7.27 Bewildered from birth Krishna speaks
इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन भारत
सर्वभूतानि संमोहं सर्गे यान्ति परन्तप
ichchhā-dveṣha-samutthena dvandva-mohena bhārata
sarva-bhūtāni sammohaṁ sarge yānti parantapa
By the confusion of opposites, arising from wanting and not wanting, all beings are bewildered at birth.
Explanation
Bewildered from birth, by pairs.
dvandva-moha — the confusion of opposites, arising from wanting and not wanting. All beings, at birth.
Which locates the problem earlier than any choice. Nobody elected this condition; it is described as the starting position, and the next verse is about leaving it rather than about having avoided it.
Word by word
- ichchhā
- desire
- dveṣha
- aversion
- samutthena
- arise from
- dvandva
- of duality
- mohena
- from the illusion
- bhārata
- Arjun, descendant of Bharat
- sarva
- all
- bhūtāni
- living beings
- sammoham
- into delusion
- sarge
- since birth
- yānti
- enter
- parantapa
- Arjun, conqueror of enemies
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