Bhagavad Gita 1.28
Chapter 1, verse 28
Meaning
he was overcome by deep pity and, sinking into sorrow, he said: “Krishna, seeing my own people gathered here, eager to fight…” His words continue into the next reading.
Text note: The BORI critical edition reads the second line in the plural (dṛṣṭvemān svajanān kṛṣṇa yuyutsūn samavasthitān, “seeing these kinsmen standing ready”); the traditional text shown here uses the collective singular svajanam, “my own people”. The meaning is the same.
The Sanskrit
कृपया परयाविष्टो विषीदन्निदमब्रवीत् ।
दृष्ट्वेमं स्वजनं कृष्ण युयुत्सुं समुपस्थितम् ॥ २८ ॥
kṛpayā parayāviṣṭo viṣīdann idam abravīt
dṛṣṭvemaṃ svajanaṃ kṛṣṇa yuyutsuṃ samupasthitam
Say it
kri-puh-yaa puh-ruh-yaa-vish-to vi-shee-dun-ni-dum uh-bruh-veet
drish-tvay-mum svuh-juh-num krish-nuh yoo-yoot-soom suh-moo-puh-sthi-tum
Word by word
- kṛpayā parayā
- by deep pity, overwhelming compassion
- āviṣṭaḥ
- overcome, taken over
- viṣīdan
- sinking in sorrow, despairing
- idam abravīt
- spoke this
- dṛṣṭvā imam svajanam
- seeing these, my own people
- kṛṣṇa
- O Krishna
- yuyutsum
- eager to fight
- samupasthitam
- gathered here, standing near
Read it in context: verses 1.25–28He saw his own peopleWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Faces change the question
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 1.28 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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