TEXT 9

Devanagari

सञ्जय उवाच
एवमुक्त्वा हृषीकेशं गुडाकेशः परन्तपः ।
न योत्स्य इति गोविन्दामुक्त्वा तूष्णीं बभूव ह ॥ ९ ॥

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sañjaya uvāca
evam uktvā hṛṣīkeśaṁ
guḍākeśaḥ paran-tapaḥ
na yotsya iti govindam
uktvā tūṣṇīṁ babhūva ha

Synonyms

sañjayaḥ uvāca — Sañjaya said; evam — thus; uktvā — speaking; hṛṣīkeśam — unto Kṛṣṇa, the master of the senses; guḍākeśaḥ — Arjuna, the master of curbing ignorance; param-tapaḥ — the chastiser of the enemies; na yotsye — I shall not fight; iti — thus; govindam — unto Kṛṣṇa, the giver of pleasure to the senses; uktvā — saying; tūṣṇīm — silent; babhūva — became; ha — certainly.

sañjayaḥ uvāca: Sañjaya dit; evam: ainsi; uktvā: parlant; hṛṣīkeśam: à Kṛṣṇa, le maître des sens; guḍākeśaḥ: Arjuna, maître dans l’art de vaincre l’ignorance; param-tapaḥ: celui qui châtie l’ennemi; na yotsye: je ne combattrai pas; iti: ainsi; govindam: à Kṛṣṇa, source de plaisir pour les sens; uktvā: disant; tūṣṇīm: silencieux; babhūva: devint; ha: certes.

Translation

Sañjaya said: Having spoken thus, Arjuna, chastiser of enemies, told Kṛṣṇa, “Govinda, I shall not fight,” and fell silent.

Sañjaya dit: Ayant ainsi parlé, Arjuna, vainqueur de l’ennemi, dit à Kṛṣṇa: « Ô Govinda, je ne combattrai pas », puis se tait.

Purport

Dhṛtarāṣṭra must have been very glad to understand that Arjuna was not going to fight and was instead leaving the battlefield for the begging profession. But Sañjaya disappointed him again in relating that Arjuna was competent to kill his enemies (paran-tapaḥ). Although Arjuna was, for the time being, overwhelmed with false grief due to family affection, he surrendered unto Kṛṣṇa, the supreme spiritual master, as a disciple. This indicated that he would soon be free from the false lamentation resulting from family affection and would be enlightened with perfect knowledge of self-realization, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and would then surely fight. Thus Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s joy would be frustrated, since Arjuna would be enlightened by Kṛṣṇa and would fight to the end.

Dhṛtarāṣṭra doit être bien heureux d’apprendre qu’au lieu de combattre, Arjuna s’apprête à quitter le champ de bataille pour vivre de mendicité, mais simultanément, Sañjaya lui ôte tout espoir quand il affirme qu’Arjuna est tout à fait capable d’anéantir ses ennemis (paran-tapaḥ). Bien que temporairement sous le coup d’un abattement irraisonné dû à l’affection qu’il porte à sa famille, Arjuna a su s’abandonner à Kṛṣṇa, le maître spirituel suprême, en devenant Son disciple. Cette attitude laisse présager que prendront bientôt fin les tourments que lui infligent ses attachements. Illuminé par la connaissance parfaite de la réalisation spirituelle, la conscience de Kṛṣṇa, il se battra jusqu’au bout. Dhṛtarāṣṭra verra donc ses espoirs s’évanouir.