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Devanagari

Dévanágarí

अर्जुन उवाच
ये शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विता: ।
तेषां निष्ठा तु का कृष्ण सत्त्वमाहो रजस्तम: ॥ १ ॥

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Verš

arjuna uvāca
ye śāstra-vidhim utsṛjya
yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ
teṣāṁ niṣṭhā tu kā kṛṣṇa
sattvam āho rajas tamaḥ
arjuna uvāca
ye śāstra-vidhim utsṛjya
yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ
teṣāṁ niṣṭhā tu kā kṛṣṇa
sattvam āho rajas tamaḥ

Synonyms

Synonyma

arjunaḥ uvāca — Arjuna said; ye — those who; śāstra-vidhim — the regulations of scripture; utsṛjya — giving up; yajante — worship; śraddhayā — full faith; anvitāḥ — possessed of; teṣām — of them; niṣṭhā — the faith; tu — but; — what; kṛṣṇa — O Kṛṣṇa; sattvam — in goodness; āho — or else; rajaḥ — in passion; tamaḥ — in ignorance.

arjunaḥ uvāca — Arjuna riekol; ye — tí, ktorí; śāstra-vidhim — príkazy písiem; utsṛjya — zriekajú sa; yajante — uctievajú; śraddhayā — plná viera; anvitāḥ — obdarení; teṣām — ktorých; niṣṭhā — viera; tu — ale; — čo; kṛṣṇa — ó, Kṛṣṇa; sattvam — v kvalite dobra; āho — alebo; rajaḥ — v kvalite vášne; tamaḥ — v kvalite nevedomosti.

Translation

Překlad

Arjuna inquired: O Kṛṣṇa, what is the situation of those who do not follow the principles of scripture but worship according to their own imagination? Are they in goodness, in passion or in ignorance?

Arjuna sa spýtal: „Ó, Kṛṣṇa, aké je postavenie tých, ktorí sa neriadia príkazmi písiem, ale uctievajú podľa vlastných predstáv? Sú v kvalite dobra, vášne alebo nevedomosti?“

Purport

Význam

In the Fourth Chapter, thirty-ninth verse, it is said that a person faithful to a particular type of worship gradually becomes elevated to the stage of knowledge and attains the highest perfectional stage of peace and prosperity. In the Sixteenth Chapter, it is concluded that one who does not follow the principles laid down in the scriptures is called an asura, demon, and one who follows the scriptural injunctions faithfully is called a deva, or demigod. Now, if one, with faith, follows some rules which are not mentioned in the scriptural injunctions, what is his position? This doubt of Arjuna’s is to be cleared by Kṛṣṇa. Are those who create some sort of God by selecting a human being and placing their faith in him worshiping in goodness, passion or ignorance? Do such persons attain the perfectional stage of life? Is it possible for them to be situated in real knowledge and elevate themselves to the highest perfectional stage? Do those who do not follow the rules and regulations of the scriptures but who have faith in something and worship gods and demigods and men attain success in their effort? Arjuna is putting these questions to Kṛṣṇa.

V tridsiatom deviatom verši štvrtej kapitoly sa hovorí, že ten, kto pevne zotrváva pri jednom spôsobe uctievania sa postupne povýši na úroveň poznania a dosiahne najdokonalejšieho štádia mieru a úspechu. V šestnástej kapitole sa uvádza, že ten, kto sa neriadi príkazmi písiem, sa nazýva asura, démon, a ten, kto sa nimi verne riadi, je deva, poloboh. Ak sa človek verne riadi určitými zásadami, ktoré v písmach nie sú, aké je jeho postavenie? Túto Arjunovu otázku teraz Kṛṣṇa zodpovie. Nachádzajú sa tí, ktorí si zvolia za Boha nejakého človeka, v ktorého veria a ktorého uctievajú, v kvalite dobra, vášne či nevedomosti? Dosiahnu títo ľudia životnej dokonalosti? Môžu dosiahnuť skutočné poznanie a povýšiť sa na najvyšší stupeň dokonalosti? Dosiahnu úspech vo svojom konaní tí, ktorí sa neriadia zásadami a pokynmi písiem, hoci majú svoju vieru a uctievajú polobohov alebo ľudí? Všetky tieto otázky kladie Arjuna Kṛṣṇovi.