Chapter 2: Sānkhya Yoga – Yoga of Contemplation on Self: Verse 9
सञ्जय उवाच ।
एवमुक्त्वा हृषीकेशं गुडाकेश: परन्तप ।
न योत्स्य इति गोविन्दमुक्त्वा तूष्णीं बभूव ह ॥
sañjaya uvāca
evam-uktvā hṛṣīkeśaṃ guḍākeśa: parantapa
na yotsya iti govindam-uktvā tūṣṇīṃ babhūva ha – 2.9
Sanjaya said: Having told Krishna (Hrishikesha, Lord of the senses) like this, Arjuna (Gudakesha, conqueror of sleep), the tormenter of enemies, became silent telling Govinda (Krishna), “I shall not fight.”
Chapter 2: Sānkhya Yoga – Yoga of Contemplation on Self - Verse 9
Ma Gurupriya
For an illustrious fighter like Arjuna, having come to the battlefield with additional battling merits, to refuse to fight is unthinkable. It reveals how human personality is incomplete and incapable without the inner spiritual treasure, which Arjuna had missed all along. Now his hollowness is revealed, to his own bewilderment.
After articulating his distress to Krishna, he felt bold and confident to say ‘I shall not fight at all’. Many face grave sorrows during their life and interactions. But they are mostly emotional susceptibilities or outbursts. Like all other impacts, they pass, without delivering a lasting benefit.
Arjuna’s is an exception. He says he will not fight, but seeks an immediate solution to his grave plight.
