🪷 Bhagavad-Gītā · 11.33

Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga · "The Yoga of the Universal-Form Vision" · Verse 33 of 55

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🪷 English Translations

Five authentic English voices · each from a distinct sampradāya · together revealing the verse's full śabda-tattva.

Shri Purohit Swami · Poetic English · 1935 · public domain · Cosmo Press tradition

11.33 Then gird up thy loins and conquer. Subdue thy foes and enjoy the kingdom in prosperity. I have already doomed them. Be thou my instrument, Arjuna!

Swami Sivananda · Direct prose · Divine Life Society

11.33 Therefore, stand up and obtain fame. Coner the enemies and enjoy the unrivalled kingdom. Verily by Me have they been already slain; be thou a mere instrument, O Arjuna.

Swami Gambīrānanda · Word-key glosses · Advaita Ashrama · Śaṅkara-school

11.33 Tasmat, therefore; tvam, you; uttistha, rise up; (and) labhasva, gain; the yasah, fame, that Arjuna has conered the Atirathas [Atiratha-see note under 1.4.6.-Tr.], Bhisma, Drona and others, who are unconerable even by the gods. Such fame can be acired only by virtuous actions. Jitva, by defeating; satrun, the enemies, Duryodhana and others; bhunksva, enjoy; a rajyam, kingdom; that is samrddham, propersous, free from enemies and obstacles. Ete, these; nihatah, have been definitely killed, made lifeless; eva maya, verily by Me; eva purvam, even earlier. Bhava, be you; nimitta-matram, merely an instrument, O Savyasachin. Arjuna was called so because he could shoot arrows even with his left hand.

Swami Ādidevānanda · Śrī-Vaiṣṇava perspective · Rāmānuja school

11.33 Therefore, arise for fighting against them. Conering your enemies, win glory and enjoy a prosperous and righteous kingdom. All those who have sinned have been already annihilated by Me. Be you merely an instrument (Nimitta) of Mine in destroying them - just like a weapon in my hand, O Savyasacin! The root 'Sac' means 'fastening'. A 'savyasacin' is one who is capable of fixing or fastening the arrow even with his left hand. The meaning is that he is so dexterous that he can fight with a bow in each hand.

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Academic precision · modern scholarly

11.33. Therefore, stand up, win glory, and vanishing foes, enjoy the rich kingdom; these [foes] have already been killed by Myself; [hence] be a mere token cause [in their destruction], O ambidextrous archer !

🪷 Hindi Translation · हिन्दी अनुवाद

For the Hindi-aware seer · Pūjya Swami Rāmsukhdās ji's translation · a high-readability modern Hindi rendering · Gītā-Press Gorakhpur tradition. (→ Full Mahāpurusha-detail page for the 102-year-living Sādhaka-Sañjīvanī Mahātmā.)

🪷 Swami Rāmsukhdās · Sādhaka-Sañjīvanī tradition · Gītā-Press Gorakhpur · highest modern Hindi reading

।।11.33।। इसलिये तुम युद्धके लिये खड़े हो जाओ और यशको प्राप्त करो तथा शत्रुओंको जीतकर धन-धान्यसे सम्पन्न राज्यको भोगो। ये सभी मेरे द्वारा पहलेसे ही मारे हुए हैं। हे सव्यसाचिन् ! तुम निमित्तमात्र बन जाओ।

🪷 English Commentaries · The Ācārya Voices

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Swami Sivananda · Verse-by-verse word-keys with Sanskrit anchors

11.33 तस्मात् therefore? त्वम् thou? उत्तिष्ठ stand up? यशः fame? लभस्व obtain? जित्वा having conered? शत्रून् enemies? भुङ्क्ष्व enjoy? राज्यम् the kingdom? समृद्धम् the unrivalled? मया by Me? एव even? एते these? निहताः have been slain? पूर्वम् before? एव even? निमित्तमात्रम् a mere instrument? भव be? सव्यसाचिन् O ambidexterous one.Commentary Be thou merely an apparent or nominal cause. I have already killed them in advance. I have destroyed them long ago.Fame People will think that Bhishma? Drona and the other great warriors whom even the gods cannot kill have been defeated by you and so you will obtain great fame. Such fame is due to virtuous Karma only.Satrun Enemies such as Duryodhana.Savyasachi Arjuna who could shoot arrows even with the left hand.

