Speaker: Sañjaya
भीष्मद्रोणप्रमुखतः सर्वेषां च महीक्षिताम् ।
उवाच पार्थ पश्यैतान्समवेतान्कुरूनिति ॥२५॥
bhīṣma-droṇa-pramukhataḥ
sarveṣāṁ ca mahī-kṣitām
uvāca pārtha paśyaitān
samavetān kurūn iti
Word for word (synonyms)
- bhīṣma
- Grandfather Bhīṣma
- droṇa
- the teacher Droṇa
- pramukhataḥ
- in the front of
- sarveṣām
- all
- ca
- also
- mahīkṣitām
- chiefs of the world
- uvāca
- said
- pārtha
- O Pārtha (son of Pṛthā)
- paśya
- just behold
- etān
- all of them
- samavetān
- assembled
- kurūn
- all the members of the *Kuru* dynasty
- iti
- thus
Translation
In the presence of Bhīṣma, Droṇa and all other chieftains of the world, Hṛṣīkeśa, the Lord, said, Just behold, Pārtha, all the Kurus who are assembled here.
Purport
As the Supersoul of all living entities, Lord Kṛṣṇa could understand what was going on in the mind of Arjuna. The use of the word Hṛṣīkeśa in this connection indicates that He knew everything. And the word Pārtha, or the son of Kuntī or Pṛthā, is also similarly significant in reference to Arjuna. As a friend, He wanted to inform Arjuna that because Arjuna was the son of Pṛthā, the sister of His own father Vasudeva, He had agreed to be the charioteer of Arjuna. Now what did Kṛṣṇa mean when He told Arjuna to "behold the Kurus"? Did Arjuna want to stop there and not fight? Kṛṣṇa never expected such things from the son of His aunt Pṛthā. The mind of Arjuna was thus predicated by the Lord in friendly joking.
What this verse teaches
Desiring to see the supporters of Duryodhana, Arjuna asks Kṛṣṇa to take the chariot between the two armies.
- Section
- Arjuna Observes the Armies
In thematic compilations 1
- Kṛṣṇa becomes a servant of His devotees, Arjuna’s charioteer (1.21-25).
Śrīla Prabhupāda lectures 1
- Bhagavad-gītā 1.24–25 1973-07-20
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