Bhagavad Gita 7.30 Meaning: Sadhibhutadhidaivam mam

Bhagavad Gita 7.30

साधिभूताधिदैवं मां साधियज्ञं च ये विदुः ।प्रयाणकालेऽपि च मां ते विदुर्युक्तचेतसः ॥

Sadhibhutadhidaivam mam sadhiyajnam cha ye viduhPrayanakalepi cha mam te viduryuktachetasah

sādhibhūtādhidaivaṃ māṃ sādhiyajñaṃ ca ye viduḥ |prayāṇakāle’pi ca māṃ te viduryuktacetasaḥ ||

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Our explanation Krishna says that those who know him together with adhibhūta (what concerns beings), adhidaiva (what concerns the gods) and adhiyajña (what concerns sacrifice), with minds steady in yoga, know him even at the time of leaving the body. Arjuna asks about these terms at the start of chapter 8.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जो उन्हें अधिभूत (प्राणियों से संबंधित), अधिदैव (देवताओं से संबंधित) और अधियज्ञ (यज्ञ से संबंधित) के साथ जानते हैं, वे योग में स्थिर मन से शरीर छोड़ने के समय भी उन्हें जानते हैं। अध्याय 8 के आरंभ में अर्जुन इन्हीं शब्दों के बारे में पूछते हैं।

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साधिभूताधिदैवम् sādhibhūtādhidaivam · with adhibhūta and adhidaiva (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 7. sa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1111, col. 2 “together or along with”; adhi-bhūta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 21, col. 2 “the spiritual or fine substratum of material or gross objects”; adhi-daiva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 21, col. 1 “a presiding or tutelary deity”
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.)”
साधियज्ञम् sādhiyajñam · with adhiyajña (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 7. sa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1111, col. 2 “together or along with”; adhi-yajña, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 21, col. 3 “the chief or principal sacrifice”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
ये ye · those who (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
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”
प्रयाणकाले prayāṇakāle · at the time of departing (this life) (compound (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: pra-yāṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 688, col. 1 “setting out, starting, advancing”; 2. kāla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 278, col. 1 “a fixed or right point of time, a space of time, time (in general)”
अपि api · even (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “in the sense of even, also, very”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
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.)”
ते te · they (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) 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”
युक्तचेतसः yuktacetasaḥ · with minds steady in yoga (compound (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: yukta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 853, col. 2 “absorbed in abstract meditation, concentrated, attentive”; cetas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 398, col. 1 “consciousness, intelligence, thinking soul, heart, mind”

These five terms mean respectively the Supreme SELF, Action, the Supreme Living Being (in the sense of Element, material for building a universe), the Supreme God, the Supreme Sacrifice. The Sanskrit names are retained, lest the explanation given of them in the next discourse, by Shrî Krishna Himself, should lose any of its force. ↩

Death—going forth from the body. ↩

Bhagavad Gita 7.30: meaning and translation

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