Bhagavad Gita 1.28 Meaning: Kripaya parayavishto

Bhagavad Gita 1.28

कृपया परयाऽऽविष्टो विषीदन्निदमब्रवीत् ।अर्जुन उवाच ।दृष्ट्वेमं स्वजनं कृष्ण युयुत्सुं समुपस्थितम् ॥

Kripaya parayavishto vishidannidamabravitArjuna uvachaDrishtvemam svajanam krishna yuyutsum samupasthitam

kṛpayā parayā’’viṣṭo viṣīdannidamabravīt |arjuna uvāca |dṛṣṭvemaṃ svajanaṃ kṛṣṇa yuyutsuṃ samupasthitam ||

How to read these English letters (IAST)

Our explanation Arjuna is filled with deep compassion, and in sorrow he speaks. He tells Krishna what happens to him when he sees his own people gathered, eager to fight. His grief is the grief of anyone who loves his family: the people he must face are the people he grew up with. The edition prints "Arjuna said" in the middle of this verse, where his own words begin.

हिंदी अर्थ अर्जुन गहरी करुणा से भर जाते हैं और दुःखी होकर बोलते हैं। वे कृष्ण से कहते हैं कि युद्ध की इच्छा से सामने खड़े अपने ही लोगों को देखकर उनकी क्या दशा हो रही है। उनका दुःख वैसा ही है जैसा अपने परिवार से प्रेम करने वाले किसी भी व्यक्ति का होगा: जिनसे उन्हें लड़ना है, वे वही लोग हैं जिनके साथ वे बड़े हुए। संस्करण में “अर्जुन उवाच” इस श्लोक के बीच में छपा है, जहाँ से अर्जुन के अपने शब्द शुरू होते हैं।

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कृपया kṛpayā · by pity (noun (feminine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: kṛpā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 305, col. 1 “pity, tenderness, compassion”
परया parayā · deep (adjective (feminine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: 1. para, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 586, col. 1 “highest, supreme, chief”
आविष्टः āviṣṭaḥ · overcome (past participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: ā-viṣṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 155, col. 3 “filled (by any sentiment or feeling)”
विषीदन् viṣīdan · sinking in sorrow (present participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: vi-ṣad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 996, col. 2 “to be exhausted or dejected, despond, despair”
इदम् idam · this (pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2 “this, this here, referring to something near the speaker”
अब्रवीत् abravīt · said (imperfect, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: brū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 742, col. 1 “to speak, say, tell”
दृष्ट्वा dṛṣṭvā · having seen (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 1. dṛś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 491, col. 2 “to see, behold, look at, regard, consider”
इमम् imam · these (pronoun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2 “this, this here, referring to something near the speaker”
स्वजनम् svajanam · own people, kinsmen (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. sva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1275, col. 1 “own, one's own, my own, thy own, his own, her own, our own, their own &c.”; jana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 410, col. 1 “creature, living being, man, person, race”
कृष्ण kṛṣṇa · O Krishna (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: kṛṣṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 306, col. 2 “N. of a celebrated Avatār of the god Vishṇu, or sometimes identified with Vishṇu himself”
युयुत्सुम् yuyutsum · eager to fight (adjective (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: yuyutsu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 855, col. 2 “wishing to fight”
समुपस्थितम् samupasthitam · standing near (past participle (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: sam-upasthita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1169, col. 3 “approached, come to”

2 printings differ

Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.

Spelling A digital text reads Same words. The 1922 edition marks the merged vowel with an avagraha (ऽ); this e-text does not. Edition: परयाऽऽविष्टो.
Omission A digital text reads Same words, without the speaker line arjuna uvāca that the 1922 edition prints between the two halves of the verse.

Bhagavad Gita 1.28: meaning and translation

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