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BG 16.2

Bhagavad Gītā · Daivāsura Sampad Vibhāga YogaupagIti

अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्यागः शान्तिरपैशुनम् | दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम् ||१६-२||

ahiṃsā satyamakrodhastyāgaḥ śāntirapaiśunam . dayā bhūteṣvaloluptvaṃ mārdavaṃ hrīracāpalam ||16-2||

Linguistic facts

Meter · chandasVidyut

upagIti · 16+16 syllables

scansion (laghu/guru)
aLhiṃGGsaGtyaLmaGkroGdhaGstyāGgaḥGśāGntiLraLpaiGśuLnamL
daLGbhūGteGṣvaLloGluGptvaṃGGrdaLvaṃGhrīGraLGpaLlamL
Sandhi · pada-pāṭhaVidyut
अहिंसासतिअम्अक्रोधस्त्यागस्शान्तिरपैशुनम्दयाभूतेषुअलोलुप्त्वम्मार्दवम्ह्रीरचापलम्
Word-by-word morphologyVidyut
12 words analyzed
  • अहिंसाahiṃsāअहिंसाnominal · nominative singular feminine
  • सतिsatiसत्nominal · locative singular masculine
  • अम्amnominal · accusative singular masculine
  • अक्akअज्nominal · nominative singular masculine
  • रोधस्rodhasरुध्nominal · nominative singular masculine
  • त्यागस्tyāgasत्यज्nominal · nominative singular masculine
  • शान्तिरपैशुनम्śāntirapaiśunamunknown
  • दयाdayāदाnominal · instrumental singular feminine
  • भूतेषुbhūteṣuभूnominal · locative plural masculine
  • अलोलुप्त्वम्aloluptvamअलोलुप्त्वnominal · nominative singular neuter
  • मार्दवम्mārdavamमार्दवnominal · accusative singular masculine
  • ह्रीरचापलम्hrīracāpalamunknown
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Translations

Swami SivanandaRelay

16.2 Harmlessness, truth, absence of anger, renunciation, peacefulness, absence of crookedness, compassion towards beings, non-covetousness, gentleness, modesty, absence of fickleness.

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8 more attributed translations
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaRelay

Nonviolence; truthfulness; freedom from anger; renunciation; tranquility; apathy toward sense objects; compassion for all living entities; freedom from covetousness; gentleness; modesty; steady determination; vigor; forgiveness; fortitude; cleanliness; and freedom from envy and from the passion for honor—these transcendental qualities, O son of Bharata, belong to godly men endowed with divine nature.

Dr.S.SankaranarayanRelay

16.2. Harmlessness, truth, absence of anger, renunciation, absence of attachment, absence of calumny, compassion to living beings, and absence of greed, gentleness, modesty, absence of thoughtlessness;

Shri Purohit SwamiRelay

16.2 harmlessness, truth, absence of wrath, renunciation, contentment, straightforwardness, compassion towards all, uncovetousness, courtesy, modesty, constancy,

Sri Abhinav GuptaRelay

16.2 See Coment under 16.5

Sri RamanujaRelay

16.2 'Non-injury' is abstaining from injury to others. 'Truth' is communication by words of what one knows for certain and what is conducive to the good of others. 'Freedom from anger' is the absence in oneself of the mental state, which, if permitted, leads to injury to others. 'Renunciation' is the abandonment of everything that is contrary to the good of the self. 'Tranillity' is practice of controlling the senses from their propensity towards sense-objects. 'Not-slandering others' means refraining oneself from speech that may cause evil to others. 'Compassion to all beings' means one's incapacity to stand the suffering of others. 'Aloluptvam' means freedom from desire for sense-objects. 'Gentleness' means absence of harshness, and being worthy of associating with the good. 'Sense of shame' is shrinking from doing what should not be done. 'Acapalam' means being unattracted by objects enjoyable by the senses even when they are at hand.

Sri ShankaracharyaRelay

16.2 Ahimsa, non-injury, abstaining from giving pain to creatures; satyam, truthfulness, speaking of things as they are, without unpleasantness and prevarication; akrodhah, absence of anger, control of anger that might result when offened or assulatd by others; tyagah, renunciation, monasticism-for, charity has been mentioned earlier; santih, control of the internal organ; apaisunam, absence of vilification-paisunam means backbiting; its absence is apaisunam; daya, kindness; bhutesu, to creatures in distress; aloluptvam, non-conveteousness, absence of excitement of the organs in the presence of objects; mardavam, gentleness, absence of hard-heartedness; hrih, modesty;; acapalam, freedom from restlessness, absence of unnecessary use of organs such as speech, hands and feet-. Besides,

Swami AdidevanandaRelay

16.2 Non-injury, truth, freedom from anger, renunciation, tranillity, non-slandering others, compassion to all beings, freedom from desire, gentleness, the sense of shame, freedom from fickleness;

Swami GambiranandaRelay

16.2 Non-injury, truthfulness, absence of anger, renunciation, control of the internal organ, absence of vilification, kindness to creatures, non-covetousness, gentleness, modesty, freedom from restlessness;

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