Chapter 1 Disappointment of ArjunaShloka 20 - 27Arjuna observing the Armies in battlefield of kurukshetra

Shrimadbhagavat Geeta

0 King, at that time Arjuna, the son of Pandu, who was seated. in his chariot, his flag marked with Hanuman, took up his bow and prepared to shoot his arrows, looking at the sons of Dhrtarashtra.

Shloka 20

0 King, Arjuna then spoke to Hrishikesa [Krishna] these words.Arjuna said: 0 infallible one, please draw my chariot between the two armies,

Shloka 2

So that I may see who is present here, who is desirous of fighting, and with whom I must contend in this great battle attempt.

Shloka 22

Let me see those who have come here to fight, wishing to please the evil-minded son of Dhrtarashtra.

Shloka 23

Sanjaya said: 0 descendant of Bharata, being thus addressed by Arjuna, Lord Krishna drew up the fine chariot in the midst of the armies of both parties.

Shloka 24

In the presence of Bhishma, Drona, and all other chieftains of the world, Hrishiikesa, the Lord, said, Just behold, Partha, all the Kurus who are assembled here.

Shloka 25

There Arjuna could see, within the midst of the armies of both parties, his fathers, grandfathers, teachers, maternal uncles, brothers, sons, grandsons, friends,

Shloka 26

and also his father-in-law and well-wishers-all present thereWhen the son of Kunti, Arjuna, saw all these different grades of friends and relatives.

Shloka 27

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Why one more translation of the Gita? This book is a faithful translation of the Gita in simple English. The reader will find that frequent use of comma has made this translation easier to follow. This translator has retained many of the traditional Sanskrit words, like dharma, even in English translation. This is because such words are difficult to translate: the translation in such cases is far from accurate, and, in fact, can even be misleading. To overcome this problem, this translator has given separate explanatory notes for such words, instead of merely giving their “common” translation.The other problem arises from the fact that in Sanskrit, a single word like ‘brahman’ can have several different meanings. Here again, this translation of the Gita faithfully gives different traditional translations and meanings in their proper context and perspective. Lastly, both the Sanskrit text and its Roman transliteration have been presented after separating almost every word by removing all euphonic junctions of final and initial letters (sandhi), also called the phonetic combinations of words. This has increased readability of the text tremendously. Thus, this book takes care of the common as well as special problems that a reader encounters during his study of the Gita. In addition, much useful relevant information given in several helpful indexes and the appendices in this compilation will make reading the Gita easier and more interesting. After all, the Gita is meant to be studied by all.In this book, the original text of the Gita has been reproduced in Sanskrit. For the benefit of the readers who do not read the devanagari (Sanskrit) script, the entire Gita has also been reproduced in Roman transliteration scheme.

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