Chapter 12, Verse 4
संनियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं सर्वत्र समबुद्धयः। ते प्राप्नुवन्ति मामेव सर्वभूतहिते रताः।।12.4।।
saṃniyamyendriyagrāmaṃ sarvatra samabuddhayaḥ। te prāpnuvanti māmeva sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ।।12.4।।
Word by word
- संनियम्य
- having fully restrained/controlled
- इन्द्रियग्रामम्
- the group/multitude of senses
- सर्वत्र
- everywhere / in all conditions
- समबुद्धयः
- those of equal (even) intellect/vision
- ते
- they
- प्राप्नुवन्ति
- attain / reach
- माम्
- Me
- एव
- indeed / alone (emphasis)
- सर्वभूतहिते
- in the welfare of all beings
- रताः
- delighted / engaged / devoted
Commentary
3 — 4. Those who ever contemplate the Imperishable, the Indefinable, the Unmanifest, the Omnipresent and the Unthinkable, the Unchange- able, the Immutable, the Eternal,— having res- trained all the senses, always equanimous, intent on the welfare of all beings, — they reach Myself.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain (verses 3-4 discussed as one combined teaching in the source)
Verse Builder
Tap each meaning in order to match its Sanskrit word.
Sanskrit (in order)
Your answer
Word bank
Tap a word to place it in the next open slot. Tap a placed word to send it back.