Chapter 1, Verse 47
Arjuna Visada Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
Word meanings
sañjayaḥ uvācha—Sanjay said; evam uktvā—speaking thus; arjunaḥ—Arjun; saṅkhye—in the battlefield; ratha upasthe—on the chariot; upāviśhat—sat; visṛijya—casting aside; sa-śharam—along with arrows; chāpam—the bow; śhoka—with grief; saṁvigna—distressed; mānasaḥ—mind
English translation
Sanjaya said, Having thus spoken in the midst of the battlefield, Arjuna cast away his bow and arrow and, his mind overwhelmed with sorrow, sat down on the seat of the chariot.
— Swami Sivananda
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Commentary
1.47 एवम् thus; उक्त्वा having said; अर्जुनः Arjuna; संख्ये in the battle; रथोपस्थे on the seat of the chariot; उपाविशत् sat down; विसृज्य having cast away; सशरम् with arrow; चापम् bow; शोकसंविग्नमानसः with a mind distressed with sorrow. Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita; the science of the Eternal; the scripture of Yoga; the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna; ends the first discourse entitledThe Yoga of the Despondency of Arjuna.
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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