🪷 Bhagavad-Gītā · 16.14

Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga · "The Yoga of Divine & Demonic Endowment" · Verse 14 of 24

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🪷 English Translations

Five authentic English voices · each from a distinct sampradāya · together revealing the verse's full śabda-tattva.

Shri Purohit Swami · Poetic English · 1935 · public domain · Cosmo Press tradition

16.14 I have slain one enemy, I will slay the others also; I am worthy to enjoy, I am the Almighty, I am perfect, powerful and happy;

Swami Sivananda · Direct prose · Divine Life Society

16.14 "That enemy has been slain by me; and others also I shall slay. I am the lord. I enjoy. I am perfect, powerful and happy."

Swami Gambīrānanda · Word-key glosses · Advaita Ashrama · Śaṅkara-school

16.14 Asau, that; unconerable satruh, enemy, named Devadatta; hatah, has been killed; naya, by me; and hanisye, I shall kill; aparan, the other wretched ones. What will these pitiable persons do? There is none eal to me at all. Aham, I; am the isvarah, lord; I am the bhogi, enjoyer; and I am siddhah, well-established in every respect-I am blessed with sons, and grandsons born of sons and daughters. Not only am I a man, but I am also balavan, mighty; and I myself am sukhi, happpy; others are born to be but a burden to the earth!

Swami Ādidevānanda · Śrī-Vaiṣṇava perspective · Rāmānuja school

16.14 This enemy has been slain by me, powerful as I am. I shall slay other enemies also - I who am heoric and valiant. What is the use of the conception of destiny, which is only an imagination of weak people of little understanding? Similarly: I am 'the lord,' viz., I am independent, and I am also the ruler of others. I am the 'enjoyer,' viz., I am the enjoyer through my own powers, and not through good fortune etc. I am 'successful,' viz., I am successful by myself and not through any destiny etc. Likewise, I am strong and happy by myself.

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Academic precision · modern scholarly

16.14. 'That enemy has been slain by me; and I shall slay others also; I am the lord; I am a man of enjoyment; I am successful, mighty and happy';

🪷 Hindi Translation · हिन्दी अनुवाद

For the Hindi-aware seer · Pūjya Swami Rāmsukhdās ji's translation · a high-readability modern Hindi rendering · Gītā-Press Gorakhpur tradition. (→ Full Mahāpurusha-detail page for the 102-year-living Sādhaka-Sañjīvanī Mahātmā.)

🪷 Swami Rāmsukhdās · Sādhaka-Sañjīvanī tradition · Gītā-Press Gorakhpur · highest modern Hindi reading

।।16.14।।वह शत्रु तो हमारे द्वारा मारा गया और उन दूसरे शत्रुओंको भी हम मार डालेंगे। हम सर्वसमर्थ हैं। हमारे पास भोग-सामग्री बहुत है। हम सिद्ध हैं। हम बड़े बलवान् और सुखी हैं।

🪷 English Commentaries · The Ācārya Voices

The classical commentary tradition rendered in English · each ācārya speaks from their own sampradāya · the seer chooses the depth of darśana.

Swami Sivananda · Verse-by-verse word-keys with Sanskrit anchors

16.14 असौ that? मया by me? हतः slain? शत्रुः enemy? हनिष्ये (I) shall slay? च and? अपरान् others? अपि also? ईश्वरः Lord? अहम् I? अहम् I? भोगी the enjoyer? सिद्धः perfect? अहम् I? भोगी the enjoyer? सिद्धः perfect? अहम् I? बलवान् powerful? सुखी happy.Commentary I will be the lord of all I survey. I will kill everyone who will not serve me. In fact I am the lord of all creation. I will be successful in all my undertakings. I have got plenty of landed property? cattle and immense wealth. I have got plenty of children and grandchildren. Even Indra is not eal to me. I am not an ordinary man. I am very powerful? strong? healthy and happy in every respect.In this verse there is a description of the vain imaginations of the people of demoniacal nature.

