# Bhagavad Gita 2.9

**Canonical reference:** `gita.2.9`  
**Speaker:** Sanjaya  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सञ्जय उवाच।
एवमुक्त्वा हृषीकेशं गुडाकेशः परन्तप।
न योत्स्य इति गोविन्दमुक्त्वा तूष्णीं बभूव ह ॥

## IAST

sañjaya uvāca
evamuktvā hṛṣīkeśaṃ guḍākeśaḥ parantapaḥ
na yotsya iti govindamuktvā tūṣṇīṃ babhūva ha

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

Having spoken thus to Hriṣīkesa, O terror of (your) foes! Guḍākeśa said to Govinda , 'I shall not engage in battle;' and verily remained silent. To him thus desponding between the two armies, O descendant of Bharata!

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