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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Verse 1

भगवद् गीता अध्याय 2 श्लोक 1

सञ्जय उवाच
तं तथा कृपयाऽविष्टमश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम्।
विषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदनः।।2.1।।

English Translation - Swami Gambirananda

2.1 Sanjaya said To him who had been thus filled with pity, whose eyes were filled with tears and showed distress, and who was sorrowing, Madhusudana uttered these words:

English Translation of Ramanuja's Sanskrit Commentary

2.1 - 2.3 Sanjaya said - Lord said When Arjuna thus sat, the Lord, opposing his action, said: What is the reason for your misplaced grief? Arise for battle, abandoning this grief, which has arisen in a critical situation, which can come only in men of wrong understanding, which is an obstacle for reaching heaven, which does not confer fame on you, which is very mean, and which is caused by faint-heartedness.

Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 2.1

Sanjaya Uvaacha: Tam tathaa kripayaavishtam ashrupoornaakulekshanam; Visheedantam idam vaakyam uvaacha madhusoodanah.

Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 2.1

sañjayaḥ uvācha—Sanjay said; tam—to him (Arjun); tathā—thus; kṛipayā—with pity; āviṣhṭam—overwhelmed; aśhru-pūrṇa—full of tears; ākula—distressed; īkṣhaṇam—eyes; viṣhīdantam—grief-stricken; idam—these; vākyam—words; uvācha—said; madhusūdanaḥ—Shree Krishn, slayer of the Madhu demon