{"id":3219,"date":"2013-07-13T01:46:44","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=3219"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:46:44","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:46:44","slug":"17-the-gita-text-translation-vol-writings-in-bengali-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/02-other-editions\/writings-in-bengali-translation\/17-the-gita-text-translation-vol-writings-in-bengali-translation","title":{"rendered":"-17_The Gita Text Translation.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"4\">The Gita: Text\u2014Translation <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<b><br \/>\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">CHAPTER ONE <\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>Dhr&#61482;tar&#257;s&#61482;t&#61482;ra uv&#257;ca<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>dharmaks&#61482;etre kuruksetre samaveta yuyutsavah&#61482;<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;m&#257;mak&#257;h&#61482; p&#257;n&#61482;d&#61482;av&#257;&#347;caiva kimakurvata sanjaya&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/i>&nbsp;(1) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">Dhritarashtra said, <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;text-indent:15pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">O Sanjaya, gathered together for war on the holy field of<br \/>\nKurukshetra, what did my partisans and those of the<br \/>\nPandavas do? <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;text-indent:15pt\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>Sanjaya uv&#257;ca<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>dr&#61482;s&#61482;t&#61482;va tu p&#257;n&#61482;d&#61482;av&#257;n&#299;kam vy&#363;dh&#257;m duryodhanastad&#257;<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;&#257;c&#257;ryamupasan&#61482;gamya r&#257;j&#257; vacanamabrav&#299;t<\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;    (2) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">Sanjaya said, <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;text-indent:15pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">Thereupon, King Duryodhana on seeing the Pandava<br \/>\narmy arranged in battle order approached the preceptor<br \/>\nand said these words: <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;text-indent:15pt\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>pa&#347;yaitam p&#257;n&#61482;d&#61482;uputr&#257;n&#257;m&#257;c&#257;rya mahat&#299;m cam&#363;m<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;vyd&#61482;h&#257;m drupadaputren&#61482;a tava &#347;is&#61482;yen&#61482;a dh&#299;mat&#257;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/i>&nbsp;(3) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;text-indent:15pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">&quot;Look, 0 Teacher, look at this huge Pandava army<br \/>\narranged in order of battle by your clever disciple<br \/>\nDhrishtadyumna, the son of Drupada. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;text-indent:15pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Page-107<\/font><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>atr&#61482;a &#347;&#363;r&#257; mahes&#61482;v&#257;s&#257; bh&#299;mdrjunasam&#257; yudhi<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;yuyudh&#257;no vir&#257;ta&#347;ca drupada&#347;ca m&#257;hdrathdh&nbsp; <\/i>  &nbsp;(4)<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>dhr&#61482;s&#61482;t&#61482;aketuscekit&#257;nah&#61482; k&#257;&#347;ir&#257;ja&#347;ca v&#299;ryav&#257;n<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;purujit kuntibhojasca saibyasca narapungavah<\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp; (5)<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>yudh&#257;manyu&#347;ca vikrdnta uttamauja&#347;ca viryav&#257;n <\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>saubhadro draupadey&#257;&#347;ca sarva eva mah&#257;rath&#257;h&nbsp; (6)<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">In this enormous army there are courageous men and<br \/>\nmighty wielders of bow like unto Bhima and Arjuna\u2014<br \/>\nYuyudhana, Virata, and Drupada, the great chariot-war rior. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">There are Dhrishtaketu, Chekitana and the man of great<br \/>\nmight, the king of Kashi, there are Purujit and Kuntibhoja<br \/>\nand Shaibya, the best of men. The powerful Yudhamanyu<br \/>\nis there and the mighty Uttamauja, Abhimanyu the son of<br \/>\nSubhadra, and the sons of Draupadi, great warriors all. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>asm&#257;kantu vi&#347;is&#61482;t&#61482;&#257; ye t&#257;nnibodha dvijottama<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>n&#257;yak&#257; mama sainyasya sanjn&#257;rtham t&#257;n<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>brav&#299;mi te<\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;                                   (7) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">Those among us who are possessed of extraordinary<br \/>\nstrength, those who are the leaders of my troops, of them<br \/>\nI recount the names that you may remember them, note: <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>bhav&#257;n bh&#299;s&#61482;masca karna&#347;ca krpasca samitin&#61482;jayah&#61482;<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;a&#347;vatth&#257;m&#257; vikarnasca