Bhagavad Gita 11.33 Meaning: Tasmattvamuttishtha yasho

Bhagavad Gita 11.33

तस्मात्त्वमुत्तिष्ठ यशो लभस्व जित्वा शत्रून्भुङ्क्ष्व राज्यं समृद्धम् ।मयैवैते निहताः पूर्वमेव निमित्तमात्रं भव सव्यसाचिन् ॥

Tasmattvamuttishtha yasho labhasva jitva shatrunbhunkshva rajyam samriddhamMayaivaite nihatah purvameva nimittamatram bhava savyasachin

tasmāttvamuttiṣṭha yaśo labhasva jitvā śatrūnbhuṅkṣva rājyaṃ samṛddham |mayaivaite nihatāḥ pūrvameva nimittamātraṃ bhava savyasācin ||

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Our explanation Therefore, Krishna tells Arjuna, he should stand up and win glory, conquer his enemies and enjoy a prosperous kingdom. Krishna says these warriors have already been slain by him, and Arjuna is to be only the instrument (nimitta-mātra). He calls Arjuna Savyasācin; Telang's note, after Śrīdhara, explains that Arjuna could shoot with the left hand as well as the right.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि इसलिए अर्जुन उठें और यश पाएँ, शत्रुओं को जीतें और समृद्ध राज्य भोगें। कृष्ण कहते हैं कि ये योद्धा उनके द्वारा पहले ही मारे जा चुके हैं, और अर्जुन केवल निमित्त (साधन) बनें। वे अर्जुन को सव्यसाची कहते हैं; तेलंग की टिप्पणी, श्रीधर के अनुसार, बताती है कि अर्जुन बाएँ हाथ से भी दाएँ हाथ जैसा ही बाण चला सकते थे।

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तस्मात् tasmāt · therefore (indeclinable) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
त्वम् tvam · you (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: yuṣmad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 855, col. 3 “the base of the 2nd pers. pron. as used in comp.”
उत्तिष्ठ uttiṣṭha · stand up (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: ut-thā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 179, col. 3 “to stand up, spring up, rise”
यशः yaśaḥ · glory, fame (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: yaśas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 848, col. 2 “honour, glory, fame, renown”
लभस्व labhasva · win, gain (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: labh, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 896, col. 2 “to gain possession of, obtain, receive, conceive, get”
जित्वा jitvā · having conquered (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “conquer (in battle), vanquish”
शत्रून् śatrūn · enemies (noun (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: śatru, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1051, col. 1 “an enemy, foe, rival”
भुङ्क्ष्व bhuṅkṣva · enjoy (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 3. bhuj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 759, col. 2 “to enjoy, use, possess”
राज्यम् rājyam · kingdom (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: rājya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 875, col. 1 “kingdom, country, realm”
समृद्धम् samṛddham · prosperous (past participle (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: sam-ṛddha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1171, col. 1 “very successful or prosperous or flourishing, fortunate”
मया mayā · by "me" (Krishna) (pronoun, instrumental singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
एव eva · indeed (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
एते ete · these (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: etad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 231, col. 2 “this, this here”
निहताः nihatāḥ · slain (past participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: ni-hata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 564, col. 3 “struck down, smitten, slain, killed”
पूर्वम् pūrvam · before, already (indeclinable) Dictionary: pūrva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 643, col. 1 “formerly, hitherto, previously”
एव eva · indeed (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
निमित्तमात्रम् nimittamātram · merely the instrument (compound (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: nimitta-mātra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 551, col. 1 “the mere efficient cause or instrument”
भव bhava · be (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. bhū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 760, col. 2 “to become, be”
सव्यसाचिन् savyasācin · O Savyasachin (Arjuna) (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: savya-sācin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1191, col. 3 “drawing (a bow) with the left hand, ambidexterous”

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Spelling A digital text reads Same letters. The e-text prints शत्रून् भुङ्क्ष्व as two words; the 1922 edition joins them.

Arguna, as he could shoot with his left hand as well as the right.—Srîdhara. ↩

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