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“Looking at all his relatives come together in both armies, the son of Kunti broke down with deep compassion and said, 'Krishna, now that I have seen my own people here, coming near and longing to fight, my legs collapse my mouth is parched, my body trembles, and my hair bristles; the Gandiva bow drops from my hand, my skin is burned, and I find no rest; my mind seems to wander; I see perverse omens; and before me I see no good in killing my people in battle, Lovely-Haired Krishna!” — Laurie L. Patton
Looking at all
his relatives
come together
in both armies,
the son of Kunti
broke down with deep compassion
and said,
'Krishna, now that
I have seen
my own people here,
coming near and
longing to fight,
my legs
collapse
my mouth
is parched,
my body
trembles,
and my hair
bristles;
the Gandiva bow
drops from my hand,
my skin
is burned,
and I find
no rest;
my mind
seems to wander;
I see perverse omens;
and before me
I see no good
in killing
my people
in battle,
Lovely-Haired Krishna!