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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