Chapter1 Verse - 2

 सञ्जय उवाच​

दृष्ट्वा तु पाण्डवानीकं व्यूढं दुर्योधनस्तदा।

आचार्यमुपसंगम्य राजा वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ २ ॥

drishtvA tu pAnDavAnIkaM vyUDhaM duryodhanastadA .

AcAryamupasamgamya rAjA vacanamabravIt .. 2..

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दृष्ट्वा             - on seeing

तु                 - here it is used to enhance the meaning

पाण्डव             -Pandava’s

आनीकम्        -Army

व्यूढं               - large

दुर्योधनः           - Duryodhana

तदा              - then

आचार्यम्        - to the teacher

उपसंगम्य​       -approached

राजा             -King

वचनम्          -words

अब्रवीत्         -spoke

Meaning :

                       Sanjaya said “ Then Duryodhana , On seeing the large army of Pandavas, approached the Acarya , and uttered these words.

Significance :

                                         The verse is uttered by Sanjaya. He was the charioteer for Dhritharashtra. The person who was given the divine sight to see what is happening in the war field. He gave updates to the king without taking sides. He was the person who was chosen to bring back Vidura when he was shooed away by the king for his bitter truths and suggestions. He was the messenger chosen, to convey the message that Pandavas wont get any part of the kingdom. HE won the trust of everyone by his dedication and sincerity. It is this dedication which was the reason for him getting the blessings of the Supreme to have the vision of the ViswarUpa darshanam. Sanjaya served Dhritharashtra till his last breath even when the king retired to the forest for vanaprastashramam.  

                                    This verse gives us the picture of how the mindset of Duryodhana is. It is always good to know the strength of the opposite person , their strategies, their tricks, the nature of the work and our strength too before we start a work. Above all, self confidence matters a lot. We should trust our Guru completely , the more we trust our Guru the more we will travel in the path of righteousness. Duryodhana here has distrust in the people who stand in his army. He believed that all of them support Pandavas in their mind and stand by his side just for namesake. That insecurity has made him feel that the army of Pandavas is too big and well organised , where their army is 11 akshauhini and that of Pandavas is 7 akshauhini. An akshauhini is described as the battle formation which consists of of 21,870 chariots , 21,870 elephants , 65,610 horses , and 109,350 infantry ; Whenever we get scared we seek a person who is superior to us, who will be neutral , whose words will reinstall our self confidence. For the same reasons, among all the warriors on his side, Duryodhana approached DronAcarya.

                        Sanjaya uses the term ‘rAja’ instead of ‘prince’ to address Duryodhana. Here it is subtly told that his greediness , his thought of seeing Pandavas as an obstacle to attain the throne has lead to this ruthless war. The term ‘abravIt’ is used thrice in Bhagavad Gita, of which two instances are to show the agitated mental state of the speaker . ‘AbravIt’ is in imperfect tense , which is usually used in when the past action - is continued for sometime. Thus indicating us the words are Duryodhana are going to reflect his mental state.