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Teacher: Shri KrishnaThe caption will appear here as the teacher speaks.
The blind king's question, the two armies, and why Arjuna lays down his bow.
धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः।
मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय॥Transliteration: dharma-kṣetre kuru-kṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ | māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva kim akurvata sañjaya ||
Every verse in this lecture can be checked against these texts.
Bhagavad Gita
1.1
Bhagavad Gita
1.21–1.47 (summarised)
Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva
Critical Edition 6.23–6.40 (location of the Gita)
This lecture was narrated from texts reviewed by our scholar reviewers. The teacher character is an artistic interpretation.
The Krishna character is an artistic narrator. He speaks a reviewed script; the words of the Gita are quoted exactly from the text.