Gita Verse 1.23

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1, Verse 23

Sanskrit Verse

योत्स्यमानानवेक्षेऽहं य एतेऽत्र समागताः।

धार्तराष्ट्रस्य दुर्बुद्धेर्युद्धे प्रियचिकीर्षवः।।1.23।।

Transliteration

yotsyamānān avekṣhe ’haṁ ya ete ’tra samāgatāḥ

dhārtarāṣhṭrasya durbuddher yuddhe priya-chikīrṣhavaḥ

Word meanings

yotsyamānān—those who have come to fight; avekṣhe aham—I desire to see; ye—who; ete—those; atra—here; samāgatāḥ—assembled; dhārtarāṣhṭrasya—of Dhritarashtra’s son; durbuddheḥ—evil-minded; yuddhe—in the fight; priya-chikīrṣhavaḥ—wishing to please

Swami Sivananda's translation

For I desire to observe those who are assembled here to fight, wishing to please in battle the evil-minded Duryodhana—the son of Dhritarashtra.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 1