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Adhyāyas / Arjuna Viṣāda Yogaḥ / verse 25

Mūla — the verse

Gita Press numbering
भीष्मद्रोणप्रमुखतः सर्वेषां च महीक्षिताम्। उवाच पार्थ पश्यैतान्समवेतान्कुरूनिति
bhīṣhma-droṇa-pramukhataḥ sarveṣhāṁ cha mahī-kṣhitām uvācha pārtha paśhyaitān samavetān kurūn iti
Anuṣṭubh(!!) irregular in source

Translation

Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣya

Sanjaya said, "O scion of the line of Bharata (Dhrtarashtra), Hrsikesa, being told so by Gudakesa (Arjuna), placed the excellent chariot between the two armies, in front of Bhisma and Drona as well as all the rulers of the earth, and said, 'O Partha (Arjuna), behold these assembled people of the Kuru dynasty.'"

हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda

भीष्म, द्रोण तथा पृथ्वी के समस्त शासकों के समक्ष उन्होंने कहा, "हे पार्थ यहाँ एकत्र हुये कौरवों को देखो"।

Pronunciation — Vaamshii

from Vaamshii
भीष्मद् रोणप् रमुख तः (!!)
सर्वेषाञ् च महीक्षि ताम्
उवाच पार्थ पश्यै तान्
सम वेतान् कुरू निति
॥ २५ ॥
Read each split group as one breath-unit; hyphens join pādas kept whole for the meter or a compound word. Symbols: # upadhmānīya (visarga before p/ph), % jihvāmūlīya (visarga before k/kh), ऽ avagraha (an elided a). Full method →

Word by word

padārtha
bhīṣhmaGrandsire Bheeshma
droṇaDronacharya
pramukhataḥin the presence
sarveṣhāmall
chaand
mahī-kṣhitāmother kings
uvāchasaid
pārthaArjun, the son of Pritha
paśhyabehold
etānthese
samavetāngathered
kurūndescendants of Kuru
itithus

Themes

from The Thematic Companion to the Bhagavad Gītā

Meaning — Questions & Solutions

from Q&A with KnA
1.25Where exactly does Kṛṣṇa halt the chariot — and with what words?

Sanjaya said, "O scion of the line of Bharata (Dhrtarashtra), Hrsikesa, being told so by Gudakesa (Arjuna), placed the excellent chariot between the two armies, in front of Bhisma and Drona as well as all the rulers of the earth, and said, 'O Partha (Arjuna), behold these assembled people of the Kuru dynasty.'"

The verse itself, in Swami Gambhīrānanda's rendering, is the answer. For reasoned solutions to knotty verses, browse the Q&A index.