Chapter XI · Śloka 35
Sañjaya uvāca
सञ्जय उवाच |
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं केशवस्य
कृताञ्जलिर्वेपमानः किरीटी |
नमस्कृत्वा भूय एवाह कृष्णं
सगद्गदं भीतभीतः प्रणम्य ||
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं केशवस्य
कृताञ्जलिर्वेपमानः किरीटी |
नमस्कृत्वा भूय एवाह कृष्णं
सगद्गदं भीतभीतः प्रणम्य ||
sañjaya uvāca |
etac chrutvā vacanaṃ keśavasya
kṛtāñjalir vepamānaḥ kirīṭī |
namaskṛtvā bhūya evāha kṛṣṇaṃ
sa-gadgadaṃ bhīta-bhītaḥ praṇamya ||
etac chrutvā vacanaṃ keśavasya
kṛtāñjalir vepamānaḥ kirīṭī |
namaskṛtvā bhūya evāha kṛṣṇaṃ
sa-gadgadaṃ bhīta-bhītaḥ praṇamya ||
Sañjaya said: Having heard this speech of Keśava, the crowned Arjuna, trembling with joined palms, bowing down again, spoke to Kṛṣṇa in a faltering voice, overwhelmed with fear.
Sañjaya steps in as narrator to convey what cannot be conveyed in Arjuna's own words: the physical reality of the encounter — trembling hands, choked voice, prostrated body. The visionary now responds with his whole being.