बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम् ॥ ४१ ॥
vyavasāyātmikā buddhirekeha kurunandana .
bahuśākhā hyanantāśca buddhayo’vyavasāyinām .. 41 ..
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Here, O son of Kuru, in this path to Bliss, there is only one thought of a resolute nature, and it is subversive of all other many-branched thoughts opposed to it—.that thought having sprung from the right source of knowledge. Those other thoughts which are opposed to it are various. By acting up to these many-branched thoughts, samsāra becomes endless and ever-spreading. But when, owing to discrimination produced by the right source of knowledge, these thoughts of endless variety cease, samsāra also ceases. Owing to variety in each of their branches, the thoughts of the irresolute—of those who are not possessed of the discrimination produced by the right source of knowledge—are endless.
No Wisdom possible for the worldly-minded.
As regards those who have no conviction of a resolute nature,