Word
amṛita-upamam
Used in 4 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.
How it is translated
- like nectar (2)
- they partake of the nectarean remnants of sacrifice (1)
- begotten from the churning of the ocean of nectar (1)
Every verse
- 4.31यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजो यान्ति ब्रह्म सनातनम्।yajña-śhiṣhṭāmṛita-bhujo yānti brahma sanātanamThose who eat the remnants of the sacrifice, which are like nectar, go to the eternal Brahman. This world is not for the one who does not perform sacrifice; how then can…Here: they partake of the nectarean remnants of sacrifice
- 10.27उच्चैःश्रवसमश्वानां विद्धि माममृतोद्भवम्।uchchaiḥśhravasam aśhvānāṁ viddhi mām amṛitodbhavamKnow Me as Ucchaisravas, born of nectar, among horses; Airavata among lordly elephants; and the king among men.Here: begotten from the churning of the ocean of nectar
- 18.36सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं श्रृणु मे भरतर्षभ।sukhaṁ tv idānīṁ tri-vidhaṁ śhṛiṇu me bharatarṣhabhaAnd now, O Arjuna, hear from Me of the threefold pleasure, in which one rejoices through practice and surely comes to the end of pain.Here: like nectar
- 18.38विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।viṣhayendriya-sanyogād yat tad agre ’mṛitopamamThat happiness which arises from the contact of the senses with the objects, which is initially like nectar but eventually like poison, is said to be Rajasic.Here: like nectar