tatra

तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितृ़नथ पितामहान्

tatra — there

And there Arjuna saw them standing — fathers, grandfathers, teachers, uncles, brothers, sons, grandsons, companions, fathers-in-law and friends, in both armies.

देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा

tathā — similarly

As a person passes from childhood to youth to age, so the embodied one passes from body to body. The steady are not confused by this.

अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि भारत

tatra — therefore

Beings are unmanifest before they appear, manifest in between, and unmanifest again when they go. Why grieve over this?

तत्रैकाग्रं मनः कृत्वा यतचित्तेन्द्रियक्रियः

tatra — there

there, making the mind one-pointed, restraining the movements of mind and senses, seated, one should practise yoga for the purifying of the self.

तत्र तं बुद्धिसंयोगं लभते पौर्वदेहिकम्

tatra — there

There the understanding gained in the former body returns, and from there one strives again for perfection, son of Kuru.

अव्यक्ताद्व्यक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे

tatra — into that

At the coming of that day all things manifest emerge from the unmanifest; at the fall of night they dissolve into it again.

अग्निर्ज्योतिरहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम्

tatra — there

Fire, light, day, the bright fortnight, the six months of the sun's northern course: departing then, those who know Brahman go to Brahman.

धूमो रात्रिस्तथा कृष्णः षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम्

tathā — and

Smoke, night, the dark fortnight, the six months of the southern course: departing then, one reaches the light of the moon and returns.

तत्रैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं प्रविभक्तमनेकधा

tatra — there

There, in the body of the god of gods, Arjuna saw the whole world gathered in one place, divided into many.

तत्र सत्त्वं निर्मलत्वात्प्रकाशकमनामयम्

tatra — amongst these

Of these, clarity, being spotless, illumines and is free of trouble. It binds by attachment to happiness and to knowledge.

निश्चयं श्रृणु मे तत्र त्यागे भरतसत्तम

tatra — there

Hear my conclusion about letting go, best of the Bharatas.

तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः

tatra — there

So one who, in spite of this, sees the self alone as the doer, with an unformed understanding, does not see rightly.

यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः

tatra — there

Wherever Krishna is, the master of yoga, and wherever Arjuna is, the archer — there, I am certain, are fortune, victory, prosperity and steadfastness.