Mahābhārata · Sanskrit Epic
The Bhagavad Gītā
भगवद्गीता
Mahābhārata · Bhīṣma Parva · Bhagavad Gītā (भीष्मपर्व) · Intermediate Sanskrit
Moral · धर्मः
कर्म कुरु — फलं मा भज। योगः कर्मसु कौशलम्।
karma kuru — phalaṃ mā bhaja. yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam.
“Do your duty — do not cling to results. Yoga is skill in action.”
Arjuna's Grief
कुरुक्षेत्रे उभयोः सेनयोः मध्ये — अर्जुनः रथे उपविष्टः आसीत्। कृष्णः सारथिः आसीत्। अर्जुनः उभयोः पक्षयोः दृष्टि दिदेश — पितामहाः, आचार्याः, पितृव्याः, सहोदराः, पुत्राः, मित्राणि। तस्य हृदयं विदीर्णम् अभवत्। "कृष्ण! एतेषां वधाय न इच्छामि। राज्यसुखं किम्? विजयं किम्? यदि एते न स्युः।" अर्जुनः धनुः पातयत् — रथे निषण्णः।
On the field of Kurukshetra, between the two armies — Arjuna sat in his chariot. Krishna was his charioteer. Arjuna looked at both sides — grandfathers, teachers, uncles, brothers, sons, friends. His heart was torn asunder. "Krishna! I have no wish to kill these people. What is the joy of a kingdom? What is victory — if they are gone?" Arjuna let his bow fall — and slumped in his chariot.
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