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)
Commentary
41. Here, O son of Kuru, there is one thought of a resolute nature. Many-branched and endless are the thoughts of the irresolute.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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व्यवसायात्मिका (vyavasāya-ātmikā)
बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ)
एका (ekā)
इह (iha)
कुरुनन्दन (kuru-nandana)
बहुशाखाः (bahu-śākhāḥ)
हि (hi)
अनन्ताः (anantāḥ)
च (ca)
बुद्धयः (buddhayaḥ)
अव्यवसायिनाम् (avyavasāyinām)
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