Bhagavatgeeta Chapter 1 Shlokas 1-6
||Om| May the Lord Ganapati bestow his blessings upon the seeker to understand the Geetashastra as it needs to be understood||
Dharmakshetre kurukshetre samaveta yuyutsavaha|
Maamakah pandavah chaiva kimakurvata sanjaya||1||
Dhrurasthra asks Sanjaya, "In the land of Kurukshetra where righteousness would be decided, what are my sons and pandavas who have gathered to fight doing?
Sanjaya uvacha-
Drushtvaatu pandavaanikam vyudham duryodhanastada|
Aacharyam upasangamya Raja vachanamabraveet||2||
Duryodhana, having seen the organised army of the Pandavas, approached his guru(Dronacharya) and said,
Pashyetaam panduputraanam aacharya mahateem chamoom|
Vyudhaam drupadaputrena tava shishyena dheemata||3||
Look at the huge army of the sons of Pandu(Pandavas). It is organised by your own disciple-- the son of Drupada.
Atra shura maheshwasa Bheemarjuna sama yudhi|
Yuyudhano Viratashcha Drupadascha maharathaaha||4||
There are valorous warriors with powerful bows whose strength is equivalent to that of Bhima and Arjuna. They are - Yuyudhana, Virata, and Drupada.
Drishtaketuschekitana Kaashirajascha veeryavan|
Purujit kuntibhojascha Shaibhyascha narapungavaha||5||
Also, great men like Drushtaketu, Chekitana, brave Kaashiraja, Purujit, Kuntibhoja (are among those present)
Yudhamanyuscha vikranta utaamoujascha veeryavan|
Soubhadro Droupadeyascha sarva Eva maharathaha||6||
Invincible Yudhamanyu, the brave Uttamoujas, valorous sons of Droupadi and Subhadra.
Abstract:
The blind king Dhrutarasthra, incapable of going to war, asks Sanjaya, his charioteer and aide who can see the war between Dhartarashrtras and Pandavas taking place in Kurukshetra through his inner vision, about the happenings taking place there. Dhrutarasthra is blinded not only by his visual impairment, but also by his excessive love towards his stubborn son Duryodhana. Though he is responsible for the welfare of both his sons and Pandavas, he obviously wants his sons to win. Sanjay replies with the detailed explanation about the war. At Kurukshetra, Duryodhana, after seeing the army of both sides, approaches his Guru, Dronacharya and asks him to look at the vast expanse of the army of Pandavas, headed by Drupada who is also a disciple of Dronacharya. He recounts the powerful warriors in Pandavas army as a mark of introduction to his Guru. There is an undertone of supremacy and arrogance in his behaviour towards his Guru.
PS- Dhartarasthras are usually referred to as Kouravas which is actually not correct. Dhriatrashtra's sons are Dhartarashtras. Pandu's sons are Pandavas. The war is therefore between Dhartarashtras and Pandavas. The word Kourava means- one who belongs to Kuru clan. Hence, Kouravas include both Dhritarashtra's sons and Pandavas.
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