saumadattirjayadrathah&#61482;<\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (8)<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<i>anye ca bahavah&#61482; &#347;&#363;r&#257; madarthe tyaktaj&#299;vit&#257;h&#61482;<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;n&#257;n&#257;&#347;astrapraharan&#61482;&#257;h&#61482; sarve yuddhavi&#347;&#257;rad&#257;h&#61482;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/i>  &nbsp;(9) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">Yourself and Bhishma, Kama and Kripa, the winner in<br \/>\nbattle, Aswatthama, Vikama, Bhurisrava, the son of&nbsp; Somadatta, and Jayadratha, and many another man of courage<br \/>\nhave given up their attachment to life for my sake. All of <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font size=\"2\" face=\"Times New Roman\">Page-108<\/font><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">them are skilled in warfare and are accoutred with many<br \/>\nkinds of weapons. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>apary&#257;ptam tadasmdk&#257;m balam bh&#299;s&#61482;hm&#257;bhiraks&#61482;-<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>itam<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>pary&#257;ptam tvidametes&#61482;&#257;m balam bh&#299;m&#257;bhirak-<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>sitam<\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;                                     (10) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">The strength of this army of ours is unlimited, on top of<br \/>\nthat Bhishma is our defender; the strength of that army of<br \/>\ntheirs is limited and Bhima alone is their hope and<br \/>\nprotection. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>ayanes&#61482;u ca sarvesu yathdbh&#257;gamavasthit&#257;h<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>bhismamevdbhiraksantu bhavantah sarva eva hi<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (11) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">Therefore all of you should protect Bhishma alone by<br \/>\nremaining at your appointed stations among the troops at<br \/>\nall the entries to the battle-field. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>ta&#347;ya &#347;anjanayan hars&#61482;arh kuruvr&#61482;ddh&#61482;&nbsp; pit&#257;mahah&#61482;<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;simhan&#257;dam vinadyoccaih&#61482; &#347;ankham dadhmau prat&#257; pav&#257;n&nbsp; <\/i>(12) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">Giving rise 10 joy in Duryodhana&#8217;s heart, grandfather<br \/>\nBhishma the oldest of the Kauravas uttered a loud battle-<br \/>\ncry that resounded through the field and blew with great<br \/>\npower into his conch. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>tatah&#61482; &#347;ankh&#257;&#347;ca bherya&#347;ca panav&#257;nakagomukh&#257;h&#61482;<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;sahasaiv&#257;bhyahanyanta sa &#347;abdastumulo&#8217;bhavat<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (13) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">Then suddenly there arose the sounds of conchs and horns<br \/>\nand war-drums of all kinds, the battle-field was filled with<br \/>\nloud noises. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font size=\"2\" face=\"Times New Roman\">Page-109<\/font><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>tatah&#61482; &#347;vetairhayaire yuktemahati syandane sthitau<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>m&#257;dhavah&#61482; p&#257;n&#61482;d&#61482;ava&#347;caiva divyau &#347;an&#61482;khau prada-<br \/>\ndhmatuh&#61482;&nbsp; <\/i>                                 &nbsp;(14) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">Thereupon, standing on their huge chariot drawn by white<br \/>\nhorses, Krishna and Pandu&#8217;s son Arjuna blew their divine<br \/>\nconchs.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>p&#257;ncajanyam hr&#61482;&#347;ikes&#61482;o devadattam dhananjayah&#61482;<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;paun&#61482;d&#61482;ram dadhnau mahasankham bhimakarmd<br \/>\nvrkodarah<\/i>                              (15) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">Hrishikesha blew his Pancajanya, Arjuna his conch<br \/>\nnamed Devadatta, and Bhima of terrifying deeds blew his<br \/>\nmighty conch named Paundra.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>anantavijayam r&#257;j&#257; kunt&#299;putro yudhis&#61482;th&#61482;irah<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;nakulah sahadevasca sughosamanipuspakau<\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  (16) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">King Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, blew his conch<br \/>\nAnantavijaya, and Nakula and Sahadeva blew theirs<br \/>\nnamed Sughosha and Manipushpaka. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>k&#257;sya&#347;ca paramesv&#257;sah&#61482; &#347;ikhan&#61482;d&#299; ca mah&#257;rathah&#61482;<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;dhr&#61482;s&#61482;t&#61482;adyumno vir&#257;ta&#347;ca s&#257;tyaki&#347;c&#257;parajitah&#61482;<\/i>   (17)<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<i>drupado draupadey&#257;&#347;ca sarva&#347;ah&#61482; pr&#61482;thiv&#299;pate<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>saubhadra&#347;ca mah&#257;b&#257;huh&#257; Sankhan dadhmuh prthak<br \/>\nprthak <\/i>&nbsp;(18) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">Kashi&#8217;s king, the supreme archer, the great chariot-fighter<br \/>\nShikhandi, Dhrishtadyumna and the unbeaten warrior<br \/>\nSatyaki, Drupada and Draupadi&#8217;s sons, the long-armed<br \/>\nson of Subhadra, all blew their respective conchs from<br \/>\nevery direction.