BHAGAVAD-GITA 1:2

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 1:2

 

sanjaya uvaca

drstva tu pandavanikam

vyudham duryodhanas tada

acaryam upasangamya

raja vacanam abravit

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

sanjayah uvaca--Sanjaya said; drstva--after seeing; tu--but;

pandava-anikam--the soldiers of the Pandavas; vyudham--arranged in a

military phalanx; duryodhanah--King Duryodhana; tada--at that time;

acaryam--the teacher; upasangamya--approaching; raja--the king;

vacanam--words; abravit--spoke.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Sanjaya said: O King, after looking over the army arranged in military

formation by the sons of Pandu, King Duryodhana went to his teacher

and spoke the following words.

 

PURPORT

 

Dhrtarastra was blind from birth. Unfortunately, he was also bereft of

spiritual vision. He knew very well that his sons were equally blind

in the matter of religion, and he was sure that they could never reach

an understanding with the Pandavas, who were all pious since birth.

Still he was doubtful about the influence of the place of pilgrimage,

and Sanjaya could understand his motive in asking about the situation

on the battlefield. Sanjaya wanted, therefore, to encourage the

despondent king and thus assured him that his sons were not going to

make any sort of compromise under the influence of the holy place.

Sanjaya therefore informed the king that his son, Duryodhana, after

seeing the military force of the Pandavas, at once went to the

commander in chief, Dronacarya, to inform him of the real position.

Although Duryodhana is mentioned as the king, he still had to go to

the commander on account of the seriousness of the situation. He was

therefore quite fit to be a politician. But Duryodhana's diplomatic

veneer could not disguise the fear he felt when he saw the military

arrangement of the Pandavas.

 

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