Chapter 1 Verse - 47

 

Verse 47 :

सञ्जय उवाच |
एवमुक्त्वार्जुन: सङ्ख्ये रथोपस्थ उपाविशत् |
विसृज्य सशरं चापं शोकसंविग्नमानस: || 47||

Transliteration:

evamuktvArjunaH sankhye rathopastha upAvishat.

Visrujya sasharaM cApaM shokasaMvignamAnasaH..47..

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Word by word meaning

सञ्जय उवाच – Sanjaya said

एवम् – thus; उक्त्वा – (having)told;अर्जुन: - Arjuna; सङ्ख्ये – in the war-field; रथ – (of the ) chariot; उपस्थ – in the chair उपाविशत् – sat;विसृज्य – dropped; सशरं – (along with) arrow;चापं – bow; शोक-संविग्न – immersed in anxiety; मानस: - mind.

Meaning:

Sanjaya said ,

Having told thus, in the war-field, Arjuna whose mind was filled with anxiety, sat on the chair in his chariot, dropping his bow and arrow.

Significance:

This verse should be the answer for Dhritharashtra ‘s curiosity to know what happened next. Arjuna , who succumbed to the attachments, has now dropped his weapons and sat in his chariot. This is totally an unexpected behaviour from such a valourous person.

Arjuna did not know how to react to this situation. For him , now Lord Krishna shows the right path with his words in the upcoming chapters.