Chapter 2 · Verse 2 · Sankhya Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 2.2
Sanskrit
श्री भगवानुवाच कुतस्त्वा कश्मलमिदं विषमे समुपस्थितम्। अनार्यजुष्टमस्वर्ग्यमकीर्तिकरमर्जुन।।2.2।।
Transliteration
śhrī bhagavān uvācha kutastvā kaśhmalamidaṁ viṣhame samupasthitam anārya-juṣhṭamaswargyam akīrti-karam arjuna
In plain words
When you're frozen—whether it's about staying in a marriage, speaking a hard truth, walking away, or stepping into work you're called to do—there's often confusion hiding underneath. Krishna says: name it. The paralysis you're calling sensitivity or caution or love might actually be fear wearing a gentle mask, and staying stuck doesn't protect anyone. What would you do if you trusted yourself?
हिंदी अर्थ
श्री भगवान बोले - हे अर्जुन, इस कठिन समय में तुम्हें यह कमजोरी कहाँ से आ गई? यह कायरता का काम नीच लोगों को शोभा देता है, न कि तुम्हें, और यह तुम्हारी बदनामी का कारण बनेगा।
Word by Word
Krishna's opening words cut through Arjuna's paralysis with a surgeon's precision—he names the delusion for what it is, not as judgment but as mirror. This is the eternal voice within you, refusing to let you settle into cowardice dressed as sensitivity.
The Lord teaches us that confusion masquerading as compassion is still confusion, and only truth-seeing, not self-doubt, honors the sacred duty before us. When life calls you to act with integrity, pause and ask: am I hesitating from wisdom, or am I fleeing from what I know I must face?
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Bhagavad Gita 2.2 — BG 2.2
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