Chapter 16, Verse 22
एतैर्विमुक्तः कौन्तेय तमोद्वारैस्त्रिभिर्नरः। आचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयस्ततो याति परां गतिम्।।16.22।।
etairvimuktaḥ kaunteya tamodvārais tribhir naraḥ। ācaratyātmanaḥ śreyastato yāti parāṃ gatim।।16.22।।
Word by word
- etaiḥ
- by these (three vices)
- vimuktaḥ
- freed, liberated
- kaunteya
- O son of Kunti (Arjuna)
- tamaḥ-dvāraiḥ
- gates/doors leading to darkness (i.e., to hell)
- tribhiḥ
- three (referring to lust, anger, greed)
- naraḥ
- a man
- ācarati
- practices, performs, does
- ātmanaḥ
- of/for himself, of the self
- śreyaḥ
- what is good, beneficial, the highest welfare
- tataḥ
- then, thereafter
- yāti
- goes, attains
- parām
- supreme, highest
- gatim
- goal, destination, state
Commentary
22. A man who is released from these, the three gates to darkness, O son of Kunti, does good to the self, and thereby reaches the Supreme Goal.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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etaiḥ
vimuktaḥ
kaunteya
tamaḥ-dvāraiḥ
tribhiḥ
naraḥ
ācarati
ātmanaḥ
śreyaḥ
tataḥ
yāti
parām
gatim
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