Word
janma
Used in 12 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.
How it is translated
- birth (8)
- high birth and fruitive results (1)
- resulting in fruitive action, good birth, etc. (1)
- freedom from the bondage of life and death (1)
- births (1)
- rebirth (1)
- of birth (1)
Every verse
- 2.27जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च।jātasya hi dhruvo mṛityur dhruvaṁ janma mṛitasya chaFor the born, death is certain, and for the dead, birth is certain; therefore, you should not grieve over the inevitable.Here: birth
- 2.42यामिमां पुष्पितां वाचं प्रवदन्त्यविपश्चितः।yāmimāṁ puṣhpitāṁ vāchaṁ pravadanty-avipaśhchitaḥThe unwise, taking pleasure in the eulogizing words of the Vedas, utter flowery speech, saying, "There is nothing else," O Arjuna.Here: high birth and fruitive results
- 2.43कामात्मानः स्वर्गपरा जन्मकर्मफलप्रदाम्।kāmātmānaḥ svarga-parāFull of desires, with heaven as their goal, (they speak words that are directed to ends) leading to new births as the result of their works, and prescribe various…Here: resulting in fruitive action, good birth, etc.
- 2.51कर्मजं बुद्धियुक्ता हि फलं त्यक्त्वा मनीषिणः।karma-jaṁ buddhi-yuktā hi phalaṁ tyaktvā manīṣhiṇaḥThe wise, possessing knowledge, having abandoned the fruits of their actions, and being freed from the bonds of birth, go to the place which is beyond all evil.Here: freedom from the bondage of life and death
- 4.4अपरं भवतो जन्म परं जन्म विवस्वतः।aparaṁ bhavato janma paraṁ janma vivasvataḥArjuna said, "Later was Thy birth, and prior to it was the birth of Vivasvan (the Sun); how am I to understand that Thou hast taught this Yoga from the beginning?"Here: birth
- 4.9जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः।janma karma cha me divyam evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥHe who thus knows, in their true light, My divine birth and actions, having abandoned the body, is not born again; he comes to Me, O Arjuna.Here: birth
- 6.42अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्।atha vā yoginām eva kule bhavati dhīmatāmOr he is born in a family of even the wisest of yogis; verily, such a birth is very difficult to obtain in this world.Here: birth
- 6.45प्रयत्नाद्यतमानस्तु योगी संशुद्धकिल्बिषः।prayatnād yatamānas tu yogī sanśhuddha-kilbiṣhaḥBut the Yogi who strives assiduously, purified of sins and perfected gradually over many births, reaches the highest goal.Here: births
- 8.15मामुपेत्य पुनर्जन्म दुःखालयमशाश्वतम्।mām upetya punar janma duḥkhālayam aśhāśhvatamHaving attained Me, these great souls do not take birth again here—a place of pain and impermanence—but have reached the highest perfection of liberation.Here: birth
- 8.16आब्रह्मभुवनाल्लोकाः पुनरावर्तिनोऽर्जुन।ā-brahma-bhuvanāl lokāḥ punar āvartino ’rjunaAll the worlds, including the world of Brahma, are subject to return again, O Arjuna; but he who reaches Me, O son of Kunti, has no rebirth.Here: rebirth
- 13.9इन्द्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यमनहङ्कार एव च।indriyārtheṣhu vairāgyam anahankāra eva chaIndifference to the objects of the senses and also absence of egoism; perceiving the evil in birth, death, old age, sickness, and pain.Here: of birth
- 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: birth