Gita Verse 16.5

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 16, Verse 5

Sanskrit Verse

दैवी सम्पद्विमोक्षाय निबन्धायासुरी मता।मा शुचः सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातोऽसि पाण्डव।।16.5।।

Transliteration

daivī sampad vimokṣhāya nibandhāyāsurī matā

mā śhuchaḥ sampadaṁ daivīm abhijāto ’si pāṇḍava

Word meanings

daivī—divine; sampat—qualities; vimokṣhāya—toward liberation; nibandhāya—to bondage; āsurī—demoniac qualities; matā—are considered; mā—do not; śhuchaḥ—grieve; sampadam—virtues; daivīm—saintly; abhijātaḥ—born; asi—you are; pāṇḍava—Arjun, the son of Pandu

Swami Sivananda's translation

The divine nature is deemed conducive to liberation, and the demonic to bondage. Grieve not, O Arjuna, for you are born with divine endowments.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 16