Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga · Speaker: Sanjaya
Bhagavad Gita 2.10: Tamuvacha hrishikeshah
Sanjaya says that Krishna, as if smiling, then spoke to the grieving Arjuna there between the two armies.
Bhagavad Gita 2.10
तमुवाच हृषीकेशः प्रहसन्निव भारत ।सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये विषीदन्तमिदं वचः ॥
Tamuvacha hrishikeshah prahasanniva bharata
Senayorubhayormadhye vishidantamidam vachah
tamuvāca hṛṣīkeśaḥ prahasanniva bhārata |
senayorubhayormadhye viṣīdantamidaṃ vacaḥ ||
Our meaning Sanjaya says that Krishna, as if smiling, then spoke to the grieving Arjuna there between the two armies.
हिंदी अर्थ संजय कहते हैं कि तब दोनों सेनाओं के बीच शोक में डूबे अर्जुन से कृष्ण ने मानो मुस्कराते हुए ये वचन कहे।
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- तम् tam to him (pronoun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1
m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this
- उवाच uvāca spoke (perfect, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: vac, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 912, col. 1
to speak, say, tell, utter, announce
- हृषीकेशः hṛṣīkeśaḥ Hrishikesha (Krishna) (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: hṛṣīkeśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 2
- प्रहसन् prahasan smiling (present participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: pra-hasat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 700, col. 3
laughing, smiling
- इव iva as if (indeclinable) Dictionary: iva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 168, col. 3
like, in the same manner as
- भारत bhārata O Bharata (Dhritarashtra) (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: bhārata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 753, col. 1
- सेनयोः senayoḥ of the two armies (noun (feminine), genitive dual) Dictionary: senā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1246, col. 2
an army, armament, battle-array, armed force
- उभयोः ubhayoḥ of both (pronoun (feminine), genitive dual) Dictionary: ubhaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 216, col. 2
both, of both kinds
- मध्ये madhye in the middle (noun (neuter), locative singular) Dictionary: madhya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 781, col. 3
middle
- विषीदन्तम् viṣīdantam to the despairing one (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
- वचः vacaḥ word, speech (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. vacas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 912, col. 3
speech
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 43.
To him thus desponding between the two armies, O descendant of Bharata! Hrishîkesa spoke these words with a slight smile.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 43.
To him thus desponding between the two armies, O descendant of Bharata! Hrishîkesa spoke these words with a slight smile.
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 26.
Then Hrishîkesha, tenderly smiling, O Bhârata, in the midst of the two armies, to him, despondent, spake these words:
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 79.
To him who was sorrowing in the midst of the two armies, Hrishikesha, as if smiling, O descendant of Bharata! spoke these words.
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Bhagavad Gita 2.10
तमुवाच हृषीकेशः प्रहसन्निव भारत ।
सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये विषीदन्तमिदं वचः ॥
“To him thus desponding between the two armies, O descendant of Bharata! Hrishîkesa spoke these words with a slight smile.”
(Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882, public domain)
“Then Hrishîkesha, tenderly smiling, O Bhârata, in the midst of the two armies, to him, despondent, spake these words:”
(Annie Besant, 1895, public domain)
“To him who was sorrowing in the midst of the two armies, Hrishikesha, as if smiling, O descendant of Bharata! spoke these words.”
(Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907), public domain)
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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Sanskrit text: The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation, 1922. Meanings: written for Pujadeep with AI help and reviewed. Source and changes
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Sanjaya speaks this verse, in chapter 2 (Sankhya Yoga).
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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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