Bhagavad Gita 2.9
Chapter 2, verse 9 · saṃjaya uvāca
Meaning
Having said all this to Krishna, Arjuna, the one who has mastered sleep, declares: “I will not fight.” Then he falls silent.
The Sanskrit
एवमुक्त्वा हृषीकेशं गुडाकेशः परन्तप ।
न योत्स्य इति गोविन्दमुक्त्वा तूष्णीं बभूव ह ॥ ९ ॥
evam uktvā hṛṣīkeśaṃ guḍākeśaḥ paraṃtapa
na yotsya iti govindam uktvā tūṣṇīṃ babhūva ha
Say it
ay-vum ook-tvaa hrish-ee-kay-shum goo-daa-kay-shuh puh-run-tuh-puh
nuh yo-tsyuh i-ti go-vin-dum ook-tvaa too-shneem buh-bhoo-vuh huh
Word by word
- evam uktvā
- having spoken thus
- hṛṣīkeśam
- to Hṛṣīkeśa (Krishna, lord of the senses)
- guḍākeśaḥ
- Guḍākeśa (Arjuna, conqueror of sleep)
- paraṃtapa
- O scorcher of foes (addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
- na yotsye iti
- "I will not fight," thus
- govindam uktvā
- having said to Govinda
- tūṣṇīm babhūva ha
- he became silent indeed
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 2.9 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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