Sanskrit · Devanagari
बलं बलवतां चाहं कामरागविवर्जितम्। धर्माविरुद्धो भूतेषु कामोऽस्मि भरतर्षभ ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
balaṃ balavatāṃ cāhaṃ kāmarāgavivarjitam dharmāviruddho bhūteṣu kāmo.asmi bharatarṣabha
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882I am also the strength, unaccompanied by fondness or desire, of the strong. And, O chief of the descendants of Bharata! I am love unopposed to piety among all beings. And all entities which are of the quality of goodness and those which are of the quality of passion and of darkness
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।7.11।। बलं सामर्थ्यम् ओजो बलवताम् अहम् तच्च बलं कामरागविवर्जितम् कामश्च रागश्च कामरागौ कामः तृष्णा असंनिकृष्टेषु विषयेषु रागो रञ्जना प्राप्तेषु विषयेषु ताभ्यां कामरागाभ्यां विवर्जितं देहादिधारणमात्रार्थं बलं सत्त्वमहमस्मि न तु यत्संसारिणां तृष्णारागकारणम्। किञ्च धर्माविरुद्धः धर्मेण शास्त्रार्थेन अविरुद्धो यः प्राणिषु भूतेषु कामः यथा देहधारणमात्राद्यर्थः अशनपानादिविषयः स कामः अस्मि हे भरतर्षभ।।किञ्च
6acd6ec512a5…Rāmānuja
7.8 - 7.11 All these entities with their peculiar characteristic are born from Me alone. They depend on Me; inasmuch as they constitute My body, they exist in Me alone. Thus I alone exist while all of them are only My modes.
fbb8e1973303…Swami Sivananda
7.11 बलम् strength? बलवताम् of the strong? अस्मि am (I)? कामरागविवर्जितम् devoid of desire and attachment? धर्माविरुद्धः unopposed to Dharma? भूतेषु in beings? कामः desire? अस्मि am (I)? भरतर्षभ O Lord of the Bharatas.Commentary Kama Desire for those objects that come in contact with the senses.Raga attachment for those objects that come in contact with the senses.I am that strength which is necessary for the bare sustenance of the body. I am not the strength which generates desire and attachment for sensual objects as in the case of worldlyminded persons. I am the desire which is in accordance with the teachings of the scriptures or the code prescribing the duties of life. I am the desire for moderate eating and drinking? etc.? which are,necessary for the sustenance of the body and which help one in the practice of Yoga.
8fb6cd606b35…These supplied texts come from the pinned VedicScriptures dataset under GPL-3.0 and await independent alignment review.