Swami Gambīrānanda · Advaita-school commentary (Śaṅkara tradition)

Swami Ādidevānanda · Rāmānuja Śrī-Vaiṣṇava commentary

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Modern academic scholarship

16.14 See Coment under 16.16

Swami Chinmayānanda · Chinmaya Mission · modern Vedantic teaching

।।16.14।। इस श्लोक का अनुवाद ही इसकी व्याख्या भी है और बहुसंख्यक लोगों के जीवन की भी यही व्याख्या है सारांशत? यह अभिमानी जीव की सफलता का गीत है? जिसे एक नितान्त आसुरी पुरुष अपने मन में सदैव गुनगुनाता रहता है। इस आसुरी लोरी के मादक प्रभाव में? मनुष्य के श्रेष्ठ और दिव्य संस्कार उन्माद की निद्रा में लीन हो जाते हैं।एक भौतिकवादी पुरुष की स्वयं के विषय में क्या धारणा होती है सुनो

🪷 Hindi Vyākhyā · हिन्दी व्याख्या

Pūjya Swami Rāmsukhdās ji's Sādhaka-Sañjīvanī · one of the great modern Hindi vyākhyās of the Gītā · direct, pure, deeply Vedāntic · the modern Sanātana-jāgaraṇa. (→ Full Mahāpurusha-detail page · 1904-2005 · Corner 1 Mādhurya operational anchor · whose 6-lakṣaṇa-śaraṇāgati IS Constitutional Principle 24.)

🪷 Swami Rāmsukhdās · Sādhaka-Sañjīvanī · Hindi vyākhyā · the modern bilingual anchor

।।16.14।। व्याख्या -- आसुरीसम्पदावाले व्यक्ति क्रोधके परायण होकर इस प्रकारके मनोरथ करते हैं -- असौ मया हतः शत्रुः -- वह हमारे विपरीत चलता था? हमारे साथ वैर रखता था? उसको तो हमने मार दिया है और हनिष्ये चापरानपि -- दूसरे जो भी हमारे विपरीत चलते हैं? हमारे साथ वैर रखते हैं? हमारा अनिष्ट सोचते हैं? उनको भी हम मजा चखा देंगे? मार डालेंगे। ईश्वरोऽहम् -- हम धन? बल? बुद्धि आदिमें सब तरहसे समर्थ हैं। हमारे पास क्या नहीं है हमारी बराबरी कोई कर सकता है क्या अहं भोगी -- हम भोग भोगनेवाले हैं। हमारे पास स्त्री? मकान? कार आदि कितनी भोग सामग्री है सिद्धोऽहम् -- हम सब तरहसे सिद्ध हैं। हमने तो पहले ही कह दिया था न वैसे हो गया कि नहीं हमारेको तो पहलेसे ही ऐसा दीखता है ये जो लोग भजन? स्मरण? जप? ध्यान आदि करते हैं? ये सभी किसीके बहकावेमें आये हुए हैं। अतः इनकी क्या दशा होगी? उसको हम जानते हैं। हमारे समान सिद्ध और कोई है संसारमें हमारे पास अणिमा? गरिमा आदि सभी सिद्धियाँ हैं। हम एक फूँकमें सबको भस्म कर सकते हैं। बलवान् -- हम बड़े बलवान् हैं। अमुक आदमीने हमारेसे टक्कर लेनी चाही? तो उसका क्या नतीजा हुआ आदि। परन्तु जहाँ स्वयं हार जाते हैं? वह बात दूसरोंको नहीं कहते? जिससे कि कोई हमें कमजोर न समझ ले। उन्हें अपने हारनेकी बात तो याद भी नहीं रहती? पर अभिमानकी बात उन्हें याद रहती है। सुखी -- हमारे पास कितना सुख है? आराम है। हमारे समान सुखी संसारमें कौन हैऐसे व्यक्तियोंके भीतर तो जलन होती रहती है? पर ऊपरसे इस प्रकारकी डींग हाँकते हैं।

🪷 Place in the Bhagavad-Gītā

This is verse 14 of 24 in Chapter 16 · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga (The Yoga of Divine & Demonic Endowment)
Chapter theme: The 26 daivī qualities vs 6 āsurī · the three gates to hell
Ṣaṭka grouping: ANTYA-Ṣaṭka (BG 13-18 · the resolution)
Chapter hub: /daivasura-sampada
⭐ Mahābhārata anchor: this verse is also MBh 6.38.14 (Bhīṣma-Parva · the BG in its full narrative home)

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