Swami Gambīrānanda · Advaita-school commentary (Śaṅkara tradition)

Swami Ādidevānanda · Rāmānuja Śrī-Vaiṣṇava commentary

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Modern academic scholarship

11.33 See comment under 11.34.

Swami Chinmayānanda · Chinmaya Mission · modern Vedantic teaching

।।11.33।। See commentary under 11.34

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🪷 Swami Rāmsukhdās · Sādhaka-Sañjīvanī · Hindi vyākhyā · the modern bilingual anchor

।।11.33।। व्याख्या--'तस्मात्त्वमुत्तिष्ठ यशो लभस्व'--हे अर्जुन ! जब तुमने यह देख ही लिया कि तुम्हारे मारे बिना भी ये प्रतिपक्षी बचेंगे नहीं, तो तुम कमर कसकर युद्धके लिये खड़े हो जाओ और मुफ्तमें ही यशको प्राप्त कर लो। इसका तात्पर्य है कि यह सब होनहार है, जो होकर ही रहेगी और इसको मैंने तुम्हें प्रत्यक्ष दिखा भी दिया है। अतः तुम युद्ध करोगे तो तुम्हें मुफ्तमें ही यश मिलेगा और लोग भी कहेंगे कि अर्जुनने विजय कर ली? 'यशो लभस्व' कहनेका यह अर्थ नहीं है कि यशकी प्राप्ति होनेपर तुम फूल जाओ कि 'वाह' ! मैंने विजय प्राप्त कर ली', प्रत्युत तुम ऐसा समझो कि जैसे ये प्रतिपक्षी मेरे द्वारा मारे हुए ही मरेंगे, ऐसे ही यश भी जो होनेवाला है, वही होगा। अगर तुम यशको अपने पुरुषार्थसे प्राप्त मानकर राजी होओगे, तो तुम फलमें बँध जाओगे -- 'फले सक्तो निबध्यते' (गीता 5। 12)। तात्पर्य यह हुआ कि लाभ-हानि, यश-अपयश सब प्रभुके हाथमें है। अतः मनुष्य इनके साथ अपना सम्बन्ध न जो़ड़े; क्योंकि ये तो होनहार हैं। 'जित्वा शत्रून् भुङ्क्ष्व राज्यं समृद्धम्'--समृद्ध राज्यमें दो बातें होती हैं -- (1) राज्य निष्कण्टक हो अर्थात् उसमें बाधा देनेवाला कोई भी शत्रु या प्रतिपक्षी न रहे और (2) राज्य धन-धान्यसे सम्पन्न हो अर्थात् प्रजाके पास खूब धन-सम्पत्ति हो; हाथी, घोड़े, गाय, जमीन, मकान, जलाशय आदि आवश्यक वस्तुएँ भरपूर हों प्रजाके खाने के लिये भरपूर अन्न हो। इन दोनों बातोंसे ही राज्यकी समृद्धता, पूर्णता होती है। भगवान् अर्जुनसे कहते हैं कि शत्रुओंको जीतकर तुम ऐसे निष्कण्टक और धन-धान्यसे सम्पन्न राज्यको भोगो।यहाँ राज्यको भोगनेका अर्थ अनुकूलताका सुख भोगनेमें नहीं है, प्रत्युत यह अर्थ है कि साधारण लोग जिसे भोग मानते हैं, उस राज्यको भी तुम अनायास प्राप्त कर लो।

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This is verse 33 of 55 in Chapter 11 · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga (The Yoga of the Universal-Form Vision)
Chapter theme: Krishna reveals His universal-form · BG 11.5 paśya me pārtha rūpāṇi
Ṣaṭka grouping: TAT-Ṣaṭka (BG 7-12 · the Lord)
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⭐ Mahābhārata anchor: this verse is also MBh 6.33.33 (Bhīṣma-Parva · the BG in its full narrative home)

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