Shloka 40
तस्मात् ते संशय: कृष्णे नीहार इव नश्यतु । व्यवस्य सर्वमस्तीति नास्तिक्यं भावमुत्सूज,इसलिये कृष्णे! सब कुछ सत्य है, ऐसा निश्चय करके तुम्हारा धर्मविषयक संदेह कुहरेकी भाँति नष्ट हो जाना चाहिये। तुम अपने इस नास्तिकतापूर्ण विचारको त्याग दो
tasmāt te saṁśayaḥ kṛṣṇe nīhāra iva naśyatu | vyavasya sarvam astīti nāstikyaṁ bhāvam utsṛja ||
Therefore, O Kṛṣṇa, let your doubt about dharma vanish like mist. Resolve with firm conviction that ‘all this truly exists (and is real in its moral order),’ and abandon this atheistic cast of mind. In this way Yudhiṣṭhira urges a return to trust in the reality of dharma and its consequences, replacing skepticism with ethical certainty.
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Doubt regarding dharma should be dispelled through firm resolve; one should abandon a skeptical or atheistic mindset and trust in the reality of moral law and its consequences.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Kṛṣṇa, urging him to let his uncertainty fade like mist and to adopt a decisive conviction in the truth and reality of dharma, rejecting disbelief.