भीष्मद्रोणप्रमुखतः सर्वेषां च महीक्षिताम् । उवाच पार्थ पश्यैतान्समवेतान्कुरूनिति ॥१-२५॥

bhīṣmadroṇapramukhataḣ sarveṣāṁ ča mahīkšitām । uvāča pārtha paśjaitānsamavetānkurūniti ॥1-25॥

भीष्मद bhism, = the elderly Kaurava warrior, great uncle of Arjuna.; drona, Kaurava warrior, a Brahman by birth and, like Bhisma, a teacher of warfare.; pramukhatas (adv.), lit. = "before the face," opposite, in front of, before the eyes of (भीष्मद्रोणप्रमुखतः bhīṣmadroṇapramukhataḥ TP cpd., in front of Bhisma and Drona.); सर्वेषां sarvesam (m. gen. pl.), = of all these.; च ca, = and.; मही mahi (f.), = earth, world.;क्षिताम्  kṣitām (m. gen. pl.), = of governors, rulers (../ksi ). (महीक्षिताम् mahīkṣitām, m. gen. pI., TP cpd., of world- rulers, of earth-rulers.); उवाच uvāca (3rd sg. imperf. act. ..*vac), = he said.; पार्थ pārtha (m. voc. sg.), = the Son of Prtha, i.e.,Arjuna.; पश्य paśya(2nd sg. imperative act. ../pa§), = be-hold! look at! see!; इतान itān (m. acc. pl.), = these.; समवेतान samavetān (m. acc. pI. p. pass. participle sam; ava ../i), come together, assembled, united.; कुरून kurun (m. acc. pl.), = Kurus, the ancient tribe from which both the PaQQavas and the Kau-ravas are descended.;इति iti, = thus, indeed (used here, and frequently, at the close of a quotation).