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Chapter 1. Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra TEXT 23 yotsyamanan avekse 'ham
SYNONYMS  yotsyamanan--those
who will be fighting; avekse--let me see; aham--I; ye--who;
ete--those;
atra--here; samagatah--assembled; dhartarastrasya--the
son of Dhrtarastra; durbuddheh--evil-minded; yuddhe--in the
fight; priya--well; cikirsavah--wishing.
TRANSLATION Let me see
those who have come here to fight, wishing to please the evil-minded son
of Dhrtarastra.
PURPORT It was an open
secret that Duryodhana wanted to usurp the kingdom of the Pandavas by evil
plans, in collaboration with his father, Dhrtarastra. Therefore, all persons
who had joined the side of Duryodhana must have been birds of the same
feather. Arjuna wanted to see them in the battlefield before the fight
was begun, just to learn who they were, but he had no intention of proposing
peace negotiations with them. It was also a fact that he wanted to see
them to make an estimate of the strength which he had to face, although
he was quite confident of victory because Krsna was sitting by his side.
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