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CHAPTER 1
The Hesitation and Despondency of Arjuna
Kuruksetra is also called tapahksetra, the field of penance, of discipline.' War is at once punishment and cleansing for mankind. God is judge as well as redeemer. He destroys and creates. He is Siva and Visnu.
mamakah: my people.[1] This sense of mineness is the result of ahamkara which is the source of evil. Mamakara or selfishness
the part of the Kauravas which leads to the love of power and domination is brought out.Samjaya.Samjaya is the charioteer of the blind king, Dhrtarastra, who reports to him the events of the war.
The Two Armies
samjaya uvaca
2. drstva tu pandavanikam vyudham duryodlianas facia
acarya upasamgamya raja vacanam abravit
Samjaya said :(2) Then, Duryodhana the prince, having seen the army of the Pandavas drawn up in battle order, approached his teacher and spoke this word :acarya: teacher, one who knows the meaning of the scriptures, teaches it to others and practises the teaching himself :Drorna, the acarya, taught the art of war to the princes on both sides.
3. pasyai 'tam panduputranam
acarya mahatith camum
vyudham drupadaputrena
tava sisyena dhimata
(3) Behold, 0 Teacher, this mighty army of the sons of Pandu organized by thy wise pupil, the son of Drupada[2]
4. atra Sura mahesvesha
bhimarjunasama yudhi
yuyudhano viratas ca
drupadas ca mandrathah
(4.) Here are heroes, great bowmen equal in battle to Bhima and Arjuna--Yuyudhana, Virata and Drupada, a mighty warrior.[3]
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