Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga · Speaker: Sanjaya
Bhagavad Gita 2.1: Tam tatha
Sanjaya tells the king what happens next.
Bhagavad Gita 2.1
सञ्जय उवाच ।
तं तथा कृपयाऽऽविष्टमश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम् ।विषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदनः ॥
Tam tatha kripayavishtamashrupurnakulekshanam
Vishidantamidam vakyamuvacha madhusudanah
taṃ tathā kṛpayā’’viṣṭamaśrupūrṇākulekṣaṇam |
viṣīdantamidaṃ vākyamuvāca madhusūdanaḥ ||
Our meaning Sanjaya tells the king what happens next. Arjuna is full of pity. His eyes are filled with tears, and he is sinking into despair. Krishna, called here Madhusudana (the slayer of the demon Madhu), speaks to him.
हिंदी अर्थ संजय राजा धृतराष्ट्र को आगे की बात बताते हैं। अर्जुन करुणा से भर गए हैं। उनकी आँखों में आँसू हैं और वे शोक में डूब रहे हैं। तब मधुसूदन (मधु नाम के असुर को मारने वाले) कृष्ण उनसे यह बात कहते हैं।
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- तम् tam him (pronoun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1
m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this
- तथा tathā thus, in this way (indeclinable) Dictionary: tathā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 433, col. 3
in that manner, so, thus
- कृपया kṛpayā by pity (noun (feminine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: kṛpā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 305, col. 1
pity, tenderness, compassion
- आविष्टम् āviṣṭam overcome, filled (past participle (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: ā-viṣṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 155, col. 3
filled (by any sentiment or feeling)
- अश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम् aśrupūrṇākulekṣaṇam eyes full of tears, troubled (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: aśru-pūrṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 114, col. 3
filled with tears
; ā-kula, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 127, col. 2confounded, confused, agitated, flurried
; īkṣaṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 170, col. 1a look, view, aspect, sight
- विषीदन्तम् viṣīdantam sinking in despair (present participle (masculine), accusative 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
- वाक्यम् vākyam speech, words (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: vākya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 936, col. 2
speech, saying, assertion, statement, command, words
- उवाच uvāca spoke (perfect, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: vac, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 912, col. 1
to speak, say, tell, utter, announce
- मधुसूदनः madhusūdanaḥ Madhusudana (Krishna), slayer of Madhu (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: madhu-sūdana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 780, col. 3
destroyer of the demon Madhu
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 42.
Sañgaya said:
To him, who was thus overcome with pity, and dejected, and whose eyes were full of tears and turbid, the destroyer of Madhu spoke these words.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 42.
Sañgaya said:
To him, who was thus overcome with pity, and dejected, and whose eyes were full of tears and turbid, the destroyer of Madhu spoke these words.
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 24.
Sanjaya said:
To him thus with pity overcome, with smarting brimming eyes, despondent, Madhusûdana spake these words:
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 24.
Sanjaya said:
To him who was thus overwhelmed with pity and sorrowing, and whose eyes were dimmed with tears, Madhusudana spoke these words:
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Bhagavad Gita 2.1
तं तथा कृपयाऽऽविष्टमश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम् ।
विषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदनः ॥
“To him, who was thus overcome with pity, and dejected, and whose eyes were full of tears and turbid, the destroyer of Madhu spoke these words.”
(Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882, public domain)
“To him thus with pity overcome, with smarting brimming eyes, despondent, Madhusûdana spake these words:”
(Annie Besant, 1895, public domain)
“To him who was thus overwhelmed with pity and sorrowing, and whose eyes were dimmed with tears, Madhusudana spoke these words:”
(Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907), public domain)
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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- The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
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- The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ, translated by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, ed. F. Max Müller) (Kashinath Trimbak Telang, F. Max Müller, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song, translated by Annie Besant (Annie Besant, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1895). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Sanskrit text
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, with Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-by-word Literal Translation; English Rendering and Comments, Index, &c., by the Swami Swarupananda (Himalayan Series, No. XX) (Swami Swarupananda, The Editors and Publishers, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Prabuddha Bharata Press, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas, 1909). Public domain. Used only to date the text. The Devanagari on this page is a reading text and is not copied from this printing.
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