Bhagavad Gita · 7.11
॥
Devanāgarī
बलं बलवतां चाहं कामरागविवर्जितम् ।
धर्माविरुद्धो भूतेषु कामोऽस्मि भरतर्षभ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
balaṁ balavatāṁ cāhaṁ kāma-rāga-vivarjitam |
dharmāviruddho bhūteṣu kāmo 'smi bharatarṣabha ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
बलम्balamstrength.
बलवताम्balavatāmof the strong.
च अहम्ca ahamand I.
कामरागविवर्जितम्kāma-rāga-vivarjitamfree (vivarjitam) from lust (kāma) and attachment (rāga).
धर्माविरुद्धःdharma-aviruddhaḥnot opposed (a-viruddhaḥ) to dharma.
भूतेषुbhūteṣuin living beings.
कामःkāmaḥdesire (kāma).
अस्मिasmiI am.
भरतर्षभbharata-ṛṣabhaO best of the Bhāratas!
Translation
“I am the strength of the strong, free from lust and attachment. And I am that desire in living beings which does not conflict with dharma, O best of the Bhāratas.”
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