Bhagavad Gita
Translation by Swami Prabhupad
Chapter Two : Contents of the Gita summarized Verses 1 to 4
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Sanjaya uvaacha tam tatha krpayaavishtam ashru-purnakulekshanam vishidantam idam vakyam uvaacha madhusudhanah |
Sanjaya
said: Seeing Arjuna full of compassion , his mind
depressed,his eyes full of tears, Madhusudana, Krishna, spoke the following
words. |
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Sri- Bhagavan
uvaacha kutas tva kashmalam idam vishame samupasthitam anaarya –jushtam asvargyam akirti-karam arjuna |
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna,how have these impurities come upon you? They are not at all befitting a man who knows the value
of life.They lead not to higher planets but to infamy. |
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klaibyam ma sma gamah partha naitat tvayy upapadyate kshudram hrdaya-daurbalyam
tyaktvottishta parantapa |
O son of Prtha,
do not yield to this degrading impotence. It does not become you. Give up
such petty weakness of heart and arise, O chastiser of the enemy |
arjuna
uvaacha
katham bhismam aham
sankhye |
Arjuna said: O killer of
enemies, O killer of Madhu, how can I counterattack with arrows in battle men
like Bhisma and Drona, who are worthy of my worship |
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