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Chapter 1 · Arjuna Vishada Yoga

The Yoga of Arjuna's Grief · 47 Shlokas

On the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Arjuna is overwhelmed with sorrow and moral confusion at the sight of his own kinsmen, teachers and friends arrayed for war. His bow Gandiva slips from his hand and he sinks down in despair — setting the stage for Lord Krishna's timeless teaching.

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श्लोक 1.1

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः। मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಧೃತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ ಉವಾಚ ಧರ್ಮಕ್ಷೇತ್ರೇ ಕುರುಕ್ಷೇತ್ರೇ ಸಮವೇತಾ ಯುಯುತ್ಸವಃ। ಮಾಮಕಾಃ ಪಾಣ್ಡವಾಶ್ಚೈವ ಕಿಮಕುರ್ವತ ಸಞ್ಜಯ

How to read it

dhṛitarāśhtra uvācha dharma-kṣhetre kuru-kṣhetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāśhchaiva kimakurvata sañjaya

📖 Meaning

Dhritarashtra said, "What did my people and the sons of Pandu do when they had assembled together, eager for battle, on the holy plain of Kurukshetra, O Sanjaya?"

श्लोक 1.2

सञ्जय उवाच दृष्ट्वा तु पाण्डवानीकं व्यूढं दुर्योधनस्तदा। आचार्यमुपसङ्गम्य राजा वचनमब्रवीत्

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಸಞ್ಜಯ ಉವಾಚ ದೃಷ್ಟ್ವಾ ತು ಪಾಣ್ಡವಾನೀಕಂ ವ್ಯೂಢಂ ದುರ್ಯೋಧನಸ್ತದಾ। ಆಚಾರ್ಯಮುಪಸಙ್ಗಮ್ಯ ರಾಜಾ ವಚನಮಬ್ರವೀತ್

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sañjaya uvācha dṛiṣhṭvā tu pāṇḍavānīkaṁ vyūḍhaṁ duryodhanastadā āchāryamupasaṅgamya rājā vachanamabravīt

📖 Meaning

Sanjaya said: Having seen the army of the Pandavas drawn up in battle array, King Duryodhana approached his teacher, Drona, and spoke these words.

श्लोक 1.3

पश्यैतां पाण्डुपुत्राणामाचार्य महतीं चमूम्। व्यूढां द्रुपदपुत्रेण तव शिष्येण धीमता

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಪಶ್ಯೈತಾಂ ಪಾಣ್ಡುಪುತ್ರಾಣಾಮಾಚಾರ್ಯ ಮಹತೀಂ ಚಮೂಮ್। ವ್ಯೂಢಾಂ ದ್ರುಪದಪುತ್ರೇಣ ತವ ಶಿಷ್ಯೇಣ ಧೀಮತಾ

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paśhyaitāṁ pāṇḍu-putrāṇām āchārya mahatīṁ chamūm vyūḍhāṁ drupada-putreṇa tava śhiṣhyeṇa dhīmatā

📖 Meaning

Behold, O Teacher! This mighty army of the sons of Pandu, arrayed by the son of Drupada, thy wise disciple.

श्लोक 1.4

अत्र शूरा महेष्वासा भीमार्जुनसमा युधि। युयुधानो विराटश्च द्रुपदश्च महारथः

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಅತ್ರ ಶೂರಾ ಮಹೇಷ್ವಾಸಾ ಭೀಮಾರ್ಜುನಸಮಾ ಯುಧಿ। ಯುಯುಧಾನೋ ವಿರಾಟಶ್ಚ ದ್ರುಪದಶ್ಚ ಮಹಾರಥಃ

How to read it

atra śhūrā maheṣhvāsā bhīmārjuna-samā yudhi yuyudhāno virāṭaśhcha drupadaśhcha mahā-rathaḥ

📖 Meaning

Here are heroes, mighty archers, equal in battle to Bhima and Arjuna, Yuyudhana (Satyaki), Virata, and Drupada—all mighty warriors.

श्लोक 1.5

धृष्टकेतुश्चेकितानः काशिराजश्च वीर्यवान्। पुरुजित्कुन्तिभोजश्च शैब्यश्च नरपुङ्गवः

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಧೃಷ್ಟಕೇತುಶ್ಚೇಕಿತಾನಃ ಕಾಶಿರಾಜಶ್ಚ ವೀರ್ಯವಾನ್। ಪುರುಜಿತ್ಕುನ್ತಿಭೋಜಶ್ಚ ಶೈಬ್ಯಶ್ಚ ನರಪುಙ್ಗವಃ

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dhṛiṣhṭaketuśhchekitānaḥ kāśhirājaśhcha vīryavān purujit kuntibhojaśhcha śhaibyaśhcha nara-puṅgavaḥ yudhāmanyuśhcha vikrānta uttamaujāśhcha vīryavān

📖 Meaning

Dhrishtaketu, Chekitana, the valiant king of Kasi, Purujit, Kuntibhoja, and Saibya—the best of men.

