Gita : Ch-2. Slo-9.





Srimad Bhagavad-Gita :


Chapter-2. ( Samkya-yogam )


Slokam-9. (  Sanjaya said: Having spoken thus, Arjuna, chastiser of enemies, told Krishna, "Govinda, I shall not fight," and fell silent.)



sanjaya uvaca :


evamuktva    hrshikesam    gudakesah     parantapah,


na    yotsya    iti    govindam     uktva     tushnim     babhuva    ha.




sanjayah uvaca   =    sanjaya said;

parantapah     gudakesah    =    one    ( Arjuna  )    who  Treat enemies    very   harshly,   and    won    against     carelessness;

hrshikesam    evam    uktva    =    telling    this   way    to   Lord    Krishna; (  all  talks of Arjuna  up to   previous   slokam )

na    yotsya    =   I    shall    not    fight;

Iti    govindam     uktva    =    said     this    to   Sri   Krishna;

tushnim     babhuva    ha     =     became    silent,   and    stopped   talking. 




Sanjaya said: "Thus addressing Hrishikes'a, Gudakesa [Arjuna as the master of curbing ignorance], the chastiser of the enemies said: 'I shall not fight.' After saying this to Govinda he then fell silent.


Anticipating a question after speaking thus in the previous slokam, Arjuna finishes his lamentation with the words I shall not fight and then silently waits for the Supreme Lord's instructions. 


Dhratarashtra expectancy to know what happened next was answered by Sanjaya saying that Arjuna who could control sleep spoke to Lord Krishna the controller of the senses saying he would not fight. Lord Krishna the omnipotent, omniscient, originator of the Vedas and the worshipful Supreme Lord spoken of in the Udyoga Parva of the Mahabharata as Govinda, the one who knows everything in all respects according to the words of the Vedas. Also in the Harivamsa the sages have stated that verily the cow is called go and elaborating further they address Lord Krishna as Govinda or He who protects the cows and He who attracts every ones senses. 


Dhratarashtra must have been very glad to understand that Arjuna was not going to fight and was instead leaving the battlefield for the begging profession. But Sañjaya disappointed him again in relating that Arjuna was competent to kill his enemies (parantapah). Although Arjuna was for the time being overwhelmed with false grief due to family affection, he surrendered unto Krishna, the supreme spiritual master, as a disciple. This indicated that he would soon be free from the false lamentation resulting from family affection and would be enlightened with perfect knowledge of self-realization, or Krishna consciousness, and would then surely fight. Thus Dhratarashtra's joy would be frustrated, since Arjuna would be enlightened by Krishna and would fight to the end.

To be continued ..



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