सञ्जय उवाच ।एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं केशवस्य कृताञ्जलिर्वेपमानः किरीटी ।नमस्कृत्वा भूय एवाह कृष्णं सगद्गदं भीतभीतः प्रणम्य ॥
sañjaya uvāca |etac chrutvā vacanaṃ keśavasya kṛtāñjalir vepamānaḥ kirīṭī |namaskṛtvā bhūya evāha kṛṣṇaṃ sa-gadgadaṃ bhīta-bhītaḥ praṇamya ||
- एतत् श्रुत्वा · etat śrutvā
- having heard this
- केशवस्य · keśavasya
- of Keshava (Krishna)
- कृताञ्जलिः · kṛtāñjaliḥ
- with folded hands
- वेपमानः · vepamānaḥ
- trembling
- किरीटी · kirīṭī
- the crowned one (Arjuna)
- नमस्कृत्वा · namaskṛtvā
- having bowed
- सगद्गदम् · sa-gadgadam
- with faltering voice
- भीतभीतः · bhīta-bhītaḥ
- much frightened, again and again afraid
“Sanjaya said: Hearing these words of Keshava, the crowned Arjuna, trembling with folded hands, bowed again and again and, still terrified, spoke to Krishna in a faltering voice.”
— Original plain-language translation
Sanjaya paints Arjuna at his lowest trembling point — stammering, repeatedly prostrating — just before his great hymn of praise. Terror has done its work; surrender and celebration follow.
— Reader's notes (original)