Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]Thou seemest, as it were, to bewilder my understanding with apparently contradictory words. Tell me definitely that one thing by which I shall attain the highest good.
BG 3.2
व्यामिश्रेणेव वाक्येन बुद्धिं मोहयसीव मे । तदेकं वद निश्चित्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्नुयाम् ॥
vyāmiśreṇeva vākyena buddhiṃ mohayasīva me | tad ekaṃ vada niścitya yena śreyo 'ham āpnuyām ||
"Tell me clearly: what ONE thing leads to the highest good? Your mixed speech confuses me."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]With this apparently perplexing speech Thou seemest to bewilder my understanding. Tell me, then, definitely, the one thing by which I can attain bliss.
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]With words that seem contradictory thou dost confuse my understanding. Tell me one definite truth by which I may obtain bliss.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]Arjuna: Perplexed and troubled by thy mingled speech, Tell me one clear and certain way to bliss.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]With speech apparently perplexing, Thou seemest to bewilder my understanding. Tell me definitely that one thing by which I may attain happiness.