Bhagavad Gita 2.10
Chapter 2, verse 10
Meaning
There between the two armies, Krishna, almost smiling, turns to the despairing Arjuna and begins to speak.
The Sanskrit
तमुवाच हृषीकेशः प्रहसन्निव भारत ।
सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये विषीदन्तमिदं वचः ॥ १० ॥
tam uvāca hṛṣīkeśaḥ prahasann iva bhārata
senayor ubhayor madhye viṣīdantam idaṃ vacaḥ
Say it
tum oo-vaa-chuh hrish-ee-kay-shuh pruh-huh-sun ni-vuh bhaa-ruh-tuh
say-nuh-yor oo-bhuh-yor mudh-yay vi-shee-dun-tum i-dum vuh-chuh
Word by word
- tam uvāca
- to him he spoke
- hṛṣīkeśaḥ
- Hṛṣīkeśa
- prahasann iva
- as if smiling / almost smiling
- bhārata
- O descendant of Bharata
- senayoḥ ubhayoḥ madhye
- in the midst of the two armies
- viṣīdantam
- to the one sinking in despair
- idaṃ vacaḥ
- this speech / these words
Read it in context: verses 2.9–12“I will not fight”, and Krishna begins to teachWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Wise-sounding words are not the same as seeing clearly
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.10 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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