1.4 Naming the other side Sanjaya speaks
अत्र शूरा महेष्वासा भीमार्जुनसमा युधि
युयुधानो विराटश्च द्रुपदश्च महारथः
atra śhūrā maheṣhvāsā bhīmārjuna-samā yudhi
yuyudhāno virāṭaśhcha drupadaśhcha mahā-rathaḥ
Here are heroes and great bowmen, the equals of Bhima and Arjuna in war: Yuyudhana, Virata, and Drupada the great chariot-warrior;
Explanation
He names the enemy before he names his own.
Heroes and great bowmen, the equals of Bhima and Arjuna in war — and then a roll of names.
Nobody enumerating their own strength starts with the other side's. The order of his speech is doing what his words deny: the army he cannot stop looking at is theirs.
Word by word
- atra
- here
- śhūrāḥ
- powerful warriors
- mahā-iṣhu-āsāḥ
- great bowmen
- bhīma-arjuna-samāḥ
- equal to Bheem and Arjun
- yudhi
- in military prowess
- yuyudhānaḥ
- Yuyudhan
- virāṭaḥ
- Virat
- cha
- and
- drupadaḥ
- Drupad
- cha
- also
- mahā-rathaḥ
- warriors who could single handedly match the strength of ten thousand ordinary warriors
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