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  Om| May the Lord Ganapati bestow his blessings upon the seeker to understand the Geetashastra as it needs to be understood||      To understand this chapter, let us understand the circumstance of the war in brief. Dhrutarashtra and Pandu are brothers. Dhrutarasthtra is the elder one, but he is blind. Pandu is the stronger one, but is cursed by some sage that he would die the moment he physically indulges with his wife. Distraught by the curse, Pandu goes to Himalayas along with his two wives- Kunti and Madri. The kingdom now falls in the hands of the blind king- Dhrutarasthra.  In the meantime, Pandu's wife, Kunti has a boon that she can beget children from anyone she desires just by reciting a mantra. Pandu, on learning this, asks her to invoke devatas to father her children. Kunti first calls Yama- the keeper of Dharma and prays for a son. Thus she bears his child who is later named as Yudhishtira or Dharmaraja. Next, she gets a son from the powerful, Vayu a...

  Om| May the Lord Ganapati bestow his blessings upon the seeker to understand the Geetashastra as it needs to be understood|| Yadyapyete na pashyanthi lobhopahatachetasaaha| Kulakshayakrutam dosham mitradrohe cha paatakam||38|| Katham na jneyamasmaabhihi paapaadasmannivarthitum| Kulakshaya krutam dosham prapashyadbhirjanaardhana||39|| Though these Dhartarasthras whose minds are clouded by greed, are not able to see the sinister outcome of deceiving our own friends and well wishers, the sin of causing death of so many people, how can we, who know about all these sins, not think of avoiding them? Kulakshaye pranashyanthi kuladharmaaha sanaatana| Dharme nashte kulam krutsamadharmobhibhavatyuta||40|| Adharmaabhibhavaat krishna pradushyanthi kulastriyaha| Streeshu dushtaasu varshneya jaayate varnasankaraha||41|| Sankaro narakaayaiva kulaghnaanaan kulasya cha| Patanthi pitaraha hyeshaam lupta pindodaka kriyaaha||42|| Doshairetaih kulaghnaanaam varnasankara kaarakaihi| Utsaadyante j...

Om| May the Lord Ganapati bestow his blessings upon the seeker to understand the Geetashastra as it needs to be understood|| Na kaankshe vijayam Krishna na cha raajyam sukhaani cha| Kim no rajyena Govinda kimbhogai jeevitena va||32|| Yeshaamarthe kaankshitam no raajyam bhogah sukhaani cha| Ta ime avasthitaa yuddhe praanaanstyaktva dhanaani cha||33|| ( Arjuna, shattered by the thought of the dire consequences of the war, continues) Krishna, I don't desire victory, I neither desire for the land nor for the luxuries. Govinda, what is the use of land, luxuries and life (after this massive destruction).  We desired victory, land and luxury to enjoy with our beloved ones and flaunt our power in front of our rivals. But, in this war most of them will lose their lives and wealth too will be lost.  Aachaaryaha pitarah putraastathaiva cha pitaamahaaha| Maatulaah shwashuraah poutraah shyaalaah sambandhinasthatha||34|| Etaan na hantumicchhami ghnatopi Madhusudhana| Api trailokya raajyasya...

Om| May the Lord Ganapati bestow his blessings upon the seeker to understand the Geetashastra as it needs to be understood|| Tatraapashyat sthitaan paarthaha pitrunatha pitamahaan| Achaaryaan matulaan bhrathrun putraan poutraan sakheenstatha||26|| Shwashuraan suhrudaschaiva senayorubhayorapi| Taan sameekshya sa kounteyaha sarvaanbandhoonavasthitaan||27|| Krupaya parayaavishto visheedannidamabraveet| Dhristhvemam swajanam Krishna yuyutsum samupasthitam||28|| ( When his chariot is parked in the center of the war field), There, Arjuna sees his  Gurus, uncles, brothers, sons, grandsons, in-laws, well-wishers assembled for the war as part of either of the armies. Seeing all his relatives there, he says to Arjuna, "Seeing my own relatives gathered here eager for the war ,  Seedanthi mama gaathraani mukham cha parishushyati| Vepathushcha shareere me romaharshascha jaayate||29|| Gaandeevam sramsate hastaattwakchaiva paridayhate| Na cha shaknomyavasthaatum bhramateeva cha me manaha||30...

Om| May the Lord Ganapati bestow his blessings upon the seeker to understand the Geetashastra as it needs to be understood|| Atha vyavashtitaan drushtvaa dhaartarashtraan kapidhwajaha| Pravrutte shastrasampaate dhanurudyamya pandavaha||20|| Hrushikesham tadaa vakyam idamaaha maheepate| (Arjuna uvaacha) Senayorubhayormadhye ratham sthaapaya me achyuta||21|| On seeing the well organised army of the sons of Dhritaraashtra, the one who had monkey in his flag(Arjuna), getting his weapons ready, told Krishna, "Achyuta, take my chariot to the centre of both the armies". Yaavadetaannireeksheham yoddhukaamaanavasthitaan| Kairmaya saha yoddhyavyamasmin ranasamudyame||22|| Yotsyamaanaanaveksheham ya ete atra samaagataaha| Dhaartarasthrasya durboddheryuddhe priyachikeershavaha||23|| Because, I want to have a look at all those who have eagerly gathered here for the war to assess with whom I have to fight. I want to see all those who have happily chosen  to fight persuaded by the ill-wille...

Om| May the Lord Ganapati bestow his blessings upon the seeker to understand the Geetashastra as it needs to be understood|| Tasya sanjanayan harsham kuruvruddah pitamahaha| Simhanaadam vinadyoccchai shamkham dadmuhu prataapavaan||12|| ( On hearing that Duryodhana ordered Dronacharya to protect Bheeshma at any cost) To please Duryodhana, the elder most among the Dhartarashtras,  their brave great grandfather(Bhishma) blew his conch which sounded like a roar of a lion.  Tatah shankaashcha bheryascha panavaanaka gomukhaha| Sahasaivaabhyahanyanta sa shabdastumulo bhavat||13|| ( Following his lead) Numerous drums, trumpets, conches, horns were blown together creating a cacophony in the warfield .  Tatah shwetairhayai yuktai mahati syandane sthitou| Madhavah pandavaschaiva divyou shankhou pradadmatuhu||14|| Then, Krishna and Arjuna, seated in a huge chariot pulled by white horses, blew their celestial conches(in response)  Paanchajanyam Hrishikesho Devadattam Dhananjayaha...