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Sanjaya said Having thus spoken in the midst of the battlefield, Arjuna, casting away his bow and arrow, sat down on the seat of the chariot with his mind overwhelmed with sorrow.

Sanjaya said: Having spoken thus on the battlefield, Arjuna cast aside his bow and arrows and sank down on the seat of his chariot, his mind overwhelmed with grief.

Sanjaya closes the chapter with an image. Arjuna, having finished speaking, lets go of his bow and arrows and sits down in the chariot, his mind shaken by sorrow. The bow he raised so confidently earlier in the chapter now lies at his side. Krishna has said almost nothing yet. The chapter ends in silence and collapse, and the rest of the Gita is the response to this moment. It is often called the yoga of Arjuna's despondency, because even this despair becomes the ground from which the teaching grows.