व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन | बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम् ||२-४१||
vyavasāyātmikā buddhirekeha kurunandana . bahuśākhā hyanantāśca buddhayo.avyavasāyinām ||2-41||
Chapter 2 · Verse 41
Sankhya Yoga
सांख्ययोग
In plain words
You must focus your mind with single-pointed determination to find true peace. When you practice karma, or selfless action, your intellect becomes steady and resolved. Without this focus, your thoughts scatter in endless directions, trapping you in worldly illusions. By choosing a clear, unified purpose, you quiet the mental chatter and move closer to liberation.
Translation
2.41 In this (Karma Yoga), O Arjuna, the resolute mind is one-pointed; the minds of the irresolute are many-branched and endless.
Meaning
Here in this path to Bliss there is only one thought of a resolute nature there is singleminded determination. This single thought arises from the right source of knowledge. The student of Yoga collects all the dissipated rays of the mind. He gathers all of them through discrimination dispassion and concentration. He is free from wavering or vacillation of the mind. The worldlyminded man who is suck in the mire of Samsara has no singleminded determination. He entertains countless thoughts. His mind is always unsteady and vacillating. If thoughts cease. Samsara also ceases. Mind generates endless thoughts and this world comes into being. Thoughts and names and forms are inseparable. If the thoughts are controlled the mind is controlled and the Yogi is liberated.
Word by word
व्यवसायात्मिका onepointed बुद्धिः determination एका single इह here कुरुनन्दन O joy of the Kurus बहुशाखाः manybranched हि indeed अनन्ताः endless च and बुद्धयः thoughts अव्यवसायिनाम् of the irresoulte.