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Devanagari

Devanagari

व्यामिश्रेणेव वाक्येन बुद्धिं मोहयसीव मे ।
तदेकं वद निश्चित्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्‍नुयाम् ॥ २ ॥

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vyāmiśreṇeva vākyena
buddhiṁ mohayasīva me
tad ekaṁ vada niścitya
yena śreyo ’ham āpnuyām
vyāmiśreṇeva vākyena
buddhiṁ mohayasīva me
tad ekaṁ vada niścitya
yena śreyo ’ham āpnuyām

Synonyms

Synonyms

vyāmiśreṇa — by equivocal; iva — certainly; vākyena — words; buddhim — intelligence; mohayasi — You are bewildering; iva — certainly; me — my; tat — therefore; ekam — only one; vada — please tell; niścitya — ascertaining; yena — by which; śreyaḥ — real benefit; aham — I; āpnuyām — may have.

vyāmiśreṇa — med tvetydige; iva — afgjort; vākyena — ord; buddhim — intelligens; mohayasi — Du forvirrer; iva — afgjort; me — min; tat — derfor; ekam — kun én; vada — vær god at fortælle; niścitya — efter at have fastslået; yena — hvorved; śreyaḥ — virkelig nytte; aham — jeg; āpnuyām — kan have.

Translation

Translation

My intelligence is bewildered by Your equivocal instructions. Therefore, please tell me decisively which will be most beneficial for me.

Min intelligens forvirres af Dine tvetydige instruktioner. Vil Du ikke derfor godt fortælle mig én gang for alle, hvad der er bedst for mig?

Purport

Purport

In the previous chapter, as a prelude to the Bhagavad-gītā, many different paths were explained, such as sāṅkhya-yoga, buddhi-yoga, control of the senses by intelligence, work without fruitive desire, and the position of the neophyte. This was all presented unsystematically. A more organized outline of the path would be necessary for action and understanding. Arjuna, therefore, wanted to clear up these apparently confusing matters so that any common man could accept them without misinterpretation. Although Kṛṣṇa had no intention of confusing Arjuna by any jugglery of words, Arjuna could not follow the process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness – either by inertia or by active service. In other words, by his questions he is clearing the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness for all students who seriously want to understand the mystery of the Bhagavad-gītā.

FORKLARING: Som indledning til Bhagavad-gītā blev der i det foregående kapitel beskrevet mange veje såsom sāṅkhya-yoga, buddhi-yoga, beherskelse af sanserne gennem intelligensen, arbejde uden frugtstræbende ønsker og begynderens situation. Dette blev alt sammen forklaret, men ikke særlig systematisk. En mere struktureret fremlægning var nødvendig, hvis Arjuna skulle kunne forstå, hvordan han skulle handle. Han ville derfor gerne have disse tilsyneladende selvmodsigelser afklaret, så de kunne forstås af folk i almindelighed uden at blive misforstået. Skønt det ikke var Kṛṣṇas hensigt at forvirre Arjuna med ordkløverier, kunne Arjuna ikke følge den Kṛṣṇa-bevidste vej, hverken gennem uvirksomhed eller aktiv tjeneste. Med sit spørgsmål klarlægger han med andre ord Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthedens vej for alle elever, der er seriøse med hensyn til at forstå Bhagavad-gītās mysterium.