Yathora

The Gita · Chapter 4

Bhagavad Gita 4.42

तस्मादज्ञानसंभूतं हृत्स्थं ज्ञानासिनाऽऽत्मनः। छित्त्वैनं संशयं योगमातिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भारत॥

tasmād ajñāna-sambhūtaṁ hṛit-sthaṁ jñānāsinātmanaḥ chhittvainaṁ sanśhayaṁ yogam ātiṣhṭhottiṣhṭha bhārata

Translation

Therefore, with the sword of the wisdom of the Self cleaving asunder this ignorance-born doubt dwelling in thy heart, be established in yoga. Stand up, O Bhârata.

What it means

Therefore, with the sword of Self-knowledge, cut this doubt born of ignorance lodged in your heart; take refuge in yoga; arise, O Bharata. The chapter ends where the battlefield demands: understanding converted into standing up.

Try this today

Chapter 4 closes with the image it built toward: doubt is a knot in the heart, and understanding is the blade. Arjuna is told to rise - again.

Something to reflect on

Which doubt sitting in my chest is ready to be cut, not debated?

Read it in Yathora
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Translation by Annie Besant (1905, public domain). The meanings are original to Yathora, drawn from Shankara’s commentary.