BG 4.42
Therefore, pick up the sword of wisdom and cut down this doubt in your heart, which your own ignorance has engendered, and arise on the path of wisdom!
छित्त्वैनं संशयं योगमातिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भारत
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tasmād — therefore
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ajñāna-sambhūtaṁ — born of ignorance
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ajñāna — ignorance
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sambhūtaṁ — originating from, born of
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hṛit-sthaṁ — situated in the heart
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hṛit — heart
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sthaṁ — situated
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jñānāsinātmanaḥ — knowledge with the sword of the self
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jñāna — of knowledge
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asinā — with the sword
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ātmanaḥ — of the self
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chhittvainaṁ — cut off this
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chhittvā — cut asunder
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enam — this
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sanśhayaṁ — doubt
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yogam — in righteous action
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ātiṣhṭhottiṣhṭha — arise and take shelter
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ātiṣhṭha — take shelter
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uttiṣhṭha — arise
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bhārata — Arjuna
The ignorant, faithless, and skeptics all perish. Those with doubtful minds have no happiness in store for them, in this world or the ones beyond. One whose doubts have been dispelled by knowledge, who has renounced all actions and has control of the self, is not bound by actions. Therefore, pick up the sword of wisdom and cut down this doubt in your heart, which your own ignorance has engendered, and arise on the path of wisdom!
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