यदा च पार्थप्रहित: सभायां जगद्गुरुर्यानि जगाद कृष्ण: । न तानि पुंसाममृतायनानि राजोरु मेने क्षतपुण्यलेश: ॥ ९ ॥
yada ca partha-prahitah sabhayam jagad-gurur yani jagada krsnah na tani pumsam amrtayanani rajoru mene ksata-punya-lesah
- yada
- when
- ca
- also
- partha-prahitah
- being advised by Arjuna
- sabhayam
- in the assembly
- jagat-guruh
- of the teacher of the world
- yani
- those
- jagada
- went
- krsnah
- Lord Krsna
- na
- never
- tani
- such words
- pumsam
- of all men of sense
- amrta-ayanani
- as good as nectar
- raja
- the King (Dhrtarastra or Duryodhana)
- uru
- very important
- mene
- did consider
- ksata
- dwindling
- punya-lesah
- fragment of pious acts.
Lord Krsna was sent by Arjuna into the assembly as the spiritual master of the whole world, and although His words were heard by some (like Bhisma) as pure nectar, it was not so for the others, who were completely bereft of the last farthing of past pious works. The King (Dhrtarastra or Duryodhana) did not take the words of Lord Krsna very seriously.