Bhagavad Gita 4.42 Meaning: Tasmadajnanasambhutam

Bhagavad Gita 4.42

तस्मादज्ञानसम्भूतं हृत्स्थं ज्ञानासिनाऽऽत्मनः ।छित्त्वैनं संशयं योगमातिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भारत ॥

Tasmadajnanasambhutam hritstham jnanasinatmanahChhittvainam sanshayam yogamatishthottishtha bharata

tasmādajñānasambhūtaṃ hṛtsthaṃ jñānāsinā’’tmanaḥ |chittvainaṃ saṃśayaṃ yogamātiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhārata ||

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Our explanation So, Krishna says, Arjuna should cut through this doubt in his heart, born of ignorance, with the sword of knowledge, take his stand in yoga, and rise. The chapter ends with the same call to stand up that Krishna first gave in chapter 2 (2.3).

हिंदी अर्थ इसलिए कृष्ण कहते हैं कि अर्जुन अज्ञान से जन्मे, हृदय में बसे इस संशय को ज्ञान की तलवार से काटकर योग में स्थित हों और उठ खड़े हों। अध्याय उसी पुकार पर समाप्त होता है जो कृष्ण ने अध्याय 2 (श्लोक 3) में दी थी: खड़े हो जाओ।

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तस्मात् tasmāt · therefore (indeclinable) Dictionary: tasmāt, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 441, col. 2 “from that, on that account, therefore”
अज्ञानसम्भूतम् ajñānasambhūtam · born of ignorance (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: a-jñāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 10, col. 3 “non-cognizance; ignorance”; sam-bhūta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1179, col. 2 “become, born, produced or arisen or proceeding from”
हृत्स्थम् hṛtstham · in the heart (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: hṛt-stha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 1 “being in the heart”
ज्ञानासिना jñānāsinā · with the sword of knowledge (compound (masculine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: jñāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 426, col. 1 “knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge”; asi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 120, col. 2 “a sword, cimeter, knife”
आत्मनः ātmanaḥ · of your own (self) (noun (masculine), genitive singular) Dictionary: ātman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 135, col. 1 “the breath, RV.; the soul, principle of life and sensation”
छित्त्वा chittvā · having cut (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 1. chid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 406, col. 2 “to cut off, amputate, cut through”
एनम् enam · this (pronoun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. ena, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 1 “he, she, it; this, that”
संशयम् saṃśayam · doubt (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: saṃ-śaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1117, col. 3 “uncertainty, irresolution, hesitation, doubt”
योगम् yogam · yoga (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: yoga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 856, col. 2 “the act of yoking, joining, attaching”
आतिष्ठ ātiṣṭha · take your stand in (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ā-sthā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 161, col. 2 “to stand or remain on or by”
उत्तिष्ठ uttiṣṭha · stand up (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: ut-thā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 179, col. 3 “to stand up, spring up, rise”
भारत bhārata · O Bharata (Arjuna) (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: bhārata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 753, col. 1

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Spelling A digital text reads Same words. The 1922 edition marks the merged vowel with an avagraha (ऽ); this e-text does not. Edition: ज्ञानासिनाऽऽत्मनः.

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