Chapter 1 · Arjuna's Despair

सञ्जयSañjaya speaks

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अत्र शूरा महेष्वासा भीमार्जुनसमा युधि युयुधानो विराटश्च द्रुपदश्च महारथ: धृष्टकेतुश्चेकितान: काशिराजश्च वीर्यवान् |पुरुजित्कुन्तिभोजश्च शैब्यश्च नरपुङ्गव: युधामन्युश्च विक्रान्त उत्तमौजाश्च वीर्यवान् |सौभद्रो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्व एव महारथा:

atra śhūrā maheṣhvāsā bhīmārjuna-samā yudhi yuyudhāno virāṭaśhcha drupadaśhcha mahā-rathaḥ dhṛiṣhṭaketuśhchekitānaḥ kāśhirājaśhcha vīryavān purujit kuntibhojaśhcha śhaibyaśhcha nara-puṅgavaḥ yudhāmanyuśhcha vikrānta uttamaujāśhcha vīryavān saubhadro draupadeyāśhcha sarva eva mahā-rathāḥ

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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (34 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

The roster continues: Dhṛiṣhṭaketu, Chekitāna, the heroic King of Kāśhī, Purujit, Kuntibhoja, and Śhaibya — called 'best of men' — each added to the growing count of Pandava strength.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:A long list of names is Duryodhana's way of measuring the size of the fear he will not admit to.