BHAGAVAD-GITA 2:9

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 2:9

 

sanjaya uvaca

evam uktva hrsikesam

gudakesah parantapah

na yotsya iti govindam

uktva tusnim babhuva ha

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

sanjayah uvaca--Sanjaya said; evam--thus; uktva--speaking;

hrsikesam--unto Krsna, the master of the senses; gudakesah--Arjuna,

the master of curbing ignorance; parantapah--the chastiser of the

enemies; na yotsye--I shall not fight; iti--thus; govindam--unto

Krsna, the giver of pleasure to the senses; uktva--saying;

tusnim--silent; babhuva--became; ha--certainly.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Sanjaya said: Having spoken thus, Arjuna, chastiser of enemies, told

Krsna, "Govinda, I shall not fight," and fell silent.

 

PURPORT

 

Dhrtarastra 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 Sanjaya disappointed him again in relating that Arjuna

was competent to kill his enemies (parantapah). Although Arjuna was,

for the time being, overwhelmed with false grief due to family

affection, he surrendered unto Krsna, 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 Krsna consciousness,

and would then surely fight. Thus Dhrtarastra's joy would be

frustrated, since Arjuna would be enlightened by Krsna and would fight

to the end.

 

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