Sārathi

Word

deha-antara

Used in 6 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.

How it is translated

Every verse

  1. 2.13देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा।dehino ’smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarāJust as the embodied soul passes through childhood, youth, and old age in this body, so too does it pass into another body; the steadfast one does not grieve over this.Here: another body
  2. 8.4अधिभूतं क्षरो भावः पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम्।adhibhūtaṁ kṣharo bhāvaḥ puruṣhaśh chādhidaivatamAdhibhuta—knowledge of the elements—pertains to My perishable nature, and the Purusha, or the Soul, is the Adhidaiva; I alone am the Adhiyajna here in this body, O best…Here: of the embodied
  3. 12.5क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्।kleśho ’dhikataras teṣhām avyaktāsakta-chetasāmGreater is their trouble whose minds are set on the unmanifested, for the goal of the unmanifested is very hard for the embodied to reach.Here: for the embodied
  4. 14.14यदा सत्त्वे प्रवृद्धे तु प्रलयं याति देहभृत्।yadā sattve pravṛiddhe tu pralayaṁ yāti deha-bhṛitIf the embodied one meets death when Sattva is predominant, then they attain the spotless worlds of the knowers of the Highest.Here: the embodied
  5. 14.20गुणानेतानतीत्य त्रीन्देही देहसमुद्भवान्।guṇān etān atītya trīn dehī deha-samudbhavānThe embodied one, having crossed beyond these three Gunas from which the body is evolved, is freed from birth, death, decay, and pain, and attains immortality.Here: body
  6. 18.11न हि देहभृता शक्यं त्यक्तुं कर्माण्यशेषतः।na hi deha-bhṛitā śhakyaṁ tyaktuṁ karmāṇy aśheṣhataḥIndeed, it is not possible for an embodied being to completely abandon actions; however, he who relinquishes the rewards of actions is truly called a man of renunciation.Here: for the embodied being