Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga · Speaker: Krishna
Bhagavad Gita 2.52: Yada te mohakalilam
When Arjuna's understanding crosses the swamp of confusion, Krishna says, he will become indifferent to all he has heard and all he has yet to hear.
Bhagavad Gita 2.52
यदा ते मोहकलिलं बुद्धिर्व्यतितरिष्यति ।तदा गन्तासि निर्वेदं श्रोतव्यस्य श्रुतस्य च ॥
Yada te mohakalilam buddhirvyatitarishyati
Tada gantasi nirvedam shrotavyasya shrutasya cha
yadā te mohakalilaṃ buddhirvyatitariṣyati |
tadā gantāsi nirvedaṃ śrotavyasya śrutasya ca ||
Our meaning When Arjuna's understanding crosses the swamp of confusion, Krishna says, he will become indifferent to all he has heard and all he has yet to hear.
हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जब अर्जुन की बुद्धि मोह के दलदल को पार कर लेगी, तब वे जो सुन चुके हैं और जो सुनना बाकी है, उन सबसे विरक्त हो जाएँगे।
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- यदा yadā when (indeclinable) Dictionary: yadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 1
when, at what time, whenever
- ते te your (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2
base of the 2nd personal pron.
- मोहकलिलम् mohakalilam the thicket of delusion (compound (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: moha-kalila, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 836, col. 1
thicket or snare of illusion
- बुद्धिः buddhiḥ understanding (noun (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: buddhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 733, col. 3
intelligence, reason, intellect, mind, discernment, judgment
- व्यतितरिष्यति vyatitariṣyati will cross beyond (future, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: vy-ati-tṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1030, col. 1
to pass completely across, overcome
- तदा tadā then (indeclinable) Dictionary: tadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 3
at that time, then, in that case
- गन्तासि gantāsi you will come to (periphrastic future, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. gam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 347, col. 1
to go to any state or condition, undergo
- निर्वेदम् nirvedam indifference (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: nir-veda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 557, col. 3
complete indifference, disregard of worldly objects
- श्रोतव्यस्य śrotavyasya to what is yet to be heard (gerundive (to be done) (neuter), genitive singular) Dictionary: śrotavya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1103, col. 1
to be heard or listened to, audible, worth hearing
- श्रुतस्य śrutasya to what has been heard (past participle (neuter), genitive singular) Dictionary: śruta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1101, col. 1
heard, listened to, heard about or of, taught
- च ca and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1
ind. and, both, also, moreover, as well as
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 49.
When your mind shall have crossed beyond the taint of delusion, then will you become indifferent to all that you have heard or will hear1.
Footnotes (the translator’s own) - This, according to Ânandagiri, means all writings other than those on the science of the soul. ↩
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 49.
When your mind shall have crossed beyond the taint of delusion, then will you become indifferent to all that you have heard or will hear1.
Footnotes (the translator’s own) - This, according to Ânandagiri, means all writings other than those on the science of the soul. ↩
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 34.
When thy Buddhi shall pass beyond this mass of delusion, then thou shalt rise to indifference as to what has been heard and shall be heard.
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 52.
When thy intellect crosses beyond the taint of illusion, then shalt thou attain to indifference, regarding things heard and yet to be heard.
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Bhagavad Gita 2.52
यदा ते मोहकलिलं बुद्धिर्व्यतितरिष्यति ।
तदा गन्तासि निर्वेदं श्रोतव्यस्य श्रुतस्य च ॥
“When your mind shall have crossed beyond the taint of delusion, then will you become indifferent to all that you have heard or will hear.”
(Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882, public domain)
“When thy Buddhi shall pass beyond this mass of delusion, then thou shalt rise to indifference as to what has been heard and shall be heard.”
(Annie Besant, 1895, public domain)
“When thy intellect crosses beyond the taint of illusion, then shalt thou attain to indifference, regarding things heard and yet to be heard.”
(Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907), public domain)
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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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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Krishna speaks this verse, in chapter 2 (Sankhya 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.
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- 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.
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