Bhagavad Gītā Chapter 13, Verse 8: Krishna to ArjunaKṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga

Bhagavad Gītā 13.8Chapter 13 · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga · KrishnaArjuna · anuṣṭubh
इन्द्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यमनहंकार एव च
जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिदुःखदोषानुदर्शनम्
indriyindriya(39 verses)compound (compound member)sense, sense-organ; the eleven indriyas (5 jñānendriyas + 5 karmendriyas + manas)ārtheṣu vairāgyamvairāgya(2 verses)nominative neuter singular noundispassion, detachment (from virāga)attested in commentariesviśiṣṭādvaitaआत्मव्यतिरिक्तेषु विषयेषु सदोषतानुसंधानेन उद्वेजनम् anahaṃkāraanahaṃkāranominative masculine singular noun(an- + ahaṃkāra: ego-sense) evaeva(174 verses)indeed, truly, only (emphatic particle) caca(391 verses)and; (homonym: also the consonant ca)
janmajanman(18 verses)compound (compound member)birth, origin-mṛtyumṛtyu(8 verses)compound (compound member)death; Mṛtyu personified-jarājarā(4 verses)compound (compound member)old age-vyādhivyādhicompound (compound member)disease, illness (vi- + ā- + √dhā)-d uḥkha-doṣānudarśanam
spokensingle-voice recital; rendered via IndicF5 conditioned on a Sanskrit reference clip
meaning

Dispassion toward sense-pleasures, freedom from ego-sense, and steady contemplation of birth, death, old age, disease, and suffering as the unavoidable texture of embodied life.