Shloka 2.5 “It would be better to live on alms than to slay these noble teachers, Bhishma and Drona; for having killed them, I would enjoy blood-stained pleasures.” Key Teaching: Arjuna prefers begging to killing revered elders, highlighting his moral dilemma. Theme: Vishada, Dharma, Ethics. Description: Arjuna continues his objection from 2.4, stating he would […]

Shloka 2.4 “Arjuna said: How can I fight Bhishma and Drona with arrows, O Krishna, when they are worthy of worship?” Key Teaching: Arjuna questions fighting revered elders, deepening his moral dilemma. Theme: Vishada, Dharma, Ethics. Description: Arjuna responds to Krishna’s urging (2.2–3), questioning how he can fight Bhishma and Drona, whom he considers worthy

Shloka 2.3 “Yield not to unmanliness, O Arjuna; it does not befit you. Cast off this petty weakness and arise!” Key Teaching: Krishna urges Arjuna to overcome weakness and fulfill his duty. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Courage. Description: Krishna continues, urging Arjuna not to yield to unmanliness, calling his despair unfit for a warrior and commanding

Shloka 2.2 “Krishna said: Whence has this despondency come upon you, O Arjuna, at this critical hour? It is unworthy of an Aryan.” Key Teaching: Krishna challenges Arjuna’s despair as unworthy of his warrior status. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Courage. 500-Word Description: Krishna begins his guidance, questioning the source of Arjuna’s despondency at this critical hour

Shloka 2.1 “Sanjaya said: Seeing Arjuna overwhelmed with compassion, his eyes filled with tears, Krishna spoke thus.” Key Teaching: Krishna begins addressing Arjuna’s despair, initiating guidance. Theme: Vishada, Guidance, Dharma. Description: Sanjaya narrates that Krishna, seeing Arjuna overwhelmed with compassion and tearful (1.28–46), begins speaking to address his despair. This verse transitions from Chapter 1’s

Shloka 1.47 “Sanjaya said: Having thus spoken on the battlefield, Arjuna, his mind overwhelmed with sorrow, cast aside his bow and arrows and sank down in his chariot.” Key Teaching: Arjuna, overwhelmed by sorrow, abandons his resolve to fight, marking his emotional and moral crisis. Theme: Despair, Conflict, Karma Yoga, Guidance. 500-Word Description: In shloka

Shloka 1.46 “If the armed sons of Dhritarashtra kill me, unarmed and unresisting, that would be better.” Key Teaching: Arjuna prefers death over fighting kin, rejecting violence. Theme: Vishada, Dharma, Non-violence. Description: Arjuna concludes his lament, stating he would rather be killed unarmed and unresisting by the Kauravas than fight his kin. This verse marks

Shloka 1.45 “Alas, we are resolved to commit great sin by killing our kinsmen for the greed of a kingdom.” Key Teaching: Arjuna laments the sin of killing kin for material gain. Theme: Vishada, Dharma, Ethics. 500-Word Description: Arjuna laments that he and the Pandavas are about to commit great sin by killing kinsmen like

Shloka 1.44 “O Krishna, we have heard that those who destroy family traditions dwell long in hell.” Key Teaching: Arjuna fears karmic punishment for destroying family traditions. Theme: Vishada, Dharma, Consequences. 500-Word Description: Arjuna tells Krishna that, according to tradition, those who destroy family dharma dwell long in hell, intensifying his fear of the war’s

Shloka 1.43 “By these evil deeds of family destroyers, eternal family traditions and dharma are ruined.” Key Teaching: Arjuna laments the ruin of eternal traditions by war’s destruction. Theme: Vishada, Dharma, Spirituality. 500-Word Description: Arjuna declares that the evil deeds of those who destroy families, like the war’s participants, ruin eternal family traditions and dharma.