सञ्जय उवाच — एवमुक्त्वार्जुनः सङ्ख्ये रथोपस्थ उपाविशत्। विसृज्य सशरं चापं शोकसंविग्नमानसः॥
sanjaya uvacha — evam uktvarjunah sankhye rathopastha upavishat visrijya sasharam chapam shoka-samvigna-manasah
Translation
Sanjaya said: Having spoken thus on the battlefield, Arjuna cast aside his bow and arrows and sat down on the seat of the chariot, his mind overwhelmed with grief.
Commentary
The chapter ends with Arjuna completely broken — bow abandoned, seated in grief. This dramatic low point is necessary because only from this depth of despair can the highest teachings emerge in the chapters that follow.
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