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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