SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 2<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 2 verse 8<\/a><\/p>\n sanjaya uvAcha<\/em> sanjaya uvAcha – sanjaya said (aham – I) (ha – indicates arjuna’s grief)<\/p>\n sanjaya said – arjuna who makes his enemies tremble, after speaking thus to hrishIkESa , fell silent (with grief) saying to gOvindha “I will not fight”.<\/p>\n Sanjaya continued:<\/span><\/p>\n So speaking to H\u1e5bish\u012bke\u015ba[4. The 47th name of Vish\u1e47u, lit. the “Ruler of the senses.”…], Gud\u0101ke\u015ba[5. Epithetic for Arjuna meaning “the Sleepless”.] the Harasser of foes, saying to Govinda[1. The 189th and 543rd name of God…]: \u2018I will not fight\u2019, kept silent. Strange indeed!<\/span><\/p>\n Arjuna said: \u2018How can I slay venerable teachers, such as Bh\u012bshma and Dro\u1e47a? The pleasures to which they are wedded, how am I better to enjoy, by taking their places? Pleasures, aye! Dripping with their blood! Let it be that we prepared for war and withdrew, and that the hosts of Dh\u1e5bitar\u0101shtra put a violent end to us; for it seems to me more honourable to be killed by those not knowing right and wrong, than an unjust victory obtained by our destroying them.\u2019 So saying, and reverently and most humbly approaching the feet of Bhagav\u0101n, Arjuna appealed to him thus: \u2018What is decidedly the best for me, – Your disciple and Your-refuge seeker- deign to tell me.\u2019 Finding Arjuna thus helpless by misplaced sentiments of friendship and sympathy; finding him mistaking a lawful kshatriya war to be unrighteous; and seeing him also suppliant, desiring to know what is Right (dharma); Bhagav\u0101n Paramapurusha thought that the infatuation under which Arjuna was labouring would not leave him unless the knowledge was imparted to him that the prosecution of a (lawful) warfare preceded by a knowledge of \u0101tm\u0101 (soul)– but carried on without any interest in the result, would itself constitute the means to self-realisation (\u0101tma-pr\u0101pti). And in this manner was this Science of the Soul (viz. BHAGAVAD-G\u012aT\u0100) introduced by the All-perfect and Supreme Spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n It is this that the verse:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cG\u012bta was introduced to P\u0101rtha, who refuge sought, Fearing rights\u2019 wrong, by misplaced love and pity caught,\u201d[2. 5th verse, Y\u0101mun\u0101ch\u0101rya’s G\u012bt\u0101rtha-Sangraha.]<\/span><\/p>\n declared.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 2 verse 10<\/a><\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 2 << Chapter 2 verse 8 SlOkam \u2013 Original sanjaya uvAcha Evam ukthvA hrishIkESam gu\u1e0dAkeSa: paranthapa: | na yOthsya ithi gOvindham ukthvA tUshNIm babhUva ha || word-by-word meaning sanjaya uvAcha – sanjaya said paranthapa: – one who makes his enemies tremble gudAkESa: – arjuna … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-2","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n Evam ukthvA hrishIkESam gu\u1e0dAkeSa: paranthapa: |<\/em>
\n na yOthsya ithi gOvindham ukthvA tUshNIm babhUva ha ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nparanthapa: – one who makes his enemies tremble
\ngudAkESa: – arjuna
\nhrishIkESam – to hrishIkESa (krishNa)
\nEvam ukthvA – after speaking thus<\/p>\n
\nna yOthsyAmi – will not fight
\nithi – saying
\ngOvindham ukthvA – saying to gOvindha (krishNa)
\nthUshNImbabhUva – fell silent<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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