1.3 Arrayed by your own pupil Sanjaya speaks
पश्यैतां पाण्डुपुत्राणामाचार्य महतीं चमूम्
व्यूढां द्रुपदपुत्रेण तव शिष्येण धीमता
paśhyaitāṁ pāṇḍu-putrāṇām āchārya mahatīṁ chamūm
vyūḍhāṁ drupada-putreṇa tava śhiṣhyeṇa dhīmatā
Look, teacher, at this mighty army of the sons of Pandu, arrayed by your own gifted pupil, the son of Drupada.
Explanation
The barb is deliberate, and it lands on his own side.
The Pandava army has been arrayed by your own gifted pupil — Drupada's son, whom Drona trained.
Duryodhana is reminding his commander that the enemy's tactics came out of his own teaching. It is a strange thing to say to the man you need, and it is the first crack in the confident tone.
Word by word
- paśhya
- behold
- etām
- this
- pāṇḍu-putrāṇām
- of the sons of Pandu
- āchārya
- respected teacher
- mahatīm
- mighty
- chamūm
- army
- vyūḍhām
- arrayed in a military formation
- drupada-putreṇa
- son of Drupad, Dhrishtadyumna
- tava
- by your
- śhiṣhyeṇa
- disciple
- dhī-matā
- intelligent
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