Word
dehī
Used in 4 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.
How it is translated
- the embodied soul (1)
- the soul that dwells within the body (1)
- the embodied being (1)
- the embodied (1)
Every verse
- 2.22वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहायvāsānsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāyaJust as a man casts off worn-out clothes and puts on new ones, so too the embodied Self casts off worn-out bodies and enters others that are new.Here: the embodied soul
- 2.30देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत।dehī nityam avadhyo ’yaṁ dehe sarvasya bhārataThis indweller in the body of everyone is ever indestructible, O Arjuna; therefore, you should not grieve for any creature.Here: the soul that dwells within the body
- 5.13सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी।sarva-karmāṇi manasā sannyasyāste sukhaṁ vaśhīMentally renouncing all actions and being self-controlled, the embodied one happily rests in the nine-gated city, neither acting nor causing others (body and senses) to…Here: the embodied being
- 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: the embodied