bhūtvā

न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि न्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः

bhūtvā — having once existed

It is not born, and it does not die. Having been, it does not cease to be. Unborn, unending, everlasting, ancient — the body is killed; that is not.

भयाद्रणादुपरतं मंस्यन्ते त्वां महारथाः

bhūtvā — having been

The great warriors will say you left the field out of fear — those who held you in high regard. Nothing lighter could be said of you.

योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय

bhūtvā — becoming

Steady in yoga, do your work — letting go of attachment, even in success and failure alike. That evenness is what yoga means.

मयि सर्वाणि कर्माणि संन्यस्याध्यात्मचेतसा

bhūtvā — so being

Surrendering all your actions to me, your thoughts resting on what is highest, free of longing and free of “mine” — fight.

इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा स्वकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूयः

bhūyaḥ — again

Having said this to Arjuna, Krishna showed again his own form, and consoled the frightened one, taking on once more his gentle shape.

गामाविश्य च भूतानि धारयाम्यहमोजसा

bhūtāni — living beings

Entering the earth, I support all beings by my strength; and becoming the moisture of taste, I nourish all plants.

अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः

bhūtvā — becoming

Becoming the fire of digestion in the bodies of the living, I take in the fourfold food with the outgoing and incoming breath.