Bhagavad Gita 1.9
Chapter 1, verse 9
Meaning
And there are many other heroes here who are ready to lay down their lives for my sake. They carry every kind of weapon, and every one of them knows war well.
The Sanskrit
अन्ये च बहवः शूरा मदर्थे त्यक्तजीविताः ।
नानाशस्त्रप्रहरणाः सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः ॥ ९ ॥
anye ca bahavaḥ śūrā madarthe tyaktajīvitāḥ
nānāśastrapraharaṇāḥ sarve yuddhaviśāradāḥ
Say it
un-yay chuh buh-huh-vuh-huh shoo-raa muh-dur-thay tyuk-tuh-jee-vi-taa-haa
naa-naa-shus-truh-pruh-huh-ruh-naa-haa sur-vay yood-dhuh-vi-shaa-ruh-daa-haa
Word by word
- anye ca bahavaḥ
- and many others
- śūrāḥ
- heroes, brave warriors
- mad-arthe
- for my sake
- tyakta-jīvitāḥ
- who have given up their lives, ready to die
- nānā-śastra-praharaṇāḥ
- armed with many kinds of weapons
- sarve
- all of them
- yuddha-viśāradāḥ
- skilled in war
Read it in context: verses 1.9–12Bhīṣma answers with a lion's roarWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Cheering up is not the same as answering
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 1.9 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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