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# Bhagavadgita 2.45

Gītābhāṣya (of Rāmānuja) 2.45

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!ramanuja.2.45)

traiguṇyaviṣayā vedā nistraiguṇyo bhavārjuna |  
nirdvandvo nityasattvastho niryogakṣema ātmavān ||  
trayo guṇās traiguṇyaṃ sattvarajastamāṃsi / sattvarajastamaḥpracurāḥ puruṣās traiguṇyaśabdenocyante; tadviṣayā vedāḥ tamaḥpracurāṇāṃ rajaḥpracurāṇāṃ sattvapracurāṇāṃ ca vatsalataratayaiva hitam avabodhayanti vedāḥ / yady eṣāṃ svaguṇānuguṇyena svargādisādhanam eva hitaṃ nāvabodhayanti, tadaite rajastamaḥpracuratayā sāttvikaphalamokṣavimukhāḥ svāpekṣitaphalasādhanam ajānantaḥ kāmaprāvaṇyavivaśā anupādeyeṣu upādeyabhrāntyā praviṣṭāḥ pranaṣṭā bhaveyuḥ / atas traiguṇyaviṣayā vedāḥ, tvaṃ tu nistraiguṇyo bhava -- idānīṃ sattvapracuras tvaṃ tad eva vardhaya; nānyonyasaṅkīrṇaguṇatrayapracuro bhava; na tatprācuryaṃ vardhayetyarthaḥ / nirdvandvaḥ -- nirgatasakalasāṃsārikasvabhāvaḥ; nityasattvasthaḥ --  
guṇadvayarahitanityapravṛddhasattvastho bhava / katham iti cet, niryogakṣemaḥ ātmasvarūpatatprāptyupāyabahirbhūtānām arthānāṃ yogaṃ prāptānāṃ ca kṣemaṃ parityajya ātmavān bhava -- ātmasvarūpān veṣaṇaparo bhava / aprāptasya prāptir yogaḥ prāptasya parikṣaṇaṃ kṣemaḥ / evaṃ vartamānasya te rajastamaḥpracuratā naśyati, sattvaṃ ca vardhate //

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## Translations (3)

- [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.2.45) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English
- [The Bhagavadgîtâ (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 8)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-telang.2.p5.4) — Kashinath Trimbak Telang 1882, English
- [The Song Celestial](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-arnold.2.p7.p2) — Edwin Arnold 1885, English

## Commentaries (12)

- [Jñāneśvarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.marathi.jnanesvara.jnanesvari.2.256) — Jñāneśvara, Marathi
- [Subodhinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!sridhara.74.1) — Śrīdhara Svāmin, Sanskrit
- [Bhagavadgītāvīraśaivabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!bhagavadgitavirasaivabhasya.2.395) — Sanskrit
- [Bhagavadgītābhāṣya (Śāṅkarabhāṣya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!sankara.2.177) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Bhagavadgītāvivaraṇa (Sarvatobhadra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!bhagavadgitavivarana-sarvatobhadra.1.299) — Sanskrit
- [Bhagavadāśayānusaraṇabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!bhaskara.133.5) — Bhāskara (Vedāntin), Sanskrit
- [Gītārthasaṅgraha (of Abhinavagupta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!abhinavagupta.1.182) — Abhinavagupta, Sanskrit
- [Tātparyabodhinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!samkarananda.4.45) — Śaṅkarānanda, Sanskrit
- [Tattvaprakāśikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!kesava-kasmiri.3.45) — Keśava Kāśmīrī, Sanskrit
- [Sārārthavarṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!visvanatha.2.45.1) — Viśvanātha Cakravartin 1680, Sanskrit
- [Gūḍhārthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!vanamali-misra.3.45) — Vanamālī Miśra 1660, Sanskrit
- [Vaṃśī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!vamsidhara-misra.5.45) — Vaṃśīdhara 1675, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.2.45) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.2.45) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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