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Bhagavad Gita 1.23

योत्स्यमानानवेक्षेऽहं य एतेऽत्र समागताः। धार्तराष्ट्रस्य दुर्बुद्धेर्युद्धे प्रियचिकीर्षवः।।

yotsyamānān avekṣhe ’haṁ ya ete ’tra samāgatāḥ dhārtarāṣhṭrasya durbuddher yuddhe priya-chikīrṣhavaḥ

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
yotsyamānānyotsyamānānthose who have come to fight
avekṣhe ahamavekṣhe ahamI desire to see
yeyewho
eteetethose
atraatrahere
samāgatāḥsamāgatāḥassembled
dhārtarāṣhṭrasyadhārtarāṣhṭrasyaof Dhritarashtra’s son
durbuddheḥdurbuddheḥevil-minded
yuddheyuddhein the fight
priya-chikīrṣhavaḥpriya-chikīrṣhavaḥwishing to please

For I desire to observe those who are assembled here to fight, wishing to please in battle the evil-minded Duryodhana—the son of Dhritarashtra.

दुर्बुद्धि धार्तराष्ट्र (दुर्योधन) का युद्ध में प्रिय चाहने वाले जो ये राजा लोग यहाँ एकत्र हुए हैं, उन युद्ध करने वालों को मैं देखूँगा।