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font size=\"2\" face=\"Times New Roman\">Page-110<\/font><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>sa ghos&#61482;o dh&#257;rtar&#257;&#347;tran&#61482;am hr&#61482;daydni vyadarayat<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;nabha&#347;ca prthivincaiva tumulo vyanunddayan<\/i> (19) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">That mighty report sent tumultuous echoes through earth<br \/>\nand sky and rent asunder the hearts of Dhritarashtra&#8217;s sons. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>atha vyavasthit&#257;n drs&#61482;t&#61482;v&#257; dh&#257;rtar&#257;strdn kapidhvajah&#61482; <\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>pravrtte sastrasampdte dhanurudyamya pdndavah <\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>hr&#61482;s&#299;kesam tad&#257; v&#257;kyamidam&#257;ha mahipate<\/i>      (20) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">Then, after the missiles had begun to fly, Pandu&#8217;s son<br \/>\nArjuna raised his bow and said these words to Hrishikesha: <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>Arjuna uvaca<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>senayorubhayormadhye ratham sthdpaya me&#8217;acyuta<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (21)<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>ydvadetdnnirikse&#8217;nam yoddhukdmdnavasthit&#257;n<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;kairmayd. saha yoddhavyamasmin ranasamudyame<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (22)<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>yotsyamdndnavekse&#8217;ham ya ete&#8217;tra samdgat&#257;h&#61482;<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;dhartardstrasya durbuddheryuddhe priyacikirsavah<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:125pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;              (23)<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><b>Arjuna said:<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;text-indent:15pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">&quot;O sinless one, place my chariot at a mid-point between<br \/>\nthe two armies, that I may gaze for sometime at these<br \/>\nadversaries seized with the desire for battle. Let me see<br \/>\nwho are they who want a fight, who have come together<br \/>\nhere with the object of performing in the battle-field acts<br \/>\ndear to Duryodhana, the misguided son of Dhritarashtra.&quot; <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>Sanjaya uv&#257;ca<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;evamukto hr&#61482;s&#61482;&#299;ke&#347;o guddkesena bh&#257;rata<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\nsenayorubhayormadhye sth&#257;payitv&#257; rathottamam<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Page-111<\/font><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; bh&#299;smadron&#61482;apramukhatah&#61482; sarves&#61482;&#257;nca mah&#299;ks&#61482;it&#257;m<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; uv&#257;ca p&#257;rtha pa&#347;yaitdn samavet&#257;n kuruniti<\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;    (25) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">Sanjaya said: <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:25pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">On hearing these words of Arjuna, Hrishikesha placed<br \/>\nthat excellent chariot at a mid-point between the two<br \/>\narmies, and arriving in front of Bhishma, Drona and all<br \/>\nthe other princes, said, &quot;O Partha, watch all the Kurus<br \/>\ngathered here.&quot; <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:25pt\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:65pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>t&#257;tr&#257;pa&#347;yat sthit&#257;np&#257;rthah&#61482; pitr&#61482;natha pit&#257;mah&#257;n<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:65pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#257;c&#257;ry&#257;nm&#257;tul&#257;nbhr&#61482;&#257;trnputrdnpautrdnsakhimstath&#257;<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:65pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;&#347;va&#347;ur&#61482;&#257;n suhr&#61482;da&#347;caiva senayorubhayorapi<\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;    (26) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:65pt\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">In that field of battle, Partha saw standing among the two<br \/>\nopposing forces, fathers and grandfathers, teachers,<br \/>\nuncles, brothers, sons and grandsons, friends, fathers-in-<br \/>\nlaw and intimate companions, all his kith and kin. