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Bhagavad Gita 1.47

Arjuna drops his bow and sits down in despair, ending the first chapter.

एवमुक्त्वाऽर्जुनः संख्ये रथोपस्थ उपाविशत्।
विसृज्य सशरं चापं शोकसंविग्नमानसः॥

evam uktvārjunaḥ saṅkhye rathopastha upāviśat
visṛjya sa-śaraṃ cāpaṃ śoka-saṃvigna-mānasaḥ

Translation

Sanjaya said: Having spoken these words in the midst of the battlefield, Arjuna cast aside his bow and arrow and sat down on the chariot seat, his mind shaken with grief.

Hindi

संजय बोले: रणभूमि में ऐसा कहकर अर्जुन ने बाण सहित धनुष त्याग दिया और शोक से व्याकुल मन वाला होकर रथ के पिछले भाग में बैठ गया।

Commentary

The chapter closes in silence. The warrior who raised his bow in 1.20 now sits on the floor of the chariot, bow set aside. This stillness is exactly where Krishna begins to teach. The teaching opens in Chapter 2, and the whole of Chapter 1 is the Yoga of Arjuna's Despair.

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