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Bhagavad Gita 3.2

व्यामिश्रेणेव वाक्येन बुद्धिं मोहयसीव मे। तदेकं वद निश्िचत्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्नुयाम्।।

vyāmiśhreṇeva vākyena buddhiṁ mohayasīva me tad ekaṁ vada niśhchitya yena śhreyo ’ham āpnuyām

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
vyāmiśhreṇa ivavyāmiśhreṇa ivaby your apparently ambiguous
vākyenavākyenawords
buddhimbuddhimintellect
mohayasimohayasiI am getting bewildered
ivaivaas it were
mememy
tattattherefore
ekamekamone
vadavadaplease tell
niśhchityaniśhchityadecisively
yenayenaby which
śhreyaḥśhreyaḥthe highest good
ahamahamI
āpnuyāmāpnuyāmmay attain

With this seemingly perplexing speech, you seem to be confusing my understanding; therefore, tell me one certain way by which I may attain bliss.

आप इस मिश्रित वाक्य से मेरी बुद्धि को मोहितसा करते हैं अत आप उस एक (मार्ग) को निश्चित रूप से कहिये जिससे मैं परम श्रेय को प्राप्त कर सकूँ।।