Verse 2.11

अशोच्यानन्वशोचस्त्वं प्रज्ञावादांश्च भाषसे ।

गतासूनगतासूंश्च नानुशोचन्ति पण्डिताः ॥

2.11

Transliteration

aśocyānanvaśocastvaṃ prajñāvādāṃśca bhāṣase |

gatāsūnagatāsūṃśca nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

The Blessed Lord said Thou hast grieved for those that should not be grieved for, yet thou speakest words of wisdom. The wise grieve neither for the living nor for the dead.

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Word by word

those not to be grieved for
you have grieved
you
words of wisdom
and
you speak

the dead
the living
and
not
grieve
the wise

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

Krishna's teaching begins here. He points out a contradiction: Arjuna grieves for those who should not be grieved for, yet speaks in the language of the wise, quoting arguments about family and duty. The learned (paṇḍita), Krishna says, do not grieve for the dead or the living. The claim sounds harsh, but it sets up the question the next verses answer: what is it in a person that does not die? The teaching that follows grounds freedom from grief in an understanding of the self rather than in indifference.