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.
Sañgaya said:
Having spoken thus, Arğuna cast aside his bow together with the arrows, on the battle-field, and sat down in (his) chariot, with a mind agitated by grief.
CHAPTER II.
Sañgaya said:
To him, who was thus overcome with pity, and dejected, and whose eyes were full of tears and turbid, the destroyer of Madhu spoke these words.
The Deity said:
How (comes it that) this delusion, O Arğuna ! which is discarded by the good, which excludes from heaven, and occasions infamy, has overtaken you in this (place of) peril? Be not effeminate, O son of Pritha! it is not worthy of you. Cast off this base weakness of heart, and arise, O terror of (your) foes!
Arğuna said:
How, O destroyer of Madhu! shall I encounter with arrows in the battle Bhishma and Droṇa— both, O destroyer of enemies! entitled to reverence ?
Sañjaya said:
Having said this, Arjuna set down his bow and arrows on the battlefield and sank into his chariot seat, his mind overcome with grief.
CHAPTER II.
Sañjaya said:
To him—overcome with pity, dejected, his eyes filled with tears and clouded—the destroyer of Madhu spoke these words.
The Deity said:
How has this delusion come over you in this moment of peril, O Arjuna — a delusion the good have cast aside, one that bars the way to heaven and brings only disgrace? Do not be weak and unmanly, O son of Pritha! It does not become you. Shake off this base faintheartedness and rise up, O terror of your foes!
Arjuna said:
How, O destroyer of Madhu, shall I face Bhishma and Droṇa with arrows in battle—both of them, O destroyer of enemies, worthy of reverence?