Sārathi

Word

mahā-bāho

Used in 15 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.

How it is translated

Every verse

  1. 2.26अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम्।atha chainaṁ nitya-jātaṁ nityaṁ vā manyase mṛitamBut even if thou thinkest of It as constantly being born and constantly dying, even then, O mighty-armed one, thou shouldst not grieve.Here: mighty-armed one, Arjun
  2. 2.68तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः।tasmād yasya mahā-bāho nigṛihītāni sarvaśhaḥTherefore, O mighty-armed Arjuna, his knowledge is steady whose senses are completely restrained from sense objects.Here: mighty-armed one
  3. 3.28तत्त्ववित्तु महाबाहो गुणकर्मविभागयोः।tattva-vit tu mahā-bāho guṇa-karma-vibhāgayoḥBut he who knows the Truth, O mighty-armed Arjuna, about the divisions of the qualities and their functions, knowing that the Gunas, as senses, move amidst the Gunas, as…Here: mighty-armed one
  4. 3.43एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना।evaṁ buddheḥ paraṁ buddhvā sanstabhyātmānam ātmanāThus, knowing Him who is superior to the intellect and restraining the self by the Self, slay thou, O mighty-armed Arjuna, the enemy in the form of desire, hard to…Here: mighty-armed one
  5. 5.3ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति।jñeyaḥ sa nitya-sannyāsī yo na dveṣhṭi na kāṅkṣhatiHe should be known as a perpetual Sannyasi who neither hates nor desires; for, free from the pairs of opposites, O mighty-armed Arjuna, he is easily freed from bondage.Here: mighty-armed one
  6. 5.6संन्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः।sannyāsas tu mahā-bāho duḥkham āptum ayogataḥBut, O mighty-armed Arjuna, renunciation is hard to attain without Yoga; the sage who is in harmony with Yoga quickly goes to Brahman.Here: mighty-armed one
  7. 6.35असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलं।asanśhayaṁ mahā-bāho mano durnigrahaṁ chalamThe Blessed Lord said, "Undoubtedly, O mighty-armed Arjuna, the mind is difficult to control and restless; but with practice and dispassion, it can be restrained."Here: mighty-armed one
  8. 6.38कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति।kachchin nobhaya-vibhraṣhṭaśh chhinnābhram iva naśhyatiFallen from both, does he not perish like a rent cloud, supportless, O mighty-armed one, deluded on the path of Brahman?Here: mighty-armed Krishna
  9. 7.5अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम्।apareyam itas tvanyāṁ prakṛitiṁ viddhi me parāmO mighty-armed Arjuna, this is the inferior Prakriti; know it as distinct from My higher Prakriti, the very life-element, by which this world is upheld.Here: mighty-armed one
  10. 10.1भूय एव महाबाहो श्रृणु मे परमं वचः।bhūya eva mahā-bāho śhṛiṇu me paramaṁ vachaḥThe Blessed Lord said, Again, O mighty-armed Arjuna, listen to my supreme word which I will declare to you, who are beloved, for your welfare.Here: mighty armed one
  11. 11.23रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रंrūpaṁ mahat te bahu-vaktra-netraṁHaving seen Your immeasurable form with many mouths and eyes, O mighty-armed one, with many arms, thighs, and feet, with many stomachs and fearsome with many teeth, the…Here: mighty-armed Lord
  12. 11.46किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रहस्तkirīṭinaṁ gadinaṁ chakra-hastamI desire to see You as before, crowned, bearing a mace, with the discus in hand, in Your former form only, having four arms, O thousand-armed, Cosmic Being.Here: thousand-armed one
  13. 14.5सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः।sattvaṁ rajas tama iti guṇāḥ prakṛiti-sambhavāḥThese qualities, O Arjuna, born of Nature, bind fast in the body of the embodied, the indestructible: purity, passion, and inertia.Here: mighty-armed one
  14. 18.1संन्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम्।sannyāsasya mahā-bāho tattvam ichchhāmi veditumArjuna said, "O mighty-armed Hrishikesa, I desire to know the essence or truth of renunciation and abandonment severally, O slayer of Kesi."Here: mighty-armed one
  15. 18.13पञ्चैतानि महाबाहो कारणानि निबोध मे।pañchaitāni mahā-bāho kāraṇāni nibodha meLearn from Me, O mighty-armed Arjuna, these five causes, as declared in the Sankhya system, for the accomplishment of all actions.Here: mighty-armed one