1.45 अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम्। यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः
aho bata mahat
Word meanings
aho—alas;bata—how;mahat—great;pāpam—sins;kartum—to perform;vyavasitāḥ—have decided;vayam—we;yat—because;rājya-sukha-lobhena—driven by the desire for kingly pleasure;hantum—to kill;sva-janam—kinsmen;udyatāḥ—intending
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Alas! What a great sin have we resolved to commit! For, out of greed for the joy of the kingdom, we are striving to slay our own kinfolk!
Alas, it is strange that we should be willing to kill our own countrymen and commit a great sin, in order to enjoy the pleasures of a kingdom.
Alas! We have resolved to commit a great sin in that we are ready to slay our kith and kin out of desire for sovereignty and enjoyments.
What a pity that we have resolved to commit a great sin by being eager to kill our own kith and kin out of greed for the pleasures of a kingdom!
Alas! We are involved in a great sin in that we are prepared to kill our kinsmen through greed for the pleasures of a kingdom.
सञ्जय उवाच
1.47 एवमुक्त्वाऽर्जुनः संख्ये रथोपस्थ उपाविशत्। विसृज्य सशरं चापं शोकसंविग्नमानसः
sañjaya uvāca
evam
Word meanings
evam uktvā—speaking thus;arjunaḥ—Arjun;saṅkhye—in the battlefield;ratha upasthe—on the chariot;upāviśhat—sat;visṛijya—casting aside;sa-śharam—along with arrows;chāpam—the bow;śhoka—with grief;saṁvigna—distressed;mānasaḥ—mind
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Sanjaya said, Having said this much about the battle, and letting his bow and arrows fall, Arjuna sat down on the back of the chariot, his mind agitated with grief.
Sanjaya said: "Having spoken thus, in the midst of the armies, Arjuna sank on the seat of the chariot, casting away his bow and arrow; heartbroken with grief."
Sanjaya said : Having spoken thus on the battle-field, Arjuna threw aside his how and arrows and sat down on the seat of the chariot, his heart overwhelmed with grief.
Having said so, Arjuna, with a mind afflicted with sorrow, sat down on the chariot in the midst of the battle, casting aside the bow along with the arrows.
Having thus spoken in the midst of the battlefield, Arjuna, casting away his bow and arrow, sat down on the seat of the chariot with his mind overwhelmed with sorrow.
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अर्जुनविषादयोग
Chapter 1: The War Within
arjunaviṣādayoga
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1.46 यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणयः। धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत्
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Word meanings
yadi—if;mām—me;apratīkāram—unresisting;aśhastram—unarmed;śhastra-pāṇayaḥ—those with weapons in hand;dhārtarāṣhṭrāḥ—the sons of Dhritarashtra;raṇe—on the battlefield;hanyuḥ—shall kill;tat—that;me—to me;kṣhema-taram—better;bhavet—would be
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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It would be more beneficial for me if Dhrtarastra's men, with weapons in their hands, should slay me, unresisting and unarmed.
If, on the contrary, the sons of Dhritarashtra, with weapons in their hand, should slay me, unarmed and unresisting, surely that would be better for my welfare!"
If the well-armed sons of Dhrtarastra should slay me in battle, unresisting and unarmed, that will be better for me.
If, in this battle, the sons of Dhritarashtra armed with weapons kill me who am non-resistant and unarmed, that will be more beneficial to me.
If the sons of Dhritarashtra, with weapons in hand, should slay me in battle, unresisting and unarmed, that would be better for me.
