Bhagavad Gita · Vishvarupa Darshana YogaChapter 11, Shloka 33 (11.33)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
तस्मात् त्वमुत्तिष्ठ यशो लभस्व
जित्वा शत्रून् भुङ्क्ष्व राज्यं समृद्धम्
मयैवैते निहताः पूर्वमेव
निमित्तमात्रं भव सव्यसाचिन्
॥ 11.33 ॥
tasmāt tvamuttiṣṭha yaśo labhasva
jitvā śatrūn bhuṅkṣva rājyaṃ samṛddham
mayaivaite nihatāḥ pūrvameva
nimittamātraṃ bhava savyasācin
Translation
"Therefore arise and win glory; conquer your opponents and enjoy a prosperous kingdom. These have already been slain by me — O Savyasachi, be merely the instrument (the means)."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. bhīṣmaprabhṛtayaḥ atirathāḥ ajeyāḥ devair api, arjunena jitāḥ iti yaśaḥ labhasva, kevalaṃ puṇyaiḥ hi tat prāpyate — glory is won only through merit; mayā eva ete nihatāḥ niścayena hatāḥ prāṇaiḥ viyojitāḥ pūrvam eva; savyena vāmenāpi hastena śarāṇāṃ kṣeptā savyasācī.
Acharya Ramanuja. dharmyaṃ rājyaṃ ca samṛddhaṃ bhuṅkṣva — a kingdom in keeping with dharma; mayā eva ete kṛtāparādhāḥ pūrvam eva nihatāḥ, hanane viniyuktāḥ — these, who have already done wrong, have already been decided upon by me; mayā hanyamānānāṃ śastrādisthānīyo bhava — be in the place of the weapon; karadvayena yoddhuṃ samartha ity arthaḥ — able to fight with both hands.
Madhusudana Saraswati. mahadbhiḥ puṇyair eva hi yaśo labhyate — glory is won only through great merit; ete ca tava śatravo mayaiva kālātmanā nihatāḥ saṃhatāyuṣaḥ tvadīyayuddhāt pūrvam eva — by me, in the form of Time, their lives have already ended before your battle; and lokāḥ kalpayiṣyanti — people will consider you the doer.
Shridhar Swami. devair api durjayāḥ bhīṣmadroṇādayo 'rjunena nirjitā ity evaṃbhūtaṃ yaśo labhasva — the meaning of the glory.
Acharya Ramanuja — further. mayā hanyamānānāṃ śastrādisthānīyo bhava — be in the place of the weapon; and "Savyasachi" = karadvayena yoddhuṃ samarthaḥ — able to fight with both hands.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.