śrī-arjuna uvāca
nāhaṁ saṅkarṣaṇo brahman
na kṛṣṇaḥ kārṣṇir eva ca
ahaᚁ vā arjuno nāma
gāṇḍīvaṁ yasya vai dhanuḥ

 Ĺ›rÄŤ-arjunaḼ uvāca - ŚrÄŤ Arjuna said; na - not; aham - I; saṅkarᚣaṇaḼ - Lord Balarāma; brahman - O brāhmaṇa; na - not; kṛṣṇaḼ - Lord Kṛṣṇa; kārṣṇiḼ - a descendant of Lord Kṛṣṇa; eva ca - even; aham - I; vai - indeed; arjunaḼ nāma - the one known as Arjuna; gāṇḍīvam - Gāṇḍīva; yasya - whose; vai - indeed; dhanuḼ - bow.


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Śrī Arjuna said: I am neither Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa, O brāhmaṇa, nor Lord Kṛṣṇa, nor even Kṛṣṇa’s son. Rather, I am Arjuna, wielder of the Gāṇḍīva bow.

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