The signs already indicated that the whole Kuru dynasty would be killed in the battle. Beginning with the grandsire, Bhisma, down to the grandsons like Abhimanyu and others,including kings from many states of the world, all were present there, and all were doomed.
Chapter One
Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra
SANSKRIT TEXT 16
anantavijayam raja
kunti-putro yudhisthirah
nakulah sahadevas ca
sughosa-manipuspakau
SANSKRIT TEXT 17
kasyas ca paramesv-asah
sikhandi ca maha-rathah
dhrstadyumno viratas ca
satyakis caparajitah
SANSKRIT TEXT 18
drupado draupadeyas ca
sarvasah prthivi-pate
saubhadras ca maha-bahuh
sankhan dadhmuh prthak prthak
TRANSLATION
King Yudhisthira, the son of Kunti, blew his conchshell, the Anantavijaya, and Nakula and Sahadeva blew the Sughosa and Manipuspaka. That great archer the King of Kasi, the great fighter Sikhandi, Dhrstadyumna, Virata and the unconquerable Satyaki, Drupada, the sons of Draupadi, and the others, O King, such as the son of Subhadra, greatly armed, all blew their respective conchshells.
SHORT EXPLANATION
Sanjaya informed King Dhrtarastra tactfully that his unwise policy of deceiving the sons of Pandu and endeavoring to enthrone his own sons on the seat of the kingdom was not very laudable. The whole catastrophe was due to King Dhrtarastra, because he encouraged the policy followed by his sons.
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Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1 Text 1
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1 Text 2 & 3
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1 Text 4 & 5
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1 Text 6 & 7
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1 Text 8 & 9
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1 Text 10
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1 Text 11
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1 Text 12
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1 Text 13
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1 Text 14
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1 Text 15
About the Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita literally means "Song of the Lord". The Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita are two books from Indian history. Mahabharata is the name of the war that is being fought between the Kauravas and the Pandavas. Kauravas are the symbol of negative and the Pandavas are the symbol of the positive. The book is a conversation between Krishna and Arjuna. This dialogue sets out three ways in which man can achieve salvation of this earthly life. These roads are: karma yoga, bhakti yoga and gyan yoga. Bhagavad Gita is the essence of the Vedas and Upanishads and 5,000 + years old.
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Note
There are many translations and as many interpretations of the verses.
I use the translation by Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada from the Sanskrit to the Englisch.
Prabhupada is the founder acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)
I lived in a Hare Krishna ashram for three years and know this book quite well. There were Sanskrit verses that I knew from my mind but that's worn out. More of my posts on Vaishnavism.
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