सञ्जय उवाच ।एवमुक्त्वार्जुनः सङ्ख्ये रथोपस्थ उपाविशत् ।विसृज्य सशरं चापं शोकसंविग्नमानसः ॥
sañjaya uvāca |evam uktvārjunaḥ saṅkhye rathopastha upāviśat |visṛjya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ śokasaṃvignamānasaḥ ||
- सञ्जय · sañjaya
- Sanjaya
- उवाच · uvāca
- said
- एवम् · evam
- thus
- उक्त्वा · uktvā
- having spoken
- अर्जुनः · arjunaḥ
- Arjuna
- सङ्ख्ये · saṅkhye
- in battle, on the battlefield
- रथोपस्थे · rathopasthe
- on the seat (floor) of the chariot
- उपाविशत् · upāviśat
- sat down
- विसृज्य · visṛjya
- having cast aside, letting fall
- सशरम् · saśaram
- with its arrows
- चापम् · cāpam
- the bow
- शोकसंविग्नमानसः · śokasaṃvignamānasaḥ
- with a mind agitated by grief
“Sanjaya said: Having spoken thus on the battlefield, Arjuna sank down on the chariot seat, casting aside his bow and arrows, his mind agitated with grief.”
— Original plain-language translation
IN SHORT Overwhelm can make you drop everything; you need clarity before action, not shame.
The chapter ends in stillness: the bow down, the warrior seated, grief where resolve stood. It is the necessary zero — the student emptied of certainty, ready for the teaching. Chapter 2 opens on exactly this image. Like a student setting down the pen before an exam, too overwhelmed to write a single answer.
— Reader's notes (original)