tadā

How it is translated

• then (6)
• at that time (6)

Every verse

1. 1.2दृष्ट्वा तु पाण्डवानीकं व्यूढं दुर्योधनस्तदा।dṛiṣhṭvā tu pāṇḍavānīkaṁ vyūḍhaṁ duryodhanastadāSanjaya said: Having seen the army of the Pandavas drawn up in battle array, King Duryodhana approached his teacher, Drona, and spoke these words.Here: then
2. 1.20अथ व्यवस्थितान् दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रान्कपिध्वजः।atha vyavasthitān dṛiṣhṭvā dhārtarāṣhṭrān kapi-dhwajaḥThen, seeing the people of Dhritarashtra's party standing arrayed and the discharge of weapons about to begin, Arjuna, the son of Pandu whose ensign was a monkey, took…Here: at that time
3. 2.52यदा ते मोहकलिलं बुद्धिर्व्यतितरिष्यति।yadā te moha-kalilaṁ buddhir vyatitariṣhyatiWhen your intellect passes beyond the mire of delusion, then you will attain indifference to what has been heard and what has yet to be heard.Here: then
4. 2.53श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना ते यदा स्थास्यति निश्चला।śhruti-vipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niśhchalāWhen your intellect, which is perplexed by the Vedic texts you have read, stands immovable and steady in the Self, then you will attain Self-realization.Here: at that time
5. 2.55प्रजहाति यदा कामान् सर्वान् पार्थ मनोगतान्।prajahāti yadā kāmān sarvān pārtha mano-gatānThe Blessed Lord said, "When a man completely casts off, O Arjuna, all the desires of the mind and is satisfied in the Self by the Self, then he is said to be one of…Here: at that time
6. 4.7यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārataWhenever there is a decline of righteousness and an increase of unrighteousness, O Arjuna, then I manifest Myself.Here: at that time
7. 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: at that time
8. 6.18यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते।yadā viniyataṁ chittam ātmanyevāvatiṣhṭhateWhen the perfectly controlled mind rests in the Self alone, free from longing for any of the objects of desire, then it is said, 'He is united'.Here: then
9. 11.13तत्रैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं प्रविभक्तमनेकधा।tatraika-sthaṁ jagat kṛitsnaṁ pravibhaktam anekadhāThere, in the body of the God of gods, Arjuna then saw the entire universe resting in one, with its myriad of divisions.Here: at that time
10. 13.31यदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति।yadā bhūta-pṛithag-bhāvam eka-stham anupaśhyatiWhen a person sees all beings as resting in the One and emanating from the One alone, they then become Brahman.Here: then
11. 14.11सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते।sarva-dvāreṣhu dehe ’smin prakāśha upajāyateWhen the wisdom-light shines through every gate of this body, then it may be known that Sattva is predominant.Here: then
12. 14.14यदा सत्त्वे प्रवृद्धे तु प्रलयं याति देहभृत्।yadā sattve pravṛiddhe tu pralayaṁ yāti deha-bhṛitIf the embodied one meets death when Sattva is predominant, then they attain the spotless worlds of the knowers of the Highest.Here: then