kāmān
- desires
- desiring
- selfish desires
- material desires
In 5 verses
- 2.5
गुरूनहत्वा हि महानुभावान् श्रेयो भोक्तुं भैक्ष्यमपीह लोके
kāmān — desiring
Better to live in this world on alms than to kill these noble elders. If I killed them for the sake of gain, the food I ate afterwards would be stained with blood.
- 2.55
प्रजहाति यदा कामान् सर्वान् पार्थ मनोगतान्
kāmān — selfish desires
When a person lets go of every desire that has entered the mind, and is content within the self by the self — then that one is called steady in wisdom.
- 2.71
विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः
kāmān — material desires
The one who has given up all desires and lives without longing, without “mine” and without “I” — that one comes to peace.
- 6.24
सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः
kāmān — desires
Abandoning entirely all desires born of intention, restraining the whole company of the senses with the mind on every side,
- 7.22
स तया श्रद्धया युक्तस्तस्याराधनमीहते
kāmān — desires
Joined to that faith, they seek what it offers and obtain what they want — though it is I who grant it.