CHAPTER ONE
Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra
TEXT 1
धृतराष्ट्र उगाच ॥ १ ॥
धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः॥
मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सज्जय ॥१॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca  
 dharma-kṣetre kuru-kṣetre  
 samavetā yuyutsavaḥ  
 māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva  
 kim akurvata sañjaya
dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ —King Dhṛtarāṣṭra;  uvāca —said;  dharma-kṣetre —in the place of pilgrimage;  kuru-kṣetre —in the place named Kurukṣetra;  samavetāḥ —assembled;  yuyutsavaḥ —desiring to fight;  māmakāḥ —my party (sons);  pāṇḍavāḥ —the sons of Pāṇḍu;  ca —and;  eva —certainly;  kim —what;  akurvata —did they do;  sañjaya —O Sañjaya.
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