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Chapter 1. Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXT 2 sanjaya uvaca
SYNONYMS  sanjayah--Sanjaya;
uvaca--said; drstva--after seeing; tu--but; pandava-anikam--the
soldiers of the Pandavas; vyudham--arranged in military phalanx;
duryodhanah--King
Duryodhana; tada--at that time; acaryam--the teacher; upasangamya--approaching
nearby; raja--the king;
vacanam--words; abravit--spoke.
TRANSLATION Sanjaya said:
O King, after looking over the army gathered by the sons of Pandu, King
Duryodhana went to his teacher and began to speak the following words:
PURPORT Dhrtarastra
was blind from birth. Unfortunately, he was also bereft of spiritual vision.
He knew very well that his sons were equally blind in the matter of religion,
and he was sure that they could never reach an understanding with the Pandavas,
who were all pious since birth. Still he was doubtful about the influence
of the place of pilgrimage, and Sanjaya could understand his motive in
asking about the situation on the battlefield. He wanted, therefore, to
encourage the despondent king, and thus he warned him that his sons were
not going to make any sort of compromise under the influence of the holy
place. Sanjaya therefore informed the king that his son, Duryodhana, after
seeing the military force of the Pandavas, at once went to the commander-in-chief,
Dronacarya, to inform him of the real position. Although Duryodhana is
mentioned as the king, he still had to go to the commander on account of
the seriousness of the situation. He was therefore quite fit to be a politician.
But Duryodhana's diplomatic veneer could not disguise the fear he felt
when he saw the military arrangement of the Pandavas.
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