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Chapter1. Arjuna's despondency

 

drtharaashtraH uvaacha

 

Dhrtharaashtra said

 

1.Dharmakshethre kurukshethre samavethaa yuyuthsavaH

   maamakaaH paandavaaH chaiva kim akurvatha sanjaya

 

 

In the field of Kurukshethra, which is also a dharmakshethra, assembled with the desire to fight,  what did my people and Pandavas do, Sanjaya?

 

maamakaaH- Dhrathrashtra refers to the, kouravas, his  hundred sons and all those who have gathered in support of kouravas. It is to be noted that he refers to his side of the warriors as maamakaaH thus identifying himself with kouravas only and mentions Pandavas by name thus separating them as not belonging to him. It show his partiality towards Duryodhana, fully well knowing that he was  unrighteous in calling Pandavas to battle.

 

PandavaaH- refers to the five sons of Pandu and all those who were on their side.

 

Cha eva ? means `and.' my people and Pandavas.' eva is for emphasis though cha itself is enough to mean `and.'

 

samavethaaH- assembled together.

 

yuyuthsavaH- wishing to fight. Yoddhum icchavah

 

dharmakshethre- in the holy field of

 

kurukshethre- Kurukshethra.

Kurukshethra is extolled in Mahabharatha and is know by another name Samantha panchaka. This is the place where Agni, Indra and Brahma did penance and also king Kuru. It is said that those who die here go to higher planes.

 

Kim akurvatha- what did they do?

 

Sanjaya- Dhrtharashtra asks Sanjaya

 

When the war was inevitable, Vyasa asked Dhrtharashtra whether he wanted to see it and if so he would be given divine eyesight to see what was happening on the battle field. But Dhrtharaashtra did not want to see it and said that nevertheless he wanted to hear about it in detail. Thereupon Vyasa gave divine eyesight to Sanjay and said that he would see everything that happened and would be able to give a detailed account of it to Dhrtharashtra.

 

After ten days of war, Bhishma fell and Dhrtharashtra became upset and asked Sanjaya to tell him all that had happened so far on the battle field.

 

 

 

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