Bhagavad Gita 2.9सञ्जय उवाच एवमुक्त्वा हृषीकेशं गुडाकेशः परन्तप।न योत्स्य इति गोविन्दमुक्त्वा तूष्णीं बभूव ह ॥
sañjaya uvācha evam-uktvā hṛiṣhīkeśhaṁ guḍākeśhaḥ
parantapa na yotsya iti govindam uktvā tūṣhṇīṁ babhūva ha
Sanskrit recitation
Krishna turns to face him · 2.1–2.10 · Scene
Translation
Sanjaya said: Having spoken thus to Hrishikesha, the Lord of the senses, Arjuna, the conqueror of sleep and destroyer of foes, said, "I will not fight," and became silent.
Hindi translation
संजय बोले - हे शत्रुतापन धृतराष्ट्र! ऐसा कहकर निद्राको जीतनेवाले अर्जुन अन्तर्यामी भगवान् गोविन्दसे 'मैं युद्ध नहीं करूँगा' ऐसा साफ-साफ कहकर चुप हो गये।
Meaning
Dhṛtarāṣṭra must have been very glad to understand that Arjuna was not going to fight and was instead leaving the battlefield for the begging profession. But Sañjaya disappointed him again in relating that Arjuna was competent to kill his enemies ( paran-tapaḥ ). Although Arjuna was, for the time being, overwhelmed with false grief due to family affection, he surrendered unto Kṛṣṇa, the supreme spiritual master, as a disciple. This indicated that he would soon be free from the false lamentation resulting from family affection and would be enlightened with perfect knowledge of self-realization, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and would then surely fight. Thus Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s joy would be frustrated, since Arjuna would be enlightened by Kṛṣṇa and would fight to the end.
After A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Krishna turns to face him· 2.1–2.10→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 2.1Sanjaya said: To him, who was thus overcome with pity, despondent, with eyes full of tears…
- 2.2The Blessed Lord said, "From whence has this perilous strait come upon you, this dejection…
- 2.3Do not yield to impotence, O Arjuna, son of Pritha. It does not befit you. Cast off this…
- 2.4Arjuna said, "O Madhusudana, how can I fight in battle with arrows against Bhishma and…
- 2.5Better it is, indeed, in this world to accept alms than to slay the most noble teachers.…
- 2.6I can hardly tell which would be better, that we should conquer them or that they should…
- 2.7My heart is overpowered by the taint of pity; my mind is confused as to my duty. I ask…
- 2.8I do not see that this sorrow that burns up my senses would be removed, even if I were to…
2.9Sanjaya said: Having spoken thus to Hrishikesha, the Lord of the senses, Arjuna, the…
- 2.10To him who was despondent in the midst of the two armies, Krishna, smiling, O Bharata,…
Word-by-word→
- iti
- thus
- evam
- thus
- uktvā
- having addressed
- babhūva
- became ha
- govindam
- Krishna, the giver of pleasure to the senses
- na yotsye
- I shall not fight
- parantapaḥ
- Arjun, the chastiser of the enemies
- tūṣhṇīm
- silent
- guḍākeśhaḥ
- Arjun, the conquerer of sleep
- hṛiṣhīkeśham
- to Shree Krishna, the master of the mind and senses
- sañjayaḥ uvācha
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