एतन्मे संशयं कृष्ण छेत्तुमर्हस्यशेषतः ।त्वदन्यः संशयस्यास्य छेत्ता न ह्युपपद्यते ॥
etan me saṃśayaṃ kṛṣṇa chettum arhasy aśeṣataḥ |tvadanyaḥ saṃśayasyāsya chettā na hy upapadyate ||
- एतत् · etat
- this
- संशयम् · saṃśayam
- doubt
- छेत्तुम् · chettum
- to cut away
- अर्हसि · arhasi
- you should
- अशेषतः · aśeṣataḥ
- completely
- त्वत् अन्यः · tvat anyaḥ
- other than you
- छेत्ता · chettā
- dispeller
- न उपपद्यते · na upapadyate
- is not fitting, none exists
“This doubt of mine, O Krishna, you should cut away completely. For no dispeller of this doubt but you is fitting.”
— Original plain-language translation
Arjuna entrusts his doubt wholly to Krishna as sole surgeon. Doubt here is not cynicism but a wound seeking healing. The request honors the teacher before the teaching.
— Reader's notes (original)