Bhagavad Gita
Chapter 4 · Verse 42

Path of Knowledge and the Disciplines of Action

तस्मादज्ञानसंभूतं हृत्स्थं ज्ञानासिनाऽऽत्मनः। छित्त्वैनं संशयं योगमातिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भारत
tasmād ajñāna-sambhūtaṁ hṛit-sthaṁ jñānāsinātmanaḥ chhittvainaṁ sanśhayaṁ yogam ātiṣhṭhottiṣhṭha bhārata

Word Meanings

tasmāt — therefore; ajñāna-sambhūtam — born of ignorance; hṛit-stham — situated in the heart; jñāna — of knowledge; asinā — with the sword; ātmanaḥ — of the self; chhittvā — cut asunder; enam — this; sanśhayam — doubt; yogam — in karm yog; ātiṣhṭha — take shelter; uttiṣhṭha — arise; bhārata — Arjun, descendant of Bharat

Translation

Therefore, with the sword of knowledge, cut asunder this doubt of the self, born of ignorance and residing in your heart. Take refuge in yoga and arise, O Arjuna!

Commentary

तस्मात् therefore? अज्ञानसंभूतम् born out of ignorance? हृत्स्थम् residing in the heart? ज्ञानासिना by the sword of knowledge? आत्मनः of the Self? छित्त्वा having cut? एनम् this? संशयम् doubt? योगम् Yoga? आत्तिष्ठ take refuge? उत्तिष्ठ arise? भारत O Bharata.Commentary 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.)Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita? the science of the Eternal? the scripture of Yoga? the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna? ends the fourth discourse entitledThe Yoga of the Division of Wisdom. ,