Sārathi

Word

viddhi

Used in 23 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.

How it is translated

Every verse

  1. 2.17अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।avināśhi tu tadviddhi yena sarvam idaṁ tatamKnow that to be indestructible, by which all this is pervaded. No one can cause the destruction of that, the Imperishable.Here: know
  2. 3.15कर्म ब्रह्मोद्भवं विद्धि ब्रह्माक्षरसमुद्भवम्।karma brahmodbhavaṁ viddhi brahmākṣhara-samudbhavamKnow that action comes from Brahma, and Brahma comes from the Imperishable. Therefore, the all-pervasive Brahma ever rests in sacrifice.Here: you should know
  3. 3.32ये त्वेतदभ्यसूयन्तो नानुतिष्ठन्ति मे मतम्।ye tvetad abhyasūyanto nānutiṣhṭhanti me matamBut those who criticize My teaching and do not practice it, deprived of all knowledge and lacking discernment, know them to be doomed to destruction.Here: know
  4. 3.37काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः।kāma eṣha krodha eṣha rajo-guṇa-samudbhavaḥThe Blessed Lord said, "It is desire and it is anger, both of the quality of Rajas, all-devouring and all-sinful; know this as the foe here in this world."Here: know
  5. 4.13चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः।chātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛiṣhṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśhaḥThe fourfold caste has been created by Me according to the differentiation of Guna and Karma; though I am the author of it, know Me as non-doer and immutable.Here: know
  6. 4.32एवं बहुविधा यज्ञा वितता ब्रह्मणो मुखे।evaṁ bahu-vidhā yajñā vitatā brahmaṇo mukheThus, manifold sacrifices are spread out before Brahman at the face of Brahman. Know them all to be born of action, and thus knowing, you shall be liberated.Here: know
  7. 4.34तद्विद्धि प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्नेन सेवया।tad viddhi praṇipātena paripraśhnena sevayāKnow that the wise who have realized the truth will instruct thee in that knowledge through long prostration, supplication, and service.Here: try to learn
  8. 6.2यं संन्यासमिति प्राहुर्योगं तं विद्धि पाण्डव।yaṁ sannyāsam iti prāhur yogaṁ taṁ viddhi pāṇḍavaDo you, O Arjuna, know that Yoga is what they call renunciation; no one indeed becomes a Yogi who has not renounced their thoughts.Here: know
  9. 7.5अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम्।apareyam itas tvanyāṁ prakṛitiṁ viddhi me parāmO mighty-armed Arjuna, this is the inferior Prakriti; know it as distinct from My higher Prakriti, the very life-element, by which this world is upheld.Here: know
  10. 7.10बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां विद्धि पार्थ सनातनम्।bījaṁ māṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ viddhi pārtha sanātanamKnow Me, O Arjuna, as the eternal seed of all beings; I am the intelligence of the intelligent, and the splendour of the splendid objects.Here: know
  11. 7.12ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये।ye chaiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasās tāmasāśh cha yeWhatever beings (and objects) that are pure, active, and inert, know that they proceed from Me. They are in Me, yet I am not in them.Here: know
  12. 10.24पुरोधसां च मुख्यं मां विद्धि पार्थ बृहस्पतिम्।purodhasāṁ cha mukhyaṁ māṁ viddhi pārtha bṛihaspatimAnd, among the household priests of kings, O Arjuna, know Me to be the chief, Brihaspati; among the army generals, I am Skanda; among lakes, I am the ocean.Here: know
  13. 10.27उच्चैःश्रवसमश्वानां विद्धि माममृतोद्भवम्।uchchaiḥśhravasam aśhvānāṁ viddhi mām amṛitodbhavamKnow Me as Ucchaisravas, born of nectar, among horses; Airavata among lordly elephants; and the king among men.Here: know
  14. 13.3क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि सर्वक्षेत्रेषु भारत।kṣhetra-jñaṁ chāpi māṁ viddhi sarva-kṣhetreṣhu bhārataDo thou also know Me as the knower of the field in all fields, O Arjuna. Knowledge of both the field and the knower of the field is considered by Me to be the knowledge.Here: know
  15. 13.20प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि।prakṛitiṁ puruṣhaṁ chaiva viddhy anādī ubhāv apiKnow that Nature (matter) and the Spirit are both beginningless, and know also that all modifications and qualities are born from Nature.Here: know
  16. 13.27यावत्सञ्जायते किञ्चित्सत्त्वं स्थावरजङ्गमम्।yāvat sañjāyate kiñchit sattvaṁ sthāvara-jaṅgamamWherever a being is born, whether unmoving or moving, know thou, O best of the Bharatas (Arjuna), that it is from the union of the field and its knower.Here: know
  17. 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: know
  18. 14.8तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।tamas tv ajñāna-jaṁ viddhi mohanaṁ sarva-dehināmBut know thou Tamas to be born of ignorance, deluding all embodied beings; it binds fast, O Arjuna, through heedlessness, indolence, and sleep.Here: know
  19. 15.12यदादित्यगतं तेजो जगद्भासयतेऽखिलम्।yad āditya-gataṁ tejo jagad bhāsayate ’khilamThat light which resides in the sun, illuminating the whole world; that which is in the moon and in the fire—know that light to be Mine.Here: know
  20. 17.6कर्षयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः।karṣhayantaḥ śharīra-sthaṁ bhūta-grāmam achetasaḥKnow thou these to be of demonical resolves, senselessly torturing all the elements in the body and Me who dwell in the body.Here: know
  21. 17.12अभिसंधाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत्।abhisandhāya tu phalaṁ dambhārtham api chaiva yatThe sacrifice that is offered, O Arjuna, seeking a reward and for show, know that to be a Rajasic Yajna.Here: know
  22. 18.20सर्वभूतेषु येनैकं भावमव्ययमीक्षते।sarva-bhūteṣhu yenaikaṁ bhāvam avyayam īkṣhateThat by which one sees the indestructible Reality in all beings, not separate in any of them—know that knowledge to be Sattvic.Here: understand
  23. 18.21पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान्।pṛithaktvena tu yaj jñānaṁ nānā-bhāvān pṛithag-vidhānBut that knowledge which sees in all beings various entities of distinct kinds as being distinct from one another, know thou that knowledge to be Rajasic.Here: know