SANKARASRAMAM
Translation:
Dhrtrashtra 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?
Explanation:
Kurukshetra, the site of the battlefield was a place of pilgrimage. Dhrtrashtra was conscious of the fact that one with piety would benefit from the auspicious influence of this place. The Pandavas were pious by nature and had Sri Krishna, the personification of piety, on their side. However, his own sons, headed by the evil Duryodhana were by nature impious. Dhrtrashtra was therefore fearful of the outcome of his impious sons fighting with the pious Pandavas in such a holy place. Despite this, he was eager for the war to begin, since he wanted to establish his supremacy on the kingdom that he had wrongfully usurped from the Pandavas.
This is the only time in the Bhagavad-gita that Dhrtrashtra speaks, yet in this single verse he speaks volumes. The verse reveals his envy, his impious nature and greed for material opulence. It contains all the ingredients of the intrigue and passion that finally culminated in the great battle of Mahabharata
| Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra |
| Verse: 1 dhritarashtra uvaca dharma-kshetre kuru-kshetre samaveta yuyutsavah mamakah pandavas caiva kim akurvata sanjaya |
Translation:
Dhrtrashtra 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?
Explanation:
Kurukshetra, the site of the battlefield was a place of pilgrimage. Dhrtrashtra was conscious of the fact that one with piety would benefit from the auspicious influence of this place. The Pandavas were pious by nature and had Sri Krishna, the personification of piety, on their side. However, his own sons, headed by the evil Duryodhana were by nature impious. Dhrtrashtra was therefore fearful of the outcome of his impious sons fighting with the pious Pandavas in such a holy place. Despite this, he was eager for the war to begin, since he wanted to establish his supremacy on the kingdom that he had wrongfully usurped from the Pandavas.
This is the only time in the Bhagavad-gita that Dhrtrashtra speaks, yet in this single verse he speaks volumes. The verse reveals his envy, his impious nature and greed for material opulence. It contains all the ingredients of the intrigue and passion that finally culminated in the great battle of Mahabharata
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