Chapter II · Śloka 1
Sañjaya uvāca
सञ्जय उवाच |
तं तथा कृपयाविष्टमश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम् |
विषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदनः ||
तं तथा कृपयाविष्टमश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम् |
विषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदनः ||
sañjaya uvāca |
taṃ tathā kṛpayāviṣṭam aśru-pūrṇākulekṣaṇam |
viṣīdantam idaṃ vākyam uvāca madhusūdanaḥ ||
taṃ tathā kṛpayāviṣṭam aśru-pūrṇākulekṣaṇam |
viṣīdantam idaṃ vākyam uvāca madhusūdanaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: To him who was thus overcome with compassion and whose eyes were filled with tears and full of distress, Madhusūdana spoke these words.
Sañjaya, reporting to the blind king Dhṛtarāṣṭra, frames the moment precisely: Arjuna is not afraid but overcome by compassion — a crucial distinction that sets up Krishna's entire teaching.