Bhagavad Gita 1.1
Chapter 1, verse 1 · dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
Meaning
Sañjaya, my sons and the sons of Pāṇḍu have come together at Kurukshetra, the field of dharma, spoiling for a fight. Tell me: what did they do?
The Sanskrit
धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः ।
मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय ॥ १ ॥
dharmakṣetre kurukṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ
māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva kim akurvata saṃjaya
Say it
dhur-muh-kshay-tray koo-roo-kshay-tray suh-muh-vay-taa yoo-yoot-suh-vuh-huh
maa-muh-kaah paan-duh-vaash chai-vuh kim uh-koor-vuh-tuh sun-juh-yuh
Word by word
- dharma-kṣetre
- on the field of dharma
- kuru-kṣetre
- at Kurukshetra, the field of the Kurus
- samavetāḥ
- gathered together
- yuyutsavaḥ
- eager to fight
- māmakāḥ
- my people (my sons)
- pāṇḍavāḥ
- the sons of Pāṇḍu
- ca eva
- and also
- kim akurvata
- what did they do?
- saṃjaya
- O Sañjaya
Read it in context: verses 1.1–4A blind king asks what happenedWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Notice who you call “mine”
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 1.1 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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