[ BHAGAVAD GITA · 1.46 · spoken by Sanjay ]
Day 1: he raised the bow. Day 46: he dropped it. What happened between?
Sanjay speaks. Arjun cast aside his bow and arrows. And on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, between two armies ready for war — the greatest warrior alive sat down. Chapter 1 ends in silence.
SANSKRIT
यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणयः । धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत् ॥१-४६॥
KRISHNA’S LINE
“The bow didn't fall because the arm was weak. It fell because the heart finally spoke louder than the hand.”
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