Chapter 3, Verse 1
अर्जुन उवाच ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन। तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव।।3.1।।
arjuna uvāca jyāyasī cetkarmaṇaste matā buddhirjanārdana। tatkiṃ karmaṇi ghore māṃ niyojayasi keśava।।3.1।।
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- अर्जुनः उवाच
- Arjuna said
- ज्यायसी
- superior/better (feminine, modifying buddhi)
- चेत्
- if
- कर्मणः
- than action
- ते
- by you / your
- मता
- considered/regarded
- बुद्धिः
- understanding/intellect
- जनार्दन
- O Janardana (epithet of Krishna, 'agitator of men')
- तत्
- then/therefore
- किम्
- why
- कर्मणि
- in action
- घोरे
- terrible/dreadful
- माम्
- me
- नियोजयसि
- you engage/direct
- केशव
- O Keshava (epithet of Krishna, 'slayer of Keshi')
Commentary
1. If it be thought by Thee that knowledge is superior to action, O Janardana, why then dost Thou, O Ke^ava, direct me to this terrible action ?
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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अर्जुनः उवाच
ज्यायसी
चेत्
कर्मणः
ते
मता
बुद्धिः
जनार्दन
तत्
किम्
कर्मणि
घोरे
माम्
नियोजयसि
केशव
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