Word
buddhiḥ
Used in 25 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.
How it is translated
- intellect (18)
- the intellect (2)
- by the yog of intellect (1)
- steady intellect (1)
- intelligence (1)
- of impartial intellect (1)
- those whose intellect is unattached (1)
Every verse
- 2.39एषा तेऽभिहिता सांख्ये बुद्धिर्योगे त्विमां श्रृणु।eṣhā te ’bhihitā sānkhyeThis, which has been taught to you, is wisdom concerning Sankhya. Now listen to wisdom concerning Yoga, endowed with which, O Arjuna, you shall cast off the bonds of…Here: by the yog of intellect
- 2.41व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन।vyavasāyātmikā buddhir ekeha kuru-nandanaHere, O joy of the Kurus, there is only one single-pointed determination; many-branched and endless are the thoughts of the indecisive.Here: intellect
- 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: intellect
- 2.52यदा ते मोहकलिलं बुद्धिर्व्यतितरिष्यति।yadā te moha-kalilaṁ buddhir vyatitariṣhyatiWhen your intellect passes beyond the mire of delusion, then you will attain indifference to what has been heard and what has yet to be heard.Here: intellect
- 2.53श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना ते यदा स्थास्यति निश्चला।śhruti-vipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niśhchalāWhen your intellect, which is perplexed by the Vedic texts you have read, stands immovable and steady in the Self, then you will attain Self-realization.Here: intellect
- 2.65प्रसादे सर्वदुःखानां हानिरस्योपजायते।prasāde sarva-duḥkhānāṁ hānir asyopajāyateIn that peace, all pains are destroyed; for the intellect of the tranquil-minded soon becomes steady.Here: intellect
- 2.66नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य न चायुक्तस्य भावना।nāsti buddhir-ayuktasya na chāyuktasya bhāvanāThere is no knowledge of the Self for the unsteady, and no meditation is possible for the unsteady, and no peace for the unmeditative, and how can there be happiness for…Here: intellect
- 3.1ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन।jyāyasī chet karmaṇas te matā buddhir janārdanaArjuna said: If Thou thinkest that knowledge is superior to action, O Krishna, why then, O Kesava, doest Thou ask me to engage in this terrible action?Here: intellect
- 3.40इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते।indriyāṇi mano buddhir asyādhiṣhṭhānam uchyateThe senses, the mind, and the intellect are said to be its seat; through these, it deludes the embodied one, veiling their wisdom.Here: the intellect
- 3.42इन्द्रियाणि पराण्याहुरिन्द्रियेभ्यः परं मनः।indriyāṇi parāṇyāhur indriyebhyaḥ paraṁ manaḥThey say that the senses are superior to the body; the mind is superior to the senses; the intellect is superior to the mind; and He (the Self) is superior even to the…Here: intellect
- 5.20न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम्।na prahṛiṣhyet priyaṁ prāpya nodvijet prāpya chāpriyamResting in Brahman, with a steady intellect and undeluded, the knower of Brahman neither rejoices upon obtaining what is pleasant nor grieves upon obtaining what is…Here: steady intellect
- 5.27स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवोः।sparśhān kṛitvā bahir bāhyānśh chakṣhuśh chaivāntare bhruvoḥShutting out all external contacts and fixing the gaze between the eyebrows, realizing the outgoing and incoming breaths moving within the nostrils.Here: intellect
- 5.28यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिर्मुनिर्मोक्षपरायणः।yatendriya-mano-buddhir munir mokṣa-parāyaṇaḥ vigatecchā-bhaya-krodho yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥWith the senses, mind, and intellect ever controlled, having liberation as their supreme goal, free from desire, fear, and anger, the sage is truly liberated forever.Here: intelligence
- 6.9सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु।suhṛin-mitrāryudāsīna-madhyastha-dveṣhya-bandhuṣhuHe who is of the same mind towards the good-hearted, friends, enemies, the indifferent, the neutral, the hateful, the relatives, the righteous, and the unrighteous…Here: of impartial intellect
- 7.4भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च।bhūmir-āpo ’nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhir eva chaEarth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect, and egoism—thus is My Nature divided eightfold.Here: intellect
- 7.10बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां विद्धि पार्थ सनातनम्।bījaṁ māṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ viddhi pārtha sanātanamKnow Me, O Arjuna, as the eternal seed of all beings; I am the intelligence of the intelligent, and the splendour of the splendid objects.Here: intellect
- 8.7तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च।tasmāt sarveṣhu kāleṣhu mām anusmara yudhya chaTherefore, at all times, remember Me only and fight. With your mind and intellect fixed on Me, you will undoubtedly come to Me alone.Here: intellect
- 10.4बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसंमोहः क्षमा सत्यं दमः शमः।buddhir jñānam asammohaḥ kṣhamā satyaṁ damaḥ śhamaḥIntellect, wisdom, non-delusion, forgiveness, truth, self-restraint, calmness, happiness, pain, existence or birth, non-existence or death, fear, and also fearlessness.Here: intellect
- 12.14सन्तुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः।santuṣhṭaḥ satataṁ yogī yatātmā dṛiḍha-niśhchayaḥEver content, steady in meditation, self-controlled, possessing firm conviction, with the mind and intellect dedicated to Me, he, My devotee, is dear to Me.Here: intellect
- 13.6महाभूतान्यहङ्कारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च।mahā-bhūtāny ahankāro buddhir avyaktam eva chaThe great elements, egoism, intellect, and also the Unmanifested Nature, the ten senses, and one mind, and the five objects of the senses.Here: the intellect
- 18.17यस्य नाहंकृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते।yasya nāhankṛito bhāvo buddhir yasya na lipyateHe who is free from the egoistic notion, whose intelligence is not tainted by good or evil, though he slays these people, he does not slay, nor is he bound by the action.Here: intellect
- 18.30प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च कार्याकार्ये भयाभये।pravṛittiṁ cha nivṛittiṁ cha kāryākārye bhayābhayeThe intellect which knows the path of work and renunciation, what should be done and what should not be done, fear and fearlessness, bondage and liberation—that…Here: intellect
- 18.31यया धर्ममधर्मं च कार्यं चाकार्यमेव च।yayā dharmam adharmaṁ cha kāryaṁ chākāryam eva chaThat by which one wrongly understands dharma and adharma, and also what ought to be done and what ought not to be done—that intellect, O Arjuna, is rajasic (passionate).Here: intellect
- 18.32अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसाऽऽवृता।adharmaṁ dharmam iti yā manyate tamasāvṛitāThat intellect, O Arjuna, which is enveloped in darkness and sees Adharma as Dharma and all things perverted, is Tamasic (dark).Here: intellect
- 18.49असक्तबुद्धिः सर्वत्र जितात्मा विगतस्पृहः।asakta-buddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigata-spṛihaḥHe whose intellect is unattached everywhere, who has subdued his self, from whom desire has fled, he attains the supreme state of freedom from action through…Here: those whose intellect is unattached