January19 – Bhagavadgita Chapter 2; Verses 2.09 -2.10 (Day 19) Sankhya Yoga
January 19 – Chapter 2;
Verses 9-10
Day 19 [2.09-2.10]
सञ्जय उवाच ।
एवमुक्त्वा
हृषीकेशं गुडाकेशः परन्तप ।
न योत्स्य इति
गोविन्दमुक्त्वा तूष्णीं बभूव ह ॥ २-९॥
Sañjaya uvācha
evam-uktwā hṛiṣhīkeśhaṁ guḍākeśhaḥ parantapa
na yotsya iti govindam uktwā tūṣhṇīṁ babhūva ha (2.9)
ஸஞ்ஜய உவாச1 |
ஏவமுக்1த்1வா ஹ்ருஷீகே1ஶம் கு3டா3கே1ஶ:
ப1ரந்த1ப1 |
ந யோத்1ஸ்ய இதி1 கோ3விந்த3ம் உக்1த்1வா
தூ1ஷ்ணீம் ப3பூ4வ ஹ ||9||
Sanjaya said:
9. Having spoken thus to Hrishikesa (Lord of the senses), Arjuna (the conqueror of sleep), the destroyer of foes, said to Krishna: “I will not fight,” and became silent.
तमुवाच
हृषीकेशः प्रहसन्निव भारत ।
सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये विषीदन्तमिदं वचः ॥ २-१०॥
tam uvācha hṛiṣhīkeśhaḥ prahasanniva bhārata
senayor ubhayor-madhye viṣhīdantam-idaṁ vachaḥ
(2.10)
த1முவாச1 ஹ்ருஷீகே1ஶ: ப்1ரஹஸன்னிவ
பா4ரத1 |
ஸேனயோருப4யோர்மத்4யே விஷீதன்த1மித3ம்
வச1: ||10||
10. To him who was despondent in the midst of the two armies, Sri Krishna, as if smiling, O Bharata, spoke these words!
Commentary by Swami Venkatesananda – verse 9 & 10
It
is strange what ignorance and delusion can do to man. Arjuna was ‘the destroyer
of foes’. He could fight with lord Śiva himself! He was afraid of none – men,
angels or demons. Yet, here he is, despondent and effeminately weeping right in
the middle of the two armies, just in that situation where a warrior loves to
be and is born to be; in the very situation that is ideal for him to
demonstrate his valour and his chivalry; right at his post of sacred duty. We
often complain of lack of opportunities. We blame our fate and curse our
neighbours. We are displeased with everyone else, men and gods! But we fail to
realise that not they but our own spiritual ignorance and delusion are our real
enemies. So long as this delusion is not removed and the ignorance overcome, we
shall refuse to utilise the opportunity even if the Lord himself offers it to
us. We will bluntly tell him, as Arjuna said: “I will not fight the inner
foes.” In the darkness of self-imposed ignorance the foes seem to be friends,
the closed eyes refuse to see the inner light and we continue to be the slaves
of the tyrant known as egoism, weeping and wailing, unwilling to give up the
sources of our sorrows and unable to endure their torment. If we have the right
attitude of surrender to God, and if we prayerfully approach him, he will,
without the least delay and in a pleasant way, impart the highest wisdom to us,
dispelling ignorance and delusion once and for all. He is the light within each
one of us.
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