Chapter 1, Verse 23
योत्स्यमानानवेक्षेऽहं य एतेऽत्र समागताः। धार्तराष्ट्रस्य दुर्बुद्धेर्युद्धे प्रियचिकीर्षवः।।1.23।।
yotsyamānānavekṣe'haṃ ya ete'tra samāgatāḥ। dhārtarāṣṭrasya durbuddheryuddhe priyacikīrṣavaḥ।।1.23।।
Word by word
- योत्स्यमानान्
- those who are about to fight
- अवेक्षे
- I shall look at / observe
- अहम्
- I
- ये
- who
- एते
- these (men)
- अत्र
- here
- समागताः
- assembled / gathered together
- धार्तराष्ट्रस्य
- of Dhritarashtra's son (Duryodhana)
- दुर्बुद्धेः
- of evil-minded / of wicked intellect
- युद्धे
- in the battle/war
- प्रियचिकीर्षवः
- wishing to do what is pleasing/dear (to him)
Commentary
I will observe those who are assembled here and who are about to engage in battle, wishing to do service in battle to the evil-minded son of Dhritarashtra.' Sanjaya said:
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain -- Shankara's commentary offers no independent gloss for this narrative verse; text is the literal translation.
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योत्स्यमानान्
अवेक्षे
अहम्
ये
एते
अत्र
समागताः
धार्तराष्ट्रस्य
दुर्बुद्धेः
युद्धे
प्रियचिकीर्षवः
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