Dhritarashtra said, "What did my people and the sons of Pandu do when they had a...
Sanjaya said: Having seen the army of the Pandavas drawn up in battle array, Kin...
Behold, O Teacher! This mighty army of the sons of Pandu, arrayed by the son of ...
Here are heroes, mighty archers, equal in battle to Bhima and Arjuna, Yuyudhana ...
Dhrishtaketu, Chekitana, the valiant king of Kasi, Purujit, Kuntibhoja, and Saib...
The strong Yudhamanyu and the brave Uttamaujas, the son of Subhadra (Abhimanyu, ...
Know also, O best among the twice-born! the names of those who are the most dist...
"Thou thyself, Bhishma, Karna, Kripa, the victorious in war, Asvatthama, Vikarna...
And also many other heroes, ready to give up their lives for my sake, armed with...
Our army, marshalled by Bhishma, is insufficient, whereas theirs, marshalled by ...
Therefore, do all of you, stationed in your respective positions in the several ...
His glorious grandsire, the oldest of the Kauravas, roared like a lion to cheer ...
Then, suddenly, conches, kettledrums, tabors, drums, and cow horns blared forth ...
Then, Madhava (Krishna) and the son of Pandu (Arjuna), seated in the magnificent...
Hrishikesha blew the Panchajanya, Arjuna blew the Devadatta, and Bhima, the wolf...
King Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, blew the Anantavijaya; Nakula and Sahadeva ...
The king of Kasi, an excellent archer, Sikhandi, the mighty car-warrior, Dhrisht...
Drupada and the sons of Draupadi, O Lord of the Earth, and the son of Subhadra, ...
The tumultuous sound rent the hearts of Dhritarashtra's party, reverberating thr...
Then, seeing the people of Dhritarashtra's party standing arrayed and the discha...
Arjuna said, "O Krishna, place my chariot in the middle between the two armies, ...
Arjuna said, "O Krishna, place my chariot in the middle between the two armies, ...
For I desire to observe those who are assembled here to fight, wishing to please...
Sanjaya said, Thus addressed by Arjuna, Krishna stationed the best of chariots, ...
In front of Bhishma and Drona, and all the rulers of the earth, he said: "O Arju...
Then, Arjuna (son of Pritha) saw there (in the armies) stationed fathers, grandf...
He saw fathers-in-law and friends in both the armies. The son of Kunti, Arjuna, ...
Arjuna said, "O Krishna, seeing my kinsmen arrayed here, eager to fight,
My limbs fail, my mouth is parched, my body quivers, and my hair stands on end.
The Gandiva slips from my hand, and my skin burns all over; I am unable to stand...
And I see ill omens, O Kesava. I do not see any good in slaying my kinsmen in ba...
I desire not victory, O Krishna, nor kingdom, nor pleasures. What use is dominio...
Those for whose sake we desire kingdom, enjoyments, and pleasures stand here in ...
Teachers, fathers, sons, and grandfathers, maternal uncles, fathers-in-law, gran...
These I do not wish to kill, O Krishna, even though they kill me, for the sake o...
By killing these sons of Dhritarashtra, what pleasure could be ours, O Janardana...
Therefore, we should not kill the sons of Dhritarashtra, our relatives; for how ...
Though they, with intelligence overpowered by greed, see no evil in the destruct...
Why should we not, who clearly see the evil in the destruction of families, lear...
In the destruction of a family, the immemorial religious rites of that family pe...
O Krishna, by the prevalence of impiety, the women of the family become corrupt;...
Confusion of castes leads to hell for the slayers of the family, for their foreb...
By these evil deeds of the destroyers of the family, which cause confusion of ca...
We have heard, O Janardana, that those men in whose families the religious pract...
Alas! We are involved in a great sin, for we are prepared to kill our kinsmen, o...
If the sons of Dhritarashtra, with weapons in hand, should slay me in battle, un...
Sanjaya said, Having thus spoken in the midst of the battlefield, Arjuna cast aw...