Bhagavad Gita 1.3: meaning and translation
Chapter 1: Arjuna Vishada Yoga. Duryodhana says
Duryodhana asks his teacher Drona to look at the great army of the Pandavas.
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Bhagavad Gita 1.3
पश्यैतां पाण्डुपुत्राणामाचार्य महतीं चमूम् ।व्यूढां द्रुपदपुत्रेण तव शिष्येण धीमता ॥
Pashyaitam panduputranamacharya mahatim chamumVyudham drupadaputrena tava shishyena dhimata
paśyaitāṃ pāṇḍuputrāṇāmācārya mahatīṃ camūm |vyūḍhāṃ drupadaputreṇa tava śiṣyeṇa dhīmatā ||
Our explanation Duryodhana asks his teacher Drona to look at the great army of the Pandavas. It has been drawn up by the son of Drupada (Dhrishtadyumna), Drona's own clever pupil, who now leads the other side.
हिंदी अर्थ दुर्योधन अपने गुरु द्रोणाचार्य से कहते हैं कि पाण्डवों की इस विशाल सेना को देखिए। इसे द्रुपद के पुत्र धृष्टद्युम्न ने व्यूह में खड़ा किया है, जो द्रोणाचार्य के ही बुद्धिमान शिष्य हैं और अब दूसरे पक्ष की सेना के नायक हैं।
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- पश्य paśya · look at (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. paś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 611, col. 2 “behold, look at, observe, perceive, notice”
- एताम् etām · this (pronoun (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: etad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 231, col. 2 “this, this here, here”
- पाण्डुपुत्राणाम् pāṇḍuputrāṇām · of the sons of Pandu (compound (masculine), genitive plural) Dictionary: pāṇḍu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 616, col. 1 “N. of a son of Vyāsa”; putra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 632, col. 3 “a son, child”
- आचार्य ācārya · O teacher (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: ācārya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 131, col. 3
- महतीम् mahatīm · great, vast (adjective (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: mahat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 794, col. 2 “great (in space, time, quantity or degree)”
- चमूम् camūm · army (noun (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: camū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 388, col. 3 “an army or division of an army”
- व्यूढाम् vyūḍhām · drawn up in battle order (past participle (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. vy-ūḍha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1041, col. 1 “pushed or moved apart, divided, distributed, arranged”
- द्रुपदपुत्रेण drupadaputreṇa · by the son of Drupada (compound (masculine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: drupada, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 502, col. 1 “N. of a king of the Pañcālas”; putra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 632, col. 3 “a son, child”
- तव tava · your (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”
- शिष्येण śiṣyeṇa · by the pupil (noun (masculine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: śiṣya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1077, col. 1 “a pupil, scholar, disciple”
- धीमता dhīmatā · wise, clever (adjective (masculine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: dhī-mat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 516, col. 3 “intelligent, wise, learned, sensible”
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 37.
'O preceptor! observe this grand army of the sons of Pându, drawn up in battle-array by your talented pupil, the son of Drupada.
This sentence begins in 1.2.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 37.
'O preceptor! observe this grand army of the sons of Pându, drawn up in battle-array by your talented pupil, the son of Drupada.
This sentence begins in 1.2.
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 14.
"Behold this mighty host of the sons of Pându, O Teacher, arrayed by the son of Drupada, thy wise disciple.
This sentence begins in 1.2.
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 3.
"Behold, O Teacher! this mighty army of the sons of Pându, arrayed by the son of Drupada, thy gifted pupil.
This sentence begins in 1.2.
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The translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 37. Bhagavad Gita 1.3.
The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 14. Bhagavad Gita 1.3.
The translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 3. Bhagavad Gita 1.3.
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Bhagavad Gita 1.3
पश्यैतां पाण्डुपुत्राणामाचार्य महतीं चमूम् ।
व्यूढां द्रुपदपुत्रेण तव शिष्येण धीमता ॥
“'O preceptor! observe this grand army of the sons of Pându, drawn up in battle-array by your talented pupil, the son of Drupada.”
(K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 37, public domain)
This sentence begins in 1.2.
“"Behold this mighty host of the sons of Pându, O Teacher, arrayed by the son of Drupada, thy wise disciple.”
(Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 14, public domain)
This sentence begins in 1.2.
“"Behold, O Teacher! this mighty army of the sons of Pându, arrayed by the son of Drupada, thy gifted pupil.”
(Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 3, public domain)
This sentence begins in 1.2.
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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Sanskrit text: The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation, 1922. Meanings: written for Pujadeep and checked against the cited edition. Source and changes
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- Sanskrit text
- The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
- Translation
- The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ, translated by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, ed. F. Max Müller) (Kashinath Trimbak Telang, F. Max Müller, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song, translated by Annie Besant (Annie Besant, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1895). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, with Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-by-word Literal Translation; English Rendering and Comments, Index, &c., by the Swami Swarupananda (Himalayan Series, No. XX) (Swami Swarupananda, The Editors and Publishers, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Prabuddha Bharata Press, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas, 1909). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
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