श्लोक 1.6

युधामन्युश्च विक्रान्त उत्तमौजाश्च वीर्यवान्। सौभद्रो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्व एव महारथाः

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಯುಧಾಮನ್ಯುಶ್ಚ ವಿಕ್ರಾನ್ತ ಉತ್ತಮೌಜಾಶ್ಚ ವೀರ್ಯವಾನ್। ಸೌಭದ್ರೋ ದ್ರೌಪದೇಯಾಶ್ಚ ಸರ್ವ ಏವ ಮಹಾರಥಾಃ

How to read it

saubhadro draupadeyāśhcha sarva eva mahā-rathāḥ

📖 Meaning

The strong Yudhamanyu and the brave Uttamaujas, the son of Subhadra (Abhimanyu, the son of Subhadra and Arjuna), and the sons of Draupadi, all of them great charioteers (great heroes)."

श्लोक 1.7

अस्माकं तु विशिष्टा ये तान्निबोध द्विजोत्तम। नायका मम सैन्यस्य संज्ञार्थं तान्ब्रवीमि ते

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಅಸ್ಮಾಕಂ ತು ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟಾ ಯೇ ತಾನ್ನಿಬೋಧ ದ್ವಿಜೋತ್ತಮ। ನಾಯಕಾ ಮಮ ಸೈನ್ಯಸ್ಯ ಸಂಜ್ಞಾರ್ಥಂ ತಾನ್ಬ್ರವೀಮಿ ತೇ

How to read it

asmākaṁ tu viśhiṣhṭā ye tānnibodha dwijottama nāyakā mama sainyasya sanjñārthaṁ tānbravīmi te

📖 Meaning

Know also, O best among the twice-born! the names of those who are the most distinguished amongst ourselves, the leaders of my army; these I name to you for your information.

श्लोक 1.8

भवान्भीष्मश्च कर्णश्च कृपश्च समितिञ्जयः। अश्वत्थामा विकर्णश्च सौमदत्तिस्तथैव च

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಭವಾನ್ಭೀಷ್ಮಶ್ಚ ಕರ್ಣಶ್ಚ ಕೃಪಶ್ಚ ಸಮಿತಿಞ್ಜಯಃ। ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಾಮಾ ವಿಕರ್ಣಶ್ಚ ಸೌಮದತ್ತಿಸ್ತಥೈವ ಚ

How to read it

bhavānbhīṣhmaśhcha karṇaśhcha kṛipaśhcha samitiñjayaḥ aśhvatthāmā vikarṇaśhcha saumadattis tathaiva cha

📖 Meaning

"Thou thyself, Bhishma, Karna, Kripa, the victorious in war, Asvatthama, Vikarna, and Bhurisrava, the son of Somadatta—all these are ready for battle."

श्लोक 1.9

अन्ये च बहवः शूरा मदर्थे त्यक्तजीविताः। नानाशस्त्रप्रहरणाः सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಅನ್ಯೇ ಚ ಬಹವಃ ಶೂರಾ ಮದರ್ಥೇ ತ್ಯಕ್ತಜೀವಿತಾಃ। ನಾನಾಶಸ್ತ್ರಪ್ರಹರಣಾಃ ಸರ್ವೇ ಯುದ್ಧವಿಶಾರದಾಃ

How to read it

anye cha bahavaḥ śhūrā madarthe tyaktajīvitāḥ nānā-śhastra-praharaṇāḥ sarve yuddha-viśhāradāḥ

📖 Meaning

And also many other heroes, ready to give up their lives for my sake, armed with various weapons and missiles, all well-skilled in battle.

श्लोक 1.10

अपर्याप्तं तदस्माकं बलं भीष्माभिरक्षितम्। पर्याप्तं त्विदमेतेषां बलं भीमाभिरक्षितम्

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಅಪರ್ಯಾಪ್ತಂ ತದಸ್ಮಾಕಂ ಬಲಂ ಭೀಷ್ಮಾಭಿರಕ್ಷಿತಮ್। ಪರ್ಯಾಪ್ತಂ ತ್ವಿದಮೇತೇಷಾಂ ಬಲಂ ಭೀಮಾಭಿರಕ್ಷಿತಮ್

How to read it

aparyāptaṁ tadasmākaṁ balaṁ bhīṣhmābhirakṣhitam paryāptaṁ tvidameteṣhāṁ balaṁ bhīmābhirakṣhitam

📖 Meaning

Our army, marshalled by Bhishma, is insufficient, whereas theirs, marshalled by Bhima, is sufficient.

श्लोक 1.11

अयनेषु च सर्वेषु यथाभागमवस्थिताः। भीष्ममेवाभिरक्षन्तु भवन्तः सर्व एव हि

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಅಯನೇಷು ಚ ಸರ್ವೇಷು ಯಥಾಭಾಗಮವಸ್ಥಿತಾಃ। ಭೀಷ್ಮಮೇವಾಭಿರಕ್ಷನ್ತು ಭವನ್ತಃ ಸರ್ವ ಏವ ಹಿ

How to read it

ayaneṣhu cha sarveṣhu yathā-bhāgamavasthitāḥ bhīṣhmamevābhirakṣhantu bhavantaḥ sarva eva hi

📖 Meaning

Therefore, do all of you, stationed in your respective positions in the several divisions of the army, protect Bhishma alone.

