Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 4.42
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 4.42 · 4 · Verse 42
Sanskrit Original
।।4.42) तस्मात् पापिष्ठम् अज्ञानसंभूतम् अज्ञानात् अविवेकात् जातं हृत्स्थं हृदि बुद्धौ स्थितं ज्ञानासिना शोकमोहादिदोषहरं सम्यग्दर्शनं ज्ञानं तदेव असिः खङ्गः तेन ज्ञानासिना आत्मनः स्वस्य आत्मविषयत्वात् संशयस्य। न हि परस्य संशयः परेण च्छेत्तव्यतां प्राप्तः येन स्वस्येति विशेष्येत। अतः आत्मविषयोऽपि स्वस्यैव भवति। छित्त्वा एनं संशयं स्वविनाशहेतुभूतम् योगं सम्यग्दर्शनोपायं कर्मानुष्ठानम् आतिष्ठ कुर्वित्यर्थः। उत्तिष्ठ च इदानीं युद्धाय भारत इति।।इति श्रीमत्परमहंसपरिव्राजकाचार्यस्य श्रोगोविन्दभगवत्पूज्यपादशिष्यस्यश्रीमच्छंकरभगवतः कृतौ श्रीमद्भगवद्गीताभाष्ये चतुर्थोऽध्यायः।।
4.42 Tasmat, therefore, O scion of the Bharata dynasty; atistha, take recourse to, i.e. undertake; yogam, yoga -performance of actions, which is a means to full Illumination; and now, uttistha, rise up for battle; chittva, cutting asunder; jnanasina, with the sword of Knowledge-Knowledge is full Illumination, which is a destroyer of such defects as sorrows, delusion, etc.; that itself is the sword; with that sword of Knowledge-;enam, this; samsayam, doubt; atmanah, of your own, which is a source of one's own ruin and is most sinful; hrtstham, in the heart, residing in the intellect; ajnana-sambhutam, arising from ignorance, born of non-discrimination. The word atmanah is used because doubt concerns oneself. Indeed, another's doubt cannot be removed by someone else. Hence the word 'own' is used. So, although the doubt is with regard to the Self, it is really one's own.