Chapter 1: Observing the Armies on the

Battlefield of Kurukṣetra

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-

gītā As It Is 1.3
paśyaitāḿ pān ̣ ̣du-putrān
̣ ām
ācārya mahatīḿ camūm
vyūḍ hāḿ drupada-putren ̣ a
̣ a dhīmatā
tava śiṣyen

SYNONYMS

paśya — behold; etām — this; pān ̣ ̣du-putrān

̣ ām— of the
sons ̣ ̣du; ācārya — O teacher; mahatīm —
of Pān
great; camūm — military ̣ hām —
force; vyūd
arranged; drupada-putren ̣ a— by the son
of Drupada; tava — your; śiṣyen ̣ a — disciple; dhī-matā —
very intelligent.

TRANSLATION

O my teacher, behold the great army of the sons of

̣ ̣du, so expertly arranged by your intelligent disciple the
Pān
son of Drupada.

PURPORT

Duryodhana, a great diplomat, wanted to point out the

̣ ācārya, the great brāhman
defects of Dron ̣ a commander in
chief. Dron ̣ ācārya had some political quarrel with King
Drupada, the father of Draupadī, who was Arjuna's wife.
As a result of this quarrel, Drupada performed a great
sacrifice, by which he received the benediction of having a
son who would be able to kill Dron ̣ ācārya. Dron ̣ ācārya
knew this perfectly well, and yet as a liberal brāhman ̣ a he
did not hesitate to impart all his military secrets when the
son of Drupada, Dhr ̣ ̣ ṣ tadyumna, was entrusted to him for
military education. Now, on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra,
Dhṛ ̣ ṣ tadyumna took the side of the Pān ̣ ̣davas, and it was
he who arranged for their military phalanx, after having
learned the art from Dron ̣ ācārya. Duryodhana pointed out
this mistake of Dron ̣ ācārya's so that he might be alert and
uncompromising in the fighting. By this he wanted to point
out also that he should not be similarly lenient in battle
against the Pān ̣ ̣davas, who were also Dron ̣ ācārya's
affectionate students. Arjuna, especially, was his most
affectionate and brilliant student. Duryodhana also warned
that such leniency in the fight would lead to defeat.

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