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Chapter 2 · Verse 44The Yoga of Knowledge

Bhagavad Gita 2.44

BG 2.44 — Chapter 2 (The Yoga of Knowledge), Verse 44, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.

भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम् | व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते ||२-४४||

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bhogaiśvaryaprasaktānāṃ tayāpahṛtacetasām . vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ samādhau na vidhīyate ||2-44||

Roman: bhogaishvaryaprasaktanam tayapahrtacetasam . vyavasayatmika buddhih samadhau na vidhiyate

For those who are attached to pleasure and power, whose minds are drawn away by such teaching, ï1thatï1 determinate reason is not formed which is steadily bent on meditation and Samadhi (superconscious state).