अर्जुन: प्रेयस: सख्यु: कृष्णस्य विरहातुर: । आत्मानं सान्त्वयामास कृष्णगीतै: सदुक्तिभि: ॥ २१ ॥
arjunaḥ preyasaḥ sakhyuḥ kṛṣṇasya virahāturaḥ ātmānaṁ sāntvayām āsa kṛṣṇa-gītaiḥ sad-uktibhiḥ
- arjunaḥ
- Arjuna
- preyasaḥ
- of his dear
- sakhyuḥ
- friend
- kṛṣṇasya
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
- viraha
- because of the separation
- āturaḥ
- distressed
- ātmānam
- himself
- sāntvayām āsa
- consoled
- kṛṣṇa-gītaiḥ
- with the song sung by Lord Kṛṣṇa (the Bhagavad-gītā)
- sat-uktibhiḥ
- with the transcendental words
Arjuna felt great distress over separation from Lord Kṛṣṇa, his dearmost friend. But he consoled himself by remembering the transcendental words the Lord had sung to him.