Gokul’s Newsletter
The Fortnightly Gītā Podcast
Ch. 1, Verse 1 audio recording
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Dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca:
    Dharma-kṣetre Kuru-kṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ |
    māmakāḥ Pāṇḍavāś caîva kim akurvata? Sañjaya! || (BhG I.1)

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच:
    धर्म-क्षेत्रे कुरु-क्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः ।
    मामकाः पाण्डवाश् चैव किम् अकुर्वत? सञ्जय! ॥

த்⁴ருʼதராஷ்ட்ர உவாச:
    த⁴ர்ம-க்ஷேத்ரே குரு-க்ஷேத்ரே ஸமவேதா யுயுத்ஸவ꞉ ।
    மாமகா꞉ பாண்ட³வாஶ் சைவ கிம் அகுர்வத? ஸஞ்ஜய! ॥

ಧೃತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ ಉವಾಚ:
    ಧರ್ಮ-ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರೇ ಕುರು-ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರೇ ಸಮವೇತಾ ಯುಯುತ್ಸವಃ ।
    ಮಾಮಕಾಃ ಪಾಣ್ಡವಾಶ್ ಚೈವ ಕಿಮ್ ಅಕುರ್ವತ? ಸಞ್ಜಯ! ॥

ధృతరాష్ట్ర ఉవాచ:
    ధర్మ-క్షేత్రే కురు-క్షేత్రే సమవేతా యుయుత్సవః ।
    మామకాః పాణ్డవాశ్ చైవ కిమ్ అకుర్వత? సఞ్జయ! ॥

ധൃതരാഷ്ട്ര ഉവാച:
    ധർമ-ക്ഷേത്രേ കുരു-ക്ഷേത്രേ സമവേതാ യുയുത്സവഃ ।
    മാമകാഃ പാണ്ഡവാശ് ചൈവ കിമ് അകുർവത? സഞ്ജയ! ॥

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said:
O Sañjaya, what were the belligerents—my folks as well as the Pāṇḍavas—doing, gathered at Kurukṣetra, the place of
dharma?

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