व्यवहितपृतनामुखं निरीक्ष्य स्वजनवधाद्विमुखस्य दोषबुद्ध्या । कुमतिमहरदात्मविद्यया य- श्चरणरति: परमस्य तस्य मेऽस्तु ॥ ३६ ॥
vyavahita-prtana-mukham niriksya sva-jana-vadhad vimukhasya dosa-buddhya kumatim aharad atma-vidyaya yas carana-ratih paramasya tasya me ’stu
- vyavahita
- standing at a distance
- prtana
- soldiers
- mukham
- faces
- niriksya
- by looking upon
- sva-jana
- kinsmen
- vadhat
- from the act of killing
- vimukhasya
- one who is reluctant
- dosa-buddhya
- by polluted intelligence
- kumatim
- poor fund of knowledge
- aharat
- eradicated
- atma-vidyaya
- by transcendental knowledge
- yah
- He who
- carana
- to the feet
- ratih
- attraction
- paramasya
- of the Supreme
- tasya
- for Him
- me
- my
- astu
- let there be
When Arjuna was seemingly polluted by ignorance upon observing the soldiers and commanders before him on the battlefield, the Lord eradicated his ignorance by delivering transcendental knowledge. May His lotus feet always remain the object of my attraction.