Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, Verse 2
श्रीभगवानुवाच । कुतस्त्वा कश्मलमिदं विषमे समुपस्थितम् । अनार्यजुष्टमस्वर्ग्यमकीर्तिकरमर्जुन
śrībhagavānuvāca | kutastvā kaśmalamidaṃ viṣame samupasthitam | anāryajuṣṭamasvargyamakīrtikaramarjuna
Translation
Whence in (this) perilous strait has come upon thee this weakness cherished by the unworthy, debarring from heaven and causing disgrace, O Arjuna?
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- kutaḥ
- whence
- tvā
- thee
- kaśmalam
- dejection
- idam
- this
- viṣame
- in difficulty
- samupasthitam
- happened
- anāryajuṣṭam
- by non-Āryans, rejoiced in (practised)
- asvargyam
- unheavenly (not leading to Svarga)
- akīrtikaram
- un-fame-making
- arjuna
- O Arjuna