योत्स्यमानानवेक्षेऽहं य एतेऽत्र समागताः ।धार्तराष्ट्रस्य दुर्बुद्धेर्युद्धे प्रियचिकीर्षवः ॥
yotsyamānān avekṣe 'haṃ ya ete 'tra samāgatāḥ |dhārtarāṣṭrasya durbuddher yuddhe priyacikīrṣavaḥ ||
- योत्स्यमानान् · yotsyamānān
- those about to fight
- अवेक्षे · avekṣe
- I would see, mark
- अहम् · aham
- I
- ये · ye
- who
- एते · ete
- these
- अत्र · atra
- here
- समागताः · samāgatāḥ
- assembled, come together
- धार्तराष्ट्रस्य · dhārtarāṣṭrasya
- of Dhritarashtra's son (Duryodhana)
- दुर्बुद्धेः · durbuddheḥ
- of the evil-minded one
- युद्धे · yuddhe
- in battle
- प्रियचिकीर्षवः · priyacikīrṣavaḥ
- desiring to do a favour, seeking to please
“I would mark those assembled here, about to fight — men seeking in battle to do the bidding of the evil-minded son of Dhritarashtra.”
— Original plain-language translation
No pity yet — Arjuna still calls Duryodhana 'evil-minded' with a soldier's scorn. The collapse comes only when faces replace abstractions: the turn from 'the enemy' to 'my people' is the hinge of the whole chapter.
— Reader's notes (original)