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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 6.39

Arjuna asks about spiritual failure

एतन्मे संशयं कृष्ण छेत्तुमर्हस्यशेषत: ।

त्वदन्य: संशयस्यास्य छेत्ता न ह्युपपद्यते ॥ ३९ ॥

etan me saṁśayaṁ kṛṣṇa

chettum arhasy aśeṣataḥ

tvad-anyaḥ saṁśayasyāsya

chettā na hy upapadyate

Translation

This is my doubt, O Kṛṣṇa, and I ask You to dispel it completely. But for You, no one is to be found who can destroy this doubt.

What this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.

1Arjuna asks Kṛṣṇa to remove his doubt completely, saying that no one else can do so.
2Prabhupāda explains that Kṛṣṇa perfectly knows past, present and future, so His answer settles all doubts.
3Turn to Kṛṣṇa’s teachings to clear your doubts.

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Chapter 6, Dhyāna-yoga: arjuna asks about spiritual failure.

Theme summary

Honest questions open the way to wisdom.

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Key ideas: saṁśaya, viṣāda.

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