Bhagavad Gītā › Chapter 2 › Verse 10
Bhagavad Gītā 2.10: Kṛṣṇa smiles
तमुवाच हृषीकेशः प्रहसन्निव भारत ।
सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये विषीदन्तमिदं वचः ॥
tamuvāca hṛṣīkeśaḥ prahasanniva bhārata
senayorubhayormadhye viṣīdantamidaṃ vacaḥ
Recitation: NehalDaveND (Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY-SA 4.0, adapted, original recording
Meaning
Then Hṛṣīkeśa, as if smiling, spoke these words to him who sat dejected between the two armies, O Bhārata. Kṛṣṇa’s gentle smile in a moment of crisis sets the tone of the teaching that follows, which begins in the next verse.
For children
Krishna smiled gently at sad Arjuna, right in the middle of the two armies, and began to teach him.
Arjuna has fallen silent (2.9). Kṛṣṇa, smiling, begins the teaching that starts in 2.11.
Word by word
तमुवाच हृषीकेशः — Then Kṛṣṇa spoke to him
- tam: to him
- uvāca: spoke
- hṛṣīkeśa: Kṛṣṇa (lord of the senses)
प्रहसन्निव भारत — as if smiling, O king
- prahasan: smiling
- iva: as if
- bhārata: descendant of Bharata (the king)
सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये — there between the two armies
- senā: army
- ubhaya: both
- madhye: in the middle
विषीदन्तमिदं वचः — to the sorrowing Arjuna, these words
- viṣīdantam: to the one sinking in sorrow
- vacas: words
Sañjaya speaks this verse. The Sanskrit is checked against four editions; meanings and word notes are simple learning aids written for MahaPrabha Gurukul, awaiting review by a Sanskrit teacher.