Chapter 2, Verse 41

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन। बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम्।।2.41।।

vyavasāyātmikā buddhirekeha kurunandana. bahuśākhā hyanantāśca buddhayo'vyavasāyinām.2.41.

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व्यवसायात्मिका (vyavasāya-ātmikā)

resolute in nature / possessing firm determination

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ)

the intellect/understanding

एका (ekā)

single, one-pointed

इह (iha)

here (on this path, i.e., of karma-yoga)

कुरुनन्दन (kuru-nandana)

O joy/descendant of the Kurus (Arjuna)

बहुशाखाः (bahu-śākhāḥ)

many-branched, multifarious

हि (hi)

indeed, for

अनन्ताः (anantāḥ)

endless, without limit

च (ca)

and

बुद्धयः (buddhayaḥ)

the intellects/understandings

अव्यवसायिनाम् (avyavasāyinām)

of the irresolute (those lacking firm determination)

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