Chapter 2 Verse - 1

 

Verse – 1 :

सञ्जय उवाच |
तं तथा कृपयाविष्टमश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम् |
विषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदन: || 1||

Transliteration :

tam tathA kripayAviShTamashrupUrNAkulekshaNam.

viShIdantamidam vAkyamuvAca madhusUdanaH..1..

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Word-by-word meaning :

सञ्जय - Sanjaya उवाच – said
तं – him; तथा – then; कृपया – by compassion; आविष्टम् – overwhelmed; अश्रु-पूर्ण – filled with tears;आकुल – agitated; ईक्षणम् – eyes; विषीदन्तम् – grief-stricken;इदम् – this; वाक्यम् – sentence; उवाच – told; मधुसूदन: - MadhusUdhana;

Meaning :

Sanjaya said ,

Then, Arjuna , who was overwhelmed by compassion, whose eyes were filled with tears,  agitated, grief-sticken, uttered these words to Krishna.

Significance:

Lord Krishna here is addressed as Madhusudhana, the slayer of demon Madhu , as an indication that he slays down the fear and attachment of Arjuna .Arjuna here has broke down in all three levels – physical , mental and intellectual. A soldier can feel emotion, but he should not become emotional. A soldier should not lose hope at any point of time. A soldier should be high in energy. But here, Arjuna is overwhelmed by emotions, he has lost hope and is morally very low. Lord Krishna starts speaking to Arjuna here and makes him fit to fight again by the end of Bhagavad-Gita.