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Entry आर्जवम्

आर्जवम्ārjavamStraightness; दूरं यात्युदरं च रोमलतिका नेत्रार्जवं धावति S. D.
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1. Straightness; दूरं यात्युदरं च रोमलतिका नेत्रार्जवं धावति S. D.
2. Straightforwardness, rectitude of conduct, uprightness, honesty, sincerity, open-heartedness; आर्जवं कुटिलेषु न नीतिः; अहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवं Bg.13.7;16.1;17.4;18.42. क्षेत्रमार्जवस्य K.45; Bh.2.22.
3. Simplicity, humility; कृतानुकारानिव गोभिरार्जवे Ki.4.13; Mv.5.46.
4. Front (Loc. आर्जवे straight in the front); देवदत्तस्यार्जवे ŚB. on MS.1.1.15.
In the Gita13·7 16·1 17·14 18·42

इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतना धृतिः ।

icchā dveṣaḥ sukhaṁ duḥkhaṁ saṅghātaścetanā dhṛtiḥ, — Liking and disliking, pleasure and pain (these are the principal deformations of the Kshetra); consciousness, collocation, persistence; these, briefly… 13·7
- आर्जवम्ārjavamnominative singular of the neuter noun ārjava (candidness).
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