Verse 1.25

भीष्मद्रोणप्रमुखतः सर्वेषां च महीक्षिताम् ।

उवाच पार्थ पश्यैतान्समवेतान्कुरूनिति ॥

1.25

Transliteration

bhīṣmadroṇapramukhataḥ sarveṣāṃ ca mahīkṣitām |

uvāca pārtha paśyaitānsamavetānkurūniti ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

In front of Bhishma and Drona, and all the rulers of the earth, said: "O Arjuna (son of Pritha), behold these Kurus gathered together."

From the owner's sheet · +1 more

Word by word

in front of Bhishma and Drona
of all
and
of the rulers

said
O Partha
behold
these
assembled
Kurus
thus

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

Krishna places the chariot directly before Bhishma and Drona, the two elders Arjuna most reveres, and speaks his only words in this chapter: Partha, see these Kurus assembled. The choice of place and words seems deliberate. He calls Arjuna son of Pritha, recalling his mother Kunti, and calls the enemy Kurus, the family name both sides share. Many readers see Krishna here bringing Arjuna's hidden conflict into the open, so that it can be faced and answered rather than buried.