18.29 बुद्धेर्भेदं धृतेश्चैव गुणतस्त्रिविधं शृणु।प्रोच्यमानमशेषेण पृथक्त्वेन धनञ्जय
buddher
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buddheḥ—of intellect;bhedam—the distinctions;dhṛiteḥ—of determination;cha—and;eva—certainly;guṇataḥ tri-vidham—according to the three modes of material nature;śhṛiṇu—hear;prochyamānam—described;aśheṣheṇa—in detail;pṛithaktvena—distinctly;dhanañjaya—conqueror of wealth, Arjun
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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You must listen to Me as I expound the three-fold division of the intellect and content, both completely and individually, based on the Strands, O Dhananjaya!
Reason and conviction are threefold, according to the Quality which is dominant. I will explain them fully and severally, O Arjuna!
Hear now, the threefold division of Buddhi (reason) and Dhrti (fortitude), O Arjuna, according to the Gunas, fully and severally to be set forth.
O Dhananjaya, listen to the classification of the intellect as also of fortitude, which is threefold according to the gunas, while it is being stated elaborately and severally.
Hear thou the threefold division of the intellect and firmness according to the Gunas, as I declare them fully and distinctly, O Arjuna!
18.31 यया धर्ममधर्मं च कार्यं चाकार्यमेव च।अयथावत्प्रजानाति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ राजसी
yayā dharmam
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yayā—by which;dharmam—righteousness;adharmam—unrighteousness;cha—and;kāryam—right conduct;cha—and;akāryam—wrong conduct;eva—certainly;cha—and;ayathā-vat—confused;prajānāti—distinguish;buddhiḥ—intellect;sā—that;pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha;rājasī—in the mode of passion
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The intellect, by means of which one decides incorrectly between the righteous and the unrighteous, and what is a proper action and an improper one—that intellect is of the Rajas, O son of Prtha!
The intellect which does not understand what is right and what is wrong, and what should be done and what not, is under the sway of Passion.
The Buddhi which gives an erroneous knowledge of Dharma and Adharma (its opposite) and also of what ought to be done and what ought not to be done, O Arjuna, is Rajasika.
O Partha, that intellect is born of rajas with which one wrongly understands virtue and vice as also what ought to be done and ought not to be done.
That by which one incorrectly understands Dharma and Adharma, and also what ought to be done and what ought not to be done–that intellect, O Arjuna, is Rajasic!
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मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 18: Free Yourself Through Renunciation
mokṣasaṃnyāsayoga
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18.30 प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च कार्याकार्ये भयाभये।बन्धं मोक्षं च या वेत्ति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी
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pravṛittim—activities;cha—and;nivṛittim—renuncation from action;cha—and;kārya—proper action;akārye—improper action;bhaya—fear;abhaye—without fear;bandham—what is binding;mokṣham—what is liberating;cha—and;yā—which;vetti—understands;buddhiḥ—intellect;sā—that;pārtha—son of Pritha;sāttvikī—in the nature of goodness
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The intellect which knows the activity and the cessation from activity, the proper and improper actions, the fear and non-fear, and the bondage and emancipation—that intellect is considered to be of the Sattva (Strand).
That intellect which understands the creation and dissolution of life, what actions should be done and what not, which discriminates between fear and fearlessness, bondage and deliverance, that is Pure.
That Buddhi, O Arjuna, which knows activity and renunciation, what ought to be done and what ought not to be done, fear and fearlessness, bondage and release - that (Buddhi) is Sattvika.
O Partha, that intellect is born of sattva which understands action and withdrawal, duty and what is not duty, the sources of fear and fearlessness, and bondage and freedom.
That which knows the path of work and renunciation, what ought to be done and what ought not to be done, fear and fearlessness, bondage and liberation–that intellect is Sattwic, O Arjuna!
