Devanagari
सञ्जय उवाच
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं केशवस्य
कृताञ्जलिर्वेपमान: किरीटी ।
नमस्कृत्वा भूय एवाह कृष्णं
सगद्गदं भीतभीत: प्रणम्य ॥ ३५ ॥
Verse text
sañjaya uvāca
etac chrutvā vacanaṁ keśavasya
kṛtāñjalir vepamānaḥ kirīṭī
namaskṛtvā bhūya evāha kṛṣṇaṁ
sa-gadgadaṁ bhīta-bhītaḥ praṇamya
Synonyms
sañjayaḥ uvāca
—
Sañjaya said
;
etat
—
thus
;
śrutvā
—
hearing
;
vacanam
—
the speech
;
keśavasya
—
of Kṛṣṇa
;
kṛta-añjaliḥ
—
with folded hands
;
vepamānaḥ
—
trembling
;
kirīṭī
—
Arjuna
;
namaskṛtvā
—
offering obeisances
;
bhūyaḥ
—
again
;
eva
—
also
;
āha
—
said
;
kṛṣṇam
—
unto Kṛṣṇa
;
sa-gadgadam
—
with a faltering voice
;
bhīta-bhītaḥ
—
fearful
;
praṇamya
—
offering obeisances.
Translation
Sañjaya said to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: O King, after hearing these words from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the trembling Arjuna offered obeisances with folded hands again and again. He fearfully spoke to Lord Kṛṣṇa in a faltering voice, as follows.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
35. Sañjaya said: Hearing the words of Keśava, Arjuna, with folded hands, trembling, offered his respects; and again overcome by great fear, offering respects, spoke to Kṛṣṇa in faltering voice.
Translation (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)
35. Sañjaya said: Hearing the words of Keśava, Arjuna, with folded hands, trembling, offered his respects; and again overcome by great fear, offering respects, spoke to Kṛṣṇa in faltering voice.
Purport
As we have already explained, because of the situation created by the universal form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Arjuna became bewildered in wonder; thus he began to offer his respectful obeisances to Kṛṣṇa again and again, and with faltering voice he began to pray, not as a friend, but as a devotee in wonder.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Namaskṛtvā is poetic license. The normal form is namaskṛtya.
Purport (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)
Sañjaya then relates what happened next. Hearing the words of Keśava in three verses, Arjuna (kirīṭī), trembling out of respect on seeing that astonishing and ferocious form, offered his respects to Kṛṣṇa, and again offered respects, being overcome with great fear (bhīta bhītaḥ). With trembling voice (sa gadgadam), he then spoke. The form namaskṛtvā is poetic license. The correct form is namaskṛtya.
Surrender Unto Me
Arjuna is quite a great personality because even in the midst of all these situations he could speak.