Bhagavad-gita Reader for Students of Sanskrit, Chapter 1, Verse 1: Syntax and Sentence Construction

The first verse of the Gita contains a question posed by Dhritarashtra, addressed to Sanjaya. This verse may be thought of as divided into three parts: the description of the battlefield, the description of the opponents, and the posing of the question itself.

Bhagavad-gita Reader for Students of Sanskrit, Chapter 1, Verse 1: Word Study: dharmakṣetre kurukṣetre

Summary: This word study focuses on the two words dharmakṣetre and kurukṣetre, and examines them as Sanskrit compounds. This word study also contains a discussion of the religious importance of the ancient Indian place called Kurukshetra, north of today’s Delhi.