Sanskrit · Devanagari
अर्जुन उवाच। कथं भीष्ममहं सङ्ख्ये द्रोणं च मधुसूदन। इषुभिः प्रतियोत्स्यामि पूजार्हावरिसूदन ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
arjuna uvāca kathaṃ bhīṣmamahaṃ saṅkhye droṇaṃ ca madhusūdana iṣubhiḥ pratiyotsyāmi pūjārhāvarisūdana
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882How, O destroyer of Madhu! shall I encounter with arrows in the battle Bhīṣma and Droṇa —both, O destroyer of enemies! entitled to reverence?
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Śaṅkarācārya
2.4 Sri Sankaracharya did not comment on this sloka. The commentary starts from 2.10.
d915edd78ed8…Rāmānuja
2.4 - 2.5 Arjuna said Again Arjuna, being moved by love, compassion and fear, mistaking unrighteousness for righteousness, and not understanding, i.e., not knowing the beneficial words of Sri Krsna, said as follows: 'How can I slay Bhisma, Drona and others worthy or reverence? After slaying those elders, though they are intensely attached to enjoyments, how can I enjoy those very pleasures which are now being enjoyed by them? For, it will be mixed with their blood.
cf37e9d177de…Swami Sivananda
2.4 कथम् how? भीष्मम् Bhishma? अहम् I? संख्ये in battle? द्रोणम् Drona? च and? मधुसूदन O Madhusudana? इषुभिः with arrows? प्रतियोत्स्यामि shall fight? पूजार्हौ worthy to be worshipped? अरिसूदन O destroyer of enemies.No commentary.
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