Chapter 2 · Verse 9

Transcendental Knowledge

सञ्जय उवाच एवमुक्त्वा हृषीकेशं गुडाकेशः परन्तप। न योत्स्य इति गोविन्दमुक्त्वा तूष्णीं बभूव ह
sañjaya uvācha evam-uktvā hṛiṣhīkeśhaṁ guḍākeśhaḥ parantapa na yotsya iti govindam uktvā tūṣhṇīṁ babhūva ha

Word Meanings

sañjayaḥ uvācha — Sanjay said; evam — thus; uktvā — having spoken; hṛiṣhīkeśham — to Shree Krishna, the master of the mind and senses; guḍākeśhaḥ — Arjun, the conquerer of sleep; parantapaḥ — Arjun, the chastiser of the enemies; na yotsye — I shall not fight; iti — thus; govindam — Krishna, the giver of pleasure to the senses; uktvā — having addressed; tūṣhṇīm — silent; babhūva — became ha

Translation

Sanjay said: Having spoken thus to Krishna, the master of the senses, Arjuna, conqueror of sleep and scorcher of foes, declared, "I shall not fight," and fell silent.