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Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga · Speaker: Krishna

Bhagavad Gita 2.42: Yamimam pushpitam vacham

Krishna begins a long sentence that runs through verse 44.

Bhagavad Gita 2.42

यामिमां पुष्पितां वाचं प्र­व­द­न्त्य­वि­प­श्चि­तः ।वेदवादरताः पार्थ नान्यदस्तीति वादिनः ॥

Yamimam pushpitam vacham pra­va­dant­ya­vi­pash­chi­tah
Ve­da­va­da­ra­tah partha nan­ya­das­ti­ti vadinah

yāmimāṃ puṣpitāṃ vācaṃ pra­va­dant­ya­vi­paś­ci­taḥ |
ve­da­vā­da­ra­tāḥ pārtha nān­ya­das­tī­ti vādinaḥ ||

Our meaning Krishna begins a long sentence that runs through verse 44. He describes people without discernment who speak flowery words. They delight in the parts of the Vedas that praise rituals and their rewards, and they say there is nothing beyond these.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण एक लंबा वाक्य शुरू करते हैं जो श्लोक 44 तक चलता है। वे उन अविवेकी लोगों का वर्णन करते हैं जो फूलों जैसी लुभावनी बातें करते हैं, वेदों के कर्मकांड और उनके फल बताने वाले वचनों में ही रमे रहते हैं, और कहते हैं कि इसके आगे कुछ नहीं है।

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  1. याम् yām which (pronoun (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that
  2. इमाम् imām this (pronoun (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2
  3. पुष्पिताम् puṣpitām flowery (past participle (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: puṣpita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 640, col. 2 flowered, bearing flowers, blooming, in bloom
  4. वाचम् vācam speech (noun (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: vāc, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 936, col. 1 speech, voice, talk, language
  5. प्रवदन्ति pravadanti speak, proclaim (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: pra-vad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 690, col. 3 to assert, affirm, state
  6. अविपश्चितः avipaścitaḥ the unwise (adjective (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: a-vipaścit, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 109, col. 1 unwise, ignorant
  7. वेदवादरताः vedavādaratāḥ delighting in Vedic words (compound (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: veda-vāda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1016, col. 1 speaking about the V°, Vedic discussion ; rata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 867, col. 2 delighting in, intent upon, fond or enamoured of, devoted or attached
  8. पार्थ pārtha O Partha (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: 2. pārtha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 621, col. 3
  9. न na not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 ind. not, no, nor, neither
  10. अन्यत् anyat anything else (pronoun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. anya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 45, col. 2 other, different
  11. अस्ति asti is (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. as, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 2 to be, live, exist, be present
  12. इति iti thus (ends their words) (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. iti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 1 in this manner, thus
  13. वादिनः vādinaḥ saying (noun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: vādin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 940, col. 1 saying, discoursing, speaking, talking

Public-domain translations

Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 47–48.

The state of mind consisting in firm understanding regarding steady contemplation1 does not belong to those, O son of Prithâ! who are strongly attached to (worldly) pleasures and power, and whose minds are drawn away by that flowery talk which is full of (ordinances of) specific acts for the attainment of (those) pleasures and (that) power, and which promises birth as the fruit of acts2—(that flowery talk) which those unwise ones utter, who are enamoured of Vedic words, who say there is nothing else, who are full of desires, and whose goal is heaven3.

This sentence covers verses 2.42 to 2.44.

  1. I. e. of the supreme Being; Yoga meaning really the dedication of all acts to that Being. ↩
  2. See Sutta Nipâta, p. 4. ↩
  3. This is a merely temporary good, and not therefore deserving to be aspired to before final emancipation. ↩
English translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882); public domain. archive.org (page 47–48, scan leaf n60–n61). Shown verbatim.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 47–48.

The state of mind consisting in firm understanding regarding steady contemplation1 does not belong to those, O son of Prithâ! who are strongly attached to (worldly) pleasures and power, and whose minds are drawn away by that flowery talk which is full of (ordinances of) specific acts for the attainment of (those) pleasures and (that) power, and which promises birth as the fruit of acts2—(that flowery talk) which those unwise ones utter, who are enamoured of Vedic words, who say there is nothing else, who are full of desires, and whose goal is heaven3.

This sentence covers verses 2.42 to 2.44.

  1. I. e. of the supreme Being; Yoga meaning really the dedication of all acts to that Being. ↩
  2. See Sutta Nipâta, p. 4. ↩
  3. This is a merely temporary good, and not therefore deserving to be aspired to before final emancipation. ↩
English translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882); public domain. archive.org (page 47–48, scan leaf n60–n61). Shown verbatim.

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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 32.

Flowery speech is uttered by the foolish, rejoicing in the words of the Vedas, O Pârtha; "There is naught but this," say they.

English translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895); public domain. archive.org (page 32, scan leaf n38). Shown verbatim.

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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 47.

O Pârtha, no set determination is formed in the minds of those that are deeply attached to pleasure and power, and whose discrimination is stolen away by the flowery words of the unwise, who are full of desires and look upon heaven as their highest goal and who, being perfectly satisfied with the panegyric words of the Vedas, declare that there is nothing else. Their (flowery) words are exuberant with various specific rites as the means to pleasure and power and are the causes of (new) births as the result of their works (performed with desire).

This sentence covers verses 2.42 to 2.44.

English translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909); public domain. archive.org (page 47, scan leaf n60). Shown verbatim.

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Sanskrit text: The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation, 1922. Meanings: written for Pujadeep with AI help and reviewed. Source and changes

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Who speaks Bhagavad Gita 2.42?

Krishna speaks this verse, in chapter 2 (Sankhya Yoga).

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Sanskrit text
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.
Sanskrit text
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. Used only to date the text. The Devanagari on this page is a reading text and is not copied from this printing.
Common wording
In this text, 32 words follow today's common wording, checked against sanskritdocuments.org; Sanskrit Wikisource; Gita Press, Gorakhpur; GRETIL, Göttingen and Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.
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