Bhagavad Gita 2.41
Chapter 2, verse 41
Meaning
On this path, joy of the Kurus, the resolute mind is single and focused. The minds of those without resolve split into many branches, with no end to them.
The Sanskrit
व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन ।
बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम् ॥ ४१ ॥
vyavasāyātmikā buddhir ekeha kurunandana
bahuśākhā hy anantāś ca buddhayo 'vyavasāyinām
Say it
vyuh-vuh-saa-yaat-mi-kaa bud-dhir ay-kay-huh koo-roo-nun-duh-nuh
buh-hoo-shaa-khaa hyuh-nun-taash-chuh bud-dhuh-yo-vyuh-vuh-saa-yi-naam
Word by word
- vyavasāya-ātmikā
- resolute, decided in nature
- buddhiḥ ekā
- understanding that is one, single
- iha
- here, on this path
- kuru-nandana
- joy of the Kurus (Arjuna)
- bahu-śākhāḥ
- many-branched
- anantāḥ ca
- and endless
- buddhayaḥ avyavasāyinām
- the thoughts of the irresolute
Read it in context: verses 2.41–44One resolve, not a hundred branchesWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Decide once, then stop re-deciding
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.41 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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