Chapter 2, Verse 10



तमुवाच हृषीकेश: प्रहसन्निव भारत | सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये विषीदन्तमिदं वच: ॥10॥

Transliteration

tam-uvācha hṛiṣhīkeśhaḥ prahasanniva bhārata senayorubhayor-madhye viṣhīdantam-idaṁ vachaḥ

Word Meanings

tam—to him; uvācha—said; hṛiṣhīkeśhaḥ—Shree Krishna, the master of mind and senses; prahasan—smilingly; iva—as if; bhārata—Dhritarashtra, descendant of Bharat; senayoḥ—of the armies; ubhayoḥ—of both; madhye—in the midst of; viṣhīdantam—to the grief-stricken; idam—this; vachaḥ—words

Translation

O descendant of Bharata, to him who was sorrowing between the two armies, Hrsikesa, mocking as it were, said these words: