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anantavijayaḿ rājā kuntī-putro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca sughoṣa-maṇipuṣpakau kāśyaś ca parameṣv-āsaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca mahā-rathaḥ dhṛṣṭadyumno virāṭaś ca sātyakiś cāparājitaḥ drupado draupadeyāś ca...

sa ghoṣo dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāḿ hṛdayāni vyadārayat nabhaś ca pṛthivīḿ caiva tumulo ‘bhyanunādayan Translation of Bhagavad Gita 1.19 The blowing of these different conchshells became uproarious. Vibrating both in the sky...

atha vyavasthitān dṛṣṭvā dhārtarāṣṭrān kapi-dhvajaḥ pravṛtte śastra-sampāte dhanur udyamya pāṇḍavaḥ hṛṣīkeśaḿ tadā vākyam idam āha mahī-pate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 1.20 At that time Arjuna, the son of Pandu,...

arjuna uvāca senayor ubhayor madhye rathaḿ sthāpaya me ‘cyuta yāvad etān nirīkṣe ‘haḿ yoddhu-kāmān avasthitān kair mayā saha yoddhavyam asmin raṇa-samudyame Translation of Bhagavad Gita 1.21   Arjuna said: O...

yotsyamānān avekṣe ‘haḿ ya ete ‘tra samāgatāḥ dhārtarāṣṭrasya durbuddher yuddhe priya-cikīrṣavaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 1.23 Let me see those who have come here to fight, wishing to please the...

sañjaya uvāca evam ukto hṛṣīkeśo guḍākeśena bhārata senayor ubhayor madhye sthāpayitvā rathottamam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 1.24 Sanjaya said: O descendant of Bharata, having thus been addressed by Arjuna, Lord Krishna...

bhisma-drona-pramukhatah sarvesam ca mahi-ksitam uvaca partha pasyaitan samavetan kurun iti Translation of Bhagavad Gita 1.25 In the presence of Bhishma, Drona and all the other chieftains of the world, the Lord said, Just...

tatrāpaśyat sthitān pārthaḥ pitṝn atha pitāmahān ācāryān mātulān bhrātṝn putrān pautrān sakhīḿs tathā śvaśurān suhṛdaś caiva senayor ubhayor api Translation of Bhagavad Gita 1.26 There Arjuna could see, within the midst...

tān samīkṣya sa kaunteyaḥ sarvān bandhūn avasthitān kṛpayā parayāviṣṭo viṣīdann idam abravīt Translation of Bhagavad Gita 1.27 When the son of Kunti, Arjuna, saw all these different grades of friends and relatives, he...

arjuna uvāca dṛṣṭvemaḿ sva-janaḿ kṛṣṇa yuyutsuḿ samupasthitam sīdanti mama gātrāṇi mukhaḿ ca pariśuṣyati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 1.28 Arjuna said: My dear Krishna, seeing my friends and relatives present before...