The Gita

Chapter 2 · Verse 1 of 72

The Yoga of Knowledge

सांख्ययोग

Meaning

Sanjaya spoke

To Arjuna, whose eyes brimmed with tears, deeply moved by compassion and lost in melancholy, Madhusudana, spoke the following words: (2:1)

Sanskrit

सञ्जय उवाच

तं तथा कृपयाविष्टमश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम् ।

विषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदनः ॥

Word-by-word

तम् तथा कृपया-आविष्टम्, अश्रु-पूर्ण आकुल-ईक्षणम्,

विषीदन्तम्, इदम् वाक्यम् उवाच मधु-सूदनः—

Commentary

Madhusudana" is a name given to Krishna, as he had destroyed a monster called "Madhu.

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