enam

य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्

enam — this

Whoever thinks this is the slayer, and whoever thinks it is slain, neither of them understands. It does not kill and it is not killed.

वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम्

enam — this

One who knows it as imperishable, eternal, unborn and unchanging — how could such a person kill, or cause anyone to be killed?

नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः

enam — this soul

Weapons do not cut it, fire does not burn it, water does not wet it, wind does not dry it.

अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयमविकार्योऽयमुच्यते

enam — this soul

It is called unmanifest, unthinkable, unalterable. Knowing this, you should not grieve.

अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम्

enam — this soul

And even if you believe it is constantly born and constantly dies, you should still not grieve, mighty-armed one.

आश्चर्यवत्पश्यति कश्चिदेन माश्चर्यवद्वदति तथैव चान्यः

enam — this soul

One person sees it as a wonder; another speaks of it as a wonder; another hears of it as a wonder — and even having heard, no one truly knows it.

काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः

enam — this

It is desire, it is anger, born of the strand of restlessness — all-devouring, deeply harmful. Know this as the enemy here.

तस्मात्त्वमिन्द्रियाण्यादौ नियम्य भरतर्षभ

enam — this

Therefore master the senses first, best of the Bharatas, and then strike down this destroyer of knowledge and discernment.

तस्मादज्ञानसंभूतं हृत्स्थं ज्ञानासिनाऽऽत्मनः

enam — this

So with the sword of knowledge cut away this doubt, born of ignorance and lodged in the heart, and take your stand in yoga, Arjuna. Stand up.

प्रशान्तमनसं ह्येनं योगिनं सुखमुत्तमम्

enam — this

The highest happiness comes to such a practitioner, whose mind is at peace, whose restlessness is stilled, who has become one with Brahman, whose faults are gone.

इत्यर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तथोक्त्वा स्वकं रूपं दर्शयामास भूयः

enam — him

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

न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते नान्तो न चादिर्न च संप्रतिष्ठा

enam — this

Its form is not perceived here as it is — neither its end, nor its beginning, nor its middle. Having cut this deep-rooted fig with the strong axe of non-attachment,

यतन्तो योगिनश्चैनं पश्यन्त्यात्मन्यवस्थितम्

enam — this (the soul)

Those who practise and strive see him established in themselves. But the careless, whose selves are not made ready, do not see him though they strive.