2.44 भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम्। व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते
bhog
Word meanings
bhoga—gratification;aiśhwarya—luxury;prasaktānām—whose minds are deeply attached;tayā—by that;apahṛita-chetasām—bewildered in intellect;vyavasāya-ātmikā—resolute;buddhiḥ—intellect;samādhau—fulfilment;na—never;vidhīyate—occurs
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Those who are very attached to the ownership of enjoyable objects and whose minds have been carried away by that (flowery speech) - their knowledge, in the form of determination, is not prescribed for concentration.
While their minds are absorbed with ideas of power and personal enjoyment, they cannot concentrate their discrimination on one point.
O! Partha, the unwise, who rejoice in the letter of the Vedas, say, 'There is nothing else.' They are full only of worldly desires and they hanker for heaven. They speak flowery words which offer rebirth as the fruit of work. They look upon the Vedas as consisting entirely of varied rites for the attainment of pleasure and power. Those who cling so to pleasure and power are attracted by that speech (offering heavenly rewards) and are unable to develop the resolute will of a concentrated mind.
One-pointed conviction does not become established in the minds of those who delight in enjoyment and affluence, and whose intellects are carried away by that (speech).
For those who are much attached to pleasure and to power, whose minds are drawn away by such teaching, that determinate faculty is not manifest that is steadily bent on meditation and Samadhi (the state of Superconsciousness).
2.46 यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वतः संप्लुतोदके। तावान्सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानतः
yāvān
Word meanings
yāvān—whatever;arthaḥ—purpose;uda-pāne—a well of water;sarvataḥ—in all respects;sampluta-udake—by a large lake;tāvān—that many;sarveṣhu—in all;vedeṣhu—Vedas;brāhmaṇasya—one who realizes the Absolute Truth;vijānataḥ—who is in complete knowledge
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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What portion of a reservoir, flooded with water everywhere, is useful for a man in thirst? That much portion alone in all the Vedas is useful for an intelligent student of the Vedas.
As a man can drink water from any side of a full tank, so the skilled theologian can wrest from any scripture that which will serve his purpose.
What use a thirsty person has for a water reservoir when all sides of it are flooded - that much alone is the use of all the Vedas for a Brahmana who knows.
A Brahmana with realization has that much utility in all the Vedas as a man has in a well when there is a flood all around.
To the Brahmana who has known the Self, all the Vedas are of as much use as is a reservoir of water in a place where there is a flood.
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सांख्ययोग
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga
sāṃkhyayoga
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2.45 त्रैगुण्यविषया वेदा निस्त्रैगुण्यो भवार्जुन। निर्द्वन्द्वो नित्यसत्त्वस्थो निर्योगक्षेम आत्मवान्
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Word meanings
trai-guṇya—of the three modes of material nature;viṣhayāḥ—subject matter;vedāḥ—Vedic scriptures;nistrai-guṇyaḥ—above the three modes of material nature, transcendental;bhava—be;arjuna—Arjun;nirdvandvaḥ—free from dualities;nitya-sattva-sthaḥ—eternally fixed in truth;niryoga-kṣhemaḥ—unconcerned about gain and preservation;ātma-vān—situated in the self
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The Vedas bind through the three strands. Therefore, O Arjuna, be free from the three strands, free from the pairs of opposites; be established in this eternal Being; be free from acquisition and preservation; and possess the Self.
The Vedic Scriptures tell of the three constituents of life - the Qualities. Rise above all of them, O Arjuna, above all the pairs of opposing sensations; be steady in truth, free from worldly anxieties and centered in the Self.
The Vedas have the three Gunas for their sphere, O Arjuna. You must be free from the three Gunas and be free from the pairs of opposites. Abide in pure Sattva; never care to acquire things and to protect what has been acquired, but be established in the self.
O Arjuna, the Vedas [Meaning only the portion dealing with rites and duties (karma-kanda).] have the three qualities as their object. You become free from worldliness, free from the pairs of duality, ever-poised in the quality of sattva, without (desire for) acquisition and protection, and self-collected.
The Vedas deal with the three attributes (of Nature); be thou above these three attributes, O Arjuna! Free yourself from the pairs of opposites and ever remain in the quality of Sattwa (goodness), freed from the thought of acquisition and preservation, and be established in the Self.
