Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 1, Verse 1

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः । मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | dharmakṣetre kurukṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ | māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāścaiva kimakurvata sañjaya

Translation

What did Pāṇḍu's sons and mine do when they assembled together on the sacred plain of Kurukṣetra, eager for battle, O Sañjaya?

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

dharmakṣetre

of dharma, in (on) the field

kurukṣetre

of Kuru, in (on) the field

samavetāḥ

gathered together

yuyutsavaḥ

wishing to fight

māmakāḥ

mine

pāṇḍavāḥ

of Pāṇḍu, the sons

ca

and

eva

also

kim

what

akurvata

did they

sañjaya

O Sañjaya