Hymns From the Blazing Chariot - Rudra

Shri bhagavan uvaca**

Kutastvaa kashmalamidam vishame samupasthitam

Anaryajushtamasvargyamakirtikaramarjuna

Arjuna Uvaca

Na hi prapashyami mamapanudyadyacchokamucchoshanamindriyanam

Avapya bhumavasapatnamrddham rajyam suranamapi cahipatyam

Sanjaya uvaca

Evamuktva hrishikesham gudakeshah parantapah

Na yotsya iti govindamuktva tushnim babhuva ha

Dilemma amidst Kurukshetra yet Arjuna spoke like a wise man

The battle of Shreyas and Preyas enshrouds the Dharma Yuddha

Ashocyan anvashocas tvam

In both Krishna and Arjuna it shines eternally

One knows and the other knows not

A reality that shines even in one’s ignorance

And shines the same in one’s wisdom

Nasato vidyate bhavo nabhavo vidyate satah

Ubhayorapi drshtontah tvanayostattvadarshibhih

Avinashi tu tadviddhi yena sarvamidam tatam

Vinashamavyayasyasya na kashchitkartumarhati

Amidst chaos tranquility is bestowed

In action you see inaction

To see beyond the horizon you’ve got to unlearn your learning

Amidst the battlefield of Kurukshetra Brahmavidya was unveiled to Arjuna

That the Self is certainly Brahman

That which no weapons can kill

Nasato vidyate bhavo nabhavo vidyate satah

Ubhayorapi drshtontah tvanayostattvadarshibhih

Avinashi tu tadviddhi yena sarvamidam tatam

Vinashamavyayasyasya na kashchitkartumarhati

Yatra yogeshvarah krisno yatra oartho dhanurdharah

Tatra shrirvijayo bhutirdhruva nitirmatirmama

Om tatsaditi shrimadbhagavadgitasupanishatsu

Brahmavidyayam yogashastre shrikrishnarjunasamvade

Mokshasannyasayogo nama ashtadashodhyahah