Verset 6.38

कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति ।

अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि ॥

6.38

Translittération

kaccinnobhayavibhraṣṭaśchinnābhramiva naśyati |

apratiṣṭho mahābāho vimūḍho brahmaṇaḥ pathi ||

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Traduction

Fallen from both, does he not perish like a rent cloud, supportless, O mighty-armed (Krishna), deluded on the path of Brahman?

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Mot à mot

is it that
not
fallen from both
a broken cloud
like
perishes

without support
O mighty-armed
bewildered
of Brahman
on the path

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explication

Arjuna sharpens his fear with an image. Such a person may have given up worldly goals for the sake of yoga and yet failed to reach its goal. Fallen from both, without a foothold, confused on the path to Brahman, does he simply vanish like a cloud torn apart by the wind? The image of a scattered cloud, belonging neither to the old mass nor to a new one, captures the anxiety of being caught between two lives. It is one of the most poignant questions Arjuna asks.