Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 7, Verse 27

Sanskrit Verse

इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन भारत।

सर्वभूतानि संमोहं सर्गे यान्ति परन्तप।।7.27।।

Transliteration

ichchhā-dveṣha-samutthena dvandva-mohena bhārata

sarva-bhūtāni sammohaṁ sarge yānti parantapa

Word meanings

ichchhā—desire; dveṣha—aversion; samutthena—arise from; dvandva—of duality; mohena—from the illusion; bhārata—Arjun, descendant of Bharat; sarva—all; bhūtāni—living beings; sammoham—into delusion; sarge—since birth; yānti—enter; parantapa—Arjun, conqueror of enemies

Swami Sivananda's translation

O Bharata, all beings are subject to delusion at birth due to the delusion of the pairs of opposites arising from desire and aversion, O Parantapa.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 7