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To him who was despondent in the midst of the two armies, Krishna, as if smiling, O Bharata, spoke these words.

Then, between the two armies, Hrishikesha, as if smiling, spoke these words to the despairing one, descendant of Bharata.

Sanjaya pictures Krishna between the two armies, speaking as if with a smile to the despairing Arjuna. The setting is important: the teaching is given in the open, at the very point of conflict, not in retreat from it. The faint smile has been read in many ways, as affection, as calm in the face of crisis, or as a sign that Arjuna's tragedy looks different from a wider view. Whatever its meaning, it signals a change of tone from rebuke to instruction.