Chapter 1 · Verse 28 · Arjuna Visada Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 1.28
Sanskrit
अर्जुन उवाच कृपया परयाऽऽविष्टो विषीदन्निदमब्रवीत्। दृष्ट्वेमं स्वजनं कृष्ण युयुत्सुं समुपस्थितम्।।1.28।।
Transliteration
arjuna uvācha dṛiṣhṭvemaṁ sva-janaṁ kṛiṣhṇa yuyutsuṁ samupasthitam
In plain words
You're standing at a threshold where love and duty are pulling you in opposite directions—where doing what you know is right feels like a betrayal of someone you cherish. That fracture in your chest is real, and it matters. The lesson for you: the deepest compassion sometimes means choosing what is true over what is comfortable, and trusting that love survives the choice even when it doesn't look the way you hoped.
हिंदी अर्थ
अर्जुन बोले - हे कृष्ण, अपने ही लोगों को युद्ध के लिए तैयार देखकर मेरा दिल टूट गया और मैं दुःखी होकर यह बातें कह रहा हूँ।
Word by Word
Arjuna stands at the threshold of his dharma, yet his heart fractures at the sight of beloved faces arrayed as enemies. This is the eternal human condition—duty calling us toward what love resists.
In Vedanta, we learn that true compassion requires us to see beyond the body's temporary relationships to the eternal Self that dwells in all beings. When you face a choice that breaks your heart, pause and ask: Am I honoring the deeper truth, or clinging to the surface?
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Bhagavad Gita 1.28 — BG 1.28
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