Word
bhoga
Used in 4 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.
How it is translated
- gratification (2)
- sense enjoyment (1)
- gratification of the senses (1)
Every verse
- 2.42यामिमां पुष्पितां वाचं प्रवदन्त्यविपश्चितः।yāmimāṁ puṣhpitāṁ vāchaṁ pravadanty-avipaśhchitaḥThe unwise, taking pleasure in the eulogizing words of the Vedas, utter flowery speech, saying, "There is nothing else," O Arjuna.Here: gratification
- 2.43कामात्मानः स्वर्गपरा जन्मकर्मफलप्रदाम्।kāmātmānaḥ svarga-parāFull of desires, with heaven as their goal, (they speak words that are directed to ends) leading to new births as the result of their works, and prescribe various…Here: sense enjoyment
- 2.44भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम्।bhogaiśwvarya-prasaktānāṁ tayāpahṛita-chetasāmFor those who are attached to pleasure and power, whose minds are drawn away by such teachings, their determinate reason is not formed which is steadily bent on…Here: gratification
- 16.12आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः।āśhā-pāśha-śhatair baddhāḥ kāma-krodha-parāyaṇāḥBound by a hundred ties of hope, given over to lust and anger, they strive to obtain hoards of wealth by unlawful means for sensual enjoyment.Here: gratification of the senses