1.17 And the rest of them Sanjaya speaks
काश्यश्च परमेष्वासः शिखण्डी च महारथः
धृष्टद्युम्नो विराटश्च सात्यकिश्चापराजितः
kāśhyaśhcha parameṣhvāsaḥ śhikhaṇḍī cha mahā-rathaḥ
dhṛiṣhṭadyumno virāṭaśhcha sātyakiśh chāparājitaḥ
The king of Kashi, that excellent archer, Shikhandi the great warrior, Dhrishtadyumna, Virata and Satyaki the unconquered;
Explanation
The remaining champions, listed once more.
The king of Kashi, Shikhandi, Dhrishtadyumna, Virata, Satyaki.
Shikhandi's presence is the loaded one: he is the man through whom Bhishma will die. Every name in this catalogue is a thread already tied to another name in Duryodhana's.
Word by word
- kāśhyaḥ
- King of Kashi
- cha
- and
- parama-iṣhu-āsaḥ
- the excellent archer
- śhikhaṇḍī
- Shikhandi
- cha
- also
- mahā-rathaḥ
- warriors who could single handedly match the strength of ten thousand ordinary warriors
- dhṛiṣhṭadyumnaḥ
- Dhrishtadyumna
- virāṭaḥ
- Virat
- cha
- and
- sātyakiḥ
- Satyaki
- cha
- and
- aparājitaḥ
- invincible
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