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SlOkam – Original
sanjaya uvAcha
EthachchruthvA vachanam kESavasya kruthAnjalir vEpamAna: kirItI |
namaskruthvA bhUya EvAha krishNam sagadhgadhaṁ bhIthabhItha: praNamya ||
word-by-word meaning
sanjaya uvAcha – sanjaya speaks
kESavasya – krishNa’s
Ethath vachanam – this speech
SruthvA – hearing
kirItI – arjuna
namaskruthvA – bowing reverently (to krishNa)
bhItha bhItha – being very frightened
bhUya Eva krishNa praNamya – bowing again to krishNa
kruthAnjali – performing anjali (joined palms)
vEpamAna: – shivering
sagadhgadham Aha – spoke with a broken voice
Simple Translation
sanjaya speaks – Hearing krishNa’s speech, arjuna bowing reverently (to krishNa), being very frightened, bowing again to krishNa, performing anjali (joined palms), shivering, spoke with a broken voice.
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy’s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam
Sañjaya said:—
‘Hearing this, Keśava’s[1. The 654th name of Vishṇu.] speech, tremblingly did Kirīti[2. Arjuna; or he who is helmed.] clasp his palms; and reverently bowing, again did he timorously and in broken accents, address Kṛishṇa.’
Having heard the words of Keśava, —the Ocean of love for His loving creatures— Arjuna bowed, and again in holy fear prostrated; and trembling with palms joined, again did he in broken accents address Kṛishṇa thus:
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