Sārathi

Word

asat

Used in 8 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.

How it is translated

Every verse

  1. 9.19तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च।tapāmyaham ahaṁ varṣhaṁ nigṛihṇāmyutsṛijāmi chaAs the sun, I give heat; I withhold and send forth the rain; I am immortality and also death, existence and non-existence, O Arjuna.Here: temporary matter
  2. 11.37कस्माच्च ते न नमेरन्महात्मन्kasmāch cha te na nameran mahātmanAnd why should they not, O great Soul, bow to Thee Who art greater than all else, the primal cause even of the Creator (Brahma), O Infinite Being, O Lord of the gods, O…Here: manifest and non-manifest
  3. 11.42यच्चावहासार्थमसत्कृतोऽसिyach chāvahāsārtham asat-kṛito ’siIn whatever way I may have insulted You for the sake of fun, while at play, reposing, sitting, or at meals, when alone (with You), O Krishna, or in company, that I…Here: disrespectfully
  4. 13.13ज्ञेयं यत्तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वाऽमृतमश्नुते।jñeyaṁ yat tat pravakṣhyāmi yaj jñātvāmṛitam aśhnuteI will declare that which is to be known, knowing which one attains immortality; the beginningless Supreme Brahman, which is neither being nor non-being.Here: non-existent
  5. 13.22पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान्।puruṣhaḥ prakṛiti-stho hi bhuṅkte prakṛiti-jān guṇānThe soul seated in Nature experiences the qualities born of Nature; attachment to the qualities is the cause of its birth in good and evil wombs.Here: in superior and inferior wombs
  6. 16.10काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः।kāmam āśhritya duṣhpūraṁ dambha-māna-madānvitāḥFilled with insatiable desires, full of hypocrisy, pride, and arrogance, holding evil ideas due to delusion, they work with impure intentions.Here: impermanent
  7. 17.22अदेशकाले यद्दानमपात्रेभ्यश्च दीयते।adeśha-kāle yad dānam apātrebhyaśh cha dīyateThe gift that is given in the wrong place and at the wrong time, to unworthy persons, without respect or with insult, is declared to be of a Tamasic nature.Here: without respect
  8. 17.28अश्रद्धया हुतं दत्तं तपस्तप्तं कृतं च यत्।aśhraddhayā hutaṁ dattaṁ tapas taptaṁ kṛitaṁ cha yatWhatever is sacrificed, given, or performed, and whatever austerity is practiced without faith, it is called 'Asat', O Arjuna; it is of no value here or hereafter (after…Here: perishable