इन्द्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यमनहङ्कार एव च ।
जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिदुःखदोषानुदर्शनम् ॥
जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिदुःखदोषानुदर्शनम् ॥
Hindi · हिन्दी
इन्द्रियोंके विषयोंमें वैराग्यका होना, अहंकारका भी न होना और जन्म, मृत्यु, वृद्धावस्था तथा व्याधियोंमें दुःखरूप दोषोंको बारबार देखना ॥
English
Dispassion toward sense objects, absence of ego, and constant seeing of the fault in birth, death, old age, and disease.
What this verse means
Let go of craving for sensory pleasures, drop ego, and keep seeing how birth, death, old age, and illness bring suffering.
Context & commentary
On the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Arjuna is frozen between duty and grief. Krishna continues listing the qualities that reveal true understanding. Here, he points to dispassion, humility, and clear sight of life's unavoidable suffering.
Why this verse still matters
You scroll past another perfect-looking life, then feel the pull to compare. This verse asks you to see through the shine: pleasure fades, bodies change, and ego makes everything heavier.
The takeaway
Clinging loosens when you stop romanticizing what inevitably breaks.
Word-by-word translation
इन्द्रियार्थेषु (in sense objects) / वैराग्यम् (dispassion) / अहङ्कारः (ego) / एव (indeed) / च (and) / जन्म (birth) / मृत्यु (death) / जरा (old age) / व्याधि (disease) / दुःख (suffering) / दोषानुदर्शनम् (seeing the fault repeatedly)
This verse is part of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13: Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga — Field and Knower of the Field, which contains 35 verses.
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