Chapter 2 · Verse 7 · Sankhya Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 2.7
Sanskrit
कार्पण्यदोषोपहतस्वभावः पृच्छामि त्वां धर्मसंमूढचेताः। यच्छ्रेयः स्यान्निश्िचतं ब्रूहि तन्मे शिष्यस्तेऽहं शाधि मां त्वां प्रपन्नम्।।2.7।।
Transliteration
kārpaṇya-doṣhopahata-svabhāvaḥ pṛichchhāmi tvāṁ dharma-sammūḍha-chetāḥ yach-chhreyaḥ syānniśhchitaṁ brūhi tanme śhiṣhyaste ’haṁ śhādhi māṁ tvāṁ prapannam
In plain words
You're standing in the place where you've finally admitted you don't know what to do—and that admission is not weakness, it's the beginning of real clarity. When you stop pretending, when you bow before the truth instead of wrestling it alone, you become open to what your tired mind could never figure out by itself. The lesson for you: your not-knowing is exactly where wisdom can find you.
हिंदी अर्थ
मेरा स्वभाव कमजोरी से दब गया है, इसलिए मैं आपसे पूछता हूँ कि मेरे लिए सही क्या है। मुझे निश्चित रूप से बताइए कि मुझे क्या करना चाहिए, क्योंकि मैं आपका शिष्य बनकर आपके पास आया हूँ।
Word by Word
Arjuna stands at the threshold where cowardice has dissolved his nature, and confusion clouds his dharma—this is the soul's darkest hour before surrender opens the door to wisdom. In this rawness, he does what the spiritual path demands: he admits he cannot see clearly and places himself entirely before his teacher.
When we stop pretending to know and bow before the truth-bearer within us or beyond us, we become eligible to receive what our intellect alone can never grasp. Modern life demands we ask this same question with fierce honesty: What truly serves my highest good, stripped of ego's noise?
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Bhagavad Gita 2.7 — BG 2.7
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