Bhagavad Gita 18.22 meaningLetting go — and standing up
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“The worst way: thinking one small thing is everything.”
What it means
“Knowledge that fixes on one small thing as if it were everything, without reason or real understanding, is dull knowledge.”
The original Sanskrit
यत्तु कृत्स्नवदेकस्मिन्कार्ये सक्तमहैतुकम् । अतत्त्वार्थवदल्पं च तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥
yattu kṛtsnavadekasminkārye saktamahaitukam atattvārthavadalpaṃ ca tattāmasamudāhṛtam
Translations
Literal translation
But that (knowledge) is said to be born of tamas which is confined to one form as though it were all, which is irrational, not concern with truth and triivial.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
और जिस ज्ञान के द्वारा मनुष्य एक कार्य (शरीर) में ही आसक्त हो जाता है, मानो वह (कार्य ही) पूर्ण वस्तु हो त था जो (ज्ञान) हेतुरहित (अयुक्तिक), तत्त्वार्थ से रहित तथा संकुचित (अल्प) है, वह (ज्ञान) तामस है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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