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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