Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga · Speaker: Krishna
Bhagavad Gita 2.35: Bhayadranaduparatam mansyante
Krishna says that the great warriors will think Arjuna left the battle out of fear, and that those who once held him in high regard will think little of him.
Bhagavad Gita 2.35
भयाद्रणादुपरतं मंस्यन्ते त्वां महारथाः ।येषां च त्वं बहुमतो भूत्वा यास्यसि लाघवम् ॥
Bhayadranaduparatam mansyante tvam maharathah
Yesham cha tvam bahumato bhutva yasyasi laghavam
bhayādraṇāduparataṃ maṃsyante tvāṃ mahārathāḥ |
yeṣāṃ ca tvaṃ bahumato bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam ||
Our meaning Krishna says that the great warriors will think Arjuna left the battle out of fear, and that those who once held him in high regard will think little of him.
हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि बड़े-बड़े महारथी समझेंगे कि अर्जुन डर के कारण युद्ध से हट गए, और जो उन्हें बहुत मानते थे, उनकी नज़र में वे छोटे हो जाएँगे।
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- भयात् bhayāt from fear (noun (neuter), ablative singular) Dictionary: bhaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 747, col. 1
fear, alarm, dread, apprehension
- रणात् raṇāt from battle (noun (masculine), ablative singular) Dictionary: 1. raṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 863, col. 3
war, combat, fight, conflict
- उपरतम् uparatam withdrawn (past participle (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: upa-rata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 204, col. 3
ceased, stopped, quiet, indifferent
- मंस्यन्ते maṃsyante will think (future, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: man, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 783, col. 1
to think, believe, imagine, suppose, conjecture
- त्वाम् tvām you (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2
base of the 2nd personal pron.
- महारथाः mahārathāḥ great chariot-warriors (compound (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: mahā-ratha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 799, col. 2
a gr° warrior
- येषाम् yeṣām of whom, by whom (pronoun (masculine), genitive plural) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2
who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that
- च ca and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1
ind. and, both, also, moreover, as well as
- त्वम् tvam you (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2
base of the 2nd personal pron.
- बहुमतः bahumataḥ highly esteemed (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: bahu-mata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 725, col. 2
much thought of, highly esteemed, valued
- भूत्वा bhūtvā having been (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 1. bhū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 760, col. 2
arise, come into being, exist
- यास्यसि yāsyasi you will go (to) (future, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. yā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 849, col. 1
to go, proceed, move, walk, set out
- लाघवम् lāghavam lightness, low esteem (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: lāghava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 899, col. 3
lightness
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 46.
(Warriors who are) masters of great cars will think that you abstained from the battle through fear, and having been highly thought of by them, you will fall down to littleness.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 46.
(Warriors who are) masters of great cars will think that you abstained from the battle through fear, and having been highly thought of by them, you will fall down to littleness.
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 31.
The great car-warriors1 will think thou hast fled the battle from fear, and thou that wast highly thought of by them, wilt be lightly held.
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 42–43.
The great chariot-warriors will believe that thou hast withdrawn from the battle through fear. And thou wilt be lightly esteemed by them who have thought much of thee.
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Bhagavad Gita 2.35
भयाद्रणादुपरतं मंस्यन्ते त्वां महारथाः ।
येषां च त्वं बहुमतो भूत्वा यास्यसि लाघवम् ॥
“(Warriors who are) masters of great cars will think that you abstained from the battle through fear, and having been highly thought of by them, you will fall down to littleness.”
(Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882, public domain)
“The great car-warriors will think thou hast fled the battle from fear, and thou that wast highly thought of by them, wilt be lightly held.”
(Annie Besant, 1895, public domain)
“The great chariot-warriors will believe that thou hast withdrawn from the battle through fear. And thou wilt be lightly esteemed by them who have thought much of thee.”
(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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Krishna 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.
- Translation
- 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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