syāt

निहत्य धार्तराष्ट्रान्नः का प्रीतिः स्याज्जनार्दन

syāt — will there be

What pleasure would there be for us in destroying Dhritarashtra's sons? Only guilt would come to us from killing them.

कार्पण्यदोषोपहतस्वभावः पृच्छामि त्वां धर्मसंमूढचेताः

syāt — may be

My own nature is undone by this failure of nerve; my sense of what is right is confused. I ask you: tell me plainly what is best. I am your pupil. Instruct me.

यस्त्वात्मरतिरेव स्यादात्मतृप्तश्च मानवः

syāt — is

But the one who takes delight in the self, content in the self, satisfied in the self alone — for that one there is nothing that must be done.

उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम्

syām — would be

and these worlds would fall to ruin. I would be the cause of chaos, and I would destroy these beings.

यच्चापि सर्वभूतानां बीजं तदहमर्जुन

syāt — may exist

And whatever is the seed of all beings, that am I, Arjuna. There is nothing that moves or does not move that exists without me.

दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता

syāt — would be

If a thousand suns were to rise together in the sky, that light might be something like the splendour of that great being.

इति गुह्यतमं शास्त्रमिदमुक्तं मयाऽनघ

syāt — one becomes

So I have declared this deepest teaching, sinless one. Understanding it, a person becomes awake, and all that they had to do is done.

न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः

syāt — is

There is no being on earth, nor among the gods in heaven, that is free from these three strands born of nature.

अध्येष्यते च य इमं धर्म्यं संवादमावयोः

syām — shall be

And one who studies this dialogue of ours, which is holy, worships me by the offering of knowledge. This is my view.