अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ताः शरीरिणः | अनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत
antavanta ime dehā nityasyoktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ . anāśino.aprameyasya tasmādyudhyasva bhārata
これらの肉体は、永遠にして不滅、不可測なる、内に宿る者(アートマン)のものであると言われる。ゆえに、バーラタの子孫よ、戦いなさい。
These destructible bodies are said to belong to the everlasting, indestructible, indeterminable, embodied One. Therefore, O descendant of Bharata, join the battle.
クリシュナ神は、アルジュナの無知から生じる妄想、悲嘆、落胆を取り除くため、遍在する不死の自己(アートマン)の本質を様々な方法で説明し、彼に戦うよう促しています。
-- Lord Krishna explains to Arjuna the nature of the allpervading? immortal Self in a variety of ways and thus induces him to fight by removing his delusion? grief and despondency which are born of ignorance.