The Yoga of the Dejection of Arjuna

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Arjuna uvācaअर्जुन उवाच

1. 1·28, a key verseदृष्ट्वेमं स्वजनं कृष्ण युयुत्सुं समुपस्थितम् । सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुखं च परिशुष्यति ॥ २८ ॥dṛṣṭvemaṁ svajanaṁ kṛṣṇa yuyutsuṁ samupasthitam, sīdanti mama gātrāṇi mukhaṁ ca pariśuṣyati.Seeing these my own people, O Krishna, arrayed for battle, my limbs collapse and my mouth is parched.
2. 1·29वेपथुश्च शरीरे मे रोमहर्षश्च जायते । गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्चैव परिदह्यते ॥ २९ ॥vepathuśca śarīre me romaharṣaśca jāyate, gāṇḍīvaṁ sraṁsate hastāttvakcaiva paridahyate.Arjuna said:- Seeing these my own people, O Krishna, my body shakes and my hair stands on end…
3. 1·30न च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः । निमित्तानि च पश्यामि विपरीतानि केशव ॥ ३० ॥na ca śaknomyavasthātuṁ bhramatīva ca me manaḥ, nimittāni ca paśyāmi viparītāni keśava.I am not able to stand and my mind seems to be whirling; also I see evil omens, O Keshava.
4. 1·31, a key verseन च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे । न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च ॥ ३१ ॥na ca śreyo’nupaśyāmi hatvā svajanamāhave, na kāṅkṣe vijayaṁ kṛṣṇa na ca rājyaṁ sukhāni ca.Nor do I see any good in slaying my own people in battle…
5. 1·32किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा । येषामर्थे काङ्क्षितं नो राज्यं भोगाः सुखानि च ॥ ३२ ॥kiṁ no rājyena govinda kiṁ bhogairjīvitena vā, yeṣāmarthe kāṅkṣitaṁ no rājyaṁ bhogāḥ sukhāni ca.What is kingdom to us, O Govinda, what enjoyment, what even life?
6. 1·33त इमेऽवस्थिता युद्धे प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा धनानि च । आचार्याः पितरः पुत्रास्तथैव च पितामहाः ॥ ३३ ॥ta ime’vasthitā yuddhe prāṇāṁstyaktvā dhanāni ca, ācāryāḥ pitaraḥ putrāstathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ.Teachers, fathers, sons, as well as grand-sires stand here in battle, abandoning life and riches.
7. 1·34मातुलाः श्वशुराः पौत्राः श्यालाः सम्बन्धिनस्तथा । एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन ॥ ३४ ॥mātulāḥ śvaśurāḥ pautrāḥ śyālāḥ sambandhinastathā, etānna hantumicchāmi ghnato’pi madhusūdana.Mother’s brother, fathers-in-laws, grandsons, brothers-in laws, and other kith and kin - these I would not…
8. 1·35अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते । निहत्य धार्तराष्ट्रान्नः का प्रीतिः स्याज्जनार्दन ॥ ३५ ॥api trailokyarājyasya hetoḥ kiṁ nu mahīkṛte, nihatya dhārtarāṣṭrānnaḥ kā prītiḥ syājjanārdana.O Janardana, I would not consent to slay even for the kingdom of the three worlds; how then for earth?
9. 1·36पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः । तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान् । स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव ॥ ३६ ॥pāpamevāśrayedasmānhatvaitānātatāyinaḥ, tasmānnārhā vayaṁ hantuṁ dhārtarāṣṭrānsvabāndhavān, svajanaṁ hi kathaṁ hatvā sukhinaḥ syāma mādhava.Sin will take hold of us in slaying them. though they are the aggressors.
10. 1·37यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः । कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम् ॥ ३७ ॥yadyapyete na paśyanti lobhopahatacetasaḥ, kulakṣayakṛtaṁ doṣaṁ mitradrohe ca pātakam.Although these, with a consciousness clouded with greed, see no guilt in the destruction of the family, no…
11. 1·38कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम् । कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन ॥ ३८ ॥kathaṁ na jñeyamasmābhiḥ pāpādasmānnivartitum, kulakṣayakṛtaṁ doṣaṁ prapaśyadbhirjanārdana......... why should not we have the wisdom to draw back from such a sin, O Janardana, we who see the evil in…
12. 1·39कुल-क्षये प्रणश्यन्ति कुल-धर्माः सनातनाः । धर्मे नष्टे कुलं कृत्स्नम् अधर्मोऽभिभवत्युत ॥ ३९ ॥kula-kṣaye praṇaśyanti kula-dharmāḥ sanātanāḥ, dharme naṣṭe kulaṁ kṛtsnam adharmo’bhibhavatyuta.In the annihilation of the family the eternal traditions of the family are destroyed…
13. 1·40अधर्माभिभवात्कृष्ण प्रदुष्यन्ति कुलस्त्रियः । स्त्रीषु दुष्टासु वार्ष्णेय जायते वर्णसंकरः ॥ ४० ॥adharmābhibhavātkṛṣṇa praduṣyanti kulastriyaḥ, strīṣu duṣṭāsu vārṣṇeya jāyate varṇasaṅkaraḥ.Owing to predominance of lawlessness, O Krishna, the women of the family become corrupt…
14. 1·41संकरो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च । पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः ॥ ४१ ॥saṅkaro narakāyaiva kulaghnānāṁ kulasya ca, patanti pitaro hyeṣāṁ luptapiṇḍodakakriyāḥ.This confusion leads to hell the ruiners of the family, and the family…
15. 1·42दोषैरेतैः कुलघ्नानां वर्णसंकरकारकैः । उत्साद्यन्ते जातिधर्माः कुलधर्माश्च शाश्वताः ॥ ४२ ॥doṣairetaiḥ kulaghnānāṁ varṇasaṅkarakārakaiḥ, utsādyante jātidharmāḥ kuladharmāśca śāśvatāḥ.By these misdeeds of the ruiners of the family leading to the confusion of the orders, the eternal laws of the…
16. 1·43उत्सन्नकुलधर्माणां मनुष्याणां जनार्दन । नरके नियतं वासो भवतीत्यनुशुश्रुम ॥ ४३ ॥utsannakuladharmāṇāṁ manuṣyāṇāṁ janārdana, narake niyataṁ vāso bhavatītyanuśuśruma.And men whose family morals are corrupted, O Janardana, live for ever in hell. Thus have we heard.
17. 1·44अहो बत महत् पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम् । यद् राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनम् उद्यताः ॥ ४४ ॥aho bata mahat pāpaṁ kartuṁ vyavasitā vayam, yad rājyasukhalobhena hantuṁ svajanam udyatāḥ.Alas! We were engaged in committing a great sin, we who were endeavoring to kill our own people through greed…
18. 1·45यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणयः । धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत् ॥ ४५ ॥yadi māmapratīkāramaśastraṁ śastrapāṇayaḥ, dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe hanyustanme kṣemataraṁ bhavet.It is more for my welfare that the sons of Dhritarashtra armed should slay me unarmed and unresisting.

Sañjaya uvācaसञ्जय उवाच

1. 1·46, a key verseएवमुक्त्वार्जुनः संख्ये रथोपस्थ उपाविशत् । विसृज्य सशरं चापं शोकसंविग्नमानसः ॥ ४६ ॥evamuktvārjunaḥ saṅkhye rathopastha upāviśat, visṛjya saśaraṁ cāpaṁ śoka-saṁvigna-mānasaḥ.Having thus spoken on the battlefield, Arjuna sank down on the seat of the chariot, casting down the divine…