Sanskrit · Devanagari
व्यामिश्रेणेव वाक्येन बुद्धिं मोहयसीव मे। तदेकं वद निश्चित्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्नुयाम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
vyāmiśreṇeva vākyena buddhiṃ mohayasīva me tadekaṃ vada niścitya yena śreyo.ahamāpnuyām
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882You seem, indeed, to confuse my mind by equivocal words. Therefore, declare one thing determinately, by which I may attain the highest good.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।3.2।। व्यामिश्रेणेव यद्यपि विविक्ताभिधायी भगवान् तथापि मम मन्दबुद्धेः व्यामिश्रमिव भगवद्वाक्यं प्रतिभाति। तेन मम बुद्धिं मोहयसि इव मम बुद्धिव्यामोहापनयाय हि प्रवृत्तः त्वं तु कथं मोहयसि अतः ब्रवीमि बुद्धिं मोहयसि इव मे मम इति। त्वं तु भिन्नकर्तृकयोः ज्ञानकर्मणोः एकपुरुषानुष्ठानासंभवं यदि मन्यसे तत्रैवं सति तत् तयोः एकं बुद्धिं कर्म वा इदमेव अर्जुनस्य योग्यं बुद्धिशक्त्यवस्थानुरूपमिति निश्चित्य वद ब्रूहि येन ज्ञानेन कर्मणा वा अन्यतरेण श्रेयः अहम् आप्नुयां प्राप्नुयाम् इति यदुक्तं तदपि नोपपद्यते।।यदि हि कर्मनिष्ठायां गुणभूतमपि ज्ञानं भगवता उक्तं स्यात् तत् कथं तयोः एकं वद इति एकविषयैव अर्जुनस्य शुश्रूषा स्यात्। न हि भगवता पूर्वमुक्तम् अन्यतरदेव ज्ञानकर्मणोः वक्ष्यामि नैव द्वयम् इति येन उभयप्राप्त्यसंभवम् आत्मनो मन्यमानः एकमेव प्रार्थयेत्।।प्रश्नानुरूपमेव प्रतिवचनं श्रीभगवानुवाच
d6c5544fa903…Rāmānuja
3.2 Conseently, it appears to me as if 'you confuse me with statements that seem to contradict each other.' For, firm devotion to knowledge which forms the means for the vision of the self and which is of the nature of stopping the operations of the senses on the one hand, and on the other exhortation to action which is of a nature opposite to it, i.e., knowledge, as a means to the same vision of that Atman - these statements are contradictory and confusing. Therefore tell me clearly the path following which I can take a determined course and win the Supreme Being.
cbed55ba68e4…Swami Sivananda
3.2 व्यामिश्रेण perplexing? इव as it were? वाक्येन with speech? बुद्धिम् understanding? मोहयसि (Thou) confusest? इव as it were? मे my? तत् that? एकम् one? वद tell? निश्चित्य for certain? येन by which? श्रेयः bliss (the good or the highest)? अहम् I? आप्नुयाम् may attain.Commentary Arjuna says to Lord Krishna? Tecah me one of the two? knowledge or action? by which I may attain to the highest good or bliss or Moksha. (Cf.V.I).
bf434abf5f5a…These supplied texts come from the pinned VedicScriptures dataset under GPL-3.0 and await independent alignment review.