2.2
Chapter 2, Verse 2
श्री भगवानुवाच कुतस्त्वा कश्मलमिदं विषमे समुपस्थितम्। अनार्यजुष्टमस्वर्ग्यमकीर्तिकरमर्जुन৷৷
śrī bhagavānuvāca kutastvā kaśmalamidaṅ viṣamē samupasthitam. anāryajuṣṭamasvargyamakīrtikaramarjuna৷৷
Translation
"The Lord said: My beloved friend! Why yield, just on the eve of battle, to this weakness which does no credit to those who call themselves Aryans, and only brings them infamy and bars against them the gates of heaven?
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
कुतः whence, त्वा upon thee, कश्मलम् dejection, इदम् this, विषमे in perilous strait, समुपस्थितम् comes, अनार्यजुष्टम् unworthy (unaryanlike), अस्वर्ग्यम् heavenexcluding, अकीर्तिकरम् disgraceful, अर्जुन O Arjuna. Commentary: No commentary.
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.