Verse 13

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In plain words

'This I have gained today; this desire I shall achieve. This is mine, and still more wealth will be mine.'

Word for word

This [was] gained by me today; this wish I shall attain; this is [mine]; this wealth too will be mine again.

Sri Satchitananda Sai
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The commentators

Bhagavadgītābhāṣyam

ईदृशश्च तेषाम् अभिप्रायः —

इदं द्रव्यं अद्य इदानीं मया लब्धम् । इदं च अन्यत् प्राप्स्ये मनोरथं मनस्तुष्टिकरम् । इदं च अस्ति इदमपि मे भविष्यति आगामिनि संवत्सरे पुनः धनं तेन अहं धनी विख्यातः भविष्यामि इति ॥ १३ ॥

In plain words

And this is what they mean —

"This much I've made today, just now. And there's one more thing I'm going to get — the thing I keep picturing, the thing that will finally satisfy me. This is already mine; that will be mine too; next year there'll be more money again, and then I'll be rich, and known for it." That is how the thought runs.

Close to the Sanskrit

And such is their intention —

"This substance has today, just now, been obtained by me. And this other thing I shall obtain — a wish of the mind, one that produces the mind's satisfaction. And this much exists; this too will be mine; in the coming year, again, wealth — by that I shall become rich, renowned" — thus.