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TEXT 25

TEXT 25

Devanagari

Devanagari

भीष्मद्रोणप्रमुखतः सर्वेषां च महीक्षिताम् ।
उवाच पार्थ पश्यैतान्समवेतान्कुरुनिति ॥ २५ ॥

Text

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bhīṣma-droṇa-pramukhataḥ
sarveṣāṁ ca mahī-kṣitām
uvāca pārtha paśyaitān
samavetān kurūn iti
bhīṣma-droṇa-pramukhataḥ
sarveṣāṁ ca mahī-kṣitām
uvāca pārtha paśyaitān
samavetān kurūn iti

Synonyms

Synonyms

bhīṣma — Grandfather Bhīṣma; droṇa — the teacher Droṇa; pramukhataḥ — in front of; sarveṣām — all; ca — also; mahī-kṣitām — chiefs of the world; uvāca — said; pārtha — O son of Pṛthā; paśya — just behold; etān — all of them; samavetān — assembled; kurūn — the members of the Kuru dynasty; iti — thus.

bhīṣma — Großvater Bhīṣma; droṇa — Droṇa, der Lehrer; pramukhataḥ — angesichts von; sarveṣām — allen; ca — auch; mahī-kṣitām — Herrscher der Welt; uvāca — sagte; pārtha — o Sohn Pṛthās; paśya — sieh nur; etān — sie alle; samavetān — versammelt; kurūn — die Angehörigen der Kuru-Dynastie; iti — so.

Translation

Translation

In the presence of Bhīṣma, Droṇa and all the other chieftains of the world, the Lord said, “Just behold, Pārtha, all the Kurus assembled here.”

In der Gegenwart von Bhīṣma, Droṇa und allen anderen Herrschern der Welt sprach der Herr: O Pārtha, sieh nur all die Kurus, die sich hier versammelt haben.

Purport

Purport

As the Supersoul of all living entities, Lord Kṛṣṇa could understand what was going on in the mind of Arjuna. The use of the word Hṛṣīkeśa in this connection indicates that He knew everything. And the word Pārtha, meaning “the son of Pṛthā, or Kuntī,” is also similarly significant in reference to Arjuna. As a friend, He wanted to inform Arjuna that because Arjuna was the son of Pṛthā, the sister of His own father Vasudeva, He had agreed to be the charioteer of Arjuna. Now what did Kṛṣṇa mean when He told Arjuna to “behold the Kurus”? Did Arjuna want to stop there and not fight? Kṛṣṇa never expected such things from the son of His aunt Pṛthā. The mind of Arjuna was thus predicted by the Lord in friendly joking.

ERLÄUTERUNG: Weil Śrī Kṛṣṇa die Überseele aller Lebewesen ist, konnte Er verstehen, was in Arjunas Geist vorging. Der Gebrauch des Wortes Hṛṣīkeśa in diesem Zusammenhang weist darauf hin, daß Er alles wußte. Ebenso ist es bedeutsam, daß Arjuna hier als Pārtha angesprochen wird, was soviel bedeutet wie „der Sohn Kuntīs oder Pṛthās“. Als Freund wollte Kṛṣṇa Arjuna zu verstehen geben, daß Er eingewilligt hatte, Sein Wagenlenker zu sein, weil Arjuna der Sohn Pṛthās, der Schwester Seines Vaters Vasudeva, war. Was aber meinte Kṛṣṇa nun, als Er zu Arjuna sagte: „Sieh nur all die Kurus“? Wollte Arjuna jetzt etwa innehalten und nicht kämpfen? Kṛṣṇa hätte so etwas vom Sohn Seiner Tante Pṛthā niemals erwartet. Es war eine freundschaftliche, scherzende Bemerkung, mit welcher der Herr Arjunas Geisteshaltung vorhersagte.