श्लोक 1.12

तस्य संजनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः। सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ತಸ್ಯ ಸಂಜನಯನ್ಹರ್ಷಂ ಕುರುವೃದ್ಧಃ ಪಿತಾಮಹಃ। ಸಿಂಹನಾದಂ ವಿನದ್ಯೋಚ್ಚೈಃ ಶಙ್ಖಂ ದಧ್ಮೌ ಪ್ರತಾಪವಾನ್

How to read it

tasya sañjanayan harṣhaṁ kuru-vṛiddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ siṁha-nādaṁ vinadyochchaiḥ śhaṅkhaṁ dadhmau pratāpavān

📖 Meaning

His glorious grandsire, the oldest of the Kauravas, roared like a lion to cheer Duryodhana and blew his conch.

श्लोक 1.13

ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः। सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत्

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ತತಃ ಶಙ್ಖಾಶ್ಚ ಭೇರ್ಯಶ್ಚ ಪಣವಾನಕಗೋಮುಖಾಃ। ಸಹಸೈವಾಭ್ಯಹನ್ಯನ್ತ ಸ ಶಬ್ದಸ್ತುಮುಲೋಽಭವತ್

How to read it

tataḥ śhaṅkhāśhcha bheryaśhcha paṇavānaka-gomukhāḥ sahasaivābhyahanyanta sa śhabdastumulo ’bhavat

📖 Meaning

Then, suddenly, conches, kettledrums, tabors, drums, and cow horns blared forth from the Kaurava side, and the sound was tremendous.

श्लोक 1.14

ततः श्वेतैर्हयैर्युक्ते महति स्यन्दने स्थितौ। माधवः पाण्डवश्चैव दिव्यौ शङ्खौ प्रदध्मतुः

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ತತಃ ಶ್ವೇತೈರ್ಹಯೈರ್ಯುಕ್ತೇ ಮಹತಿ ಸ್ಯನ್ದನೇ ಸ್ಥಿತೌ। ಮಾಧವಃ ಪಾಣ್ಡವಶ್ಚೈವ ದಿವ್ಯೌ ಶಙ್ಖೌ ಪ್ರದಧ್ಮತುಃ

How to read it

tataḥ śhvetairhayairyukte mahati syandane sthitau mādhavaḥ pāṇḍavaśhchaiva divyau śhaṅkhau pradadhmatuḥ

📖 Meaning

Then, Madhava (Krishna) and the son of Pandu (Arjuna), seated in the magnificent chariot yoked with white horses, blew divine conches.

श्लोक 1.15

पाञ्चजन्यं हृषीकेशो देवदत्तं धनंजयः। पौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशङ्खं भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಪಾಞ್ಚಜನ್ಯಂ ಹೃಷೀಕೇಶೋ ದೇವದತ್ತಂ ಧನಂಜಯಃ। ಪೌಣ್ಡ್ರಂ ದಧ್ಮೌ ಮಹಾಶಙ್ಖಂ ಭೀಮಕರ್ಮಾ ವೃಕೋದರಃ

How to read it

pāñchajanyaṁ hṛiṣhīkeśho devadattaṁ dhanañjayaḥ pauṇḍraṁ dadhmau mahā-śhaṅkhaṁ bhīma-karmā vṛikodaraḥ

📖 Meaning

Hrishikesha blew the Panchajanya, Arjuna blew the Devadatta, and Bhima, the wolf-bellied doer of terrible deeds, blew the great conch Paundra.

श्लोक 1.16

अनन्तविजयं राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः। नकुलः सहदेवश्च सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಅನನ್ತವಿಜಯಂ ರಾಜಾ ಕುನ್ತೀಪುತ್ರೋ ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರಃ। ನಕುಲಃ ಸಹದೇವಶ್ಚ ಸುಘೋಷಮಣಿಪುಷ್ಪಕೌ

How to read it

anantavijayaṁ rājā kuntī-putro yudhiṣhṭhiraḥ nakulaḥ sahadevaśhcha sughoṣha-maṇipuṣhpakau

📖 Meaning

King Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, blew the Anantavijaya; Nakula and Sahadeva blew the Sughosha and the Manipushpaka.

श्लोक 1.17

काश्यश्च परमेष्वासः शिखण्डी च महारथः। धृष्टद्युम्नो विराटश्च सात्यकिश्चापराजितः

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಕಾಶ್ಯಶ್ಚ ಪರಮೇಷ್ವಾಸಃ ಶಿಖಣ್ಡೀ ಚ ಮಹಾರಥಃ। ಧೃಷ್ಟದ್ಯುಮ್ನೋ ವಿರಾಟಶ್ಚ ಸಾತ್ಯಕಿಶ್ಚಾಪರಾಜಿತಃ

How to read it

kāśhyaśhcha parameṣhvāsaḥ śhikhaṇḍī cha mahā-rathaḥ dhṛiṣhṭadyumno virāṭaśhcha sātyakiśh chāparājitaḥ

📖 Meaning

The king of Kasi, an excellent archer, Sikhandi, the mighty car-warrior, Dhrishtadyumna, Virata, and Satyaki, the unconquered.

