Dhristarashtra said:
O Sanjaya, gathered together on the holy field of Kurukshetra, raring to fight, what did my sons and the sons of Pandu do?

Sanjaya said: O King! Duryodhana, having a look over the army gathered by Pandavas(sons of pandu) in battle array, approached his teacher (Dronacharya) and said these words:

Behold, O Master, this great army of the sons of Pāndu, arrayed for battle by your gifted disciple, the son of Drupada.(Dhrishtdumna)

In the army of Pandavas are many mighty bowmen skilled in warfare alike Bhima and Arjuna such as great chariot warrior Satyaki, Virata and Drupada.Dhrstketu, Cekitana, the powerful king of Kasi, Purujit, Kuntibhoja and Saiba, the Best of men, are there.There are extremely powerful Yudhamanyu, vigorous Uttamauja, Abhimanyu, the Son of Subhadra and the sons of Draupadi. All these are great chariot warriors and commanders of large armies.

 O Best of Bramhanas! Know the main commanders and warriors of my army. For your information, I tell you the their names.

It has personalities like Bhisma, Karna, Krpa, Asvatthama, Vikarna and the son of Soumadatti(Bhurisarva) are always victorious in battle.

There are many other heroes in my army who are ready to sacrifice their lives for my sake, who are well equipped with varied weapons and missiles and all are skilled in warfare.

Now all of you stand in your respective points on all fronts and must guard Bhisma from all sides, throughout the battle.

Now all of you stand in your respective points on all fronts and must guard Bhisma from all sides, throughout the battle.

Then Bhisma, the great old and glorious man of the Kuru dynasty and the grandfather of the army, cheering Duryodhna, blew his conch very loudly, sounding like the roar of a lion.

Then suddenly conches and kettle drums, trumpets, tabors and horns blared forth; and the sound was terrific.

Then Sri Krishna and Arjuna, stationed in their great chariot yoked with white horses, blew their divine conches.

Sri Krishna blew his conch, Pañcajanya, Arjuna his, named Devadatta and Bhima of terrible deeds the great conch Paundra.

King Yudhishtira the son of Kunti blew his conch Ananta-vijaya and Nakula and Sahadeva blew their conches Sughosha and Mani-pushpaka.

And the King of Kashi the supreme archer, Shikhandi the mighty warrior, Dhrshtadyumna and Virata; and Satyaki the invincible; ||17||
Drupada and the sons of Draupadi, and the strong-armed son of Subhadra22 — all, O King, blew their various conches again and again ||18||

And that tumultuous uproar, resounding through heaven and earth, rent the hearts of Dhrtarashtra’s sons

Now at that time Arjuna, the son of Pandu, who was seated in chariot bearing the flag marked with Hanuman took up his bow and prepared to  shoot. O king looking at the Dhristarashtras's sons placed in their position in front of him, Arjuna then spoke to Hrsikesha(Shri Krishna)  these words. 

Arjuna said:
Station my chariot, O Krishna, between the two armies, so that I may have a good look at those who are standing eager to fight and know with whom I have to fight in this enterprise of war;

I wish to see those gathered here ready to fight in this battle in order to please the evil-minded [Duryodhana] son of Dhrtarashtra.

O Dhrtarashtra, thus addressed by Arjuna, Sri Krishna stationed that best of chariots between the two armies. Placing the chariot in front of Bhisma, Drona and all the other chieftains, Lord Krishna said “O Partha! Behold all the Kurus assembled here”

Standing in the middle of the two Armies laced with weapons, Arjuna saw his elders, grandfathers, teachers, maternal uncles, brothers, cousins, sons, grandsons, friends and fathers-in-law and well-wishers.

When Arjuna saw all these kinsmen in array, 28. he was filled with deep compassion and said these words in despair.

Arjuna said: O Krishna, seeing my kinsmen present here, eager for battle, 29. my limbs go weak, my mouth dries up.

My body is Trembling and my hairs are standing on end. The bow(Gandiva) is falling off my hands. My skin becoming torrid.

I am now unable to keep composed, my mind is reeling. I see inauspicious omens, O Keshava,(Destroyer of the Keshi demon).

I do not, see any good in killing my own kinsmen in battle, nor can I , my dear Krishna, covet not victory, nor kindom, nor pleasure.

O Govinda! Of what use to us is kingdom, what is the value of happiness, pleasure of even life itself when those for whose sake we seek kingdom, prosperity and pleasure are arrayed her on battlefield. Teachers, fathers, sons, grandfathers, maternal uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law and other relatives are present in this battlefield staking their lives and kingdoms, O Krishna! Though they may kill me why should I wish to kill them? I would not seek to slay them, even for the rule of ship for the three worlds, let alone this earth. O Janardhanaa(Lord Krishna)!What delight will we derive from killing the sons of Dhristarastra?

Sin alone will hold us fast, after killing these felons58 (usurpers though they be). Therefore, it will not befit us to kill our own kinsmen, the sons of Dhrtarāstra; for, surely, after killing our own kinsfolk, how can we be happy, O Mādhava ?

O Janardana! Although these men, their understanding afflicted by greed do not see evil in destroying one’s own family or quarrelling with friends , why should, who can clearly see the sin involved in destroying family members, not think to refrain from such a sin?

With the destruction of dynasty, all its family spiritual traditions vanquish, and due to absence of traditions, impiety comes in the whole society.

When impiety prevails, O Krishna! The women of the family get polluted, and then the corruption of womanhood produces unwanted, unworthy children.

Increase of unwanted population leads to hellish life for the family and the destruction of family tradition. The ancestors of such corrupt families fall down, because the performances for tarpan(Pinda daan) is entirely stopped.

The family traditions and family welfare activities of the destroyer of a family are exterminated because of the population of the unwanted offspring created by the bad deeds of these destroyer of kins.

O Krishna! I have heard from erudite that men who have lost their family traditions always dwell in hell indefinitely.

Unfortunately! Strange it is that aggravated by desire of regal happiness and pleasure, we are prepared to commit great sins by killing our own family

Indeed it would consider better for me if the sons of Dhristarashtra with weapons in hand were kill me unarmed and unresisting on the battlefield.

Sanjay said:
Greif stricken Arjuna having thus spoken on the battlefield, cast aside his bow and arrows and sat down on the central part of the chariot.