Chapter 1, Verse 28
अर्जुन उवाच कृपया परयाऽऽविष्टो विषीदन्निदमब्रवीत्। दृष्ट्वेमं स्वजनं कृष्ण युयुत्सुं समुपस्थितम्।।1.28।।
arjuna uvāca kṛpayā parayā''viṣṭo viṣīdann idam abravīt. dṛṣṭvemaṃ svajanaṃ kṛṣṇa yuyutsuṃ samupasthitam৷৷1.28৷৷
Word by word
- अर्जुनः उवाच
- Arjuna said
- कृपया
- with compassion/pity
- परया
- supreme, great
- आविष्टः
- overcome, filled with
- विषीदन्
- despairing, grieving
- इदम्
- this (statement)
- अब्रवीत्
- spoke, said
- दृष्ट्वा
- having seen
- इमम्
- this
- स्वजनम्
- own kinsmen/relatives
- कृष्ण
- O Krishna
- युयुत्सुम्
- eager/desirous to fight
- समुपस्थितम्
- arrayed, drawn up, standing ready
Commentary
Seeing these kinsmen, O Krishna! standing (here) desirous to engage in battle, my limbs droop down; my mouth is quite dried up; a tremor comes on my body; and my hairs stand on end;
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain -- Shankara's commentary offers no independent gloss for this narrative verse; text is the literal translation.
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