Bhagavad Gita · Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga YogaChapter 13, Shloka 8 (13.8)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
इन्द्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यमनहङ्कार एव च
जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिदुःखदोषानुदर्शनम्
॥ 13.8 ॥
indriyārtheṣu vairāgyamanahaṅkāra eva ca
janmamṛtyujarāvyādhiduḥkhadoṣānudarśanam
Translation
"— dispassion towards the objects of the senses, absence of ego, and repeated reflection on the flaw in birth, death, old age, disease and suffering —"
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. indriyārtheṣu śabdādiṣu dṛṣṭādṛṣṭeṣu bhogeṣu virāgabhāvo vairāgyam — dispassion towards the enjoyments of this world and the next; for each of birth, death, old age and disease, doṣānudarśanam — reflecting again and again on its flaw; for example jarāyāṃ prajñāśaktitejonirodha — in old age, the waning of intellect, strength and vigour.
Acharya Ramanuja. vairāgyam ātmavyatirikteṣu viṣayeṣu sadoṣatānusaṃdhānena udvejanam; anahaṃkāraḥ anātmani dehe ātmābhimānarahitatvam — not having the pride of "I" in the body, which is not the Self; anātmīyeṣu ātmīyābhimānarahitvaṃ ca api vivakṣitam — and also not regarding as one's own what is not one's own.
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