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Bhagavad Gita 6.38

कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति। अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि।।

kachchin nobhaya-vibhraṣhṭaśh chhinnābhram iva naśhyati apratiṣhṭho mahā-bāho vimūḍho brahmaṇaḥ pathi

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
kachchitkachchitwhether
nananot
ubhayaubhayaboth
vibhraṣhṭaḥvibhraṣhṭaḥdeviated from
chhinnachhinnabroken
abhramabhramcloud
ivaivalike
naśhyatinaśhyatiperishes
apratiṣhṭhaḥapratiṣhṭhaḥwithout any support
mahā-bāhomahā-bāhomighty-armed Krishna
vimūḍhaḥvimūḍhaḥbewildered
brahmaṇaḥbrahmaṇaḥof God-realization
pathipathione on the path

Fallen from both, does he not perish like a rent cloud, supportless, O mighty-armed one, deluded on the path of Brahman?

हे महबाहो ! क्या वह ब्रह्म के मार्ग में मोहित तथा आश्रयरहित पुरुष छिन्न-भिन्न मेघ के समान दोनों ओर से भ्रष्ट हुआ नष्ट तो नहीं हो जाता है?