Chapter 1 · Arjuna's Despair

सञ्जयSañjaya speaks

Text 1.9

अन्ये च बहव: शूरा मदर्थे त्यक्तजीविता: |नानाशस्त्रप्रहरणा: सर्वे युद्धविशारदा:

anye cha bahavaḥ śhūrā madarthe tyaktajīvitāḥ nānā-śhastra-praharaṇāḥ sarve yuddha-viśhāradāḥ

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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (9 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Duryodhana closes the roll call by noting that countless other warriors, skilled in every kind of weapon, stand ready to lay down their lives for his cause — sheer numbers, offered as a kind of reassurance.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Confidence built only on numbers is confidence borrowed, not owned.