सञ्जय उवाच ।एवमुक्त्वा हृषीकेशं गुडाकेशः परन्तपः ।न योत्स्य इति गोविन्दमुक्त्वा तूष्णीं बभूव ह ॥
sañjaya uvāca |evam uktvā hṛṣīkeśaṃ guḍākeśaḥ parantapaḥ |na yotsya iti govindam uktvā tūṣṇīṃ babhūva ha ||
- सञ्जय · sañjaya
- Sanjaya
- उवाच · uvāca
- said
- एवम् · evam
- thus
- उक्त्वा · uktvā
- having spoken
- हृषीकेशम् · hṛṣīkeśam
- to Hrishikesha
- गुडाकेशः · guḍākeśaḥ
- Gudakesha (Arjuna)
- परन्तपः · parantapaḥ
- the scorcher of foes
- न · na
- not
- योत्स्ये · yotsye
- I will fight
- इति · iti
- thus, so saying
- गोविन्दम् · govindam
- to Govinda
- उक्त्वा · uktvā
- having said
- तूष्णीम् · tūṣṇīm
- silent
- बभूव · babhūva
- became
- ह · ha
- indeed
“Sanjaya said: Having spoken thus to Hrishikesha, Gudakesha the scorcher of foes declared to Govinda, 'I will not fight' — and fell silent.”
— Original plain-language translation
'I will not fight' — the gauntlet thrown at the Lord's feet, followed by silence. Arjuna has said his last word as his own master; from here he listens. The silence after defiance is the Gita's true beginning.
— Reader's notes (original)