Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 13 · The Field and Its Knower

    Verse 7

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 13, Verse 7

    इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतनाधृतिः।एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम्।।13.7।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    ichchhā dveṣhaḥ sukhaṁ duḥkhaṁ saṅghātaśh chetanā dhṛitiḥ etat kṣhetraṁ samāsena sa-vikāram udāhṛitam

    Translation

    Desire, hatred, pleasure, and pain, and the combination that constitutes the basis of consciousness—or the individual self—have been briefly described here, along with their modifications.
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