Shloka 2
Karma-Yoga, Yajña-Cakra, and the Governance of Desire (कर्मयोग–यज्ञचक्र–कामनिग्रह)
धृतराष्ट्र बोले--हे संजय! धर्मभूमि कुरुक्षेत्रमें एकत्र हुए युद्धकी इच्छावाले मेरे और पाण्डुके पुत्रोंने क्या किया? ।। संजय उवाच दृष्टवा तु पाण्डवानीकं व्यूढं दुर्योधनस्तदा । आचार्यमुपसंगम्य राजा वचनमत्रवीत्,संजय बोले--उस समय राजा दुर्योधनने व्यूह-रचनायुक्त पाण्डवोंकी सेनाको देखकर और द्रोणाचार्यके पास जाकर यह वचन कहा--
sañjaya uvāca | dṛṣṭvā tu pāṇḍavānīkaṃ vyūḍhaṃ duryodhanas tadā | ācāryam upasaṅgamya rājā vacanam abravīt ||
Sañjaya said: Then King Duryodhana, seeing the Pandavas’ army drawn up in battle formation, approached his teacher and spoke these words. The scene frames the war not merely as a clash of forces but as a moment where ambition and anxiety seek counsel from authority, setting the ethical tension of the coming conflict.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, at decisive moments, leaders seek legitimacy and reassurance from respected authorities. Ethically, it foreshadows the tension between rightful duty (dharma) and anxious ambition, as power turns to teachers for support in a morally fraught war.
Sañjaya narrates that Duryodhana sees the Pandavas’ forces arranged in a strategic formation and then goes to his teacher Droṇa to speak—introducing Duryodhana’s ensuing remarks about the opposing army and the coming battle.