BHAGAVAD-GITA 2:10

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 2:10

 

tam uvaca hrsikesah

prahasann iva bharata

senayor ubhayor madhye

visidantam idam vacah

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

tam--unto him; uvaca--said; hrsikesah--the master of the senses,

Krsna; prahasan--smiling; iva--like that; bharata--O Dhrtarastra,

descendant of Bharata; senayoh--of the armies; ubhayoh--of both

parties; madhye--between; visidantam--unto the lamenting one;

idam--the following; vacah--words.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O descendant of Bharata, at that time Krsna, smiling, in the midst of

both the armies, spoke the following words to the grief-stricken

Arjuna.

 

PURPORT

 

The talk was going on between intimate friends, namely the Hrsikesa

and the Gudakesa. As friends, both of them were on the same level, but

one of them voluntarily became a student of the other. Krsna 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 benefitted. So the talks of

Bhagavad-gita are not for any particular person, society, or

community, but they are for all, and friends or enemies are equally

entitled to hear them.

 

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