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>t&#257;nsam&#299;ks&#61482;ya sa kaunteyah&#61482; sarv&#257;n bandhunavasthit&#257;n<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>kr&#61482;pay&#257; paraydvisto visidannidamabravit<\/i>      (27) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">On seeing all those friends and relations thus standing<br \/>\nbefore him, Kunti&#8217;s son was overtaken by an acute sense<br \/>\nof pity and said these words, his heart stricken with grief: <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>Arjuna uvaca<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>drstvem&#257;n svajan&#257;n kr&#61482;s&#61482;n&#61482;a yuyutsum samavasthit&#257;n<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;s&#299;danti mama gdtrdni mukhanca parisusyuti<\/i>   (28)<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>vepathu&#347;ca &#347;arire me romahars&#61482;a&#347;ca j&#257;yate<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;g&#257;n&#61482;d&#299;vam sramsate hast&#257;t tvak caiva paridahvate<br \/>\n<\/i>(29) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\" color=\"#0033CC\">Page-112<\/font><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">Arjuna said: <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left:15pt\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">&quot;O Krishna, on seeing all these my own people ranged for<br \/>\nbattle, the limbs of my body are feeling weary, my mouth<br \/>\nis getting parched, all over the body there is shivering and<br \/>\nthe hairs stand on edge, the Gandiva bow is slipping out of<br \/>\nmy hand without control, my skin is as if burning with fire. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>na ca&#347;aknomyavasth&#257;tum bhramativa came manah&#61482;<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;nimitt&#257;ni ca pa&#347;y&#257;mi vipantdni kesava<\/i>       (30) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">I can no longer keep standing, my mind is beginning as if<br \/>\nto whirl,&nbsp; Keshava, I am seeing evil omens. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>na ca &#347;reyo&#8217;nupa&#347;y&#257;mi hatv&#257; svajanamah&#257;ve<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;na k&#257;nks&#61482;e vijayam kr&#61482;s&#61482;n&#61482;a na ca r&#257;jyam sukh&#257;ni ca<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (31) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">I do not see any good from killing my own people in<br \/>\nbattle. O Krishna, I do not wish for victory, nor do I want<br \/>\na kingdom nor seek happiness either. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>kim no r&#257;jyena govinda kim bhogairj&#299;vitena v&#257;<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;yes&#61482;&#257;marthe k&#257;nks&#61482;itam no r&#257;jyam bhog&#257;h&#61482; sukh&#257;ni ca<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (32)<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>ta ime&#8217;vasthit&#257; yuddhe pr&#257;n&#257;mstyaktv&#257;dhan&#61482;&#257;ni <\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<i><font face=\"Times New Roman\">&#257;<\/font><\/i><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>c&#257;ry&#257;h&#61482; pitarah&#61482; putr&#257;stathaiva ca pit&#257;mahdh<\/i>  (33) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">Tell me, O Govinda, what do we gain from kingdom?<br \/>\nwhat profit is there in enjoyment? of what use is life<br \/>\nitself? Those for whom kingdom and enjoyment and life<br \/>\nbecome desirable are themselves present in this battlefield<br \/>\nafter renouncing their life and wealth\u2014they who are<br \/>\nteachers and fathers, sons and grandfathers, <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>m&#257;tul&#257;h&#61482; &#347;va&#347;ur&#257;h pautrdh sydlah sambandhinas-<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>tath&#257;<br \/>\net&#257;nna hantumicchdmi ghnato&#8217;pi madhusudana(34)<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\" color=\"#0033CC\">Page-113<\/font><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>api tratlokyar&#257;yasya hetoh&#61482;&#61482; kim nu mah&#299;kr&#61482;te<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;nihatya dh&#257;rtaras&#61482;fr&#257;nnah&#61482; k&#257; pr&#299;tih&#61482; sy&#257;jjan&#257;rdana<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (35) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law and<br \/>\nother relatives. O Madhusudana, if they kill me, even then I do not wish to kill<br \/>\nthem, not even for the sake of dominion over the three worlds, what to say of<br \/>\nthe lordship of earth. What, O Janardana, can be our happiness of mind by killing the sons of Dhritarashtra ? <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>p&#257;pamev&#257;&#347;rayedasm&#257;n hatvait&#257;n&#257;tat&#257;yinah&#61482;<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>tasm&#257;nn&#257;rh&#257; vayam hantum dh&#257;rtar&#257;s&#61482;tr&#257;n svab&#257;ndhav&#257;n<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>svajanam hi katham hatv&#257; sukhinah&#61482; sy&#257;ma m&#257;dhava<\/i>                                    (36) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">They are out to kill, nevertheless, to kill them<br \/>\nwould be to give shelter in our mind to sin. Therefore, since the sons of<br \/>\nDhritarashtra are our kin, we are not the persons fit to destroy them. In what<br \/>\nway, O Madhava, shall we be<br \/>\nhappy by killing our own people ? <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>yady&#61482;apyete na pa&#347;yanti lobhopahatacetasah&#61482;<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>kulaksayakrtam dosarh mitradrohe ca pdtakam<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">(37)<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">Under the influence of greed they have lost their understanding, and they do not appreciate the evils arising from<br \/>\na deterioration of the clans and the heinous sin of doing<br \/>\nharm to one&#8217;s friends. