Word
yam
Used in 8 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.
How it is translated
- whom (2)
- which (2)
- whichever (2)
- whatever (2)
- all these (1)
- what (1)
Every verse
- 2.15यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ।yaṁ hi na vyathayantyete puruṣhaṁ puruṣharṣhabhaThat firm man, whom surely these afflictions do not, O chief among men, to whom pleasure and pain are the same, is fit for attaining immortality.Here: whom
- 2.42यामिमां पुष्पितां वाचं प्रवदन्त्यविपश्चितः।yāmimāṁ puṣhpitāṁ vāchaṁ pravadanty-avipaśhchitaḥThe unwise, taking pleasure in the eulogizing words of the Vedas, utter flowery speech, saying, "There is nothing else," O Arjuna.Here: all these
- 2.70आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठंāpūryamāṇam achala-pratiṣhṭhaṁHe attains peace into whom all desires enter, just as waters enter the ocean which, filled from all sides, remains unmoved; but not the man who is full of desires.Here: whom
- 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: what
- 6.22यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः।yaṁ labdhvā chāparaṁ lābhaṁ manyate nādhikaṁ tataḥHaving obtained it, he thinks there is no other gain superior to it; established in it, he is not moved even by heavy sorrow.Here: which
- 7.21यो यो यां यां तनुं भक्तः श्रद्धयार्चितुमिच्छति।yo yo yāṁ yāṁ tanuṁ bhaktaḥ śhraddhayārchitum ichchhatiWhatever form any devotee desires to worship with faith, I make that same faith of his firm and unflinching.Here: whichever
- 8.6यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम्।yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ tyajatyante kalevaramWhoever at the end leaves the body, thinking of any being, to that being only does he go, O son of Kunti (Arjuna), due to his constant thought of that being.Here: whatever
- 8.21अव्यक्तोऽक्षर इत्युक्तस्तमाहुः परमां गतिम्।avyakto ’kṣhara ityuktas tam āhuḥ paramāṁ gatimWhat is known as the Unmanifested and the Imperishable, That is said to be the highest goal. Those who reach It do not return (to this Samsara). That is My supreme abode…Here: which