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Chapter 1
Link:-In the preceding verse, Arjuna expressed his intention based on many arguments. What he did after this, is contained, in the verse that follows.
sanjaya uvaca
evamuktvarjunah sankhye rathopastha upavisat
visrjya sasaram capam sokasamvignamanasah
Arjuna, grief stricken on the battlefield, having spoken thus, and having laid down his bow and arrow, slumped into the central part of the chariot. 47
Comment:-
Evamuktvarjunah sankhye rathopastha upavisat visrjya sasaram capam sokasamvignamhnasah:-War, is the root cause of all evils. It will destroy a race and will lead us to hell in the next world. By thinking so Arjuna, overwhelmed with sorrow, became firmly determined not to wage war. Arjuna, who had come to the battlefield with great zeal with Gandiva bow in his hand, put the how and arrow down, and overwhelmed with sorrow, sat on the seat of the chariot.
The main reason of Arjuna's grief, is that when Lord Krsna placed the chariot between the two armies and asked Arjuna, to behold the Kauravas, he saw Bhisma and Drona standing in front of him. So his attachment was aroused. Thus, he thought about the destruction of his race (which Duryodhana etc., did not perceive being goaded by greed) and the sin, accruing from it. Then be said that, even if the warriors of the hostile army killed him, while he was unarmed and unresisting, that would be for his good. Thus empowered hy delusion, Asjuna perceives good in turning away from war, and even in his death and finally having abandoned his bow and arrow and overwhelmed with grief, sits on the middle seat of the chariot. Thus, we see that it is delusion, which changes a hero's (Arjunas), great courage to consternation.good in turning away from war, and even in his death and finally having abandoned his bow and arrow and overwhelmed with grief, sits on the middle seat of the chariot. Thus, we see that it is delusion, which changes a hero's (Arjunas), great courage to consternation.
om tatsaditi srimadbhagavadgitasupanisatsu brahmavidyayam yogasastre
srikrsnarjunasamvade'rjunavisadayago nama prathamo'dhyayah
Thus with the words, Om, Tat, Sat—the names of the Lord as sung in the Upanisad of the Bhagavadgita by the Lord, the science of Brahma, the scripture on Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krsna and Arjuna, ends the first chapter entitled, 'The Yoga of Dejection of Arjuna'.
The colophon at the end of each chapter, written by sage Veda Vyasa reveals the glory and greatness of the Gita. 'Om, Tat, Sat'[1]—this has been declared as the triple designation of the Absolute. These three names, lead the beings to benediction and turn as towards God and spirituality and break off our relationship with the world. These wash away the mistakes, which we might have committed in pronouncing the verses, words and letters, in the chapter. So these three are pronounced at the end of each chapter.
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