SB 1.15.3–4
परोक्षेण समुन्नद्धप्रणयौत्कण्ठ्यकातरः ॥ ३ ॥
सख्यं मैत्रीं सौहृदं च सारथ्यादिषु संस्मरन् ।
नृपमग्रजमित्याह बाष्पगद्गदया गिरा ॥ ४ ॥
parokṣeṇa samunnaddha-praṇayautkaṇṭhya-kātaraḥ
sakhyaṁ maitrīṁ sauhṛdaṁ ca sārathyādiṣu saṁsmaran
nṛpam agrajam ity āha bāṣpa-gadgadayā girā
Synonyms
saṁstabhya — restraining; kṛcchreṇa — with great difficulty [mahatā prayatnena7]; śucaḥ — the tears of grief [śokāśrūṇi8]; [that welled up (yāny udgacchanti tāni)]; netrayoḥ — of [i.e., in] his eyes; āmṛjya — [and] wiping; pāṇinā — with his hands; [the tears that glided down his face (galitāni ca)]; kātaraḥ — [Arjuna] felt greatly distressed [vyākulaḥ san]; samunnaddha — [out of] intense [adhika]; autkaṇṭhya — longing [or lovelorn reflection (prema-purvakānudhyānam) due to the intolerability of the condition of separation (virahāsahatva-daśā)9]; praṇaya — [born of] love [sneha]; [kṛṣṇasya10] parokṣeṇa — due to [Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s] having passed beyond his vision [darśanāgocareṇa śrī-kṛṣṇena hetunā]; saṁsmaran — remembering; sakhyam — the friendship [the state in which volition is impelled exclusively for the good of one’s friend (hitaiṣitām); or pure friendship in which each holds the other as his very life and both strive only for each other’s well-being out of love (premṇā paraspara-prāṇatvaṁ paraspara-hitaiṣitāṁ sakhyam)11]; maitrīm — benevolence [(upakāritām); or friendship mixed with servitude (dāsya-miśraṁ sakhyam)12]; ca — and; sauhṛdam — kindheartedness [combined with familial relation (suhṛttvaṁ sambandhitāñ ca); or friendship mixed with parental care (vātsalya-miśraṁ sakhyam)13]; [displayed by Kṛṣṇa (bhagavatā-kṛtam)14]; sārathya-ādiṣu — in the matter of His becoming his chariot driver and other roles [such as acting as a messenger and attendant (dautyānugamanādiṣu)15]; [Arjuna]; āha — addressed; agrajam — [his] elder brother; nṛpam — King Yudhiṣṭhira; girā — [in] a voice [kaṇṭhe]; gadgadayā — choked [avaroddhāt]; bāṣpa — [with] tears; iti — as follows [as elaborated in the upcoming verses (vakṣyamāṇam āhety anvayaḥ)16].
Translation
Restraining with great difficulty the tears of grief [that welled up] in his eyes and wiping with his hands [the tears that glided down his face], Arjuna felt greatly distressed out of intense longing born of love due to Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s having passed beyond his vision. Remembering the friendship, benevolence, and kindheartedness displayed by Kṛṣṇa in the matter of His becoming his chariot driver and other roles, Arjuna addressed his elder brother, King Yudhiṣṭhira, in a voice choked with tears as follows.