August 31,2012. Day 25. BHAGAVAD GITA - As It Is Original by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada. Chapter 1. Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra (Continued).Text 23

  BHAGAVAD GITA - As It Is Original by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada
Day 25. 31.8.2012   

 Chapter 1. Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra (Continued)

TEXT 23

yotsyamanan avekse 'ham 
ya ete 'tra samagatah 
dhartarastrasya durbuddher 
yuddhe priya-cikirsavah

SYNONYMS

yotsyamanan--those who will be fighting; avekse--let me see; aham--I; ye--who; ete--those; atra--here; samagatah--assembled;dhartarastrasya--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 in 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.