श्लोक 1.18

द्रुपदो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्वशः पृथिवीपते। सौभद्रश्च महाबाहुः शङ्खान्दध्मुः पृथक्पृथक्

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ದ್ರುಪದೋ ದ್ರೌಪದೇಯಾಶ್ಚ ಸರ್ವಶಃ ಪೃಥಿವೀಪತೇ। ಸೌಭದ್ರಶ್ಚ ಮಹಾಬಾಹುಃ ಶಙ್ಖಾನ್ದಧ್ಮುಃ ಪೃಥಕ್ಪೃಥಕ್

How to read it

drupado draupadeyāśhcha sarvaśhaḥ pṛithivī-pate saubhadraśhcha mahā-bāhuḥ śhaṅkhāndadhmuḥ pṛithak pṛithak

📖 Meaning

Drupada and the sons of Draupadi, O Lord of the Earth, and the son of Subhadra, the mighty-armed, blew their conches each separately.

श्लोक 1.19

स घोषो धार्तराष्ट्राणां हृदयानि व्यदारयत्। नभश्च पृथिवीं चैव तुमुलो व्यनुनादयन्

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಸ ಘೋಷೋ ಧಾರ್ತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಾಣಾಂ ಹೃದಯಾನಿ ವ್ಯದಾರಯತ್। ನಭಶ್ಚ ಪೃಥಿವೀಂ ಚೈವ ತುಮುಲೋ ವ್ಯನುನಾದಯನ್

How to read it

sa ghoṣho dhārtarāṣhṭrāṇāṁ hṛidayāni vyadārayat nabhaśhcha pṛithivīṁ chaiva tumulo nunādayan

📖 Meaning

The tumultuous sound rent the hearts of Dhritarashtra's party, reverberating through both heaven and earth.

श्लोक 1.20

अथ व्यवस्थितान् दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रान्कपिध्वजः। प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसंपाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಅಥ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಿತಾನ್ ದೃಷ್ಟ್ವಾ ಧಾರ್ತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಾನ್ಕಪಿಧ್ವಜಃ। ಪ್ರವೃತ್ತೇ ಶಸ್ತ್ರಸಂಪಾತೇ ಧನುರುದ್ಯಮ್ಯ ಪಾಣ್ಡವಃ

How to read it

atha vyavasthitān dṛiṣhṭvā dhārtarāṣhṭrān kapi-dhwajaḥ pravṛitte śhastra-sampāte dhanurudyamya pāṇḍavaḥ hṛiṣhīkeśhaṁ tadā vākyam idam āha mahī-pate

📖 Meaning

Then, seeing the people of Dhritarashtra's party standing arrayed and the discharge of weapons about to begin, Arjuna, the son of Pandu whose ensign was a monkey, took up his bow and said the following to Krishna, O Lord of the Earth.

श्लोक 1.21

अर्जुन उवाच हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदमाह महीपते। सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये रथं स्थापय मेऽच्युत

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಅರ್ಜುನ ಉವಾಚ ಹೃಷೀಕೇಶಂ ತದಾ ವಾಕ್ಯಮಿದಮಾಹ ಮಹೀಪತೇ। ಸೇನಯೋರುಭಯೋರ್ಮಧ್ಯೇ ರಥಂ ಸ್ಥಾಪಯ ಮೇಽಚ್ಯುತ

How to read it

arjuna uvācha senayor ubhayor madhye rathaṁ sthāpaya me ’chyuta

📖 Meaning

Arjuna said, "O Krishna, place my chariot in the middle between the two armies, so that I may behold those who stand here, desirous to fight, and know with whom I must fight when the battle is about to commence."

श्लोक 1.22

यावदेतान्निरीक्षेऽहं योद्धुकामानवस्थितान्। कैर्मया सह योद्धव्यमस्मिन्रणसमुद्यमे

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಯಾವದೇತಾನ್ನಿರೀಕ್ಷೇಽಹಂ ಯೋದ್ಧುಕಾಮಾನವಸ್ಥಿತಾನ್। ಕೈರ್ಮಯಾ ಸಹ ಯೋದ್ಧವ್ಯಮಸ್ಮಿನ್ರಣಸಮುದ್ಯಮೇ

How to read it

yāvadetān nirīkṣhe ’haṁ yoddhu-kāmān avasthitān kairmayā saha yoddhavyam asmin raṇa-samudyame

📖 Meaning

Arjuna said, "O Krishna, place my chariot in the middle between the two armies, so that I may behold those who stand here, desirous to fight, and know with whom I must fight when the battle is about to commence."

श्लोक 1.23

योत्स्यमानानवेक्षेऽहं य एतेऽत्र समागताः। धार्तराष्ट्रस्य दुर्बुद्धेर्युद्धे प्रियचिकीर्षवः

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಯೋತ್ಸ್ಯಮಾನಾನವೇಕ್ಷೇಽಹಂ ಯ ಏತೇಽತ್ರ ಸಮಾಗತಾಃ। ಧಾರ್ತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಸ್ಯ ದುರ್ಬುದ್ಧೇರ್ಯುದ್ಧೇ ಪ್ರಿಯಚಿಕೀರ್ಷವಃ

How to read it

yotsyamānān avekṣhe ’haṁ ya ete ’tra samāgatāḥ dhārtarāṣhṭrasya durbuddher yuddhe priya-chikīrṣhavaḥ

📖 Meaning

For I desire to observe those who are assembled here to fight, wishing to please in battle the evil-minded Duryodhana—the son of Dhritarashtra.

