BHAGAVAD GITA - As It Is Original by His Divine Grace A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami (who later became known as Srila Prabhupada)Day 7. 13.8.2012
Chapter 1. Observing the Armies
on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXT 2 sanjaya uvaca drstva tu pandavanikam
vyudham duryodhanas tada
acaryam upasangamya
raja vacanam abravit
SYNONYMS
sanjayah--Sanjaya; uvaca--said; drstva--after seeing; tu--but;pandava-anikam--the
soldiers of the Pandavas; vyudham--arranged in military phalanx; duryodhanah--King Duryodhana; tada--at that time;acaryam--the
teacher; upasangamya--approaching nearby; raja--the king; vacanam--words; abravit--spoke. TRANSLATION
Sanjaya said: O King, after
looking over the army gathered by the sons of Pandu, King Duryodhana went to
his teacher and began to speak the following words: PURPORT
Dhrtarastra was blind from
birth. Unfortunately, he was also bereft of spiritual vision. He knew very well
that his sons were equally blind in the matter of religion, and he was sure
that they could never reach an understanding with the Pandavas, who were all
pious since birth. Still he was doubtful about the influence of the place of
pilgrimage, and Sanjaya could understand his motive in asking about the
situation on the battlefield. He wanted, therefore, to encourage the despondent
king, and thus he warned him that his sons were not going to make any sort of
compromise under the influence of the holy place. Sanjaya therefore informed
the king that his son, Duryodhana, after seeing the military force of the
Pandavas, at once went to the commander-in-chief, Dronacarya, to inform him of
the real position. Although Duryodhana is mentioned as the king, he still had
to go to the commander on account of the seriousness of the situation. He was
therefore quite fit to be a politician. But Duryodhana's diplomatic veneer
could not disguise the fear he felt when he saw the military arrangement of the
Pandavas.
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