Bhagavad Gita 7.29 Meaning: Jaramaranamokshaya mamashritya

Bhagavad Gita 7.29

जरामरणमोक्षाय मामाश्रित्य यतन्ति ये ।ते ब्रह्म तद्विदुः कृत्स्नमध्यात्मं कर्म चाखिलम् ॥

Jaramaranamokshaya mamashritya yatanti yeTe brahma tadviduh kritsnamadhyatmam karma chakhilam

jarāmaraṇamokṣāya māmāśritya yatanti ye |te brahma tadviduḥ kṛtsnamadhyātmaṃ karma cākhilam ||

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Our explanation Those who take refuge in him and strive to be free from old age and death, Krishna says, come to know Brahman, the whole of adhyātma (what concerns the self) and all of karma (action). These terms are explained in chapter 8.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जो उनकी शरण लेकर बुढ़ापे और मृत्यु से छूटने का प्रयत्न करते हैं, वे ब्रह्म को, पूरे अध्यात्म (आत्मा से संबंधित तत्त्व) को और सारे कर्म को जान लेते हैं। ये शब्द अध्याय 8 में समझाए गए हैं।

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जरामरणमोक्षाय jarāmaraṇamokṣāya · for freedom from old age and death (compound (masculine), dative singular) Dictionary: jarā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 413, col. 3 “the act of becoming old, old age”; maraṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 789, col. 3 “the act of dying, death”; mokṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 835, col. 1 “emancipation, liberation”
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.)”
आश्रित्य āśritya · taking refuge in (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 1. ā-śri, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 158, col. 2 “to betake one's self to, resort to”
यतन्ति yatanti · strive (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: 2. yat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 840, col. 3 “to exert one's self, take pains, endeavour, make effort”
ये ye · those who (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
ते te · they (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
ब्रह्म brahma · Brahman (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: brahman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 738, col. 1 “one self-existent impersonal Spirit, the one universal Soul”
तत् tat · that (pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
विदुः viduḥ · know (perfect with present sense, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: 1. vid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 963, col. 2 “to know, understand, perceive, learn”
कृत्स्नम् kṛtsnam · whole (adjective (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: kṛtsna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 304, col. 3 “all, whole, entire”
अध्यात्मम् adhyātmam · what concerns the self (adhyātma) (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: adhy-ātma, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 23, col. 2 “the Supreme Spirit”
कर्म karma · action (karma) (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: karman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 258, col. 2 “act, action, performance, business”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
अखिलम् akhilam · all, entire (adjective (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: a-khila, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 4, col. 2 “without a gap, complete, whole”

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