श्लोक 1.24

संजय उवाच एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो गुडाकेशेन भारत। सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये स्थापयित्वा रथोत्तमम्

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಸಂಜಯ ಉವಾಚ ಏವಮುಕ್ತೋ ಹೃಷೀಕೇಶೋ ಗುಡಾಕೇಶೇನ ಭಾರತ। ಸೇನಯೋರುಭಯೋರ್ಮಧ್ಯೇ ಸ್ಥಾಪಯಿತ್ವಾ ರಥೋತ್ತಮಮ್

How to read it

sañjaya uvācha evam ukto hṛiṣhīkeśho guḍākeśhena bhārata senayor ubhayor madhye sthāpayitvā rathottamam

📖 Meaning

Sanjaya said, Thus addressed by Arjuna, Krishna stationed the best of chariots, O Dhritarashtra, in the midst of the two armies.

श्लोक 1.25

भीष्मद्रोणप्रमुखतः सर्वेषां च महीक्षिताम्। उवाच पार्थ पश्यैतान्समवेतान्कुरूनिति

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಭೀಷ್ಮದ್ರೋಣಪ್ರಮುಖತಃ ಸರ್ವೇಷಾಂ ಚ ಮಹೀಕ್ಷಿತಾಮ್। ಉವಾಚ ಪಾರ್ಥ ಪಶ್ಯೈತಾನ್ಸಮವೇತಾನ್ಕುರೂನಿತಿ

How to read it

bhīṣhma-droṇa-pramukhataḥ sarveṣhāṁ cha mahī-kṣhitām uvācha pārtha paśhyaitān samavetān kurūn iti

📖 Meaning

In front of Bhishma and Drona, and all the rulers of the earth, he said: "O Arjuna, son of Pritha, behold these Kurus gathered together."

श्लोक 1.26

तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितृ़नथ पितामहान्। आचार्यान्मातुलान्भ्रातृ़न्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्सखींस्तथा

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ತತ್ರಾಪಶ್ಯತ್ಸ್ಥಿತಾನ್ಪಾರ್ಥಃ ಪಿತೃ಼ನಥ ಪಿತಾಮಹಾನ್। ಆಚಾರ್ಯಾನ್ಮಾತುಲಾನ್ಭ್ರಾತೃ಼ನ್ಪುತ್ರಾನ್ಪೌತ್ರಾನ್ಸಖೀಂಸ್ತಥಾ

How to read it

tatrāpaśhyat sthitān pārthaḥ pitṝīn atha pitāmahān āchāryān mātulān bhrātṝīn putrān pautrān sakhīṁs tathā śhvaśhurān suhṛidaśh chaiva senayor ubhayor api

📖 Meaning

Then, Arjuna (son of Pritha) saw there (in the armies) stationed fathers, grandfathers, teachers, maternal uncles, brothers, sons, grandsons, and friends.

श्लोक 1.27

श्वशुरान्सुहृदश्चैव सेनयोरुभयोरपि। तान्समीक्ष्य स कौन्तेयः सर्वान्बन्धूनवस्थितान्

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಶ್ವಶುರಾನ್ಸುಹೃದಶ್ಚೈವ ಸೇನಯೋರುಭಯೋರಪಿ। ತಾನ್ಸಮೀಕ್ಷ್ಯ ಸ ಕೌನ್ತೇಯಃ ಸರ್ವಾನ್ಬನ್ಧೂನವಸ್ಥಿತಾನ್

How to read it

tān samīkṣhya sa kaunteyaḥ sarvān bandhūn avasthitān kṛipayā parayāviṣhṭo viṣhīdann idam abravīt

📖 Meaning

He saw fathers-in-law and friends in both the armies. The son of Kunti, Arjuna, seeing all those kinsmen thus standing arrayed, spoke sorrowfully, deeply filled with pity.

श्लोक 1.28

अर्जुन उवाच कृपया परयाऽऽविष्टो विषीदन्निदमब्रवीत्। दृष्ट्वेमं स्वजनं कृष्ण युयुत्सुं समुपस्थितम्

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಅರ್ಜುನ ಉವಾಚ ಕೃಪಯಾ ಪರಯಾಽಽವಿಷ್ಟೋ ವಿಷೀದನ್ನಿದಮಬ್ರವೀತ್। ದೃಷ್ಟ್ವೇಮಂ ಸ್ವಜನಂ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಯುಯುತ್ಸುಂ ಸಮುಪಸ್ಥಿತಮ್

How to read it

arjuna uvācha dṛiṣhṭvemaṁ sva-janaṁ kṛiṣhṇa yuyutsuṁ samupasthitam

📖 Meaning

Arjuna said, "O Krishna, seeing my kinsmen arrayed here, eager to fight,

श्लोक 1.29

सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुखं च परिशुष्यति। वेपथुश्च शरीरे मे रोमहर्षश्च जायते

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಸೀದನ್ತಿ ಮಮ ಗಾತ್ರಾಣಿ ಮುಖಂ ಚ ಪರಿಶುಷ್ಯತಿ। ವೇಪಥುಶ್ಚ ಶರೀರೇ ಮೇ ರೋಮಹರ್ಷಶ್ಚ ಜಾಯತೇ

How to read it

sīdanti mama gātrāṇi mukhaṁ cha pariśhuṣhyati vepathuśh cha śharīre me roma-harṣhaśh cha jāyate

📖 Meaning

My limbs fail, my mouth is parched, my body quivers, and my hair stands on end.

