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Bhagavad Gita 14.22

श्री भगवान उवाच प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव।न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति।।

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha prakāśhaṁ cha pravṛittiṁ cha moham eva cha pāṇḍava na dveṣhṭi sampravṛittāni na nivṛittāni kāṅkṣhati

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
śhrī-bhagavān uvāchaśhrī-bhagavān uvāchathe Supreme Divine Personality said
prakāśhamprakāśhamillumination
chachaand
pravṛittimpravṛittimactivity
chachaand
mohammohamdelusion
evaevaeven
chachaand
pāṇḍavapāṇḍavaArjun, the son of Pandu
na dveṣhṭina dveṣhṭido not hate
sampravṛittānisampravṛittāniwhen present
nananor
nivṛittāninivṛittāniwhen absent
kāṅkṣhatikāṅkṣhatilongs

The Blessed Lord said, "When light, activity, and delusion are present, he does not hate them, nor does he long for them when they are absent.

श्रीभगवान् ने कहा -- हे पाण्डव ! (ज्ञानी पुरुष) प्रकाश, प्रवृत्ति और मोह के प्रवृत्त होने पर भी उनका द्वेष नहीं करता तथा निवृत्त होने पर उनकी आकांक्षा नहीं करता है।।