Chapter 2 · Verse 1 · Sankhya Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 2.1
Sanskrit
सञ्जय उवाच तं तथा कृपयाऽविष्टमश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम्। विषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदनः।।2.1।।
Transliteration
sañjaya uvācha taṁ tathā kṛipayāviṣhṭamaśhru pūrṇākulekṣhaṇam viṣhīdantamidaṁ vākyam uvācha madhusūdanaḥ
In plain words
When you're falling apart—when the tears won't stop and you don't recognize yourself anymore—that breaking is not a sign you've failed. The lesson for you: the moment your defenses crack open is precisely when you become able to hear what your armored heart couldn't before. Your rawness is not your weakness; it's the doorway.
हिंदी अर्थ
संजय कहते हैं कि अर्जुन करुणा से व्याप्त था, उसकी आँखें आँसुओं से भरी थीं और वह बहुत दुःखी था। तब भगवान कृष्ण ने उस शोकग्रस्त अर्जुन से ये शब्द कहे।
Word by Word
In this opening moment, Sanjaya witnesses Arjuna's complete dissolution—not weakness, but the breaking open of a human heart before truth. Krishna's response to this rawness is not dismissal but engagement: the Lord meets Arjuna in his tears, seeing that genuine crisis is often the doorway to transformation.
When our defenses crumble and our eyes fill with the reality of our condition, we become capable of receiving wisdom that our armored egos could never hear.
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Bhagavad Gita 2.1 — BG 2.1
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