श्लोक 1.30

गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्चैव परिदह्यते। न च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಗಾಣ್ಡೀವಂ ಸ್ರಂಸತೇ ಹಸ್ತಾತ್ತ್ವಕ್ಚೈವ ಪರಿದಹ್ಯತೇ। ನ ಚ ಶಕ್ನೋಮ್ಯವಸ್ಥಾತುಂ ಭ್ರಮತೀವ ಚ ಮೇ ಮನಃ

How to read it

gāṇḍīvaṁ sraṁsate hastāt tvak chaiva paridahyate na cha śhaknomy avasthātuṁ bhramatīva cha me manaḥ

📖 Meaning

The Gandiva slips from my hand, and my skin burns all over; I am unable to stand, and my mind is reeling, as it were.

श्लोक 1.31

निमित्तानि च पश्यामि विपरीतानि केशव। न च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ನಿಮಿತ್ತಾನಿ ಚ ಪಶ್ಯಾಮಿ ವಿಪರೀತಾನಿ ಕೇಶವ। ನ ಚ ಶ್ರೇಯೋಽನುಪಶ್ಯಾಮಿ ಹತ್ವಾ ಸ್ವಜನಮಾಹವೇ

How to read it

nimittāni cha paśhyāmi viparītāni keśhava na cha śhreyo ’nupaśhyāmi hatvā sva-janam āhave

📖 Meaning

And I see ill omens, O Kesava. I do not see any good in slaying my kinsmen in battle.

श्लोक 1.32

न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च। किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ನ ಕಾಙ್ಕ್ಷೇ ವಿಜಯಂ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ನ ಚ ರಾಜ್ಯಂ ಸುಖಾನಿ ಚ। ಕಿಂ ನೋ ರಾಜ್ಯೇನ ಗೋವಿನ್ದ ಕಿಂ ಭೋಗೈರ್ಜೀವಿತೇನ ವಾ

How to read it

na kāṅkṣhe vijayaṁ kṛiṣhṇa na cha rājyaṁ sukhāni cha kiṁ no rājyena govinda kiṁ bhogair jīvitena vā

📖 Meaning

I desire not victory, O Krishna, nor kingdom, nor pleasures. What use is dominion to us, O Krishna, or pleasures or even life?

श्लोक 1.33

येषामर्थे काङ्क्षितं नो राज्यं भोगाः सुखानि च। त इमेऽवस्थिता युद्धे प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा धनानि च

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಯೇಷಾಮರ್ಥೇ ಕಾಙ್ಕ್ಷಿತಂ ನೋ ರಾಜ್ಯಂ ಭೋಗಾಃ ಸುಖಾನಿ ಚ। ತ ಇಮೇಽವಸ್ಥಿತಾ ಯುದ್ಧೇ ಪ್ರಾಣಾಂಸ್ತ್ಯಕ್ತ್ವಾ ಧನಾನಿ ಚ

How to read it

yeṣhām arthe kāṅkṣhitaṁ no rājyaṁ bhogāḥ sukhāni cha ta ime ’vasthitā yuddhe prāṇāṁs tyaktvā dhanāni cha

📖 Meaning

Those for whose sake we desire kingdom, enjoyments, and pleasures stand here in battle, having renounced life and wealth.

श्लोक 1.34

आचार्याः पितरः पुत्रास्तथैव च पितामहाः। मातुलाः श्चशुराः पौत्राः श्यालाः सम्बन्धिनस्तथा

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಆಚಾರ್ಯಾಃ ಪಿತರಃ ಪುತ್ರಾಸ್ತಥೈವ ಚ ಪಿತಾಮಹಾಃ। ಮಾತುಲಾಃ ಶ್ಚಶುರಾಃ ಪೌತ್ರಾಃ ಶ್ಯಾಲಾಃ ಸಮ್ಬನ್ಧಿನಸ್ತಥಾ

How to read it

āchāryāḥ pitaraḥ putrās tathaiva cha pitāmahāḥ mātulāḥ śhvaśhurāḥ pautrāḥ śhyālāḥ sambandhinas tathā

📖 Meaning

Teachers, fathers, sons, and grandfathers, maternal uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law, and other relatives—

श्लोक 1.35

एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन। अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಏತಾನ್ನ ಹನ್ತುಮಿಚ್ಛಾಮಿ ಘ್ನತೋಽಪಿ ಮಧುಸೂದನ। ಅಪಿ ತ್ರೈಲೋಕ್ಯರಾಜ್ಯಸ್ಯ ಹೇತೋಃ ಕಿಂ ನು ಮಹೀಕೃತೇ

How to read it

etān na hantum ichchhāmi ghnato ’pi madhusūdana api trailokya-rājyasya hetoḥ kiṁ nu mahī-kṛite

📖 Meaning

These I do not wish to kill, O Krishna, even though they kill me, for the sake of dominion over the three worlds; leave alone killing them for the sake of the earth."

