स तदा पुरुषव्याघ्रो युक्त्या मे प्रतिबोधित: । अभ्यभाषत मामेवं यथा त्वं रणमूर्धनि ॥ ८ ॥
sa tadā puruṣa-vyāghro yuktyā me pratibodhitaḥ abhyabhāṣata mām evaṁ yathā tvaṁ raṇa-mūrdhani
- saḥ
- he
- tadā
- at that time
- puruṣa-vyāghraḥ
- the tiger among men
- yuktyā
- by logical argument
- me
- by Me
- pratibodhitaḥ
- enlightened in real knowledge
- abhyabhāṣata
- addressed questions
- mām
- to Me
- evam
- thus
- yathā
- just as
- tvam
- you
- raṇa
- of the battle
- mūrdhani
- in the front
At that time I enlightened Arjuna, the tiger among men, with logical arguments, and thus in the front of the battle Arjuna addressed Me with questions in the same way that you are now inquiring.