Word
kaunteya
Used in 24 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.
How it is translated
- Arjun, the son of Kunti (22)
- Arjun the son of Kunti (1)
- Arjun, the the son of Kunti (1)
Every verse
- 2.14मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः।mātrā-sparśhās tu kaunteya śhītoṣhṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥThe contact of the senses with the objects, O son of Kunti, which causes heat and cold, pleasure and pain, has a beginning and an end; they are impermanent; endure them…Here: Arjun, the son of Kunti
- 2.37हतो वा प्राप्स्यसि स्वर्गं जित्वा वा भोक्ष्यसे महीम्।hato vā prāpsyasi swargaṁ jitvā vā bhokṣhyase mahīmSlain, you will obtain heaven; victorious, you will enjoy the earth; therefore, stand up, O son of Kunti, resolved to fight.Here: Arjun, the son of Kunti
- 2.60यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः।yatato hyapi kaunteya puruṣhasya vipaśhchitaḥThe turbulent senses, O Arjuna, can violently carry away the mind of a wise person, even though they are striving to control them.Here: Arjun, the son of Kunti
- 3.9यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः।yajñārthāt karmaṇo ’nyatra loko ’yaṁ karma-bandhanaḥThe world is bound by actions other than those performed for the sake of sacrifice; do thou, therefore, O son of Kunti (Arjuna), perform actions for that sake alone…Here: Arjun, the son of Kunti
- 3.39आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा।āvṛitaṁ jñānam etena jñānino nitya-vairiṇāO Arjuna, wisdom is enveloped by this constant enemy of the wise, in the form of desire, which is insatiable like fire.Here: Arjun the son of Kunti
- 5.22ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते।ye hi sansparśha-jā bhogā duḥkha-yonaya eva teThe enjoyments that arise from contact are only sources of pain, for they have a beginning and an end, O Arjuna; the wise do not rejoice in them.Here: Arjun, the son of Kunti
- 6.35असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलं।asanśhayaṁ mahā-bāho mano durnigrahaṁ chalamThe Blessed Lord said, "Undoubtedly, O mighty-armed Arjuna, the mind is difficult to control and restless; but with practice and dispassion, it can be restrained."Here: Arjun, the son of Kunti
- 7.8रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः।raso ’ham apsu kaunteya prabhāsmi śhaśhi-sūryayoḥI am the flavor in water, O Arjuna; I am the light in the moon and the sun; I am the syllable Om in all the Vedas, sound in the ether and virility in men.Here: Arjun, the son of Kunti
- 8.6यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम्।yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ tyajatyante kalevaramWhoever at the end leaves the body, thinking of any being, to that being only does he go, O son of Kunti (Arjuna), due to his constant thought of that being.Here: Arjun, the son of Kunti
- 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: Arjun, the son of Kunti
- 9.7सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्।sarva-bhūtāni kaunteya prakṛitiṁ yānti māmikāmAll beings, O Arjuna, go into My Nature at the end of a Kalpa; I send them forth again at the beginning of the next Kalpa.Here: Arjun, the son of Kunti
- 9.10मयाऽध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम्।mayādhyakṣheṇa prakṛitiḥ sūyate sa-charācharamUnder Me, as supervisor, Nature produces the moving and the unmoving; therefore, O Arjuna, the world revolves.Here: Arjun, the son of Kunti
- 9.23येऽप्यन्यदेवता भक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयाऽन्विताः।ye ’pyanya-devatā-bhaktā yajante śhraddhayānvitāḥEven those devotees who, endowed with faith, worship other gods, worship Me alone, O Arjuna, but by the wrong method.Here: Arjun, the son of Kunti
- 9.27यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत्।yat karoṣhi yad aśhnāsi yaj juhoṣhi dadāsi yatWhatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice, whatever you give, whatever austerity you practice, O Arjuna, do it as an offering to Me.Here: Arjun, the son of Kunti
- 9.31क्षिप्रं भवति धर्मात्मा शश्वच्छान्तिं निगच्छति।kṣhipraṁ bhavati dharmātmā śhaśhvach-chhāntiṁ nigachchhatiSoon he becomes righteous and attains eternal peace; O Arjuna, proclaim thou for certain that My devotee never perishes.Here: Arjun, the son of Kunti
- 13.2श्री भगवानुवाचइदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते।śhrī-bhagavān uvāchaThe Blessed Lord said, "O Arjuna, this body is called the field; he who knows it is called the knower of the field by those who know them."Here: Arjun, the son of Kunti
- 13.32अनादित्वान्निर्गुणत्वात्परमात्मायमव्ययः।anāditvān nirguṇatvāt paramātmāyam avyayaḥBeing without beginning, devoid of any qualities, the Supreme Self, imperishable, though dwelling in the body, O Arjuna, neither acts nor is tainted.Here: Arjun, the the son of Kunti
- 14.4सर्वयोनिषु कौन्तेय मूर्तयः सम्भवन्ति याः।sarva-yoniṣhu kaunteya mūrtayaḥ sambhavanti yāḥWhatever forms are produced, O Arjuna, in any womb whatsoever, the great Brahma is their womb, and I am the seed-giving father.Here: Arjun, the son of Kunti
- 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: Arjun, the son of Kunti
- 16.20असुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि।āsurīṁ yonim āpannā mūḍhā janmani janmaniEntering into demoniacal wombs and deluded, birth after birth, they do not attain Me, thus falling, O Arjuna, into a condition still lower than that.Here: Arjun, the son of Kunti
- 16.22एतैर्विमुक्तः कौन्तेय तमोद्वारैस्त्रिभिर्नरः।etair vimuktaḥ kaunteya tamo-dvārais tribhir naraḥA person who is liberated from these three gates of darkness, O Arjuna, practices what is beneficial for them and thus goes to the Supreme Goal.Here: Arjun, the son of Kunti
- 18.48सहजं कर्म कौन्तेय सदोषमपि न त्यजेत्।saha-jaṁ karma kaunteya sa-doṣham api na tyajetOne should not, O Arjuna, abandon the duty to which one is born, though it may be faulty; for, all undertakings are enveloped by evil, just as fire is by smoke.Here: Arjun, the son of Kunti
- 18.50सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे।siddhiṁ prāpto yathā brahma tathāpnoti nibodha meLearn from Me, O Arjuna, in brief how one who has attained perfection reaches Brahman—the Eternal, that supreme state of knowledge.Here: Arjun, the son of Kunti
- 18.60स्वभावजेन कौन्तेय निबद्धः स्वेन कर्मणा।swbhāva-jena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇāO Arjuna, bound by your own Karma (action) born of your own nature, that which from delusion you wish not to do, even that you shall do helplessly.Here: Arjun, the son of Kunti