श्लोक 1.36

निहत्य धार्तराष्ट्रान्नः का प्रीतिः स्याज्जनार्दन। पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ನಿಹತ್ಯ ಧಾರ್ತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಾನ್ನಃ ಕಾ ಪ್ರೀತಿಃ ಸ್ಯಾಜ್ಜನಾರ್ದನ। ಪಾಪಮೇವಾಶ್ರಯೇದಸ್ಮಾನ್ಹತ್ವೈತಾನಾತತಾಯಿನಃ

How to read it

nihatya dhārtarāṣhṭrān naḥ kā prītiḥ syāj janārdana pāpam evāśhrayed asmān hatvaitān ātatāyinaḥ

📖 Meaning

By killing these sons of Dhritarashtra, what pleasure could be ours, O Janardana? Only sin would accrue to us from killing these felons.

श्लोक 1.37

तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान्। स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ತಸ್ಮಾನ್ನಾರ್ಹಾ ವಯಂ ಹನ್ತುಂ ಧಾರ್ತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಾನ್ಸ್ವಬಾನ್ಧವಾನ್। ಸ್ವಜನಂ ಹಿ ಕಥಂ ಹತ್ವಾ ಸುಖಿನಃ ಸ್ಯಾಮ ಮಾಧವ

How to read it

tasmān nārhā vayaṁ hantuṁ dhārtarāṣhṭrān sa-bāndhavān sva-janaṁ hi kathaṁ hatvā sukhinaḥ syāma mādhava

📖 Meaning

Therefore, we should not kill the sons of Dhritarashtra, our relatives; for how can we be happy by killing our own kin, O Madhava (Krishna)?

श्लोक 1.38

यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः। कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम्

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಯದ್ಯಪ್ಯೇತೇ ನ ಪಶ್ಯನ್ತಿ ಲೋಭೋಪಹತಚೇತಸಃ। ಕುಲಕ್ಷಯಕೃತಂ ದೋಷಂ ಮಿತ್ರದ್ರೋಹೇ ಚ ಪಾತಕಮ್

How to read it

yady apy ete na paśhyanti lobhopahata-chetasaḥ kula-kṣhaya-kṛitaṁ doṣhaṁ mitra-drohe cha pātakam

📖 Meaning

Though they, with intelligence overpowered by greed, see no evil in the destruction of families and no sin in hostility to friends,

श्लोक 1.39

कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मान्निवर्तितुम्। कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಕಥಂ ನ ಜ್ಞೇಯಮಸ್ಮಾಭಿಃ ಪಾಪಾದಸ್ಮಾನ್ನಿವರ್ತಿತುಮ್। ಕುಲಕ್ಷಯಕೃತಂ ದೋಷಂ ಪ್ರಪಶ್ಯದ್ಭಿರ್ಜನಾರ್ದನ

How to read it

kathaṁ na jñeyam asmābhiḥ pāpād asmān nivartitum kula-kṣhaya-kṛitaṁ doṣhaṁ prapaśhyadbhir janārdana

📖 Meaning

Why should we not, who clearly see the evil in the destruction of families, learn to turn away from this sin, O Janardana (Krishna)?

श्लोक 1.40

कुलक्षये प्रणश्यन्ति कुलधर्माः सनातनाः। धर्मे नष्टे कुलं कृत्स्नमधर्मोऽभिभवत्युत

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಕುಲಕ್ಷಯೇ ಪ್ರಣಶ್ಯನ್ತಿ ಕುಲಧರ್ಮಾಃ ಸನಾತನಾಃ। ಧರ್ಮೇ ನಷ್ಟೇ ಕುಲಂ ಕೃತ್ಸ್ನಮಧರ್ಮೋಽಭಿಭವತ್ಯುತ

How to read it

kula-kṣhaye praṇaśhyanti kula-dharmāḥ sanātanāḥ dharme naṣhṭe kulaṁ kṛitsnam adharmo ’bhibhavaty uta

📖 Meaning

In the destruction of a family, the immemorial religious rites of that family perish; on the destruction of spirituality, impiety indeed, overwhelms the whole family.

श्लोक 1.41

अधर्माभिभवात्कृष्ण प्रदुष्यन्ति कुलस्त्रियः। स्त्रीषु दुष्टासु वार्ष्णेय जायते वर्णसङ्करः

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಅಧರ್ಮಾಭಿಭವಾತ್ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಪ್ರದುಷ್ಯನ್ತಿ ಕುಲಸ್ತ್ರಿಯಃ। ಸ್ತ್ರೀಷು ದುಷ್ಟಾಸು ವಾರ್ಷ್ಣೇಯ ಜಾಯತೇ ವರ್ಣಸಙ್ಕರಃ

How to read it

adharmābhibhavāt kṛiṣhṇa praduṣhyanti kula-striyaḥ strīṣhu duṣhṭāsu vārṣhṇeya jāyate varṇa-saṅkaraḥ

📖 Meaning

O Krishna, by the prevalence of impiety, the women of the family become corrupt; and, when women are corrupted, O Varshenya (descendant of Vrishni), intermingling of castes arises.

