Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry मन्तव्य

मन्तव्यmantavyaa.To be thought, considered, or regarded.
1. To be thought, considered, or regarded.
2. Imaginable, conceivable.
3. To be maintained.
4. To be approved or sanctioned; see मन्.
In the Gita9·30

साधुरेव स मन्तव्यः सम्यग्व्यवसितो हि सः ॥

sādhureva sa mantavyaḥ samyagvyavasito hi saḥ. — If even a man of very evil conduct turns to Me with a sole and entire love, he must be regarded as a saint, for the settled will of endeavour in him… 9·30
- मन्तव्यःmantavyaḥnominative singular of the masculine form of the potential participial adjective mantavya (that which must be regarded).
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