Observing The Armies On The Battlefield

Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita As It Is, by A.C. Bhaktivedanta

[The Bhagavad Gita begins with these profound words:] “Dhrtarastra said: O Sanjaya, after my sons and the sons of Pandu assembled in the place of pilgrimage at Kuruksetra, desiring to fight, what did they do?”

The word dharma-ksetra (a place where religious rituals are performed) is significant because... the father of the Kurus, was highly doubtful about the possibility of his sons’ ultimate victory. In his doubt, he inquired from his secretary Safijaya, “What did they do?” … This is the significance of the words dharma-ksetre and kuru-ksetre...”

And this is an April Fool’s joke.