श्लोक 1.42

सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च। पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಸಙ್ಕರೋ ನರಕಾಯೈವ ಕುಲಘ್ನಾನಾಂ ಕುಲಸ್ಯ ಚ। ಪತನ್ತಿ ಪಿತರೋ ಹ್ಯೇಷಾಂ ಲುಪ್ತಪಿಣ್ಡೋದಕಕ್ರಿಯಾಃ

How to read it

saṅkaro narakāyaiva kula-ghnānāṁ kulasya cha patanti pitaro hy eṣhāṁ lupta-piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ

📖 Meaning

Confusion of castes leads to hell for the slayers of the family, for their forebears fall, deprived of the offerings of rice-balls and libations of water.

श्लोक 1.43

दोषैरेतैः कुलघ्नानां वर्णसङ्करकारकैः। उत्साद्यन्ते जातिधर्माः कुलधर्माश्च शाश्वताः

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ದೋಷೈರೇತೈಃ ಕುಲಘ್ನಾನಾಂ ವರ್ಣಸಙ್ಕರಕಾರಕೈಃ। ಉತ್ಸಾದ್ಯನ್ತೇ ಜಾತಿಧರ್ಮಾಃ ಕುಲಧರ್ಮಾಶ್ಚ ಶಾಶ್ವತಾಃ

How to read it

doṣhair etaiḥ kula-ghnānāṁ varṇa-saṅkara-kārakaiḥ utsādyante jāti-dharmāḥ kula-dharmāśh cha śhāśhvatāḥ

📖 Meaning

By these evil deeds of the destroyers of the family, which cause confusion of castes, the eternal religious rites of the caste and the family are destroyed.

श्लोक 1.44

उत्सन्नकुलधर्माणां मनुष्याणां जनार्दन। नरकेऽनियतं वासो भवतीत्यनुशुश्रुम

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಉತ್ಸನ್ನಕುಲಧರ್ಮಾಣಾಂ ಮನುಷ್ಯಾಣಾಂ ಜನಾರ್ದನ। ನರಕೇಽನಿಯತಂ ವಾಸೋ ಭವತೀತ್ಯನುಶುಶ್ರುಮ

How to read it

utsanna-kula-dharmāṇāṁ manuṣhyāṇāṁ janārdana narake ‘niyataṁ vāso bhavatītyanuśhuśhruma

📖 Meaning

We have heard, O Janardana, that those men in whose families the religious practices have been destroyed are inevitably destined to dwell in hell for an unknown period.

श्लोक 1.45

अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम्। यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಅಹೋ ಬತ ಮಹತ್ಪಾಪಂ ಕರ್ತುಂ ವ್ಯವಸಿತಾ ವಯಮ್। ಯದ್ರಾಜ್ಯಸುಖಲೋಭೇನ ಹನ್ತುಂ ಸ್ವಜನಮುದ್ಯತಾಃ

How to read it

aho bata mahat pāpaṁ kartuṁ vyavasitā vayam yad rājya-sukha-lobhena hantuṁ sva-janam udyatāḥ

📖 Meaning

Alas! We are involved in a great sin, for we are prepared to kill our kinsmen, out of greed for the pleasures of a kingdom.

श्लोक 1.46

यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणयः। धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत्

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಯದಿ ಮಾಮಪ್ರತೀಕಾರಮಶಸ್ತ್ರಂ ಶಸ್ತ್ರಪಾಣಯಃ। ಧಾರ್ತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಾ ರಣೇ ಹನ್ಯುಸ್ತನ್ಮೇ ಕ್ಷೇಮತರಂ ಭವೇತ್

How to read it

yadi mām apratīkāram aśhastraṁ śhastra-pāṇayaḥ dhārtarāṣhṭrā raṇe hanyus tan me kṣhemataraṁ bhavet

📖 Meaning

If the sons of Dhritarashtra, with weapons in hand, should slay me in battle, unresisting and unarmed, that would be better for me.

श्लोक 1.47

सञ्जय उवाच एवमुक्त्वाऽर्जुनः संख्ये रथोपस्थ उपाविशत्। विसृज्य सशरं चापं शोकसंविग्नमानसः

ಕನ್ನಡ · Kannada

ಸಞ್ಜಯ ಉವಾಚ ಏವಮುಕ್ತ್ವಾಽರ್ಜುನಃ ಸಂಖ್ಯೇ ರಥೋಪಸ್ಥ ಉಪಾವಿಶತ್। ವಿಸೃಜ್ಯ ಸಶರಂ ಚಾಪಂ ಶೋಕಸಂವಿಗ್ನಮಾನಸಃ

How to read it

sañjaya uvācha evam uktvārjunaḥ saṅkhye rathopastha upāviśhat visṛijya sa-śharaṁ chāpaṁ śhoka-saṁvigna-mānasaḥ

📖 Meaning

Sanjaya said, Having thus spoken in the midst of the battlefield, Arjuna cast away his bow and arrow and, his mind overwhelmed with sorrow, sat down on the seat of the chariot.

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