Bhagavad Gita 13.8

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Sanskrit

अमानित्वमदम्भित्वमहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवम्।आचार्योपासनं शौचं स्थैर्यमात्मविनिग्रहः

Transliteration

amānitvam adambhitvam ahinsā kṣhāntir ārjavam
āchāryopāsanaṁ śhauchaṁ sthairyam ātma-vinigrahaḥ

Synonyms

amānitvam: humility;

adambhitvam: pridelessness;

ahiṁsā: nonviolence;

kṣāntiḥ: tolerance;

ārjavam: simplicity;

ācārya: upāsanam — approaching a bona fide spiritual master;

śaucam: cleanliness;

sthairyam: steadfastness;

ātma: vinigrahaḥ — self-control;

indriya: artheṣu — in the matter of the senses;

vairāgyam: renunciation;

anahaṅkāraḥ: being without false egoism;

eva: certainly;

ca: also;

janma: of birth;

mṛtyu: death;

jarā: old age;

vyādhi: and disease;

duḥkha: of the distress;

doṣa: the fault;

anudarśanam: observing;

asaktiḥ: being without attachment;

anabhiṣvaṅgaḥ: being without association;

putra: for son;

dāra: wife;

gṛha: ādiṣu — home, etc.;

nityam: constant;

ca: also;

sama: cittatvam — equilibrium;

iṣṭa: the desirable;

aniṣṭa: and undesirable;

upapattiṣu: having obtained;

mayi: unto Me;

ca: also;

ananya: yogena — by unalloyed devotional service;

bhaktiḥ: devotion;

avyabhicāriṇī: without any break;

vivikta: to solitary;

deśa: places;

sevitvam: aspiring;

aratiḥ: being without attachment;

jana: saṁsadi — to people in general;

adhyātma: pertaining to the self;

jñāna: in knowledge;

nityatvam: constancy;

tattva: jñāna — of knowledge of the truth;

artha: for the object;

darśanam: philosophy;

etat: all this;

jñānam: knowledge;

iti: thus;

proktam: declared;

ajñānam: ignorance;

yat: that which;

ataḥ: from this;

anyathā: other .;

English Meaning

Humility; pridelessness; nonviolence; tolerance; simplicity; approaching a bona fide spiritual master; cleanliness; steadiness; self-control; renunciation of the objects of sense gratification; absence of false ego; the perception of the evil of birth, death, old age and disease; detachment; freedom from entanglement with children, wife, home and the rest; even-mindedness amid pleasant and unpleasant events; constant and unalloyed devotion to Me; aspiring to live in a solitary place; detachment from the general mass of people; accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance.

Life Theme

Self Awareness

Life Application

Reflecting on our thoughts and behaviors to better understand ourselves.

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