Bhagavad Gita 2.2
कुतस्त्वा कश्मलमिदं विषमे समुपस्थितम्। अनार्यजुष्टमस्वर्ग्यमकीर्तिकरमर्जुन॥
śhrī bhagavān uvācha kutastvā kaśhmalamidaṁ viṣhame samupasthitam anārya-juṣhṭamaswargyam akīrti-karam arjuna
Translation
The Blessed Lord said: Whence hath this dejection befallen thee in this perilous strait, ignoble, heaven-closing, infamous, O Arjuna?
What it means
"Whence this dejection in this perilous strait?" Krishna's opening is a diagnosis, not comfort. He calls the despair ignoble and heaven-closing, jolting Arjuna awake. Sometimes compassion must challenge before it can console.
Try this today
His first medicine is a direct challenge, not comfort. Sometimes the first honest service is to name the collapse as a collapse.
Something to reflect on
When I collapse before a challenge, would blunt honesty or soft comfort serve me better?
Read it in Yathora