Gita Verse 1.47

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1, Verse 47

Sanskrit Verse

सञ्जय उवाच

एवमुक्त्वाऽर्जुनः संख्ये रथोपस्थ उपाविशत्।

विसृज्य सशरं चापं शोकसंविग्नमानसः।।1.47।।

Transliteration

sañjaya uvācha

evam uktvārjunaḥ saṅkhye rathopastha upāviśhat

visṛijya sa-śharaṁ chāpaṁ śhoka-saṁvigna-mānasaḥ

Word meanings

sañjayaḥ uvācha—Sanjay said; 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

Swami Sivananda's translation

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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