Bhagavad Gita 4.35 Meaning: Yajjnatva na punarmohamevam

Bhagavad Gita 4.35

यज्ज्ञात्वा न पुनर्मोहमेवं यास्यसि पाण्डव ।येन भूतान्यशेषेण द्रक्ष्यस्यात्मन्यथो मयि ॥

Yajjnatva na punarmohamevam yasyasi pandavaYena bhutanyasheshena drakshyasyatmanyatho mayi

yajjñātvā na punarmohamevaṃ yāsyasi pāṇḍava |yena bhūtānyaśeṣeṇa drakṣyasyātmanyatho mayi ||

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Our explanation Having known this, Krishna says, Arjuna will not fall into such confusion again. Through it he will see all beings, without exception, in the self (ātman), and then in Krishna.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि यह जानकर अर्जुन फिर ऐसे मोह में नहीं पड़ेंगे। इसके द्वारा वे सब प्राणियों को, बिना किसी अपवाद के, अपने आत्मा में और फिर कृष्ण में देखेंगे।

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यत् yat · which (pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
ज्ञात्वा jñātvā · having known (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 1. jñā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 425, col. 3 “to know, have knowledge, become acquainted with”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “ind. not, no, nor, neither”
पुनः punaḥ · again (indeclinable) Dictionary: punar, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 633, col. 2 “again, once more”
मोहम् moham · confusion (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: moha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 836, col. 1 “loss of consciousness, bewilderment, perplexity, distraction, infatuation, delusion”
एवम् evam · like this (indeclinable) Dictionary: evam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “thus, in this way, in such a manner”
यास्यसि yāsyasi · you will fall into (future, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. yā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 849, col. 1 “to go, proceed, move, walk, set out”
पाण्डव pāṇḍava · O son of Pandu (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: pāṇḍava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 616, col. 2 “a son or descendant of Pāṇḍu”
येन yena · by which (pronoun (neuter), instrumental singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
भूतानि bhūtāni · beings (noun (neuter), accusative plural) Dictionary: bhūta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 761, col. 3 “that which is or exists, any living being”
अशेषेण aśeṣeṇa · without exception (noun (masculine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: a-śeṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 113, col. 3 “without remainder, entire, perfect, all”
द्रक्ष्यसि drakṣyasi · you will see (future, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. dṛś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 491, col. 2 “to see, behold, look at, regard, consider”
आत्मनि ātmani · in the self (noun (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: ātman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 135, col. 1 “the breath, RV.; the soul, principle of life and sensation”
अथो atho · and then (indeclinable) Dictionary: atho, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 17, col. 3 “now; likewise; next; therefore”
मयि mayi · in "me" (Krishna) (pronoun, locative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”

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Word A digital text reads Reads like the edition (भूतान्यशेषेण, 'all beings without remainder') and gives भूतान्यशेषाणि ('all beings, every one') in brackets as an alternative. The sense is the same. Another digital text agrees with the edition.

The essential unity of the supreme and individual soul and the whole universe. Cf. Îsopanishad, pp. 13, 14. ↩

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