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SECOND DISCOURSE.

सञ्जय उवाच ।

तं तथा कृपयाऽऽविष्टमश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम् ।

विषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदनः ॥ १ ॥

Sanjaya said:

To him thus with pity overcome, with smarting brimming eyes, despondent, Madhusûdana spake these words: (1)

श्रीभगवानुवाच ।

कुतस्त्वा कश्मलमिदं विषमे समुपस्थितम् ।

अनार्यजुष्टमस्वर्ग्यमकीर्तिकरमर्जुन ॥ २ ॥

The Blessed Lord said:

Whence hath this dejection befallen thee in this perilous strait, ignoble[1], heaven-closing[2], infamous, O Arjuna? (2)


  1. Literally, un-âryan.
  2. Literally, non-svargan: cowardice in the warrior closed on him the door of svarga, heaven.