धृतराष्ट्र उवाच | धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः | मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय ||१-१||
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca . dharmakṣetre kurukṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ . māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāścaiva kimakurvata sañjaya ||1-1||
- dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca
- King Dhṛtarāṣṭra said
- dharma-kṣetre
- in the place of pilgrimage
- kuru-kṣetre
- in the place named Kurukṣetra
- samavetāḥ
- assembled
- yuyutsavaḥ
- desiring to fight
- māmakāḥ
- my party (sons)
- pāṇḍavāḥ
- the sons of Pāṇḍu
- ca
- and
- eva
- certainly
- kim
- what
- akurvata
- did they do
- sañjaya
- O Sañjaya
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: O Sañjaya, after my sons and the sons of Pāṇḍu assembled in the place of pilgrimage at Kurukṣetra, desiring to fight, what did they do?