Chapter 2 · Verse 1·Spoken by Sanjaya
तं तथा कृपयाऽविष्टमश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम्। विषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदनः
taṁ tathā kṛipayāviṣhṭamaśhru pūrṇākulekṣhaṇam viṣhīdantamidaṁ vākyam uvācha madhusūdanaḥ
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Sanskrit recitation by Swami Brahmānanda
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Sanjaya said: To him who had been filled with pity, whose eyes were filled with tears and showed distress, and who was sorrowing, Madhusudana uttered these words.
Swami Gambiranandaafter Śaṅkara's bhāṣya· paired with Śaṅkara
Sanjaya said: To him, who was overcome with pity, whose eyes were wet with tears, who was sorrow-stricken and bore a bewildered look, Sri Krishna spoke as follows:
Swami Adidevanandaafter Rāmānuja's bhāṣya· paired with Rāmānuja
Sanjaya said: To him, who was thus possessed by compassion, whose eyes were confused and filled with tears, and who was sinking in despondency, Madhusudana spoke the following words.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayanafter Madhva's bhāṣya· paired with Madhva
Sanjaya said: To him, who was thus overcome with pity, despondent, with eyes full of tears and agitated, Madhusudana (the destroyer of Madhu) or Krishna spoke these words.
Swami SivanandaThe Bhagavad Gita
Sanjaya then told how the Lord Shri Krishna, seeing Arjuna overwhelmed with compassion, his eyes dimmed with flowing tears and full of despondency, consoled him:
Shri Purohit SwamiThe Geeta
This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.
Śaṅkara does not comment on this verse; his commentary on the second chapter begins at verse 2.10.
Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.
Sanjaya spoke. The Blessed Lord spoke. With Partha seated thus, the Blessed Lord rebuked him, asking in effect, 'Whence has this grief, out of place, risen up in you?', and said: give up this grief that has taken hold in an unfit hour, that is the resort of the unwise, that obstructs the world to come, that brings ill fame, that is utterly mean, and that is the work of weakness of heart; and rise up for battle.
Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.
This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.
Madhvacharya does not comment on this verse; his Gita-bhashya begins at verse 2.11.
Contemporary English rendering of the Sanskrit bhāṣya, pending scholar review.