1142, col. 2 “quite satisfied or contented, well pleased or delighted with”
द्वन्द्वातीतः dvandvātītaḥ · beyond the pairs of opposites (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: dvaṃdva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 503, col. 2 “a pair of opposites (e.g. heat and cold, joy and sorrow &c.)”; atīta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 16, col. 2 “one who has gone through or got over or beyond”
विमत्सरः vimatsaraḥ · free of envy (adjective (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: vi-matsara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 951, col. 3 “free from envy or jealousy, unenvious, unselfish”
समः samaḥ · the same, even (adjective (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. sama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1152, col. 1 “always the same, constant, unchanged, fair, impartial towards”
सिद्धौ siddhau · in success (noun (feminine), locative singular) Dictionary: 2. siddhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1216, col. 2 “accomplishment, performance, fulfilment, complete attainment (of any object), success”
असिद्धौ asiddhau · in failure (noun (feminine), locative singular) Dictionary: a-siddhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 120, col. 3 “imperfect accomplishment, failure”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
कृत्वा kṛtvā · having acted (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 1. kṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 301, col. 1 “to do, make, perform, accomplish, cause, effect”
अपि api · even (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “in the sense of even, also, very”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “ind. not, no, nor, neither”
निबध्यते nibadhyate · is bound (present passive, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: ni-bandh, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 550, col. 1 “to bind on, tie, fasten to”

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Spelling A digital text reads Same words. The 1922 edition marks the merged vowel with an avagraha (ऽ); this e-text does not. Edition: कृत्वाऽपि.

Cf. infra, p. 101; and Sutta Nipâta, p. 12. ↩

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