Bhagavad Gita 2.7
कार्पण्यदोषोपहतस्वभावः पृच्छामि त्वां धर्मसंमूढचेताः। यच्छ्रेयः स्यान्निश्िचतं ब्रूहि तन्मे शिष्यस्तेऽहं शाधि मां त्वां प्रपन्नम्।।2.7।।
kārpaṇyadoṣopahatasvabhāvaḥ pṛcchāmi tvāṃ dharmasaṃmūḍhacetāḥ. yacchreyaḥ syānniścitaṃ brūhi tanme śiṣyaste'haṃ śādhi māṃ tvāṃ prapannam.।2.7।।
Word by word
- कार्पण्यदोषोपहतस्वभावः (kārpaṇya-doṣa-upahata-svabhāvaḥ)
- my very nature overcome by the taint/flaw of weakness (pity, faint-heartedness)
- पृच्छामि (pṛcchāmi)
- I ask
- त्वाम् (tvām)
- you
- धर्मसंमूढचेताः (dharma-sammūḍha-cetāḥ)
- [I,] whose mind/consciousness is confused about dharma (duty/righteousness)
- यत् (yat)
- what/which
- श्रेयः (śreyaḥ)
- the better course, the good, the beneficial
- स्यात् (syāt)
- would be, might be
- निश्चितम् (niścitam)
- certain, definite, decisively ascertained
- ब्रूहि (brūhi)
- tell, declare (imperative)
- तत् (tat)
- that
- मे (me)
- to me
- शिष्यः (śiṣyaḥ)
- disciple, student
- ते (te)
- your
- अहम् (aham)
- I
- शाधि (śādhi)
- instruct, teach (imperative)
- माम् (mām)
- me
- त्वाम् (tvām)
- to/in you
- प्रपन्नम् (prapannam)
- one who has taken refuge, surrendered, come for shelter
Commentary
7. My heart contaminated by the taint of helplessness, my mind confounded about Dharma,* I ask Thee : Tell me what is absolutely good. I am Thy pupil. Instruct me, who have sought Thy grace.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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