Shloka 52

कर्मयोग–ज्ञानयज्ञ–अवतारोपदेश

Karma-Yoga, Jñāna-Yajña, and Avatāra Instruction

Devanagari script

सम्बन्ध-- भगवान्‌ने कर्मयोगके आचरणद्वारय अनामय पदकी प्राप्ति बतलायी

Transliteration

yadā te mohakalilaṁ buddhir vyatitariṣyati | tadā gantāsi nirvedaṁ śrotavyasya śrutasya ca ||

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်။ သင်၏ ဉာဏ်သည် မောဟ၏ ရွံ့ညစ်သော ရေကန်ကို အပြည့်အဝ ကျော်လွန်သွားသောအခါ၊ သင်သည် ကြားပြီးသောအရာနှင့် နောက်တဖန် ကြားရမည့်အရာတို့—ဤလောကနှင့် နောက်လောကအကြောင်း ကတိပေးထားသော အပျော်အပါးနှင့် သဘောတရားတို့အားလုံးအပေါ် မစွဲလမ်းခြင်းသို့ ရောက်လိမ့်မည်။

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• ते: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: any, genitive, singular

• मोह-कलिलम्: the mire (kalila) of delusion
• मोह-कलिलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोहकलिल
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• बुद्धिः: intellect
• बुद्धिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• व्यतितरिष्यति: will cross over / will pass beyond
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अति + तॄ
• Form: simple future (luṭ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• गन्तासि: you will go / you will attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: periphrastic future (luṭ), 2nd, singular, parasmaipada

• निर्वेदम्: dispassion, indifference
• निर्वेदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्वेद
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• श्रोतव्यस्य: of what is to be heard
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रोतव्य
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• श्रुतस्य: of what has been heard
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुत
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Arjuna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When the intellect becomes free from delusion, a natural detachment arises toward all pleasure-centered promises—whether already known from tradition or newly encountered. This dispassion is a sign of inner clarity and readiness for liberation-oriented living.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Gita’s battlefield dialogue, Sanjaya reports the teaching addressed to Arjuna: as Arjuna’s understanding matures beyond confusion, he will no longer be driven by worldly or otherworldly rewards and will develop steady dispassion.