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    Bhagavad-Gītā Chapter 1

    1.1 Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: Assembled together on the field of dharma, on the field of the Kurus, eager to fight, what did they, especially mine own and the Pāṇḍavas, do, Sañjaya? dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca / Dhṛtarāṣṭra (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ); said (uvāca): dharma-kṣetre kuru-kṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ /māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva kim akurvata sañjaya // 1.1 // Assembled together (samavetāḥ) on the field of dharma (dharma-kṣetre), on the field of the Kurus (kuru-kṣetre), eager to fight (yuyutsavaḥ), what (kim) did [they] do (akurvata), especially (eva) mine own [sons/principle warriors?] (māmakāḥ) and (ca) the Pāṇḍavas (pāṇḍavāḥ), Sañjaya (sañjaya)? Commentary It’s interesting to me that it is Dhṛtarāṣṭra that calls the Kurukṣetra a field of dharma (dharma-kṣetra) at the…