View source for It was an open secret that Duryodhana wanted to usurp the kingdom of the Pandavas by evil plans, in collaboration with his father, Dhrtarastra. BG 1972 purports

<div id="compilation">
<div id="facts">
{{terms|"It was an open secret that Duryodhana wanted to usurp the kingdom of the Pandavas by evil plans, in collaboration with his father, Dhrtarastra"}}
{{notes|}}
{{compiler|Sahadeva}}
{{complete|ALL}}
{{first|06Dec10}}
{{last|06Dec10}}
{{totals_by_section|BG=1|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=0}}
{{total|1}}
{{toc right}}
[[Category:Was]]
[[Category:Open]]
[[Category:Secret]]
[[Category:Duryodhana]]
[[Category:Want To]]
[[Category:Usurp]]
[[Category:Kingdom]]
[[Category:Five Pandavas]]
[[Category:Evil]]
[[Category:Plan]]
[[Category:Collaboration]]
[[Category:With]]
[[Category:His]]
[[Category:Father]]
[[Category:Dhrtarastra]]
</div>
<div id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" class="section" sec_index="0" parent="compilation" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is"><h2>Bhagavad-gita As It Is</h2>
</div>
<div id="BG_Chapters_1_-_6" class="sub_section" sec_index="1" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" text="BG Chapters 1 - 6"><h3>BG Chapters 1 - 6</h3>
</div><div id="BG123_0" class="quote qod_candidate" parent="BG_Chapters_1_-_6" book="BG" index="20" link="BG 1.23" link_text="BG 1.23">
<div class="heading">It was an open secret that Duryodhana wanted to usurp the kingdom of the Pāṇḍavas by evil plans, in collaboration with his father, Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Therefore, all persons who had joined the side of Duryodhana must have been birds of the same feather.
</div>
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 1.23|BG 1.23, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Let me see those who have come here to fight, wishing to please the evil-minded son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.</p>
</div>
<div class="purport text"><p>It was an open secret that Duryodhana wanted to usurp the kingdom of the Pāṇḍavas by evil plans, in collaboration with his father, Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Therefore, all persons who had joined the side of Duryodhana must have been birds of the same feather. Arjuna wanted to see them on the battlefield before the fight was begun, just to learn who they were, but he had no intention of proposing peace negotiations with them. It was also a fact that he wanted to see them to make an estimate of the strength which he had to face, although he was quite confident of victory because Kṛṣṇa was sitting by his side.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>