सञ्जय उवाच
तं तथा कृपयाऽविष्टमश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम्।
विषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदनः।।2.1।।
तं तथा कृपयाऽविष्टमश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम्।
विषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदनः।।2.1।।
2.1. Sanjaya said To him (Arjuna) who was
thus possessed by compassion, whose eyes were confused and filled with tears
and who was sinking in despondency, Madhusudana told this [following] sentence.
श्री भगवानुवाच
कुतस्त्वा कश्मलमिदं विषमे समुपस्थितम्।
अनार्यजुष्टमस्वर्ग्यमकीर्तिकरमर्जुन।।2.2।।
कुतस्त्वा कश्मलमिदं विषमे समुपस्थितम्।
अनार्यजुष्टमस्वर्ग्यमकीर्तिकरमर्जुन।।2.2।।
2.2. The Bhagavat said O Arjuna ! At a
critical moment, whence did this sinful act come to you which is practised by
men of ignoble (low) birth and which is leading to the hell and is inglorious ?
क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ
नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते।
क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप।।2.3।।
क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप।।2.3।।
2.3. Stoop not to unmanliness, O son of Kunti ! It does not befit you. Shirking off the petty weakness of heart, arise, O scorcher of the foes!
The inception of second chapter is marked by the utterance of
motivational words for the son of Kunti, Arjuna from the mouth of Lord himself.
After watching the dejection and despair besieging Arjuna, Lord commands him
not to show a dereliction of his duty as a warrior. This was, with certitude, a
watershed moment in the history of mankind. World’s biggest conflict was about
to engender world’s biggest battle whose stories would be insurmountable to
time, whose warrior’s valor and chivalry would be atemporal, whose greatness
will be cherished and revered till posterity. Thence, Lord doesn’t want Arjuna
to cower back due to fear of being morally or spiritually wrong. He asserts
that such conundrum (if it persists) in the mind of Arjuna would cause him
nothing more than ignominy of not being a true warrior, a brother of unswerving
loyalty and an able administrator. Lord doesn’t want Arjuna to plunge into the
milestone and be besot with a grief that’s not his. Krishna outrightly asks
Arjuna to stand up and execute the very task for which he has been prepared.
Lord knows that at this moment Arjuna must be replenished with motivation to
decimate the nemesis rather than pondering over the guilt accruing around him
and thus commands Arjuna to stand up and face the present.
JAI HIND, JAI BHARAT
JAI MA BHARTI
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