Bhagavad Gita 8.28 Meaning: Vedeshu yajneshu tapahsu

Bhagavad Gita 8.28

वेदेषु यज्ञेषु तपःसु चैव दानेषु यत्पुण्यफलं प्रदिष्टम् ।अत्येति तत्सर्वमिदं विदित्वा योगी परं स्थानमुपैति चाद्यम् ॥

Vedeshu yajneshu tapahsu chaiva daneshu yatpunyaphalam pradishtamAtyeti tatsarvamidam viditva yogi param sthanamupaiti chadyam

vedeṣu yajñeṣu tapaḥsu caiva dāneṣu yatpuṇyaphalaṃ pradiṣṭam |atyeti tatsarvamidaṃ viditvā yogī paraṃ sthānamupaiti cādyam ||

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Our explanation Krishna says that whatever good fruit is promised for studying the Vedas, for sacrifices, for austerities and for giving, the yogi who knows this goes beyond all of it and reaches the supreme, original abode. The two translations read 'goes beyond' (atyeti) differently: Telang says the devotee obtains all that fruit, Besant that the yogi passes it all by.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि वेदों के अध्ययन, यज्ञों, तप और दान के लिए जो भी पुण्य फल बताया गया है, यह जानने वाला योगी उस सबसे आगे निकल जाता है और परम आदि स्थान को प्राप्त होता है। दोनों अनुवाद 'अत्येति' को अलग ढंग से लेते हैं: तेलंग कहते हैं कि भक्त वह सारा फल पाता है, बेसेंट कहती हैं कि योगी उस सबको पार कर जाता है।

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वेदेषु vedeṣu · in the Vedas (locative plural) Dictionary: 1. veda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1015, col. 1 “N. of certain celebrated works”
यज्ञेषु yajñeṣu · in sacrifices (locative plural) Dictionary: yajña, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 839, col. 2 “worship, devotion, prayer, praise; act of worship or devotion, offering, oblation, sacrifice”
तपःसु tapaḥsu · in austerities (locative plural) Dictionary: tapas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 437, col. 1 “religious austerity, bodily mortification, penance”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
एव eva · also (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
दानेषु dāneṣu · in giving (locative plural) Dictionary: 1. dāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 474, col. 1 “the act of giving”
यत् yat · whatever (relative pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
पुण्यफलम् puṇyaphalam · the fruit of merit (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: puṇya-phala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 632, col. 2 “the fruit or reward of good works”
प्रदिष्टम् pradiṣṭam · is declared (past participle, nominative singular) Dictionary: pra-diṣṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 679, col. 3 “pointed out, indicated, fixed, ordained”
अत्येति atyeti · goes beyond (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: atī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 16, col. 2 “to overcome, overtake, outdo”
तत् tat · that (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
सर्वम् sarvam · all (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: sarva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1184, col. 3 “whole, entire, all, every”
इदम् idam · this (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2 “this, this here, referring to something near the speaker”
विदित्वा viditvā · having known (absolutive ('having done')) Dictionary: 1. vid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 963, col. 2 “to know, understand, perceive, learn”
योगी yogī · the 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”
परम् param · supreme (accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. para, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 586, col. 1 “highest, supreme, chief”
स्थानम् sthānam · place, abode (accusative singular) Dictionary: sthāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1263, col. 1 “place of standing or staying, any place, spot, locality, abode, dwelling, house, site”
उपैति upaiti · reaches (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. upe, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 215, col. 2 “to come near to, reach, obtain”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
आद्यम् ādyam · first, original (accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. ādya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 137, col. 1 “being at the beginning, first, primitive”

Bhagavad Gita 8.28: meaning and translation

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