Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 - JnanaKarmaSanyasa Yoga - Sloka 42

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Doubt is Derogatory - 40-42

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 4 -JnanaKarmaSanyasa Yoga - Sloka 42

Lakshmi Hayagrivar - Srirangam

Tasmat agyana sambhutam hrutstam gyana asina atmanah I

Chittva enam samshayam yogam atishta udtishta bharata II slika 42

तस्मात अज्ञान संभूतं ह्रुत्स्तं ज्ञान असिना आत्मनः ।

छित्त्वा एनं संशयं योगं आतिष्ट उद्तिष्ट भारत ।। श्लोक ४२ 

Therefore, severing with the sword of knowledge this ignorance-born doubt about the self, dwelling in your heart, be established in yoga. Stand up, O Bharata. 

Doubt is the originator of all evils. It takes its stand on ignorance. In the night of ignorance, things cannot be viewed in their true perspective. Therefore understanding remains in a confused state. ignorance and inertia are inter-related. The urge to be up and doing is absent in this drowsy state. But at day break is shaken off, things are seen in their true shape and the man goes about his work with all zeal. The dawn of knowledge is similar to this. It drives away the soul-killing doubt. Knowing and doing go hand in hand; and the man is at his best.

Iti shrimad bhagavad gitasu upanishadtsu brahmavidyayam yogashastre srikrishna arjuna samvade gyanakarma sanyasayogo nama chaturthodhyayah II

इति श्रीमद भगवद्गीतासु उपनिशद्त्सु ब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे  श्रीकृष्ण अर्जुन संवादे ज्ञान कर्म संयसयोगो नाम चतुर्थोध्यायः ।।