Word
dehinam
Used in 5 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.
How it is translated
- the embodied soul (3)
- for all the embodied souls (1)
- embodied beings (1)
Every verse
- 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 embodied soul
- 14.5सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः।sattvaṁ rajas tama iti guṇāḥ prakṛiti-sambhavāḥThese qualities, O Arjuna, born of Nature, bind fast in the body of the embodied, the indestructible: purity, passion, and inertia.Here: the embodied soul
- 14.7रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम्।rajo rāgātmakaṁ viddhi tṛiṣhṇā-saṅga-samudbhavamKnow, O Arjuna, that Rajas is of the nature of passion, the source of thirst and attachment; it binds fast the embodied one by attachment to action.Here: the embodied soul
- 14.8तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।tamas tv ajñāna-jaṁ viddhi mohanaṁ sarva-dehināmBut know thou Tamas to be born of ignorance, deluding all embodied beings; it binds fast, O Arjuna, through heedlessness, indolence, and sleep.Here: for all the embodied souls
- 17.2श्री भगवानुवाचत्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा।śhrī-bhagavān uvāchaThe Blessed Lord said, "There are threefold faiths inherent in the nature of the embodied: the sattvic (pure), the rajasic (passionate), and the tamasic (dark). Hear of…Here: embodied beings