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with the sword of wisdom cleave asunder this doubt of the Self lying in
the heart and born of ignorance, and resort to Yoga, arise, O Bharata.Doubt
is most sinful. It is born of ignorance and lies in the buddhi. Kill it
by wisdom, by right knowledge of the Self. The word atmanah means of the
Self, concerning the Self, but not cherished by thyself: Arjunas doubt here
is about the Self. If Arjuna could ever think that one mans doubt is ever
to be cut by another, then the Lord might say kill thy doubt as opposed
to anothers doubt. Even if Arjuna has been asked to kill the doubt concering
the Self, it implies also that the doubt is one cherished by Arjuna.Knowledge
is destructive of all evil, such as grief, folly, and the like. Having thus
slain doubt, the cause of thy ruin, apply thyself to KarmaYoga, the means
of acquiring right knowledge. Now arise and fight, O descendant of Bharata.
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