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Chapter 4 · Verse 42 · Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 4.42

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Sanskrit

तस्मादज्ञानसंभूतं हृत्स्थं ज्ञानासिनाऽऽत्मनः। छित्त्वैनं संशयं योगमातिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भारत।।4.42।।

Transliteration

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

Word by Word

tasmāt therefore
ajñāna-sambhūtam born of ignorance
hṛit-stham situated in the heart
jñāna of knowledge
asinā with the sword
ātmanaḥ of the self
chhittvā cut asunder
enam this
sanśhayam doubt
yogam in karm yog
ātiṣhṭha take shelter
uttiṣhṭha arise
bhārata Arjun, descendant of Bharat
Simplified Perspective

Krishna speaks the final medicine for Arjuna's paralysis: the sword of knowledge must cut through the knot of doubt that binds the heart. This is not intellectual certainty, but the direct seeing that comes when ignorance—the root of all hesitation—is severed by the light of your true nature.

When you stop negotiating with fear and stand rooted in your dharma, doubt loses its grip entirely. In your own moments of hesitation, ask yourself: What knowledge of my deeper purpose would dissolve this doubt right now?

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Bhagavad Gita 4.42 — BG 4.42

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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