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Bhagavad Gita 4.42

तस्मादज्ञानसंभूतं हृत्स्थं ज्ञानासिनाऽऽत्मनः। छित्त्वैनं संशयं योगमातिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भारत।।

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

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
tasmāttasmāttherefore
ajñāna-sambhūtamajñāna-sambhūtamborn of ignorance
hṛit-sthamhṛit-sthamsituated in the heart
jñānajñānaof knowledge
asināasināwith the sword
ātmanaḥātmanaḥof the self
chhittvāchhittvācut asunder
enamenamthis
sanśhayamsanśhayamdoubt
yogamyogamin karm yog
ātiṣhṭhaātiṣhṭhatake shelter
uttiṣhṭhauttiṣhṭhaarise
bhāratabhārataArjun, descendant of Bharat

Therefore, with the sword of knowledge (of the Self), cut asunder the doubt of the self, born of ignorance, residing in your heart, and take refuge in Yoga. Arise, O Arjuna!

इसलिये अपने हृदय में स्थित अज्ञान से उत्पन्न आत्मविषयक संशय को ज्ञान खड्ग से काटकर,  हे भारत ! योग का आश्रय लेकर खड़े हो जाओ।।