1.5 The list continues Sanjaya speaks
धृष्टकेतुश्चेकितानः काशिराजश्च वीर्यवान्
पुरुजित्कुन्तिभोजश्च शैब्यश्च नरपुङ्गवः
dhṛiṣhṭaketuśhchekitānaḥ kāśhirājaśhcha vīryavān
purujit kuntibhojaśhcha śhaibyaśhcha nara-puṅgavaḥ
yudhāmanyuśhcha vikrānta uttamaujāśhcha vīryavān
Dhrishtaketu, Chekitana, the valiant king of Kashi, Purujit, Kuntibhoja, and Shaibya, the best of men; Yudhamanyu the courageous, and Uttamauja the strong;
Explanation
The list runs on, and it is not padding.
Dhrishtaketu, Chekitana, the king of Kashi, Purujit, Kuntibhoja, Shaibya, Yudhamanyu, Uttamauja.
Every name belongs to a person with a history in the Mahabharata. What the catalogue does is establish that this is not an abstract battle — it is specific people, which is exactly what breaks Arjuna in 1.26.
Word by word
- dhṛiṣhṭaketuḥ
- Dhrishtaketu
- chekitānaḥ
- Chekitan
- kāśhirājaḥ
- Kashiraj
- cha
- and
- vīrya-vān
- heroic
- purujit
- Purujit
- kuntibhojaḥ
- Kuntibhoj
- cha
- and
- śhaibyaḥ
- Shaibya
- cha
- and
- nara-puṅgavaḥ
- best of men
- yudhāmanyuḥ
- Yudhamanyu
- cha
- and
- vikrāntaḥ
- courageous
- uttamaujāḥ
- Uttamauja
- cha
- and
- vīrya-vān
- gallant
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