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Sanskrit

भीष्मद्रोणप्रमुखतः सर्वेषां च महीक्षिताम् । उवाच पार्थ पश्यैतान्समवेतान्कुरूनिति ॥

bhīṣmadroṇapramukhataḥ sarveṣāṃ ca mahīkṣitām uvāca pārtha paśyaitān samavetān kurūn iti

Translation

Over against Bhîshma, Drona and all the rulers of the world, said: "O Pârtha, behold these Kurus gathered together."

Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain

Explanation

Krishna positions the chariot directly facing Bhîshma and Drona — the two senior figures whose presence on the enemy side will matter most to Arjuna — and says only a plain, almost neutral sentence: “behold these Kurus gathered together.” The line is devastating precisely because of what it doesn’t editorialize; it just makes the scene visible.