1.1.13

गतवानस्मि तं देशं युद्धं यत्राभवत् पुरा ! कुरूणां-पाण्डवानां च सर्वेषां च महीक्षिताम्॥१३॥
  • गतवान् अस्मि = (I) went
  • तम् देशम् = to that country
  • युद्धम् = war
  • यत्र = where
  • अभवत् = happened
  • पुरा = before
  • कुरूणां पाण्डवानां च = of Pandavas and the Kauravas
  • सर्वेषाम् = of all
  • च = and
  • महीक्षिताम् = of the chiefs
Sauti continued, "And where in the days of yore the sons of Kuru and Pandu had fought a deadly battle, in which all the Chiefs of India joined one side or the other."

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