Bhagavad Gita 6.39 Meaning: Etanme sanshayam krishna

Bhagavad Gita 6.39

एतन्मे संशयं कृष्ण छेत्तुमर्हस्यशेषतः ।त्वदन्यः संशयस्यास्य छेत्ता नह्युपपद्यते ॥

Etanme sanshayam krishna chhettumarhasyasheshatahTvadanyah sanshayasyasya chhetta nahyupapadyate

etanme saṃśayaṃ kṛṣṇa chettumarhasyaśeṣataḥ |tvadanyaḥ saṃśayasyāsya chettā nahyupapadyate ||

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Our explanation Arjuna asks Krishna to remove this doubt completely, for no one but Krishna can remove it.

हिंदी अर्थ अर्जुन कृष्ण से कहते हैं कि वे इस संशय को पूरी तरह दूर करें, क्योंकि कृष्ण के सिवा कोई और इसे दूर नहीं कर सकता।

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एतत् etat · this (pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: etad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 231, col. 2 “this, this here, here”
मे me · "my" (Arjuna's) (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
संशयम् saṃśayam · doubt (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: saṃ-śaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1117, col. 3 “uncertainty, irresolution, hesitation, doubt”
कृष्ण kṛṣṇa · O Krishna (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: kṛṣṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 306, col. 2 “N. of a celebrated Avatār of the god Vishṇu, or sometimes identified with Vishṇu himself”
छेत्तुम् chettum · to cut away (infinitive (to do)) Dictionary: 1. chid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 406, col. 2 “to cut off, amputate, cut through”
अर्हसि arhasi · you ought (present, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: arh, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 93, col. 3 “to be able”
अशेषतः aśeṣataḥ · completely (indeclinable) Dictionary: a-śeṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 113, col. 3 “entirely, wholly”
त्वदन्यः tvadanyaḥ · other than you (Krishna) (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”; 2. anya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 45, col. 2 “other, different”
संशयस्य saṃśayasya · of doubt (noun (masculine), genitive singular) Dictionary: saṃ-śaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1117, col. 3 “uncertainty, irresolution, hesitation, doubt”
अस्य asya · this (pronoun (masculine), genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2 “this, this here, referring to something near the speaker”
छेत्ता chettā · one who removes (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: chettṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 407, col. 1 “a remover”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “ind. not, no, nor, neither”
हि hi · for (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. hi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1297, col. 3 “for, because, on account of”
उपपद्यते upapadyate · is found (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. upa-pad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 201, col. 3 “to be present, exist”

3 printings differ

Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.

The printed edition reads: एतं मे संशयं कृष्ण छेत्तुमर्हस्यशेषतः ।
त्वदन्यः संशयस्यास्य छेत्ता नह्युपपद्यते ॥
Word The 1922 Madras printing reads: एतं मे संशयं कृष्ण छेत्तुमर्हस्यशेषतः The 1922 base printing (leaf n108) reads एतं (masculine, agreeing with संशयं). Under decision 14 the display follows the common wording एतन्मे (एतत्, neuter, joined with मे), printed by Gita Press (p. 107) and read in sanskritdocuments.org, GRETIL and Sanskrit Wikisource. The sense is the same: 'this doubt of mine'.
Spelling A digital text reads Same letters. The 1922 edition prints नह्युपपद्यते as one word.

Bhagavad Gita 6.39: meaning and translation

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