Bhagavad Gita 6.22 Meaning: Yam labdhva chaparam labham

Bhagavad Gita 6.22

यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः ।यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणाऽपि विचाल्यते ॥

Yam labdhva chaparam labham manyate nadhikam tatahYasminsthito na duhkhena gurunapi vichalyate

yaṃ labdhvā cāparaṃ lābhaṃ manyate nādhikaṃ tataḥ |yasminsthito na duḥkhena guruṇā’pi vicālyate ||

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Our explanation The sentence goes on: having gained it, he thinks there is no greater gain, and settled in it, he is not shaken even by heavy sorrow.

हिंदी अर्थ वाक्य आगे चलता है: उसे पाकर वह मानता है कि इससे बड़ा कोई लाभ नहीं, और उसमें स्थित होकर वह भारी दुःख से भी विचलित नहीं होता।

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यम् yam · which (pronoun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
लब्ध्वा labdhvā · having gained (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: labh, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 896, col. 2 “to gain possession of, obtain, receive”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “ind. and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
अपरम् aparam · other (adjective (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. apara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 50, col. 3 “other, another”
लाभम् lābham · gain (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: lābha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 897, col. 1 “obtaining, getting, attaining, acquisition, gain, profit”
मन्यते manyate · thinks (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: man, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 783, col. 1 “to think, believe, imagine, suppose, conjecture”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “ind. not, no, nor, neither”
अधिकम् adhikam · greater (adjective (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: adhika, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 20, col. 2 “surpassing (in number or quantity or quality), superior”
ततः tataḥ · than that (indeclinable) Dictionary: tatas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 432, col. 2 “thereupon, then, after that”
यस्मिन् yasmin · in which (pronoun (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
स्थितः sthitaḥ · settled (past participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: sthita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1264, col. 1 “standing, staying, situated, resting or abiding or remaining in”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “ind. not, no, nor, neither”
दुःखेन duḥkhena · by sorrow (noun (neuter), instrumental singular) Dictionary: 1. duḥkha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 483, col. 2 “uneasiness, pain, sorrow, trouble, difficulty”
गुरुणा guruṇā · heavy (adjective (neuter), instrumental singular) Dictionary: guru, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 359, col. 2 “heavy, weighty”
अपि api · even (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “in the sense of even, also, very”
विचाल्यते vicālyate · is shaken (present passive of the causative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: vi-cal, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 958, col. 3 “to cause to move, loosen, shake”

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