Gita-bhasya

Question 1

Idam jagatakāraṇam

Answer 1

this world

Question 2

sṛṣṭvā

Answer 2

having created (ABS)

Question 3

sthitiṃ

Answer 3

staying

Question 4

cikīrṣuḥ

Answer 4

desirous for

Question 5

prajāpatīn

Answer 5

the Progenitors, lord of creatures

Question 6

lakṣaṇaṃ

Answer 6

mark, symbol, sign

Question 7

pravṛtti

Answer 7

rise, source, origin

Question 8

grāhayām āsa

Answer 8

taught (periph. perf)

Question 9

agre

Answer 9

in the beginning

Question 10

utpādya

Answer 10

brought forth, created, produced (ABS)

Question 11

vairāgya

Answer 11

detachment, freedom from worldly desire

Question 12

nivrtti

Answer 12

cessation

Question 13

kāraṇa

Answer 13

cause, reason

Question 14

prāṇina

Answer 14

living entity

Question 15

sākṣād

Answer 15

from seeing (before one’s eyes, evidently, clearly)

Question 16

niḥśreyasa

Answer 16

that than which there is nothing greater

Question 17

abhyudaya

Answer 17

prosperity, great success

Question 18

anuṣṭhīyamānaḥ

Answer 18

practice, perform (passive participle)

Question 19

śreyorthibhir

Answer 19

those seeking happiness

Question 20

anuṣṭhātṝ

Answer 20

undertaker of any work, practitioners/performers of dharma

Question 21

hīyamāna

Answer 21

abandonment, disappearance (√hā)

Question 22

viveka

Answer 22

distinction, discrimination

Question 23

abhibhūya

Answer 23

superiority

Question 24

Pravardhamāne

Answer 24

constantly increasing

Question 25

paripipālayiṣuḥ

Answer 25

desiring to protect, sustain, preserve (desid. of causal)

Question 26

abhirakṣaṇa

Answer 26

guarding, protection

Question 27

kila

Answer 27

reportedly

Question 28

sambabhūva

Answer 28

became

Question 29

Syāt

Answer 29

it may be

Question 30

vaidikah

Answer 30

relating to the vedas

Question 31

adhīna

Answer 31

dependence, relies on

Question 32

bheda

Answer 32

distinctions, divisions (√bhid - split)

Question 33

Sampanna

Answer 33

endowed with

Question 34

Māyā

Answer 34

power

Question 35

Īśvarah

Answer 35

lord

Question 36

lakṣyate

Answer 36

appears

Question 37

anugraha

Answer 37

favour, kindness

Question 38

nitya

Answer 38

eternal

Question 39

Abhāve

Answer 39

in the absence of (loc)

Question 40

upadideśa

Answer 40

taught, instructed

Question 41

nimagnāya

Answer 41

plunged, sunk

Question 42

śoka

Answer 42

anguish, despair

Question 43

moha

Answer 43

doubt

Question 44

adhika

Answer 44

excellent

Question 45

pracaya

Answer 45

mass, multitude, increase

Question 46

sarvajño

Answer 46

omniscient

Question 47

upanibabandha

Answer 47

compiled, bound together

Question 48

Bhūta

Answer 48

happened, been

Question 49

saṅgraha

Answer 49

summary

Question 50

sāra

Answer 50

gist, essence

Question 51

Samasta

Answer 51

entire

Question 52

viṣkaraṇāya

Answer 52

reveal, expose

Question 53

aneka

Answer 53

many (not-one)

Question 54

Upalabhyā

Answer 54

having received

Question 55

saṃkṣepataḥ

Answer 55

in brief

Question 56

atyantoparama

Answer 56

ultimate cessation

Question 57

niṣṭhārūpā

Answer 57

steadfastness

Question 58

ātmajñāna

Answer 58

self knowledge

Question 59

Uddiśya

Answer 59

regarding

Question 60

Suparyāpto

Answer 60

adequate, enough

Question 61

Dharmī

Answer 61

one who does good deeds

Question 62

śubhāśubhī

Answer 62

one doing auspicious or inauspicious deeds

Question 63

syād ekāsane

Answer 63

sitting in one/same position

Question 64

līnah

Answer 64

absorbed

Question 65

tūṣṇīṃ

Answer 65

silent

Question 66

parityajya

Answer 66

forsaking

Question 67

śaraṇaṃ

Answer 67

refuge

Question 68

abhyudaya

Answer 68

material prosperity

Question 69

vihitaḥ

Answer 69

prescribed

Question 70

phalābhisandhivarjitaḥ

Answer 70

without attaching to the desire for fruits

Question 71

sattvaśuddhaye

Answer 71

purity of mind

Question 72

yogyatā

Answer 72

suitability

Question 73

pratipadyate

Answer 73

becomes

Question 74

abhisandhāya

Answer 74

considering, having in view

Question 75

tyaktva

Answer 75

relinquishing

Question 76

saṅgaṃ

Answer 76

attachment

Question 77

prayojana

Answer 77

motivation

Question 78

viśeṣataḥ

Answer 78

particularly

Question 79

ābhidheya

Answer 79

subject matter

Question 80

siddhi

Answer 80

accomplishment, fulfilment

Question 81

vivarana

Answer 81

description

Question 82

yatnah

Answer 82

effort

Question 83

sahanaṃ

Answer 83

patient, enduring

Question 84

Śita

Answer 84

cold

Question 85

uṣṇa

Answer 85

hot

Question 86

śoka

Answer 86

sorrow

Question 87

vidyate

Answer 87

there is (√vid - to be, and to know)

Question 88

Ubhayoh

Answer 88

both

Question 89

pramāṇa

Answer 89

measure, way of understanding

Question 90

vastu

Answer 90

thing in reality

Question 91

nirūpyamāṇa

Answer 91

perceiving

Question 92

vikārah

Answer 92

effect, transformation

Question 93

saṃsthāna

Answer 93

resembling

Question 94

mṛd

Answer 94

clay

Question 95

anupalabdhi

Answer 95

non-recognition, non-perception

Question 96

pradhvaṃsa

Answer 96

destruction

Question 97

prasaṅga

Answer 97

necessary conclusion

Question 98

viṣayā

Answer 98

sphere, realm, about which

Question 99

vyabhicarati

Answer 99

is transient, fleeting

Question 100

samānādhikaraṇe

Answer 100

co-ordinate words

Question 101

nīlotpalavat

Answer 101

blue lotus/water lily?

Question 102

Upalabhyete

Answer 102

perceived, understood

Question 103

ghaṭaḥ

Answer 103

pot

Question 104

paṭaḥ

Answer 104

cloth

Question 105

hastī

Answer 105

elephant

Question 106

adhikarana

Answer 106

substratum

Question 107

udaka

Answer 107

water

Question 108

marīcī

Answer 108

ray

Question 109

deha

Answer 109

body

Question 110

ātmānātmanoḥ

Answer 110

the self and non-self

Question 111

nirṇayaḥ

Answer 111

conclusion

Question 112

titikṣa

Answer 112

endurance

Question 113

abhiprāyaḥ

Answer 113

intention, aim

Question 114

niyita

Answer 114

restrained