Krishna's knowledge transfer about Self-doubt - Learn the reality from BhagavadGita

When we were little kids as school going ones, we used to ask the uncles in the house who were studying post graduation, "Till when we should study? Till which grade we should study?" Lol and behold!! They used to tease us telling, "Learning is the lifelong process." Oh!! We all cousins used to be worried and stunned by the answer.

Well, after many years, as an adult, to keep up my confidence, I started studying BhagavadGita, and while I come across the shloka, I was remembered the above funny childhood incident, and realised , we never understood the importance of learning and knowledge. But, here it is in Krishna's words -

तस्मादज्ञानसंभूतं हृत्स्थं ज्ञानासिनाऽऽत्मनः।

छित्त्वैनं संशयं योगमातिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भारत।।4.42।।

tasmādajñānasaṅbhūtaṅ hṛtsthaṅ jñānāsinā৷৷

tmanaḥ.chittvainaṅ saṅśayaṅ yōgamātiṣṭhōttiṣṭha bhārata৷৷4.42৷৷

Meaning - With the sword of Knowledge, slash the doubts that arise in the heart of ignorance. Bharata , stand and fight.

Wow!! the power of knowledge, definitely eliminates self-doubt. So, as long as we want to stay ourselves confident, stay knowledgeable and fight. Never give way to ignorance. The moment of self-doubt arises, question yourselves, "are you not equipped with enough knowledge?" and get into the action of learning. You will see the magic of self-doubt vanishing into thin air.

------Keerthi Peratla