11.35 Stammering, in great fear Sanjaya speaks
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं केशवस्य कृताञ्जलिर्वेपमानः किरीटी
नमस्कृत्वा भूय एवाह कृष्णं सगद्गदं भीतभीतः प्रणम्य
etach chhrutvā vachanaṁ keśhavasya
kṛitāñjalir vepamānaḥ kirīṭī
namaskṛitvā bhūya evāha kṛiṣhṇaṁ
sa-gadgadaṁ bhīta-bhītaḥ praṇamya
Hearing these words of Krishna, Arjuna joined his palms, trembling, bowed down, and spoke again — stammering, in great fear.
Explanation
Stammering, in great fear.
sa-gadgadam — with a voice choking. Trembling, palms joined, bowed down.
The narration is Sanjaya's again, and it is unsparing. The response to being told be the instrument is not resolve. It is a man who can barely speak.
Word by word
- sañjayaḥ uvācha
- Sanjay said
- etat
- thus
- śhrutvā
- hearing
- vachanam
- words
- keśhavasya
- of Shree Krishna
- kṛita-añjaliḥ
- with joined palms
- vepamānaḥ
- trembling
- kirītī
- the crowned one, Arjun
- namaskṛitvā
- with palms joined
- bhūyaḥ
- again
- eva
- indeed
- āha
- spoke
- kṛiṣhṇam
- to Shree Krishna
- sa-gadgadam
- in a faltering voice
- bhīta-bhītaḥ
- overwhelmed with fear
- praṇamya
- bowed down
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