Word
saṅkalpa
Used in 3 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.
How it is translated
- resolve (1)
- all desires for the fruits of actions (1)
- a resolve (1)
Every verse
- 4.19यस्य सर्वे समारम्भाः कामसङ्कल्पवर्जिताः।yasya sarve samārambhāḥ kāma-saṅkalpa-varjitāḥHe whose undertakings are all devoid of desires and selfish purposes, and whose actions have been burned by the fire of knowledge, the wise call him a sage.Here: resolve
- 6.4यदा हि नेन्द्रियार्थेषु न कर्मस्वनुषज्जते।yadā hi nendriyārtheṣhu na karmasv-anuṣhajjateWhen a person is not attached to the sense-objects or to actions, having renounced all thoughts, then they are said to have attained Yoga.Here: all desires for the fruits of actions
- 6.24सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः।saṅkalpa-prabhavān kāmāns tyaktvā sarvān aśheṣhataḥAbandoning unreservedly all desires born of Sankalpa (thought and imagination) and completely restraining the whole group of senses by the mind from all sides.Here: a resolve