Bhagavad Gita 1.25
Chapter 1, verse 25
Meaning
Facing Bhīṣma and Droṇa and all the kings of the earth, Krishna said: “Pārtha, look at these Kurus gathered here.”
The Sanskrit
भीष्मद्रोणप्रमुखतः सर्वेषां च महीक्षिताम् ।
उवाच पार्थ पश्यैतान्समवेतान्कुरूनिति ॥ २५ ॥
bhīṣmadroṇapramukhataḥ sarveṣāṃ ca mahīkṣitām
uvāca pārtha paśyaitān samavetān kurūn iti
Say it
bheesh-muh-dro-nuh-pruh-moo-khuh-tuh-huh sur-vay-shaam chuh muh-heek-shi-taam
oo-vaa-chuh paar-thuh push-yai-taan suh-muh-vay-taan koo-roon i-ti
Word by word
- bhīṣma-droṇa-pramukhataḥ
- in front of Bhīṣma and Droṇa
- sarveṣām ca mahīkṣitām
- and of all the rulers of the earth
- uvāca
- he (Krishna) said
- pārtha
- O Pārtha (Arjuna, son of Pṛthā)
- paśya etān
- look at these
- samavetān kurūn
- the Kurus gathered together
- iti
- thus (closing the quotation)
Read it in context: verses 1.25–28He saw his own peopleWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Faces change the question
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 1.25 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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