Bhagavad Gita 1.3
Chapter 1, verse 3
Meaning
Teacher, look at this enormous army of Pāṇḍu's sons. It has been drawn up for battle by Drupada's son, that clever student of yours.
The Sanskrit
पश्यैतां पाण्डुपुत्राणामाचार्य महतीं चमूम् ।
व्यूढां द्रुपदपुत्रेण तव शिष्येण धीमता ॥ ३ ॥
paśyaitāṃ pāṇḍuputrāṇām ācārya mahatīṃ camūm
vyūḍhāṃ drupadaputreṇa tava śiṣyeṇa dhīmatā
Say it
push-yai-taam paan-doo-poot-raa-naam aa-chaar-yuh muh-huh-teem chuh-moom
vyoo-dhaam droo-puh-duh-poot-ray-nuh tuh-vuh shish-yay-nuh dhee-muh-taa
Word by word
- paśya
- look at
- etām
- this
- pāṇḍu-putrāṇām
- of the sons of Pāṇḍu
- ācārya
- O teacher
- mahatīm camūm
- huge army
- vyūḍhām
- arranged for battle
- drupada-putreṇa
- by Drupada's son (Dhṛṣṭadyumna)
- tava śiṣyeṇa
- your own student
- dhīmatā
- clever, gifted
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 1.3 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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