कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति ।अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि ॥
kaccin nobhayavibhraṣṭaś chinnābhram iva naśyati |apratiṣṭho mahābāho vimūḍho brahmaṇaḥ pathi ||
- उभयविभ्रष्टः · ubhayavibhraṣṭaḥ
- fallen from both
- छिन्नाभ्रम् इव · chinnābhram iva
- like a rent cloud
- नश्यति · naśyati
- perishes
- अप्रतिष्ठः · apratiṣṭhaḥ
- without support
- महाबाहो · mahābāho
- O mighty-armed one
- विमूढः · vimūḍhaḥ
- bewildered
- ब्रह्मणः पथि · brahmaṇaḥ pathi
- on the path to Brahman
“Fallen from both, without support, bewildered on the path to Brahman — does he not perish like a rent cloud, O mighty-armed one?”
— Original plain-language translation
The torn-cloud image captures fear of dissolving between worlds. Neither worldly success nor liberation seems secured. Arjuna asks whether such a life is wasted.
— Reader's notes (original)