Chapter 1, Verse 1 · The Setting
धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः ।मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय ॥
Dharmakṣetre kurukṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥMāmakāḥ pāṇḍavāścaiva kim akurvata Sañjaya
On the sacred battlefield of Kurukshetra, O Sanjaya, what did my sons and the sons of Pandu do, having assembled eager for battle?
Chapter 1, Verse 28 · Arjuna's Grief
दृष्ट्वेमं स्वजनं कृष्ण युयुत्सुं समुपस्थितम् ।सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुखं च परिशुष्यति ॥
Dṛṣṭvemaṃ svajanaṃ Kṛṣṇa yuyutsuṃ samupasthitamSīdanti mama gātrāṇi mukhaṃ ca pariśuṣyati
Seeing all my kinsmen assembled here eager for battle, O Krishna, my limbs fail and my mouth is parched.
Chapter 1, Verse 47 · Surrender to Grief
एवमुक्त्वार्जुनः संख्ये रथोपस्थ उपाविशत् ।विसृज्य सशरं चापं शोकसंविग्नमानसः ॥
Evam uktvārjunaḥ saṃkhye rathopastha upāviśatVisṛjya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ śokasaṃvignamānasaḥ
Having spoken thus, Arjuna cast aside his bow and arrows and sank down on the chariot, his mind overwhelmed with grief.
Chapter 1, Verse 2 · The Stage is Set
सञ्जय उवाच ।दृष्ट्वा तु पाण्डवानीकं व्यूढं दुर्योधनस्तदा ।आचार्यमुपसङ्गम्य राजा वचनमब्रवीत् ॥
Sañjaya uvācaDṛṣṭvā tu pāṇḍavānīkaṃ vyūḍhaṃ duryodhanas tadāĀcāryam upasaṅgamya rājā vacanam abravīt
Sanjaya said: Seeing the army of the Pandavas drawn up in battle array, King Duryodhana then approached his teacher Drona and spoke these words.
Chapter 1, Verse 21 · Arjuna's Request
अर्जुन उवाच ।सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये रथं स्थापय मेऽच्युत ॥
Arjuna uvācaSenayor ubhayor madhye rathaṃ sthāpaya me'cyuta
Arjuna said: O Achyuta (Infallible One), please place my chariot between the two armies so I may see who stands here eager to fight.
Chapter 1, Verse 32 · Arjuna's Renunciation
न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च ।किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा ॥
Na kāṅkṣe vijayaṃ Kṛṣṇa na ca rājyaṃ sukhāni caKiṃ no rājyena Govinda kiṃ bhogair jīvitena vā
O Krishna, I do not desire victory, nor kingdom, nor pleasures. Of what use is a kingdom to us, O Govinda? What is the use of enjoyment or even life itself?
Chapter 1, Verse 36 · Arjuna's Moral Dilemma
निहत्य धार्तराष्ट्रान्नः का प्रीतिः स्याज्जनार्दन ।पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान्हत्वैतानाततायिनः ॥
Nihatya dhārtarāṣṭrān naḥ kā prītiḥ syāj janārdanaPāpam evāśrayed asmān hatvaitān ātatāyinaḥ
What pleasure shall we find in killing these sons of Dhritarashtra, O Janardana? Only sin will come to us by slaying these aggressors.