Bhagavad Gita 2.10तमुवाच हृषीकेशः प्रहसन्निव भारत।सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये विषीदन्तमिदं वचः ॥
tam-uvācha hṛiṣhīkeśhaḥ prahasanniva bhārata
senayorubhayor-madhye viṣhīdantam-idaṁ vachaḥ
Sanskrit recitation
Krishna turns to face him · 2.1–2.10 · Scene
Translation
To him who was despondent in the midst of the two armies, Krishna, smiling, O Bharata, spoke these words.
Hindi translation
हे भरतवंशोद्भव धृतराष्ट्र! दोनों सेनाओंके मध्यभागमें विषाद करते हुए उस अर्जुनके प्रति हँसते हुए-से भगवान् हृषीकेश यह (आगे कहे जानेवाले) वचन बोले।
Meaning
The talk was going on between intimate friends, namely the Hṛṣīkeśa and the Guḍākeśa. As friends, both of them were on the same level, but one of them voluntarily became a student of the other. Kṛṣṇa was smiling because a friend had chosen to become a disciple. As Lord of all, He is always in the superior position as the master of everyone, and yet the Lord agrees to be a friend, a son or a lover for a devotee who wants Him in such a role. But when He was accepted as the master, He at once assumed the role and talked with the disciple like the master – with gravity, as it is required. It appears that the talk between the master and the disciple was openly exchanged in the presence of both armies so that all were benefited. So the talks of Bhagavad-gītā are not for any particular person, society, or community, but they are for all, and friends or enemies are equally entitled to hear them.
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→
- iva
- as if
- tam
- to him
- idam
- this
- madhye
- in the midst of
- uvācha
- said
- bhārata
- Dhritarashtra, descendant of Bharat
- prahasan
- smilingly
- vachaḥ
- words
- senayoḥ
- of the armies
- ubhayoḥ
- of both
- viṣhīdantam
- to the grief-stricken
- hṛiṣhīkeśhaḥ
- Shree Krishna, the master of mind and senses
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