Bhagavad Gita 8.27 Meaning: Naite sriti partha jananyogi

Bhagavad Gita 8.27

नैते सृती पार्थ जानन्योगी मुह्यति कश्चन ।तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु योगयुक्तो भवार्जुन ॥

Naite sriti partha jananyogi muhyati kashchanaTasmatsarveshu kaleshu yogayukto bhavarjuna

naite sṛtī pārtha jānanyogī muhyati kaścana |tasmātsarveṣu kāleṣu yogayukto bhavārjuna ||

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Our explanation A yogi who knows these two paths is never confused, Krishna says. So Arjuna should be steady in yoga at all times. The verse turns from the hour of death to the whole of life: what Krishna asks of Arjuna is to live in yoga always, not to choose a time to die.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि इन दो मार्गों को जानने वाला कोई भी योगी मोह में नहीं पड़ता। इसलिए अर्जुन हर समय योग में स्थित रहें। श्लोक मृत्यु के समय से हटकर पूरे जीवन की बात करता है: कृष्ण अर्जुन से सदा योग में जीने को कहते हैं, मृत्यु का समय चुनने को नहीं।

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न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
एते ete · these two (pronoun, accusative dual (feminine)) Dictionary: etad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 231, col. 2 “this, this here, here”
सृती sṛtī · paths (accusative dual (feminine)) Dictionary: sṛti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1245, col. 1 “a road, path”
पार्थ pārtha · O son of Pritha (Arjuna) (vocative singular) Dictionary: 2. pārtha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 621, col. 3 “metron. of Yudhi-shṭhira or Bhīma-sena or Arjuna”
जानन् jānan · knowing (present participle, nominative singular) Dictionary: 1. jñā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 425, col. 3 “to know, have knowledge, become acquainted with”
योगी yogī · a yogi (nominative singular) Dictionary: yogin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 857, col. 3 “a follower of the Yoga system, a Yogin (usually called Yogī) or contemplative saint”
मुह्यति muhyati · is confused (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. muh, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 825, col. 1 “to become stupefied or unconscious, be bewildered or perplexed”
कश्चन kaścana · any (one) (indefinite pronoun (kaḥ + cana), nominative singular) Dictionary: kim, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 282, col. 2 “what? how? whence? wherefore? why?”; cana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 386, col. 2 “and not, also not, even not, not even”
तस्मात् tasmāt · therefore (indeclinable) Dictionary: tasmāt, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 441, col. 2 “from that, on that account, therefore”
सर्वेषु sarveṣu · all (pronoun, locative plural) Dictionary: sarva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1184, col. 3 “whole, entire, all, every”
कालेषु kāleṣu · times (locative plural) Dictionary: 2. kāla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 278, col. 1 “time (as destroying all things), death, time of death”
योगयुक्तः yogayuktaḥ · steady in yoga (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: yoga-yukta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 857, col. 1 “immersed in deep meditation, absorbed in Yoga”
भव bhava · be (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. bhū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 760, col. 2 “arise, come into being, exist”
अर्जुन arjuna · O Arjuna (vocative singular) Dictionary: arjuna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 90, col. 1

I. e. does not desire heaven, but devotes himself to the supreme Being, seeing that heavenly bliss is only temporary. ↩

Bhagavad Gita 8.27: meaning and translation

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