Saturday, April 16, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 4/Verse 23

गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः ।
यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते ॥४-२३॥

gatasaṅgasya muktasya jñānāvasthitacetasaḥ ।
yajñāyācarataḥ karma samagraṃ pravilīyate ॥4-23॥

Action of the attachment gone, of the liberated, of the mind established in knowledge undertaken for sacrifice is wholly melted away. 


Word-for-word translations

gatasaṅgasya (gata + saṅgasya) (compound) (masculine, genitive, singular) = of the attachment gone 

muktasya (past passive participle, masculine, genitive, singular) = of the liberated 

jñānāvasthitacetasas (jñāna + avasthita + cetasas) (neuter, genitive, singular) = of the mind of established knowledge 


yajñāya (masculine, dative, singular) = for sacrifice 

ācaratas (present participle, masculine, nominative, singular) = undertaken 

karma (neuter, nominative, singular) = action

samagram (adverb) (indeclinable) = wholly

pravilīyate (present tense, 3rd person, singular) = it is melted away


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