Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 14
Chapter 13
Verse 15 of 35
Verse 16
Verse 13.15
सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासं सर्वेन्द्रियविवर्जितम्। असक्तं सर्वभृच्चैव निर्गुणं गुणभोक्तृ च ॥13.15॥
13.14 sarvendriyaguṇābhāsaṃ sarvendriyavivarjitam asaktaṃ sarvabhṛc caiva nirguṇaṃ guṇabhoktṛ ca
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

Shining by the qualities (guṇas) of all the senses, yet completely devoid of all senses, Unattached, and yet supporting all, free from the qualities (nirguṇa), and yet the enjoyer of the qualities.

Stoller MillerLiterary

Outside and within all creatures, inanimate but still animate, too subtle to be known, it is far distant, yet near.

ZaehnerJesuit

(14) Devoid of all the senses, It yet sheds light on all their qualities, [from all] detached, and yet supporting all; free from Nature's constituents, It yet experiences them.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

13.15 Shining through the functions of all the organs, (yet) devoid of all the organs; unattached, and verily the supporter of all; without quality, and the perceiver of qualities;

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

13.15 Shining by the functions of the senses, and yet devoid of the senses, detached and yet supporting all, devoid of Guṇas and yet experiencing the Guṇas;

SivanandaVedanta

13.15 Shining by the functions of all the senses, yet without the senses; unattached, yet supporting all; devoid of qualities, yet their experiencer.

Commentaries

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Sanskrit Original
Verse 14
Chapter 13
Verse 15 of 35
Verse 16