Chapter 1: Arjuna Vishada Yoga
अर्जुनविषादयोग
The Yoga of Arjuna's Dejection
Chapter 1, Verse 1
अध्याय 1, श्लोक 1
श्लोक (Shlok)
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः। मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय।।1.1।।
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca dharma-kṣetre kuru-kṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva kim akurvata sañjaya
Translation
Dhritarashtra said: O Sanjaya, after my sons and the sons of Pandu assembled in the place of pilgrimage at Kurukshetra, desiring to fight, what did they do?
Word by Word Meaning
धृतराष्ट्र
dhṛtarāṣṭra
King Dhritarashtra
उवाच
uvāca
said
धर्मक्षेत्रे
dharma-kṣetre
on the holy plain
कुरुक्षेत्रे
kuru-kṣetre
in Kurukshetra
समवेता
samavetā
assembled together
युयुत्सवः
yuyutsavaḥ
desirous to fight
मामकाः
māmakāḥ
my people
पाण्डवाश्चैव
pāṇḍavāś-ca-eva
the sons of Pandu-and-also
किमकुर्वत
kim-akurvata
what-did-do
सञ्जय
sañjaya
O Sanjaya