Shloka 41

ध्यानयोगः — Dhyāna-Yoga

Discipline of Meditation and Mental Restraint

Devanagari script

किंतु हे धनंजय! जिसने कर्मयोगकी विधिसे समस्त कर्मोंका परमात्मामें अर्पण कर दिया हैः और जिसने विवेकद्वारा समस्त संशयोंका नाश कर दिया है,* ऐसे वशमें किये हुए अन्तःकरणवाले पुरुषको कर्म नहीं बाँधतेः

Transliteration

kintu he dhanañjaya! yena karmayogasya vidhinā samastāni karmāṇi paramātmani arpitāni, yena ca vivekena samasta-saṁśayānāṁ nāśaḥ kṛtaḥ; evaṁ vaśīkṛtāntaḥkaraṇaṁ puruṣaṁ karmāṇi na badhnanti.

Translation

しかし、ダナンジャヤよ。カルマ・ヨーガの規律に従い、あらゆる行為を至上の自己に捧げ、識別の智慧によって一切の疑いを滅した者—その内なる器官を制御下に置いた者には、行為は束縛とならない。

Word by Word

किंतुbut, however

हेO (vocative particle)

धनंजयDhanañjaya (Arjuna)

येनby whom

कर्मयोगविधिनाby the method/rule of karma-yoga

समस्तकर्माणिall actions

परमात्मनिin the Supreme Self

अर्पितानिoffered, dedicated

येनby whom

विवेकेनby discernment

समस्तसंशयानाम्of all doubts

नाशःdestruction

कृतःdone, made

वशीकृतान्तःकरणम्having the inner organ (mind) brought under control

पुरुषम्the man, person

कर्माणिactions

नnot

बध्नन्तिbind

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

Paramātman (Supreme Self)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Actions bind when driven by attachment, ego, and unresolved doubt; they do not bind the one who performs all duties as an offering to the Supreme Self and whose discernment has removed uncertainty. Mastery of the inner mind-intellect makes action ethically steady and spiritually freeing.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Bhīṣma Parva’s battlefield instruction setting, Arjuna is addressed as Dhanañjaya and is taught how to act amid war without becoming morally and spiritually entangled: by dedicating deeds to the Supreme and acting with clear discernment rather than wavering doubt.