Bhagavad Gita 9.1: meaning and translation
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Bhagavad Gita 9.1
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
इदं तु ते गुह्यतमं प्रवक्ष्याम्यनसूयवे ।ज्ञानं विज्ञानसहितं यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात् ॥
Idam tu te guhyatamam pravakshyamyanasuyaveJnanam vijnanasahitam yajjnatva mokshyaseshubhat
idaṃ tu te guhyatamaṃ pravakṣyāmyanasūyave |jñānaṃ vijñānasahitaṃ yajjñātvā mokṣyase’śubhāt ||
Our explanation Krishna speaks. He says that he will now tell Arjuna, who does not find fault, the most secret teaching: knowledge (jñāna) together with direct experience of it (vijñāna). Knowing it, he says, Arjuna will be freed from what is harmful (aśubha).
हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण बोलते हैं। वे कहते हैं कि अब वे अर्जुन को, जो दोष नहीं ढूँढते, सबसे गुप्त उपदेश बताएँगे: ज्ञान, और उसके साथ उसका प्रत्यक्ष अनुभव (विज्ञान)। वे कहते हैं कि इसे जानकर अर्जुन अशुभ (बुराई) से मुक्त हो जाएँगे।
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- इदम् idam · this (pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2
- तु tu · now (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. tu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 449, col. 3 “pray! I beg, do, now, then”
- ते te · to you (pronoun, dative singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”
- गुह्यतमम् guhyatamam · most secret (superlative (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: guhya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 360, col. 3 “a secret, mystery”; 2. tama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 438, col. 2 “an affix forming the superl. degree of adjectives”
- प्रवक्ष्यामि pravakṣyāmi · "I will tell" (future, 1st person singular) Dictionary: pra-vac, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 690, col. 1 “to proclaim, announce, praise, commend, mention, teach, impart, explain”
- अनसूयवे anasūyave · to one who does not find fault (adjective (masculine), dative singular) Dictionary: an-asūyu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 27, col. 2 “not spiteful or envious”
- ज्ञानम् jñānam · knowledge (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: jñāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 426, col. 1 “knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge”
- विज्ञानसहितम् vijñānasahitam · together with realisation (compound (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: vi-jñāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 961, col. 2 “understanding, comprehending, recognizing, intelligence, knowledge”; 2. sahita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1195, col. 1 “accompanied or attended by, associated or connected with”
- यत् yat · which (relative pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
- ज्ञात्वा jñātvā · having known (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 1. jñā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 425, col. 3 “to know, have knowledge, become acquainted with”
- मोक्ष्यसे mokṣyase · you will be freed (future (middle), 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 2. muc, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 820, col. 3 “to be loosed, to be set free or released”
- अशुभात् aśubhāt · from what is harmful (noun (neuter), ablative singular) Dictionary: a-śubha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 113, col. 3 “a shameful deed, sin”
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 81.
Now I will speak to you, who are not given to carping, of that most mysterious knowledge, accompanied by experience, by knowing which you will be released from evil.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 81.
Now I will speak to you, who are not given to carping, of that most mysterious knowledge, accompanied by experience, by knowing which you will be released from evil.
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 87.
The Blessed Lord said:
To thee, the uncarping, verily I will declare this Secret, both wisdom and knowledge, which, having known, thou shalt be freed from evil.
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 175.
The Blessed Lord said:
To thee, who doth not carp, verily shall I now declare this, the most profound knowledge, united with realisation, having known which, thou shalt be free from evil (Samsâra).
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The translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 81. Bhagavad Gita 9.1.
The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 87. Bhagavad Gita 9.1.
The translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 175. Bhagavad Gita 9.1.
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Bhagavad Gita 9.1
इदं तु ते गुह्यतमं प्रवक्ष्याम्यनसूयवे ।
ज्ञानं विज्ञानसहितं यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात् ॥
“Now I will speak to you, who are not given to carping, of that most mysterious knowledge, accompanied by experience, by knowing which you will be released from evil.”
(K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 81, public domain)
“To thee, the uncarping, verily I will declare this Secret, both wisdom and knowledge, which, having known, thou shalt be freed from evil.”
(Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 87, public domain)
“To thee, who doth not carp, verily shall I now declare this, the most profound knowledge, united with realisation, having known which, thou shalt be free from evil (Samsâra).”
(Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 175, public domain)
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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Krishna speaks this verse, in chapter 9 (Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga).
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- The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
- Translation
- The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ, translated by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, ed. F. Max Müller) (Kashinath Trimbak Telang, F. Max Müller, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song, translated by Annie Besant (Annie Besant, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1895). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, with Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-by-word Literal Translation; English Rendering and Comments, Index, &c., by the Swami Swarupananda (Himalayan Series, No. XX) (Swami Swarupananda, The Editors and Publishers, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Prabuddha Bharata Press, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas, 1909). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
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