tasmāt

तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान्

tasmāt — hence

So it is not for us to kill Dhritarashtra's sons, our own kin. How could we be happy, having killed our own people?

अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ताः शरीरिणः

tasmāt — therefore

These bodies have an end. The one who wears them is said to be eternal, indestructible, beyond measure. Therefore fight.

अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयमविकार्योऽयमुच्यते

tasmāt — therefore

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

जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च

tasmāt — therefore

For the born, death is certain; for the dead, birth is certain. So do not grieve over what cannot be avoided.

देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत

tasmāt — therefore

The one who dwells in the body of every being cannot be killed. So do not grieve for any creature.

हतो वा प्राप्स्यसि स्वर्गं जित्वा वा भोक्ष्यसे महीम्

tasmāt — therefore

Killed, you gain the higher world; victorious, you enjoy the earth. So stand up, son of Kunti, and resolve to fight.

बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते

tasmāt — therefore

One joined to understanding lets go of both good and bad deeds. So devote yourself to yoga. Yoga is skill in action.

तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः

tasmāt — therefore

Therefore, mighty-armed one, in whom the senses are wholly restrained from their objects, in that person wisdom is firmly established.

कर्म ब्रह्मोद्भवं विद्धि ब्रह्माक्षरसमुद्भवम्

tasmāt — therefore

Know that action arises from the Veda, and the Veda from the imperishable. Therefore the all-pervading is present in every offering.

तस्मादसक्तः सततं कार्यं कर्म समाचर

tasmāt — therefore

So do the work that falls to you, always, without attachment. Acting unattached, a person reaches the highest.

तस्मात्त्वमिन्द्रियाण्यादौ नियम्य भरतर्षभ

tasmāt — therefore

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

एवं ज्ञात्वा कृतं कर्म पूर्वैरपि मुमुक्षुभिः

tasmāt — therefore

Knowing this, those who sought freedom in earlier times did their work. So do your work as they did.

तस्मादज्ञानसंभूतं हृत्स्थं ज्ञानासिनाऽऽत्मनः

tasmāt — therefore

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.

इहैव तैर्जितः सर्गो येषां साम्ये स्थितं मनः

tasmāt — therefore

Those whose minds are established in evenness have conquered creation in this very life. Brahman is flawless and the same, and so they are established in Brahman.

तपस्विभ्योऽधिको योगी ज्ञानिभ्योऽपि मतोऽधिकः

tasmāt — therefore

The practitioner is greater than the ascetic, greater than the learned, and greater than those who perform rites. So become one who practises, Arjuna.

तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च

tasmāt — therefore

So remember me at all times, and fight. With mind and understanding surrendered to me, you will surely come to me.

परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः

tasmāt — than that

But beyond that unmanifest is another, higher, eternal and unmanifest, which does not perish when all beings perish.

नैते सृती पार्थ जानन्योगी मुह्यति कश्चन

tasmāt — therefore

Knowing these two paths, son of Pritha, one who practises is not confused by them. So at all times be joined in yoga, Arjuna.

तस्मात्त्वमुत्तिष्ठ यशो लभस्व जित्वा शत्रून् भुङ्क्ष्व राज्यं समृद्धम्

tasmāt — therefore

So stand up. Win honour. Conquer your enemies and enjoy a flourishing kingdom. By me they are already slain; be only the instrument, Arjuna.

तस्मात्प्रणम्य प्रणिधाय कायं प्रसादये त्वामहमीशमीड्यम्

tasmāt — therefore

So I bow down, I prostrate my body, and I ask your grace, lord worthy of worship. As a father bears with a son, a friend with a friend, a lover with the beloved — bear with me.

त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः

tasmāt — therefore

Desire, anger and greed — these are the three gates to what destroys the self. Give them up.

तस्माच्छास्त्रं प्रमाणं ते कार्याकार्यव्यवस्थितौ

tasmāt — therefore

So let the scriptures be your measure in deciding what is to be done and what is not. Knowing what they teach, act.

तस्मादोमित्युदाहृत्य यज्ञदानतपःक्रियाः

tasmāt — therefore

So those who speak of Brahman always begin the acts of offering, giving and austerity with the utterance of Om, as the scriptures direct.

न च तस्मान्मनुष्येषु कश्िचन्मे प्रियकृत्तमः

tasmāt — than them

No one among people is dearer to me than that one, and no one will be.