janāḥ

How it is translated

• people (4)
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Every verse

1. 3.21यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः।yad yad ācharati śhreṣhṭhas tat tad evetaro janaḥWhatever a great man does, others also do; whatever he establishes as the standard, the world follows.Here: people
2. 7.16चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन।chatur-vidhā bhajante māṁ janāḥ sukṛitino ’rjunaFour kinds of virtuous men worship Me, O Arjuna, and they are the distressed, the seekers of knowledge, the seekers of wealth, and the wise, O Lord of the Bharatas.Here: people
3. 8.17सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥThose who know the day of Brahma, which lasts a thousand Yugas, and the night, which also lasts a thousand Yugas, know day and night.Here: people
4. 8.24अग्निर्ज्योतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम्।agnir jyotir ahaḥ śhuklaḥ ṣhaṇ-māsā uttarāyaṇamFire, light, daytime, the bright fortnight, the six months of the northern path of the sun (the northern solstice) departing, then men who know Brahman go to Brahman.Here: persons
5. 9.22अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते।ananyāśh chintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsateFor those men who worship Me alone, thinking of no one else, for those ever-united, I secure what they have not already possessed and preserve what they already possess.Here: persons
6. 16.7प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः।pravṛittiṁ cha nivṛittiṁ cha janā na vidur āsurāḥThe demoniacal do not know what to do and what to refrain from; they have neither purity, nor right conduct, nor truth.Here: persons
7. 17.4यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान्यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः।yajante sāttvikā devān yakṣha-rakṣhānsi rājasāḥThe sattvic, or pure, men worship the gods; the rajasic, or passionate, worship the yakshas and rakshasas; the others, the tamasic or deluded people, worship ghosts and…Here: persons
8. 17.5अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः।aśhāstra-vihitaṁ ghoraṁ tapyante ye tapo janāḥThose men who practice terrific austerities not prescribed by the scriptures, given to hypocrisy and egoism, driven by the force of lust and attachment.Here: people