Bhagavad Gita 4.41-42

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SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA

- translation by Sri.V.N.Gopala Desikan

 

Chapter IV

slOkA 41

yOga-sannyasta-karmAnam jnAna-sanchinna-samshayam

Atmavantam na karmAni nibadhnanti dhananjaya

 

Translation :

dhananjaya - ArjunA ( winner of health),

karmAni - past karmAs

na nibadhnanti - do not bind

yOga-sannyasta-karmAnam - a person who has knowledge

contained in this karma yOgA

samshayam - and has his doubts

sanchinna - cleared

jnAna - by such knowledge

Atmavantam - and has a steady mind

 

ArjunA ( winner of health) , past karmAs do not bind

a person who has knowledge contained in this karma

yOgA and has his doubts cleared by such knowledge and

has a steady mind.

 

Commentary : A person who does this karma yOgA; giving up

the thought that he is the doer; being free from all doubts

in regard to the nature of the soul; and is thus of a firm

mind about his objective of realising the soul; is not bound

by countless karmAs of the past, which result in the bondage

of samsArA.

 

slOkA 42

 

tasmAd ajnAna-sambhUtam hrt-stham jnAnAsinAtmanah

chittvainam samshayam yogam Atisthottishta bhArata

 

Translation :

 

 

BhArata - ArjunA ( of Bharata clan)

tasmAt - therefore

chittvA - cutting

asinA - by the sword

jnAna - of knowledge

enam - this

samshayam - doubt

Atmanah - concerning the jivAtmA,

hrt-stham - which is in your mind,

sambhUtam - born

ajnAna - out of ignorance;

Atishtha - practise

yogam - karma yOgA.

uttishtha - Arise.

 

ArjunA ( of Bharata clan), therefore cutting the sword

of knowledge this doubt concerning the jivAtmA, which

is in your mind , born out of ignorance; practise karma

yOgA . Arise.

 

Commentary : Therefore , ArjunA , cut off all your doubts about

the soul, caused by ignorance and rooted in your heart,with this

sword of knowledge about the soul. Start practising the karma

yOgA taught by Me. Arise.

 

adiyEn,

balaji

 

(Courtesy : Sir Visishtadvaita Research Centre)