dhṛitarāśhtra uvācha dharma-kṣhetre kuru-kṣhetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāśhchaiva kimakurvata sañjaya Source: vedicfeed.com/sanjay-the-charioteer-and-advisor-of-dhritarashtra Translation: Here, Dhritarashtra asks Sanjaya, after gathering on the holy field of Kurukshetra, and desiring to fight, what did my sons and the sons of Pandu do? Interpretation of the text: The two sides (Kurus and Pandavas) were gathered on the battlefield of Kurukshetra to fight an inevitable battle. Still, in this verse, king Dhritarashtra asks Sanjaya, what his sons and those of his brother's were doing on the battlefield. It was evident that war was going to take place but the blind king's fondness for his sons had clouded his spiritual wisdom and deviated him from the path of virtue. He was worried of the outcomes due to his wrongdoing of not handing over the kingdom of Hastinapur to the rightful heirs (Pandavas). Moreover, the holy land of Kurukshetra is the sa...
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