अर्जुन उवाच ।स्थाने हृषीकेश तव प्रकीर्त्या जगत्प्रहृष्यत्यनुरज्यते च ।रक्षांसि भीतानि दिशो द्रवन्ति सर्वे नमस्यन्ति च सिद्धसङ्घाः ॥
arjuna uvāca |sthāne hṛṣīkeśa tava prakīrtyā jagat prahṛṣyaty anurajyate ca |rakṣāṃsi bhītāni diśo dravanti sarve namasyanti ca siddha-saṅghāḥ ||
- स्थाने · sthāne
- rightly, with good reason
- हृषीकेश · hṛṣīkeśa
- O Hrishikesha (master of senses)
- प्रकीर्त्या · prakīrtyā
- by the glorifying, by the praise
- प्रहृष्यति · prahṛṣyati
- rejoices exceedingly
- अनुरज्यते · anurajyate
- is devoted, is enamored
- रक्षांसि · rakṣāṃsi
- the Rakshasas (demons)
- दिशः द्रवन्ति · diśaḥ dravanti
- flee in all directions
- नमस्यन्ति · namasyanti
- they bow down
- सिद्धसङ्घाः · siddha-saṅghāḥ
- hosts of perfected beings
“Arjuna said: Rightly, O Hrishikesha, does the world rejoice and grow devoted in singing your glory. The Rakshasas flee terrified in all directions, and all the hosts of perfected ones bow before you.”
— Original plain-language translation
Arjuna's long hymn (36–44) begins by justifying the world's twofold response: delight in the loving and flight in the hostile. His own fear now turns outward into praise — the pivot from terror to devotion.
— Reader's notes (original)