Bhagavad Gita 2.2
Chapter 2, verse 2 · śrībhagavān uvāca
Meaning
Krishna asks: Arjuna, where has this faintness of mind come from, and at such a critical moment? It is not how a noble person behaves. It leads to no higher good and brings only disgrace.
The Sanskrit
कुतस्त्वा कश्मलमिदं विषमे समुपस्थितम् ।
अनार्यजुष्टमस्वर्ग्यमकीर्तिकरमर्जुन ॥ २ ॥
kutas tvā kaśmalam idaṃ viṣame samupasthitam
anāryajuṣṭam asvargyam akīrtikaram arjuna
Say it
koo-tus tvaa kush-muh-lum i-dum vi-shuh-may suh-moo-puh-sthi-tum
uh-naar-yuh-joosh-tum uh-svur-gyum uh-keer-ti-kuh-rum ur-joo-nuh
Word by word
- kutaḥ
- whence / from where
- tvā
- upon you
- kaśmalam idam
- this delusion / faintness / stain
- viṣame
- at this crisis / in this tight spot
- samupasthitam
- has come upon / arrived
- anārya-juṣṭam
- not the way of a noble person
- asvargyam
- not leading to heaven, to any higher good
- akīrti-karam
- bringing disgrace / ill fame
- arjuna
- O Arjuna
Read it in context: verses 2.1–4Krishna speaks: stand upWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Name the collapse, then name the real obstacle
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.2 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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