Bhagavad Gita 4.42तस्मादज्ञानसंभूतं हृत्स्थं ज्ञानासिनाऽऽत्मनः।छित्त्वैनं संशयं योगमातिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भारत ॥
tasmād ajñāna-sambhūtaṁ hṛit-sthaṁ jñānāsinātmanaḥ
chhittvainaṁ sanśhayaṁ yogam ātiṣhṭhottiṣhṭha bhārata
Sanskrit recitation
Knowledge that cuts doubt · 4.34–4.42 · Teaching
Translation
Therefore, with the sword of knowledge (of the Self), cut asunder the doubt of the self, born of ignorance, residing in your heart, and take refuge in Yoga. Arise, O Arjuna!
Hindi translation
इसलिये हे भरतवंशी अर्जुन ! हृदयमें स्थित इस अज्ञानसे उत्पन्न अपने संशयका ज्ञानरूप तलवारसे छेदन करके योग -(समता-) में स्थित हो जा, (और युद्धके लिये) खड़ा हो जा।
Meaning
Doubt causes a great deal of mental torment. It is most sinful. It is born of ignorance. Kill it ruthlessly with the knowledge of the Self. Now stand up and fight, O Arjuna.(This chapter is known by the names Jnana Yoga, Abhyasa Yoga and jnanakarmasannyasa Yoga also.)
After Swami Sivananda
Knowledge that cuts doubt· 4.34–4.42→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 4.34Know that the wise who have realized the truth will instruct thee in that knowledge…
- 4.35Knowing that thou shalt not, O Arjuna, again be deluded like this; and by that thou shalt…
- 4.36Even if thou art the most sinful of all sinners, yet thou shalt surely cross over all sins…
- 4.37As the blazing fire reduces fuel to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge reduce…
- 4.38Verily, there is no purifier in this world like knowledge. He who is perfected in Yoga…
- 4.39The one who is full of faith, devoted to it, and has subdued their senses obtains this…
- 4.40The ignorant, the faithless, and the doubting self go to destruction; there is neither…
- 4.41He who has renounced actions through Yoga, whose doubts have been dispelled by knowledge,…
4.42Therefore, with the sword of knowledge (of the Self), cut asunder the doubt of the self,…
Word-by-word→
- enam
- this
- yogam
- in karm yog
- asinā
- with the sword
- jñāna
- of knowledge
- tasmāt
- therefore
- bhārata
- Arjun, descendant of Bharat
- chhittvā
- cut asunder
- sanśhayam
- doubt
- ātmanaḥ
- of the self
- hṛit-stham
- situated in the heart
- uttiṣhṭha
- arise
- ātiṣhṭha
- take shelter
- ajñāna-sambhūtam
- born of ignorance
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