BHAGAVAD-GITA 1:23

[Guest guest]

BHAGAVAD-GITA 1:23

 

yotsyamanan avekse 'ham

ya ete 'tra samagatah

dhartarastrasya durbuddher

yuddhe priya-cikirsavah

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

yotsyamanan--those who will be fighting; avekse--let me see; aham--I;

ye--who; ete--those; atra--here; samagatah--assembled;

dhartarastrasya--for the son of Dhrtarastra; durbuddheh--evil-minded;

yuddhe--in the fight; priya--well; cikirsavah--wishing.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Let me see those who have come here to fight, wishing to please the

evil-minded son of Dhrtarastra.

 

PURPORT

 

It was an open secret that Duryodhana wanted to usurp the kingdom of

the Pandavas by evil plans, in collaboration with his father,

Dhrtarastra. Therefore, all persons who had joined the side of

Duryodhana must have been birds of the same feather. Arjuna wanted to

see them on the battlefield before the fight was begun, just to learn

who they were, but he had no intention of proposing peace negotiations

with them. It was also a fact that he wanted to see them to make an

estimate of the strength which he had to face, although he was quite

confident of victory because Krsna was sitting by his side.

 

Copyright 1983 The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International. Used with

permission.