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utsanna-kula-dharmāṇāḿ manuṣyāṇāḿ janārdana narake niyataḿ vāso bhavatīty anuśuśruma Translation of Bhagavad Gita 1.43 O Krishna, maintainer of the people, I have heard by disciplic succession that those who destroy family...

aho bata mahat pāpaḿ kartuḿ vyavasitā vayam yad rājya-sukha-lobhena hantuḿ sva-janam udyatāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 1.44 Alas, how strange it is that we are preparing to commit greatly sinful acts. Driven by the desire...

yadi mām apratīkāram aśastraḿ śastra-pāṇayaḥ dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe hanyus tan me kṣemataraḿ bhavet Translation of Bhagavad Gita 1.45 Better for me if the sons of Dhritarashtra, weapons in hand, were to kill me unarmed and...

sañjaya uvāca evam uktvārjunaḥ sańkhye rathopastha upāviśat visṛjya sa-śaraḿ cāpaḿ śoka-saḿvigna-mānasaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 1.46 Sanjaya said: Arjuna, having thus spoken on the battlefield, cast aside his bow and...

sañjaya uvāca taḿ tathā kṛpayāviṣṭam aśru-pūrṇākulekṣaṇam viṣīdantam idaḿ vākyam uvāca madhusūdanaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.1 Sanjaya said: Seeing Arjuna full of compassion, his mind depressed, his eyes full of...

śrī-bhagavān uvāca kutas tvā kaśmalam idaḿ viṣame samupasthitam anārya-juṣṭam asvargyam akīrti-karam arjuna Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.2 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, how have these impurities...

klaibyaḿ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha naitat tvayy upapadyate kṣudraḿ hṛdaya-daurbalyaḿ tyaktvottiṣṭha parantapa Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.3 O son of Pritha, do not yield to this degrading impotence. It does not become you....

arjuna uvāca kathaḿ bhīṣmam ahaḿ sańkhye droṇaḿ ca madhusūdana iṣubhiḥ pratiyotsyāmi pūjārhāv ari-sūdana Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.4 Arjuna said: O killer of enemies, O killer of Madhu, how can I counterattack with...

gurūn ahatvā hi mahānubhāvān śreyo bhoktuḿ bhaikṣyam apīha loke hatvārtha-kāmāḿs tu gurūn ihaiva bhuñjīya bhogān rudhira-pradigdhān Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.5 It would be better to live in this world by begging than to...

na caitad vidmaḥ kataran no garīyo yad vā jayema yadi vā no jayeyuḥ yān eva hatvā na jijīviṣāmas te ‘vasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 2.6 Nor do we know which is better—conquering them...