BHAGAVAD GITA · CHAPTER 1 · VERSE 47

Arjuna Viṣāda Yoga

The Yoga of Arjuna’s Despondency

THE VERSE

Chapter 1, Verse 47

Arjuna Viṣāda Yoga

Sanskrit verse

सञ्जय उवाच । एवमुक्त्वार्जुनः सङ्ख्ये रथोपस्थ उपाविशत् । विसृज्य सशरं चापं शोकसंविग्नमानसः ॥

Sañjaya uvāca Evam uktvārjunaḥ saṅkhye rathopastha upāviśat Visṛjya sa-śaraṁ cāpaṁ śoka-saṁvigna-mānasaḥ

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TRANSLATION

What the verse says

Sanjaya said: Having spoken thus on the battlefield, Arjuna cast aside his bow and arrows and sat down on the chariot, his mind overwhelmed with grief.

A PRACTICAL REFLECTION

Carry this thought into your day.

Chapter 1 ends with Arjuna in despondency. Yet this crisis becomes the starting point for divine guidance and spiritual enquiry.

PAUSE WITH THIS QUESTION

A difficult pause can become the beginning of a deeper question.

COMMENTARY / EXPLANATION

Understanding the verse.

Chapter 1 ends with Arjuna in despondency. Yet this crisis becomes the starting point for divine guidance and spiritual enquiry.

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