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Bhagavad Gita · 2.10 · Transcendental Knowledge·10 of 72

तमुवाच हृषीकेशः प्रहसन्निव भारतसेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये विषीदन्तमिदं वचः

tam-uvācha hṛiṣhīkeśhaḥ prahasanniva bhārata

senayorubhayor-madhye viṣhīdantam-idaṁ vachaḥ

Sanskrit recitation

Krishna turns to face him · 2.1–2.10 · Scene

Translation

To him who was despondent in the midst of the two armies, Krishna, smiling, O Bharata, spoke these words.

Meaning

The talk was going on between intimate friends, namely the Hṛṣīkeśa and the Guḍākeśa. As friends, both of them were on the same level, but one of them voluntarily became a student of the other. Kṛṣṇa was smiling because a friend had chosen to become a disciple. As Lord of all, He is always in the superior position as the master of everyone, and yet the Lord agrees to be a friend, a son or a lover for a devotee who wants Him in such a role. But when He was accepted as the master, He at once assumed the role and talked with the disciple like the master – with gravity, as it is required. It appears that the talk between the master and the disciple was openly exchanged in the presence of both armies so that all were benefited. So the talks of Bhagavad-gītā are not for any particular person, society, or community, but they are for all, and friends or enemies are equally entitled to hear them.

After Swami Sivananda

Krishna turns to face him· 2.1–2.10

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
iva
as if
tam
to him
idam
this
madhye
in the midst of
uvācha
said
bhārata
Dhritarashtra, descendant of Bharat
prahasan
smilingly
vachaḥ
words
senayoḥ
of the armies
ubhayoḥ
of both
viṣhīdantam
to the grief-stricken
hṛiṣhīkeśhaḥ
Shree Krishna, the master of mind and senses

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