Shloka 47
Karma-Yoga, Yajña-Cakra, and the Governance of Desire (कर्मयोग–यज्ञचक्र–कामनिग्रह)
संजय उवाच एवमुकक््त्वार्जुन: संख्ये रथोपस्थ उपाविशत् | विसृज्य सशरं चापं शोकसंविग्नमानस:,संजय बोले--रणभूमिमें शोकसे उद्विग्न मनवाला अर्जुन इस प्रकार कहकर, बाणसहित धनुषको त्यागकर रथके पिछले भागमें बैठ गया
sañjaya uvāca evam uktvā arjunaḥ saṅkhye rathopasthe upāviśat | visṛjya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ śokasaṃvignamānasaḥ ||
Sañjaya sagte: Nachdem Arjuna so auf dem Schlachtfeld gesprochen hatte, warf er, von Kummer im Herzen erschüttert, seinen Bogen samt den Pfeilen fort und setzte sich auf den Sitz des Streitwagens.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse itself presents the ethical turning-point: Arjuna’s grief overwhelms his warrior resolve, leading him to abandon his weapon and sit down. This collapse frames the central problem of dharma in war—how to act rightly when duty conflicts with compassion and personal bonds—setting the stage for subsequent instruction on disciplined action and discernment.
After speaking his lament, Arjuna, distressed by sorrow, throws down his bow along with the arrows and sits on the chariot-seat in the midst of the battlefield. Sañjaya narrates this visible sign of Arjuna’s refusal to fight at that moment.