BG 1.47

सञ्जय उवाच
एवमुक्त्वार्जुनः सङ्ख्ये रथोपस्थ उपाविशत् ।
विसृज्य सशरं चापं शोकसंविग्नमानसः ॥
sañjaya uvāca
evam uktvārjunaḥ saṅkhye rathopastha upāviśat
visṛjya sa-śaraṁ cāpaṁ śoka-saṁvigna-mānasaḥ

Word-for-word meanings

sañjayaḥ uvāca — Sañjaya said;  uktvā — having spoken;  evam — thus;  saṅkhye — on the battlefield;  arjunaḥ — Arjuna;  mānasaḥ — whose mind;  saṁvigna — was distressed;  śoka — with grief;  visṛjya — having cast away;  cāpam — [his] bow;  sa-śaram — along with arrows;  upāviśat — sat down;  upasthe — on the rear seat;  ratha — of the chariot.

Translation

Sañjaya said: Having spoken thus on the battlefield, Arjuna, whose mind was distressed by grief, cast away his bow and arrows, and sank down into the rear of his chariot.

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