Bhagavad Gita 1.2
Chapter 1, verse 2 · saṃjaya uvāca
Meaning
Sañjaya answered: When Duryodhana saw the Pāṇḍava army lined up for battle, he went straight over to his teacher, Droṇa, and the prince began to speak.
The Sanskrit
दृष्ट्वा तु पाण्डवानीकं व्यूढं दुर्योधनस्तदा ।
आचार्यमुपसङ्गम्य राजा वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ २ ॥
dṛṣṭvā tu pāṇḍavānīkaṃ vyūḍhaṃ duryodhanas tadā
ācāryam upasaṃgamya rājā vacanam abravīt
Say it
drish-tvaa too paan-duh-vaa-nee-kum vyoo-dhum door-yo-dhuh-nus tuh-daa
aa-chaar-yum oo-puh-sun-gum-yuh raa-jaa vuh-chuh-num ub-ruh-veet
Word by word
- dṛṣṭvā
- having seen
- tu
- then, but
- pāṇḍava-anīkam
- the Pāṇḍava army
- vyūḍham
- drawn up in battle formation
- duryodhanaḥ
- Duryodhana
- tadā
- at that moment
- ācāryam
- the teacher (Droṇa)
- upasaṃgamya
- going up to
- rājā
- the king (Duryodhana)
- vacanam abravīt
- spoke these words
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 1.2 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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