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>katham na jneyamasm&#257;bhih&#61482; p&#257;p&#257;dasmdnnivartitum <\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>kulaksayakrtam dosam prapasyadbhirjandrdana<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (38) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">But we, O Janardana, realise the harm caused by the<br \/>\ndeterioration of clans. Why should we not wake to the <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\" color=\"#0033CC\">Page-114<\/font><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">knowledge, why should we not desist from this sin? <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>kulaks&#61482;aye prana&#347;yanti kuladharm&#257;h&#61482; san&#257;tan&#257;h<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\ndharme naste kulam kr&#61482;tsnamadharmo&#8217;bhibhavatyuta&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/i>(39) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">With a deterioration of the clan, all the established laws of<br \/>\nright living come to an end, and with that, unrighteousness overtakes the entire clan. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>adharm&#257;bhibhav&#257;t kr&#61482;s&#61482;n&#61482;a pradus&#61482;yanti kulastriyah&#61482;<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;str&#299;s&#61482;u dus&#61482;t&#257;su v&#257;rs&#61482;n&#61482;eya j&#257;yate varn&#61482;asankarah&#61482;<\/i> (40) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">Under the influence of unrighteousness, 0 Krishna, the<br \/>\nwomen of the clan lose their virtue; when the women lose<br \/>\ntheir virtue, there is admixture of castes. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>sankaro narak&#257;yaiva kulaghn&#257;n&#257;m kulasya ca<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;patanti pitaro hyes&#61482;&#257;m luptapin&#61482;d&#61482;odakakriydh<\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;  (41) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">The admixture of castes is the cause of the clansmen and<br \/>\nthe destroyers of clans going to hell, because the ancestors<br \/>\nare thereby deprived of the food and water given them as<br \/>\nofferings and they fall from the world of the fathers. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>dos&#61482;airetaih&#61482; kulaghn&#257;n&#257;m varn&#61482;asankarak&#257;rakaih<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>uts&#257;dyante j&#257;tidharm&#257;h kuladharm&#257;&#347;ca sasvatah<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (42) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">As a result of all these evils caused by the destroyers of<br \/>\nclans and leading to the admixture of castes, the old<br \/>\nestablished laws of the nation and the clan come to<br \/>\nnaught. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>utsannakuladharm&#257;n&#61482;&#257;m manus&#61482;y&#257;n&#257;m Jan&#257;rdana<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;narake niyatam v&#257;so bhavat&#299;tyanu&#347;ruma<\/i>    (43) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\" color=\"#0000FF\">Page-115<\/font><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">In hell is assigned the abode of those the laws of whose<br \/>\nclans have come to naught; this is what we have heard <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">from of old. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>ahobata mahatp&#257;pam kartum vyavasit&#257; vayam<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>yadr&#257;jyasukhalobhena hantum svajanamudyat&#257;h<\/i>&#61482;<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (44) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">Lo ! the extremely heinous sin we had determined to<br \/>\ncommit, that we were making efforts to kill our own<br \/>\npeople out of greed for the pleasure of dominion. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>yadi m&#257;maprat&#299;k&#257;rama&#347;astram &#347;astrap&#257;n&#61482;ayah&#61482;<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>dh&#257;rtardstr&#257; ran&#61482;e hanyustanme ks&#61482;emataram bhavet<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (45) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">It were better for me if the sons of Dhritarashtra accoutred in arms should kill me when I am without arms and<br \/>\nmake no effort to resist. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>Sanjaya uv&#257;ca<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>evamuktv&#257;rjunah&#61482; san&#61482;khye rathopastha up&#61482;vi&#347;at<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\"><i>&nbsp;visr&#61482;jya sa&#347;ram c&#257;pam &#347;okasamvignam&#257;nasah<\/i> (46) <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">Sanjaya said: <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\">With these words, his mind stained by the upsurge of<br \/>\ngrief, Arjuna threw away his bow with the arrow fixed on<br \/>\nit and sat down in his chariot. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\" color=\"#0000FF\">Page-116<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gita: Text\u2014Translation CHAPTER ONE Dhr&#61482;tar&#257;s&#61482;t&#61482;ra uv&#257;ca &nbsp; 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