Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 3, Verse 2
व्यामिश्रेणेव वाक्येन बुद्धिं मोहयसीव मे । तदेकं वद निश्चित्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्नुयाम्
vyāmiśreṇeva vākyena buddhiṃ mohayasīva me | tadekaṃ vada niścitya yena śreyo'hamāpnuyām
Translation
With an apparently perplexing speech, Thou confusest as it were my understanding. Tell me with certainty that one (way) by which I may attain bliss.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- vyāmiśreṇa
- (with) intermixed
- iva
- as it were
- vākyena
- with speech
- buddhim
- understanding
- mohayasi
- (thou) confusest
- iva
- as it were
- me
- my
- tat
- so
- ekam
- one
- vada
- speak
- niścitya
- having decided
- yena
- by which
- śreyaḥ
- better (the good)
- aham
- I
- āpnuyām
- may obtain
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
No doubt the Lord speaks clearly; still, to me of dull understanding the speech of the Lord appears to be perplexing. Tell me one, knowledge or action, by which I may attain bliss.