Chapter 4 · Verse 42 · Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 4.42
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
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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