Bhagavad Gita · 4.42
॥
Devanāgarī
तस्मादज्ञानसम्भूतं हृत्स्थं ज्ञानासिनात्मनः ।
छित्त्वैनं संशयं योगमातिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भारत ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tasmād ajñānasambhūtaṁ hṛtsthaṁ jñānāsinātmanaḥ |
chittvainaṁ saṁśayaṁ yogam ātiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhārata ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तस्मात्tasmāttherefore
अज्ञानसम्भूतम्ajñāna-sambhūtamborn (sambhūtam) of ignorance (ajñāna)
हृत्स्थम्hṛt-sthamsituated (stham) in the heart (hṛt)
ज्ञानासिनाjñāna-asināwith the sword (asinā) of knowledge (jñāna)
आत्मनःātmanaḥof your own self (soul)
छित्त्वाchittvāhaving severed, having cut off
एनम्enamthis
संशयम्saṁśayamdoubt
योगम्yogamin yoga
आतिष्ठātiṣṭhaestablish yourself
उत्तिष्ठuttiṣṭhaarise!
भारतbhārataO Bhārata!
Translation
“Therefore, with the sword of knowledge of the soul, cut through this doubt in your heart, born of ignorance. Establish yourself in yoga and arise, O Bhārata!”
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