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“Craving scatters the mind before wisdom can settle.”
उस पुष्पित वाणीसे जिसका अन्तःकरण हर लिया गया है अर्थात् भोगोंकी तरफ खिंच गया है और जो भोग तथा ऐश्वर्यमें अत्यन्त आसक्त हैं, उन मनुष्योंकी परमात्मामें निश्चयात्मिका बुद्धि नहीं होती ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर टैप करके उसे देखें।
शब्दशःof those attached to enjoyment and power · by that · whose minds have been stolen · one-pointed, resolute · intellect · not
People who are pulled toward pleasure and power lose clear judgment. Their mind cannot settle into steady focus on the supreme reality.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "सांख्य योग" में।
श्लोक 44 भगवद् गीता के 2वें अध्याय में है — सांख्य योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 72 श्लोक हैं।
A man spends every evening on share prices and plans for a bigger flat. Ask him what he wants from life and his mind skips away within a minute; that restless pull is what Krishna says blocks steady resolve.
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Minds carried off by pleasure and power never settle long enough to hold firm resolve.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
People who are pulled toward pleasure and power lose clear judgment. Their mind cannot settle into steady focus on the supreme reality.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
Krishna explains, with Arjuna frozen before war, why some people never reach firm understanding: their minds are stolen by pleasure and power, so they cannot rest in steady insight. This verse names the inner obstruction before the next instruction.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
A man spends every evening on share prices and plans for a bigger flat. Ask him what he wants from life and his mind skips away within a minute; that restless pull is what Krishna says blocks steady resolve.
“Clarity returns when craving stops steering the mind.”
संबंधित विषय: attachment (20 श्लोक)