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TEXT 23
yotsyamanan avekse 'ham
ya ete 'tra samagatah
dhartarastrasya durbuddher
yuddhe priya-cikirsavah
SYNONYMS
yotsyamanan--those who will be fighting; avekse--let me see; aham--I;
ye--who; ete--those; atra--here; samagatah--assembled; dhartarastrasya-
-the son of Dhrtarastra; durbuddheh--evil-minded; yuddhe--in the fight;
priya--well; cikirsavah--wishing.
TRANSLATION
Let me see those who have come here to fight, wishing to please the
evil-minded son of Dhrtarastra.
PURPORT
It was an open secret that Duryodhana wanted to usurp the kingdom of
the Pandavas by evil plans, in collaboration with his father,
Dhrtarastra. Therefore, all persons who had joined the side of
Duryodhana must have been birds of the same feather. Arjuna wanted to
see them in the battlefield before the fight was begun, just to learn
who they were, but he had no intention of proposing peace negotiations
with them. It was also a fact that he wanted to see them to make an
estimate of the strength which he had to face, although he was quite
confident of victory because Krsna was sitting by his side.