Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 21
Chapter 14
Verse 22 of 27
Verse 23
Verse 14.22
श्री भगवानुवाच प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव। न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति ॥14.22॥
14.22 śrībhagavān uvāca prakāśaṃ ca pravṛttiṃ ca moham eva ca pāṇḍava na dveṣṭi saṃpravṛttāni na nivṛttāni kāṅkṣati
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

The Blessed Lord (Śrī Bhagavān) said: Illumination and activity, and delusion as well, O son of Pandu (Pāṇḍava), He does not hate them when they arise, nor does he desire them when they cease.

Stoller MillerLiterary

He does not dislike light or activity or delusion; when they cease to exist he does not desire them.

ZaehnerJesuit

The Blessed Lord said: (22) Radiance—activity yes, delusion too,—when these arise he hates them not; and when [in turn] they cease he pines not after them.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

14.22 The Blessed Lord said -- O son of Pandu, he neither dislikes illumination (knowledge), activity and delusion when they appear, nor does he long for them when they disappear.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

14.22 The Lord said -- He hates not illumination, nor activity nor even delusion, O Arjuna, while these prevail, nor longs for them when they cease.

SivanandaVedanta

14.22 The Blessed Lord said -- When light, activity and delusion are present, he hates them not, nor does he long for them when they are absent.

Commentaries

English
Sanskrit Original
Verse 21
Chapter 14
Verse 22 of 27
Verse 23