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Bhagavad Gita 2.10

तमुवाच हृषीकेशः प्रहसन्निव भारत। सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये विषीदन्तमिदं वचः।।

tam-uvācha hṛiṣhīkeśhaḥ prahasanniva bhārata senayorubhayor-madhye viṣhīdantam-idaṁ vachaḥ

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
tamtamto him
uvāchauvāchasaid
hṛiṣhīkeśhaḥhṛiṣhīkeśhaḥShree Krishna, the master of mind and senses
prahasanprahasansmilingly
ivaivaas if
bhāratabhārataDhritarashtra, descendant of Bharat
senayoḥsenayoḥof the armies
ubhayoḥubhayoḥof both
madhyemadhyein the midst of
viṣhīdantamviṣhīdantamto the grief-stricken
idamidamthis
vachaḥvachaḥwords

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

हे भारत (धृतराष्ट्र) ! दोनों सेनाओं के बीच में उस शोकमग्न अर्जुन को भगवान् हृषीकेश ने हँसते हुए से यह वचन कहे।।