Bhagavad Gita · 3.2
॥
Devanāgarī
व्यामिश्रेणेव वाक्येन बुद्धिं मोहयसीव मे ।
तदेकं वद निश्चित्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्नुयाम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
vyāmiśreṇeva vākyena buddhiṁ mohayasīva me |
tad ekaṁ vada niścitya yena śreyo 'ham āpnuyām ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
व्यामिश्रेण इवvyāmiśreṇa ivaas if ambiguous, confusing.
वाक्येनvākyenaby speech, by words.
बुद्धिम्buddhimmy intelligence (buddhi).
मोहयसि इवmohayasi ivaYou seem to bewilder, You as if confuse.
मेmemy.
तत्tattherefore, that.
एकम्ekamone, one single thing.
वदvadatell.
निश्चित्यniścityadefinitely, decisively, conclusively.
येनyenaby which [path].
श्रेयःśreyaḥthe highest good.
अहम्ahamI.
आप्नुयाम्āpnuyāmI might attain.
Translation
“Your words seem ambiguous to me and, as it were, bewilder my intelligence. Therefore, please tell me one thing definitely, by which I may attain the highest good.”
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