Bhagavad Gita
Arjuna-vishada-yoga (The Yoga of Arjuna's Despondency)1.28
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Bhagavad Gita · 1.28
Devanāgarī

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

Transliteration (IAST)

kṛpayā parayāviṣṭo viṣīdann idam abravīt |
arjuna uvāca |
dṛṣṭvemaṁ svajanaṁ kṛṣṇa yuyutsuṁ samupasthitam ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
कृपयाkṛpayāby compassion, by pity.
परयाparayāby the greatest, deep, supreme.
आविष्टःāviṣṭaḥovercome, filled, seized.
विषीदन्viṣīdangrieving, lamenting, falling into despondency.
इदम्idamthis, the following words.
अब्रवीत्abravīthe spoke.
अर्जुनः उवाचarjunaḥ uvācaArjuna said.
दृष्ट्वाdṛṣṭvāseeing, having seen.
इमम्imamthese.
स्वजनम्svajanamhis own kinsmen, his own kin.
कृष्णkṛṣṇaO Kṛṣṇa!
युयुत्सुम्yuyutsuṁready to fight, eager for battle.
समुपस्थितम्samupasthitamassembled here.
Translation

[Sañjaya said:] Overcome by the deepest compassion and stricken with sorrow, he [Arjuna] spoke these words. Arjuna said: “O Kṛṣṇa, seeing all these kinsmen of mine gathered here eager for battle...”

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