Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 11, Verse 35

सञ्जय उवाच । एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं केशवस्य कृताञ्जलिर्वेपमानः किरीटी । नमस्कृत्वा भूय एवाह कृष्णं सगद्गदं भीतभीतः प्रणम्य

sañjaya uvāca | etacchrutvā vacanaṃ keśavasya kṛtāñjalirvepamānaḥ kirīṭī | namaskṛtvā bhūya evāha kṛṣṇaṃ sagadgadaṃ bhītabhītaḥ praṇamya

Translation

Having heard that speech of Keśava, the crowned one (Arjuna), with joined palms, trembling, prostrating himself, again addressed Kṛṣṇa, stammering, bowing down, overwhelmed with fear.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

etat

this

śrutvā

having heard

vacanam

word

keśavasya

of Keshava

kṛtāñjaliḥ

made, folded-hands, by whom, he

vepamānaḥ

trembling

kirīṭī

the diademed one

namaskṛtvā

having prostrated

bhūyaḥ

again

eva

even

āha

said

kṛṣṇam

to Krishna

sagadgadam

with stammering, together

bhītabhītaḥ

frightene, frightened

praṇamya

having prostrated

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

When a man is overpowered with fear or with love, his eyes become full of tears, owing to the attack of pain or owing to the rise of joy: then his throat is choked up with phlegm, and this again causes indistinctness and dulness in speech. Thus did Arjuna speak in a stammering tone. Saṃjaya's speech on this occasion is very significant. — How? — Saṃjaya hoped that on seeing that his (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's) son would certainly be killed for want of support if the unconquerable four, including Droṇa, should be killed by Arjuna, Dhṛtarāṣṭra might despair of success and bring about peace. Thus he hoped there would be happiness to both. Even to this, Dhṛtarāṣṭra did not listen, owing to mighty Destiny.