Chapter 1 · Verse 9 · Arjuna Visada Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 1.9
Sanskrit
अन्ये च बहवः शूरा मदर्थे त्यक्तजीविताः। नानाशस्त्रप्रहरणाः सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः।।1.9।।
Transliteration
anye cha bahavaḥ śhūrā madarthe tyaktajīvitāḥ nānā-śhastra-praharaṇāḥ sarve yuddha-viśhāradāḥ
In plain words
You're looking around at everyone else—their credentials, their confidence, their readiness—and it's making you feel small and lost about your own place. But Krishna is pointing to something you've missed: all that external armor, all those skills and numbers, mean nothing if your heart isn't clear about what you're actually meant to do. Your real strength isn't found by comparing yourself to others; it's found by turning inward and asking what your own dharma is calling you toward.
हिंदी अर्थ
और भी बहुत से वीर योद्धा हैं जो मेरे लिए अपनी जान देने को तैयार हैं, और वे सभी विभिन्न प्रकार के हथियारों से सुसज्जित हैं। ये सभी योद्धा युद्ध के कौशल में बहुत निपुण और अनुभवी हैं।
Word by Word
Arjuna now speaks of the assembled warriors—many great heroes willing to die for his cause, armed with countless weapons and skilled in battle. Yet notice the shift: he lists their prowess not with pride, but with a subtle undertone of despair, for these very strengths heighten his inner conflict about fighting them.
The spiritual truth hidden here is that external power and skill mean nothing when the heart is divided; true strength flows only from clarity of purpose and alignment with dharma, not from weapons or numbers.
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Bhagavad Gita 1.9 — BG 1.9
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