भगवद्गीता २.४४
Bhagavadgītā 2.44
bhogaiśvaryaprasaktānāṃ tayāpahṛtacetasāmvyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ samādhau na vidhīyate
Transliteration IAST
bhogaiśvaryaprasaktānāṃ tayāpahṛtacetasām | vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ samādhau na vidhīyate
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For them who cling to pleasure and lordship, whose minds are captivated by such teaching, is not designed this determinate Reason, on contemplation steadily bent.
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- English For them who cling to pleasure and lordship, whose minds are captivated by such teaching, is not designed this determinate Reason, on contemplation steadily bent. Annie Besant
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- text.deva
- भगवद्गीता. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
- text.iast
- भगवद्गीता. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0