Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1 Verse 1
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 1 श्लोक 1

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच
धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः।
मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय।।1.1।।
 


English Translation - Swami Sivananda
1.1 Dhritarashtra said  What did my people and the sons of Pandu do when they had assembled
together eager for battle on the holy plain of Kurukshetra, O Sanjaya.


English Translation of Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya's
1.1 Sri Sankaracharya did not comment on this sloka. The commentary starts from 2.10.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 1.1Dhritaraashtra Uvaacha:
Dharmakshetre kurukshetre samavetaa yuyutsavah;
Maamakaah paandavaashchaiva kim akurvata sanjaya.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 1.1dhṛitarāśhtraḥ uvācha—Dhritarashtra said; dharma-kṣhetre—the land of dharma; kuru-kṣhetre—at Kurukshetra; samavetāḥ—having gathered; yuyutsavaḥ—desiring to fight; māmakāḥ—my sons; pāṇḍavāḥ—the sons of Pandu; cha—and; eva—certainly; kim—what; akurvata—did they do; sañjaya—Sanjay