Verse

BG.1.1

अर्जुनविषादयोग

Chapter 1: The War Within

arjunaviṣādayoga

Verses

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच

1.1 धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः। मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca

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Word meanings

dharma-kṣhetrethe land of dharma;kuru-kṣhetreat Kurukshetra;samavetāḥhaving gathered;yuyutsavaḥdesiring to fight;māmakāḥmy sons;pāṇḍavāḥthe sons of Pandu;chaand;evacertainly;kimwhat;akurvatadid they do;sañjayaSanjay

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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati

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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Dhritarashtra said, "O Sanjaya, what did my sons and the sons of Pandu do in the Kurukshetra, the field of righteousness, where the entire warring class had assembled?"

Shri Purohit Swami

The King Dhritarashtra asked: "O Sanjaya! What happened on the sacred battlefield of Kurukshetra, when my people gathered against the Pandavas?"

Swami Adidevananda

Dhṛtarāstra said On the holy field of Kuruksetra, gathered together eager for battle, what did my people and the Pandavas do, O Sanjaya?

Swami Gambirananda

O Sanjaya, what did my sons (and others) and Pandu's sons (and others) actually do when, eager for battle, they assembled on the sacred field, the Kurukshetra (Field of the Kurus)?

Swami Sivananda

What did the sons of Pandu and also my people do when they had assembled together, eager for battle on the holy plain of Kurukshetra, O Sanjaya?