The Bhagavadgîtâ, with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ — SBE Vol. 8 (trans. K. T. Telang, 1882)
The translator’s English as printed (K. T. Telang). The original-language text is not held; names are romanised as the translator printed them.
Arguna said :
Destroyed is my delusion ; by your favour, O undegraded one! I (now) recollect * myself. I stand freed from doubts 4 I will do your bidding.
Sañgaya said:
Thus did I hear this dialogue between Vasudeva and the high-minded son of Pṛtha, (a dialogue) wonderful and causing the hair to stand on end. By the favour of Vyasa, I heard this highest mystery, (this) devotion *, from Kṛishṇa himself, the lord of the possessors of mystic power, who proclaimed it in person. O king! remembering and (again) remembering this wonderful and holy dialogue of Kesava and Arguna, I rejoice over and over again. And remembering and (again) remembering that excessively wonderful form of Hari also, great is my amazement, O king! and I rejoice over and over again. Wherever (is) Kṛishṇa, the lord of the possessors of mystic power, wherever (is) the (great) archer, the son of Pṛtha, there in my opinion (are) fortune, victory, prosperity *, and eternal justice.
* Which is the best of sacrifices; see p. 62. Ch. B72.
* Le. understand my real essence, what I am, &c. As to whether the battle was right or not. 4
5 The work is so called, as it refers to devotion.
Arjuna said:
Destroyed is my delusion; by your favour, O undegraded one! I now recollect myself. I stand freed from doubts 4. I will do your bidding.
Sañjaya said:
Thus did I hear this dialogue between Vasudeva and the high-minded son of Pṛtha—a dialogue wonderful, one that makes the hair stand on end. By the favour of Vyasa, I heard this highest mystery, this devotion, from Kṛishṇa himself, the lord of the possessors of mystic power, who proclaimed it in person. O king! Each time I recall this wonderful and holy dialogue of Kesava and Arjuna, I rejoice again and again. And each time I recall that surpassingly wonderful form of Hari, great is my amazement, O king, and I rejoice again and again. Wherever Kṛishṇa, the lord of the possessors of mystic power, is to be found, wherever the great archer, the son of Pṛtha, is to be found—there, in my opinion, are fortune, victory, prosperity, and eternal justice.
* Which is the best of sacrifices; see p. 62. Ch. B72.
* That is, understand my real essence, what I am, and so on. As to whether the battle was right or not. 4
5 The work is called this because it deals with devotion.