Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1: Arjuna Visada Yoga

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1 Verse 5

|| श्रीमद्भगवद्‌ गीता  1.5 ||

Chapter 1 · Arjuna Visada Yoga · Karma Yoga

Sanskrit verse

धृष्टकेतुश्चेकितानः काशिराजश्च वीर्यवान्। पुरुजित्कुन्तिभोजश्च शैब्यश्च नरपुङ्गवः।।1.5।।

Transliteration

dhṛiṣhṭaketuśhchekitānaḥ kāśhirājaśhcha vīryavān purujit kuntibhojaśhcha śhaibyaśhcha nara-puṅgavaḥ yudhāmanyuśhcha vikrānta uttamaujāśhcha vīryavān

Word meanings

dhṛiṣhṭaketuḥ—Dhrishtaketu; chekitānaḥ—Chekitan; kāśhirājaḥ—Kashiraj; cha—and; vīrya-vān—heroic; purujit—Purujit; kuntibhojaḥ—Kuntibhoj; cha—and; śhaibyaḥ—Shaibya; cha—and; nara-puṅgavaḥ—best of men; yudhāmanyuḥ—Yudhamanyu; cha—and; vikrāntaḥ—courageous; uttamaujāḥ—Uttamauja; cha—and; vīrya-vān—gallant;

English translation

Corrected: "Dhrishtaketu, Chekitana, the valiant king of Kasi, Purujit, Kuntibhoja, and Saibya—the best of men."

Translation by Swami Sivananda

Hindi meaning

।।1.5।।धृष्टकेतु, चेकितान, बलवान काशिराज,  पुरुजित्, कुन्तिभोज और मनुष्यों में श्रेष्ठ शैब्य।  

Hindi rendering by Swami Tejomayananda

English meaning

Dhrishtaketu, Chekitan, the valiant king of Benares, Purujit, Kuntibhoja, and Shaibya—a master of many.

Shri Purohit Swami

Dhrstaketu, Cekitana, the valorous king of Kasi, Kuntibhoja, the conqueror of many, and the Sibi king, the best among men;

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Detailed explanation

1.5 धृष्टकेतुः Dhrishtaketu, चेकितानः Chekitana, काशिराजः king of Kasi, च and, वीर्यवान् valiant, पुरुजित् Purujit, कुन्तिभोजः Kuntibhoja, च and, शैब्यः son of Sibi, च and, नरपुङ्गवः the best of men.No Commentary.

Commentary by Swami Sivananda

Hindi commentary

।।1.5।। No commentary.

Swami Chinmayananda

।।1.4 --1.6।। व्याख्या--'अत्र शूरा महेष्वासा भीमार्जुनसमा युधि'-- जिनसे बाण चलाये जाते हैं, फेंके जाते हैं, उनका नाम 'इष्वास' अर्थात् धनुष है। ऐसे बड़े-बड़े इष्वास (धनुष) जिनसे पास हैं, वे सभी 'महेष्वास' हैं। तात्पर्य है कि बड़े धनुषोंपर बाण चढ़ाने एवं प्रत्यञ्चा खींचनेमें बहुत बल लगता है। जोरसे खींचकर छोड़ा गया बाण विशेष मार करता है। ऐसे बड़े-बड़े धनुष पासमें होनेके कारण ये सभी बहुत बलवान् और शूरवीर हैं। ये मामूली योद्धा नहीं हैं। युद्धमें ये भीम और अर्जुनके समान हैं अर्थात् बलमें ये भीमके समान और अस्त्र-शस्त्रकी कलामें ये अर्जुनके समान हैं।

Swami Ramsukhdas

Spiritual significance

In Arjuna Visada Yoga (Arjuna's Dilemma), this verse belongs to the Gita’s teaching on karma yoga. Here the text presents that teaching through these words: Corrected: "Dhrishtaketu, Chekitana, the valiant king of Kasi, Purujit, Kuntibhoja, and Saibya—the best of men."

This verse sits inside Chapter 1: Arjuna Visada Yoga, part of the Gita’s Karma Yoga section.

Questions about this verse

What is Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1 Verse 5 about?

Chapter 1, verse 5 is part of Arjuna Visada Yoga. In the English translation used on this page, it says: Corrected: "Dhrishtaketu, Chekitana, the valiant king of Kasi, Purujit, Kuntibhoja, and Saibya—the best of men."

What is the spiritual context of this verse?

It appears in Arjuna Visada Yoga, a chapter associated with Karma Yoga. Duty on the battlefield.