B.G 10.04 and 05
बुदि्धर्ज्ञानमसंमोहः क्षमा सत्यं दमः शमः। सुखं दुःखं भवो भावो भयं चाभयमेव च ॥४॥
Intellect; knowledge; freedom from delusion; forgiveness; truth; restraint of the sense organs; intellect's steadfast devotion to the Lord; Pleasure and pain; birth and existence; fear and indeed fearlessness.
अहिंसा समता तुष्टिस्तपो दानं यशोऽयशः। भवन्ति भावा भूतानां मत्त एव पृथग्विधाः ॥५॥
Non-violence; equanimity; contentment; austerity; charity; fame and infamy. These various kinds of dispositions of beings arise indeed from Me.
Gīta Bhāshya 10.04 and 05
'buddhiḥ' (Intellect) - the discernment of what ought and ought not to be done; 'jñāna' (Knowledge) - direct experiential understanding; 'damaḥ' - restraint of the sense organs; 'shama' - intellect's steadfast devotion to Me; 'tuṣṭi' (Contentment) - the intellect that is free from dependence.
तत् प्रथयति- बुदि्धरित्यादिना। कार्याकार्यविनिश्चयो बुदि्धः। ज्ञानं प्रतीतिः।
That (the Lord) explains beginning with "buddhi" and so on. 'buddhi', i.e. intellect is the discernment of what ought and ought not to be done; 'jñāna', i.e. Knowledge is the direct perception or understanding.
"ज्ञानं प्रतीतिर्बुदि्धस्तु कार्याकार्यविनिश्चयः॥"
" 'jñāna', i.e. Knowledge is direct experiential awareness; intellect, however, is the discernment of what is proper and improper."
इत्यभिधानम्।
- stated thus in the definition.
दमः इंद्रियनिग्रहः। शमः परमात्मनि निष्ठा।
'dama' is control of the senses; 'shama' is steadfastness in the Supreme Self.
"शमो मन्निष्ठता बुद्धेः दम इंद्रियनिग्रहः॥"
"Shama is the intellect's devotion to Me; dama is restraint of the sense organs."
इति भागवते।
- stated thus in the Bhāgavata.
तुष्टिः अलम्बुदि्धः।
'tuṣṭiḥ' i.e. Contentment, is an intellect that is not dependent on external supports.
"अलम्बुदि्धस्तथा तुष्टिः"
" 'tuṣṭi', i.e. contentment, likewise is the intellect that is free from dependence."
इत्यभिधानात् ॥४-५॥
- stated thus, is the definition.
Gīta Tātparya 10.04 and 05
The intellect, i.e. 'buddhi', due to its function of awakening, is called the inner faculty.
"बुदि्धः बोधनिधित्वात् तदन्तःकरणमुच्यते।"
The 'buddhi', i.e. intellect, due to its function of awakening, is called the inner faculty.
इति शब्दनिर्णये ॥४॥
- stated thus in śabda-nirṇaya, work on the determination of words.
