Sārathi

Word

vartante

Used in 4 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.

How it is translated

Every verse

  1. 3.28तत्त्ववित्तु महाबाहो गुणकर्मविभागयोः।tattva-vit tu mahā-bāho guṇa-karma-vibhāgayoḥBut he who knows the Truth, O mighty-armed Arjuna, about the divisions of the qualities and their functions, knowing that the Gunas, as senses, move amidst the Gunas, as…Here: are engaged
  2. 5.8नैव किंचित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित्।naiva kiñchit karomīti yukto manyeta tattva-vitI do nothing at all," thus would the harmonized knower of Truth think, seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, going, sleeping, and breathing.Here: moving
  3. 5.9प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि।pralapan visṛjan gṛhṇann unmiṣan nimiṣann api indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu vartanta iti dhārayanSpeaking, letting go, seizing, opening, and closing the eyes, one should be convinced that the senses move among the sense-objects.Here: let them be so engaged
  4. 14.23उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते।udāsīna-vad āsīno guṇair yo na vichālyateHe who, seated like one unconcerned, is not moved by the dualities, and who, knowing that the dualities are active, is self-centered and does not move.Here: act