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Entry निर्वेद

निर्वेदnirveda1 Disgust, loathing.
1. 1 Disgust, loathing.
2. Satiety, cloy.
3. Depression of spirits, despair, despondency; निर्वेदो नात्र कर्तव्यः Mb.3.32.5; परिभवान्निर्वेदमापद्यते Mk.1.14.
4. Humiliation.
5. Grief.
6. Complete indifference to wordly objects; तदा गन्तासि निर्वेदं श्रोतव्यस्य श्रुतस्य च Bg. 2.52 (regarded as the feeling which gives rise to the sentiment called शान्त (quietude); निर्वेदस्थायिभावोऽस्ति शान्तोऽपि नवमो रसः K. Parasmaipada4; (see R. G. under निर्वेद).
7. Self-disparagement or humiliation (regarded as one of the 33 subordinate feelings); Compare the definition in R. G. under निर्वेद; (the following is there given as an instance; यदि लक्ष्मण सा मृगेक्षणा न मदीक्षासरणिं समेष्यति । अमुना जडजीवितेन मे जगता वा विफलेन किं फलम् ॥).
8. Shame.
In the Gita2·52

तदा गन्तासि निर्वेदं श्रोतव्यस्य श्रुतस्य च ॥

tadā gantāsi nirvedaṁ śrotavyasya śrutasya ca. — When thy intelligence shall cross beyond the whirl of delusion, then shalt thou become indifferent to Scripture heard or that which thou hast yet to… 2·52
- निर्वेदम्nirvedamaccusative singular of the masculine noun nirveda (indifference).
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