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Bhagavad-gñā  As It Is
[Ch. 2]
PURPORT
Dhṛtarāṣṭra must have been very glad to understand that Arjuna was not going to fight and was instead leaving the battlefield for the begging profession. But Sañjaya disappointed him again in relating that Arjuna was competent to kill his enemies ( parantapaḥ ). Although Arjuna was for the time being overwhelmed with false grief due to family affection, he surrendered unto Kṛṣṇa, the supreme spiritual master, as a disciple. This indicated that he would soon be free from the false lamentation resulting from family affection and would be enlightened with perfect knowledge of self-realization, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and would then surely fight. Thus Dhṛtarāṣṭra's joy would be frustrated, since Arjuna would be enlightened. by Kṛṣṇa and would fight to the end.
TEXT 10
तमुवाच ह्षीकेशः प्रहसन्निव भारत । सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये विषीदन्तमिदं वचः ॥१०॥
tam uvāca hṛṣīkeśaḥ prahasann iva bhārata senayor ubhayor madhye visīdantam idaṁ vacah
tam —unto him;  uvāca —said;  hṛṣīkeśaḥ —the master of the senses, Kṛṣṇa;  prahasan —smiling;  iva —like that;  bhārata —O Dhṛtarāṣṭra, descendant of Bharata;  senayoḥ —of the armies;  ubhayoḥ —of both parties;  madhye —between;  viṣīdantam —unto the lamenting one;  idam —the following;  vacaḥ —words.
TRANSLATION
O descendant of Bharata, at that time Kṛṣṇa, smiling, in the midst of both the armies, spoke the following words to the grief-stricken Arjuna.
PURPORT
The talk was going on between intimate friends, namely the Hṛṣīkeśa and the Guḍākeśa. As friends, both of them were on the same level, but