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Bhagavad Gita · 13.9 · Yoga through Distinguishing the Field and the Knower of the Field·9 of 35

इन्द्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यमनहङ्कार एव चजन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिदुःखदोषानुदर्शनम्

indriyārtheṣhu vairāgyam anahankāra eva cha

janma-mṛityu-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha-doṣhānudarśhanam

Sanskrit recitation

The field and the knower · 13.1–13.18 · Teaching

Translation

Indifference to the objects of the senses and also absence of egoism; perceiving the evil in birth, death, old age, sickness, and pain.

Meaning

The feeling of renunciation towards the objects of the senses is constant in the man of wisdom. He does not even like to talk about them. His senses do not run towards them.Vairagyam Indifference to the senseobjects such as sound, touch, etc., for pleasure seen or unseen, heard or unheard (for pleasure in heaven, too).Anahankara The idea that arises in the mind I am superior to all, is egoism. Absence of this idea is Anahankara or absence of egoism.Reflection on the evils and miseries of birth, death, old age and sickness One has to dwell in the womb for nine months and to undergo the pangs of birth. These are the evils of birth. The man of wisdom never forgets the troubles of birth, death, old age, etc. He wants to avoid being born. In old age the intellect becomes dull and the memory is lost and the senses become cold and weak. There is decay of power and strength. The old man is treated with contempt by his relatives. These are the evils of old age. A sick man who suffers from piles, suffers from weakness and anaemia through loss of blood. A man suffering from malaria gets an enlarged spleen. These are the evils caused by sickness.Pain The three types of pain or afflictions are referred to in the Introduction.Pain itself is evil. Birth is painful. Birth is misery. Death is misery. Old age is misery. Sickness is misery

After Swami Sivananda

The field and the knower· 13.1–13.18

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
janma
of birth
jarā
old age
doṣha
faults
eva cha
and also
vyādhi
disease
duḥkha
evils
mṛityu
death
vairāgyam
dispassion
anudarśhanam
perception
anahankāraḥ
absence of egotism
indriya-artheṣhu
toward objects of the senses

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