Bhagavad Gita 2.4
Chapter 2, verse 4 · arjuna uvāca
Meaning
Arjuna replies: Madhusūdana, how can I aim arrows in battle at Bhīṣma and Droṇa? These are two men I should be honouring, not fighting, O destroyer of enemies.
The Sanskrit
कथं भीष्ममहं सङ्ख्ये द्रोणं च मधुसूदन ।
इषुभिः प्रतियोत्स्यामि पूजार्हावरिसूदन ॥ ४ ॥
kathaṃ bhīṣmam ahaṃ saṃkhye droṇaṃ ca madhusūdana
iṣubhiḥ pratiyotsyāmi pūjārhāv arisūdana
Say it
kuh-thum bheesh-mum uh-hum sung-khyay dro-num chuh muh-dhoo-soo-duh-nuh
i-shoo-bhih pruh-ti-yo-tsyaa-mi poo-jaar-haav uh-ri-soo-duh-nuh
Word by word
- katham
- how
- bhīṣmam
- Bhīṣma
- aham
- I
- saṃkhye
- in battle / on the field
- droṇam ca
- and Droṇa
- madhusūdana
- O Madhusūdana
- iṣubhiḥ
- with arrows
- pratiyotsyāmi
- shall I fight against / oppose in battle
- pūjā-arhau
- the two who are worthy of worship
- arisūdana
- O slayer of enemies
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 2.4 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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