1.2 Duryodhana goes to his teacher Sanjaya speaks
दृष्ट्वा तु पाण्डवानीकं व्यूढं दुर्योधनस्तदा
आचार्यमुपसङ्गम्य राजा वचनमब्रवीत्
dṛiṣhṭvā tu pāṇḍavānīkaṁ vyūḍhaṁ duryodhanastadā
āchāryamupasaṅgamya rājā vachanamabravīt
Seeing the Pandava army drawn up in formation, King Duryodhana approached his teacher and spoke.
Explanation
Duryodhana's first move is to go to his teacher.
Seeing the enemy drawn up in formation, he approaches Drona — and what follows is nine verses of talking.
Read as characterisation, this is precise. The man who started the war responds to the sight of the opposing army by making a speech, and the speech is more anxious than he means it to be.
Word by word
- sanjayaḥ uvācha
- Sanjay said
- dṛiṣhṭvā
- on observing
- tu
- but
- pāṇḍava-anīkam
- the Pandava army
- vyūḍham
- standing in a military formation
- duryodhanaḥ
- King Duryodhan
- tadā
- then
- āchāryam
- teacher
- upasaṅgamya
- approached
- rājā
- the king
- vachanam
- words
- abravīt
- spoke
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