Chapter 1
Arjuna-viṣāda (अर्जुन-विषाद)
The armies are named. Arjuna sees his own people and sits down.
Summary
Chapter 1 is Arjuna's collapse. The armies are named, the conches are blown, and he asks to look. He sees teachers and kin on both sides. His limbs fail, his mouth dries, and he sets the bow down. The chapter does not yet teach. It makes the grief the rest of the poem answers.
नेपालीमा
अध्याय १ अर्जुनको भत्किने प्रसङ्ग हो। सेनाहरूको नाम लिइन्छ, शङ्ख बज्छन्, र उहाँ हेर्न चाहनुहुन्छ। दुवैतिर गुरु र आफन्त देख्नुहुन्छ। उहाँका अङ्ग गल्छन्, मुख सुक्छ, र धनुष तल राख्नुहुन्छ। यो अध्यायले अझै सिकाउँदैन। बाँकी कविताले जवाफ दिने शोक यसले खडा गर्छ।
1–19 Dhṛtarāṣṭra (धृतराष्ट्र), Sañjaya (सञ्जय) · The two armies
Summary
Dhṛtarāṣṭra (धृतराष्ट्र) asks what happened. Sañjaya (सञ्जय) names the two armies, the chiefs, and the conches. The section stops before Arjuna lifts his eyes to the men he would have to kill. It is the roll of the battle, not yet the grief.
नेपालीमा
धृतराष्ट्रले के भयो भनेर सोध्छन्। सञ्जयले दुवै सेना, सेनानायक र शङ्खहरूको नाम भन्छन्। यो खण्ड अर्जुनले आफूले मार्नुपर्ने मानिसतिर आँखा उठाउनुभन्दा अघि नै रोकिन्छ। यो युद्धको नामावली हो, अझै शोक होइन।
20–47 Sañjaya (सञ्जय), Arjuna (अर्जुन), श्रीभगवान् Śrī Bhagavān · He sits down
Summary
Arjuna asks to be driven between the armies and looks. Teachers, fathers, and companions stand on the other side. Pity wrecks his limbs. He argues that killing them would stain the line, and he sits down, dropping the bow. The section is the refusal the next chapter answers.
नेपालीमा
अर्जुन आफूलाई दुई सेनाको बीचमा पुर्याइदिन भन्छन् र हेर्छन्। गुरु, पिता र साथीहरू अर्कोतिर उभिएका छन्। कृपाले उनका अङ्ग गल्छन्। उनी यिनलाई मार्दा कुलमा दाग लाग्छ भन्छन्, र धनुष छाडेर बस्छन्। यो खण्ड अर्को अध्यायले जवाफ दिने अस्वीकार हो।