Bhagavad Gita 13.8
इन्द्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यमनहङ्कार एव च। जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिदुःखदोषानुदर्शनम्।।13.9।।
indriyārtheṣu vairāgyamanahaṅkāra eva ca. janmamṛtyujarāvyādhiduḥkhadoṣānudarśanam.।13.9.।।
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- इन्द्रियार्थेषु
- in the objects of the senses
- वैराग्यम्
- dispassion, non-attachment
- अनहङ्कारः
- absence of egoism (I-ness)
- एव
- indeed, verily
- च
- and
- जन्म
- birth
- मृत्यु
- death
- जरा
- old age
- व्याधि
- disease
- दुःख
- suffering, pain
- दोष
- evil, defect, fault
- अनुदर्शनम्
- repeated perception/contemplation of (the evil inherent in birth, death, old age, disease, and suffering)
Commentary
8. Absence of attachment for objects of the senses9 and also absence of egoism ; perception of evil in birth, death arad old age, in sickness and pain ;
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain (verses 7-11 discussed as one combined teaching in the source)
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इन्द्रियार्थेषु
वैराग्यम्
अनहङ्कारः
एव
च
जन्म
मृत्यु
जरा
व्याधि
दुःख
दोष
अनुदर्शनम्
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