Bhagavad Gita 2.42
Chapter 2, verse 42
Meaning
There is a flowery kind of speech, son of Pṛthā, spoken by people without real insight. They delight in the bare words of scripture and insist that there is nothing more to it than that.
The Sanskrit
यामिमां पुष्पितां वाचं प्रवदन्त्यविपश्चितः ।
वेदवादरताः पार्थ नान्यदस्तीति वादिनः ॥ ४२ ॥
yām imāṃ puṣpitāṃ vācaṃ pravadanty avipaścitaḥ
vedavādaratāḥ pārtha nānyad astīti vādinaḥ
Say it
yaam-i-maam push-pi-taam vaa-chum pruh-vuh-dun-tyuh-vi-puh-shchi-tuh-hu
vay-duh-vaa-duh-ruh-taa-hu paar-thuh naa-nyuh-dus-tee-ti vaa-di-nuh-hu
Word by word
- yām imām puṣpitām vācam
- this flowery speech
- pravadanti
- they proclaim
- avipaścitaḥ
- those without true insight
- veda-vāda-ratāḥ
- delighting in the letter of the Vedas
- pārtha
- son of Pṛthā (Arjuna)
- na anyat asti iti vādinaḥ
- saying there is nothing beyond this
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 2.42 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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