Bhagwat Geeta

अपर्याप्तं तदस्माकं बलं भीष्माभिरक्षितम् |पर्याप्तं त्विदमेतेषां बलं भीमाभिरक्षितम् || १० || Our power is immeasurable and we are all well protected by Pitamah, whereas the power of Pandavas is limited even after being well protected by Bhima. Here Duryodhana has presented an estimate of comparative power. He thinks that the power of his armed forces […]

Bhagwat geeta

भवान्भीष्मश्र्च कर्णश्र्च कृपश्र्च समितिंजयः |अश्र्वत्थामा विकर्णश्र्च सौमदत्तिस्तथैव च || ८ || You yourself, Bhishma, Karna, Kripacharya are in my army; Ashvatthama, Vikarna and Somdutt’s son Bhurishrava etc. are those who have always been victorious in war. Duryodhana mentions those unique warriors who have always been victorious. Vikarna is the brother of Duryodhana, Ashvatthama is the

अस्माकं तु विशिष्टा ये तान्निबोध द्विजोत्तम |नायका मम सैन्यस्य संज्ञार्थं तान्ब्रवीमि ते || ७ || But O best Brahmin! For your information, I would like to tell you about those heroes of my army who are especially adept in managing my army.

युधामन्युश्र्च विक्रान्त उत्तमौजाश्र्च वीर्यवान् |सौभद्रो द्रौपदेयाश्र्च सर्व एव महारथाः || ६ || The mighty Yudhamanyu, the extremely powerful Uttamauja, the son of Subhadra and the son of Draupadi – all of them are great warriors.

धृष्टकेतुश्र्चेकितानः काशिराजश्र्च वीर्यवान् |पुरुजित्कुन्तिभोजश्र्च शैब्यश्र्च नरपुङ्गवः || ५ || Along with them, there are also great powerful warriors like Dhrishtaketu, Chekitana, Kashiraj, Purujit, Kuntibhoja and Shaibya.

अत्र श्रूरा महेष्वासा भीमार्जुनसमा युधि |युयुधानो विराटश्र्च द्रुपदश्र्च महारथः || ४ || In this army, there are many brave archers who fight like Bhima and Arjuna – like the great warriors Yuyudhan, Virat and Drupada. Although Dhrishtadayumna was not a significant obstacle to the great power of Dronacharya in the art of warfare, there were