Bhagavad Gita 3.1
अर्जुन उवाच ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन। तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव।।
arjuna uvācha jyāyasī chet karmaṇas te matā buddhir janārdana tat kiṁ karmaṇi ghore māṁ niyojayasi keśhava
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| arjunaḥ uvācha | arjunaḥ uvācha | Arjun said |
| jyāyasī | jyāyasī | superior |
| chet | chet | if |
| karmaṇaḥ | karmaṇaḥ | than fruitive action |
| te | te | by you |
| matā | matā | is considered |
| buddhiḥ | buddhiḥ | intellect |
| janārdana | janārdana | he who looks after the public, Krishna |
| tat | tat | then |
| kim | kim | why |
| karmaṇi | karmaṇi | action |
| ghore | ghore | terrible |
| mām | mām | me |
| niyojayasi | niyojayasi | do you engage |
| keśhava | keśhava | Krishna, the killer of the demon named Keshi |
Arjuna said: If Thou thinkest that knowledge is superior to action, O Krishna, why then, O Kesava, doest Thou ask me to engage in this terrible action?
हे जनार्दन यदि आपको यह मान्य है कि कर्म से ज्ञान श्रेष्ठ है तो फिर हे केशव आप मुझे इस भयंकर कर्म में क्यों प्रवृत्त करते हैं
Topics: Karma, Wisdom