{"chapter_id":1,"chapter_number":1,"chapter_title":"Arjuna Vishada Yoga","id":1,"verse_number":1,"verse_order":1,"text":"धृतराष्ट्र उवाच\n\nधर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः।\n\nमामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय।।1.1।।\n ","transliteration":"dhṛitarāśhtra uvācha\ndharma-kṣhetre kuru-kṣhetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ\nmāmakāḥ pāṇḍavāśhchaiva kimakurvata sañjaya\n","word_meanings":{"dhṛitarāśhtraḥ 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"},"translation":"Dhritarashtra said: O Sanjaya, assembled on the holy land of Kurukshetra, eager to fight, what did my sons and Pandu's sons do?","simple_meaning":"King Dhritarashtra asks his advisor Sanjaya what happened on the battlefield between his sons, the Kauravas, and his nephews, the Pandavas.","commentary":"Dhritarashtra's bias is evident by distinguishing 'my sons' from Pandu's sons, while fearing the holy land's influence might favor the righteous Pandavas.","theme":"Attachment, inner conflict, and righteousness vs. unrighteousness.","life_application":"Examine personal biases, as selfish attachment blinds moral judgment and fosters conflict between virtue and vice within our own minds."}