Sārathi

Word

bhavān

Used in 4 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.

How it is translated

Every verse

  1. 1.8भवान्भीष्मश्च कर्णश्च कृपश्च समितिञ्जयः।bhavānbhīṣhmaśhcha karṇaśhcha kṛipaśhcha samitiñjayaḥ"Thou thyself, Bhishma, Karna, Kripa, the victorious in war, Asvatthama, Vikarna, and Bhurisrava, the son of Somadatta—all these are ready for battle."Here: yourself
  2. 10.12परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान्।paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavānArjuna said, "You are the Supreme Brahman, the supreme abode, the supreme purifier, eternal, divine Person, the primeval God, unborn, and omnipresent."Here: you
  3. 11.31आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपोākhyāhi me ko bhavān ugra-rūpoTell me, who you are, so fierce of form. I offer my salutations to you, O God Supreme; have mercy on me. I desire to know you, the original Being. I do not indeed know…Here: you
  4. 18.21पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान्।pṛithaktvena tu yaj jñānaṁ nānā-bhāvān pṛithag-vidhānBut that knowledge which sees in all beings various entities of distinct kinds as being distinct from one another, know thou that knowledge to be Rajasic.Here: manifold entities