🪷 Bhagavad-Gītā · 1.6

Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga · "The Yoga of Arjuna's Despondency" · Verse 6 of 47

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🪷 English Translations

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Shri Purohit Swami · Poetic English · 1935 · public domain · Cosmo Press tradition

1.6 Yudhamanyu, Uttamouja, Soubhadra and the sons of Droupadi, famous men.

Swami Sivananda · Direct prose · Divine Life Society

1.6. "The strong Yodhamanyu and the brave Uttamaujas, the son of Subhadra (Abhimanyu, the son of Subhadra and Arjuna), and the sons of Draupadi, all of great chariots (great heroes).

Swami Gambīrānanda · Word-key glosses · Advaita Ashrama · Śaṅkara-school

1.6 Sri Sankaracharya did not comment on this sloka. The commentary starts from 2.10.

Swami Ādidevānanda · Śrī-Vaiṣṇava perspective · Rāmānuja school

1.1 - 1.19 Dhrtarastra said - Sanjaya said Duryodhana, after viewing the forces of Pandavas protected by Bhima, and his own forces protected by Bhisma conveyed his views thus to Drona, his teacher, about the adeacy of Bhima's forces for conering the Kaurava forces and the inadeacy of his own forces for victory against the Pandava forces. He was grief-stricken within. Observing his (Duryodhana's) despondecny, Bhisma, in order to cheer him, roared like a lion, and then blowing his conch, made his side sound their conchs and kettle-drums, which made an uproar as a sign of victory. Then, having heard that great tumult, Arjuna and Sri Krsna the Lord of all lords, who was acting as the charioteer of Arjuna, sitting in their great chariot which was powerful enough to coner the three worlds; blew their divine conchs Srimad Pancajanya and Devadatta. Then, both Yudhisthira and Bhima blew their respective conchs separately. That tumult rent asunder the hearts of your sons, led by Duryodhana. The sons of Dhrtarastra then thought, 'Our cause is almost lost now itself.' So said Sanjaya to Dhrtarastra who was longing for their victory. Sanjaya said to Dhrtarastra: Then, seeing the Kauravas, who were ready for battle, Arjuna, who had Hanuman, noted for his exploit of burning Lanka, as the emblem on his flag on his chariot, directed his charioteer Sri Krsna, the Supreme Lord-who is overcome by parental love for those who take shelter in Him who is the treasure-house of knowledge, power, lordship, energy, potency and splendour, whose sportive delight brings about the origin, sustentation and dissolution of the entire cosmos at His will, who is the Lord of the senses, who controls in all ways the senses inner and outer of all, superior and inferior - by saying, 'Station my chariot in an appropriate place in order that I may see exactly my enemies who are eager for battle.'

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Academic precision · modern scholarly

1.6. And Yudhamanyu, the heroic, and Uttamaujas, the valourous, the son of Subhadra and the sons of Draupadiall are indeed mighty warriors.

🪷 Hindi Translation · हिन्दी अनुवाद

For the Hindi-aware seer · Pūjya Swami Rāmsukhdās ji's translation · a high-readability modern Hindi rendering · Gītā-Press Gorakhpur tradition. (→ Full Mahāpurusha-detail page for the 102-year-living Sādhaka-Sañjīvanī Mahātmā.)

🪷 Swami Rāmsukhdās · Sādhaka-Sañjīvanī tradition · Gītā-Press Gorakhpur · highest modern Hindi reading

।।1.4 -- 1.6।। यहाँ (पाण्डवों की सेना में) बड़े-बड़े शूरवीर हैं, जिनके बहुत बड़े-बड़े धनुष हैं तथा जो युद्ध में भीम और अर्जुनके समान हैं। उनमें युयुधान (सात्यकि), राजा विराट और महारथी द्रुपद भी हैं। धृष्टकेतु और चेकितान तथा पराक्रमी काशिराज भी हैं। पुरुजित् और कुन्तिभोज--ये दोनों भाई तथा मनुष्योंमें श्रेष्ठ शैब्य भी हैं। पराक्रमी युधामन्यु और पराक्रमी उत्तमौजा भी हैं। सुभद्रापुत्र अभिमन्यु और द्रौपदी के पाँचों पुत्र भी हैं। ये सब-के-सब महारथी हैं।

🪷 English Commentaries · The Ācārya Voices

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Swami Sivananda · Verse-by-verse word-keys with Sanskrit anchors

1.6 युधामन्युः Yudhamanyu? च and? विक्रान्तः the strong? उत्तमौजाः Uttamaujas? च and? वीर्यवान् the brave? सौभद्रः the son of Subhadra? द्रौपदेयाः the sons of Draupadi? च and? सर्वे all? एव even? महारथाः great carwarriors.No Commentary.

Swami Gambīrānanda · Advaita-school commentary (Śaṅkara tradition)

1.6 Sri Sankaracharya did not comment on this sloka. The commentary starts from 2.10.

Swami Ādidevānanda · Rāmānuja Śrī-Vaiṣṇava commentary

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Modern academic scholarship

1.2 1.9 Why this exhaustive counting? The reality of things is this:

Swami Chinmayānanda · Chinmaya Mission · modern Vedantic teaching

।।1.6।। इन तीन श्लोकों में पाण्डवसैन्य के प्रमुख एवं प्रसिद्ध योद्धाओं की नामावली है। पाण्डवों की सेना का निरीक्षण करते समय दुर्योधन उनमें अनेक महारथियों को पहचानता है। प्राचीन हिन्दू सेनाओं में 11000 धनुर्धारी सैनिकों के समूह के नायक को महारथी कहा जाता था।अर्जुन और भीम अपने समय के धनुर्विद्या और शक्ति के लिये प्रसिद्ध योद्धा थे। दुर्योधन कहता है कि सभी महारथी अर्जुन और भीम के समान हैं जिसका तात्पर्य यह है कि यद्यपि पाण्डवों की सेना संख्या में कम थी परन्तु सार्मथ्य में वह कौरवों की सुसज्जित और विशाल सेना से अधिक थी।

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🪷 Swami Rāmsukhdās · Sādhaka-Sañjīvanī · Hindi vyākhyā · the modern bilingual anchor

।।1.4 -- 1.6।। व्याख्या-- 'अत्र शूरा महेष्वासा भीमार्जुनसमा युधि'-- जिनसे बाण चलाये जाते हैं, फेंके जाते हैं, उनका नाम 'इष्वास' अर्थात् धनुष है। ऐसे बड़े-बड़े इष्वास (धनुष) जिनसे पास हैं, वे सभी 'महेष्वास' हैं। तात्पर्य है कि बड़े धनुषोंपर बाण चढ़ाने एवं प्रत्यञ्चा खींचनेमें बहुत बल लगता है। जोरसे खींचकर छोड़ा गया बाण विशेष मार करता है। ऐसे बड़े-बड़े धनुष पासमें होनेके कारण ये सभी बहुत बलवान् और शूरवीर हैं। ये मामूली योद्धा नहीं हैं। युद्धमें ये भीम और अर्जुनके समान हैं अर्थात् बलमें ये भीमके समान और अस्त्र-शस्त्रकी कलामें ये अर्जुनके समान हैं।

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This is verse 6 of 47 in Chapter 1 · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga (The Yoga of Arjuna's Despondency)
Chapter theme: The seeker's collapse at the threshold of dharma
Ṣaṭka grouping: TVAM-Ṣaṭka (BG 1-6 · the jīva)
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⭐ Mahābhārata anchor: this verse is also MBh 6.23.6 (Bhīṣma-Parva · the BG in its full narrative home)

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