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Sanjaya said Having heard that speech of Lord Krishna, Arjuna, with joined palms, trembling, prostrating himself, again addressed Krishna, in a choked voice, bowing down, overwhelmed with fear.

Sanjaya said: Hearing these words of Keshava, the crowned one, trembling, his palms joined, bowed and spoke again to Krishna, overcome with fear, in a choked voice, bowing low.

Sanjaya interrupts again to describe Arjuna's state. Hearing Krishna's words, Arjuna, called Kiritin, the crowned one, trembles, joins his palms, bows, and speaks in a voice choked with emotion, utterly afraid. The narration slows the action at a crucial moment, so that the listener, Dhritarashtra, absorbs what has just been said: his sons' deaths are certain. For Dhritarashtra this is grave news, delivered by the very god whose protection he might have hoped for. Arjuna's next words will mix fear, reverence and a new tenderness of apology.