Word
prāṇān
Used in 3 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.
How it is translated
- lives (1)
- life-breaths (1)
- outgoing air (1)
Every verse
- 1.33येषामर्थे काङ्क्षितं नो राज्यं भोगाः सुखानि च।yeṣhām arthe kāṅkṣhitaṁ no rājyaṁ bhogāḥ sukhāni chaThose for whose sake we desire kingdom, enjoyments, and pleasures stand here in battle, having renounced life and wealth.Here: lives
- 4.29अपाने जुह्वति प्राण प्राणेऽपानं तथाऽपरे।apāne juhvati prāṇaṁ prāṇe ’pānaṁ tathāpareOthers offer as sacrifice the outgoing breath into the incoming, and the incoming into the outgoing, restraining the flow of the outgoing and the incoming breaths…Here: life-breaths
- 4.30अपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति।apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇān prāṇeṣu juhvatiOthers who regulate their diet offer life-breaths in each life-breath. All these are knowers of sacrifice, whose sins are destroyed through sacrifice.Here: outgoing air