Bhagavad Gita 7.22 Meaning: Sa taya shraddhaya

Bhagavad Gita 7.22

स तया श्रद्धया युक्तस्तस्याराधनमीहते ।लभते च ततः कामान्मयैव विहितान्हि तान् ॥

Sa taya shraddhaya yuktastasyaradhanamihateLabhate cha tatah kamanmayaiva vihitanhi tan

sa tayā śraddhayā yuktastasyārādhanamīhate |labhate ca tataḥ kāmānmayaiva vihitānhi tān ||

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Our explanation With that faith, Krishna says, the devotee worships that form and gains what he wishes for. But, he adds, those good things are in truth granted by him.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि उस श्रद्धा से युक्त होकर भक्त उस रूप की आराधना करता है और अपनी इच्छित वस्तुएँ पाता है। पर वे जोड़ते हैं कि वे वस्तुएँ वास्तव में उन्हीं के द्वारा दी जाती हैं।

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सः saḥ · he (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
तया tayā · with that (pronoun (feminine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
श्रद्धया śraddhayā · faith (noun (feminine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: śraddhā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1095, col. 3 “faith, trust, confidence, trustfulness, faithfulness, belief in”
युक्तः yuktaḥ · joined, endowed (past participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: yukta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 853, col. 2 “furnished or endowed or filled or supplied or provided with”
तस्य tasya · of that (form) (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
आराधनम् ārādhanam · worship (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: ā-rādhana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 150, col. 2 “gratifying, propitiation, homage, worship, adoration”
ईहते īhate · seeks, engages in (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: īh, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 171, col. 2 “to endeavour to obtain; to aim at, attempt”
लभते labhate · gains (present, 3rd person singular) 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 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
ततः tataḥ · from that (indeclinable) Dictionary: tatas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 432, col. 2 “used for the abl. (sg., du. & pl.) of tád”
कामान् kāmān · wished-for things (noun (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: kāma, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 271, col. 3 “wish, desire, longing”
मया mayā · by "me" (Krishna) (pronoun, instrumental singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
एव eva · alone (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
विहितान् vihitān · granted, ordained (past participle (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: 2. vi-hita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1003, col. 2 “prescribed, decreed, enjoined”
हि hi · in truth (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. hi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1297, col. 3 “for, because, on account of”
तान् tān · those (pronoun (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”

Bhagavad Gita 7.22: meaning and translation

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