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Bhagavad Gita 2.1

Sanjaya reports that Krishna begins to speak to the grieving, tearful Arjuna.

तं तथा कृपयाऽविष्टमश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम्।
विषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदनः॥

taṃ tathā kṛpayā 'viṣṭam aśrupūrṇākulekṣaṇam
viṣīdantam idaṃ vākyam uvāca madhusūdanaḥ

Translation

Sanjaya said that Arjuna sat flooded with pity, his eyes brimming and restless, his spirit sinking, and that Krishna, the slayer of Madhu, now began to speak to him.

Hindi

संजय बताते हैं कि अर्जुन करुणा से भरे बैठे थे, उनकी आँखें डबडबाई और बेचैन थीं, मन डूबा जा रहा था। तब मधुसूदन कृष्ण ने उनसे बोलना आरंभ किया।

Commentary

With this verse Sanjaya hands the stage to Krishna. Arjuna's collapse at the end of Chapter 1 is about to be met, and the first answer is not comfort but a pointed question in 2.2.

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