Chapter 1 · Arjuna's Despair

अर्जुनArjuna speaks

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अर्जुन उवाच दृष्ट्वेमं स्वजनं कृष्ण युयुत्सुं समुपस्थितम् सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुखं च परिशुष्यति

arjuna uvācha dṛiṣhṭvemaṁ sva-janaṁ kṛiṣhṇa yuyutsuṁ samupasthitam sīdanti mama gātrāṇi mukhaṁ cha pariśhuṣhyati

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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (13 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Arjuna finally names Kṛiṣhṇa directly and describes what fear and grief are doing to his own body — limbs failing, mouth going dry — anchoring the crisis in something every reader has felt, not just abstract philosophy.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Genuine moral crisis is felt in the body, not only worked out in the mind.