2.39 - John Henry Thompson - Invent Your Future
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अपरिग्रहस्थैर्ये जन्मकथंता संबोधः ॥३९॥
aparigraha-sthairye janma-kathaṁtā saṁbodhaḥ ||39||
[SS] 2.39 When non-green is confirmed, a thorough illumination of the how and why of one’s birth comes. [p141]
[EB] 2.39 When refrainment from covetousness becomes firmly established, knowledge of the ways of wherefores of births manifests. [p266]
(अपरिग्रह, aparigraha) = non-covetousness; non-acceptance of gifts
(स्थैर्ये, sthairye) = stability
(जन्म, janma) = birth; consequences of birth; incarnation; earthly life
(कथंता, kathaṁtā) = the how and why; goal
(संबोधः, saṁbodhaḥ) = understanding; knowledge