Verse 1.47
Speaker: Sanjaya
Sanskrit
ॐ तत्सदिति श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासूपनिषत्सु ब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादे अर्जुनविषादयोगो नाम प्रथमोऽध्यायः ||१||
Transliteration (IAST)
oṁ tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁvāde arjunaviṣādayogo nāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ ||1||
Word-by-Word Meanings
Translation
Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita, in the science of the Eternal, in the scripture of Yoga, in the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the first chapter entitled 'The Yoga of Arjuna's Dejection.'
Commentary
The colophon identifies the Gita as simultaneously an Upanishad (mystical teaching), Brahma-vidyā (science of the Absolute), and Yoga-śāstra (scripture of union). Calling Arjuna's despair a 'yoga' is profound - even crisis and confusion can be a path to wisdom when it leads to surrender and seeking.