Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11, Verse 33
तस्मात्त्वमुत्तिष्ठ यशो लभस्व जित्वा शत्रून् भुङ्क्ष्व राज्यं समृद्धम् । मयैवैते निहताः पूर्वमेव निमित्तमात्रं भव सव्यसाचिन्
tasmāttvamuttiṣṭha yaśo labhasva jitvā śatrūn bhuṅkṣva rājyaṃ samṛddham | mayaivaite nihatāḥ pūrvameva nimittamātraṃ bhava savyasācin
Translation
Therefore do thou arise and obtain fame. Conquer the enemies and enjoy the unrivalled dominion. By Myself have they been already slain; be thou a mere instrument, O Savyasācin.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- tasmāt
- therefore
- tvam
- thou
- uttiṣṭha
- stand up
- yaśaḥ
- fame
- labhasva
- obtain
- jitvā
- having conquered
- śatrūn
- enemies
- bhuṅkṣva
- enjoy
- rājyam
- the kingdom
- samṛddham
- wealthy
- mayā
- by me
- eva
- even
- ete
- these
- nihatāḥ
- slain
- pūrvam
- before
- eva
- even
- nimittamātram
- a mere instrument
- bhava
- be
- savyasācin
- with the left hand, to aim, habit, whose, he
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Fame: that Bhīṣma and other atirathas (great warriors) arrayed in the hostile army, unconquerable even to Devas, have been defeated by Arjuna. Such a fame is the result only of good karma. Enemies: such as Duryodhana. Savyasācin: Arjuna who could shoot arrows even with the left hand.