Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Verse 41
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 2 श्लोक 41

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन।
बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम्।।2.41।।



English Translation - Swami Gambirananda
2.41 O scion of the Kuru dynasty, in this there is a single, one-pointed conviction. The thoughts of the irresolute ones have many branches indeed, and are innumerable.


English Translation - Swami Sivananda
2.41 Here, O joy of the Kurus, there is but a single one-pointed determination; many-branched and endless are the thoughts of the irresolute.


English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
2.41. O source of joy to the Kurus !   The knowledge in the form of determination is just one;  [but] the knowledge (thoughts) of those who do not have determination, has many branches and has no end.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 2.41Vyavasaayaatmikaa buddhir ekeha kurunandana;
Bahushaakhaa hyanantaashcha buddhayo’vyavasaayinaam.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 2.41vyavasāya-ātmikā—resolute; buddhiḥ—intellect; ekā—single; iha—on this path; kuru-nandana—descendent of the Kurus; bahu-śhākhāḥ—many-branched; hi—indeed; anantāḥ—endless; cha—also; buddhayaḥ—intellect; avyavasāyinām—of the irresolute