Chapter 2 · The Yoga of Analysis

सञ्जयSañjaya speaks

Text 2.1

सञ्जय उवाच तं तथा कृपयाविष्टमश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम् विषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदन:

sañjaya uvācha taṁ tathā kṛipayāviṣhṭamaśhru pūrṇākulekṣhaṇam viṣhīdantamidaṁ vākyam uvācha madhusūdanaḥ

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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (13 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Seeing Arjuna overwhelmed with pity, his eyes full of tears, Kṛiṣhṇa — here called Madhusūdana, 'slayer of Madhu' — finally speaks. The epithet is pointed: the one who destroys demons is about to address a very different kind of enemy, Arjuna's own confusion.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The teaching begins only after Krishna has fully witnessed Arjuna's grief, not before.