Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 1: The Yoga of Arjuna's Despondency

All 47 verses of Chapter 1 of the Bhagavad Gita in Sanskrit, with English translation, per-word meanings, and Adi Shankara's commentary.

• Verse 1.1 — What did Pāṇḍu's sons and mine do when they assembled together on the sacred plain of…
• Verse 1.2 — Having seen the army of the Pāṇḍavas drawn up in battle-array, prince Duryodhana then…
• Verse 1.3 — "O teacher, look at this grand army of the sons of Pāṇḍu, marshalled by thy talented…
• Verse 1.4 — "Here are heroes, mighty archers, equal in battle to Bhīma and Arjuna, — Yuyudhāna…
• Verse 1.5 — "Dhṛṣṭaketu, Chekitāna, and the valiant king of Kāśī, Purujit and Kuntibhoja and that…
• Verse 1.6 — "The heroic Yudhāmanyu and the brave Uttamaujas; the son of Subhadrā and the sons of…
• Verse 1.7 — "But know, O best of the twice-born, who are the most distinguished among us, the leaders…
• Verse 1.8 — "Thyself and Bhīṣma, and Karṇa, and also Kṛpa, the victor in war, Aśvatthāman and…
• Verse 1.9 — "And many other heroes who have given up their lives for my sake, fighting with various…
• Verse 1.10 — "This army of ours protected by Bhīṣma is inadequate, whereas that army of theirs which…
• Verse 1.11 — "And therefore do ye all, occupying your respective positions in the several divisions of…
• Verse 1.12 — His mighty grandsire (Bhīṣma), the oldest of the Kauravas, in order to cheer him, sounded…
• Verse 1.13 — Then, all at once, conches and kettledrums, cymbals, drums and horns were played upon…
• Verse 1.14 — Then, too, Mādhava and the son of Pāṇḍu (Arjuna), seated in a grand chariot yoked to…
• Verse 1.15 — Hṛṣīkeśa blew the Pāñchajanya, and Arjuna blew the Devadatta. Bhīma, (the doer) of…
• Verse 1.16 — Prince Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Kuntī, blew the Anantavijaya, while Nakula and Sahadeva…
• Verse 1.17 — The king of Kāśī, an excellent archer, Śikhaṇḍin, the master of a great car, Dhṛṣṭadyumna…
• Verse 1.18 — Drupada and the sons of Draupadī, O lord of earth, and the son of Subhadrā, of mighty…
• Verse 1.19 — That tumultuous sound rent the hearts of (the people) of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's party, making both…
• Verse 1.20 — Then seeing the people of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's party regularly marshalled, while the discharge…
• Verse 1.21 — Then seeing the people of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's party regularly marshalled, while the discharge…
• Verse 1.22 — Then seeing the people of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's party regularly marshalled, while the discharge…
• Verse 1.23 — "I will observe those who are assembled here and are about to engage in battle desirous…
• Verse 1.24 — O descendant of Bharata, Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa) thus addressed by Guḍākeśa (Arjuna) stationed…
• Verse 1.25 — O descendant of Bharata, Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa) thus addressed by Guḍākeśa (Arjuna) stationed…
• Verse 1.26 — Then the son of Pṛthā saw arrayed there in both the armies fathers and grandfathers…
• Verse 1.27 — Then the son of Pṛthā saw arrayed there in both the armies fathers and grandfathers…
• Verse 1.28 — When the son of Kuntī saw all the kinsmen standing, he was overcome with deepest pity and…
• Verse 1.29 — Seeing these kinsmen, O Kṛṣṇa, arrayed and desirous to fight, my limbs droop down, and my…
• Verse 1.30 — The Gāṇḍīva slips from my hand, and my skin is intensely burning. I am also unable to…
• Verse 1.31 — And, O Keśava, I see omens foreboding evil. Nor do I see any good from killing my kinsmen…
• Verse 1.32 — I desire not victory, O Kṛṣṇa, nor kingdom, nor pleasures. Of what avail is dominion to…
• Verse 1.33 — They for whose sake dominion, enjoyments and pleasures are sought by us are here…
• Verse 1.34 — They for whose sake dominion, enjoyments and pleasures are sought by us are here…
• Verse 1.35 — These, O slayer of Madhu, I do not wish to kill, though they kill me, even for the sake…
• Verse 1.36 — O Janārdana, what delight shall be ours after killing the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra? On killing…
• Verse 1.37 — We had then better not slay our own kinsmen, the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; for, how can we be…
• Verse 1.38 — Though these, whose intelligence is stricken by greed, perceive no evil in the extinction…
• Verse 1.39 — Though these, whose intelligence is stricken by greed, perceive no evil in the extinction…
• Verse 1.40 — On the extinction of a family, the immemorial dharmas of that family disappear. When the…
• Verse 1.41 — By the prevalence of impiety, O Kṛṣṇa, the women of the family become corrupt. Women…
• Verse 1.42 — Confusion of castes leads the family of these destroyers of families also to hell; for…
• Verse 1.43 — By these evil deeds of the destroyers of families which cause the intermingling of…
• Verse 1.44 — We have heard, O Janārdana, that necessary is the dwelling in hell of the men whose…
• Verse 1.45 — Alas! we have resolved to commit a great sin, inasmuch as we are endeavouring to slay our…
• Verse 1.46 — It would be better for me, if the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, with arms in hand, should slay me…
• Verse 1.47 — Having said thus, Arjuna, sorrow-stricken in mind, cast aside his bow and arrows in the…