The Bhagavad Gita

A companion, not a substitute

Chapter 1Arjuna Vishada Yoga

Observing the armies

Arjuna sees who he must fight — and freezes

Scene 1 of 3

Kurukshetra battlefield. Two vast armies face each other. Conch shells blow.

Narrator1

Two families. One throne. Ten million soldiers. The war that ends an age is about to begin.

Dhritarashtra2

Sanjaya — tell me. On the field of dharma, gathered to fight, what did my sons and Pandu's sons do?

Sanjaya3

Duryodhana surveys the Pandava army. He names every great warrior assembled against him.

Narrator4

Conches blow on both sides. The sound shakes the earth and the sky.

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